Do you like modrons?

[Shemeska]

Wasn't that the case with modrons, notwithstanding all their “coolness”? Had there been as many LN extraplanars as there were celestials and fiends, maybe modrons wouldn’t look so much like the inevitable (pun intended) LN race.

Grouping tanar'ri as a group of demons, then taking the other subtypes of demons in the Abyss, I could probably come very close to matching that with outsider groups native to Mechanus, and match of exceed the natives of Mount Celestia, Elysium, and Arcadia.

Mind you, I find filler races less irritating than the misuse of mythological concepts in dnd’s cosmology like Maruts as the stoic embodiments of law... ugh, especially when Indra dwells in Limbo and don’t get me started on “Limbo” and “Nirvana”…

I don't pretend to know any of the Hindu mythology that vaguely backs them, but the Maruts of D&D were created by Rudra, who did live in Mechanus. Nirvana hasn't been used as a plane's name since 1e.

 

[Drkfathr1]

Hmmmm, I'm thinking of Modrons as these complex metallic polyhedrals that when interacting with other creatures "unfold" into more complex limbed forms.

Yes, just like Transformers! Although more like Frenzy than Optimus Prime.

 

[Set]

I think that the idea of a lawful race based on mathematical concepts, or the various 'platonic solids,' could be very, very cool. The modrons as presented though just look too silly for me to take seriously (and don't really seem to delve into the platonic solid lore anyway, they just seem to be monsters that look like dice).

If any of the 'old-school' planar beasties were to make a comeback, I'd rather see Grue, Water Weirds and Hordelings.

 

[Daniel D. Fox]

Speaking of Modrons, come join us in the 4E homebrew forum and help create Modrons with 4E in mind, a new mythology post-Great Modron March, the influence of the Elemental Chaos over Regulus with the rise of a new faction of Modrons lead by Secundus!

http://www.enworld.org/forum/4e-fan...th-edition-enworld-community.html#post4530597

 

[Dragonbait]

(Talking to the reformed succubus priestess in the party)

Nordom: Attention, Fall-From-Grace. I wish to address your body.

Fall-From-Grace: I beg your pardon?

Nordom: Your body. Your form. Your reason for selecting it. Why?

Fall-From-Grace: Why..? I suppose I find it comforting. Besides, I rather like the wings.

Nordom: It would be more practical for you to assume the form of a modron. It is 13.27% more efficient; give or take +5.2%.

Fall-From-Grace: (gently flirting) Why, Nordom... are you trying to court me?

Nordom: It was not my intention to initiate legal action against you.

Torment FTW!

 

[LurkMonkey]

I run a Modron character in a Planescape game currently, and he (it?) is one of my favorite characters. I torture the other PCs with a barrage of questions whenever something new comes up. He basically wants everything explained to him, which makes him quite annoying at times. But he is a cleric, so they put up with him.

 

[Thanee]

I like them, but I do consider them silly.

Don't think I would use them in a game, though.

Bye
Thanee

 

[Nikosandros]

Modrons are awesome. But I'm talking about the Modrons in Monster Manual II, not the silly clockwork critters from Planescape.

 

[I'm A Banana]

I always saw them as joke monsters like owlbears, rust monsters, and beholders.

....you have very odd criteria for "joke" monsters. I've inspired terror with all of those beasties.

 

[frankthedm]

Not really a modron fan. The limbs on them bug me more that the notion of using geometric shapes.

The idea of modrons as a supremely ordered, alien race, the "angels" of pure law, is cool, but I think the implementation as "dice with legs" (or "spheres with legs") is just stupid.

Get rid of the limbs, make them levitating crystalline polyhedrons that move stuff by telekinesis

Agreed. Adding limbs onto the pure geometric shape defeats the propose of using a pure geometric shape.

Edit: To clarify, I would prefer it if Modrons looked like big crystalline structures, with complexity starting with something like this, and ending up in things more like these (and yes, I am aware that the latter link is referring to 4-dimensional polygons).

Yes, I do like this direction, If one uses "Geometric shapes = Law" angle. Which still is muuuuuuuuch better than "Toad-like humaniods = Chaos"

I'm not so fond of the diterlizzi art versions. Significantly less implacable alien creatures of law from a visual perspective IMO.

Among the few diterlizzi works I actively dislike.

I agree. They're amusing creatures, but I wouldn't play them for laughs.

Dealing with large numbers of modrons could be sort of like dealing with the bureacracy from Gilliam's Brazil, if each bureaucrat were a Terminator robot.

This works for any LN outsider in the high violence High Fantasy of D&D. Though I do like the idea, especially combined with his one...

In our 4e planescape game over the summer we used Warforged in place of Modrons, but kept the name.

I like this idea, a lot.