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What's your favorite D&D monster? Is it different between being a player (favorite to fight) versus a DM (favorite to spring on a party)? Why is it your favorite: mechanics, fluff, art, something else, everything? Does it change between editions, or from campaign world to campaign world? Tell us a cool story about how you used or encountered it.
While I love DMing dragons, and think mimics are cool, I think my actual favorite monster as a player are gorgons. You know, giant iron skinned bulls that turn you to stone. First, they are so weird and nonsensical it's appealing. Second, my first truly memorable character died getting turned into stone by one (because my brother's character took a pot shot at it across a field). As a player, I love the threat inherent in something that can petrify you. It feels differently scary than something that will just kill you outright.
What's your favorite D&D monster? Is it different between being a player (favorite to fight) versus a DM (favorite to spring on a party)? Why is it your favorite: mechanics, fluff, art, something else, everything? Does it change between editions, or from campaign world to campaign world? Tell us a cool story about how you used or encountered it.
While I love DMing dragons, and think mimics are cool, I think my actual favorite monster as a player are gorgons. You know, giant iron skinned bulls that turn you to stone. First, they are so weird and nonsensical it's appealing. Second, my first truly memorable character died getting turned into stone by one (because my brother's character took a pot shot at it across a field). As a player, I love the threat inherent in something that can petrify you. It feels differently scary than something that will just kill you outright.