Fauchard1520
Adventurer
What is your favorite monster to play against type? Imagine an apparently dimwitted ogre who owns a detective agency. Imagine a dragon taking a stab at civilized life in the kingdom’s capital. Imagine a barbaric half-giant showing up for Wizarding 101 at the local mage academy.
I don't know about you guys, but I find that this sort of trick produces more interesting NPCs than the stock characters that otherwise emerge from stat blocks. Especially when you’re running a lot of similar dudes — a thieves guild; a hag’s coven; a kobold tribe — inserting one member that’s a little different than the others can make all the difference in the subsequent scenes.
So how about it? What's your favorite odd-monster-out to insert into a campaign?
(Comic for illustrative purposes.)
I don't know about you guys, but I find that this sort of trick produces more interesting NPCs than the stock characters that otherwise emerge from stat blocks. Especially when you’re running a lot of similar dudes — a thieves guild; a hag’s coven; a kobold tribe — inserting one member that’s a little different than the others can make all the difference in the subsequent scenes.
So how about it? What's your favorite odd-monster-out to insert into a campaign?
(Comic for illustrative purposes.)
