I need some Dragon Quest-esque names for special monsters. Topic

I would have more makerscore If I did things.

6375

02/27/2024 01:23 PM

You know the ones- most specifically like DQ 8's special monsters you recruit for your monster team: A Slime Knight named "One Knight Stand", a raging rooster named "Foul Fowl", the Funghoul known as "Bo Lete", the pair of Giant Cyclops names "Arges" and "Brontes", etc.

They don't even have to be inspired/based off monsters from a DQ catalogue (though that's the main inspiration I'm looking for). Just clever monster names with that in mind. Additionally, if you have some one-word descriptors in mind for the monster like "Robot", "Elemental", "Lonely", "Trickster", "Chaotic" or "Loyal" feel free to include them.

Fomar0153

16396

03/02/2024 10:21 PM

My favourite localised enemy name was the Silver Devil who became AgDevil due to the character limit.

Isrieri

"My father told me this would happen."

6155

03/06/2024 04:36 AM

Ankhegg: A play off the DnD monster the Ankheg. The joke works on three levels to my reckoning.

1) The Ankh is a holy symbol of ancient egypt, so it would best fit an old temple ruin or have an egyptian design to make the pun work.

2) How is the DnD name actually pronounced? I think its a short 'A' as in yank but I know at some tables it's a tomato/tomahto situation. However, ankh is a long 'A' no question... OR IS IT??

3) Therefore, you could say "no no, not *that* monster, this is an ANKHegg! Very different!" because it doesn't have to look like a burrowing insect monster. You could make it what you wanted.

Seiromem

I would have more makerscore If I did things.

6375

03/11/2024 01:39 PM

author=Fomar0153
My favourite localised enemy name was the Silver Devil who became AgDevil due to the character limit.

Oh, that's simple and whimsical.

author=Isrieri
Ankhegg:A play off the DnD monster the Ankheg. The joke works on three levels to my reckoning.

1) The Ankh is a holy symbol of ancient egypt, so it would best fit an old temple ruin or have an egyptian design to make the pun work.

2) How is the DnD name actually pronounced? I think its a short 'A' as in yank but I know at some tables it's a tomato/tomahto situation. However, ankh is a long 'A' no question... OR IS IT??

3) Therefore, you could say "no no, not *that* monster, this is an ANKHegg! Very different!" because it doesn't have to look like a burrowing insect monster. You could make it what you wanted.

Aha, a perfect trio in the making to be confused with one another:
Ankheg, Ankhegg, and Ahnkeg! Wait, which one are you talking about, the insect, the devil or the angel? What do you mean, yes??

LockeZ

I'd really like to get rid of LockeZ. His play style is way too unpredictable. He's always like this too. If he ran a country, he'd just kill and imprison people at random until crime stopped.

5958

03/17/2024 10:19 AM

Flanatos, the flan necromancer, is my own personal creation that you are free to steal

Seiromem

I would have more makerscore If I did things.

6375

03/18/2024 01:21 AM

author=LockeZ
Flanatos, the flan necromancer, is my own personal creation that you are free to steal

I'd say that's the best one and to pack it in, but the point is quantity, quality such as this is a miraculous byproduct.

I'm gonna dump some I came up with here, maybe it'll inspire anyone else happening across here;
Drohl Dumbs (Sounds like Doldrums, riff off of Drohl Drone's name)
Lunaticked, a crazy tick monster
The Gold Standard, a banner-bearing humanoid monster
Drat Bat (no pun, just fun to say)
Armed Mageddon (Armageddon, but armed whether weapons or multiple arms idunno; maybe have it be a mage dinosaur too)

I NEED SOME DRAGON QUEST-ESQUE NAMES FOR SPECIAL MONSTERS.

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