Simple, basic, 2 stage.
Stage 1: Qualifiers. we'll be polling each monster to see who makes the cut. Stage 2: Make a Tournament and see who wins! I'm using "#not tournament" if it's not directly important to the tournament, and "#answers" for answering asks, in case you don't care about extra stuff. For a list of all poll results so far, Click Here!
Winners and Criteria/Rules below!
Living waterfall!...It's living water that can form into a vaguely human sized and shaped blob. They're surly creatures that see even fish as intruders into the water. But yeah it's around 300 gallons (nearly 1200 liters) of sentient water. I am glad to at least temporarily be done with the "element but has thoughts" monsters.
The living wildfire is a human sized (though some are bigger) fire. That's sentient and humanoid. It likes arson. Look, these "Living ___" monsters are the basic elementals, they don't have a TON going on XD
The Living Landslide! This is a humanoid collection of dirt and rocks. They're the size of a human (though can get much larger), often work as protectors and bodyguards, enjoy long walks. When you're used to swimming through soil, apparently walking aboveground feels oddly liberating.
Completely irrelevant, but I finally at least have the order settled for the monsters in the queue. Still have to give everything a second run through for consistency, but we should be good until February. Last of the elementals tomorrow, then moving into proteans, aeons, psychopomps, leftover fiends and creatures from worlds beyond, angels, archons, azata, plants/fungus, fey, dragons, mythical creatures (sphinx, yeti, pegasus, giants, etc), constructs, humanoids, and finally like a week of various misc creatures and leftovers I forgot to put elsewhere. Just a heads up incase you've got something you're looking forward to. Dragons should hit on December 13th, for reference. and the qualifiers in general end around February 9th
Living whirlwind! It's normally like 8 ft (2.4 m) tall but bigger versions exist. Do I need to keep talking? It can shove you and knock you down, anywhere near it is high speed wind, it's sentient air. pretty straightforward.
The zaramuun! Sand dune elementals, banished from thier own planes after thier deals with fiends. While aggressive, most actually don't kill you, just steal all your metal and rocks (supposedly taking what was stolen from the earth, actually to bargin with fiends to try freeing themselves). They also can mentally manipulate you and engulf you in themselves!
Earth Scamps! These nervous little creatures of elemental earth are about half the size of a human, like staying in enclosed spaces pretending to be a rock, and are actually afraid of flying. The wings are for emergencies, they like the ground. They're mischievous little creatures if left alone, and have innate magic to sink into the ground or QUADRUPLE in size for 5 minutes.
Fire Scamps! These curious little creatures of elemental fire are about half the size of a human, quick to make friends, and take a while to understand that most people don't like being on fire. They're mischievous little creatures that will test others' limits with pranks and such, but generally respect boundaries you've made clear. they also have innate magic to daze, create lights, and set things on fire
Air Scamps! These little creatures are about half the size of a human and flighty, just as likely to dive headfirst into a situation as run away screaming. They're mischievous little creatures with innate magic to create breezes and blur thier form. Like all scamps, they respect cleverness and use mischief/pranks as a way of figuring out thier limits.
Grikkitog!....it's a big rock with toothy mouths idk what to tell you. It implants its core somewhere, then can fill any nearby rock or stone with eyes and mouths. eats small animals and the hands of climbers. It's exactly what it looks like, do you trust the mystery hole of teeth?
I adore how this one is getting shared more than usual. Everyone loves the danger hole! On one hand, this hole was made for you! On the other hand, nobody would pity you if it went wrong.
A very consistent percentage of you:
Because I think what genitals you have are likely influencing this quite a bit
Before there were scamps, there were mephits! These ones are jovial jokesters happy to trade a favor for a good laugh. They're not quite good, but they're friendly! They're just shy of 4 ft (1.2 m) tall with no special abilities really relevant to us outside a good sense of humor. Unless you're looking to get burned by acid.
People are wondering and I'm putting off cleaning for an apartment inspection tomorrow, so here we go. the reason they look like this is because when D&D cut everyone (including dragon magazine) Paizo didn't have time to come up with a ton of completely different designs for all monsters. They were in "build or die" mode and basically made D&D 3.75e. They made plenty of new monsters and a far more unique system after getting back on thier feet, but decided to have many of the legacy monsters keep their general design (until recently). So they look like that because when they split for D&D, mephits looked like this.
The D&D 5e version is a redesign, so if you want to compare you should actually put they against the scamps which have replaced them.
Before there were scamps, there were mephits! These ones are jovial jokesters happy to trade a favor for a good laugh. They're not quite good, but they're friendly! They're just shy of 4 ft (1.2 m) tall with no special abilities really relevant to us outside a good sense of humor. Unless you're looking to get burned by acid.
The Uthul! A giant swirling cloud of lightning and debris, around 16-32 ft (4.9-9.8 m) in size. Everything around them is buffetted in high winds, they can stun people with thunderclaps, and they can turn into a whirlwind to pick you up and throw you around. Personality wise...well, all we know is that they're angry. and banned from the world of the other elementals. They get even angrier if you ask about it.
On the left is the tanarukk, the Orc demon! Only around 4'6" (1.4 m), but around 200 lbs (91 kg) of pure muscle! They're much stronger and smarter than the average orc, but are also far more bloodthirsty. People keep them locked up between fights lest they try to maul the strongest person nearby and/or force everyone into way too many fights.
One the right is is Bael, The Bronze General, Duke of the third layer of Hell! 8 feet (2.4 meters), telepathic, can transform into other humanoid species, make illusions, mentally dominate creatures, turn invisible, and fly! Also supernaturally frightens anyone nearby, though he can turn that off! He's a brilliant tactician, a terror on the battlefield, but is actually happy to show mercy. He's a straightforward guy with a skill and interest he likes, but is frustrated because he can't seem to rise in rank. He's just too naive. Most people know he'd be a much better choice for ruler than many of the actual archdevils, but prefer having someone less competent on the throne they're trying to steal
Welcome to the semifinals! Time to choose from the final 4 of D&D 5e's Monsters of the Multiverse! On the left, Yuan-ti Mind Whisperer! You wanted a snake person, right? That's what last tournament taught us? We're just getting every possible variation! Human sized, can turn into a snake, and have magic to hypnotize, charm, read minds, make illusions, and even clean the bedsheets in seconds. They're elusive, sneaky, manipulative, unpredictable, and notorious for making and breaking alliances with multiple competing factions. But hey. we can see that lack of junk down there. Which means it's likely the retractable kind you find on snakes. Y'all know where I'm going with this by now. Hemepenes, double cloaca extension, each hooked up to a separate teste so they don't have to rest while one's recovering!
On the right, Armanite! 10 ft (3m) and 2,600 lbs (1,200 kg), they're basically a telepathic demon centaur that LOVES to tussle in massive brawls. They tend to be arrogant and can shoot lightning! Yeah not much to these ones tbh.
I wanted to smash both Gargoyles but got overcome by lust and accidentally clicked the hell out of the first button I saw.
Completely understandable reaction!
