What's the cutest monster in D&D?

[SangoProduction]

Let's ignore dragons and anything under CR 3. I hardly consider house cat monsters, despite them being able to one shot a level 1 mage.

[Palanan]

Presumably nymphs, since they can literally blind you with their cuteness.

[Nifft]

Half-celestial dragons are going to be even cuter than regular dragons -- that's what the CHA bonus is all about, right? And they're of type Outsider so technically acceptable by your "ignore dragons" criteria.

Half-dragon housecats, perhaps? Minimum CR is exactly 3 for that template.



For more adult meanings of "cute", I suppose an Elf or Nymph might appropriate, though tastes can vary.

[SangoProduction]

Half-celestial dragons are going to be even cuter than regular dragons -- that's what the CHA bonus is all about, right? And they're of type Outsider so technically acceptable by your "ignore dragons" criteria.

Half-dragon housecats, perhaps? Minimum CR is exactly 3 for that template.


For more adult meanings of "cute", I suppose an Elf or Nymph might appropriate, though tastes can vary.

lol. Found the rules lawyer.

[Kris Moonhand]

The al'miraj. It's a technicolor rabbit with a unicorn horn! You can't get much cuter than that.

[Cygnia]

Hollyphant! (https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/forgottenrealms/images/1/1e/Hollyphant2e.gif/revision/latest?cb=20180428000934)

[Gavinfoxx]

Beguiler! The species, not the class!

[NotASpiderSwarm]

Tibbit Sorcerer. 32 Cha and a housecat.

Also, you're asking this on a forum for humans. Show us an IRL Displacer Beast and half the people on here will probably try to pet it while shrieking "PUPPY". We'll adopt anything.

[magwaaf]

https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdailybestiary.blogspot.com%2F2015 %2F07%2Fpipefox.html&psig=AOvVaw3E7cWWsIythsHVXT0sRgfv&ust=1589935399016000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAIQjRxqFwoTCIjbyYnZvukCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAD

the pipe fox or the pf goblin lol

[Cygnia]

Someone designed stats for a Displacer Cub for 5th edition.

Carbuncles (https://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/File:Carbuncle.JPG) are cute too. Rich even had one team up with Mr. Scruffy in "No Cure For the Paladin Blues".

[Vizzerdrix]

Rust monsters are cutest. All other answers are wrong. Chuuls are second cutest.

[Cygnia]

Rust monsters are cutest. All other answers are wrong. Chuuls are second cutest.

You do make a compelling argument. (https://i.imgur.com/aIAzo2e.png)..

[Telonius]

Tressym. Flying kitty!

[Rynjin]

Going to second Carbuncles, especially as one of the few cute monsters that are ACTUAL monsters. I don't consider anything with the big G in their alignment a monster, and an N in the second spot is pushing it. =)

[Kurald Galain]

Faerie dragon!

And jackalopes. Gotta have jackalopes.

[Helluin]

https://pathfinderwiki.com/mediawiki/images/6/64/Laser_Flumph.jpg

Nobody thinks Flumphs are cute??:smallfrown:

[Alexvrahr]

You do make a compelling argument. (https://i.imgur.com/aIAzo2e.png)..
There are more compelling arguments out there, as Rusty and Patina (http://rustyandco.com/comic/level-8-188/) can show.

[Ken Murikumo]

Attic Whisperer...

they're smol and lonely

[Maat Mons]

Just apply the Titanic template to ... I don't know ... a kitten?

[Blue Jay]

I think fairies are adorable, especially shimmerlings. They only come in swarm form, though.

[Malphegor]

Hm. honestly I find those void creatures to be adorable. their artwork is essentially ‘Flumphs, but goth’ and I love that. They look so edgelord I want to shake their tentacles and call them scamps. They try so hard, ya know?

Also, warforged scouts. Whoosa big powerful robot but you’re also BAYEEBEEE sized whoosa cutie bot? You is? “Sir I am 300 years old please do not demean me”

[Vizzerdrix]

I feel that I should add the skiurid to my list as the 3rd most cute creature.

[Beowulf DW]

PAthfinder goblins are cute in a strange way, especially the goblin that joins your party in the Kingmaker video game.

I certainly have to agree with some of the above posters regarding rust monsters, though, especially after I read that Pathfinder novel in which an oread monk managed to get a rust monster to follow him around like a cat after feeding the cute thing a few scraps of iron. The cute little thing then came through big time in a subsequent battle when it charged into a platoon of duergar, causing immense misery among the metal-loving miscreants.

[Akal Saris]

The al'miraj. It's a technicolor rabbit with a unicorn horn! You can't get much cuter than that.

OMG, that 5E version is adorable! I can't believe it's been around since 1E and I didn't know about these adorable bunny unicorns!

[PoeticallyPsyco]

There's a case to be made for merfolk.

https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/eca37706-8f99-4b78-a55e-fa443e877a51/d3984z7-b7262c5e-7dff-48d6-8173-6b559c75bfec.jpg?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJ IUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOiIsImlzcyI6InVybjph cHA6Iiwib2JqIjpbW3sicGF0aCI6IlwvZlwvZWNhMzc3MDYtOG Y5OS00Yjc4LWE1NWUtZmE0NDNlODc3YTUxXC9kMzk4NHo3LWI3 MjYyYzVlLTdkZmYtNDhkNi04MTczLTZiNTU5Yzc1YmZlYy5qcG cifV1dLCJhdWQiOlsidXJuOnNlcnZpY2U6ZmlsZS5kb3dubG9h ZCJdfQ.0HdjiPsowlfb7lGpcT2PtfBdCAHkL1tIQWaO_mNnW6s
https://www.deviantart.com/hattermadness/art/Merfolk-Child-196894771

And there's an entire Webtoon about it... (https://www.webtoons.com/en/fantasy/castle-swimmer/list?title_no=1499)

[Asmotherion]

Depends. I could argue about Nymphs and Succubus(es?) but I suppose you mean more in a "oh that's a cute puppy" kind of way rather than a "I want this thing to bear my children" kind of way.

I'd also suggest Pseudodragons, but technically they are in the Baby Dragon category (Cute Tiny Dragons).

With those premises, Flumphs look adorable, and there is a beholder variant whose name I can't remember that's basically a blood thirsty vampire that spawns when a beholder has a nightmare but for some reason it's artwork make me want to hug it and keep it as a pet. Not sure if it's genually cute, or a product of my deranged sence of empathy, since I'd argue that a shadow is like a cute little dogo that wants to play with you, but that's that.

[Kalkra]

I kinda prefer the 1st Edition Rust monster.

Linky (https://www.belloflostsouls.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/save-me-a-rust-monster.jpg)

Also, obligatory reminder that CHA doesn't equal cuteness. While they sometimes coincide, a Beholder has 15 CHA, and Cats have 7.

[SquidFighter]

True beauty is in the eye of the Beholder.

[upho]

The al'miraj. It's a technicolor rabbit with a unicorn horn! You can't get much cuter than that.I find it a bit curious that the PF version is decidedly less cute...

https://res.cloudinary.com/upho/image/upload/v1590673606/250px-Almiraj_qucpxi.jpg
"Unlike true rabbits, almirajes are highly aggressive, territorial carnivores. They hunt by using their horn to gore their prey; however, since creatures killed by an almiraj's horn are immediately turned to stone, almirajes have to eat their prey while it is still alive."

And yeah, here's the obligatory link. (https://youtu.be/tgj3nZWtOfA?t=24)


the pipe fox or the pf goblin lolHave to agree the pipefox rates pretty darn high on the cuteness-index. I mean, who can resist a curious Diminutive talking silky fluffy snake fox scholar?
https://res.cloudinary.com/upho/image/upload/c_scale,w_439/v1590672564/tumblr_o1tuo3bQbi1rjx2rao1_640_oqpwxc.jpg

[Cygnia]

Vorpal bunny!

[Ottriman]

Behir is not normally a cute monster, but the 2e version is kinda cute!

https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/forgottenrealms/images/5/5b/Behir2e.gif/revision/latest?cb=20150810220758

[Skunkheart]

Behir is not normally a cute monster, but the 2e version is kinda cute!

https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/forgottenrealms/images/5/5b/Behir2e.gif/revision/latest?cb=20150810220758

I always liked that it was dragging its first few legs. Like "OMG, I'm so bored! There's nothing to do!" Makes me wanna find something to play with it. Maybe Monopoly. Or Scrabble.

Also for cuteness: ANYTHING in Faerie Fire by Astrologos Press. I feel like I'm becoming a shill for this book, but I just love it's neon-noir, Trapper Keeper, Lisa Frank, queer af aesthetics. They're all SO cute! Even the terrifying ones......

[Ottriman]

I always liked that it was dragging its first few legs. Like "OMG, I'm so bored! There's nothing to do!" Makes me wanna find something to play with it. Maybe Monopoly. Or Scrabble.


Monopoly is the friendship destroyer, don't afflict this poor creature with it! :smalleek:

(Also ruining your friendship will be bad considering the Behir can breathe lightning and is the size of an elephant!)

[Tetsubo 57]

https://pathfinderwiki.com/mediawiki/images/6/64/Laser_Flumph.jpg

Nobody thinks Flumphs are cute??:smallfrown:

I do! *waves hand*

[Draconi Redfir]

a mimic the size of a ring box.

[ChaosStar]

Gonna 2nd Al'mirajs and Tressyms.

[Maat Mons]

If you did have a mimic the size of a ring box as a pet, where would you get small enough adventurers to feed to it?

[Noxangelo]

Nobody thinks Flumphs are cute??:smallfrown:

lol, as soon as i saw the title, my first though was "flumph"

[darkdragoon]

I'm sure the Tarrasque needs a hug from time to time.

[lylsyly]

Tibbit Totem Druid with Obtain Tressym Famliar with a Tiger Conpanion. Im mean really ... who doesn't love cats.

(Obviously I am a cat person ;-))

[Vizzerdrix]

Tibbit Totem Druid with Obtain Tressym Famliar with a Tiger Conpanion. Im mean really ... who doesn't love cats.

(Obviously I am a cat person ;-))

Ick. Musteval guardinals are much, much cuter.