Favorite Dire Animal?

[Radiun]

I <3 me some Dire Bat.
May be biased because my Druid's Animal Companion IS a Dire Bat, and I'm more than pleasantly surprised at her sheer durability.
Best saves and AC in the party, a respectable grapple, and decent HP.
She's neutralized a lich that was out of reach by flying up and grappling him (he hadn't prepared dimension door or freedom of movement apparently).
She took out our BSF warforged when he was dominated (actually a crusader).
Evaded fireballs with laughable ease considering her 15ft wingspan (best saves in the party), and has a 10 ft long tongue that comes up disturbingly often.

(there is a species of bat that has a tongue who's length is 1.5x that of the bat's body. Presuming the Dire Bat's wings are only 2X it's body size, that makes the Dire Bat ~7.5 ft long, and its tongue ~10ft)

To finish all that off, I also have a picture. If someone wouldn't mind hosting it, drop me a line.

[Dusk Eclipse]

Dire Puma (from Sandstorm)

Got a character who is a were Dire puma, and he is awesome!!!

[Eldariel]

Dire Bear. 'cause it's a fcking BEAR.

[sofawall]

Dire Bear. 'cause it's a fcking BEAR.

I do agree.

[Berserk Monk]

Dire bear because there's a prestige class for barbarians that let's you turn into one. I suppose you can also turn into dire animals as a druid, but barbarians get more combat kills (if we define combat as a fight using a melee weapon).

[Sir_Chivalry]

Dire Bear. 'cause it's a fcking BEAR.

Dire Polar Bear, because when you send an awakened dire polar bear to deal with the pcs, it's not a problem, it's a solution.

[Asbestos]

Dire bear because there's a prestige class for barbarians that let's you turn into one. I suppose you can also turn into dire animals as a druid, but barbarians get more combat kills (if we define combat as a fight using a melee weapon).

That's an odd way to define combat. I mean, by that definition engaging a guy in a gunfight isn't 'combat' but engaging him in a knife fight is.

[Epinephrine]

Dire hippopotamus. C'mon. HIPPOS.

(there is a species of bat that has a tongue who's length is 1.5x that of the bat's body. Presuming the Dire Bat's wings are only 2X it's body size, that makes the Dire Bat ~7.5 ft long, and its tongue ~10ft)

This makes no sense. Sorry to bring up biology, but unless there are some special flowers only polinated by a species of dire bat with 10 foot long tongues, there's no way to explain it. The little bats need their tongues to drink from special orchids, and there just isn't going to be a species of 12 foot orchid flowers with enough nectar in them to keep a species of dire bat going.

[Zovc]

Dire Bear. 'cause it's a fcking BEAR.

An Maximized, Empowered Awakened Dire Bear, 'cause nothing's scarier than a Dire Bear with 18 + (1/2d6) Intelligence who is now capable of gaining class levels (in Wizard).

[Beelzebub1111]

Dire Weasel.
Say goodbye to your constitution scores...

Though it's tough to beat the dreaded...WEREWEASEL!

[Grifthin]

The Dire Camel.

[Radiun]

[...]Sorry to bring up biology, but unless there are some special flowers only polinated by a species of dire bat with 10 foot long tongues[...]

This is DnD, there are trees that drop fruits which turn into orc-like creatures and roam the country side looking for peasants to kill (Orcwort, MM2). Is a dire flower really that hard to believe?

[Gorgondantess]

This makes no sense. Sorry to bring up biology, but unless there are some special flowers only polinated by a species of dire bat with 10 foot long tongues, there's no way to explain it. The little bats need their tongues to drink from special orchids, and there just isn't going to be a species of 12 foot orchid flowers with enough nectar in them to keep a species of dire bat going.

...Okay. You're talking about a world where just about every law of physics is toyed with and trampled on, and with some of the most obscenely ridiculous creatures, and you're worried about a really long tongue?

[Epinephrine]

...Okay. You're talking about a world where just about every law of physics is toyed with and trampled on, and with some of the most obscenely ridiculous creatures, and you're worried about a really long tongue?

Yeah, I worry about weird things... maybe a good Ecology of the Dire Fruit Bat article needs to be written

[SilverClawShift]

Dire Bat from here till forever

[Radiun]

Dire Bat from here till forever

Any particular reason why?;-)

[Hal]

Dire Weasel.
Say goodbye to your constitution scores...

Though it's tough to beat the dreaded...WEREWEASEL!

Also, because the innuendo and pick-up lines are epic in potential.

[Chrono22]

Dire polar bear. Those things are GAR.

[taltamir]

I wonder... can you have a dire human or a dire elf?

[Pyron]

Dire House Cat... a plague to commoners everywhere.

[Shademan]

A dire shark riding a dire moose shooting dire bears from his dire cannons

[Schylerwalker]

A dire shark riding a dire moose shooting dire bears from his dire cannons

ROFLMAO.

That is bloody hilarious, my friend. I cried. Like a baby. A hungry angry baby.

Anywho, I'm not sure what my favorite dire animal. I kinda like them all, to be completely honest.

Though I love awakened dire ape barbarians. Hoo-RAH!!

[Berserk Monk]

That's an odd way to define combat. I mean, by that definition engaging a guy in a gunfight isn't 'combat' but engaging him in a knife fight is.

Yeah, well if there's a more awesome way to kill stuff than with a battle axe, I haven't killed the guy killing people that way with a battle axe.


Don't question my logic.

[Delandel]

Dire platypus. If there is no such thing I shall make one!

[Berserk Monk]

Dire platypus. If there is no such thing I shall make one!

Well, it would be the craziest creature I've seen in D&D. Paper golem, I'm talking about you.

[Sstoopidtallkid]

Has anyone ever stated out a Dire version of the rhea?

[Doc Roc]

Unsurprisingly, mine is the tortoise.

[Rappy]

Dire platypus. If there is no such thing I shall make one!

I'm pretty sure there's one in either one of the Creature Weeklies or the Lethal Lexicon (both from Octavirate), I forget which...

EDIT: It's in Creature Weekly issue 1.

[Dienekes]

Dire Wolf.

I'm a traditionalist, or have no originality, take your pick.

[starwoof]

Dire Elk.

Because normal elkburgers are good, dire ones must be better. Or at least a higher challenge rating.