Best 3E era monsters?
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RichGreen
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Hi,
Another vote for chuul from the MM -- nasty aquatic grapplers.
There have been some great undead in 3.x books:
* Crucifixion spirit (Year's Best d20)
* Bhut - masquerade as human by possessing a corpse (Fiend Folio)
* Hullathoin -- huge undead dinosaur-type monster, creates vampire spawn, unleashes blood locusts (Fiend Folio)
* Forsaken shell -- animated human skins. Yuck! (Libris Mortis)
* Grisgol (MMIII) -- looking forward to using this one at some point
Others:
* Dregg -- sado-masochistic humanoids (Monsternomicon)
* Eldritch Giant -- an interesting giant! (MMIII)
* Greenvise -- like the plant monster in Little Shop of Horrors (MMII)
* Redcap -- great evil fey (MMIII)
There are loads more!
Cheers
Richard
Another vote for chuul from the MM -- nasty aquatic grapplers.
There have been some great undead in 3.x books:
* Crucifixion spirit (Year's Best d20)
* Bhut - masquerade as human by possessing a corpse (Fiend Folio)
* Hullathoin -- huge undead dinosaur-type monster, creates vampire spawn, unleashes blood locusts (Fiend Folio)
* Forsaken shell -- animated human skins. Yuck! (Libris Mortis)
* Grisgol (MMIII) -- looking forward to using this one at some point
Others:
* Dregg -- sado-masochistic humanoids (Monsternomicon)
* Eldritch Giant -- an interesting giant! (MMIII)
* Greenvise -- like the plant monster in Little Shop of Horrors (MMII)
* Redcap -- great evil fey (MMIII)
There are loads more!
Cheers
Richard
Masters of Horror, a Showtime series, had an adaptation of The Screwfly Solution last night (and through out the week until next Friday). There are two monsters I can think of along those lines:
Seeders are from Minions. They are insectoid humanoids that alter human males so that all the offspring the human produces there after are seeders. Instead of some monster from a horror movie, these are a odd bunch- they live in the shadows of civilization and interact with people. They also don't over do it when reproducing- they don't want to exterminate their only method of continuing the species. But that can be changed, one way or another.
Dryden: Friend or Foe is from Ancient Awakening. 3 monsters for the price of one, there is fantasy, modern and future version (though they can be interchanged without any trouble). The fantasy version are plant people that must mate with humanoids and breed true.
Seeders are from Minions. They are insectoid humanoids that alter human males so that all the offspring the human produces there after are seeders. Instead of some monster from a horror movie, these are a odd bunch- they live in the shadows of civilization and interact with people. They also don't over do it when reproducing- they don't want to exterminate their only method of continuing the species. But that can be changed, one way or another.
Dryden: Friend or Foe is from Ancient Awakening. 3 monsters for the price of one, there is fantasy, modern and future version (though they can be interchanged without any trouble). The fantasy version are plant people that must mate with humanoids and breed true.
PapersAndPaychecks
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Remathilis said:
Hecatoncheires date back to 1e. (Deities & Demigods, page 69 in the first and second printing.)
Frukathka said:
The first 2 are 1st edition and the third is from Dragon for 2nd.
The first is 1st edition and the second is from the Ithiliad (2nd ed).
IIRC the nerra were in Planescape, the terlen is a sucky adapation of a Gamma World creature and the wendigo is from an Annual MC.
1st edition.
Ravenloft MC II
Come now. The only 3rd ed creature you listed is the grick...
the tempest...
and the elsewhale.
One of the Annual MCs and the Dark Sun MC II.
Sea Devils and since I don't own this, I am guess it is the weresea lion from the 1st ed.
Gold Roger
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MM: Destrachan.
Complete Arcane: Spellstitched and Pseudonatural Template.
Libris Mortis: Necromentals and undead anti-elementals (like the desicator. MM3 Dustwight belongs here to). Tomb Mote, Slaymate and swarmform template.
MM3: Forestkith goblins and rot reaver.
ECS: Dolgaunt and Dolgrim.
Various Sources: All new Rakshasa variants, especially the one from the tome of battle.
Tome of Battle: Reth Dekala.
Complete Arcane: Spellstitched and Pseudonatural Template.
Libris Mortis: Necromentals and undead anti-elementals (like the desicator. MM3 Dustwight belongs here to). Tomb Mote, Slaymate and swarmform template.
MM3: Forestkith goblins and rot reaver.
ECS: Dolgaunt and Dolgrim.
Various Sources: All new Rakshasa variants, especially the one from the tome of battle.
Tome of Battle: Reth Dekala.
Shemeska said:
Planescape was 95ish, right? Terls were in the 1st ed of GW, 1978.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamma_World
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