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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bendris Noulg" data-source="post: 854276" data-attributes="member: 6398">Well, let's see...I've thus far seen...The Dung Golem.  Not a bad piece of work, and hardly offensive compared to an elephant-dung replica of the Virgin Mary (which some politicians like to plug as art; And before someone brings it up, no, I'm not religious).The demon visage you give is a standard of post-Christian mythology; No sense being ashamed of Human History.The Ingogo of Nyambi, an Orc sub-race, throw their feces at their opponents, spreading worm infestation.An intestinal parasite is in the Fiend Folio (in addition to a few other nasties of similar design), although I see these no different than a cerebral parasite, flea of madness, or other such vermin.Over-all, I don't see much of a big deal over any of these, and I'm certainly far more inclined to use any of them than I am quite a few of the "staple" creatures from the Monster Manual (e.g., in 20 years, I've yet to use a Medusa, Owlbear or Gelatinous Cube in any adventure).  About 5 years ago, I introduced a region of my world that had been "corrupted" by an Entropic Wave-effect, really scrambled the evolutionary standard of the place.  I did it in order to introduce a wide variety of critters that I had never used previously, for various reasons (this included Dinosaurs, Troll-mutates, Froghemoths, Mongrelmen, Serpent Vines, and a host of other strangelings (and even some sillies) that never seemed to have a proper place anywhere else but continued to pile up with each monster-book released and netbook downloaded).But then, it's D&D, so YMMV.  However, the more silly something is, the more it seems like it's a back-drop critter for The Dark Crystal and the less likely to make an appearance at my table.</blockquote>

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