Monsters to go? Where can I find one?

[bellock9000]

There is probably a thread for this already, but i don't have time to look throught the 40+ pages of threads in this forum soooooo......

I have a difficult gaming group. By difficult, i mean that they do what every gaming group does:

They ignore where they are supposed to go and head off in a totally unplanned direction.

I don't mind this too much, it makes my job as a DM more interesting and it helps keep me on my toes. My problem is this:

I feel like my ref-ing is becoming a bit stale. My players haven't complained, but I don't want to get caught in a rut. So here's what i'm looking for: Is there anywhere out on the web where you can find some quick and easy, not alot of reading required, drop it right in front of my players kinda stuff? Maybe a unique monster. something they've never seen before, any ideas?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

-b9000

 

[VirgilCaine]

I feel like my ref-ing is becoming a bit stale. My players haven't complained, but I don't want to get caught in a rut. So here's what i'm looking for: Is there anywhere out on the web where you can find some quick and easy, not alot of reading required, drop it right in front of my players kinda stuff? Maybe a unique monster. something they've never seen before, any ideas?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

-b9000

Have you checked out the huge variety of free stuff at WotC.com?

Random Encounters (themed groups of encounters)
http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/arch/re

This is what you're looking for, I think--several of them a location based, but there's some that involve monsters hunting the PCs.

Vicious Venues--various locations that come with encounters, some very interesting, like the Woodland Cottage or the Kingsfields.
http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/arch/vv

The Fey Feature--new fey and dtails on fey.
http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/arch/fey

Previous Edition Downloads--there's loads of .pdfs and such, there's gotta be some monsters you can use, maybe in the Savage Coast campaign setting.
http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/dnd/downloads

Far Corners of the World--terrain themed monsters, spells and magic items.
http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/arch/fw


And of course, the Creature Catalog, with loads of previous edition monsters,
http://www.enworld.org/cc/index.php

 

[Hand of Evil]

See DM Advice in my sig.

You may also want to see the maps in the ART forums for blank maps:

http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=133677



http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=73423



Build event diven encounters over locations encounters, no matter where the player are the event finds them.

 

[Voadam]

Atlas games has a bunch of short but interesting encounters for while PCs are going from one place to another. En route I, II, & III. you can buy them at www.rpgnow.com .