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Dumbest D&D Creature?

Started by RPGPundit, January 26, 2018, 05:54:23 AM

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southpaw

#15
January 26, 2018, 02:21:32 PM
Half of the monsters in the Fiend Folio though if I had to only choose one it'd be the Nilbog.

Manic Modron

#16
January 26, 2018, 02:26:34 PM
Quote from: Steven Mitchell;1022039A modron would give the flail snail and flumph a run for their money.  I'm not sure who would win out of those three.

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David Johansen

#17
January 26, 2018, 02:28:40 PM
Quote from: Gronan of Simmerya;1022096The dumbest D&D creature?

Players.

This of course!

Never the less, the Peryton and Catoblepas are both creatures from folklore that are reasonably well represented in D&D.  I'd go with that stump with the holographic rabbit lure, tentacles and toothed vagina, from Expedition To The Barrier Peaks, whatever that sucker was called.
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Manic Modron

#18
January 26, 2018, 03:06:58 PM
The bunny-stump was a wolf-in-sheeps-clothing.

As much as I have to admit that modrons are pretty silly (I love the things, though), I'd have to say that all the creatures who are 100% made exclusively as a middle finger to PCs are all crowding the top level for me.   That monster that is a living floor leaps to mind.  Cloakers, I am pretty sure started out just waiting around for a PC to put it on, that sort of thing.  The aforementioned bunny-stump. Boo.

Steven Mitchell

#19
January 26, 2018, 03:20:58 PM
Quote from: Gronan of Simmerya;1022096The dumbest D&D creature?

Players.

That was my first thought, but it was too easy.

My second thought was Gelatinous Cube just to see if I could get a rise out of you ... :)

Dr. Ink'n'stain

#20
January 26, 2018, 03:55:49 PM
Xvart, and every other less-than-1-HD humanoid (honestly, it's not a goblin [it's a goblin]) that followed them.

Also, Grungs. I've had it up to here with Grungs. What, Bullywugs were not silly enough?
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Michael Gray

#21
January 26, 2018, 04:33:57 PM
Quote from: Gronan of Simmerya;1022095By "original" he means "13th century."  The creature was not invented for D&D.

And? The question did not state "Which original creature do you think is dumbest?" Dumb as a...mythological...creature, dumb as a D&D creature.

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tenbones

#22
January 26, 2018, 05:01:31 PM
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Xavier Onassiss

#23
January 26, 2018, 06:02:34 PM
If I had to choose on the basis of artwork, this would get my vote.
Also, the 1st edition psionics rules were terrible so using a monster with psionic powers was... problematic. I never bothered unless I wanted a gratuitous TPK. Which I didn't.

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Manic Modron

#24
January 26, 2018, 06:13:04 PM
Quote from: Michael Gray;1022138And? The question did not state "Which original creature do you think is dumbest?" Dumb as a...mythological...creature, dumb as a D&D creature.

Out of curiosity then, do you have a contender for lamest original D&D creature?

Christopher Brady

#25
January 26, 2018, 06:18:48 PM
Quote from: Gronan of Simmerya;1022096The dumbest D&D creature?

Players.

Quote from: tenbones;1022144Players

I can't seem to find these in any monster manual...
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Aglondir

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January 26, 2018, 06:22:40 PM Last Edit: January 26, 2018, 06:40:20 PM by Aglondir
Quote from: Manic Modron;1022120The bunny-stump was a wolf-in-sheeps-clothing.

As much as I have to admit that modrons are pretty silly (I love the things, though), I'd have to say that all the creatures who are 100% made exclusively as a middle finger to PCs are all crowding the top level for me.   That monster that is a living floor leaps to mind.  Cloakers, I am pretty sure started out just waiting around for a PC to put it on, that sort of thing.  The aforementioned bunny-stump. Boo.

Someone made a blog post a few years ago with all of the Fuck You monsters. All of those were there, as well as the mimic, the fake ceiling, the ear grubs that attack door listeners, and the aforementioned bunny stump (which I think got first place.)  I wish I had bookmarked it.

Edit: I was going to give the award to the Roving Mauler, a lions head with 5 legs and no body. But it turns out that its an actual demon from a 16th century Goetic demonomicon. That gives it some bona fides.

joriandrake

#27
January 26, 2018, 06:55:25 PM
modron, duckbunny, goblinsticker

Michael Gray

#28
January 26, 2018, 07:22:47 PM
Quote from: Manic Modron;1022160Out of curiosity then, do you have a contender for lamest original D&D creature?

There are some good ones already in the list (flail snail, duckbunny) so I'll add...vegepygmies. They're pretty dumb, though you could Tucker's Kobold them I suppose.
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markmohrfield

#29
January 26, 2018, 08:08:48 PM
Not really one creature, and they aren't particularly lame individually, but did we really need all those races who basically amounted to goblin, bigger goblin, even bigger goblin, etc?
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