I’m gearing up to start my zombie apocalypse high fantasy rock and roll lifestyle campaign. In doing so, I’ve been sifting through the various monsters available for my hapless party to wander into when they’re not fending off hordes of hungry undead, irate clergy or their own chaotic neutral thief. I came to realize that there are a few monsters I’d love to throw at or near the party but they just don’t exist. Yet.

Something – anything – that eats rust monsters. I’d gladly give this beastie a pass, even if it had taken down the party cleric. Hell, I’d pay it big money to follow my group around as we ALWAYS seemed to encounter those damned rust monsters at the worst possible time.

Vampire (Emo) Super strength, super speed, puppy dog eyes and the ability to charm young females and cast group sleep on young males. The kicker? Throw a Belt of Masculinity/Femininity on this creature and . . . nothing changes.

Beaker, from the Muppets He tags along with the party trying to assist but just ends up causing explosions and general mayhem. He can’t be killed and will only leave the party when he finds a larger, more professional looking group.

Every hit to the blob-like Experiencinator causes it to grow slightly larger and lash out with it’s lone pseudopod for 1 point of damage. It also causes it’s CR to increase by 1/4 and it’s HP to increase by 4. The Experiencinator has damage reduction (all) 10. As it grows larger and angrier, it becomes worth more XP to the party and becomes harder to kill, making it a more tempting target for the party to attack, making it worth more to the party and harder to kill.

The Nickelback The four headed minor deity has no direct attack and does no damage. It incorporates itself into dungeons by melding with the physical structure of rock or metal and then vibrates for 3 minute intervals creating “Songs”. It should be noted that it is not actually composed of rock or metal. Every 3 minutes there is a 2 second pause and then the Nickelback creates a new “song” which sounds exactly like every other “song” it’s ever created. Can drive dungeon inhabitants into a frenzy of rage and pain, causing even docile cretures to attack the party on site.

Penumbral Ambulator Literally – a walking shadow. The name is so cool, I’ve never been able to pass up this creature, although all it could really do is wander around and make shadow animals off your campfire and pretend to punch you.

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