Which creature from Monster Manual II have you used in your campaign?
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SteelDraco
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Let's see here. Quite a few of these have been used against me, and I've used several.
Jovocs and palrathee have both showed up in a game I play in, as written. I've also based some undead heavily on the jovoc for my game (weeping children, a type of undead that reflects damage it takes as negative energy damage, healing other undead nearby).
Fihyrs were a major enemy in the beginning of my current Rokugan game, with an enemy of the PCs seeding the dreams of a beseiged town with items that made the creation of fihyrs more frequent. These things showed up many times, for about two months of gaming.
Meenlocks were the subject of the Eberron demo game I ran a few months ago. The plot was that a cultist of the Dragon Below was trying to poison Sharn's water supply with a potion that would make people who drank it turn into meenlocks. They only showed up once, but it was a fun encounter.
I had a morkoth encounter all planned out for a recent sea voyage, but the PCs bypassed it through some clever diplomacy, detective work, and divination magic. Good for them.
I've had a nimblewright used against me as an assassin sent after a prince we were supposed to protect. It's amazing how hard it is to fight something if you don't know it's a construct.
I used a group of sirine as a random encounter recently, while my PCs were traveling beside a mist-shrouded mountain lake.
I tossed some advanced, Corrupted (from the BoVD) twig blights in with a treant encounter not too long ago. They got munched very quickly by the samurai with Great Cleave and a flaming katana.
The chimeric and tauric templates were used when the PCs went up against a fleshcrafting Chuda bloodspeaker not too long ago.
All in all, I'd say I've gotten my money's worth out of the book. There's some good stuff in there. I'm more impressed with it than I am with MM3.
Jovocs and palrathee have both showed up in a game I play in, as written. I've also based some undead heavily on the jovoc for my game (weeping children, a type of undead that reflects damage it takes as negative energy damage, healing other undead nearby).
Fihyrs were a major enemy in the beginning of my current Rokugan game, with an enemy of the PCs seeding the dreams of a beseiged town with items that made the creation of fihyrs more frequent. These things showed up many times, for about two months of gaming.
Meenlocks were the subject of the Eberron demo game I ran a few months ago. The plot was that a cultist of the Dragon Below was trying to poison Sharn's water supply with a potion that would make people who drank it turn into meenlocks. They only showed up once, but it was a fun encounter.
I had a morkoth encounter all planned out for a recent sea voyage, but the PCs bypassed it through some clever diplomacy, detective work, and divination magic. Good for them.
I've had a nimblewright used against me as an assassin sent after a prince we were supposed to protect. It's amazing how hard it is to fight something if you don't know it's a construct.
I used a group of sirine as a random encounter recently, while my PCs were traveling beside a mist-shrouded mountain lake.
I tossed some advanced, Corrupted (from the BoVD) twig blights in with a treant encounter not too long ago. They got munched very quickly by the samurai with Great Cleave and a flaming katana.
The chimeric and tauric templates were used when the PCs went up against a fleshcrafting Chuda bloodspeaker not too long ago.
All in all, I'd say I've gotten my money's worth out of the book. There's some good stuff in there. I'm more impressed with it than I am with MM3.
JustKim
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In the order they appear in the book..
Abeil, Vassal
Ash Rat
Avolakia (Though to be fair this was in Dragon first and inspired me there)
Bone Naga
Chain Golem
Cloud Ray
Galeb Duhr
Hook Horror
Marrash
Phoenix
Stone Spike
Thri-Kreen
Spellstitched template
I have plans to use a few more things as well. A lot of the monsters I've used, but I felt more inspired by Fiend Folio and Monster Manual III.
Abeil, Vassal
Ash Rat
Avolakia (Though to be fair this was in Dragon first and inspired me there)
Bone Naga
Chain Golem
Cloud Ray
Galeb Duhr
Hook Horror
Marrash
Phoenix
Stone Spike
Thri-Kreen
Spellstitched template
I have plans to use a few more things as well. A lot of the monsters I've used, but I felt more inspired by Fiend Folio and Monster Manual III.
Shemeska
Adventurer
Bladelings
All the celestials therein
All the Yugoloths therein
Fire wierd
Probably some others too. Of course with the exception of the fire wierd I'd been using all of them already before they got translated into 3e, I was either making stats up on the fly or converting from 2e as best I could.
And thri-kreen, must not forget the bugs.
All the celestials therein
All the Yugoloths therein
Fire wierd
Probably some others too. Of course with the exception of the fire wierd I'd been using all of them already before they got translated into 3e, I was either making stats up on the fly or converting from 2e as best I could.
And thri-kreen, must not forget the bugs.
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I guess I've gotten decent mileage out of my MM2:
Death Knight template
Demons (Abyssal Maw, Abyssal Ravager, Jovoc, Palrethee, Zovvut)
Devil, Malebranche
Dread Guard
Effigy
Ether Scarab
Felldrake, Crested
Frost Salamander
Galeb Duhr
Giant, Forest and Mountain
Hellfire Wyrm
Hook Horror
Jermalaine
Linnorm, Dread
Nimblewright
Phase Wasp
Spellstitched template (picture a spellstitched demilich)
Spirit of the Land
Warbeast template
I know a lot of folks don't seem to like the Monster Manual 2. It does have its cheesy parts, but some of the creatures are actually pretty interesting (e.g. the jovoc).
Death Knight template
Demons (Abyssal Maw, Abyssal Ravager, Jovoc, Palrethee, Zovvut)
Devil, Malebranche
Dread Guard
Effigy
Ether Scarab
Felldrake, Crested
Frost Salamander
Galeb Duhr
Giant, Forest and Mountain
Hellfire Wyrm
Hook Horror
Jermalaine
Linnorm, Dread
Nimblewright
Phase Wasp
Spellstitched template (picture a spellstitched demilich)
Spirit of the Land
Warbeast template
I know a lot of folks don't seem to like the Monster Manual 2. It does have its cheesy parts, but some of the creatures are actually pretty interesting (e.g. the jovoc).
demiurge1138
Inventor of Super-Toast
I've used...
The devils, especially malebranche and advespa.
The Monster of Legend Template
Hook horrors
The immoth
Half-golems
The Nightmare beast
Nimblewrights
Boggles
Grell
Demiurge out.
The devils, especially malebranche and advespa.
The Monster of Legend Template
Hook horrors
The immoth
Half-golems
The Nightmare beast
Nimblewrights
Boggles
Grell
Demiurge out.
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Sammael
Adventurer
I've used the following:
Automaton
Catoblepas
Chain golem
Dinosaur, cryptoclidus
Dread guard
Elemental wierd (earth and water)
Golem, stained glass
Golem, dragonflesh (will use it next session)
Marrash
Myconid
Nimblewright
Swamplight lynx
Twig blight
Death knight
Spellstitched
Warbeast
Scorpionfolk
Automaton
Catoblepas
Chain golem
Dinosaur, cryptoclidus
Dread guard
Elemental wierd (earth and water)
Golem, stained glass
Golem, dragonflesh (will use it next session)
Marrash
Myconid
Nimblewright
Swamplight lynx
Twig blight
Death knight
Spellstitched
Warbeast
Scorpionfolk
Hi,
I've used these:
* Chaos Roc with fiendish template on Plain of Infinite Portals
* Corpse gatherer -- in Thanatos, Orcus' layer of the Abyss
* Corollax, Cloaked Ape, Forest Sloth -- in the jungles of Hepmonaland
* Ixitxachitl, lots -- in Demogorgon's fortress of Abysm
* Kelvezu demon, several times (and I've had them sent against my PC)
* Jarilith demon, several times
On the whole, I think the Fiend Folio, Monster Manual III and Monsternomicon have more interesting creatures inside.
Cheers
Richard
I've used these:
* Chaos Roc with fiendish template on Plain of Infinite Portals
* Corpse gatherer -- in Thanatos, Orcus' layer of the Abyss
* Corollax, Cloaked Ape, Forest Sloth -- in the jungles of Hepmonaland
* Ixitxachitl, lots -- in Demogorgon's fortress of Abysm
* Kelvezu demon, several times (and I've had them sent against my PC)
* Jarilith demon, several times
On the whole, I think the Fiend Folio, Monster Manual III and Monsternomicon have more interesting creatures inside.
Cheers
Richard
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