To start this blog off, I would like to hop on the “10 Monster Setting” idea that Shane Ward started on his blog over at The 3 Toadstools. Some additional guidelines were created after by Chris Hall.

• Pick a semi-intelligent humanoid (could be goblins, ape men, subhumans, etc.).
• Pick an undead.
• Pick a giant/ogre/troll race.
• Pick a type of great wyrm or lizard.
• Pick something aerial.
• Pick something to lurk in the water.
• Pick something from another dimension (demon, gith, illithid).
• Pick an ancient fey race.
• Pick a classic creature from mythology (medusa, satyr, minotaur, etc.).
• Pick some foul crawly thing that infests the underworld.

Semi-intelligent Humanoid

Pig Orcs!! Who doesn’t love some Pig Orcs? I am not the biggest fan of the classic Lord of the Rings Orcs. Not that those aren’t bad ass themselves. There is a lot you can do with a normal orc and the tropes that usually follow them. But Pig Orcs are fucking awesome. No requirements to really describe them at the table: It’s a 6 foot 3 inch pig that stands and has muscles like Arnold. Love it. I imagine these orcs eat any thing. Anything at all (much like a pig in real life). Their war paint is mud. Oh and their leader is trying to figure out how to turn all other humanoids into pigs. Of course, that requires a secret capsule of blue magic juice hidden in some ancient tomb.