D&D 4E Should the Flumph be included in the 4E Monster Manual?

[CleverNickName]

I say let the flumph play. I don't see how it could be any more lame than these:

Shrieker - a mushroom that attacks by making noise. Not even harmful noise. Basically, it just annoys you until you squish it.

Gelatinous Cube - it's shaped like graph paper, for crying out loud.

Blink Dog - As far as I can tell, these disappearing, reappearing hounds serve no purpose other than to feed the displacer beasts.

Owlbear - proof that many of the early game designers drank often, and heavily.

 

[The_Gneech]

Catoblepas?

-The Gneech

 

[Patlin]

Owlbear - proof that many of the early game designers drank often, and heavily.

Hey, don't mess with the owlbear! I've got a cool mini, and I wouldn't want it to go obsolete.

 

[Clavis]

Catoblepas?

-The Gneech

That's from Real-World mythology.

 

[freyar]

I say let the flumph play. I don't see how it could be any more lame than these:

Shrieker - a mushroom that attacks by making noise. Not even harmful noise. Basically, it just annoys you until you squish it.

Gelatinous Cube - it's shaped like graph paper, for crying out loud.

Blink Dog - As far as I can tell, these disappearing, reappearing hounds serve no purpose other than to feed the displacer beasts.

Owlbear - proof that many of the early game designers drank often, and heavily.

Isn't the shrieker used to great effect as an alarm system, though? I like the owlbear and blink dog enough to have made my own minis of them, and one of my campaigns has seen them come up several times (randomly, actually, but they're becoming a fixture). They're quite intelligent, really. As for the owlbear, check out the free "Behind the Monsters: Owlbear" PDF by Bret Boyd at Tricky Owlbear Publishing. Maybe you'll change your mind.

'Course, none of this means the flumph isn't cool, too.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

It, and the rest of the rather quirky old edition monsters (which now, I guess, could include 3E weirdos like the phantom fungus), belong in the 4E Tome of Horrors.

 

[szilard]

I demand the Carbuncle!

-Stuart

 

[Angel Tarragon]

Send it back to the Far Realms.

 

[Masquerade]

Sure, I would love to see flumphs included, but I'm only comfortable saying that because I don't actually see it happening.

That's from Real-World mythology.

I hope this isn't used as the sole justification for any monster's inclusion in the 4e MM.

 

[Clavis]

Sure, I would love to see flumphs included, but I'm only comfortable saying that because I don't actually see it happening.I hope this isn't used as the sole justification for any monster's inclusion in the 4e MM.

You mean the fire-farting cattle from medievel bestiaries (I'm not making this up) aren't making it into the MM?!?!?