What's your favorite "fodder" monster race?

[steeldragons]

Gotcha.

I put LotR orcs as old old school, piggies as old school, and 3.xE+ orcs as new school-ish but definitely not related to LotR. Oh well, it wouldn't be a forum poll if everyone actually agreed with the choices offered by the poll....

I'm fairly sure by "LotR" orcs, Mercurius meant this:
which is obviously, this:
...or "new school."

As opposed to this:
and this which are the obvious, direct rip-off of Hildebrandt's originals...this:

a.k.a. "old school."

 

[howandwhy99]

Humans make great fodder.

#1. I wanna change my answer now

 

[Mercurius]

Ha ha, you're awesome, [MENTION=92511]steeldragons[/MENTION].

 

[dd.stevenson]

SKELETONS, zombies, frog people, human thugs.

 

[MatthewJHanson]

I don't have one or two favorites, but I like different ones for different situations.

Goblins and Kobolds as annoying and potentially comic if they weren't so deadly.
Orcs as a chaotic rampaging hoard.
Hobgoblins as a well ordered rampaging hoard.
Lizardfolk as tribal hunters who mostly want to be left alone, but will lash out when threatened.

 

[Li Shenron]

Undead.

 

[Lindeloef]

Humans and Undead. And often Undead Humans.

 

[Jeremy E Grenemyer]

Orcs for me.

Orcs are great with battle axes, levels of Barbarian and Fighter and can deliver crits and take lots of damage--this last something satisfying to players who work hard to amp up the damage via melee and spell attacks.

 

[Hussar]

I like going with a lot of vermin type critters. Giant rats, dark mantles. That sot of thing

 

[doghead]

Basically what I mean is this: Nearly all campaigns have a low-level, common enemy that at first is mean and scary, eventually becomes fodder.

Goblin. Although recently I have been using gnolls a fair bit as well.

Because I play E6, it is not inevitable that they become fodder either.

thotd