Poll: I just have to get this off my chest... (D&D related)

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Hiphophippo

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Sure, they kick ass but I've always been more partial to The Hounds of Tindalos. It's a monster from the Cthulhu Mythos but there's certainly nothing stopping anyone from dropping them into DnD. An excerpt from the wikipedia entry on them...

"The Hounds of Tindalos dwell in the distant past of the earth, when normal life had not yet advanced past one-celled animals. They are said to inhabit the angles of time, while other beings (such as humankind and all common life) descend from curves. The Hounds are thought to be immortal and are believed to lust after something in humankind and other normal life, and will follow victims through time and space to get it. Their appearance is unknown because no characters who meet them survive long enough to give a description. It is said that they have long, hollow tongues or proboscis to drain victims' body-fluids, and that they excrete a strange blue pus or ichor.

Though the Hounds are sometimes pictured as canine, probably because of the evocative name of the first story in which they appeared, it is not likely that they appear as such- the story states that the name "veils their foulness". Various pastiches suggest that the Hounds are more bat-like in appearance, like the byakhee, or may appear even worse. The name Hounds of Tindalos refers more to the creatures' habits than their appearance.

Because of their relationship with the angles of time, they can materialize through any corner if it is fairly sharp?120º or less. When a Hound is about to appear, it materializes first as smoke pouring from the corner, and finally the head emerges followed by the body. It is said that once a human becomes known to one of these creatures, a Hound of Tindalos will pursue the victim through anything to reach its quarry. A person risks attracting their attention by travelling through time."

That's right. They stalk their prey through the smoke and corners of time.
 

Chester41585

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Yes, Mindflayers are cool and all, but Mivilorn are pretty fucking awesome. Giant bulldog/great white shark creatures? Excellent.
Astral Stalkers are pretty sweet, too.
And I've got kind-of a thing for the Aasimar.
 

Kevka

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I'm a warforged guy, myself. So much delicious story meat in their home setting of Eberron, and enough built-in conflicts out of the gate to satisfy a Mongol.

For those who don't know, Warforged are humanoid, sapient constructs. In Eberron, they were produced en-masse to fill up army slots during a 100-year-long war, and now that they've been granted freedom as citizens the governments have banned their creation.

 

Nigh Invulnerable

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Flying-Emu said:
nicholaxxx said:
mindflayers are pretty sweet, my favorite however, is the tarrasque. hands down.

Tarrasque are so stupid. It's just a campaign ending cop-out.
Correction, Tarrasque is so stupid. There's just one (according to most versions of D&D and the way I run my games). He is sort of a cop-out though.

That being said, I believe I ran a game for some friends and I think they could have taken down the Tarrasque (Frenzied Berserker at level 10 cannot die during frenzy).
 

halfeclipse

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Honestly, I quite like Allips. Not really sure why, just do.

Nigh Invulnerable said:
Flying-Emu said:
nicholaxxx said:
mindflayers are pretty sweet, my favorite however, is the tarrasque. hands down.

Tarrasque are so stupid. It's just a campaign ending cop-out.
Correction, Tarrasque is so stupid. There's just one (according to most versions of D&D and the way I run my games). He is sort of a cop-out though.

That being said, I believe I ran a game for some friends and I think they could have taken down the Tarrasque (Frenzied Berserker at level 10 cannot die during frenzy).

With a sufficiently leveled party, it's not that hard to kill, provided of course you've got gp to spend. Simulacra are fun like that.