D&D 5E Kuo Toa or Bullywugs? Who is more fun?

iserith said:

Both are fun.

I used Kuo-Toa in my last campaign. The PCs were delving deep into a dungeon to get at the lair of an aberrant dragon. The kuo-toa were its worshippers, led by the insane kuo-toa archpriest Holy Mackerel who called upon all fishmen everywhere to make a pilgrimage to the dungeon ahead of the gate to The Shade opening. Some arrived with a holy relic - the skull of the last Fish Pope (a flameskull) - which nearly killed the characters. To this day, everyone's still afraid of the Fish Pope.

Previously, I have used bullywugs as pirates. Captain Burrp was one of my favorite NPCs. He sailed a great, fat galleon called The Crapaud.

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Staccat0 said:

Enough with goblins and skeletons. Let's talk about having fun with the c-team of low level monsters.

I've never ran either. Looking for some inspiration.

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Al'Kelhar said:

I have had some non-combat fun with bullywugs, however.
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I've set up bullywug society as led by a deeply insecure nobility that desperately (and badly) replicates the behaviours and trappings of the human culture that they've had contact with. Of course, being deeply insecure, the bullywug leaders are always intent on proving that they are better at everything than everyone else - which they are quite clearly not.
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This has led to some hilarious gaming sessions, including one where the PCs had to negotiate with one "Blubber the Glutt", self-proclaimed king of all the bullywug tribes
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The party had to engage in various games of skill against bullywug champions, whom they had to beat (to avoid becoming dinner for the tribe), while also humiliating members of the king's court, and stroking the king's own ego, to solidify the king's position as premier leader of the bullywugs.
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Then the PCs had to flatter Blubber the Glutt and shower him with gifts, while humiliating and embarrassing his courtiers for their breaches of etiquette. And note that you don't give a bullywug king gold and gems. You give him frilly lace shirts, foppish hats (feather obligatory), velvet surcoats with shiny buttons, an ornate rapier, and all of the other trappings of pretentious nobility.

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