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Ye olde polle of fantastical beasties...:D

Pegasus

Apallageez four teh spellinc errorz inn teh pole...:p

Dragons, of course.

My nation's flag:
http://www.nationstates.net/images/flags/uploads/undelia.jpg
:D

The Dragon...Chinese style! Not your dumb Western perverted version that kidnaps haughty princesses and gets slain by dumb princes, but the magical, majestic Chinese creature associated with good fortune and imperial glory.

griffins and hippogriffs! they are so awesome! i like all dragons.

Myrth. :D


In all seriousness, the hippocampus (part horse, part fish) and chimaera are my favorites, although I do like the Nazgúl (don't know if it counts).

Gryphons.

Or as most Americans spell it, Griffins. I like the old english spelling better though.

I think all mythical creatures are awsome!

And who cares about the chinese?

I would have to go with either Dragon's or Nosferatu. Very awesome creatures, and ones that have left a deep impact in society (not that others haven't).

Ye olde polle of fantastical beasties...:D

Olde is spelt wrong. Tis always spelt, but not pronounced as old.

Dragon
Chimera
Fairy

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BLAST! I saw 'werewolves' right as I hit 'vote' and I couldn't add that in-but that tops the list. Anything that I know does not exist but still scares me a little on full moons has got to be a quality monster/mythical beast.

Olde is spelt wrong. Tis always spelt, but not pronounced as old.It's for effect....:rolleyes:

Dragons, followed by vamps. Bloody hate Elves.

It's for effect....:rolleyes:

I used the wrong tense of tis, it should be twas, but old in English was always spelt without an e, the e is a common mistake while speaking old English.

It's for effect....:rolleyes:
Glad someone got it...:p

I used the wrong tense of tis, it should be twas, but old in English was always spelt without an e, the e is a common mistake while speaking old English.I know...it's just for effect, as I said. ;)

I'm kinda surprised that neither griffen nor Cerberus were included in the poll. Oh well.

I like dragons (particularly the Quetzalcoatl from Ogre Battle 64) amd Cerberuses.

I'm kinda surprised that neither griffen nor Cerberus were included in the poll. Oh well.

I like dragons (particularly the Quetzalcoatl from Ogre Battle 64) amd Cerberuses.Cerberi, I think? No, as it's from Greek it would be 'cerberos', hence 'cerberoi'.

manticore

BLAST! I saw 'werewolves' right as I hit 'vote' and I couldn't add that in-but that tops the list. Anything that I know does not exist but still scares me a little on full moons has got to be a quality monster/mythical beast.

Your knowledge is false youngling. Beware the full moon on the night of the thunder.

PInk Flying Elephant & The fat Elvis

Some of the stuff in Michael Ende's Neverending Story is pretty neat.

Your knowledge is false youngling. Beware the full moon on the night of the thunder.
Pfff. I'll just be defended by my werecat (on a full moon it turns into another, nearly identical cat...)

I like pixies, not to be confused with faries who do not fly and are not small. European dragons are pretty neat to, because they are reptlies who are big and fly.

I also have as soft spot in my heart for rocs. People can't resist contesting the word in scrabble (rocs are the giant birds that would fly off with elephants.)

It was kinda hard to resist a multiple selection poll. I chose all except for the giants/trolls/ogres; those are too damn ugly and useless.

Personal favorite: Dragon

how could you leave out Chupacabra! You have angered the Goat Sucker with your carelessness

Waaaaaaaagh!

Waaaaaaaagh!WTF?! ;)

WTF?! ;)

If you dunno, then da boyz ain't tellin'!

I already hate myself for this:

Waaaaaaaagh!WTF?! ;)
He's saying his favorite mythical beast is Howard Dean.











man, I feel dirty.

I already hate myself for this:

He's saying his favorite mythical beast is Howard Dean.











man, I feel dirty.


Dirty you may be, but you still win an Internet.

Dirty you may be, but you still win an Internet.
If I'm making partisan jokes for 'the other side' it's probably a good sign that I need to get off the internet. That and the kinkos dude givin' me 'the eye'...

Die filthy undead scum.

I figured on dragon getting a lot of votes, as well as vampire, but the amount of votes for phoenix is a pleasant surprise! :D

ALL HAIL THE INFERNAL TROGLODYTE!!!

Hail! (http://www.bestsitez.com/aoh/h3px/infernaltroglodyte.gif) <------ (linky)

:p

Golem.

Clay.

Dragons and Phoenixes - Good old chinese mythology. Dont really know shit about chinese mythology though :D

rakshaka. (spelling?)
They're a humanoid tiger with it's palms backwards across their hands. Indian/North African I think. A DnD staple. Very stylish.

yay dragons! including the péiste (sea serpent).
but i feel i should put a word in for the púca, the nightmare steed that kidnaps people and brings them to the underworld at Samhain, part horse, part goat.

Although I like Werewolves best from the list - the Griffon has always intrigued me as well :D

Chinese dragons are beautiful...

Griffins are incredibly wow though.

AND GARGOYLES. Yes.

Doppelgangers of course^^

I am torn between werewolf and griffin.

And Erika :-)

I always wanted a Jeannie... ;^)

I'll go with a succubus. Not only is it a hot and sexy demon chick, but if you don't like some people you can send it to kill them in their beds.

Who wouldn't like a hot sexy chick who's also a deadly assasin?

I am torn between werewolf and griffin.

Should I get a box of band-aids?

The Bonacon (http://www.eaudrey.com/myth/bonnacon.htm), for humour value if nothing else. A Bonacon only appears twice in English heraldry, both grants being within 6 months of each other sometime in the 16th century IIRC. I like to imagine a clerk, new to the job, in the English College of Arms, digging around for something that hasn't been done to death for all the Elizabethan nouveau noble, and -- maybe the lighting was poor -- pulling this one out of the bestiary. Two regrettable grants of arms later, he's out on his ear and the whole thing gets hushed up.

I'll go with a succubus. Not only is it a hot and sexy demon chick, but if you don't like some people you can send it to kill them in their beds.

I don’t know about you, but that death is far too merciful for my enemies.

Feminazis.

Dammit, I love so many of them.

I'll have to go with Wajin, the Rainbow Serpent.

Favorite is Dragon. Preferably a Oriental dragon, those are the best. Followed by Werewolf.

Should I get a box of band-aids?

no band-aids wouldnt be much help now. We can fix him we can make him better, we shall make him a cyborg.

Oh mines dragon but whats a lycanthrope?

no band-aids wouldnt be much help now. We can fix him we can make him better, we shall make him a cyborg.

Oh mines dragon but whats a lycanthrope?
Lycanthrope is another word for werewolf.

Sphinx
Manticore
Cyclops
Roc/Thunderbird
Beholder
Shai Hulud (Sandworm)
Harpy
Kelpie/Siren/Merfolk
Imp/Succubus/Incubus
Naga
Gargoyle
Hippogriff/Gryphon
Chimera
Cerberus/Hell Hound
Treant/Ent/Treefolk/Triffid
Oliphant
Balrog
Vrock (aka Type I demon)
Kirin/Pegasus/Nightmare
Blast-ended Skrewt
ROUS (Rodent Of Unusual Size)
Orc/Goblin/Knoll/Kobold/Bugbear/other cannon fodder
Kraken
Golem (stone, iron, flesh, clay, gold, diamond)
Elemental
Centaur
Wraith/Wight/Skeleton/Ghoul/Ghast/Spectre/Shadow/Zombie/et alii, undead...
Ettin (two-headed giant)
Efreet
Satyr
Salamander/Troglodyte

...and so many others?

Who can choose?

Illithid and Djinn. The smarter mythical beasts are my favorites; mind powers are cool and can waste all of the dumbass monsters (Ogres, Trolls,).

The Liger. It's pretty much my favorite animal. It's like a lion and a tiger mixed... bred for its skills in magic.
Do these chickens have large talons?

Illithid and Djinn. The smarter mythical beasts are my favorites; mind powers are cool and can waste all of the dumbass monsters (Ogres, Trolls,).

Good ones!

Reminds me of:

Githyanki
Slaadi
Devas
Mind Flayers

Oh yeah! What about Cthulhoid mythos?

Cthulhu
Ithaquah
Yog-Sothoth
...and so forth.

There's a race of frog-like humanoids as well, but I can't remember the name for them. Google was no help. Anyone here remember them or their name? I remember they had a god with a weird name, "Blipdoolpoolp", but I'll be damned if I can recall what they're called.

There's a race of frog-like humanoids as well, but I can't remember the name for them. Google was no help. Anyone here remember them or their name? I remember they had a god with a weird name, "Blipdoolpoolp", but I'll be damned if I can recall what they're called.

Sahuagin or Kua-Toa (I think it's the latter), both neutral evil aquatic dwellers. If they are frog like, it's the Kuo-Toa.

Sahuagin or Kua-Toa (I think it's the latter), both neutral evil aquatic dwellers. If they are frog like, it's the Kuo-Toa.

KUO-TOA! Damn, I was wracking my brain and couldn't think of that! Thank you!

Sahaguin are the "Creature From The Black Lagoon" types, if I recall. I've been playing D&D 3rd Edition for a while and just fought some with my Tempest character. Gotta love those prestige classes.

The Liger. It's pretty much my favorite animal. It's like a lion and a tiger mixed... bred for its skills in magic.

The liger is a real animal:

http://www.sierrasafarizoo.com/images/animals/sidebar_hobbs.jpghttp://www.sierrasafarizoo.com/images/animals/hobbs.jpghttp://www.shambala.org/images/02_Animals/tigons.jpg

For more, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liger

KUO-TOA! Damn, I was wracking my brain and couldn't think of that! Thank you!

Sahaguin are the "Creature From The Black Lagoon" types, if I recall. I've been playing D&D 3rd Edition for a while and just fought some with my Tempest character. Gotta love those prestige classes.

Man there are so many D and D geeks on this sight. I bought those three main books, but no one in my area plays it. :(

The liger is a real animal:

http://www.sierrasafarizoo.com/images/animals/sidebar_hobbs.jpghttp://www.sierrasafarizoo.com/images/animals/hobbs.jpghttp://www.shambala.org/images/02_Animals/tigons.jpg

For more, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liger

Yeah, I am very aware that it is. I am guessing you missed the reference entirely?

There are more weres than wolf, idiot

I Have constant dreams of weretigers

This talk of mythical beasts reminds me of a dream my friend once had. He was stoned off his ass, and feel asleep listening to The White Stripes: Seven Nation Army. He drempt that he was the general of a 7 nation army that had marched down to the underworld to storm the Gates of Hell and rid the world of evil. In the back of the army, a group of slaves were pulling a massive wooden stage where the White Stripes were playing the beat from Seven Nation Army over and over, in loo of war drums. He said I was one of the 7 generals, his right hand man. When we got to Hell, the music stopped, and he gave a dramatic speach to the soilders. Everyone had swords and axes and armor and shields and shit. Then, unexpectidly, the gates of Hell open, and Satan is standing there. He is massive, red, with flaming eyes, and a forked tail. He just stairs at the army, and everything is silent. Then, he goes back in, and the gates close. Then without warning, thousands of demonic imps attack from the sides, and the army is thrown into battle! The music starts back up again, at the bulildup part, still no words. All around is the sounds of men dieing, metal and claws going through flesh. Them the gates open once more, and Hell Hounds flood out and decend on the army. My friend, Naveed, the one who is dreaming, kills scores of them with his greatsword and golden armor. I am in a bloodlust, with little armor and two medium scimitars flashing. Then, Cerberus, the 3 headed dog of hell, comes bounding out, tearing through our lines. Naveed goes after it, wounding one of the heads, but another bites him across the torso, crushing his armor, leaving him bleeding to death. I leap at the mighty beast, cutting and slashing. He bits quick, but I move like lightning. After incapacitating two of the heads, I slide under the beast, sticking my scimitars in it's final neck as I do so. I pick up the mace of a fallen man on the other side. The last thing Naveed sees before he dies and the dream ends is Satan himself, now joinging the battle, burning me to a crisp with a glance for killing his pet.....

Dragons. man I would just like to sit and converse with one.

Yeah, I am very aware that it is. I am guessing you missed the reference entirely?

Nah, it’s from Napoleon Dynamite, a great film.

I just think ligers are cool. :D

I think i'll go with giants and Fionn Mac Cumhail in particular. He managed to make the Isle of Man all by himself. You have to give him some credit for that

Man there are so many D and D geeks on this sight. I bought those three main books, but no one in my area plays it. :(

I know, it's been the same here ever since the Gamekeeper in the mall closed. :(

I know, it's been the same here ever since the Gamekeeper in the mall closed. :(

I wonder how a D&D game on NS’s general forum would go? I’m sure it could be worked out.
Hey, you only need four or five people to participate, and one experienced guy to give up a lot of free time to be dungeon master. Hey, they have those “Paradise Club” thingies, why not D&D? :D

I once saw a hentai pic of a Japanese snow demon that was cool, but I don't really have a favorite mythical creature.

The liger is just about my favorite animal... Their bred for theis skilks in magic...

On a more serious note, I prefer Golems, and Shai-Hulud, hence I chose other.

I once saw a hentai pic of a Japanese snow demon that was cool, but I don't really have a favorite mythical creature.

You and your hentai. ;)

Man there are so many D and D geeks on this sight. I bought those three main books, but no one in my area plays it. :(
I've just returned to D&D after a 5 or 6 year break...(my old gaming group all got married and shit), so I'm returning now, playing 3rd edition...

Never really got into D&D that much. More of a Vampire: the Masquerade and Vampire: Dark Ages guy myself. Richer character development, I found

Do goths count as mythical beasts? :p

what would their powers be? Super-moroseness? The ability to act superior to everyone regardless of reality?

I forget exacly what they're called, those little yellow unicorn-bunnies. kind of a persian Jackalope.

My favorite mythical animal has always been the Chinese dragon. It is a symbol of strength and power. Pity that it doesn't exist as the Chinese now have to settle for the panda.