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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Desdichado" data-source="post: 2300158" data-attributes="member: 2205">What a cool thread!  It's hard to say, though -- most of the monsters I didn't like I still don't, and most of those I did, I still do.  That said, there were some products put out that changed my opinion of some creatures.For instance, I never liked beholders or mind-flayers much from 1e, and I didn't see anything in the early books of 3e to remove that stereotype.  Lords of Madness has definitely given them a new coolness, though.  In fact, aberrations in general are much cooler to me than they used to be, because they're not just silly combinations of weird animals anymore.  Well, a lot of them are, but there seems to be a better emphasis on Lovecraftian Far Realms type aberrations lately, and it has really increased their coolness.I was always ambivalent about dragons; they seem cool enough on the face of it, but I didn't much like the chromatic and metallic varieties, and the general weakness of dragons over all.  The Monsternomicon really changed my tune about dragons though -- those three dragons listed above, as individuals, no less, are too rockin' to be believed.I always thought the displacer beast was pretty stupid, but the illustration in d20 Modern of one eating a Santa Claus was really cool.Orcs are more than just mooks now, and thanks (probably to Warcraft) they're more than just evil parodies too.  I heartily approve.</blockquote>