tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post6542053133203212709..comments2024-03-18T20:22:06.331-04:00Comments on GROGNARDIA: Open Friday: Favorite Unloved D&D MonstersJames Maliszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-55871885607391808362011-07-19T14:53:49.788-04:002011-07-19T14:53:49.788-04:00Two things:
1) In my wanderings today I found thi...Two things:<br /><br />1) In my wanderings today I found this:<br /><br />http://www.collecting-citadel-miniatures.com/wiki/images/b/b0/Unreleased_-_Tirapheg.jpg<br /><br />2) I second the Flatland recommend if you dig Modrons.Legionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14743073987491198533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-9938066430181430372011-07-13T13:59:15.723-04:002011-07-13T13:59:15.723-04:00James, have you heard of the novel Flatland by Edw...<i>James, have you heard of the novel Flatland by Edwin A. Abbott? Might as well be the inspiration for the modrons.</i><br /><br>You know, I don't believe I've ever read it. Guess I have a new book to add to the pile ...James Maliszewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-47959681876807938422011-07-11T15:41:01.578-04:002011-07-11T15:41:01.578-04:00I love Modrons- we use them in our Neverwinter Nig...I love Modrons- we use them in our Neverwinter Nights online games even.<br /><br />I only played the 1st Edition of AD&D, so the drow were 100% wicked. We loved using them, but I am a little bugged by the PoMo nice drow running all over the "Forgotten Realms"lazycathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08391072231837230851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-61249975567487637462011-07-10T04:25:24.724-04:002011-07-10T04:25:24.724-04:00I don't have any idea what most other gamers t...I don't have any idea what most other gamers think of them, but I've had a certain fondness for pixies ever since this happened...<br /><br />A character wanted to rappel down a cliff, so he first lowered all his heavy gear -- everything except his armor's padded undersuit, his boots, his gloves and his belt -- by the rope. Which was a smart thing to do except that, while he was rappelling down, I rolled to see if a random encounter would occur, one did, I rolled that it was pixies, I looked up pixies in the Monster Manual and found that they <i>"are highly mischievous, and they will be prone to bother, harass, or fool creatures."</i> So they stole all his stuff. And, when he got down the rope, he ran into the woods after them screaming <b><i>"FUCKING PIXIES!!!"</i></b>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14398295844409607075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-55384162568523532962011-07-09T04:01:52.285-04:002011-07-09T04:01:52.285-04:00The morkoth! And all the faerie, which tend to ge...The morkoth! And all the faerie, which tend to get ignored by many since most are borderline good beings, which good-aligned PCs would get in trouble for killing.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08868302412533031659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-6988487943465695502011-07-09T00:35:56.748-04:002011-07-09T00:35:56.748-04:00Delta: Is that what that is? I thought it was a st...Delta: Is that what that is? I thought it was a strap-on.<br /><br />I am a huge fan of Daemons. They seem to get short shrift in most games, but I try to work them into most of my games if I can. The "flyover country" between demons and devils.Greyhawk Grognardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13929743865700766901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-28209476626804542962011-07-09T00:10:31.937-04:002011-07-09T00:10:31.937-04:00@ Scott (re: Dark Creepers and Dark Stalkers) -
D...@ Scott (re: Dark Creepers and Dark Stalkers) -<br /><br />Damn. One of the coolest ideas ever.JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08532311924539491087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-46177855147410087892011-07-08T23:20:05.026-04:002011-07-08T23:20:05.026-04:00Slaadi, caratydid columns, adherers are good obscu...Slaadi, caratydid columns, adherers are good obscure monsters from the Field Folio.<br /><br />Githyanki and githerzai and illithids are strong enough to carry a whole campaign world.<br /><br />Invisible stalkers, xorn, intellect devourers, and gibbering mouthers are all pretty worthwhile.<br /><br />The sad thing is that I don't think any of my D&D campaigns ever used any of these monsters to a fraction of their potential.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-30918019506572691872011-07-08T21:50:01.522-04:002011-07-08T21:50:01.522-04:00I think, and I've ranted about it elsewhere, t...I think, and I've ranted about it elsewhere, that both the owlbear and gelatinous cube catch a little more ridicule than may be warranted. <br /><br />Especially the g cube. Sure, it's ridiculous out in a big gymnasium sized room, but if you're facing it in a 10X10 hallway, you are now faced with a moving wall of slime that wants to envelop and dissolve you. Again, I invoke the shoggoth from "At the Mountains of Madness", which is pretty much what this thing simulates...<br /><br />The owlbear, well, I think people get caught up in combining Smokey the Bear and Woodsey Owl in their heads. They're cute and they want to prevent forest fires. Nope. To me they're the wilderness encounter equivalent of a grenade down the trousers... Lethal and messy. Everything's worse with bears, especially owls.BigFellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03052419088140204154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-14182727615497250522011-07-08T18:25:46.627-04:002011-07-08T18:25:46.627-04:00The Fiend Folio and Steve Jackson's Sorcery! s...The Fiend Folio and Steve Jackson's Sorcery! series introduced me to the British take on fantasy. Such great artwork!<br />The creature that freaked me out was the Forlarren.<br />I imagined a manic Mr. Tumnus inviting me for poisoned tea and bludgeoning me with a shaleighleigh, alternately blubbering and giggling the whole while. Like something out of demented Alice in Wonderland story.<br />I had an overactive imagination.Timothy Paul Schaeferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12279725399542404987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-34005170088951355652011-07-08T17:06:31.075-04:002011-07-08T17:06:31.075-04:00A lot of the old Fiend Folio monsters would have g...A lot of the old Fiend Folio monsters would have gone over better with different illustrations. The first sketch I ever saw of the tirapheg was very different from the Fiend Folio drawing. It was a misshapen, twitching horror, bloated and obese: the sort of monstrosity that any adventurer might dread.<br /><br />Some of Don Turnbull's development decisions also baffled me. In White Dwarf magazine's Fiend Factory column, berbalangs congregated in large groups. Parties pursuing these creatures' strange astral forms might discover their cavern lair only to encounter dozens of the vicious things. The Fiend Folio made them solitary, worthy foes for only the weakest of adventurers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-63598603070121610112011-07-08T14:57:49.961-04:002011-07-08T14:57:49.961-04:00I'm not sure whether they're unloved or no...I'm not sure whether they're unloved or not, but I've always liked Nilbogs, Thouls, and Bullywugs.KPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18374233546533225028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-37759169203913921352011-07-08T14:46:20.352-04:002011-07-08T14:46:20.352-04:00Yes, also liking the new banner: Great choice.Yes, also liking the new banner: Great choice.Deltahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00705402326320853684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-41618370704704106172011-07-08T13:03:14.660-04:002011-07-08T13:03:14.660-04:00Oh, the Nilbog! It's a goblin that receives da...Oh, the Nilbog! It's a goblin that receives damage from healing and healing from damage. It takes players forever to figure out why the goblin they're attacking isn't dying quickly like usual. It's kind of silly and unfair but it was good for deflating players who made too many assumptions and got lazy.Cashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02466335053537506923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-68548937823916435282011-07-08T12:23:55.805-04:002011-07-08T12:23:55.805-04:00I don't know if any of the monsters I like hav...I don't know if any of the monsters I like have ever been disliked in general. I do love the Fiend Folio monsters and made good use of the Sons of Kyuss. The Volt and the Grell are also favorites of mine.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17116795932377593506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-4835263043914846642011-07-08T12:23:05.740-04:002011-07-08T12:23:05.740-04:00Norkers, Mites, Synads, and Bullywugs come to mind...Norkers, Mites, Synads, and Bullywugs come to mind from the FF, though I also enjoy Gorbels and Modrons. I've never met a monster that I thought was too silly. Theres a way to make all of them disturbing.<br /><br />The players in my current campaign are scared to death of Mites.Mirandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10745062840676790649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-19435633657559952912011-07-08T12:14:42.115-04:002011-07-08T12:14:42.115-04:00Dark creepers and dark stalkers. I ran D2-3 subst...Dark creepers and dark stalkers. I ran D2-3 substituting the kuo-toans and drow with creepers and stalkers respectively.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07175512698266614039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-19480235115977102182011-07-08T12:09:38.479-04:002011-07-08T12:09:38.479-04:00In no particular order:
Doppleganger
Xill
Etherea...In no particular order:<br /><br />Doppleganger<br />Xill<br />Ethereal Filcher<br />Any man-insect hybrid, like Dromites.<br /><br />Now...the important stuff...tell me you just changed your banner and it hasn't been that way for months? Has it? No?Sorenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02485097316924991612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-33399005972368184422011-07-08T12:04:01.192-04:002011-07-08T12:04:01.192-04:00This is Tim from PlaGMaDA. The guy from this blog...This is Tim from PlaGMaDA. The guy from this blog: http://robopithecusantecessor.blogspot.com pointed out to me that it isn't actually a tirapheg. Heads, legs, arms are different though the unsettling symmetry reads in a similar way. <br /><br />I am deeply sorry for my mistake, please forgive me.tim hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17183259514061707097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-41688218193339152722011-07-08T11:23:30.224-04:002011-07-08T11:23:30.224-04:00Regarding the scabbard, check this Renaissance dra...Regarding the scabbard, check this Renaissance drawing of Apollo. It was defaced long ago to remove Apollo's genitals. But that only drew the eye to his large, prominent quiver.<br /><br />http://blog.artic.edu/blog/2011/07/05/last-chance-for-renaissance-porn/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-78603717226460202882011-07-08T10:48:09.746-04:002011-07-08T10:48:09.746-04:00I'm not a big monster fan, but I'll give a...I'm not a big monster fan, but I'll give another vote for Flumpfs. Granted, Paizo has made them cool now (first in a Dragon adventure, then in Misfit Monsters Redeemed), so maybe I'm just a mindless sheep following the herd.<br /><br />Also not from the FF, I like the concept of "Origami Golems", ridiculed in some online takedown of D&D monsters. Imagine a horde of them, unseen, committing small but critical acts of sabotage. Imagine an abandoned temple, quiet as a tomb, until the sound of *rustling* ...semiprometheushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15207709959053404464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-75539312346321822932011-07-08T10:40:14.925-04:002011-07-08T10:40:14.925-04:00The flail snail for me. One of my favs.The flail snail for me. One of my favs.jgbrowninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16274622778419965618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-91395723585609872642011-07-08T10:15:00.213-04:002011-07-08T10:15:00.213-04:00I love flumphs. Also, though I know they're no...I love flumphs. Also, though I know they're not from FF, I also kinda liked the Giant Space Hamsters from Spelljammer as well.Dangerous Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11494853825931603065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-5953594668179972842011-07-08T09:40:52.704-04:002011-07-08T09:40:52.704-04:00Going on the assumption that the FF is generally u...Going on the assumption that the FF is generally unloved: Crypt thing!<br /><br />And, yes, it took me a couple of confused minutes to work out what was up with that scabbard and the apparently naked creature in the picture!Gavin Normanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12362875699031245377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-2628893949762897162011-07-08T09:34:53.637-04:002011-07-08T09:34:53.637-04:00Carbuncles! I once built an entire adventure aroun...Carbuncles! I once built an entire adventure around the idea that some monster civilization had treated them the way Egyptians treat cats. They're jeweled armadillos that make people fight!Nataliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15528192783751011497noreply@blogger.com