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<blockquote data-quote="the Jester" data-source="post: 5826214" data-attributes="member: 1210"><p>Assuming about 275 pages of monsters are in the Monster Manual (by whatever name) of the new iteration of D&D, what should they be?</p><p></p><p>Here are a few of what I think of as "must have" monsters (or at least "really want" monsters); this is pretty much off the top of my head, so I'm no doubt missing a ton of things, but... I count 296 monsters on my list. </p><p></p><p>How about you?</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px">A (7)</span></strong></p><p>Angel</p><p>Ankheg</p><p>Ant, giant</p><p>Ape</p><p>Aranea</p><p>Ascomoid</p><p>Avolakia</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px">B (18)</span></strong></p><p>Basilisk</p><p>Bat (swarm and dire)</p><p>Bear (normal and dire)</p><p>Beetle, giant (several types: fire, oil, scarab swarm at least)</p><p>Beholder (beholder, gauth, eye of the deep)</p><p>Black pudding</p><p>Bloodbloater (individual, swarm and mutant)</p><p>Blue slime</p><p>Boneclaw</p><p>Bulette</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px">C (4)</span></strong></p><p>Carrion crawler</p><p>Chimera</p><p>Choker </p><p>Chuul</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px">D (60)</span></strong></p><p>Darkmantle</p><p>Death knight</p><p>Demon (vrock, hezrou, glabrezu, nalfeshnee, marilith, balor, evistro, succubus [yes, return to demon status], babau, goristro, armanite, dretch, chasme, Demogorgon, Orcus, Yeenoghu, Juiblex)</p><p>Destrachan</p><p>Devil (horned, bearded, barbed, lemure, pit fiend, erinyes, ice, legion, Asmodeus, Levistus, Baalzebul, Dispater, Bel, Glasya)</p><p>Dinosaur [yes, change back from behemoth] (triceratops, tyrannosaurus Rex, velociraptor, needlefang swarm)</p><p>Displacer beast</p><p>Dog (wild, guard, blink)</p><p>Doppelganger</p><p>Dracolich</p><p>Dragon (blue, black, green, red, white, gold, silver, faerie, earthquake, volcanic and a couple of lung/oriental dragons)</p><p>Dragon turtle</p><p>Dwarf (warrior, priest, smith)</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px">E (11)</span></strong></p><p>Elemental (air, earth, fire, water; perhaps 'lesser' and 'greater' for each)</p><p>Elf (wood/archer, grey/mage, bladesinger)</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px">F (3)</span></strong></p><p>Foulspawn (berserker and cabalist)</p><p>Frog (giant)</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px">G (42)</span></strong></p><p>Gargoyle (several types)</p><p>Gelatinous cube</p><p>Ghost (several examples, including the banshee)</p><p>Ghoul (ghoul, lacedon, ghast, Abyssal ghoul)</p><p>Giant (hill, stone, frost, fire, cloud, mountain, storm, death)</p><p>Githyanki (warrior, wizard, gish)</p><p>Githzerai (monk, wizard, arcane fist)</p><p>Gnoll (gnoll, flind, chieftain)</p><p>Gnome (illusionist, sneak, bard)</p><p>Goblinoid (goblin, hobgoblin, norker, bugbear)</p><p>Golem (flesh, clay, iron, stone)</p><p>Gray Ooze</p><p>Green Slime</p><p>Grell</p><p>Griffon</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px">H (27)</span></strong></p><p>Hag (sea, night, annis, green, bog, pact)</p><p>Halfling (chef, thief, slinger, master thief)</p><p>Hell hound</p><p>Hippogriff</p><p>Hook Horror</p><p>Horse (riding, draft, war, donkey)</p><p>Human (bandit, town guard, guild thief, mage, pilgrim, blackguard, priest)</p><p>Hydra</p><p>Hyena (normal and dire)</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px">I (1)</span></strong></p><p>Intellect devourer</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px">J (1)</span></strong></p><p>Jackalwere</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px">K (7)</span></strong></p><p>Kercpa (several examples)</p><p>Ki-Rin</p><p>Kobold (several examples)</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px">L (7)</span></strong></p><p>Lizard folk (standard, chief)</p><p>Lycanthrope (wererat, werewolf, werebear, wereboar, weretiger)</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px">M (12)</span></strong></p><p>Manticore</p><p>Medusa</p><p>Mimic</p><p>Mind flayer</p><p>Minotaur</p><p>Modron (monodrone, duodrone, tridrone, quadrone, pentadrone, hierarch, Primus)</p><p>Mummy</p><p>Mustard jelly</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px">N (4)</span></strong></p><p>Nightmare</p><p>Nightshade (nightwalker, nightwing, nightworm)</p><p></p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px">O (9)</span></strong></p><p>Ogre</p><p>Olive slime (olive slime and slime creature)</p><p>Oni (the traditional ogre mage)</p><p>Orc (orc, berserker, chief)</p><p>Otyugh</p><p>Owlbear</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px">P (2)</span></strong></p><p>Pennangalan</p><p>Peryton</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px">Q (1)</span></strong></p><p>Quickling</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px">R (6)</span></strong></p><p>Rat (giant, dire, swarm)</p><p>Rakshasha</p><p>Roper</p><p>Rust Monster</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px">S (34)</span></strong></p><p>Sahuagin (normal, mutant, priest, baron, king)</p><p>Scorpion (giant and swarm)</p><p>Shadar-kai (several examples)</p><p>Shadow (normal and slow shadow)</p><p>Shambling mound</p><p>Shark (normal and dire)</p><p>Skeleton</p><p>Slaad (blue, red, green, grey, white, black, death, Ygorl, Ssendem)</p><p>Snake (constrictor, poisonous, amphisbaena, sea serpent)</p><p>Spider (several types including 'normal' giant spiders, tarantella, phase spider)</p><p>Stirge (single and swarm)</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px">T (13)</span></strong></p><p>Tabaxi </p><p>Tendriculous</p><p>Tiger (normal and dire)</p><p>Treant</p><p>Troglodyte (normal and chief)</p><p>Troll (troll, two-headed troll, giant troll, ice troll, war troll, spirit troll)</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px">U (3)</span></strong></p><p>Umber hulk (UH and vodyanoi)</p><p>Unicorn</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px">V (3)</span></strong></p><p>Vampire (thrall and master)</p><p>Violet Fungus</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px">W (11)</span></strong></p><p>Wasp (giant and swarm)</p><p>Wight</p><p>Wolf (normal, dire)</p><p>Worg</p><p>Worm (purple, giant maggot [I know, not technically a worm], tunnel worm)</p><p>Wraith</p><p>Wyvern</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px">X (3)</span></strong></p><p>Xill</p><p>Xorn</p><p>Xvart</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px">Y (6) </span></strong></p><p>Yellow musk creeper (and zombie)</p><p>Yugoloth (mezzoloth, nycaloth, ultroloth, arcanaloth)</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px">Z (1)</span></strong></p><p>Zombie</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="the Jester, post: 5826214, member: 1210"] Assuming about 275 pages of monsters are in the Monster Manual (by whatever name) of the new iteration of D&D, what should they be? Here are a few of what I think of as "must have" monsters (or at least "really want" monsters); this is pretty much off the top of my head, so I'm no doubt missing a ton of things, but... I count 296 monsters on my list. How about you? [B][SIZE="4"]A (7)[/SIZE][/B] Angel Ankheg Ant, giant Ape Aranea Ascomoid Avolakia [B][SIZE="4"]B (18)[/SIZE][/B] Basilisk Bat (swarm and dire) Bear (normal and dire) Beetle, giant (several types: fire, oil, scarab swarm at least) Beholder (beholder, gauth, eye of the deep) Black pudding Bloodbloater (individual, swarm and mutant) Blue slime Boneclaw Bulette [B][SIZE="4"]C (4)[/SIZE][/B] Carrion crawler Chimera Choker Chuul [B][SIZE="4"]D (60)[/SIZE][/B] Darkmantle Death knight Demon (vrock, hezrou, glabrezu, nalfeshnee, marilith, balor, evistro, succubus [yes, return to demon status], babau, goristro, armanite, dretch, chasme, Demogorgon, Orcus, Yeenoghu, Juiblex) Destrachan Devil (horned, bearded, barbed, lemure, pit fiend, erinyes, ice, legion, Asmodeus, Levistus, Baalzebul, Dispater, Bel, Glasya) Dinosaur [yes, change back from behemoth] (triceratops, tyrannosaurus Rex, velociraptor, needlefang swarm) Displacer beast Dog (wild, guard, blink) Doppelganger Dracolich Dragon (blue, black, green, red, white, gold, silver, faerie, earthquake, volcanic and a couple of lung/oriental dragons) Dragon turtle Dwarf (warrior, priest, smith) [B][SIZE="4"]E (11)[/SIZE][/B] Elemental (air, earth, fire, water; perhaps 'lesser' and 'greater' for each) Elf (wood/archer, grey/mage, bladesinger) [B][SIZE="4"]F (3)[/SIZE][/B] Foulspawn (berserker and cabalist) Frog (giant) [B][SIZE="4"]G (42)[/SIZE][/B] Gargoyle (several types) Gelatinous cube Ghost (several examples, including the banshee) Ghoul (ghoul, lacedon, ghast, Abyssal ghoul) Giant (hill, stone, frost, fire, cloud, mountain, storm, death) Githyanki (warrior, wizard, gish) Githzerai (monk, wizard, arcane fist) Gnoll (gnoll, flind, chieftain) Gnome (illusionist, sneak, bard) Goblinoid (goblin, hobgoblin, norker, bugbear) Golem (flesh, clay, iron, stone) Gray Ooze Green Slime Grell Griffon [B][SIZE="4"]H (27)[/SIZE][/B] Hag (sea, night, annis, green, bog, pact) Halfling (chef, thief, slinger, master thief) Hell hound Hippogriff Hook Horror Horse (riding, draft, war, donkey) Human (bandit, town guard, guild thief, mage, pilgrim, blackguard, priest) Hydra Hyena (normal and dire) [B][SIZE="4"]I (1)[/SIZE][/B] Intellect devourer [B][SIZE="4"]J (1)[/SIZE][/B] Jackalwere [B][SIZE="4"]K (7)[/SIZE][/B] Kercpa (several examples) Ki-Rin Kobold (several examples) [B][SIZE="4"]L (7)[/SIZE][/B] Lizard folk (standard, chief) Lycanthrope (wererat, werewolf, werebear, wereboar, weretiger) [B][SIZE="4"]M (12)[/SIZE][/B] Manticore Medusa Mimic Mind flayer Minotaur Modron (monodrone, duodrone, tridrone, quadrone, pentadrone, hierarch, Primus) Mummy Mustard jelly [B][SIZE="4"]N (4)[/SIZE][/B] Nightmare Nightshade (nightwalker, nightwing, nightworm) [B][SIZE="4"]O (9)[/SIZE][/B] Ogre Olive slime (olive slime and slime creature) Oni (the traditional ogre mage) Orc (orc, berserker, chief) Otyugh Owlbear [B][SIZE="4"]P (2)[/SIZE][/B] Pennangalan Peryton [B][SIZE="4"]Q (1)[/SIZE][/B] Quickling [B][SIZE="4"]R (6)[/SIZE][/B] Rat (giant, dire, swarm) Rakshasha Roper Rust Monster [B][SIZE="4"]S (34)[/SIZE][/B] Sahuagin (normal, mutant, priest, baron, king) Scorpion (giant and swarm) Shadar-kai (several examples) Shadow (normal and slow shadow) Shambling mound Shark (normal and dire) Skeleton Slaad (blue, red, green, grey, white, black, death, Ygorl, Ssendem) Snake (constrictor, poisonous, amphisbaena, sea serpent) Spider (several types including 'normal' giant spiders, tarantella, phase spider) Stirge (single and swarm) [B][SIZE="4"]T (13)[/SIZE][/B] Tabaxi Tendriculous Tiger (normal and dire) Treant Troglodyte (normal and chief) Troll (troll, two-headed troll, giant troll, ice troll, war troll, spirit troll) [B][SIZE="4"]U (3)[/SIZE][/B] Umber hulk (UH and vodyanoi) Unicorn [B][SIZE="4"]V (3)[/SIZE][/B] Vampire (thrall and master) Violet Fungus [B][SIZE="4"]W (11)[/SIZE][/B] Wasp (giant and swarm) Wight Wolf (normal, dire) Worg Worm (purple, giant maggot [I know, not technically a worm], tunnel worm) Wraith Wyvern [B][SIZE="4"]X (3)[/SIZE][/B] Xill Xorn Xvart [B][SIZE="4"]Y (6) [/SIZE][/B] Yellow musk creeper (and zombie) Yugoloth (mezzoloth, nycaloth, ultroloth, arcanaloth) [B][SIZE="4"]Z (1)[/SIZE][/B] Zombie [/QUOTE]
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