Groups of monsters

[ElMorte]

What is a group of orcs called? Goblins? Lizardfolk? Elves? Gnomes? Pit fiends? Etc.
Quasqueton

Ummmmm, dead? A pile of corpse? Vulturefodder?

 

[Mark]

How about...

A Scabbing of Ogres

An Eyeful of Beholders

A Pool of Oozes

A Rubble of Gargoyles

A Malevolence of Red Dragons

A Crotch of Cockatrices?

 

[Voobaha]

Here's my take on the whole naming scheme:

Orcs - "Jaycees Chorus of"

Goblins - "Gross of"

Lizard folk - "San Diego Chargers Locker Room Full of"

Pit fiends - "Quilting Circle of"

Elves - "Outing of" (only if they're involved in giving a straight man a makeover).


and last but not least...

"A Peck of Pech."


Ha! I kill me!

 

[Tewligan]

and my favorite, A Slaughter of Pit Fiends. (Or you could use "A Slew")

I dunno, Henry, a "slew" sounds like something that old country folk would call it:
"Wellsir, I was sittin' here on m'porch jest a-pettin' the dawg, an' danged if'n a big ol' slew a' them pit fiends don't come fussin' an' tearin' acrost the creek, an layin' inta my herd'a paladins in the back 40. Tell you what, next time them sumbitches come stampin' through my tater patch, I'm gonna send 'em packin' with a double barrel a' buckshot in their keister, hell I won't!"

 

[Phaoz]

Here's my take on the whole naming schem
Goblins - "Gross of"

Goblins- Mob of

 

[Sanackranib]

The "Swarm of Orcs" thread made me think of this:
We have a herd of cattle. A murder of ravens. A pod of whales. A gaggle of geese. Etc.
What is a group of orcs called? Goblins? Lizardfolk? Elves? Gnomes? Pit fiends? Etc.
Quasqueton

"EP" or "XP" for all you old schoolers out there.

I can't believe no one else beat me to that . . . perhaps its because they were mullified by the "Sea Ghouls"

 

[LightPhoenix]

Zounds... Dragons.

 

[Doppleganger]

(Grace of elves, that really was good!)

Vein of dwarves
Peck of halflings
Growth of gnomes
Snort of orcs
Giggle of goblins
Flicker of lizardfolk
Cauldron of pit fiends

 

[Dirigible]

Wow...some of those collctive nouns are better than anything we could manage...

A flange of baboons : Isn't this an integral part of the internal combustion engine?
A sleuth of bears & a sloth of bears : So, a lazy private eye?
A volery of birds : Isn;t that where voles come from?
A singular of boar : WTF? The collective for boars is singular? Who makes up this stuff?
A chain of bobolinks : A bobochain, surely?
A rabble of butterflies : I get this image of butterflues with mohawks and bad attitudes, hurling Molotov's at the Berlin Wall.
A clutter of cats : Only if stuffed and left around the house.
A kindle of kittens : That is SICK ! Too evil even for me !
A flight of cormorants : Hence, shagged out after a long flight.
A leash of deer : Ah, yes. Have you ever treid to leash-train a deer? Ver bad.
A piteousness of doves : What's this guy got against doves?
A raft of ducks : Yes, but you need to nail then together pretty tightly.
A business of ferrets : The mind boggles. Possibly they run the Mafia?
A cast of ferrets : If well trained, they can do an adorable rendition of Hamlet.
A horde of gerbils : Now this, at least, is accurate. They ravage across Africa even now, pillaging whatever they can fit in their lil cheeks.
A tower of giraffes : Tallest. Building. Ever.
An implausibility of gnus : I think I'll write my thesis on this.
A bloat of hippopotami : See; Diseases of the Pachyderm, Volume XII, Book 7, Part 2, Chapter 177.
A cry of hounds & a mute of hounds : They're doing it again !
A smack of jellyfish : Either a slimy, revolting new designer drug, or the latest addition to international pro wrestling.
An ascension of larks & an exaltation of larks : This guy had a real 'thing' for larks, it seems.
A stud of mares : But... mares...female...stud...male... male horse... singular...ARRGH !
A movement of moles :Wait for it... wait for it... it'd be an... underground movement !
A parliament of owls : Justlike a human parliament, the members eat live mice and can turn their heads 180 degrees.
A huddle of penguins : It gets kinda cold down there...
A parcel of penguins : You can get then through mail order now?
A rookery of penguins : But...rooks...uhhhhh...my brain....
A coterie of prairie dogs : And vampires. Oooh, vampire prarie dogs...
A gaze of raccoons : New power for medusae?
A rhumba of rattlesnakes : Why not a conga, while we're at it?
A down of sheep : A system of a...
A hurtle of sheep : If you push them down a good slope with a nice run up...
An ambush of tigers : Perfect.
A warren of wombats : Lesser known cousin of Tarzan.
A zeal of zebras : Obviosuly, Favoured Class : Paladin.

 

[Feathercircle]

I can't post much since I have to go to the college Activity Fair now, but I do know of the official collective for at least one monster off the top of my head...

An inquisition of illithids.