There's a Beholder on my shoulder...

[Captain Howdy]

Last night, I awoke from a fitful sleep, and the old Dr. Seuss book entitled There's a Wocket in my Pocket was going through my head. I thought that was somewhat strange, because I haven't read this book in about 15 years. If you have never heard of this book, the rhymes are all about creatures in a boy's house, and where he finds them (such as the Jertain in the curtain, and the Vug under the rug.)

As I was laying there trying to get back to sleep, I started making up D&D versions of the lines from the book. Before I dozed off, I thought of these.

There's a:

Beholder on my shoulder
Dragon in my wagon
Grazzt in my closet
Vrock in my sock
Gnoll in my bowl
Elf on my shelf

I want to see what ENworld can come up with! Add your own hiding monsters to this list, lets see if we can't best Dr. Seuss.

 

[Henry]

Almost one week from tomorrow,
I saw dear cousin Mitch,
A game book I'd borrowed
He sought return, without hitch.
"I am reading the tome, come back tonight"
I replied,
Though seeming forthright,
I really just lied.

Mitch would have none of my guff,
But as he replied his words boding "enough"
He screamed, as though picked up by the nape of his scruff.
When I tore away from my D&D book,
My eyes did goggle from just that one look!

There stood a Githyanki, tearing my hankee!
Towered a a Xorn, who trashed my porn!
A cackling Lich, was on Cousin Mitch!
A Bloodgasher Orc, studied my fork!

Critters in my house, of such menacing frame,
How'd I'd rather they had stayed in my game!

 

[Gold Roger]

A Baatezu in my gazeebo.
A Tanna'ri in my pantry.
A ghoul in my pool.
A Xorn in my porn
A Bulette in my Toilett.
A Otyough on my Truck.
A Mind Flayer on my DVD-player.
A Derro in my stereo.

 

[jeffh]

@Henry: I can't get past the fact that the rhythm is all wrong for Seuss. Doing a Seuss pastiche is a lot harder than it looks.

 

[Henry]

Yeah, I know. Sagiro does these WAAAY batter.

 

[Mycanid]

I could just see the cover for the book titled "There's a beholder on my shoulder" too!

Many chuckles out of this idea and where it could go....

 

[Nyaricus]

A dwarf on a warf
A Half-orc in New York
A Halfling on a plane wing
A Mul in the hull
A thri-kreen behind a screen
A pterran on a big fan
An Aasimar on the bar
A Tielfling on the swing
A Doppleganger on a clothe's hanger
A pack of Dire Bears on the stairs

that's all I got for now

cheers,
--N

 

[Richards]

There's a skeleton in my gelatin
There's a sphinx in my sinks
There's a werebear in my spare chair
There's a bodak with my Kodak
There's a nightmare in my highchair
There's a wight in my light
There's a chuul in my school
There's a couatl in my bottle
There's a drider in my cider
There's a ghost in my roast
There's a green hag on my bean bag
There's a grick on my pr-- (no, maybe not)
There's a grimlock on my gym lock
There's a janni on my nanny
There's a mummy on my tummy
There's a night hag in my flight bag
There's an ooze in my booze
There's a quasit in my closet
There's a roc in my sock
There's a shrieker in my beaker
There are wights in my tights

Johnathan

 

[BOB!]

a werebear in my pear
Dire shark in a park
a dire stag in my bag
a licanthrope on the pope
A kobold in my sack of gold
A minotaur on the blade of my saw
A troll in my bowl
A flesh golem in my bottom

 

[BOB!]

hahaha

theres a 15th level half dragon human barbarian in my skeleton