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Toliudar
2010-12-22, 06:50 PM
I've always enjoyed the sometimes idiosyncratic collective nouns that English has for different creatures. Most people know about flocks of sheep, schools of fish, packs of wolves, prides of lions, etc. But some animals have odd (Pods of whales?) or evocative (murder of crows!) collective nouns associated with them.

So, how about D&D creatures. What name would you ascribe to a group of Illithid? Otyughs? Your favourite creatures?

Tvtyrant
2010-12-22, 06:54 PM
A Terror of Tarrasques.
A Glitter of Lantern Archons
A Gait of Shambling Mounds

AslanCross
2010-12-22, 06:55 PM
The Monster Manual actually has such terms listed in the "Organization" entry.

-Small Mind Flayer groups are Inquisitions, large ones are Cults.
-Small groups of Humanoids and Giants are typically Warbands, large ones are tribes.

To get more creative, though:

-A soar of griffons (or other flying creatures)
-A stench of otyugs
-An observation of beholders
-A WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH! of orcs
-A blur of Displacer Beasts

Greenish
2010-12-22, 06:58 PM
I've always enjoyed the sometimes idiosyncratic collective nouns that English has for different creatures.They make my head hurt. How am I supposed to remember all of them?

A shrewdness of apes? What in the name of all that's holy have the English been smoking?

Escheton
2010-12-22, 07:00 PM
They make my head hurt. How am I supposed to remember all of them?

A shrewdness of apes? What in the name of all that's holy have the English been smoking?

"English blend"

Gorgondantess
2010-12-22, 07:00 PM
It's obviously a brain of illithids.:smalltongue:

AslanCross
2010-12-22, 07:04 PM
It's obviously a brain of illithids.:smalltongue:

A "nerve" or "synapse" for a group of 2-3, then < ganglion < cerebrum. :D

Greenish
2010-12-22, 07:07 PM
A skulk of skulks.
A cry of banshees.
A cortege of elans.
An ambush of worgs.

nedz
2010-12-22, 07:17 PM
I thought it was a Parliament of Crows ?
You know like a Parliament of Crooks, or an Embezzlement of Bankers :smallbiggrin:

It should be a Stinking of Otyughs perhaps ?
A Trapping of Kobalds
A Grudging of Dwarves
A Merriment of Hobbits
An Ambling of Zombies

Of course we are forgetting a Party of Adventurers

AslanCross
2010-12-22, 07:19 PM
I thought it was a Parliament of Crows ?
You know like a Parliament of Crooks, or an Embezzlement of Bankers :smallbiggrin:

I see what you did there, but it's a parliament of owls.

d13
2010-12-22, 07:20 PM
A gelatine of gelatinous cubes (?)

A magazine of Bullettes :B

Urpriest
2010-12-22, 07:24 PM
A Glare of Bodaks
A Roar of Dragonnes
A Friendship of Gray Renders

Solophoenix
2010-12-22, 07:39 PM
A magazine of Bullettes :B



I like :)

A Lyre of Harpies.
A Suspense of Inevitables.

Urpriest
2010-12-22, 07:45 PM
A Yiff of Guardinals. :smalltongue:

Greenish
2010-12-22, 08:04 PM
A red hand of dooms.

Urpriest
2010-12-22, 08:12 PM
An Overcast of Nightwalkers
A Spaghetti of Carrion Crawlers
An Epic Spell of Solars
A Dvati

Tam_OConnor
2010-12-22, 08:15 PM
A rampage of dragons (think that's Forgotten Realm-based).
A club of ogres.
A cache of golems.
A seduction of succubi.
A tusk of orcs.
A game of gnomes (though one is enough for a game, if you're very careful with your passing. Gnomeball)!
A room of mimics.
A mountain of demiliches.
A slither of yuan-ti.

Flickerdart
2010-12-22, 08:17 PM
A circle of Pit Fiends
A grid of Modrons
A bouquet of Udoroots

Toliudar
2010-12-22, 09:43 PM
Some brilliant ones, there! (I'm especially fond of "A Dvati")

A Furry of Catfolk.
A Fell of Ropers.
A Gesuntheit of Svirfneblin.
A Gibber of Allips.

CockroachTeaParty
2010-12-22, 10:23 PM
A jar of ochre jellies.
A bowl of black puddings.
A wall of gelatinous cubes.
A choir of angels.
A knot of tsochars.

Talyn
2010-12-22, 10:31 PM
A harmony of eladrin.
A coven of hags.
A coterie of nymphs.
A shredding of perytons.
A grip of chokers.

Zaq
2010-12-22, 10:35 PM
A paranoia of wizards.
An inquisition of inevitables.
An oven of salamanders.
A market of mercanes.
A pity of monks.

ffone
2010-12-22, 10:39 PM
A fraternity of satyrs.
Or, a riot of satyrs.
A flutter of pixies.
A grab-bag of slaad.

Trekkin
2010-12-22, 10:45 PM
A disaster of kender
A nightmare of aberrations
A dessert of gelatinous cubes
A think tank of Brains in Jars
A thriller of zombies
A wardrobe of revenants
A masquerade of changelings
A Punnett square of mongrelfolk

The-Mage-King
2010-12-22, 10:47 PM
A crusade of paladins.
A company of warblades.

A fleet of Slaughterstone Eviscerators...

creepyblack
2010-12-22, 10:51 PM
A lawn of gnomes.
A shroud of ghosts.
A lunacy of werewolves.

Drakevarg
2010-12-22, 10:57 PM
This seems more like it belongs in Silly Message Board Games.

A prance of elves.

The Glyphstone
2010-12-22, 10:59 PM
A barrel of Dire Apes.

Gabe the Bard
2010-12-22, 10:59 PM
Someone should make a book of these with illustrations, a la The Gashgrumbly Tinies.

Tvtyrant
2010-12-23, 12:29 AM
A Kiss of Vargoules
A Coven of Hags
A Prance of Unicorns
A Howl of Werewolves
A Shout of Howlers
A Gentry of Nobles
A Wrap of Mummies
A Pounce of Diretigers
A Spring of Water Elementals
A Gale of Air Elementals
A Quake of Earth Elementals
A Chaos of Demons
A Procession of Devils
A Waltz of Fey

sonofzeal
2010-12-23, 01:32 AM
I thought it was a Parliament of Crows ?
You know like a Parliament of Crooks, or an Embezzlement of Bankers :smallbiggrin:
Parliament of Owls
Murder of Crows
Conspiracy of Ravens

Make sense? :smalltongue:

Urpriest
2010-12-23, 01:43 AM
A Pet Shop of Tibbits
An Exploit of Loredrakes
A Druid of Fleshrakers

sonofzeal
2010-12-23, 01:56 AM
An obfusication of dopplegangers
A discombobulation of gibbering mouthers
A flight of dragons
A host of hobgoblins
A band of bugbears
A gather of goblins

Tvtyrant
2010-12-23, 02:04 AM
A Cower of Kobolds
A Knot of Gnomes
A Short of Dwarves
A Pansy of Elves
A Tootle of Trumpet Archons
A Bay of Hound Archons
A horde of Orcs
A Giggle of Gnolls
A Whisper of Ghosts
A Flicker of Shadows
A Mass of Clerics
A Tumble of Bards
A Knife of Rogues
A Worthless of Samurai
A Impediment of Inevitables
An Omnipotence of Gazebos

Thespianus
2010-12-23, 02:28 AM
A guile of Beguiler Beguilers.

AslanCross
2010-12-23, 04:47 AM
A clash of Warforged.
A snarl of Shifters.
A shape of Changelings.
A psyche of Kalashtar.

A volley of Manticores.
A gore of Minotaurs.

Jan Mattys
2010-12-23, 04:51 AM
A fistful of Bigbys.
:smallbiggrin:

some guy
2010-12-23, 05:11 AM
I can't believed no one linked to this (http://wondermark.com/566/) yet.

A mutter of allips.
A quiver of arrowhawks.
An atelier of basilisks.
An instance of blink dogs.
A skeleton of bone devils.
A slaughterhouse of carrion crawlers.
A rack of cloakers.
A system of digesters.
An aether of elementals.
A bucket of skum.
A forest of treants.
A rash of violet fungi.
A season of winter wolfs.

Amiel
2010-12-23, 05:28 AM
-An observation of beholders
A vision of beholders :P


An oppression of devils
A cabal of daemons
A mob of demons
A choir of angels

A cacophony of angels

*.*.*.*
2010-12-23, 05:38 AM
A Yiff of Guardinals. :smalltongue:

http://knowyourmeme.com/i/681/original/what-you-did-there-i-see-it.thumbnail.jpg

Steveotep
2010-12-23, 11:37 AM
The only one I can remember from a competition long ago:

An overkill of arch-devils!

Duke of URL
2010-12-23, 11:45 AM
An odor or orcs
A salad of gelatinous cubes
A shriek of harpies
A BRAAAAIN of zombies
An emo of vampires
A rainbow of unicorns
A cheddar of kobolds
An effete of elves
A hangover of dwarves
A pest of pixies

bokodasu
2010-12-23, 12:23 PM
A banquet of puddings
A forest of treants
A smithsonian of dinosaurs
A pottery barn of basilisks
A flock of roc
A jam of jellies