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Your favorite humanoid monsters...

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They are plagues upon humans and demi-humans alike, competing ever for resources, or simply existing as a scourge upon the lands they dwell upon... be they lizard men, orcs, or the like.

Pour moi, I've come to enjoy lizardy, marshy guys muchly.

So I'm gonna go with the wuggs from Verdant Rage (bullywugs) as my favorites.

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Orcs and goblins are great ~ ugly, brutal and disgusting.

My favs are probably kobold and gnolls, they both are perfectly hideous and really creepy! :P
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Aye, the hyena cries o' gnolls are sure to send a shiver down the spines o' even the most steadfast warriors.
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I like them all, it's hard to choose. :)

BTW Slimy, I was wrong about there not being a bullywug in C&C, they are called Gigs (Classic Monsters).

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For low level, Gnolls. For higher levels, the Slaadi.
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kobolds at low-midlevel

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Back in the day, I loved kobolds - for their ability to play very dirty and use tricks and traps to hold their own against bigger tougher monsters/characters.

You all beat me to gnolls for higher level. I like them so much I've kicked around the idea for my homebrew to bring in the 'Wolfen' race from Palladium as a player race. Of course there would deep hatred between the Gnolls and the Wolfen.

My oddball is draconiains from Dragonlance.
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Glass blowing, trap making, Shaman heavy Kobold packs with green slime glass bottles, traps, brutish monster "pets", and military tactics and just enough magic to scare or worry the PCs..

But the most dangerous Humanoid is still man with levels or even scarier humanoids with levels.. ogre fighter, kobold shaman, orc ranger, Troop of Hobgoblin Monks, or an ogre mage wizard.
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Gnomes.

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Wasn't there a Finneous Fingers and Halfling thieves.. something about Foster Grants and a "Wand of Automatic Magic Missiles"? Wow, what a trip down memory lane.. thanks Serleran.
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I'm partial to goblins. And hobgoblins. I like organizing them. Plus, slap a couple of levels of something on them, and they become a bit more deadlier.
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I also like the pig-like orcs o' C&C, and their return to lawful evil.
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Kayolan wrote:BTW Slimy, I was wrong about there not being a bullywug in C&C, they are called Gigs (Classic Monsters).
Cool Kayolan; I just checked 'em out.
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Orcs of course! A species breed for a single purpose, to be the adenturers' pin cushions!
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Hobgoblins, Goblins, Bugbears, Ogre Magi

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Oh yeah, almost forgot . . hags!! Really awesome and beautiful! ;)

I don't use them enough, but need to in the future ~ hey mebbe a covey of hags!! :lol:

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Rhuvein wrote:Oh yeah, almost forgot . . hags!! Really awesome and beautiful! ;)

I don't use them enough, but need to in the future ~ hey mebbe a covey of hags!! :lol:

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I used them sparingly back in the day, but they were awesomely awful when I used them.
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I've always thought sahuagin were awesome. Orcs, goblins, gnolls, are evil as a byproduct. They are crude, selfish, mean, savage beasts that don't care about anything or anybody, ergo evil. Sahuagin are really, really evil. Like, they actively worship devils. They watch slaves get eaten by sharks for funsies. They raid human coastal towns and just massacre people, women and children included, for the sake of just being evil sonsabitches. As a race, I like sahuagin the best.

Also partial to kobolds because they can just be so devious.

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AGNKim wrote:I've always thought sahuagin were awesome.
Ditto on this. They certainly are the devils o' the sea.

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In my current campaign, the Sahuagin are the major enemies. I took a break from using them, but perhaps I need to remind the PCs of how vicious they are.

Pig-faced orcs are classic, no doubt.

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I like orcs, goblins, and hobgoblins.

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I so expected at least one Drow vote.
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slimykuotoan wrote:I so expected at least one Drow vote.
Your on the wrong RPG site for that!

While I like the Drow, and like using them, they are not my favorite, and I have at least 10 "monsters" I'd list before getting to the Drow.
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I think to many Drow have become the Ninja Turtles of the gaming world.. a bit over done...
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Goblins, lead by Hobgoblin officers

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Hlobane orcs and ogres. I loves me some ogres and Bone Smashers!
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I like Kobolds and Orcs the best followed quickly by Gnolls and Goblins.
slimykuotoan wrote:I so expected at least one Drow vote.
I like the Drow, but I think of them as a strong spice. Used in limited amounts they can be nice, used too much and they overpower the meal.

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