Talking Monsters

[the Jester]

And for that matter, has anyone actually LET an otyugh talk? What the hell did it say?

"YUNGO HUNGERS!!!"

This was with an otyugh barbarian, mind.

 

[Dragonbait]

With an int 5, I guess and Otyugh could desire to communicate with people. I've had them laugh or say "Mmm, food!" before, but that was about it. Weren't they semi-telepathic in 2ed, instead of having the ability to speak?

Otyughs are one of those creatures that I see in adventures that fall in the category of : Monsters that you fight and can not use smite evil on. I do not think I've ever seen an instance where an otyugh was nothing more than a dangerous critter in the sewer, but with int 5 and Neutral, they could be more..

 

[eris404]

I've heard of a campaign where there as an Otyugh in the sewers that acted like the Trash heap from Fraggle Rock and characters would go visit it to get information and advice.

I forgot all about the trash heap...that's a fantastic idea, BTW. I love the idea of talking monsters, but my players accuse me of making the monsters too sympathetic already.

Some other interesting talking monsters:

Behir
Chimera
Delver
Ettercap (I had a character who befriended awhole tribe of these guys)
Roper
Tojanida

hmmm...giving me all sorts of ideas.

 

[frankthedm]

I had an idea of using a flesh eating otyugh steal children through windows at night after seeing this mini.

If a group tries to get info from one of these things, i would definitly test thier scat humor limits.

One of my players found out a local asylum [Dungeon magazine adventure The Styes]was employing an ettercap as a guard. Restraints, sedatives & pest control, all in one package.

 

[der_kluge]

What you might not realize about Otyughs is that they also enjoy wine and cheese socials and Classical music.

 

[painandgreed]

It was by no means standard but my party had to go 'rescue' a talking baby bullette from a wizard's dungeon labs once. His name was Reggie and he wanted to be a wizard when he grew up. He also thought that elves were too sinewy but halflings were just about right.

 

[Lonely Tylenol]

...what is an apoplectic flumph?

A lawful good aneurism.

 

[Dog Moon]

Originally posted by der_kluge
What you might not realize about Otyughs is that they also enjoy wine and cheese socials and Classical music.

I don't know. I woulda thought they'd like country or rap, you know, something more crappy.




Sorry.