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Posted by: King Of Beasts Jan 3 2013, 02:16 AM

I thought it would be fun to do a poll on favorite monsters. Vote on your favorite monster(if I left one out please choose other) and feel free to state your opinion why. Please try not to argue on why your monster is better(this most likely applies to werewolf and vampire fans) Enjoy

-King Of Beasts-


I like werewolves most. I've always liked werewolves. I like vampires too, but in my opinion, werewolves are much more epic. They're stronger, faster, and much more terrifying than vampires. The thrill of the hunt must be epic, and it would be cool to be able to turn into a powerful beast.

Posted by: mALX Jan 3 2013, 02:50 AM

Without a doubt, Deathclaws.

Posted by: King Coin Jan 3 2013, 02:52 AM

Dragons! Not all of them want to kill you and burn your corpse!

Posted by: Lycanthropic-Legend Jan 3 2013, 03:15 AM

Do I even need to say it?

Posted by: King Of Beasts Jan 3 2013, 03:44 AM

Nope. You don't even need to say it. Your username pretty much gives it away

Posted by: Elisabeth Hollow Jan 3 2013, 06:35 AM

You love kittens!!!!

Posted by: King Coin Jan 3 2013, 06:40 AM

Posted by: Colonel Mustard Jan 3 2013, 09:50 AM

That which is dead which can eternal lie, and with strange aeons even death may die.

Yeah, take a guess at my choice.

Posted by: Grits Jan 3 2013, 01:38 PM

Definitely dragons.

Posted by: King Of Beasts Jan 3 2013, 02:15 PM

Vampire? If not than it must me a ghost, zombie, or skeleton. Or is it something else?

Posted by: Colonel Mustard Jan 3 2013, 02:31 PM

I don't suppose the word 'Necronomicon' means anything to you, does it?

Posted by: ghastley Jan 3 2013, 02:46 PM

I didn't have an opinion until I discovered http://www.hello-cthulhu.com/?date=2003-11-30

Posted by: mALX Jan 3 2013, 03:01 PM

ROFL !!!

Posted by: King Of Beasts Jan 3 2013, 04:28 PM

Nope Wait, is it a lich?

Posted by: SubRosa Jan 3 2013, 07:15 PM

I went with the Bean Sidhe. I have always had a strong affinity for The Morrigan, who is associated with them.

Posted by: Colonel Mustard Jan 3 2013, 10:02 PM

You...you're on the internet, on a fantasy-focussed niche forum. This reply is statistically unlikely enough to leave me faintly stumped...

The Necronomicon is the fictional book that forms a central part of H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos; it's supposedly a tome bound in human skin written by the mad Arab Abdul Azhred (sp?) detailing the nature of the sinister pantheon of Lovecraft's Mythos. The most famous lines of the Necronomicon is the 'that which is dead' couplet.

So yeah, I picked Cthluhu.

Posted by: mALX Jan 3 2013, 10:16 PM

I picked up a little of this playing Fallout 3 - loved every part of that Dunwich Building and its mini-quests! Now I want to play Fallout 3 again!

Posted by: King Of Beasts Jan 3 2013, 10:19 PM

Wait, if you picked Cthulhu, then who picked vampire?

Posted by: King Coin Jan 3 2013, 10:21 PM

I had no idea what you were talking about either.

Posted by: Colonel Mustard Jan 3 2013, 10:28 PM

Damn the both of you, stop breaking maths!

Haven't the faintest who picked vampire, but I'd have a guess at Darkness Eternal. They're his sort of thing, after all.

Posted by: Elisabeth Hollow Jan 5 2013, 06:21 AM

I had an idea. I haven't read the Necronomicon yet, but it's about number 45 on my list of books to read before I die XD I heard so much about it on pagan websites I made a note to read it at some point.

Posted by: Uleni Athram Jan 5 2013, 04:05 PM

Minotaur FTW! I also like Cthulhu and any other abomination of Lovecraft's, as the idea of something so mind-crackingly WRONG, so uncomprehendingly wrong... Haven't read any of it yet though,but will do so if I find a book.

Posted by: Colonel Mustard Jan 5 2013, 10:11 PM

Wait, there's an actual copy of it? It's a fictional book, though; is that like a fan work or something?

Posted by: Elisabeth Hollow Jan 6 2013, 05:11 PM

http://www.amazon.com/Necronomicon-Simon/dp/0380751925

Posted by: Colonel Mustard Jan 6 2013, 07:51 PM

Considering that it's a fictional book made up entirely by H.P. Lovecraft as part of his Cthulhu mythos, has no historical basis, and was never meant to be anything spiritual (Lovecraft was an atheist and the Cthulhu Mythos stories were designed as an exploration/explanation of Nietschzian philosophies) I think that those people recommending it to you have been had...

Or the author just slapped Necronomicon on there for some brand recognition, which, from reading the product description, appears to be the case. In fact, it has pretty much nothing to do with Lovecraft at all, from what I can gather.

How very disappointing; I'll have to find another dark accursed tome I can use in order to reshape my mortal form and drown the stars in blood, terror and madness. Ah well.

Posted by: Elisabeth Hollow Jan 6 2013, 09:43 PM

I tried to help, lol. Well at least now I know it's a fake. I should have known it was when I found out the site was infested with wanna-be's. It made me not want to be a wanna-be. I even found the book at Hastings today and saw it was $8. I was like "Wow...that's cheap..." I'm glad I didn't waste my time. Sorry for wasting yours :/

Posted by: Colonel Mustard Jan 6 2013, 10:29 PM

Nah, don't worry. I'm a naturally sceptical, cynical old fart in any case so all that that link did was confirm my suspicions.

Posted by: SubRosa Jan 6 2013, 10:49 PM

I remember when that book first came out. As an avid Lovecraft fan, I read some of it. It was basically something put together by fans (I hope), for compassions and giggles I think. It was all pretty meh. You will not go insane from just opening the front cover or anything.

Posted by: Elisabeth Hollow Jan 7 2013, 05:03 AM

Well that's no fun. When I looked at the book I saw a bunch of odd writings in it and thought "Ooh! I'm being helpful!"

Nope. Turns out I'm just an idiot

Posted by: King Of Beasts Jan 7 2013, 07:08 AM

I hate it when something looks awesome online or on TV, and when you order it you have to pay a lot for the item itself and then the shipping fee, and when you finally get whatever you ordered, it's crappy as hell.

Posted by: mirocu Jul 8 2013, 10:30 AM

Another necro session!

I voted werewolf amongst the ones on the list as I like its strength, agility and tolerance to pain. As an avid lover of the Nordic myths though, my favorite creature is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenrir

Posted by: Black Hand Jul 8 2013, 03:54 PM

Werewolves are definitely my favored feature creature. When I was still in my single digit years, there was a tv series imaginitavely dubbed "Werewolf". Given its nature and later slot, I wasnot supposed to watch it. I did sneak a few peeks here and there. It didn't traumatize me, as it was supposed too.

Naw, I became a werewolf in my own head. It was my childhood security blanket. If the monsters attacked, I could just shift into wolf form. Monsters were always monsters. You never knew who was a werewolf.

Posted by: Acadian Jul 8 2013, 04:31 PM

I finally voted on this thread: Other, for Pegasus.

Posted by: mALX Jul 9 2013, 10:42 PM

When I played Maxical as a werewolf in Oblivion, Fenrir was her follower/companion:


http://oblivion.nexusmods.com/mods/14192/


Unfortunately, the maker didn't put Fenrir in the "Wolf Faction" and the other werewolves attacked him when Maxical was living with the werewolf packs up in the Jerall mountains. The author of Fenrir did that so he would consider wolves as enemies and protect the Player from them.

I considered just opening the Fenrir mod in the CS and adding him to the Wolf Faction, but that would have caused NPC's to attack him.

Since the werewolf mod I was using made all wolves friendly to your character (and gave you a werewolf spirit you could summon if you needed help in a fight), I just disabled Fenrir and enjoyed the wild wolves as friends instead.

Posted by: Elisabeth Hollow Jul 9 2013, 11:06 PM

My favorite mythical creature is the nice customer.

Posted by: King Of Beasts Jul 9 2013, 11:09 PM

That's not a mythical creature. That's an endangered species.

Posted by: ThatSkyrimGuy Jul 10 2013, 12:38 PM

Voted "zombie" only because I'm such a huge fan of "The Walking Dead" and the zombie genre in general. It is really a tie between them and Dragons, but the poll limited me to one vote.

Posted by: SubRosa Jul 10 2013, 12:42 PM

Vote Other, and make it zombie dragons...

Posted by: mirocu Jul 10 2013, 04:32 PM

Thanks, mALX! I might download that one!

Posted by: PhonAntiPhon Jul 10 2013, 05:54 PM

LOL - Good poll!

Cthulhu, natch; however I would have Dagon or Nyarlathotepp [sp] bringing up the rear...

Posted by: mALX Jul 10 2013, 07:54 PM

Anytime!

Posted by: ImperialSnob Jul 18 2013, 04:38 PM

Either Kappa or Sleipnir.

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