Beholders anyone? That is like the one monster I'll never forget from the RPG genre. Beyond that I was bummed out how Minotaur wasn't even one of the five :-/
Man, I tried so many things. Just normal ass wolves, bandits, thieves, barbarians, soldiers, scorpions, and bees. And most of the things on the list. I was so relieved when I finally got it.
Yeah I'm a little disappointed that spiders, bats or rats don't have a spot on the list. Only figured out three so far, don't want to spoil anything but there definitely one monster I would exchange for either bats, rats or spiders. Then again, they do have a typical "lowbie" mob on the list. Maybe I should not say anything until I figure out the last two mobs.
This is a pretty crazy achivement... I only have like 3 out of five so far... Im tempted to type in helicopter  oh yeah... you can also rule out sea monster kraken... etc.
Yeah, I searched for a good portion of those and then decided this was a stupid quest. Great list, man. I'm glad you're shining some light on this issue.
Oeh, recently got reminded of the petrification mobs in D&D because I played through Neverwinter Nights Original (or at least Chapter 1) where you have to collect the Cockatrice. There's also an Expansion Pack with the Medusa in it. Baldur's Gate had this horrible encounter with Basilisks that always managed to petrify someone which was such a terrible thing in D&D. GAAAAH! Are these three buggers considered to be part of the RPG genre? Basilisk, Cockatrice and Medusa? They are part of mythology I believe.
I think that centaurs are more a race than a monster. I'm reminded of the entire Mega Drive Shining Force series, where you could have half your 16 man team be centaurs. On the other hand if you really do feel strongly about it, I guess I could add it.
@NoXious:
I think these count, if only for the reason that they're awesome and they are all in Tales of Phantasia on the SNES, if my memory serves me correctly.
Not to be a jerk, but the quest's clue is "These monsters are pretty cliche for the RPG genre. Find them all," not "These are the top 5 cliche RPG monsters," or "These are the only RPG cliche monsters that exist." The quest list is simply an arbitrary subset of a larger "cliche monster" list.   But, I agree with the people that are saying that this is a difficult quest. I only have 3 so far, and all the ones I have tried are already on this list.
@softcoregamer: I never stated that all or any of these monsters should replace those in the quest. You're really implying a bit too much about my intentions. This list isn't made to complain about the quest specifically, it's just me documenting the ones I (and other community members) went through in attempting to solve it. It serves to help people by cutting some time out of their own search. The sarcastic title is just so people know what it refers to and is a part of the light-hearted nature of the list itself.
@CaptainFish:  It was the name of the list that confused me. Sorry. I like the list and understood it's real purpose. I didn't pick up on the sarcasm. I have a tendency to do that. Please understand the confusion.  By the way, have people completed this quest, because I have visited over 50 pages and I still have one monster to find. I am going crazy.
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