What do you think of the Monsters in Rifter 57.

[gaby]

Tell Me What do you think of the Monsters in Rifter 57.

What do you think is the Best Monster and Why do you think this way.

Do you use them in your Games.

[mrloucifer]

I'm way too biased to answer this question.

[auyl]

I'm way too biased to answer this question.

Aww, c'mon, just because you wrote it shouldn't count for anything

[mrloucifer]

Fair enough.

First off, I like them all!

I've used them all in my games at one point (most of them were planned creatures, the Geode Golem however was a spur of the moment idea that grew into something more.)

I have a hard time on which I'd consider the best, because my process of designing creatures is to fill a gap in a story or adventure idea. The Brawling Joe was to cover a Drug lord who wanted to employ supernatural minions. The Kroguar was to put a spin on the giant man eating bears in the forest jive, the Grave Larva serves as a cautionary tale in a "larva-to-giant man eating worm" form, The Ha-Foot fill in a much needed gap for mischievous impish creatures with something to prove, and the Geode Golem was designed to be a magic users assistant and available power source, in my particular case they were helping an aristocratic, narcissistic type, hence the fat that it had to look somewhat appealing to the eye to be welcome in his company.

If I was to rank them by how much they see use in my game, that would go:
#1 Brawling Joe (due to a reoccurring villain my weekly group deals with called "Joe in the Basement")
#2. The Kroguar (my games take place in the Pacific Northwest after all)
#3. The Hafoot
#4. The Grave Larva (I dont use it near as much as I should.)
#5. The Geode Golem (this one might go up the ladder though as I have plans for it).

[Cybermancer]

Personally I liked the Demon Bear.

[eliakon]

I personally love the Brawling Joe and the Geode Golem. The whole 'no toys' thing about the Joe is really cool. And the Geode Golem....well its actually gotten players to reconsider the whole 'theres no point, we just kill the monster of the day and move on', and that in its self is more valuble than any number of psychic crystals.

[Hibik]

Demon Bear was awesome.

I was a fan of the Joe too, as one of my Lazlo character's encounters will attest.