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Official D&D Monsters You're Pretty Sure No One Has Ever Used in Play?

Started by RPGPundit, May 30, 2017, 02:35:23 AM

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RPGPundit

May 30, 2017, 02:35:23 AM
Here's the challenge: think of a monster that is an official D&D monster FROM ONE OF THE MANY MONSTER MANUALS (you can't pick one that only showed up in some obscure adventure), that you bet no one has ever actually used ever in the game's history.

Then we see if anyone here ran it.
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#1
May 30, 2017, 02:42:52 AM
Just about anything from the third edition MONSTER MANUAL 3.
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Barghest

#2
May 30, 2017, 03:25:33 AM
My heart says Umpleby*.

Because, seriously, WTF?




*Assuming the Fiend Folio counts.
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#3
May 30, 2017, 04:21:47 AM
I've run D&D campaigns with monsters only from the 1e Fiend Folio, thus everybody showed eventually. The Umpleby (referred to online as "Lightning Chewbacca") is an oddly useful creature because it's not evil, has lots of HD and can align with PCs which is rare among the FF monsters. But its origin is a joke creature. It has a hair net. Get it?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umpleby

Barghest

#4
May 30, 2017, 05:11:53 AM
Quote from: Spinachcat;965222I've run D&D campaigns with monsters only from the 1e Fiend Folio, thus everybody showed eventually. The Umpleby (referred to online as "Lightning Chewbacca") is an oddly useful creature because it's not evil, has lots of HD and can align with PCs which is rare among the FF monsters. But its origin is a joke creature. It has a hair net. Get it?

Next you'll tell me you actually used al-Mi'raj's and Blindheims in a game. Probably during the same encounter. :)
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#5
May 30, 2017, 06:10:38 AM
The Masher from the first Monster Manual.

I thought I had the MM memorized from playing 1e for so long, but the a year or so ago I noticed it, stuck between the Manticore and Mastodon.

No illustration and it's sort of split between the bottom and the top so it's easy to overlook. It's also just a giant fish that lives in a coral reef.

Omega

#6
May 30, 2017, 06:16:12 AM
Quote from: Barghest;965227Next you'll tell me you actually used al-Mi'raj's and Blindheims in a game. Probably during the same encounter. :)

Al-Mi'rage? Yep, used it. And the Carbuncle. They also show up in an anime series, wielding knives and axes...

For me it might be the Water Termite from BX.

What about all those weird dimensional things from the I section of BECMI D&D? How many players ever made it that far to meet one???

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#7
May 30, 2017, 05:54:54 PM
Flumphs.  Blink Dogs.
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Omega

#8
May 30, 2017, 06:38:25 PM
Quote from: Christopher Brady;965371Flumphs.  Blink Dogs.

Used a Flumph way beck when they first came out and were still cool. :o

My only experience with 3e ended with my Sorcerer encountering  a pack of Blink Dogs.

Voros

#9
May 30, 2017, 06:44:38 PM
I remember playing with Flumphs and blink dogs. Blink dogs are pretty cool actually.

Kane

#10
May 30, 2017, 11:27:18 PM
Quote from: JeremyR;965232The Masher from the first Monster Manual.

I thought I had the MM memorized from playing 1e for so long, but the a year or so ago I noticed it, stuck between the Manticore and Mastodon.

No illustration and it's sort of split between the bottom and the top so it's easy to overlook. It's also just a giant fish that lives in a coral reef.

I read this and I was like "WTF"? Went to my shelf and pulled out the 1e MM, and sure enough - right there! Never knew about it until your post :)

Omega

#11
May 31, 2017, 01:05:29 AM
Quote from: Kane;965426I read this and I was like "WTF"? Went to my shelf and pulled out the 1e MM, and sure enough - right there! Never knew about it until your post :)

yeesh? Didnt anyone ever watch Jacques Cousteau?

Voros

#12
May 31, 2017, 02:08:30 AM
Yeah I had to look it up probably forgotten because there is no stupid picture of it like in the FF. Speaking of which, the Adherer has never been actually used has it? Perhaps inna joke adventure...

BoxCrayonTales

#13
May 31, 2017, 08:31:22 PM
The Peryton from 5e MM? It was originally a joke from a 1950s bestiary book but D&D took the idea and hired artists to make it look terrifying. I think they made it look even sillier. You can make a deer-headed bird look believable with the right anatomy, but never terrifying.

Anyone actually used it? Without laughing?

MonsterSlayer

#14
May 31, 2017, 10:41:47 PM
Quote from: Omega;965234Al-Mi'rage? Yep, used it. And the Carbuncle. They also show up in an anime series, wielding knives and axes...

For me it might be the Water Termite from BX.

What about all those weird dimensional things from the I section of BECMI D&D? How many players ever made it that far to meet one???

We had the water termite come up at least once. Pretty sure it might have been on a wandering monster chart for Isle of Dread os something, but we had a ship attacked by them.
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