Fictional creatures that would make good monsters

[Pozatronic]

I second that Bonnacon vote. Napalm dung is long overdue.

I'd like to see stats from R. Scott Bakers Prince of Nothing series (Sranc, Inchoroi and their "weapons of light", Bashrags, Wracu, Nonmen) but I think they might be a little to dark for regular DnD fair.

 

[hong]

Daleks

You fool, daleks aren't fictional.

 

[Ry]

I'd like to see stats from R. Scott Bakers Prince of Nothing series (Sranc, Inchoroi and their "weapons of light", Bashrags, Wracu, Nonmen) but I think they might be a little to dark for regular DnD fair.

They're just misunderstood. *shudder*

 

[Jürgen Hubert]

German folklore has all sorts of fun critters. For example:

Aufhocker: A small, humanoid creature that jumps on the back of lone travelers, grappels them, possibly causes a supernatural fear effect, and then rides them until they pass out from exhaustion...

 

[Desdichado]

I'd like to see some Barsoom creatures. Banths, thoats, calots, etc.

Other than that, we've already got (although I may quibble with some of the execution) the Perdido Street Station monsters and all the "Lovecraftian" creatures via d20 Call of Cthulhu. I don't think there's really much need for new monsters; I have no less than 6-7 monster books, and tons of other books that have a lot of monsters in them.

 

[Nifft]

I'd like to see some Barsoom creatures. Banths, thoats, calots, etc.

Don't we basically have Banths already? (Not in the SRD, but in the MM?)

-- N

 

[Desdichado]

Huh? Which monster are you calling Banths then?

We have the Barsoomian white apes in the form of Gorillons, but that's about it AFAIK.

 

[Tonguez]

I second that Bonnacon vote. Napalm dung is long overdue.

I used Digester Stats to model a Bonnacon when I used it.

as to OP

Bunyip
Tikoloshe
Cameleopard
Discworld Bogeyman
Discworld Igor (PC Race)
Discworlds Nac Feegle (PC Race)
Smurfs (PC Race ie Tiny Gnomes)
Tenatacruel (Pokemon)
Feraligator (Pokemon)

 

[Choranzanus]

German folklore has all sorts of fun critters. For example:

Aufhocker: A small, humanoid creature that jumps on the back of lone travelers, grappels them, possibly causes a supernatural fear effect, and then rides them until they pass out from exhaustion...

We call it Hockauf, but you are right, I have never seen that adopted to any RPG. In our country it only scares travellers to death, I think.

I am pretty certain there are countless creatures like this in folklore, that have never been adapted.

 

[PwrMnky]

Reavers

In the X-Men comic books there was a group of bad guys called the Reavers. And they wiped out all of the Morlocks. That's who I thought you guys were talking about ...
... but it would be wasy to incorporate them into D&D.

They would just be half-constructs. One of the Reavers had a tank tread for a lower body, and they were all cyborgs.

They kicked the X-men's BUTT! They kidnapped wolverine and tied him up in Australia on a giant "X' ...