good creatures to animate as skeletons

[evilbob]

phindar: And amazingly, both of those monsters are given as example skeletons in the MM.

That dinosaur find sounds awesome - it is always lots of fun to get cheap D&D mini-like items instead of paying way too much for the cheap plastic ones they sell. I've also seen pictures of people building dungeons with kids' blocks, which are cheap AND give a 3D feel to the dungeon.

Overall I'd say dinosaurs are not a bad pick for animation, though, you're right; they have lots of Str and some have several natural attacks. The only issue is once again that of finding them in your campaign...

 

[phindar]

Not only that, I think they might be the only two creatures in the MM1 that have extraordinary special qualities that affect their attacks. Which is either an amazing coincidence or a sign the game designers wanted to highlight that particular rule. I haven't gone through all the MM's looking (I only have up to MM3, and I haven't really combed through that one), but there aren't that many creatures who qualify.