Mercurius
Legend
Yeah, not a fan. But the doggy is legit, I think.
D&D General Creatures Obscure & Underused
Yeah, not a fan. But the doggy is legit, I think.
R_J_K75
Legend
I think it maybe after looking at it again.
Tonguez
A suffusion of yellow
Its a Wolfdog in a Florida sanctuary, apparently 85% wolf (DNA). 120lbs and 5’ 4” tall.
He was 12 yrs old in 2018, and had cancer. Dunno if its still alive
Omand
Hero
OK, slight thread resurrection here.
Another underused creature is the Nilbog.
Everyone knows about it because of its annoying nature, but I can't recall ever coming across it in any adventures I read or ran over the years. Or was I just fortunate/unfortunate in what I ran?
The description does make it annoying, but might be worth something for a one-shot?
Cheers
Another underused creature is the Nilbog.
Everyone knows about it because of its annoying nature, but I can't recall ever coming across it in any adventures I read or ran over the years. Or was I just fortunate/unfortunate in what I ran?
The description does make it annoying, but might be worth something for a one-shot?
Cheers
Omand
Hero
Oooh, and another one that is obscure/underused (although perhaps deservedly so).
The Hippocampus, half fish/seahorse and half horse. I have never used one in my entire DM career, and I cannot recall seeing one in any modules. Even in cases where you might expect to see it like in the Saltmarsh series. At least they do not show up in the recent update, and I do not recall them in the originals.
Of course, I likely have missed an appearance somewhere.
Not the greatest monster since the 1e version was CG and therefore not something you would likely fight, but it is a mythical beast.
Cheers
The Hippocampus, half fish/seahorse and half horse. I have never used one in my entire DM career, and I cannot recall seeing one in any modules. Even in cases where you might expect to see it like in the Saltmarsh series. At least they do not show up in the recent update, and I do not recall them in the originals.
Of course, I likely have missed an appearance somewhere.
Not the greatest monster since the 1e version was CG and therefore not something you would likely fight, but it is a mythical beast.
Cheers
Omand
Hero
I think they are in X1 Isle of Dread, I will have to pull out my copy from storage and look.
Cheers
Tonguez
A suffusion of yellow
Oooh, and another one that is obscure/underused (although perhaps deservedly so).
The Hippocampus, half fish/seahorse and half horse. I have never used one in my entire DM career, and I cannot recall seeing one in any modules. Even in cases where you might expect to see it like in the Saltmarsh series. At least they do not show up in the recent update, and I do not recall them in the originals.
Of course, I likely have missed an appearance somewhere.
Not the greatest monster since the 1e version was CG and therefore not something you would likely fight, but it is a mythical beast.
Cheers
I’ve used Hippocampus imc, its luckily island based so lots of activity on and in the water. Hippocampus are used as mounts by Sea Elfs and in my mind are a small type of Pleiosaur. Larger Pleiosaur ‘Water Horse’ also exist in deeper water, and the two ‘water horse’ species will interact.
I’ve even used Hippocampus to represent Pleiosaurs too
Voadam
Legend
OK, slight thread resurrection here.
Another underused creature is the Nilbog.
Everyone knows about it because of its annoying nature, but I can't recall ever coming across it in any adventures I read or ran over the years. Or was I just fortunate/unfortunate in what I ran?
The description does make it annoying, but might be worth something for a one-shot?
Cheers
Castle Greyhawk 1e has some, as might be expected. My first thought was C5 The Bane of Llewellyn for the Ishcabebble punning one with things like the Caesar Slaad, but turns out they are not in there. Not sure off the top of my head if C4 and C5 were from before the Fiend Folio.
Omand
Hero
Thanks Voadam. I have never read or run WG7, and based upon reviews I have read I don't think I ever will (satire adventures are not my thing). Should have guessed that Nilbogs made it in there.
Cheers
Weiley31
Legend
Well there are two that are probably not obscure, as they originated in the Monster Manual III of 3.5, but I would say that they are both underused.
The Stonesinger(or Tralusk as they are also known as): It's basically a Lovecraftian Scorpion creature(so Abberration naturally) that originate from the Elemental Plane of Earth. And instead of a stinger, their tails end in a lamprey mouth. They pretty much SLAs such as Wall of Earth, meld into stone, and Shape Stone. With an INT score of 16, they are pretty smart. One of their most interesting aspects is that they can appreciate music. See they pretty much sing(hence the singer part in their names) and they have a pretty big appreciation for it. To the point that it's possible for a PC to pretty much "avoid" a confrontation against them via impressing them with a song. So being able to lock down a fight via a Performance check is pretty interesting. Of course there are catches, especially if your DM wants to add in complications See if they end up "liking" your singing too much or if they desire an "audience" for their own singing and choirs, you may end up being entombed in a stone block from the neck down, with your head pretty much left alone. And then your pretty much forced to listen to them sing until they grow tired of ya and eat ya.
I technically want to play as one in 5E, which may prove a bit interesting. Pretty much using the Half-Elf as the base with something swapped out for Stonecunning. Slap on the College of the Opera Bard Subclass and there ya goish I guess?
The next one up is the Ragewalker. War-torn fey that, instead of embodying nature like most fey, end up embodying the battlefield and are pretty much Berserker Fey when ya think about it. They are pretty much in a constant Barbarian rage, but they spread that rage all around causing everybody to go rage crazy. They are surrounded by floating weapons of the battlefield and any attempt to shoot ranged attacks at them will either cause the shots to get deflected by said floating weapons OR being deflected back at the shooter. The most unique thing about Ragewalkers is that they have a strange "kinship" with Living Spells so they are fully capable of gaining control and commanding Living Spells. They wear tight fitting metal armor and their main weapons are Spiked Chains, the Weapon Cloud that surrounds them, and few SLA abilities such as Blade Wall and Wall of Fire.
The Stonesinger(or Tralusk as they are also known as): It's basically a Lovecraftian Scorpion creature(so Abberration naturally) that originate from the Elemental Plane of Earth. And instead of a stinger, their tails end in a lamprey mouth. They pretty much SLAs such as Wall of Earth, meld into stone, and Shape Stone. With an INT score of 16, they are pretty smart. One of their most interesting aspects is that they can appreciate music. See they pretty much sing(hence the singer part in their names) and they have a pretty big appreciation for it. To the point that it's possible for a PC to pretty much "avoid" a confrontation against them via impressing them with a song. So being able to lock down a fight via a Performance check is pretty interesting. Of course there are catches, especially if your DM wants to add in complications See if they end up "liking" your singing too much or if they desire an "audience" for their own singing and choirs, you may end up being entombed in a stone block from the neck down, with your head pretty much left alone. And then your pretty much forced to listen to them sing until they grow tired of ya and eat ya.
I technically want to play as one in 5E, which may prove a bit interesting. Pretty much using the Half-Elf as the base with something swapped out for Stonecunning. Slap on the College of the Opera Bard Subclass and there ya goish I guess?
The next one up is the Ragewalker. War-torn fey that, instead of embodying nature like most fey, end up embodying the battlefield and are pretty much Berserker Fey when ya think about it. They are pretty much in a constant Barbarian rage, but they spread that rage all around causing everybody to go rage crazy. They are surrounded by floating weapons of the battlefield and any attempt to shoot ranged attacks at them will either cause the shots to get deflected by said floating weapons OR being deflected back at the shooter. The most unique thing about Ragewalkers is that they have a strange "kinship" with Living Spells so they are fully capable of gaining control and commanding Living Spells. They wear tight fitting metal armor and their main weapons are Spiked Chains, the Weapon Cloud that surrounds them, and few SLA abilities such as Blade Wall and Wall of Fire.
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