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<blockquote data-quote="Bill Muench" data-source="post: 2407432" data-attributes="member: 121"><p>One of my absolute favorites was the Grbleringbeshen, Shadow Gibbering Mouthers advanced to 12-HD and given 12 levels of Rogue. They were personal pets of Vecna and instead of lots of mouths, had hundreds of tiny clawed hands. They spat their acid from constantly weeping tear ducts.</p><p></p><p>I tend to follow Sepulchrave's idea that "class levels" don't necessarily mean that the creature in question actually trained to learn something. Instead, th levels can reflect abilities that they have had since creation. So it isn't like the Grbleringbeshen went out adventuring to gain those 12 Rogue levels - they were created that way from the get-go by Vecna.</p><p></p><p>Before the MM errata came out, they were much nastier. Due to the Shadow Creature template, they could get full concealment even when not hiding. So they got 6d6 of sneak attack, plus Crippling Strike, plus the Con Drain when they grappled an opponent. Bye bye stats...</p><p></p><p>Some other favorites:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Babau Blackguard/Assassin</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Quasit Clr/Rog with an Alternate Form of a humanoid creature and armed with martial weapons, since all outsiders are proficient with them. Lots of PCs were puzzled why the "orc" had DR, could turn invisible, etc.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Verin, Quasit Spellthief/Ur-Priest: A sneaky quasit who decided he didn't want to move up the demonic food chain via hard work.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Marguul Clan Bugbear Monk of the Mockery (think that's the clan, from memory): Well-groomed, heavily tattooed bugbear who fights with a pair of oversized kama.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Erinyes Blackguard/Disciple of Dispater: Sick. Just sick. Fights with a cold-iron blackguard's blade (BoVD) and loves the smitin'.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Half-Scrag 10-HD Sahuagin Frenzied Berserker, called "the Immortal Shark" by the Sea Elves: Due to the Sahuagin's 'blood frenzy' ability, they don't need levels of Barbarian to enter the FB PrC.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Hildraska Koldottir, Female Fire Giant Pious Templar of Surtr 3/Blackguard 7 with a fiendish red dragon mount. Death from above.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Gurjat Rakesh, Ak'chazar Rakshasa Eldritch Knight: Posing as a bored nobleman in a young kingdom while working to control it all. Accompanied by his dead lover, a ghost medusa bard who acts as his swordbearer.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Marku, Advanced Ibixian Hooded Pupil Necromancer/Ur-Priest: I love me my Goatfolk.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Laodamia, Medusa Mnk2/Ur-Priest2/Sacred Fist10</li> </ul><p></p><p>There's a short list of some of my personal favorites I've come up with. I've probably got a hundred pages or more of NPCs in short-paragraph form all the way up to fully-statted. I absolutely <em>love</em> the flexibility of 3.0/3.5 when it comes to classing monsters.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bill Muench, post: 2407432, member: 121"] One of my absolute favorites was the Grbleringbeshen, Shadow Gibbering Mouthers advanced to 12-HD and given 12 levels of Rogue. They were personal pets of Vecna and instead of lots of mouths, had hundreds of tiny clawed hands. They spat their acid from constantly weeping tear ducts. I tend to follow Sepulchrave's idea that "class levels" don't necessarily mean that the creature in question actually trained to learn something. Instead, th levels can reflect abilities that they have had since creation. So it isn't like the Grbleringbeshen went out adventuring to gain those 12 Rogue levels - they were created that way from the get-go by Vecna. Before the MM errata came out, they were much nastier. Due to the Shadow Creature template, they could get full concealment even when not hiding. So they got 6d6 of sneak attack, plus Crippling Strike, plus the Con Drain when they grappled an opponent. Bye bye stats... Some other favorites: [list] [*]Babau Blackguard/Assassin [*]Quasit Clr/Rog with an Alternate Form of a humanoid creature and armed with martial weapons, since all outsiders are proficient with them. Lots of PCs were puzzled why the "orc" had DR, could turn invisible, etc. [*]Verin, Quasit Spellthief/Ur-Priest: A sneaky quasit who decided he didn't want to move up the demonic food chain via hard work. [*]Marguul Clan Bugbear Monk of the Mockery (think that's the clan, from memory): Well-groomed, heavily tattooed bugbear who fights with a pair of oversized kama. [*]Erinyes Blackguard/Disciple of Dispater: Sick. Just sick. Fights with a cold-iron blackguard's blade (BoVD) and loves the smitin'. [*]Half-Scrag 10-HD Sahuagin Frenzied Berserker, called "the Immortal Shark" by the Sea Elves: Due to the Sahuagin's 'blood frenzy' ability, they don't need levels of Barbarian to enter the FB PrC. [*]Hildraska Koldottir, Female Fire Giant Pious Templar of Surtr 3/Blackguard 7 with a fiendish red dragon mount. Death from above. [*]Gurjat Rakesh, Ak'chazar Rakshasa Eldritch Knight: Posing as a bored nobleman in a young kingdom while working to control it all. Accompanied by his dead lover, a ghost medusa bard who acts as his swordbearer. [*]Marku, Advanced Ibixian Hooded Pupil Necromancer/Ur-Priest: I love me my Goatfolk. [*]Laodamia, Medusa Mnk2/Ur-Priest2/Sacred Fist10 [/list] There's a short list of some of my personal favorites I've come up with. I've probably got a hundred pages or more of NPCs in short-paragraph form all the way up to fully-statted. I absolutely [I]love[/I] the flexibility of 3.0/3.5 when it comes to classing monsters. [/QUOTE]
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