Silly Monsters

[Privateer]

The Achaierai.

Because before I saw this in my MM, I had NO CLUE as to how I'd be able to stat out and work that great idea for a gigantic, three legged bird from another plane that shot poison gas into my campaign.

 

[the Jester]

I find it very interesting that almost all the monsters in this thread come originally from the 1e Fiend Folio.

As to my favorite weirdo wussy monster, I got some good mileage out of a transposer not too long ago- it was a harsh fight for a low-level group! (Thank you ToH!) Also, I've always had a weird love of olive slime and olive slime creatures. (No, not that kind of weird love.... )

 

[Ferret]

Silliest monster?

Players; they do crazy things.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Drakhe,

I've had Blutwurst (blood sausage) in Austria and Germany, so I know what you're talking about.

Folks, that stuff is TASTY!

It is also quite unlikely to attack you in a dungeon.

 

[sledged]

Fiendish Jackass

 

[Wombat]

I still gotta go with the beholder -- I mean, how the heck did it even evolve?

Then again, I think most of the monsters are silly, so I'll just go back into my corner now...

 

[Nebt Bhakau]

I always laugh when I see the Onager from Savage Species.

 

[s/LaSH]

The blues, from Psionics Handbook (not sure if their in the Expanded Psionics Handbook). They're not normal goblins, their PSIONIC goblins. And they're blue.

There's a different interpretation of the Blue, if you're interested... some people seem quite taken by it.

 

[Knightfall]

While a classic,,, the cockatrice is definitely silly. Think about it. A chicken-bat-lizard that turns you to stone by biting you. The only way it could be sillier is if the creature turned you to stone by "clucking" (DC 12 Will Save).

 

[demiurge1138]

How about the 3e version of the shedu. I mean, shedu aren't that silly by themselves. But the author of the conversion decided to give it a fifth leg in honor of a stylistic technique used by the Sumerians to convey depth. That's a bit silly.

Another monster I have a problem with are boggles. Blue monkey-goblins that can reach through dimensional portals? Not too sane there, and I've never been able to treat them remotely seriously after a group I DMed suggested that they should say only their name, as if they were Pokemon.

Demiurge out.