Vote Up a Monster (3.X) #8: The Vote That Shagged Me

[Zeta Kai]

Vote Up a Monster (3.X) #8: The Vote That Shagged Me

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 (3.X) #7 by Zeta Kai
Result: the Ethereal Shrieker

Vote Up a Monster (3.X) #8 by Zeta Kai
Result: Pending

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

For all other Vote Up A _____ contests, check out the VUAx Index thread.

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. You cannot change your vote once it has been cast. 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. Be confident in your vote, or don't vote at all.
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: Giant
   
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   {table=head]Type|Votes
   Aberration|2
   Animal|0
   Construct|6
   Dragon|1
   Elemental|1
   Fey|0
   Giant|8
   Humanoid|1
   Magical Beast|1
   Monstrous Humanoid|0
   Ooze|2
   Outsider|1
   Plant|2
   Undead|1
   Vermin|0
   [/table]
2. Subtype: Reptilian
   
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   {table=head]Subtype|Votes
   Air|0
   Angel|2
   Aquatic|1
   Archon|0
   Augmented|1
   Chaotic|0
   Cold|0
   Earth|0
   Evil|0
   Extraplanar|0
   Fire|0
   Goblinoid|3
   Good|0
   Incorporeal|1
   Lawful|0
   Native|0
   Reptilian|5
   Shapechanger|0
   Swarm|4
   Water|0
   NONE|1
   [/table]
3. Size: Colossal
   
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   {table=head]Size|Votes
   Fine|0
   Diminutive|0
   Tiny|0
   Small|0
   Medium|0
   Large|2
   Huge|1
   Gargantuan|1
   Colossal|10[/table]
4. Alignment: Chaotic Good
   
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   {table=head]Alignment|Votes|Alignment|Votes|Alignment|Votes
   Lawful Good|2|Neutral Good|0|Chaotic Good|7
   Lawful Neutral|0|True Neutral|5|Chaotic Neutral|2
   Lawful Evil|0|Neutral Evil|0|Chaotic Evil|0
   [/table]
5. Challenge Rating: 25
   
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   {table=head]CR|Votes
   10|1
   11|0
   12|0
   13|0
   14|0
   15|4
   16|0
   17|1
   18|2
   19|1
   20|1
   21|0
   22|0
   23|0
   24|0
   25|5
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6. Special Abilities: Antimagic, Regeneration, Swallow Whole, & City Wrecker
   
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   {table=head]Special Ability|Votes
   Ability Damage|0
   Ability Drain|0
   Alternate Form|0
   Antimagic|9
   Blindsight/Blindsense|0
   Breath Weapon|1
   Change Shape|0
   Charm/Compulsion|0
   Cold Immunity|0
   Constrict|1
   Damage Reduction|0
   Darkvision|0
   Death Attacks|0
   Disease|2
   Energy Drain/Negative Levels|0
   Etherealness|0
   Evasion/Improved Evasion|0
   Fast Healing|1
   Fear Aura (Su)|0
   Fear Cones (Sp)/Rays (Su)|0
   Frightful Presence (Ex)|1
   Fire Immunity|0
   Gaseous Form|2
   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)|1
   Natural Weapons (Bite/Claw/Gore/etc)|0
   Nonabilities|0
   Paralysis|1
   Poison|0
   Polymorph|0
   Pounce|0
   Powerful Charge|0
   Psionics|1
   Rake|0
   Rays|0
   Regeneration|3
   Resistance To Energy|0
   Scent|0
   Sonic Attacks|0
   Spell Immunity|0
   Spell Resistance|0
   Spells/SLAs|1
   Summon|0
   Swallow Whole|5
   Telepathy|0
   Trample|0
   Tremorsense|0
   Turn Resistance|0
   Vulnerability to Energy|0
   City Wrecker (NEW!)|3
   Aura of Scintillating Dust (NEW!)|1[/table]

All votes have been tallied. Voting is concluded at this point. The resultant creature, the Ymir, will be posted on Wednesday, February 25th. Thanks to everyone who voted.

[kopout]

I vote for Ooze
Edit I'm first , whoooohooo

[Indeed.]

I vote for Dragon. There are so many ways this can go, especially with...creative subtypes.

In light of a dragon having been done, I'll go for Giant.

[SlyGuyMcFly]

Giant Why? I have no idea!

[LordZarth]

We've had both.

Construct! (living construct subtype?)

[afroakuma]

Someone's turning into me.

[Keler]

My vote goes to Giant.

[Llama231]

Elemental.


Edit:
Wow, 6 people post in the time that it takes my computer to post this.

[DracoDei]

Magical Beast has lots of possibilities.

[Alteran]

Let's see a construct.

[Limos]

Abberation pl0x. I need some squidy love.

[Juhn]

Have we had a Plant yet for this? We've had a Plant villain, and now a Plant race, but I don't remember any good old Plant monsters...

[UnChosenOne]

Nah. I vote for Humanoid.

[Green&Submarine]

I vote Undead.

[The Tygre]

The vote touched me in my bad place!

Now that I've made light of atrocity that deserves punishment by no less than castration, I vote for Giant. Because size does matter.

[Sereg]

Have we had a Plant yet for this? We've had a Plant villain, and now a Plant race, but I don't remember any good old Plant monsters...

Point taken, Plant

[vegetalss4]

I vote for Ooze

[Malfunctioned]

Construct! Go construct!

[paddyfool]

This vote is for Construct

[Debihuman]

I am casting my vote for Giant because we haven't had one yet.

Debby

[Juhn]

Note that we have already voted up a construct in VUAM #2. This was also the only reason I didn't vote Outsider this time, as that monster was both.

Of course, there are many more cool things you can do with constructs.

[Magnor Criol]

Giant. I like giants, I'd love to see a new, interesting one thrown out there.

[watsyurname529]

Let's go for a Giant.

[Pronounceable]

We haven't had an outsider either.

[The Mentalist]

Giant

A Tiny Giant

[Zeta Kai]

All votes are currently tallied.

[Juhn]

We haven't had an outsider either.

Oh, so we haven't. I was thinking that VUAM #2's monster was somehow a construct and an outsider at the same time. Apparently it just had a very strange subtype.

[S. J. Floyd]

I'll vote Construct.

[Reverent-One]

Construct FTW!

[The Bookworm]

Giant could well be fun!