What monsters would you reall like to play?

[Odhanan]

It's only natural to come up with excuses such as "The group lacked this archetype so much" or "the group couldn't work in "this" or "that" way."

Bottom line though, that's BS many times, because many players don't analyse what they are good for, and how they can contribute to the game, which is the ultimate base of the D&D experience.

 

[Herobizkit]

I'm currently playing a Gestalt campaign featuring my Goblin Fighter/Druid and Gnoll Ranger/Rogue. Both are EXCELLENT PC races.

I have also wanted to play an Ogre Mage; I always want to partner up an Ogre Mage and Drow for a party of PC smashers.

Lizardfolk are a common race in my homebrew, except I made them size Large.

I have also replaced the Gnome with the Grippli, because Grippli are awesome.

I want to play a Mummy. In the proper scenario, they could be very cool.

 

[Jdvn1]

This would make a great houserules thread, with people posting their monster classes.

 

[I'm A Banana]

Methinks some of the folks at WotC are engaged in trying to find a better way to balance monsters-as-PC's than the "paper tiger" condition that LA's can result in. So I think we're much more likely to see a new way to do it unvieled instead of more in the same mold. Complete Psionic gave us a preview of the way they're thinking....

Monsters are fun. I'd love to play some Fey, or a Dragon...and there's part of me that always wanted to role play a scene with a Beholder in a tavern...

But, heck, I'm from a Planescape background. Intelligent gelatinous cubes, undead godlings, outcast modrons, spell weavers, awakened dinosaurs, mercane, elementals, genies....the gauntlets are off.

Still, thri-kreen were my first exposure, and still one of the coolest. Psionic jumping whirling dervishes of death!

 

[(Psi)SeveredHead]

Nimblewright (MM2). Because you just can't beat swashbuckling shapeshifting intelligent constructs.

I've used that monster twice as a DM ... man was it cool. It needs a few changes to be a viable NPC though, much less as a PC, but the concept is way too cool.

 

[Dog Moon]

This would make a great houserules thread, with people posting their monster classes.

Okay, you start.

 

[Jdvn1]

Okay, you start.

Hm. No.



I haven't had much time for that sort of thing lately.

 

[Gundark]

Black Ogrun... from Iron Kingdoms

oh and then a Gnoll

 

[MoogleEmpMog]

I've used that monster twice as a DM ... man was it cool. It needs a few changes to be a viable NPC though, much less as a PC, but the concept is way too cool.

Just out of curiosity, what would you change?. Nimblewrights are already intelligent and potentially free-willed (if their creators are dead). I've used them as NPCs (associated with House Cannith in Eberron) as-written, or as-updated, anyway, without any issues.

 

[Felon]

I haven't had much time for that sort of thing lately.

And General Discussion seems to be the only forum most folks have time to read, which is why I didn't post in House Rules to begin with. :\