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What If Your World Only Had 10 Monsters?
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<blockquote data-quote="fireinthedust" data-source="post: 6042051" data-attributes="member: 51930"><p>Wow. I know roleplayers are contrarians, but may I remind you, gentle friends: the OP specified 10 monsters *other than* humans and natural animals. I get it, the heroes will fight humans, but they don't count against the 10, do they? It's not like you'll have to include any familiars on the list, or summoned critters from spells.</p><p></p><p>Then again, I thought the OP meant 10 unique monsters in the setting. In the way Greek Myth has the Nemian Lion and Medusa, as opposed to Nemian Lions and medusae (plural), I thought. Maybe they'd be buffed with templates (like the Jotunblood from Advanced Bestiary for giants), but they'd be unique.</p><p></p><p></p><p>If so:</p><p></p><p>1) Advanced Hydra: Unkillable, size huge+, lots of heads.</p><p>2) Sphinx: an oracle speaking in riddles, social encounter than can turn ugly</p><p>3) The Vampire: castle, crypt, brides, etc, but he's the focus enemy not a backdrop set peice</p><p>4) The Wolf Man: singular.</p><p>5) The Genie: Wishmaster efreet, careful what you wish for</p><p>6) The Medusa: island on the river styx, maybe a coven of hags or old women spellcasters are wandering about? I suppose Charon would be there, but he's not really a "monster" per se.</p><p>7) Sea Serpent/kraken: it's coming, only the mcguffin can stop it</p><p>8) The Unicorn: powerful healing, very elusive</p><p>9) Lolth, the Spider Queen: big spider+lady+spellcaster</p><p>10) The Dragon Smaug (though the Hydra kind of fits this role)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fireinthedust, post: 6042051, member: 51930"] Wow. I know roleplayers are contrarians, but may I remind you, gentle friends: the OP specified 10 monsters *other than* humans and natural animals. I get it, the heroes will fight humans, but they don't count against the 10, do they? It's not like you'll have to include any familiars on the list, or summoned critters from spells. Then again, I thought the OP meant 10 unique monsters in the setting. In the way Greek Myth has the Nemian Lion and Medusa, as opposed to Nemian Lions and medusae (plural), I thought. Maybe they'd be buffed with templates (like the Jotunblood from Advanced Bestiary for giants), but they'd be unique. If so: 1) Advanced Hydra: Unkillable, size huge+, lots of heads. 2) Sphinx: an oracle speaking in riddles, social encounter than can turn ugly 3) The Vampire: castle, crypt, brides, etc, but he's the focus enemy not a backdrop set peice 4) The Wolf Man: singular. 5) The Genie: Wishmaster efreet, careful what you wish for 6) The Medusa: island on the river styx, maybe a coven of hags or old women spellcasters are wandering about? I suppose Charon would be there, but he's not really a "monster" per se. 7) Sea Serpent/kraken: it's coming, only the mcguffin can stop it 8) The Unicorn: powerful healing, very elusive 9) Lolth, the Spider Queen: big spider+lady+spellcaster 10) The Dragon Smaug (though the Hydra kind of fits this role) [/QUOTE]
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