Iconic Monster Use - The Aboleth

[NilesB]

I'm very curious about how often iconic D&D monsters actually get used.

Then why are you asking about the Aboleth?

 

[EricNoah]

Slightly more than the beholder. I love the sliminess and the cthulhu-ness of it. I like the flying aboleth variant from Lord of Madness.

 

[Hussar]

Well, I took the list of iconic monsters from someone else. Since the Aboleth has appeared in all three editions and has featured in a number of supplements, I would say that it's one of the iconics.

Hrm, now there's a question. What are the iconic creatures of D&D?

 

[Mark Hope]

I've gotten a decent amount of use of these guys. They feature as one of four or five "elder races" in my campaign, so crop up behind the scenes from time to time. Plus I ran The Night Below and Rod of Seven Parts, so they appeared in both of those, naturally. I made the solitary aboleth in RoSP be a refugee from the decimated Great Shaboath, as I ran RoSP after TNB. Worked well.

 

[sjmiller]

Well, I took the list of iconic monsters from someone else. Since the Aboleth has appeared in all three editions and has featured in a number of supplements, I would say that it's one of the iconics.

Hrm, now there's a question. What are the iconic creatures of D&D?

Where does the Aboleth appear in AD&D 1e? It's not in my Monster Manual, and I don't remember it being in the Fiend Folio. Is it in Monster Manual II?

To me, an iconic creature would be something that makes one immediately think of it when D&D is mentioned. For me, it would be things like Red Dragons, Beholders, Displacer Beasts, Mind Flayers (I'll never call them that other name), and the like. For me, I also think for it to be iconic it must have been around for most, if not all, of the existance of the game.

 

[Mark Hope]

Where does the Aboleth appear in AD&D 1e? It's not in my Monster Manual, and I don't remember it being in the Fiend Folio. Is it in Monster Manual II?

Yeah, MMII.

 

[Woas]

I have never used one or encountered one playing. I think they are kind of lame an a stretch to try and fit into a game.

 

[Shemeska]

I've never had much chance to use the underdark in planar campaigns, and I've got enough Psurlons and Illithids in the campaign that the Aboleth's niche of 'slimy psionic thing' is already more than filled.

But I'd like to use them in any future game. They're too nifty not to.

 

[Cam Banks]

I put one in Spectre of Sorrows, since I had never seen one used in an adventure before (though Paizo has since corrected that).

Cheers,
Cam

 

[diaglo]

Where does the Aboleth appear in AD&D 1e? It's not in my Monster Manual, and I don't remember it being in the Fiend Folio. Is it in Monster Manual II?

To me, an iconic creature would be something that makes one immediately think of it when D&D is mentioned. For me, it would be things like Red Dragons, Beholders, Displacer Beasts, Mind Flayers (I'll never call them that other name), and the like. For me, I also think for it to be iconic it must have been around for most, if not all, of the existance of the game.

it was in the modules first.

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