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<blockquote data-quote="steeldragons" data-source="post: 5657451" data-attributes="member: 92511"><p>It seems I was less than clear. The intention of the original post was for a list of 20- mundane animals/creatures AND and list of 20- "monsters"/magical/not-real-world creatures.</p><p></p><p>While, yes, I see your point that "Human Bandits" could be considered and were/are certainly real-world enough...in the context of a fantasy game, think various types of humans (i.e. villainous bandits, crazed berserkers, mysterious nomads) are certainly "monstrous" (not encountered in the real world) beings to be encountered in the gaming world.</p><p></p><p>Also, since other [presumably] PC races: notably dwarf and elf, but goblin or orc also for some games perhaps, were included, seems fitting humans should go here rather than among the horses, birds, and dogs.</p><p></p><p>So that's why I, at least, included them among the "monsters" list. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Now, however, it seems I am going to have to increase my initial proposal as there are simply too many classics getting left by the wayside (or my lists, anyway.) <strong>So how about, we up it to a nice round 50 creatures</strong>.</p><p></p><p>That's 20 mundane, 20 magical, and 10 more that might have been <em> missed/forgotten.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>SO, here's the next thing for you guys. Out of the following list, <strong>which 10</strong> are too [olde] skool fer cool and must stay or which get put on the back burner for a presumed next "set" or at least some kind of Monster Expansion book? </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>...and yes, keep in mind/think of this as a "starter's set". So think in terms of lower levels (say, not about 4th or 5th)</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Ankheg</em></p><p><em>Ape</em></p><p><em>Boar</em></p><p><em>Bat (must go in. Absolutely must.)</em></p><p><em>Blink Dog</em></p><p><em>Chimera</em></p><p><em>Demons (say 3 common/low level types)</em></p><p><em>Devils (as demons)</em></p><p><em>Displacer Beast</em></p><p><em>Dryad</em></p><p><em>Fungi</em></p><p><em>Genie</em></p><p><em>Gnome (as a race, not an elemental being)</em></p><p><em>Hydra</em></p><p><em>Lycanthropes (I comPLETEly forgot lycanthropes in my list. Ok, this is a must, also.)</em></p><p><em>Manticore</em></p><p><em>Medusa</em></p><p><em>Minotaur (another "can't believe I forgot it!")</em></p><p><em>Puddings</em></p><p><em>Roc</em></p><p><em>Satyr</em></p><p><em>Stirge</em></p><p><em>Umber Hulk</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>EDIT: OMFG! UNICORNS! I forgot unicorns too!?!? How does one forget unicorns? I am so not right in the head today. </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Ok. So consider "Unicorns" in the above list for the extra 10 that should be included in the Must list of 50.</em></p><p><em>/EDIT</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="steeldragons, post: 5657451, member: 92511"] It seems I was less than clear. The intention of the original post was for a list of 20- mundane animals/creatures AND and list of 20- "monsters"/magical/not-real-world creatures. While, yes, I see your point that "Human Bandits" could be considered and were/are certainly real-world enough...in the context of a fantasy game, think various types of humans (i.e. villainous bandits, crazed berserkers, mysterious nomads) are certainly "monstrous" (not encountered in the real world) beings to be encountered in the gaming world. Also, since other [presumably] PC races: notably dwarf and elf, but goblin or orc also for some games perhaps, were included, seems fitting humans should go here rather than among the horses, birds, and dogs. So that's why I, at least, included them among the "monsters" list. :) Now, however, it seems I am going to have to increase my initial proposal as there are simply too many classics getting left by the wayside (or my lists, anyway.) [B]So how about, we up it to a nice round 50 creatures[/B]. That's 20 mundane, 20 magical, and 10 more that might have been [I] missed/forgotten. SO, here's the next thing for you guys. Out of the following list, [B]which 10[/B] are too [olde] skool fer cool and must stay or which get put on the back burner for a presumed next "set" or at least some kind of Monster Expansion book? ...and yes, keep in mind/think of this as a "starter's set". So think in terms of lower levels (say, not about 4th or 5th) Ankheg Ape Boar Bat (must go in. Absolutely must.) Blink Dog Chimera Demons (say 3 common/low level types) Devils (as demons) Displacer Beast Dryad Fungi Genie Gnome (as a race, not an elemental being) Hydra Lycanthropes (I comPLETEly forgot lycanthropes in my list. Ok, this is a must, also.) Manticore Medusa Minotaur (another "can't believe I forgot it!") Puddings Roc Satyr Stirge Umber Hulk EDIT: OMFG! UNICORNS! I forgot unicorns too!?!? How does one forget unicorns? I am so not right in the head today. Ok. So consider "Unicorns" in the above list for the extra 10 that should be included in the Must list of 50. /EDIT[/I] [/QUOTE]
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