What's Your Monster Palette?

[mmadsen]

...the great empire, the great kingdom of the evil vrathi elves (The coolest original idea my friend has come up with.)...

OK, I'll bite. What are Vrathi Elves? And how are they cool and original?

...the small country of kender, gully dwarves, tinker gnomes, and Pokémon...

At least the Pokémon aren't too annoying...

 

[Tonguez]

Dire animals - aren't ALL animals Dire in DnD??

Afterall who needs badgers when you can have Celestial Dire Badgers!!!

 

[hong]

Dire animals - aren't ALL animals Dire in DnD??

Afterall who needs badgers when you can have Celestial Dire Badgers!!!

Weasels. Celestial dire weasels.

Which, would make a pretty good name for a rock band, but not as good as "fiendish dire weasels".

Or you could have a fiendish beaver, aka the beaver from hell.

 

[Arkham]

Or you could have a fiendish beaver, aka the beaver from hell.

Is that anything like the fiendish trouser armadillos?

 

[rootbeergnome]

I personally believe that undead should always be the most unnatural, frightening thing a player will ever run accross (maybe not as frightening as a dragon. Maybe) and, consequently, only rarely include them in my games. And I make sure that they're scary when they do show up.

I don't use dragons, either, largely because the only way my players ever survive encounters I throw at them is by outsmarting me. I don't think they'd outsmart a dragon, even one run by me.

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