The below are 40 monsters I think are the most interesting monsters in BX straight from the list. I think oftentimes the best monsters are those you make up yourself, but sometimes I enjoy the exercise of working with specific constraints. For comparison, here is False Machine's Top 10 Emblematic Monsters of D&D.
- Ape, White - four-armed scary bear
- Basilisk- Tomb of the Serpent King & Mork Borg make them cool again
- Giant Vampire Bat- maybe tackles PCs like a linebacker; sucks blood
- Oil Beetle- acid; minus HP and AC
- Tiger Beetle- underground predator
- Berserker- a better “orc”
- Caecilia- just feels kinda weird and maybe intelligent
- Cave Locust- more bizarre “alarm creature”
- Chimera- always feels fun; just put anything together
- Giant crocodile- better than a lazy dragon; weirdly will feel more fresh than one
- Cyclops- a classic and more interesting than giants; bigger too at 13 HD!
- Doppelgänger- always fun
- Dragon Turtle- better than a dragon really
- Driver Ant- weird cave insect
- Giant Rockfish- fun to put in shallows dungeon lakes
- Cloud Giant- live in cloud castle, maybe harries earth-bound cyclops for fun
- Amber Golem- maybe the “armor” of insect sorcerers inside
- Bronze Golem- molten fire for blood is fun
- Griffon- don’t see enough, eats horses and hirelings
- Harpy- also fun
- Hydra- DRAGON TERATOMA
- Invisible Stalker- whoever rolled that “sack of flour” as a starting item will be the hero
- Killer Bee- put them in a temple farmed by monks
- Crystal Living Statue- something I don’t see a lot; monster AND treasure
- Devil Swine- these are actually really good; capable shapeshifting, satanic, hypnotizing Ganons
- Wererats- only “armed” were-creature; better goblins
- Manticore- talky monster; also flys
- Medusa- talky monster; threatens the players
- Minotaur- better as a true cursed human
- Mummy- not often used undead; hurt by normal flame but did you bring enough
- Ochre Jelly- divides into smaller jellies, latch onto players
- Octopus, Giant- awesome since childhood
- Purple Worm- better dragon
- Rhagodessa- like the Caecillia; weird cave thing; intelligent; maybe trade hirelings for magic weapons
- Robber Fly- sounds fun
- Rust Monster- should be used more, bear sized, destroy weapons
- Salamander- better than fire elementals
- Crab Spider- spider things are fun
- Thoul- 2 for 1 troll and ghoul
- Wraith- alternative to litch or vampire; AND killed PCs come back!
Special mention: I like all the oozes, puddings, and jellies
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