Favorite Monster Illustration in the MM
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So many good ones. I guess I'll go with lizardman.
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So many indelible images. The Fire Giant and Storm Giant. The Intellect Devourer. And [for sheer trauma value] the Rot Grub.
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The Masher. Just fucking with you... it's still the Succubus. I saw it the other day and it still made me happy.
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I have to go with the lich.
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SirAllen wrote:The Masher. Just fucking with you... it's still the Succubus. I saw it the other day and it still made me happy.
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I have to go with the Bugbear. I love goblinoids with skinny chicken legs and fat bellies.
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Ooo, I love the one where the bugbear is clocking that fool upside the head.
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Stephen Colbert: “What would you do, when coming up with your character you roll six rolls of three six-sided dice to come up with your character”
Joe Magliano: “There’s a new way now where you roll 4d6 and you take away the lowest.”
Stephen Colbert: “Really? That’s for children!”
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Whittling it down from Baalzebul, Efreeti, Gray Ooze, Lich, Wereboar, Treant and Wyvern, I would go with Gray Ooze and Treant because they are the most evocative of Basic and OD&D. Choosing from those two, I would say Gray Ooze sets the best mood.
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So, what you are saying is that you like those two the best because they remind you of a version of D&D other than AD&D?Landifarne wrote:*snip* I would go with Gray Ooze and Treant because they are the most evocative of Basic and OD&D.
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An old school role-playing game periodical with a focus on adventure design
Stephen Colbert: “What would you do, when coming up with your character you roll six rolls of three six-sided dice to come up with your character”
Joe Magliano: “There’s a new way now where you roll 4d6 and you take away the lowest.”
Stephen Colbert: “Really? That’s for children!”
An old school role-playing game periodical with a focus on adventure design
Stephen Colbert: “What would you do, when coming up with your character you roll six rolls of three six-sided dice to come up with your character”
Joe Magliano: “There’s a new way now where you roll 4d6 and you take away the lowest.”
Stephen Colbert: “Really? That’s for children!”
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Nah, I would say that they capture the essence of D&D best and remind me of the wonder I felt when I first began playing the game. Or something like that...Wheggi wrote:So, what you are saying is that you like those two the best because they remind you of a version of D&D other than AD&D?Landifarne wrote:*snip* I would go with Gray Ooze and Treant because they are the most evocative of Basic and OD&D.
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Runners Up: the cover's two-eyed roper, beholder, bulette, couatl, Dispater, Geryon, dragon turtle, ghost, lich, wereboar, mindflayer, pseudodragon, rakshasa, wight.
Favorite: full-page looters at the Treasure Types table.
Favorite: full-page looters at the Treasure Types table.
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What a question. Yeah too many to pick one.
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