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<blockquote data-quote="The Sigil" data-source="post: 2374536" data-attributes="member: 2013">Hey, all...I have been inspired of late to work up a &quot;sequel&quot; to my Basic Player's Guide - a Basic GMs Guide (I won't provide a pluggy link, because I am providing this information as context for my question, not as a plug) - and need some help.&nbsp; I need to find 25-ish &quot;iconic&quot; monsters from the Fantasy SRD that would be useful to a &quot;basic&quot; role-playing game, which I intend to include in the Basic GM's Guide.Some limitations: 1 - Special Powers need to be fairly simple to adjudicate.2 - Nothing over CR 6 (the Basic Player's Guide only handles characters up to 4th level, so including higher-powered foes puts PCs in over their heads).3 - No templates (too much bother for a beginning GM).4 - As much as possible, I would like a good cross-section of foes... a few undead, a couple of dragons, a couple aberrations, etc.Here is what I came up with off the top of my head:1 - Orcs2 - Goblins3 - Kobolds4 - Hobgoblins5 - Gnolls6 - Bugbears(that should take care of the humanoids)7 - Skeletons8 - Zombies9 - Ghouls10 - Shadows(that gives me some low-powered undead)11 - Minotaur12 - Griffon13 - Hippogriff14 - Hell Hound15 - Ogre(for magical/mythological beasts and giants)...But what else do YOU see as &quot;classic&quot; fantasy monsters I ought to try to include?&nbsp; I won't guarantee that all suggestions make it in, I just want to try to find a starting point.Example of something considered but excluded: Trolls (regeneration is a bit complex for a new GM to adjudicate)Help me out here, please? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />--The Sigil</blockquote>

[QUOTE="The Sigil, post: 2374536, member: 2013"] Hey, all... I have been inspired of late to work up a "sequel" to my Basic Player's Guide - a Basic GMs Guide (I won't provide a pluggy link, because I am providing this information as context for my question, not as a plug) - and need some help. I need to find 25-ish "iconic" monsters from the Fantasy SRD that would be useful to a "basic" role-playing game, which I intend to include in the Basic GM's Guide. Some limitations: 1 - Special Powers need to be fairly simple to adjudicate. 2 - Nothing over CR 6 (the Basic Player's Guide only handles characters up to 4th level, so including higher-powered foes puts PCs in over their heads). 3 - No templates (too much bother for a beginning GM). 4 - As much as possible, I would like a good cross-section of foes... a few undead, a couple of dragons, a couple aberrations, etc. Here is what I came up with off the top of my head: 1 - Orcs 2 - Goblins 3 - Kobolds 4 - Hobgoblins 5 - Gnolls 6 - Bugbears (that should take care of the humanoids) 7 - Skeletons 8 - Zombies 9 - Ghouls 10 - Shadows (that gives me some low-powered undead) 11 - Minotaur 12 - Griffon 13 - Hippogriff 14 - Hell Hound 15 - Ogre (for magical/mythological beasts and giants) ... But what else do YOU see as "classic" fantasy monsters I ought to try to include? I won't guarantee that all suggestions make it in, I just want to try to find a starting point. Example of something considered but excluded: Trolls (regeneration is a bit complex for a new GM to adjudicate) Help me out here, please? :) --The Sigil [/QUOTE]

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