Silly Monsters

[jmucchiello]

Like the rust monster, the gas spore (Is that the name? it's been too long) is a mess-wid-der-heads monster. "Beholder! Run!" or "Unload everything we have on that Beholder,...... NOW!" Fzzlt.

 

[Sejs]

or "Unload everything we have on that Beholder,...... NOW!" Fzzlt.

Heh, no no, not Fzzlt.

Boom.

Explosive dispersal was how they reproduced, if you recall, and players just happen to make wonderful germination beds.

 

[WillieW]

I love that adventure to this day. Made great use of the nilbog. (Oh, how I miss Willie Walsh adventures!)

Thanks! Me too.. me too... and me too...!

 

[The_Universe]

Oh, the gelatinous cube. In a relatively recent adventure we ran into these creatures in a sewer crawl. My character (a half-orc monk with an intelligence of 6 and a wisdom of 20) managed to fail both the reflex save to avoid it in the first place (he had improved evasion at this point, no less) and the fort save against the paralyzing poison. Having lost all physical senses, he had clearly transcended to Nirvana and was rather upset when the party "rescued" him. It should be noted that the Paladin also managed to get absorbed by the damn thing.

Just as an entertaining side note - the party was 11th level at the time, and Gelatinous Cubes are CR 3. Lest you imagine something other than sheer hilarity, this is a 6 person 11th level party vs. a single Gelatinous Cube.

It may have been the best. encounter. ever.

JC--you're RP throughout the session was AWESOME.

 

[Orius]

I don't know why either the grell or the grick get such hatred. Squid-snakes and floating brains are attacked while bipedal beetles with gaze attacks and mimics are ignored? I don't get it.

Gricks do seem useable to me, but the one time I did use one, the party wasted it pretty quickly, which disappointed me.

I can see a phantom fungus being used in the right situations, but I think people's issues with it stem from its genesis as "oh, we need a low CR monster that has an invisibility mechanic". That and the illustration is pretty silly. Never underestimate the impact of an illustration on a monster's percieved status (such as when Di Telrizzi helped make modrons cool).

I agree. The phantom fungus illo doesn't look bad to me, and I used one because it just seemed interesting to me. However, digester tops my list of stupid, because I think the illo looks really dumb. Alos, like I said before, it's how the DM uses it. If a DM can come up with a good way to use the monster and challenges the party with it, then it doesn't seem as lame.

 

[Orius]

I don't think giff are that bad. Just take them out of Spelljammer, take away the guns, and develop a warrior culture with a love of exotic weaponry for them, and they can be cool.

 

[demiurge1138]

For some reason, I had a player who really liked digesters, so I altered their description a bit and used them in a wilderness encounter. They were pretty good for surprising and partially liquifying the party (no fatalities, but messy flavor-text).

I can't beleive I forgot my most recently favorite silly monster! From the Eberron campaign setting, the dolgrim, aka the double-goblin. FOr those who don't own the book, it is literally one goblin squooshed on top of another, with four arms, two mouths and two brains. They're so cute.

And I say, regardless of whether or not they can topple empires, FR's phaerimm look like windsocks. No question.

Demiurge out.

 

[VirgilCaine]

I don't think giff are that bad. Just take them out of Spelljammer, take away the guns, and develop a warrior culture with a love of exotic weaponry for them, and they can be cool.

Yes. Without guns and away from Spelljammer, they are cool.

 

[(Psi)SeveredHead]

6-legged psionic cat? You're talking about a kirre. People made steaks out of them, causing their extinction in one part of Athas.

 

[Bran Blackbyrd]

6-legged psionic cat? You're talking about a kirre. People made steaks out of them, causing their extinction in one part of Athas.

They were delicious dammit!
Given the choice, I'd do it again!

Errr, never heard of 'em.