Favorite Monster

[TheOverlord]

I thought it would be interesting to see what monsters really were favorites. This can be from in game experiences like the time that a friend of mine jumped onto a back of a displacer beast or creatures people just thought were really cool or had some interesting abilities.

One of my personal favorites was the Tar Dragon from Creature Collection 1. The one they presented in the book was one of the last of its kind and was generally both creepy and awesome. Weapons would stick to its tar-covered hide and its "breath weapon" was more like a spewing of ultra sticky tar that required amazing strength checks to escape. Classic Dragon with some non-standard abilities made it an interesting encounter no matter what.

I'd love to hear what creatures everyone else loves.
--The Overlord
D&D 3.5 Monster Advancer
Monster, NPC and random encounter generation, customization and advancement.

[RTGoodman]

I don't know if I could pick a FAVORITE, but I've been partial to the Boneclaw for a LONG time. I mean, damn... look at the thing.

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[Sinfire Titan]

Top X:

1. Warforged
2. Dragons
3. Demons
4. Skarn (and their Mishtai anscestors)
5. Dragonspawn
6. Elementals
7. Warforged Titans
8. The rest don't matter.

[shadzar]

Mimic.

You just can't beat a monster that looks like free treasure to keep those greedy little rogues in line from trying to steal everything that isn't nailed down in a dungeon.

At least I got a raise dead from it.

[Melamoto]

Mimics. Those little guys can fool even the most experienced low level players into a fatality.

Edit: Someone beat me to it. Guess that's expected with such a classic monster.

Well then, my second favourite is the Zelekhut.

[Glyde]

Personally, I'm fond of the Glabrezu for RP reasons.

Mechanically, and as a DM, you can't really go wrong with dragons. Nothing makes the party crap themselves more than watching you roll two handfuls of dice for a breath weapon.

[Starscream]

I like devils in general. Particularly Imps, Horned Devils, and Erinyes. Much more interesting than demons in my opinion, and more fun to roleplay.

[Sinfire Titan]

I like devils in general. Particularly Imps, Horned Devils, and Erinyes. Much more interesting than demons in my opinion, and more fun to roleplay.

I'm Demon-biased because I read the Liber Chaotica (Warhammer). That book changes lives.

[DamnedIrishman]

DRACTHULU!

[monty]

The flumph.

[Gnorman]

Thoon Is Thoon, and Thoon is All!

Okay, well, just Mind Flayers in general.

[Trodon]

idk what my favorite is but i was messing around with that monster generater and came up with this Tyranosouras i'm going to use this in a game sometime

[evil-frosty]

My favorites are, not in any particular order: The Boneclaw, the thing is just cool, i love the azure and indigo slaadi afroakuma made they are awesome, kobolds and goblins because well you usually use them in any first level campaign as they are weak but you can get so creative with them. Devils are cool too with all the spell like abilities. Lastly though just undead in general there mindless and you can tack on so many weird/cool things to them.

[JMobius]

The Caller In Darkness.

[Leon]

Tharn
Dire Trolls
Gargoyles

[Dagren]

I like the classics myself. You know, Dragons, Demons, Undead.

[Twilight Jack]

If we're going epic, I have a particular fondness for the Worm That Walks.

The flavor is just too damn cool.

[Tam_OConnor]

I've got a few:
Gnolls, because who doesn't love lazy hyena-faced slavers? It really freaks my players out when I tell them my twist: Gnolls are male elves. Any male elves that look like elves are biomagically engineered.

Mind Flayers, and Yuan-ti reflavored to be immature illithids. Actually, pretty much anything with tentacles. I used a templated grick to bull rush a dwarf off of a petrified purple worm, to plummet 100 feet and deal massive damage to both of them. Good times. Oh, and I've got an upcoming TPK using a flayer. *cue maniacal laughter*

And zombies. But not your standard MM zombies. No, these are glorious fast zombies, slow zombies that regenerate, zombies mutated into undead digging machines...I had a zombie campaign a while back.

[shadzar]

Mimics. Those little guys can fool even the most experienced low level players into a fatality.

Edit: Someone beat me to it. Guess that's expected with such a classic monster.

Well then, my second favourite is the Zelekhut.

We can share it. You approach the pseudopod on the left, and I will take the one on the right.

[tiercel]

Old school, but... dragons, still.

I mean, yeah, it's in the frickin' title of the game, but moreover a dragon is an awesome monster because it still inspires genuine trepidation in most games. You might take down some pretty tough critters on a regular basis, and you might encounter really weird stuff that throws you for a loop, but even if you know the Monster Manual entry for a given dragon backward and forward you still seriously prepare for a dragon encounter as much as you ever will for any encounter in the entire game.

Plus, nothing says "major treasure haul" like a dragon's hoard. Seriously.

[Teron]

I'm not sure about my favourite, but I have an inordinate fondness for the chuul. Lobsters are pretty fearsomely designed when you think about it; horse-sized lobster things with paralytic venom and humanlike intelligence lurking in bogs and festering with an irrational hatred of humanoids passed down through genetic memories (that bit is from a Dragon ecology article I rather liked) are positively lovecraftian. Between them and will-o'-wisps, I'd love to run a party through a big swamp with a group of helpless NPCs and see how many people they can save from just two or three sneaky, persistent monsters that don't care for an honest fight.

[Mando Knight]

For evil monsters: Red Dragon.
Good "monsters:" Gold Dragon.

Humor: The Gnome.

[chiasaur11]

Warforged, Kobolds, and Terrasque.

Robots, Godzilla, and cunning lizardy lickspittles. Although dinosaurs are pretty boss as well.

[Cedrass]

Doppelgangers are awesome. Point.

I'm so glad I managed to play one in a quest I DMed and make the players trust him!

[Thurbane]

I'm quite partial to the Yuan-Ti myself. Honorable mentions to the Ogre Mage and Rakshasa...

[Eldrys]

Can ya' guess

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[Zeta Kai]

I'm a man of simple tastes, & the zombie template can be applied to just about anything.

[Callos_DeTerran]

Kythons hold a special place in my heart. Just like the tarrasque and Thoon.

[shadzar]

Can ya' guess

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Flinds?

[Eldrys]

Flinds?

okay how bout this, it starts with "H" and ends in "ound Archon".

good enough hint.

And what are flinds