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Would something like the Svartálfar or Dvergar from Norse mythology be acceptable? Although they are technically elves and dwarves, respectively, they are rather distinct from that depicted in certain fantasy rpgs.

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Those were actually exactly what I was thinking of when I mentioned elves and dwarves. Tolkien did those in. And those are more fairy tale creatures than monsters. And we've all played those characters in a hundred different games. They don't inspire stilted dialog in all they meet like The Creature From The Black Lagoon. Crazy old bats don't come out of the woodworks to hunt them down.

I'm looking for monsters. Something a 1930's studio bigwig would consider scary, not something he'd put in a Coca-Cola commercial.

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Fair enough. I'm having trouble thinking of something that fits in with that mindset that I would want to play, so perhaps I'll sit this one out. Best of luck with the game.

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Okay :)

Feel free to post anything else you think of, though, if something comes to mind.

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This bit puzzles me... vampires are very human in appearance, wolfmen are human most of the time, the Invisible Man is a human, albeit a crazy invisible one. This would also let out Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde.

And here I was going to suggest Chick Young or Wilbur Grey types with a lot of Luck and Serendipity...

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Right you are. I need to make up some sort of explanation here.

I'm having a wee bit of trouble doing so.

With the movie monsters, they have a defined set of qualities that make them monstrous.

They have special rules that govern their existence. Dracula can do all sorts of vampire stuff, and he has special rules for killing him.

The wolf man can only be killed by silver, and the moon has something to do with his abilities.

Frankenstein's monster... just look at him.

The mummy is a mummy. There's all sorts of magic involved. Or something.

My primary concern here is that each character have a set of tropes available that easily defines them as being monsters. That can either be because of some set of attributes they possess (being a giant fish-man) or because they've entered the collective consciousness as such (the wolf-man).

Maybe I should have given out a list of acceptable 'monsters' to choose from. Or made my criteria something along the lines of 'can reasonably be expected to be seen chilling out at Dracula's castle.' Something like that.

Sorry. I don't know who those are.

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I'll do some investigating. Maybe I can come up with a copy of the film.

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Don't bother if you don't feel like it... it was more of a joke than anything else. I'd probably be more interested in playing the Golem, although I'm undecided between the 1915 and 1920 German version or the 1936 French version.

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No, I want to see it. Had been meaning to, actually. It's just always slipped my mind. Besides, I know one of those guys that owns every DVD ever.

There's some more I need to watch :)