Top 5 rejected monster ideas

[Asmor]

Stolen from the dumpsters behind WotC headquarters...

5. Mineflayer: Its unusual diet has a tendency to explode in its face.
4. Carry-on Crawler: Starves to death in a fantasy setting due to distinct lack of laptops, purses and briefcases to feed on.
3. Misplacer Beast: Quite a pushover as it can never seem to find its weapons or armor.
2. Gelatinous Hypercube: Its stat block includes a reference of high-level physics and math textbooks as required reading.

[sblock=And the number one rejected monster idea is...]
1. The Flail Snail: A snail which, in place of a head, actually has several flai-- wait, what? They actually made this one?!? Bah, I quit![/sblock]

 

[rossik]

[sblock=And the number one rejected monster idea is...]
1. The Flail Snail: A snail which, in place of a head, actually has several flai-- wait, what? They actually made this one?!? Bah, I quit![/sblock]

sure, and we loved it!

http://www.headinjurytheater.com/images/d&d beasts flail snail.jpg

 

[maggot]

Originally rejected as the "Fail Snail" that always failed its attack rolls and saves.

 

[moritheil]

http://www.enworld.org/cc/converted/vermin/flail_snail.htm

I'm totally slapping some templates on that sucker and putting it in as an encounter!

 

[Andor]

Also rans include:

The Hoblin. Like a goblin but lame.

The Worf. A dire wolf from space with forehead bumps.

Hire elemental. Oddly enough, it couldn't get a job.

Dust monster. PCs refused to be intimidated by a monster that ate dust. They did however make a fortune breeding them and selling them as housepets under the name "Roomba."

The sheep in wolfs clothing. Was eaten by the other wolves.

 

[Wolfspider]

Ha!

 

[Dragonhelm]

You can't get any better than the dog snake and displacer moose.

BTW, the flail snail was also a Spelljammer ship. Illithid nautiloid with rotating flails. Cool stuff.

 

[Greylock]

They rejected some? For real? Wow.

I thought they took any and all.

 

[Asmor]

The Hoblin. Like a goblin but lame.

Wow. That's terrible, but it made me laugh out loud. I declare you the winner of this thread, good sir! You should receive your price in the mail in 6-8 weeks*.

*Disclaimer: I said you should, not that you would

 

[Thunderfoot]

Don't forget these favorite:

Hair Rats - Several small living balls of fur that crawl into your beard or hair and cause your comb to tangle. Also was a natural enemy of the dwarves.

Hair Bares - The arch-nemesis of the Hair Rats, these microscopic organisms crawl into hairy areas and proceed to remove all hair permanently. Also a natural enemy of the dwarves.