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Victor_ograygor
Master of Realmslore
Denmark
1075 Posts |
 Posted - 16 Oct 2006 : 13:11:36
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Okay we have a bord :What is your favorite character in the Realms?
and i just thought what about monsters?
My favorite monster is the Dark Naga
- Dark nagas speak Common and Infernal.
- Dark nagas prefer to fight from an elevated position where they get a good view of the battlefield while also staying out of reach.
- Poison : Injury, Fortitude DC 16 or lapse into a nightmare-haunted sleep for 2d4 minutes. The save DC is Constitution-based.
- Dark nagas cast spells as 7th-level sorcerers.
- A dark naga can continuously use detect thoughts as the spell (caster level 9th; Will DC 15 negates). This ability is always active. The save DC is Charisma-based.
- Dark nagas are immune to any form of mind reading.
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Marc
Senior Scribe
658 Posts |
Posted - 16 Oct 2006 : 13:36:25
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Wandering_mage
Senior Scribe
688 Posts |
Posted - 16 Oct 2006 : 20:54:14
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Drow. They come in all kinds of varieties and they are great schemers!  |
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Dart Ambermoon
Learned Scribe
Germany
253 Posts |
Posted - 16 Oct 2006 : 23:32:48
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| Still the Lich for me...perfect puppet masters (& just ´cause my players start to sweat whenever they hear me utter the word). |
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Mace Hammerhand
Great Reader
Germany
2296 Posts |
Posted - 16 Oct 2006 : 23:41:39
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| Phaerimm, cos they really make my players scared... and they only ran away from one...the only one they met so far... |
Mace's not so gentle gamer's journal My rants were harmless compared to this, beware! |
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Reefy
Senior Scribe
United Kingdom
892 Posts |
Posted - 17 Oct 2006 : 00:19:51
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I'll confess to a liking for beholders, though I'm rather partial to umber hulks. And gelatinous cubes, of course.
My players have learned to be careful around drow, dragons and dire bears. |
Life is either daring adventure or nothing. |
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scererar
Master of Realmslore
USA
1618 Posts |
Posted - 17 Oct 2006 : 04:21:16
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Rust monster  One of my first encounters playing D&D, which was in the basic red box. |
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Skeptic
Master of Realmslore
Canada
1273 Posts |
Posted - 17 Oct 2006 : 04:46:44
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I think the OP meant FR-specific monsters, I'm not sure between two Ed's creations : Were-dragons or Malaugrym. I love shapechangers  |
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Sanishiver
Senior Scribe
USA
476 Posts |
Posted - 17 Oct 2006 : 04:52:11
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Ghazneths, Ghour Demons and Hishruu.
J. Grenemyer |
09/20/2008: Tiger Army at the Catalyst in Santa Cruz. You wouldn’t believe how many females rode it out in the pit. Santa Cruz women are all of them beautiful. Now I know to add tough to that description.
6/27/2008: WALL-E is about the best damn movie Pixar has ever made. It had my heart racing and had me rooting for the good guy.
9/9/2006: Dave Mathews Band was off the hook at the Shoreline Amphitheater.
Never, ever read the game books too literally, or make such assumptions that what is omitted cannot be. Bad DM form, that.
And no matter how compelling a picture string theory paints, if it does not accurately describe our universe, it will be no more relevant than an elaborate game of Dungeons and Dragons. --paragraph 1, chapter 9, The Elegant Universe by Brian Greene |
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VonRaventheDaring
Learned Scribe
USA
197 Posts |
Posted - 17 Oct 2006 : 04:58:33
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| As to FR specific races i like the sound Weredragon just heard of that though, and i love the Deep Dragon, Brown Dragon, and the Fang Dragon (although i would have added some cooler powers to them)! |
"Develop the latent abilities within you for that is your power alone. Psionics is the ultimate art of magic and you are its practitioner. Through lifelong dedication, strive to unite your will with your physical form to become one. Only through the unrestrained union of one’s mind and body can the magic of psionics truly be mastered. Throw off the yoke of any who would impose tyranny upon you. Likewise, do not ever force another to submit to your will. Free your mind, free yourself and you have only just begun the path to true psionic mastery. Free others, open their minds to the Invisible Art, and you will show them way to Auppenser."
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Jorkens
Great Reader
Norway
2950 Posts |
Posted - 17 Oct 2006 : 07:37:39
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Well, if we are talking Realms specific I would have to say Asperii,Feystag, Bhaergala, Deepspawn, Tressym and Quagoth (Not sure if these were first introduced in the Realms though). Mind you these could change from day to day.
If we were talking of the D&D game in general it would be some of the older favorites among goblinoids, giants and such.
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Haman
Seeker
USA
60 Posts |
Posted - 17 Oct 2006 : 10:03:04
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| Dracolich. Ever since I first started getting into the Realms and read the chapters of Spellfire dealing with Shandril vs. Big, boney and nasty I just loved em. |
Some people say we gamers have no lives....I think we have too many. |
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Mazrim_Taim
Learned Scribe
341 Posts |
Posted - 17 Oct 2006 : 13:26:45
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| I like the Sharn, even though most of their mystery was revealed in Blackstaff |
And if the PCs DO win their ways through all the liches to Larloch, “he” will almost certainly be just another lich (loaded with explosive spells) set up as a decoy, with dozens of hidden liches waiting to pounce on any surviving PCs who ‘celebrate’ after they take Larloch down. As the REAL Larloch watches (magical scrying) from afar. Myself, as DM, I’d be wondering: “Such a glorious game, so many opportunities laid out before your PCs to devote your time to, and THIS fixation is the best you can come up with? Are you SURE you’re adventurers?” -Ed Greenwood
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Lady Kazandra
Senior Scribe
Australia
921 Posts |
Posted - 17 Oct 2006 : 15:21:22
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I'm a big fan of the Unseen, and shapeshifters in general, so I'm going to say Doppelgangers.
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36804 Posts |
Posted - 17 Oct 2006 : 17:21:35
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quote:
Originally posted by Lady Kazandra
I'm a big fan of the Unseen, and shapeshifters in general, so I'm going to say Doppelgangers.
Ditto on all but doppelgangers... I prefer greater doppelgangers. I also love the fey'ri. |
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Beirnadri Magranth
Senior Scribe
USA
720 Posts |
Posted - 17 Oct 2006 : 17:55:57
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quote:
Originally posted by Sanishiver
Ghazneths, Ghour Demons and Hishruu.
J. Grenemyer
hishruu? I like the nishruu/hakeashar
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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MerrikCale
Senior Scribe
USA
947 Posts |
Posted - 18 Oct 2006 : 02:19:02
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| Vampires. Always loved them as bad guys. I like frost giants too. Yuan-Ti are fun. Ogre Mages. Of course, lycanthropes. |
When hinges creak in doorless chambers and strange and frightening sounds echo through the halls, whenever candlelights flicker where the air is deathly still, that is the time when ghosts are present, practicing their terror with ghoulish delight. |
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Sanishiver
Senior Scribe
USA
476 Posts |
Posted - 18 Oct 2006 : 02:58:26
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Originally posted by Beirnadri Magranth
hishruu? I like the nishruu/hakeashar
I blame my right index finger.
J. Grenemyer |
09/20/2008: Tiger Army at the Catalyst in Santa Cruz. You wouldn’t believe how many females rode it out in the pit. Santa Cruz women are all of them beautiful. Now I know to add tough to that description.
6/27/2008: WALL-E is about the best damn movie Pixar has ever made. It had my heart racing and had me rooting for the good guy.
9/9/2006: Dave Mathews Band was off the hook at the Shoreline Amphitheater.
Never, ever read the game books too literally, or make such assumptions that what is omitted cannot be. Bad DM form, that.
And no matter how compelling a picture string theory paints, if it does not accurately describe our universe, it will be no more relevant than an elaborate game of Dungeons and Dragons. --paragraph 1, chapter 9, The Elegant Universe by Brian Greene |
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Shadovar
Senior Scribe
785 Posts |
Posted - 18 Oct 2006 : 04:20:13
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Sharn and Phaerimm are my favorite
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We have fostered trust, recruited loyalty, and gathered the faithful. We have trained thousands. Our legions can cover the land, fill the sky and travel through the darkness. We can hunt any and all that would deny our heritage. Now is our time, now is the time of the Dark Reign(Rain) of the Empire of Shadows.
- High Prince Telemont Tanthul, Lord Shadow
In a speech given to the citizens of Shade Enclave
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Ergdusch
Master of Realmslore
Germany
1720 Posts |
Posted - 18 Oct 2006 : 12:32:55
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Hail to the Dragons of Fearun! They are my favorites - all of them.
What better monster/opponant can you think than an old imposing Great Red Wyrm?
And what better motivation than the huge heap of treasure he is sleeping on?
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Lord Teclis
Acolyte
United Kingdom
24 Posts |
Posted - 18 Oct 2006 : 13:17:50
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| It would have to be either the Dragons or Tarrasque. |
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VonRaventheDaring
Learned Scribe
USA
197 Posts |
Posted - 18 Oct 2006 : 15:33:21
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quote:
Originally posted by The Sage
Honourable mention -- the Saurials.
Awh yes i love the Saurials and they don't get enough play either, I too love the shapeshifters just ask any of my friends the will tell you in detail lol. I would like to see a return of the Catlords on that note as well but ...... Back to the subject i love the Steel Dragon or should i say Waterdeep dragon. |
"Develop the latent abilities within you for that is your power alone. Psionics is the ultimate art of magic and you are its practitioner. Through lifelong dedication, strive to unite your will with your physical form to become one. Only through the unrestrained union of one’s mind and body can the magic of psionics truly be mastered. Throw off the yoke of any who would impose tyranny upon you. Likewise, do not ever force another to submit to your will. Free your mind, free yourself and you have only just begun the path to true psionic mastery. Free others, open their minds to the Invisible Art, and you will show them way to Auppenser."
---Dogma of the Church of Auppenser |
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Neonai
Acolyte
Turkey
34 Posts |
Posted - 27 Oct 2006 : 01:20:59
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phaerimm are scary and ugly, love' em . and they also rule over the beholders. even conquered a beholder city in underdark. cool, aye.
let s see ý kinda like demi-lich. man, why am ý that power obsessed?
but ý don t like dragons no more. ý saw one of a player killed a great wyrm in 4 turns. even though it was partially my fault, that turned me off. (never give pcs powerful artifacts, it becomes too hard too torture them) |
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KnightErrantJR
Great Reader
USA
5402 Posts |
Posted - 27 Oct 2006 : 01:45:22
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Definate love phaerimm. The things have grabbed my attention ever since I first read about them in FR13 Anauroch. I loved the Valerie Valusek illustration of them, and they first appeared at a time when no one really knew what an aberration was, and yet they were a perfect example of one of them. I do like that they have younger ones now in 3.5, since I could actually throw one at my PCs, and they were quite . . . respectful of the beastie.
I've only gotten a chance to run one once, but I have always loved Fang Dragons as well. Something about the unpredicatable nature of them and the fact that they are just so different than other dragons.
Malaugrym got a lot of use in my last campaign. I love them, especially the creative way you can describe them shape shifting around (wheather it has any "rules component" or not), and on top of that, my PCs now absolutely hate them, and pretty much anything from the plane of shadows (check out my campaign journal for any more info on this, especially the final installment, in which we all had a very good time, and I did probably the dirtiest thing I have ever done to a PC at the end of a campaign). |
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Aglaranna
Learned Scribe
166 Posts |
Posted - 28 Oct 2006 : 15:09:54
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| I still love those goblins! They take me back to the days when they could take me out in a single blow...And then they'd steal my cheese and ale supply...Er...Maybe not my favorite foe. I like the drow, then! Now *they* can take me out with a single blow...Hm... |
"You can choose a ready guide
In some celestial voice
If you choose not to decide
You still have made a choice
You can choose from phantom fears
And kindness that can kill
I will choose the path that's clear
I will choose freewill." -'Freewill' by Rush |
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Kajehase
Great Reader
Sweden
2104 Posts |
Posted - 28 Oct 2006 : 16:00:34
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There is a rumour going around that I have found god. I think is unlikely because I have enough difficulty finding my keys, and there is empirical evidence that they exist.
Terry Pratchett |
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Ergdusch
Master of Realmslore
Germany
1720 Posts |
Posted - 28 Oct 2006 : 16:50:38
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quote:
Originally posted by Aglaranna
I still love those goblins! They take me back to the days when they could take me out in a single blow...And then they'd steal my cheese and ale supply...Er...Maybe not my favorite foe. I like the drow, then! Now *they* can take me out with a single blow...Hm...
However, they will not stop with stealing cheese and ale, my dear! No no, by far, they will not........ |
"Das Gras weht im Wind, wenn der Wind weht." |
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Silvanus79
Seeker
USA
58 Posts |
Posted - 28 Oct 2006 : 20:16:37
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Phaerimm. And my poor players have no idea I like them so much because I have yet to throw one at them. Oh yes, that will be fun.
If we back out of the Realms specifics, though, I am a demon/devil fan. Coming from an old Planescape fan, that's hardly surprising, but I have always enjoyed the politics and battles of the Blood War. Woe to the poor berk who gets dropped into one of those scraps. Nice, quick way to find himself put in the dead-book, if you ask me! |
Procrastinators unite! Tomorrow. |
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
USA
7106 Posts |
Posted - 29 Oct 2006 : 20:58:50
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| It's hard for me to say. I generally like any monster that can stand on it's own as an intelligent character (and interact meaningfully with protagonists) over monsters that are just there to be slaughtered. |
"Instead of asking why we sleep, it might make sense to ask why we wake. Perchance we live to dream. From that perspective, the sea of troubles we navigate in the workaday world might be the price we pay for admission to another night in the world of dreams."
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Aglaranna
Learned Scribe
166 Posts |
Posted - 04 Nov 2006 : 22:31:22
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quote:
Originally posted by Ergdusch
quote:
Originally posted by Aglaranna
I still love those goblins! They take me back to the days when they could take me out in a single blow...And then they'd steal my cheese and ale supply...Er...Maybe not my favorite foe. I like the drow, then! Now *they* can take me out with a single blow...Hm...
However, they will not stop with stealing cheese and ale, my dear! No no, by far, they will not........
Urgh, you almost inspire me to retire from adventuring. But not quite. Now, some day we'll all look back and...er...Wonder what possessed us to go knocking on the doors of the Underdark in the first place. |
"You can choose a ready guide
In some celestial voice
If you choose not to decide
You still have made a choice
You can choose from phantom fears
And kindness that can kill
I will choose the path that's clear
I will choose freewill." -'Freewill' by Rush |
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What is your favorite Monster in the Realms?
