Scariest Monsters?

[Plane Sailing]

I forget the exact name, but I think it is Penhaligon (?). The vampiric creature that appears normal during the day, but night it's head tears loose from the body dragging intestines after it as it flies around to do its blood-sucking bit. I really wouldn't want to see that transition!

Cheers

 

[Altamont Ravenard]

I'd probably crap my pants, if, say, some no-so-big totally alie creature materialized in front of me and took off with my car keys (ie Etheral Filcher)

AR

 

[Allanon]

Dolgaunt from the Eberron campaign setting, anything that can suck my bodily fluids through a mass a tentacles scores high on my freak-out-'o-meter

 

[Flynn]

Razorboar / Iron Tusker and Giant Arachnids

The scariest thing my characters have encountered has been the razorboar/iron tusker, but only because it's one very vicious creature for its CR.

To me, though, the scariest would have to be the Large and Huge arachnids (spiders and scorpions, in particular). The imagery really pushes on my mild arachnophobia, and the though of a spider or scorpion larger than my car seems just wrong or alien to my mind.

-Flynn

 

[demiurge1138]

I'd have to say that illithids are the freakiest. Unlike, say, a really big spider, you can't trick them. They're much smarter than you. And if they just eat your brain, you're one of the lucky ones.

But julajimuses are pretty horrifying as well, especially the fact that they appear as adorable fuzzy animals in order to approach children and eat their families. It's like Stephen King d20.

Demiurge out.

 

[reanjr]

The scariest thing my characters have encountered has been the razorboar/iron tusker, but only because it's one very vicious creature for its CR.

To me, though, the scariest would have to be the Large and Huge arachnids (spiders and scorpions, in particular). The imagery really pushes on my mild arachnophobia, and the though of a spider or scorpion larger than my car seems just wrong or alien to my mind.

-Flynn

Arachnids would be it for me too, but I think I would be overcome with the most abject terror from a Small or Tiny arachnid. Once the thing is my size, I think it would just be too outside my ken of subconscious understanding to be so creepy anymore. Still afraid and running and screaming like a dandy, but that seems to be a logical thing to do given a spider the size of a bus.

 

[Stormborn]

Anything from Lovecraft of course, but in DnD the Lovecrafting beasts seem to be the ones people are mentioning. While mindflayers are indeed pretty creepy, for me it would have to be something like the doopleganger, and intelligent and evil entity that can become anyone it wants.

That girl you went home with? That guy delivering a package? That kid sitting next to you in class? Your BEST FRIEND of 15 years?

Dooplegangers, just waiting to use you as a unwitting dupe. It could be played utterly horrifying.

Now, if we have something like a Colossal Fiendish Ancient Red Half-Dragon Para-Illithid it would be somethign else entirely. Or is that Cthulhu?

 

[Hypersmurf]

I forget the exact name, but I think it is Penhaligon (?).

The letters are 'Penangalan', but I'm pretty sure there's some freaky accent on at least one of the vowels.

It's an "ă", I think, but which one I'm not sure.

Don't forget your barrels of vinegar...

-Hyp.

 

[Queen_Dopplepopolis]

The Puppeteers from d20 Modern scare me BIG TIME...

Just something about parasitic blood suckers that take over your mind and body that really, really creeps me out.

... I love it!

 

[the Jester]

The letters are 'Penangalan', but I'm pretty sure there's some freaky accent on at least one of the vowels.

It's an "ă", I think, but which one I'm not sure.

Don't forget your barrels of vinegar...

-Hyp.

Beat me to it again.

Yet another monster for which I always use the 1e pic.