Vote Up a Monster (3.X) #7: Voting Takes Manhattan (Monster Complete, PEACH)

[Zeta Kai]

Vote Up a Monster (3.X) #7: Voting Takes Manhattan

Here are links to previous VUA contests, & the resulting creations:

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Vote Up a Monster (3.X) #1 by Zeta Kai
Result: the Gatekeeper

Vote Up a Monster (3.X) #2 by Zeta Kai
Result: the Deus ex Machina

Vote Up a Monster (3.X) #3 by Zeta Kai
Result: the Ectoplasmic Swarm

Vote Up a Monster (3.X) #4 by Zeta Kai
Result: the Polymental

Vote Up a Monster (3.X) #5 by Zeta Kai
Result: the Spirit Dragon

Vote Up a Monster (3.X) #6 by Zeta Kai
Result: the Changeling

Vote Up a Monster (4E) #1 by Shadow_Elf
Result: the Songbird Spirit

Vote Up a Monster (4E) #2 by Shadow_Elf
Result: the Pandora's Paradox

Vote Up a Villain (3.X) #1 by afroakuma
Result: the Maiden’s Weeping/Swain of Varrone

Vote Up a Villain (3.X) #2 by afroakuma
Result: the Caillteanas

Vote Up a Villain (3.X) #3 by afroakuma
Result: Dandag the Quiet

Vote Up a Villain (3.X) #4 by afroakuma
Result: the Augmoha

Vote Up a Villain (3.X) #5 by afroakuma
Result: the Silver Hellstar

Vote Up a Villain (3.X) #6 by afroakuma
Result: Prince Meridius

Vote Up A Villain (3.X) #7 by afroakuma
Result: the Thief King’s Palace

Vote Up A Villain (3.X) #8 by afroakuma
Result: the Omenwrath

Vote Up A Villain (3.X) #9 by afroakuma
Result: Tsartajius

Vote Up a Discipline! by The Demented One
Result: The Army of One

Vote Up A Campaign Setting by afroakuma, Shadow_Elf, & Zeta Kai
Result: Pending
Discussion Thread #1
Discussion Thread #2

Don’t Vote Up a Monster #1 by kellus
Result: the Zeppelos

Don’t Vote Up a Monster #2 by kellus
Result: Pending

Vote Up a Magic Item #1 by watsyurname529
Result: the Nox Mirror

Here are the official VUAM Rules for Voting™. Please read these, as a violation may result in your vote not being counted:

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1. Please only vote for the options provided. Write-in options are largely discouraged. In exchange, I will offer a wide variety of options, including a few that would normally be impossible, given the previously-chosen aspects. The only exception to this would be for Special Abilities. I do encourage people to write in any Special Abilities that they find appropriate (either from published monsters or homebrewed), & people are free to vote for those, if they so choose.
2. Please do not criticize or disparage the votes of other forum members. Let the votes fall where they may. A later VUAM may go your way instead, so just be patient, & allow other voters to voice their own opinions.
3. Please do not offer suggestions on the monster’s concept, behavior, appearance, etc. That is all part of my creative process, & it is stifling to consider write-ins. It is also unfair to other voters, as many do not make suggestions, & suggestions are not voted upon anyway.
4. If you must change your vote, please let me know that you are doing so, & what your original vote was. I tally votes often, to keep post #1 up to date, & it’s hard enough to keep track of which posts haven’t been tallied yet.
5. If your vote cannot be tallied due to violation of any of these rules, I will post to inform you of that before voting ends. I will also ask you to modify your vote, so that it may be changed.

I am, again, soliciting votes on a number of aspects on this next creature. Here are the aspects, in order:

1. Type: Magical Beast
   
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   {table=head]Type|Votes
   Aberration|7
   Animal|5
   Construct|1
   Dragon|0
   Elemental|0
   Fey|0
   Giant|0
   Humanoid|0
   Magical Beast|9
   Monstrous Humanoid|0
   Ooze|0
   Outsider|0
   Plant|0
   Undead|0
   Vermin|0
   [/table]
2. Subtype: Extraplanar
   
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   {table=head]Subtype|Votes
   Air|0
   Angel|0
   Aquatic|0
   Archon|2
   Augmented|2
   Chaotic|0
   Cold|0
   Earth|0
   Evil|0
   Extraplanar|6
   Fire|0
   Goblinoid|2
   Good|0
   Incorporeal|1
   Lawful|0
   Native|1
   Reptilian|0
   Shapechanger|1
   Swarm|3
   Water|0
   NONE|1
   Baatezu|2
   [/table]
3. Size: Large
   
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   {table=head]Size|Votes
   Fine|1
   Diminutive|1
   Tiny|1
   Small|2
   Medium|0
   Large|5
   Huge|0
   Gargantuan|1
   Colossal|0[/table]
4. Alignment: Lawful Neutral
   
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   {table=head]Alignment|Votes|Alignment|Votes|Alignment|Votes
   Lawful Good|0|Neutral Good|0|Chaotic Good|0
   Lawful Neutral|8|True Neutral|0|Chaotic Neutral|4
   Lawful Evil|0|Neutral Evil|0|Chaotic Evil|7
   [/table]
5. Challenge Rating: 12
   
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   {table=head]CR|Votes
   1|0
   2|0
   3|0
   4|0
   5|0
   6|0
   7|0
   8|0
   9|0
   10|1
   11|0
   12|9
   13|0
   14|0
   15|1
   16|0
   17|0
   18|0
   19|0
   20|8
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6. Special Abilities: Sonic Attacks, Planar Pounce, & Screams of the Otherworld
   
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   {table=head]Special Ability|Votes
   Ability Damage|0
   Ability Drain|0
   Alternate Form|0
   Antimagic|0
   Blindsight/Blindsense|0
   Breath Weapon|0
   Change Shape|0
   Charm/Compulsion|0
   Cold Immunity|0
   Constrict|0
   Damage Reduction|0
   Darkvision|0
   Death Attacks|1
   Disease|0
   Energy Drain/Negative Levels|0
   Etherealness|3
   Evasion/Improved Evasion|0
   Fast Healing|1
   Fear Aura (Su)|0
   Fear Cones (Sp)/Rays (Su)|0
   Frightful Presence (Ex)|0
   Fire Immunity|0
   Gaseous Form|0
   Gaze Attacks|0
   Improved Grab|0
   Incorporeality|0
   Invisibility|0
   Level Loss|0
   Low-Light Vision|0
   Manufactured Weapons|0
   Movement Modes (Burrow/Climb/Fly/Swim)|0
   Natural Weapons (Bite/Claw/Gore/etc)|0
   Nonabilities|0
   Paralysis|2
   Poison|0
   Polymorph|0
   Pounce|1
   Powerful Charge|0
   Psionics|0
   Rake|0
   Rays|0
   Regeneration|2
   Resistance To Energy|0
   Scent|0
   Sonic Attacks|6
   Spell Immunity|0
   Spell Resistance|0
   Spells/SLAs|1
   Summon|0
   Swallow Whole|4
   Telepathy|1
   Trample|1
   Tremorsense|0
   Turn Resistance|0
   Vulnerability to Energy|0
   Planar Pounce (NEW!)|5
   Screams of the Otherworld (NEW!)|5[/table]

All votes have been tallied. Voting is concluded at this point. The resultant creature, the Ethereal Shrieker, has been posted. Thanks to everyone who voted.

[Limos]

Abberation! Abberation! Abberation!

This type never wins.

[afroakuma]

Don't speak too soon...

Your turn to suffer, Zeta! Animal!

[Alteran]

Another vote for Abberation.

Come on, Mind Flayer!

[Vadin]

AMINAL!

Or, failing that, Animal.

[The Mentalist]

Animal please

[LordZarth]

Your turn to suffer, Zeta! Animal!

You are a terrible person!

Construct. By the way, Zeta, good show on the Changeling.

[afroakuma]

You are a terrible person!

Vote Up A Villain XX will probably deliver me as the ultimate evil.

It's not like he has to do a villain; worst I skunked him with is a dull monster.

[Owrtho]

Abberation. I have yet to see one in any of the 'vote up a' contests.

Owrtho

[DracoDei]

Aberration... preferably Lawful Good, but still looks like something out of your worst nightmare, and with each of 3 different types of natural weapons having its own different type of venom... because D&D needs more things that look much much more evil than they actually are.

[afroakuma]

Aberration... preferably Lawful Good, but still looks like something out of your worst nightmare

He already did exactly this thing. The very first Vote Up A Monster.

[Owrtho]

Lol, an aberration can be lawful good and still slaughter huge numbers on a whim. Its the whole alien mindset thing. From their point of view there is nothing chaotic or evil in their actions. Thats a part of what makes them so fun.

Owrtho

[Reverent-One]

Magical Beast.

[vegetalss4]

Animal, afro shouldn't have to be the only one to suffer
also an animal monster shouldn't be to bad

[Debihuman]

Magical Beast.

Debby

[Mercenary Pen]

Animal with bonus points for all muppet references.

[The Bookworm]

Magical Beast!

[TSED]

I've got a thing for Magical Beasts myself.

[Pronounceable]

Magical beasts are animals. Somewhat. Debatably. Anyway, they're better. It's not like Zeta will be driven to the depths of despair that Afro sunk to by voting an animal, so there's really no reason to vote for one...

[Lord_Gareth]

And yea, I did speaketh.

Aberration

[afroakuma]

Magical beasts are animals. Somewhat. Debatably. Anyway, they're better. It's not like Zeta will be driven to the depths of despair that Afro sunk to by voting an animal, so there's really no reason to vote for one...

Excuse me? What depths are you referring to?

[Eighth_Seraph]

Magical Beast

I'm a fantasy man myself, and there's far too few of these that don't have a Greek mythology or Brothers-Grimm aftertaste.

[Zeta Kai]

All votes are currently tallied. I feel no pain; weird votes are what these polls are all about.

And yes, the Gatekeeper from VUAM#1 was a LG Aberration that morphed into a church.

[paddyfool]

Hmm... Magical Beast should be fun.

[SlyGuyMcFly]

Magical Beast. Like animals, only better!

[MageSparrowhawk]

Aberration FTW!...but preferably not evil...

[kopout]

have we had an Abberation yet?

[Llama231]

Animal is always good.

[LordZarth]

I am now changing my vote. Remembering the vote-changing horror of VUAM XI, I will do this properly.

Previous vote located at LordZarth's Previous Vote. Previous vote was for Construct.

Now voting for: Magical Beast.

Summary:
-1 Construct
+1 Magical Beast

[LucyHarris]

Hmmm...I really want animal, but I can tell already it's going to get out-voted, so next best thing...

Magical Beast