What is your favorite monster?

[Hypersmurf]

Back in 1E, there was a guardian familiar or somesuch -- a cat used as a guardian by a wizard. It had nine lives.

Heh.

I used it on my players when they were about third level. They killed it three times then ran away.

... which was a wise move. They'd already completed their mission - it was just guarding a chest in the wight-priest's quarters. If they'd insisted on smacking it repeatedly just to get the loot, they deserved whatever they got...

Still remember the looks on their faces...

[whallop!]

"Well, that wasn't so hard. Okay, so I head over to the chest, and..."

Mrrrrrr-oooooow...

"What do you mean? Isn't it dead?"



-Hyp.

 

[Spike]

My favorite monstor?

the almighty....

the all powerful.....

Cthulhu

 

[Dark Eternal]

I've changed my mind.

My favorite monster is actually... [color=sea-green]GAMERA[/color]!!!

 

[green slime]

Well the monster my new campaign will be around:

Illithids, Yuan-ti, Lizardmen

(With various Dragons, Demons, and Devils thrown in for good measure)

 

[just__al]

Yak Men! (Don't call them folk).

Strong, evil, staff-using, slave taking, talking upright walking, YAKS!

They are going to be one of the great evil forces in my campaign. A good chunk is going to take place in the mountains so they'll be everywhere.

 

[Voadam]

Kobolds, nothing nastier than taking down a party with 1 hp creatures.

 

[Kid Socrates]

Favorite monster...

Hmm. High-level? I've always been a fan of templates. Just one, mind you -- but the earth-elemental dragon, or fire-elemental hydra, those just seem neat. Basic monsters that are high CR, have to go with devils and demons. SR, DR, resistances and immunity -- you can't just chuck spells willy-nilly at them. If run correctly, denizens of the underworld take brains to defeat.

Mid-level, nothing beats another adventuring party. High level, they can get too save-or-die -- mid-level, 6-12, things can just get sick.

But my personal favorite? For all levels, just up the quantity of them?

Gibberlings! Why, you ask? Simple, dating back to my Starcraft days...

ZERG RUSH!

Gotta love it.

This is Kid Soc.

 

[The_Gneech]

Favorite: The Cat Lord.

Second Favorite: Rakshasa.

Third Favorite: Orcs. (I bet you thought I'd say Tabaxi!)

Fourth Favorite: Tabaxi.

Honorable mentions: Hook horror and owlbear.

-The Gneech

 

[Fenes 2]

Humans. Versatile, useful for combat encounters as well as intrigue, plain fun to rolplay as a DM, and you can fill almsot any role, from cannon fodder to mastermind with it.

 

[Schmoe]

Man, it's so hard to narrow down the choices. If I had to pick just a handful, they would be

Yuan-ti - alien, sinister, mysterious
Aboleths - alien, sinister, mysterious, and icky
Dragons - how can you leave out the iconic monster?