[fantasy] Which of these non-human opponents are your group's bread and butter?

saskganesh · January 28, 2016, 09:37:25 AM

Savage humanoids, which obviously implies that I am a racist imperialist.

The Butcher · January 28, 2016, 09:42:22 AM

Savage humanoids, animalistic monsters and undead are what I deploy the most as a DM.

I sometimes wish we had more low-level planar foes for mid-level wizards and warlocks to summon and sic on PCs.

Elfdart · January 28, 2016, 09:36:42 PM

Quote from: Ravenswing;875813How do you read "most common foes" and come to that conclusion?

By being dumb.

Christopher Brady · January 28, 2016, 09:40:26 PM

Quote from: Ravenswing;875813How do you read "most common foes" and come to that conclusion?

The Poll question states:

"Which of these non-human opponents are your group's bread and butter?"

Perhaps I was being too generous. I was thinking that he never used any sort of monster simply because he didn't think they fit his games. Which to me is impressive.

But I was also wonder that if he had a slightly less common set of 'monsters' he might have used, which of the poll's list did he have. Instead, he's devolved into pejoratives. And that eliminates the chance to have an interesting discussion. Oh well.

Skarg · January 28, 2016, 10:05:35 PM

I put both Savage and Decadent humanoids, though I don't really recognize those categories. After humans, the most common opponents would be non-human humanoids, but there are no Drow, and my orcs and goblins are usually closer to civilized than savage or decadent per se.

Elfdart · January 28, 2016, 10:07:14 PM

I prefer a human-centered world, and I prefer using humans as enemies for the PCs, since in most cases there's not that much difference between an orc and a man-at-arms. A DM could swap out one with the other in a typical adventure and no one would notice. This also applies to "decadent" humanoids, which can also be swapped out for humans without any great difficulty.

It's not that I never use them, but I'd rather keep them exotic and that means uncommon or rare.

The other monsters are of the sort that they are best used sparingly and thus wouldn't really qualify as "bread and butter" monsters.

Shipyard Locked · January 29, 2016, 06:34:09 AM

I'm surprised at the low result for demons/devils and associated critters. I had formed the impression that many campaigns used their variety across levels as a linchpin.

AsenRG · January 29, 2016, 08:44:56 AM

Quote from: Elfdart;876009I prefer a human-centered world, and I prefer using humans as enemies for the PCs, since in most cases there's not that much difference between an orc and a man-at-arms. A DM could swap out one with the other in a typical adventure and no one would notice. This also applies to "decadent" humanoids, which can also be swapped out for humans without any great difficulty.

Yeah, humans make the majority of opponents in my games as well, that's exactly why everything else is so equally represented:D!

kosmos1214 · January 30, 2016, 11:08:40 PM

all of the above in a mixture

Ronin · January 31, 2016, 09:08:57 PM

I like using goblins. I tend to run them as bat shit crazy little savages.

Gormenghast · February 02, 2016, 01:00:42 AM

I have used undead fairly often, but not so often everyone just expects it.

I've gotten good use out of old standbys like orcs and goblins, but I don't actually use them that often.

Slimes, vermin, and stuff like that show up not infrequently in my tabletop games.

RPGPundit · February 06, 2016, 12:32:58 PM

Totally depends on the campaign.