Your favourite monsters in MMIV

[Brakkart]

My favourites to use at some point (though I've not used any yet) are:

Avatars of Elemental Evil
Clockwork Creatures
Bluespawn Burrower
Redspawn Arcaniss
Tomb Spider

 

[ericlboyd]

Balhannoths are my favorite by far. They fit perfectly into a specific role in the Realms. All they lack is an immunity to poison.

--Eric

 

[MerricB]

So far:
* Bloodhulk Fighter
* Inferno Spider
* Lolth-touched Monstrous Spider
* Blackspawn Raider
* Greenspawn Leaper
* Greenspawn Razorfiend
* Greenspawn Sneak
* Redspawn Arcaniss
* Tomb Spider

I'm quite impressed with how good they are, and there'll be a few more in the near future.

Cheers!

 

[DMH]

I just watched the movie that makes the briarvex for me- The Thing (1951). Just add the blood requirement for seed germination.

 

[Felon]

The zern make a great underdark foe. Wither their versatile abilities, they put the one-trick pony illithids to shame.

 

[Mystery Man]

I ran an encounter with the tomb spider and web mummy. It was fun, well it was fun for me anyway. I can't remember if any players went down in that combat or not.

 

[Imruphel]

Like:

- avatars of elemental evil
- balhannoth
- bloodfire ooze
- bloodsilk spider
- corrupture
- dwarf ancestor
- greathorn minotaur
- Lolth-touched template
- mageripper swarm
- nagatha
- necrosis carnex
- plague walker
- tomb spider and web mummy
- verdant prince
- vitreous drinker
- wizened elder
- wrackspawn

Dislike:

- bloodhulk
- briarvex
- spawn of Tiamat
- stat blocks for drow etc...
- windblade
- voor
- zern

Overall I like the format. I prefer the idea of fewer monsters with more information particularly as I have largely lost interest in new monsters (templates and NPCs provide me with all the variations that I need) but am always looking for additional adventure and campaign hooks.

I hope MMV is a lot like MMIV... but no more spawn of Tiamat or stat blocks for classed humanoids please!