Silly Monsters

[(Psi)SeveredHead]

The asswere. Have you heard the horrible sound it makes? Heeeeeee haaawwwwww!!!

Probably a fiendish kitty cat I terrify my gaming group with. The thing is more intelligent than most party members!

 

[Thotas]

If there's a way to introduce Modrons into a scenario without the whole thing suddenly looking completely asinine, I don't know what it is.

 

[Shemeska]

If there's a way to introduce Modrons into a scenario without the whole thing suddenly looking completely asinine, I don't know what it is.

I've had a DM who managed to frighten the players with Modrons. Played the right way they can be downright frightening, especially if they perceive you as illogical or chaotic and in some way interfering with their current sequence of orders.

I've used them too, both normal and rogue modrons and I've never had any problems with them seeing silly in any ways. I find that more to be a preconceived notion on some folks part, or a bad reaction to a DM that did treat them as comic relief.


As for silly monsters? *ponder* Mephits, the comic relief of the planes. God I love them

 

[Razz0putin]

does anyone know where I can get modern stats on the firbolg this creature just sounds like too much fun

 

[demiurge1138]

You mean nilbog? They're in the Tome of Horrors, or for free on the Creature Collection website (hosted by ENWorld!)

Demiurge out.

 

[Thotas]

I fully understand that Modrons can be dangerous. So are the halberd-weilding cows on the hidden level in Diablo. Doesn't make them any less silly.

Now mephits? They're designed as comic relief, and well designed, so it works. Modrons are just dumb.

 

[Someone]

Halflings, of course.

No, wait, gnomes!

 

[Tewligan]

Gah, rust monsters and disenchanters are two "screw-you" monsters that I really hate.

Got metal? Screw you.
Got magic? Screw you.

I hate them almost as much as I hate the deadly room furnishing monsters. Innocent looking floor? Wrong, it's a trapper! Well, certainly the ceiling is safe. Wrong, it's a lurker above! Ooh, a chest! Wrong, it's a mimic! God, those were stupid monsters.

 

[Sejs]

Let me put in another vote for Rust Monsters.

They just don't work - they'd either starve to death in the wild (there just isn't enough metal laying around for them to survive off of), or they'd have a helplessly parasitic relationship with civilization and be hunted to extinction. Oh look, a thing that eats all our metal, but it otherwise mostly harmless - right then, 10 crown bounty per carcass on the little bastards.



Other silliness? Bodak (death gaze gimick monster), Cloakers (looks like a garment, wacky subsonics, and shadow control? what, did they just pull abilities out of a hat?), Frost Worms... the list just goes on and on.

 

[Kodam]

Hi!

does anyone know where I can get modern stats on the firbolg this creature just sounds like too much fun

Its in the Monster Manual II on page 101.

Kodam