D&D General Friday Chill Discussion: What's your favorite monster?

[Reynard]

but with a cooler name and better lore.

Ouch.

 

[payn]

I like Revenants. Especially, ones created by the PCs. Its a fun way to have their decisions come back on them. Also, lets me bring back fun NPCs in a creative and haunting way.

 

[Vaalingrade]

Grey Render. Something about a hulking monster that imprints like a ducking is both awesome and wholesome.

 

[BookTenTiger]

I love giant animals. The idea of facing off against a huge cave bear, a tyrannosaurus rex, a wolf the size of a house... They're usually not very mechanically interesting, but I just really like big animals!

 

[Stalker0]

Though I've only used it a few times, there is just something about the Nightwalker that I love. Its such a cool creepy picture, with awesome power to back it up.

 

[AnotherGuy]

My current favourite is giants, only because I'm really proficient in their use against the PCs. They push, they knock prone, they tear up terrain, topple fixtures and fittings, they toss, they sunder, they have reach, anything/anyone is a ranged weapon, and they start tearing one apart once they have you grappled, they bellow, they pound, they crush. They're just awesomely terrifying.
It has nothing to do with the monsters manual.

 

[Mind of tempest]

My current favourite is giants, only because I'm really proficient in their use against the PCs. They push, they knock prone, they tear up terrain, topple fixtures and fittings, they toss, they sunder, they have reach, anything/anyone is a ranged weapon, and they start tearing one apart once they have you grappled, they bellow, they pound, they crush. They're just awesomely terrifying.
It has nothing to do with the monsters manual.

I always felt giants could have been done better cool mechanics and a greater world impact.

 

[J.Quondam]

I like mummies, not because they're especially interesting, but because it's easy to wrap up so many other monsters in bandages or rags and make it into a "mummy surprise."

 

[RuinousPowers]

Gibberlings. The presence of a destructive force surging forth from the underworld every generation or so has been a big part of shaping my campaign world.

 

[Vaalingrade]

I like mummies, not because they're especially interesting, but because it's easy to wrap up so many other monsters in bandages or rags and make it into a "mummy surprise."

Might you interest you in the the Raggamofyn?

Not sure if they originated in Eberron, but they're symbiotes that can turn ANYTHING into a mummy surprise.