D&D: The Best Monsters to Be Weird Little Guys
Want to know the secret to mastering any RPG? It all comes down to weird little guys. Especially if those weird little guys are monsters.
The heart and soul of any RPG is finding weird little guys. The sooner you accept this, the sooner you’ll be an award-winning DM. Matt Mercer knows it.
Aabria Iyengar knows it.
Brennan Lee Mulligan lives by it.
If you wanna be a good DM? You gotta have weird little guys. Don’t know where to start? We’ve got you covered. These monsters will leap out of the pages of the Monster Manual and into your players’ hearts.
Modron
A perennial favorite for weird little guys. These are clockwork beings who exist to serve very limited functionality. There are monodrons, duodrons, tridrones, and so on, all the way up to pentadrone.
And of course it goes beyond that. But these are weird little living robots (pronounced robuts) that if separated from their imperative drive can go rogue and develop personalities. What’s not to love about a little duckling weird little robot?
Kobolds/Goblins
This one’s easy. Kobolds and goblins might be two different monsters. But they occupy the same role: they exist to be at the bottom of the D&D food chain.
They have the hardest of luck. Even in Critical Role, where they’re lucky to get ELEVEN DAYS
The point is, these two kinds of weird little guys are perfect fodder for joining any adventuring party. Because they’re at the lowest rung of the ladder, there’s nowhere to go but up. They’re pitiful, and we have a knack for finding pathetic things cute, especially if they are smol. Just look anywhere on the internet and you’ll see exactly what I mean.
Gazer
Now we get to the weird little guy for a more refined palette. This is the antagonistic weird little guy. They are the kind of weird little guy who’s always trying to stab you (or in this case disintegrate you with eye lasers) but just look at the little fella, they’re all tuckered out.
A gazer is imperious and has the arrogance of a big Beholder, but they are small and round, which makes them weird little adoptable balls.
Grung
Frog people. Immediately the weirdest of little guys. But they’re also covered in poison and bright colors. If you don’t see the appeal of this by now, I cannot help you. Just go look at pictures of frog knights and you’ll understand.
Wynling
The newest weird little guy in D&D, wynlings were introduced in Journeys through the Radiant Citadel. These are flying lemurs with a penchant for thievery and enough cunning to get themselves into (but not necessarily out of) trouble.
Happy Adventuring!
