Vote Up A Villain VI! (3.X) [Voting Closed, Villain Complete!]

[afroakuma]

Here for a sixth round, prepare for vast disappointment! This contest aims to create a D&D villain, and only a villain this time, complete with fluff! Please bold your vote.

I am pleased to present the resulting villain, Prince Meridius (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=5712242#post5712242)!

Contests that have gone before (or are currently running):
Vote Up a Monster (3.X) #1 by Zeta Kai
Result: the Gatekeeper

Vote Up a Monster (3.X) #2 by Zeta Kai
Result: the Deus ex Machina

Vote Up a Monster (3.X) #3 by Zeta Kai
Result: the Ectoplasmic Swarm

Vote Up a Monster (3.X) #4 by Zeta Kai
Result: the Polymental

Vote Up a Monster (4E) #1 by Shadow_Elf
Result: the Songbird Spirit

Vote Up a Monster (4E) #2 by Shadow_Elf
Result: the Pandora's Paradox

Vote Up a Villain (3.X) #1 by afroakuma
Result: the Maiden’s Weeping/Swain of Varrone

Vote Up a Villain (3.X) #2 by afroakuma
Result: the Caillteanas

Vote Up a Villain (3.X) #3 by afroakuma
Result: Dandag the Quiet

Vote Up a Villain (3.X) #4 by afroakuma
Result: the Augmoha

Vote Up a Villain (3.X) #5 by afroakuma
Result: the Silver Hellstar

Vote Up A Campaign Setting by Zeta Kai, Shadow_Elf and afroakuma (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=96183)
Result: Pending



Currently Voting On: Voting Closed, Villain Complete

1. Type: Humanoid


{table=head]Type|Votes
Aberration|4
Animal|2
Construct|
Dragon|2
Elemental|2
Fey|
Giant|
Humanoid|16
Magical Beast|2
Monstrous Humanoid|5
Ooze|1
Outsider|1
Plant|1
Undead|
Vermin|1
[/table]

2. Race/Species: Merfolk
Vote for any Humanoid type monster from any 3.X WotC source. The current table contains only humanoids from the Monster Manual and Player's Handbook. If you vote for a creature in another source, please list that source with your vote.

{table=head]Humanoid Race|Votes
Bugbear|
Dwarf|
Elf|
Githyanki|
Githzerai|12
Gnoll|
Gnome|3
Goblin|
Half-Elf|
Half-Orc|
Halfling|
Hobgoblin|
Human|
Kobold|5
Lizardfolk|
Locathah|
Merfolk|14
Mongrelfolk|1
Orc|1
Troglodyte|1
Unique (Mundane)|
Unique (Exotic)|1
[/table]

2b. Class: Sorcerer
You may vote for other classes, but please bear in mind that certain classes have been disallowed. Non-core classes are italicized.

{table=head]Class|Votes|Class|Votes
Artificier||Ninja (new)|
Barbarian|1|Paladin|
Bard|2|Psion|1
Beguiler|1|Psychic Warrior|
Cleric|1|Ranger|1
Crusader|1|Rogue|
Druid|5|Samurai (new)|
Duskblade||Scout|
Favored Soul|5|Sorcerer|9
Fighter||Swordsage|
Healer||Warblade|
Hexblade||Warlock|
Matador (new)||Wilder|
Marshal||Wizard|
Monk||None|
[/table]

3. CR: 4

{table=head]CR|Votes
1|
2|
3|
4|12
5|1
6|10
7|2
8|1
9|
10|
11|
12|
13|
14|3
15|
16|
17|
18|
19|
20|
[/table]

4. Alignment: Neutral Evil

{table=head]Alignment|Votes|Alignment|Votes|Alignment|Votes
Lawful Good|1|Neutral Good||Chaotic Good|1
Lawful Neutral|1|Neutral|1|Chaotic Neutral|1
Lawful Evil|6|Neutral Evil|13|Chaotic Evil|3
[/table]

5. Primary Motivation: Ambition

{table=head]Motivation|Votes
Ambition|11
Anarchy|
Arrogance|
Curiosity|5
Depression|
Entertainment|
Envy|
Greater good|2
Greed|
Hunger|9
Insanity|
Justice|
Logic|
Love|
Malevolence|
Order|
Punch-clock villainy|1
Rage|1
Revenge|1
Selfishness|
Self-loathing|
Spite|1
Survival|1
[/table]

[LordZarth]

And I rest my case. Afroakuma is crazy/has WAY too much time on his hands.

Humanoid. Let's have a human. A really, really fleshed out, evil, evil villain human. With organization. And adventure. And campaign. And... and...

[thegurullamen]

Yeah, I'll agree with Zarth. On both counts.

Humanoid because anthro-villains are more monstrous than anything else.

[Ekeralos]

I vote Monstrous humanoid.

[Shades of Gray]

Humanoid, just a standard humanoid. No plants, swarms, or vermin, humanoids.

[MammonAzrael]

I'm going to say Elemental.

[DracoDei]

I guess I will jump on the bandwagon with Humanoid.

[Keler]

My vote goes to Vermin.

[Pictogram]

Animal, I say.

[RTGoodman]

Hmm... how 'bout Monstrous Humanoid.

[vegetalss4]

I vote for elemental

[blackspeeker]

I've been jonz'n for an ooze. Since these began.

[Hadrian_Emrys]

Humanoid. I'd like to steer the vote towards as low a CR boss as possible. New heroes are just as heroic as seasoned ones.

[Draz74]

Humanoid. Some villain whose main distinctions are in personality and skill, not biology.

[Lord Mancow]

Monstrous humanoid, but preferably one with some sort of shape changing magic so it can look human then ambush them from another direction.

You could even operate it as two villians one shape changed and the other not.

[Zeta Kai]

I agree with the above points. Humanoid.

[afroakuma]

Well it's about time; after all, I did finish the other one.

[vitorgas]

I vote for Humanoid.

[Pronounceable]

It's about time we get a human(oid) from these stuff. Wonder if anyone'll be crazy enough to ask for a swarm...

[Debihuman]

I think humanoids make the best villains and it would be nice to see one that isn't so over the top.

Debby

[Thane of Fife]

I'll vote Outsider. I'd like to see a Yugoloth or something.

[Llama231]

We need a plant villain.
Besides Orcworts, nothing even comes close to this besides generic monsters.:smallfrown:

[The Neoclassic]

Monstrous humanoid strikes me as more exciting than just a regular humanoid. :smallsmile:

[Adumbration]

Humanoid. Becouse less exciting is sometimes more exciting.

[Magnor Criol]

I'll cast a vote for Dragon. There's a whole lot of directions you could go with a dragon.

Of course, the same could be said for humanoid.

[afroakuma]

There's a whole lot of directions I could go with anything; see previous villains.

[Limos]

All aboard the Bandwagon!

Humanoid

[UnChosenOne]

Humanoid. Yes, I'm realy voting humanoid.

[Edwin]

Just to go against the stream, I'll support the Monstrous Humanoid people.

[The Neoclassic]

(When shall voting for type end and race begin? Just curious; I hope to keep up with this exciting democratic activity.)

[arguskos]

/bandwagon

Humanoid

[Athaniar]

Humanoid. Because I want a lizardfolk or kobold villain.

[Limos]

Humanoid. Because I want a lizardfolk or kobold villain.

Oh God yes! Kobold Villain would rock my socks.

[Owrtho]

Humanoids are useless and should be removed from dnd. Thus I'll vote for Aberration the new humanoid.

Owrtho

[puppyavenger]

I haven't gotten an aberration yet, so aberation

[Zeful]

Animal, or at the very least a possessed puppy.

[afroakuma]

0000 EST is the standard rotation.

[Juhn]

Ah, I'd been meaning to ask you if you ever completed that dungeon. Evidently the answer was yes.

I believe during the last one of these I'd said I'd vote Magical Beast next time, so here.

[Shadow_Elf]

I posted the result of VUAM 4e #2, by the way, in a new thread to avoid thread necromancying the old one. But noone was interested, because of VUAV V and VUACS. So Pandora's Paradox is not pending anymore, but I can't find the link.

Also, chalk one up for Aberration. I'm cool with either a Beholder villain (no one takes advantage of their being... intelligent!), or an Illithilich.

[Mercenary Pen]

I'm gonna vote Magical Beast

[Magnor Criol]

There's a whole lot of directions I could go with anything; see previous villains.

Oh, naturally; you were able to pull a villain out of a plant, for pete's sake.

The "you" there was more of a general sense, i.e. "there's a whole lot of directions one could go in with dragon," than you, specifically.

It....hardly matters at this point, but I don't see my vote for dragon tallied up there.

[Zeta Kai]

Well it's about time; after all, I did finish the other one.

To whit, I throw your words back at thee...


A homebrewer's work is never done. Well, I mean, sure, I close out all my projects on something approaching a reasoned schedule... :smalltongue:

:smallwink:

[afroakuma]

Well sure, but do you know how tedious it is to do up an epic-level dungeon? :smallyuk:

[Juhn]

I don't remember there being any mention of an included dungeon in the first post of VUAV5. You have no-one to blame for your extra content but yourself. :smalltongue:

[afroakuma]

I'm not ascribing blame. Merely irritable that the SRD was so lax on epic traps that I was forced to invent a freezing web of doom.

[Shadow_Elf]

I was forced to invent a freezing web of doom.
GASP! Oh noes!

[Zeta Kai]

I'm not ascribing blame. Merely irritable that the SRD was so lax on epic traps that I was forced to invent a freezing web of doom.

Their design philosophy was that no trap should have a CR higher than 10. I disagree with this concept on multiple grounds. Why can't traps be epic?

[Alteran]

I'm going to throw in a vote for Aberration. A beholder villain would be awesome, if only it stood a chance of winning.

[afroakuma]

Alrighty, turns out Shadow did finish his old old old monster. Check for it in the main post's links.

[Terror_Incognito]

I vote Dragon, because you can't have spell "D&D" without Dragon.

[Reverent-One]

Alrighty, turns out Shadow did finish his old old old monster. Check for it in the main post's links.

Supposed link to pandora's paradox does not go to the pandora's paradox.

[Juhn]

I remembered seeing it before. I believe I included it in that absurdly long list I sent you before, afro.

[Shadow_Elf]

It seems the link I thought I'd found was redirected.

http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=99293
(http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=99293)
^ That one works.

[afroakuma]

No, I left out a 7. It works now. :smallredface:

[LordZarth]

Isn't it rollover time? :smallredface:

[thegurullamen]

Hear, hear! What say you, 'akuma?

[The Tygre]

Screw it:

Monstrous Humanoid.

[afroakuma]

Screw it: Your vote no count.

You know, you guys can start voting without me.

[afroakuma]

Well, by overwhelming majority the votes went to Humanoid!

So now we need this anthropomorphic antagonist's Race.

[vitorgas]

Kobold, a tiny draconic badass.

[Mercenary Pen]

Chalk one up for Githzerai please.

[The Neoclassic]

Kobold, most certainly.

[Debihuman]

I vote for MERFOLK because they usually aren't villains.
Debby

[afroakuma]

But just look what they did to poor Ursula! :smallwink:

[Keler]

I wonder how a Gnome villain would be.

[Limos]

Kobold, because that would be ****ing sweet. A small sized villain.

[Llama231]

Troglodyte here.

[UnChosenOne]

Unique (Exotic).

[Shadow_Elf]

Can we apply a template to the villain later on? Like Lich?

Also, Merfolk.

TOTAL DOMINATION OF THE SEAS!

[puppyavenger]

unique exotic

[Pictogram]

I say gnome, but please not an illusionist.

[Adumbration]

Mongrelfolk, from Races of Destiny.

Is that a short, ugly elf, or a tall dwarf? An oversized gnome, perhaps?

[vegetalss4]

human, the worst vilians are always human

[LordZarth]

I started the humanoid bandwagon for humans! Wee dawn lik yur kynd heer.

HUMAN!

[LordZarth]

You know, you guys can start voting without me.

Oh, really? Okelydokely!

[Pronounceable]

We (we being humans of course) shall purge the world of all those subhuman beasts! Hopefully.

[blackspeeker]

But just look what they did to poor Ursula! :smallwink:

You've convinced me with this, I choose merfolk, if only for the slim chance of seeing an obese mermoctopus come out of it.

[Thane of Fife]

Since it's as close to Outsider as is likely, I'll vote Githzerai

[Username]

You see quite a bit of githyanki usage as villains, but Githerzai? Now That's unusual.

[Reverent-One]

I'm going Kobold.

[gothmog26]

I'm going with mongrelfok.

[thegurullamen]

Damn, githzerai or gnome? Githzerai or gnome? Githzerai or freaking gnome? This is difficult...

Githzerai

[Zeful]

Orc. Just because

[Zeta Kai]

I shall vote for Merfolk, as that should prove most interesting.

[Mercenary Pen]

I assume Afro's at work or something just at the moment, but this is actually shaping up to be quite a race.

Nothing has a massive lead as yet, but the front-runners include Kobolds, Githzerai, Merfolk and the ubiquitous Humans (although none of these have more than a 4 point lead on any other option).

Could the winning race be one of these, or are we about to see something else entirely come from behind to win the day? Find out within the next few hours as we continue to Vote up a Villain.:smallwink:

And now, to return you to your regularly scheduled internet topic.

[Juhn]

Partially because Kobolds are getting quite a suitable amount of love in the VUACS threads - at least IMO, I'm gonna vote Merfolk. Plus, come on, Merfolk. We've got to get back to the evil Merfolk. As sirens, or the man-eating eastern variety, or wikipedia provides these two options as well:


Other stories have them squeezing the life out of drowning men while attempting to rescue them.

others say they drown men out of spite.

That second one has the Motivation I've been trying to get through one of these times right in there, so Merfolk is certainly getting my vote. Of course, afro is more than likely to go in a direction entirely his own regardless of what wins, and it will of course also result in awesome.

[Athaniar]

Power to the kobolds!

[afroakuma]

Of course, afro is more than likely to go in a direction entirely his own regardless of what wins, and it will of course also result in awesome.

Yeah, I'm a jerk that way. :smallamused:

Merc: Yeah, I was at work. Happens.

Adumbration/anyone: Can someone post a Mongrelfolk image so I can link to it on the scoreboard?

[puppyavenger]

I going to change my vote from unique exotic to merfolk

[Llama231]

We need a plant villain.
Besides Orcworts, nothing even comes close to this besides generic monsters.:smallfrown:

#Edit: Wow.:smallannoyed: I completely missed the first vote up a villain plant.

[arguskos]

Githzerai, because we need more awesome chaos-monk villains. Gotta love them there githzerai.

Notably, if githzerai wins, will you be using the MM version, or the XPH version?

[Alteran]

Githerzerai, please.

[afroakuma]

Notably, if githzerai wins, will you be using the MM version, or the XPH version?

Well, that all depends.

[DracoDei]

Merfolk sounds interesting... I considered several other options to make sure I wasn't just jumping on the band-wagon, but that is the one I see listed that really catches my interest the most.

[Zeta Kai]

Can someone post a Mongrelfolk image so I can link to it on the scoreboard?

Here you go; take your pick:
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/rod_gallery/86338.jpg
http://www.iwozhere.com/SRD/images/50086.jpg

[Terror_Incognito]

Since we didn't get a Dragon I would like to vote for Kobold.

[arguskos]

Well, that all depends.
Hmm. I'll take my chances! Lessee what the class turns out to be (if githzerai wins).

[LordZarth]

I shall wait a couple more hours and see if human garners more votes, AS IT SHOULD, but if not, I shall switch my vote to kobold. I urge you all to do so, so the gith (who are UNNATURAL :D) do not win.

[Llama231]

I would like my vote of troglodyte changed to kobold to stop the gith or mermaid.

[afroakuma]

Quite a war this is turning out to be.

[Lord Mancow]

Githzerai for psionic power!

[LordZarth]

I, Lord LordZarth, Lord of Bandwagons, switch my vote to Kobolds! Never shall the githzerai or merfolk win this one!

Although, you know, I did want a human. So, yeah. Just, you know... saying.

[Magnor Criol]

I don't know why the hate for gith and merfolk. They're very underrepresented. Kobolds, while kinda fun, are pretty commonly used, really.

Mongrelfolk would be interesting....but...no, I'll still cast my vote for Githzerai.

[afroakuma]

This one may actually be too close to call tonight.

[Gorgondantess]

I'll cast my vote for merfolk... just to make things interesting.

[Sereg]

I've decided to go with merfolk.

[afroakuma]

I've decided to go with Due to the forum outage and three-way tie, voting will be extended through today.

[Sereg]

I've decided to go with Due to the forum outage and three-way tie, voting will be extended through today.

or you know, you could do all three. I know I'm pushing my luck but I don't doubt your Power.

[vegetalss4]

in that case, i am chaning my vote from humans, to the true marsters in chaos Githzerai

[Adumbration]

I'll swap my vote to Merfolk, then. Should be interesting.

[Voldecanter]

I vote for Gnome You never see enought Gnomes out in the World these days ...

[Pronounceable]

The subhuman conspiracists triumphed again. I am not amused...

Swapping my vote to merfolk, the foul aliens from outer plane shall not succeed.

[Limos]

Gah! How can this be happening! My precious Kobolds!

[vegetalss4]

Is it just me, or has this round become more of a i certainly don't want that race vote than a i certainly want that race

[afroakuma]

Echoes of the giant riot.

For such a resisted Type, humanoid sure draws a lot of opinion.

[puppyavenger]

I though merfolk were monstrous...

[afroakuma]

Nice try, but it's nowhere near that easy to destroy an opposing faction.

They're Humanoid (aquatic).

[The Tygre]

I'm puttin' my vote in for mermaid. Maybe it can be some kind of weird lamprey mermaid or angler fish mermaid. Yeah, that'd kick ass...

Mermaid.

[Athaniar]

No! The kobolds shall not lose! I invoke the ancient kobold curse: Il rakkan az revola xi no azgalada ul ashjretul kobolda dargonai Eadrin, thul Gith, enkilgular Deekin fthagn!

[puppyavenger]

Nice try, but it's nowhere near that easy to destroy an opposing faction.

They're Humanoid (aquatic).

I'm voting for them.

[afroakuma]

Nice try, but it's nowhere near that easy to destroy your own faction.

They're Humanoid (aquatic).

What? Huh?

I didn't hear anything.

[puppyavenger]

What? Huh?

I didn't hear anything.

I'm not sure I understand you.

[afroakuma]

Many don't, I am told! :smallbiggrin:

Hopefully tomorrow we can shift to Class.

[Belobog]

Githzerai. We barely see them play any kind of role, and thus, they'd be more interesting antagonists than Kobolds or Merfolk, who are kind of played out by comparison.

[puppyavenger]

Githzerai. We barely see them play any kind of role, and thus, they'd be more interesting antagonists than Kobolds or Merfolk, who are kind of played out by comparison.

really, I thought merfolk villains were quite rare.

[afroakuma]

How many times do I need to bring this one (http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=VyFVG4VfPmg&feature=related) up?

[puppyavenger]

How many times do I need to bring this one (http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=VyFVG4VfPmg&feature=related) up?

so that's one example?

[Magnor Criol]

How many times do I need to bring this one (http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=VyFVG4VfPmg&feature=related) up?

While Ursula is definitely a high-ranking villain, one example doesn't make the case not rare.

I knew merfolk were humanoid, but until this particular race, I thought that the Gith brothers were both outsiders. Considering, you know, they live on other planes...

[thegurullamen]

If this doesn't resolve, are we getting a small sized, draconic, astral monk-fish?

[afroakuma]

I'd add Morganna, but I just don't want to.

[Juhn]

I knew merfolk were humanoid, but until this particular race, I thought that the Gith brothers were both outsiders. Considering, you know, they live on other planes...

Humanoid (Extraplanar), apparently.

[Shadow_Elf]

If this doesn't resolve, are we getting a small sized, draconic, astral monk-fish?

Afro! I have found you a solution!
Make the villain's race this:
http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn212/tinkerbelleoffilth/dragon_mermaid.jpg
Also, it has psionic powers. You just can't see them.

[Llama231]

Wow, this is a really close vote...

[thegurullamen]

(hopeful) Villain triumvirate?

[Username]

(hopeful) Villain triumvirate?

A villain team would be pretty cool, but I fear that would probably be placing unreasonable demands on poor Afro. Specially since he just did an epic Elder Evil so recently.

[afroakuma]

Where is it... ah, yes...


Quashhammer.
DESTROYING HOPES AND DREAMS SINCE 1988

[Suleman]

Merfolk is my vote, if the vote for race is still on.

[Juhn]

...Did we just get a birthyear?

[afroakuma]

For what? :smallconfused:

[Juhn]

1988

This here number.

EDIT: tags.

[afroakuma]

Yes, but I don't follow what it's supposed to be the birth year of.

[puppyavenger]

so merfolk win now yes? since we got tiebreaker?

[afroakuma]

Nope. Closes at the usual time. I extended it a full day since you folks couldn't agree.

[Llama231]

I dislike merfolk, so could I have my vote changed from kobold to githzerai.
Also, the thing that shadow_elf posted could be interesting too.

[MammonAzrael]

Githzerai for me, if the voting is still on.

[Magnor Criol]

Yes, but I don't follow what it's supposed to be the birth year of.

He's thinking it's your birthdate.

So, what does happen if there's a tie, afro? Or are you intentionally dodging the question to keep us in suspense? =p

[Juhn]

That would assume that afro began using the Quashhammer at birth.

But then he does have the power.

[afroakuma]

Ineptitude.

And yes, I've had this Quashhammer since birth. That is, in fact, my birth year.

[Juhn]

You've got roughly between six months to a year and a half on me then, depending on where your birthday falls.

[thegurullamen]

Ineptitude.

And yes, I've had this Quashhammer since birth. That is, in fact, my birth year.

Son of a...

That ain't right. You're supposed to be a lot older so that I and others like me won't feel bad about our overall weaker or smaller homebrew portfolios. Be older, damn it!

[Limos]

Since Kobold seems to be a lost cause (oh woe is me) I'd like to switch my vote to Merfolk. Because Githzerai are big dumb and ugly!

[afroakuma]

Son of a...

That ain't right. You're supposed to be a lot older so that I and others like me won't feel bad about our overall weaker or smaller homebrew portfolios. Be older, damn it!

Sorry.

If it makes you feel better, I probably have less of a life than you. :smalltongue:

[thegurullamen]

I'd like to keep my vote as Githzerai because it's awesome.

And you wanna throw down in a no-life-off, 'akuma? I'll whoop you something fierce.

[Thane of Fife]

Hmm, a hard-fought race between three fundamentally different races.

Oh, if only there were some race to depict horrible off-spring between other races, that we might all win! Some sort of... mutt race - mongrels, if you will. Alas that no one has ever foreseen such a need before.

[afroakuma]

And you wanna throw down in a no-life-off, 'akuma? I'll whoop you something fierce.

Doubtful. Be that as it may, I was trying for conciliatory.

And don't forget the last time we duelled, Guru.

Now then, back to the task at hand.

[Juhn]

...Did guru just throw in a bolded option to announce that nothing has changed in his vote?

Isn't that likely to throw the quick-tally off?

[Agrippa]

Afro! I have found you a solution!
Make the villain's race this:
http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn212/tinkerbelleoffilth/dragon_mermaid.jpg
Also, it has psionic powers. You just can't see them.

Where did that picture come from? And I'm voting Merfolk.

[afroakuma]

...Did guru just throw in a bolded option to announce that nothing has changed in his vote?

Isn't that likely to throw the quick-tally off?

Nah; I ignored it.

[Llama231]

Dang it, I give up, just change my vote from Gith bach to Trog, please.:smallfrown:

[LordZarth]

Kobold and Human are both useless now. *Sob*

-1 to Kobolds.

+1 to Gith.

Come on guys, support the Gith!

[Limos]

No! Not the Gith!

Go with Merfolk instead!

[Username]

It's an interesting trend that those voting for merfolk to spite Gith are being awfully immature about it. You're making Zerthimon cry, why are you making Zerthimon cry?

[Limos]

I wanted Kobolds. Gith crushed my dreams, and Merfolk are more interesting than Gith.

[afroakuma]

Alrighty, I've closed the poll ridiculously late early and the winner is Merfolk!

Now, our fiendish fishperson needs a Class!

[Draz74]

Githzerai. They're kinda cool, and merfolk ... just don't do it for me.

[afroakuma]

Too late, sorry. You're welcome to vote for the class, though.

[Keler]

My vote goes to Druid.

[Draz74]

Too late, sorry. You're welcome to vote for the class, though.

Yes, I already noticed that I got ninja'd while the forum was lagging in posting my post.

Weird part is, I had a feeling it was going to happen that way.

Oh well. Favored Soul.

[Redikalus]

Druid. Was trying to think of the best class to manipulate water, thus druid.

[Pronounceable]

Druid? No, ranger.

[Limos]

All aboard the bandwagon!

Druid

[Agrippa]

I say Beguiler.

[Zeful]

Sorcerer, because I like them

[The Neoclassic]

Cleric, since I find them the most fun.

[Belobog]

Are we talking Sahaugin merfolk or...Sea Elf merfolk?

If we are talking Sahaugin merfolk, then it has to be a Psion. Seriously, people. Psychic, four-armed fish men. Sheer terror.

If it's a Sea elf merfolk...Yeah, I guess a Druid. Needs all the help it can get.

Then again, could be a Kou Tao merfolk....which would have to be a Cleric, obviously...

[Sereg]

I'm going with favoured soul...My god chose me to defeat you!

[vegetalss4]

I vote for psion

and Belobog merfolk are a race, so it is most likely a merfolk merfolk

[Belobog]

Huh. Must've missed them. Maybe because they're so...bland.

I'm gonna echo the statement to make it a Favored Soul. Wonder if we'll have to vote for what god to serve, too...

[thegurullamen]

Songs of Sorcelation! It needs to be a Witchalok, which loosely translates to Sorcerer.

[arguskos]

I vote for Sorcerer... though I wish it was a githzerai. :smallfrown: Ah well, it'll be cool anyways, since afro's villains always are. :smallbiggrin:

[Mercenary Pen]

Barbarian if you please.

[Sereg]

Ah well, it'll be cool anyways, since afro's everything always is. :smallbiggrin:

Fixed for you

[Wandiya]

Let's go druid.:smallbiggrin::smalltongue:

Still I'm surprised that no has voted for Afro's Ninja yet.

[Athaniar]

I'm different. Bard.

[puppyavenger]

sorcerer what, no size vote this time?

[Reverent-One]

sorcerer, I say.

[afroakuma]

Still I'm surprised that no has voted for Afro's Ninja yet.

Probably because we've already had a ninja villain. And he's awesome. :smallcool:

Due to the twelve-hour kablooie, voting for Class will be extended one additional day or until there's a front-runner so prominent that I see no further point in its continuance.

[Alteran]

I'll go with sorcerer.

[Shadow_Elf]

Bard, please and thanks.

[Thane of Fife]

I like Ike Sorcerer, personally.

[afroakuma]

We like Ike Sorcerer, personally.

That we do. Ike is the man.

And Dairun Cates would have us understand that Marth is definitively not the man.

[Suleman]

I'm voting for Favored Soul. Just because I can.

[Zeta Kai]

I shall jump on the Sorcerer bandwagon.

[Lord Mancow]

Lets go for soulknife.:smallbiggrin:

[DracoDei]

Well, I would vote for a psionic varient of a TWF Ranger with a hook hand/stump-knife combo on one arm... but that would be cheesy... so I think I will go with Crusader.

[UnChosenOne]

Sorcerer. Yes. I'm in bandwagon.

[afroakuma]

Lets go for soulknife.:smallbiggrin:

Invalid option. Please select another.

Bandwagon's winning the war, folks. 2.5 hours until I close this poll.

[Voldecanter]

I vote Druid

[Athaniar]

I change my vote from Bard to Favored Soul. Then it can have Divine Power, and wings!

[afroakuma]

I am punching in the face whoever thought that was a good idea. I stab each and every class that grants wings as a feature.

Your votes are tallied. :smallsmile:

[Debihuman]

Dang, I was gonna vote for BARD. We need an evil bard.
Debby

[afroakuma]

Isn't that what Michael Jackson is for?

[Thane of Fife]

Isn't that what Michael Jackson is for?

I don't think that that's the kind of Bad that the song is referring to....

[afroakuma]

Well, I think the game's over. The winning class is Sorcerer.

So now this malicious marine magician needs a Challenge Rating!

Get to it!

[The Demented One]

Hmm, I say CR 14.

[Assassin89]

CR 14 I guess

[Thane of Fife]

CR 4. Lower level than where the PCs can have easy Water-Breathing, I believe.

[Shadow_Elf]

CR 4. Lower level than where the PCs can have easy Water-Breathing, I believe.

Good reasoning. CR 4

[shaddy_24]

CR 8. Most players would just be gaining the ability to breath water, but not all. The players would have to take advantage of different abilities to try to overcome the challange. It's also around the time sorcerers really start being strong enough to challange groups rather than single opponants.

[puppyavenger]

we haven't gotten a low-level villian yet, I'm going with the 4

[Mercenary Pen]

I'll join the low-level crowd, CR4

[Keler]

My vote goes to 4.

[The Neoclassic]

CR 7Ten characters!

[Zeta Kai]

Well, CR14 has been done, so I'm gonna go oddball & say CR6. Low-level villains need more love.

[afroakuma]

At low levels, any fishy villain is scary.

Heck, any villain is scary.

[Adumbration]

CR 4 for me. Just for the heck of it.

[Draz74]

CR 7 sounds good to me. Maybe the people who voted 6 or 8 want to compromise and give 7 a fighting chance?

[Magnor Criol]

I feel for the low CR idea. 4's my vote.

[UnChosenOne]

Cr 14. I don't just like about idea about villain with cr 4.

[thegurullamen]

4 score and 4 years ago, our 4fathers set 4th to establish this 4um, a place 4 their children to make really weird contests and vote up a weird fish villain thing. Hmm. Seems I forgot where I was headed.

[dracoslaad]

I guess I'll vote for CR 4 as well.

[Juhn]

So, the forum was down all day yesterday, and the class vote closed before I even woke up today? Harsh.

I'll make my CR vote later; it tends to be the vote I care least about.

[Edwin]

I'll up for CR 6.

[blackspeeker]

CR 6 that sounds good.

[paddyfool]

CR6. Low enough for the wateriness to be a real issue, high enough for it not to be insuperable.

[Lord Mancow]

I see such good logic on both sides of CR6 and CR4 but I think I'm going to go with CR6.

[arguskos]

4 score and 4 years ago, our 4fathers set 4th to establish this 4um, a place 4 their children to make really weird contests and vote up a weird fish villain thing. Hmm. Seems I forgot where I was headed.
So, CR 24? :smalltongue:

Anyways, I want CR 4. Might as well join teh CR bandwagon. :smallbiggrin:

[Magnor Criol]

Cr 14. I don't just like about idea about villain with cr 4.

The nice thing about lower CRs is that you can always raise it if necessary by adding class levels - whereas lowering CR to fit a higher-than-apropos villain in a campaign is noticeably tougher.

[Zeful]

CR 4, I like villians that make the PCs sweat.

[Pronounceable]

4 is good. So is 6. I'll be happy with either so I'm voting 5.

[Llama231]

19!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11!!!!!!!!!!!ONE!!!!!!!
When was class voting? I thought that the board was down?

[Debihuman]

I vote for CR 6.

Debby

[Limos]

CR 6

Make it so.

[DracoDei]

4 seems good, and who says this villian won't be for an underwater based campaign where the PCs are all aquatic humanoids?

[afroakuma]

Oh, I do pity them if that's the case.:smallamused:

[puppyavenger]

Oh, I do pity them if that's the case.:smallamused:

so is the vote extended for today? or does it end now? did I miss a post answering that exact question?

[afroakuma]

Alright, I've tallied it up and the winning CR is 4!

Now, this sinister submarine sorcerer needs an Alignment!

[Alteran]

Neutral Evil, why not?

[Thane of Fife]

I prefer Lawful Evil, myself.

[thegurullamen]

Neural Evil as well.

[Ekeralos]

Chaotic Evil.

[xanaphia]

Chaotic Evil.

Cause Lawful evil is boring.

[Keler]

Lawful Good for the heck of it.

[puppyavenger]

lawful evil

[Zeta Kai]

Neutral Evil

[Gorgondantess]

Lawful Evil. Those are always the fun ones.

[Draz74]

Neutral Evil.

[Magnor Criol]

Neutral Evil.


Neural Evil as well.

Clearly, guru wants this villain to be ahead of the pack...*rimshot*
(Sorry guru, too good too pass up)

[king.com]

Chaotic Evil, chaos cant be stopped....

[UnChosenOne]

Lawfull Evil.