Best D&D "Aliens?"

[JoeGKushner]

Just thought of another source for 'Aliens'.

Anyone remember Arduin? They had one with a monster known as a Rypley, named after the only adventurer to ever escape one. Had a d30 for a bite attack!

 

[Henrix]

They have. Xenomorph.

True, I had forgotten that. But that's just barely a distinctive name, isn't it?


When I first read the name of the thread I thought - spellweavers, those are the perfect alien invaders! Weird inscrutable sixarmed bigeyed aliens! But that's an entirely different kind of alien.

 

[snarfoogle]

The Zerg are Xenomorphs as well, and I prefer them to Tyranids and such. If only I had some 3.5e stats for them.

When I read the title, I was thinking Mind Flayers. Tentacle faces who eat brains, what better "alien" race?

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Thanks for the help. I think I'll be making a sealed dungeon with a trapped kython nest inside. A forbiddence spell and a magically locked door will just make the players all the more eager to open it up and go inside.

 

[David Howery]

Way back in 2E days, I ran a brief but memorable Spelljammer campaign. I didn't really like the spider thing bad guys (don't recall the name), so I used both Predator and Aliens, making up stats for both. Luckily, at the same time, some now-defunct company made an Aliens game complete with minis, so I got a bunch of them (including a big Queen) just in time for the campaign....

 

[ThirdWizard]

Slaad! They're chest busters!

 

[vulcan_idic]

They have. Xenomorph.

In a different genre, both illithids and beholders are D&D aliens.

To a certain perspective though, that's just a fancy way of saying Alien as it means something with a "foreign shape" (xeno=foreign, morph=shape).

 

[Gez]

Yep, I know that.

But that's still better than Klatooinian, ain't it?

 

[Klaus]

Way back in 2E days, I ran a brief but memorable Spelljammer campaign. I didn't really like the spider thing bad guys (don't recall the name), so I used both Predator and Aliens, making up stats for both. Luckily, at the same time, some now-defunct company made an Aliens game complete with minis, so I got a bunch of them (including a big Queen) just in time for the campaign....

The spider-thingies were the Neogi.

 

[DMH]

The totem hunter in the Monsternomicon is loosely based on the predator. As for my favorite predator like D&D critter- the sync from Minions.