D&D 5E Which common monsters/creature types do you exclude from your campaigns?

[el-remmen]

BUT YOU GUYS DONT WANT FLUMPHS, GRELL or MODRONS DO YAH????

I have used all three (when thematically appropriate).

 

[deganawida]

No orcs. What started as a different name for goblins in LotR quickly became an entire species by itself, and I find it both redundant and annoying. Goblins have much more mythological and folkloric cache than orcs, plus more variety. I still like having my folkore-inspired goblins lean towards evil/chaos but having players run into neutral or sometimes good ones.

Wait, I just thought of one instance where I'll use orcs: When they are the pig-face creatures of old D&D and look like the Gammoran guards from Return of the Jedi. That's different enough for me to use them (and is pretty cool IMO).

 

[Voadam]

That doesnt look like a gun though

Look again. Holstered on the hip.

Here is a better resolution of the cover.

And from inside

 

[Dukey]

Look again. Holstered on the hip.

Very well. Still its very vague and could be anything. It would be more clear if he was waving a gun and had the sword on the side.

 

[grimslade]

I was thinking about orcs and their evolution throughout D&D. We went from pig faced to neanderthalesque.
From this:

To this:

Why didn't we go to this:

I know Warhammer greenskins and Warcraft pushed D&D along the bestial man path, but boar men are just so much more fun and are not confused as an offshoot of goblins.

 

[Stoutstien]

Just went through all my homebrewed content (40 different campaigns in 11 settings) and I only found one actual dragon so I guess that is one I exclude lol.

Why did I buy fizban...oh the elder brain dragon that's right....

 

[Larnievc]

I don't exclude dopplegangers, but I use them very selectively and carefully, and generally for a limited duration or area. I like them, but overuse can bog down or even derail a campaign.

To be fair you could be using them and might not know it.

 

[Blue Orange]

Mostly a fascination with alchemy, both Western and Eastern. My Dwarves and Elves are metal and wood aligned, respectively.

Wow, neat! Do you have anyone for earth, water, or fire?

(The chinese five elements/phases were wood, fire, earth, metal, and water.)

 

[Laurefindel]

Just went through all my homebrewed content (40 different campaigns in 11 settings) and I only found one actual dragon so I guess that is one I exclude lol.

Why did I buy fizban...oh the elder brain dragon that's right....

Same here. I always reserve dragons for the big bad, or a really meaningful encounter… I might have use one, once…

 

[Stoutstien]

Same here. I always reserve dragons for the big bad, or a really meaningful encounter… I might have use one, once…

They are just to on the nose for me I think. I love a good true to trope concept but dragons are so blah. The eberron take isn't bad for them as a theme though.