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6 What non-D&D monster do you think is
as iconic as D&D ones like hook horrors or flumphs, and why do you think
so?
Jeez, what was I thinking when I made this
question up? I think D&D is iconic largely because of its monsters, so that
gives it a huge edge over other games in terms of memorability. As for Cthulhu,
a lot of people would go there, but since its bestiary is ripped from
Lovecraft, I’ll try and stick with a non-IP game.
And that game would be RIFTS! Palladium’s Rifts
is bubbling over with gonzo ideas, some great and some terrible, and so it is
with its monsters. There is a cybernetic-stealing demon in one of the smaller supplement books (I forget the name)
that had us quaking in our boots back when I played the game. Since non-magic characters
invest heavily in body modifications to even survive in Rifts’ crazy Megadamage
world, having some dimensional being rip them off your body (OUCH), attach them
to its own, then use them against you is both terrifying and iconic for the
game.
Sadly, PCs are usually so overpowered in
Rifts that even this creature didn’t have as big an impact as it should have. When
I GMed Rifts, only the times that I gave monsters every power and trick and let them use
equipment and subterfuge would they pose much of a challenge to the player
characters, who often cried foul that monsters and NPCs could act as
intelligent and duplicitous as them. Sad that the lack of menace due to player
entitlement undercut so much promise in the game and its bestiary.
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