Top 10 iconic D&D humanoid monsters

[loseth]

In order, list your top ten and I'll keep score in the OP.

Rules:

Humanoid baddies only.

List in order, so I can keep a tally.

Separate giants into frost, fire etc.

Separate goblinoids into goblin, bugbear, etc.


COMBINED ENWorld & RPG.NET RESULTS SO FAR (up to post #52 and including my vote and RPG.net poll results; #1 = 10 points, #2 = 9 points, etc.)

TOP TEN

402 Orcs
298 Kobolds
288 Goblins
200 Ogres
187 Gnolls
177 Mindflayers/Illithid
154 Hobgoblins
151 Drow
109Trolls
95 Lizardmen/folk

TOP TWENTY

73 Bugbears
64 Skeletons
64 Zombies
60 Hill Giants
54 Yuan Ti
53 Githyanki
42 Vampires
41 Bad Humans/Bandits/Evil Cultists
37 Frost Giants
31 Minotaurs


HONORABLE MENTION (within 2/3 of last Top 20 entry)

29 Doppelgangars
28 Troglodytes
27 Fire Giants
26 Liches
26 Kuo Toa
25 Sahuagin
22 Werewolves
21 Githzerai

ALSO RANS

18 Demons/Devils
16 Ettins
15 Elves
13 Tieflings
11 Draconians
10 Angels
10 Dwarves
9 Bariaur
9 Bullywugs
9 Duergar
9 Flesh Golems
9 Ghouls
8 Lycanthropes
7 Fair Folk
7 Merfolk/men
7 Modron
7 Wererats
6 Ghosts
6 Hags
6 Medusa
6 Wights
5 Flinds
5 Mercane
5 Slaad
4 Barghests
4 Kenku
4 Storm Giants
4 Succubi
3 Half-Dragons
3 Halflings/Kender
3 Mummies
3 Rakshasas
3 Stone Giants
2 Aasimar
2 Death Knights
2 Eldritch Giants
2 Myconids
2 Wraiths
1 Genies
1 Half-Orcs
1 Shapeshifters




So what are yours?

 

[Tonguez]

1. Orcs
2. Goblins
3. Ogres
4. Gnolls
5. Kobolds
6. Ettins
7. Storm Giants
8. Hobgoblins
9. Lizardfolk
10. Mindflayers
11. Sahuagin

 

[Doug McCrae]

1. Angel
2. Demon or devil
3. Vampire
4. Zombie
5. Ghost
6. Flesh golem
7. Werewolf
8. Mummy
9. Hill giant
10. Genie

 

[FATDRAGONGAMES]

01. Orcs
02. Lizardmen
03. Kobolds
04. Goblins
05. Medusa
06. Troll
07. Yuan-Ti
08. Githyanki
09. Bugbears
10. Drow

 

[The Human Target]

1) Mind Flayers
2) Drow
3) Wereanythings
4) Vampires
5) Dopplegangers
6) Ghouls
7) Barghests
8) Sahuagin
9) Wraiths
10) Liches

 

[loseth]

Results so far posted--no surprises in the top 3.

 

[Lorthanoth]

Iconic to D&D rather than 'fantasy in general'

1. Mind Flayers
2. Sahuagin
3. Kuo-Toa
4. Drow
5. Githyanki
6. Githzerai
7. Lizardmen/folk
8. Kobolds
9. Bugbears
10. Doppelgangers

 

[orsal]

1. Orcs
2. Goblins
3. Ogres
4. Kobolds
5. Zombies
6. Trolls
7. Werewolves
8. Skeletons
9. Hill Giants
10. Vampires

 

[Fifth Element]

1. Kobold
2. Goblin
3. Orc
4. Hobgoblin
5. Gnoll
6. Troglodyte
7. Lizard man
8. Bugbear
9. Ogre
10. Minotaur

The only difficulty was the order of gnoll and troglodyte.

 

[loseth]

Updated to post #9