I'm always torn. I love the military style of hobgobs. I love the fact that bugbears are big, but fit in places you wouldn't expect. And gnolls because hyena-man.
One of the best things D&D mythology did in 3rd edition was make hobgoblins an actual threat. The back story of Drazen's Horde in the Chainmail minis game was awesome. And also, Red Hand of Doom!
I really dug what they did with "goblins" in Birthright. All the sizes of goblinoids are called goblins, and are all similar in appearance.They still come in different sizes, and have stats comparable to goblins, hobgoblins, and bugbears. It just makes more sense they don't have half a dozen inhumans that all basically serve the same purpose.
Gotta go with Gnolls - remember the Gnoll adventuring party we played at the first Gen Cons I was at? We fought a clan of dwarves who's mounts were rams.
Originally shared by Jonathan Tweet Tonight, my "Lethal Damage" 13th Age campaign draws to a close. Meanwhile, the guys are work have talked me into running a couple D&D sessions for them. That was the day 13th Age was announced, and they're happy to play 13th Age instead. That will be my "Great Center" campaign, based in the imperial capital of Axis, the center of the world. It's my opportunity to explore the setting from yet another perspective.
Life is short and unfair. I don’t even know what to say. Hours after the last picture I posted of Alice and the kids we came home from the movie to find her nearly dead in her kennel. She stayed at the vet for 36 hours, and after making some improvement on the first day, started to fade last night. I was with her when they put her to sleep this morning. We buried her collar and her stuffed elephant under our deck where she liked to crawl just out of reach. Alice had four owners in her short life. She survived being hit by a car and moving from Alabama to Minnesota. Then being moved around in foster care before she got to us. I hope she knew she was with for the long haul. She was a good pup. This is the last picture I took of her. We were visiting her yesterday at the vet, anticipating bringing her home today.
Pre-gen from Frank Mentzer's module, The Needle , 1987. I knew this was insulting and gross when I was 14. At the time I didn't know who Frank was, since I only played AD&D. I found this module again when I was going through a box of old stuff and was surprised he wrote it, because I thought it was a pretty shitty adventure.
Hobgoblin! Love that helmet.
ReplyDeleteI'm always torn.
ReplyDeleteI love the military style of hobgobs.
I love the fact that bugbears are big, but fit in places you wouldn't expect.
And gnolls because hyena-man.
I'm a fan of the hobgoblins, especially luridly coloured ones.
ReplyDeleteBlue noses are awesome.
ReplyDeleteGnoll. Or, the lesser known cousin, Flind. Or is it Flynn?
ReplyDeleteFlind-bar! Weapons for kung-fu gnolls!
ReplyDeleteSummoning Jeremy Kostiew to the thread. :D
ReplyDeleteOne of the best things D&D mythology did in 3rd edition was make hobgoblins an actual threat. The back story of Drazen's Horde in the Chainmail minis game was awesome. And also, Red Hand of Doom!
ReplyDeleteGNOLLS ARE VERY BEST
ReplyDeleteYOU BUGBEARS CAN'T APPLY
WHEN GNOLLS HIT THE DUNGEON SCENE
ADVENTURERS RUN OR DIE.
Jeremy Kostiew is a gnoll supremacist. But it is a fact that Yeenoghu's triple-flail is epic.
ReplyDelete"This one has three heads. Look."
ReplyDelete"Oh, I see. And most flails only have one head?"
"Exactly."
"Why don't you just make a flail with one head and make one be the top number and make that three times heavier?" \
"…this has three heads."
Gnolls, because even when they're trying to kill you, you want to scratch behind their ears and give them cookies.
ReplyDeleteI really dug what they did with "goblins" in Birthright. All the sizes of goblinoids are called goblins, and are all similar in appearance.They still come in different sizes, and have stats comparable to goblins, hobgoblins, and bugbears. It just makes more sense they don't have half a dozen inhumans that all basically serve the same purpose.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.birthright.net/forums/showwiki.php?title=Goblin
Actually, that whole setting had some pretty interesting twists on the standard fantasy races.
Bugbears all the way. In fact, I kind of prefer a game with goblins and bugbears but no orcs.
ReplyDeleteIn one 2nd edition adventure I ran, I had bugbears as the Sawney Bean family.
ReplyDeletehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sawney_Bean
Gotta go with Gnolls. Even if its just for the Chainmail minis.
ReplyDeleteGnolls have won...
ReplyDeleteGotta go with Gnolls - remember the Gnoll adventuring party we played at the first Gen Cons I was at? We fought a clan of dwarves who's mounts were rams.
ReplyDeleteI'd forgotten that, Hoov.
ReplyDeleteLong live Naresh!!
ReplyDeleteThat was the Gnoll tribe name? it was an awesome adventure with a good DM at the Con
ReplyDeleteNaresh is from Chainmail
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