Monsters Known

This page contains a listing of all the monsters/creatures the party has encountered or has knowledge of. This list serves as a history of monsters and creatures previously encountered. Intelligent NPC's/Player Character races are not (typically) included here. They are in listed on the Who's Who page. Here you will find a listing of the creatures, and a short paragraph detailing the parties collective knowledge of the monster in question.

Abishai, Black: The party read about this monster in a Bestiary - Their knowledge is limited to the following information: These creatures look like humanoid bats. They are medium-sized chaotic evil outsiders. They resist damage from any weapon that is not magically enhanced, and they regenerate any damage that they do suffer. They are immune to fire and poison. They have a stinger which causes acid damage when they hit an opponent with it. They can summon other outsiders like themselves. They resist damage from cold and acid, and they can see perfectly well in the dark. They can communicate telepathically. They are vulnerable to holy water.

Aboleth: The party knows very little about this creature. Having never encountered them, their knowledge is limited to the following information: These huge aberrations are revolting fishlike amphibians found primarily in subterranean lakes and rivers. They use their tentacles and spell-like abilities to kill, dominate and subjugate other creatures.

Adherer: This creature looks like a mummified corpse, but in fact it isn't undead or dead. It's skin hangs in loose folds all about its body. This creature has several glands that constantly exudes a powerful adhesive. Because of this 'glue' nearly anything that comes in contact with them becomes permanently attached to the creature (presumably, they can remove these objects through some enzymatic process). Their preferred method of combat is grappling.

Air Elemental: This creatures appears(?) to be an amorphous, visible, disturbance in the very air. A shifting, shimmering, distortion; looking something like a wispy, tenuous, cloud. Darker bits of semi-solid vapor form features suggestive of eyes and a mouth. These swift, agile creatures hail from the plane of air, and rarely venture forth - Unless summoned. With an extremely high rate of movement, air elementals dominate the battle-space. flitting about and attacking numerous opponents at will. Air elementals are also capable of transforming themselves into large whirlwinds/mini-tornados. In this form, they're capable of lifting opponents into the air, and forcibly transporting them to a location of the elemental's choosing. While the whirlwind spins about, it kicks up a dust cloud that obscures the vision of creatures near it's base.

Allip: These creatures are a medium sized form of incorporeal undead. Capable of flight, and movement through any solid. Allip are the spectral remains of someone driven to suicide by a madness that afflicted it in life. It craves only revenge and unrelentingly pursues those who tormented it in life, and pushed it over the brink. An Allip cannot speak intelligibly. The babbling, constant muttering and whining of an allip creates a hypnotic effect to all sane creatures within 60 feet. Those who fail to resist this effect find themselves hypnotized, in a babbling state on non-responsive stupor. Contact with an allip (through its touch) results in the loss of Wisdom. As the allip drains wisdom, it gains hit points.

Allosaurus: The party saw this beast devouring the remains of some other slower, less aggressive dinosaur. A large flesh-eating dinosaur that inhabits warm area. It eats both mammals and smaller dinosaurs. At 36 feet long and weighing one and a half tons, this is one of the larger carnivorous dinosaurs out there. It has a long tail which it uses to counter-balance it's large head. It has a heavily muscled "S" shaped neck and bulky body. It has powerful hind limbs with clawed feet and short, strong, three-fingered fore-limbs with impressive claws.The top of it's head has bony ridges and bumps, while it's mouth hold several serrated, blade-like teeth.

Amoebic Crawler: A wriggling shape pulses forward, at least ten feet in length. It is a nauseatingly textured translucent worm whose head gradually narrows into two ominously long questing tentacles. The translucent ooze attempts grapples opponents, attacking (up to ten feet away) with it's acidic touch. The touch of this thing is otherworldly, and fills the minds of its victims with terror.

Aranea: The party read about this monster in a Bestiary - Their knowledge is limited to the following information: This creature appears to be a monstrous spider, but it has two small humanlike arms below its mandibles. An intelligent, shape shifting spider with sorcerous powers.

Barbazu, Half-Troll: The party read about this monster in a Bestiary - Their knowledge is limited to the following information: If this medium-sized extraplanar creature hits an opponent with both of its claws at the same time, it automatically deals extra damage in addition to what it dealt from hitting the opponent, and its beard also automatically hits the opponent and infects them with a disease called Devil chills. It can use the following spell-like abilities at will: animate dead, charm person, command, desecrate, magic weapon, major image, produce flame, and suggestion. It can induce fear in an opponent with just a touch. It can teleport without error whenever it wants. It can summon other creatures like it. It knows how to use an ordinary glaive to cause a wound that continues to bleed until it is bound. It recovers from wounds very quickly. It can see perfectly in the dark, and it can communicate telepathically with any creature within 100 ft. that understands any language.

Bat, Fiendish, Dire: A large (man sized) magical beast with a wingspan of appx 15 feet. These extraplanar bats are sometimes summoned to serve arcane spell casters. These evil creatures are capable of smiting good characters and creatures once per day. These bats have an ability to use echolocation to pinpoint the position of any opponent within 40 feet. This 'blindsense' ability is quite useful against opponents obscured by darkness or invisibility. Physical obstructions will block the blindsense ability.

Bear, Dire: This hulking bear has bony brow ridges and claws like sickles, with a wildness and destructive gleam in it's cold, piercing eyes. A typical dire bear is 12 feet long and weighs as much as 8,000lbs. They attack by tearing at opponents with their claws.

Beetle, Bombardier, Giant: A large species of beetle. Up to six feet in length, these immense beetles feed primarily on carrion and offal. They gather huge piles of the stuff in order to build nests and lay eggs. These creatures can be very dangerous if they spray you with their acidic vapor. When their food supply runs out or moves, they may migrate en masse.

Beetle, Fire, Giant: A large species of beetle. Up to two feet in length, these creatures are called Fire Beetles for the fire-like lights that adorn their bodies. Three glands near their eyes and abdomen create a fire-like glow. The beetles are relatively easy to defeat on their own, but they attack anything they encounter as a group.

Beholderkin, Beholder: Beholderkin are a whole race of monsters. Creatures that resemble gigantic floating eyeballs. The Beholder (like other Beholderkin) resembles a floating orb (8 feet across) of flesh with a large mouth (in the lower hemisphere of the orb), a single central eye, and ten smaller eyes at the end of short (appx 4') stalks which sprout from the top of the orb. The creature moves about using a form of levitation. Although their maneuverability is good, the speed is surprisingly slow.

These highly intelligent aberrations are evil creatures (usually Lawful evil) with a mean streak. Though they lack much physical prowess they are formidable foes due to the magic they wield. Each of the monsters eyestalks is capable of casting a separate spell. Some of the spells known to be used are 'Charm Person' and Finger of Death'. The central eye is also capable of generating a magical effect. Each stalk operates independently, and the beholder wields each quite effectively. The spell level is quite high, and each effect seems to be geared towards optimal attack/disruptive effect.

Beholders are aggressive and overbearing, often subjugating or charming other creatures to serve as slaves or servants. They hate all creatures that are unlike them.

Beholderkin, Spectator: Beholderkin are a whole race of monsters. Creatures that resemble gigantic floating eyeballs. The Spectator is just one of the sub-species. The thing was a large round (4' diameter) floating ball. It had one large eye in the center of its body. Below this was a large slavering mouth. On the outside of the body were four stalks with another eye at the end of each. The party struck up a conversation with the creature, and it identified itself as Ill, a guardian of the Beholder species. This monster is often summoned as a guardian, or so it told us. Based on the party's conversation with the spectator, it appeared to have moderate intelligence. We also believe it wasn't there of its own free will.

The Spectator is not evil, it is usually passive in nature, and prefers to speak truthfully in all matters. Although the party never learned all the powers of this peculiar creature, it was evident that it's smaller eyes could emit a deadly 'ray' of some sort, and it also tried to bite some tentacles that attacked it. This encounter left the party with plenty to think about should they ever encounter another Beholder.

Black Beast of Bedlam: Foul and horrifying, the Black Beast of Bedlam constantly melts and reforms, seeming to take on shapes from the nightmares and fears of those around it. It maddeningly shifts through dozens of monstrous forms before solidifying itself into a slithering blob of ebon goo. Covered with spines, tentacles, claws, and odd shaped appendages. The creatures surface is riddled with countless eyes and gaping maws filled with broken teeth. Open sores and strange orifices emit a constant stream of odd fluids and ichors. Floating above this pulsing glob of black flesh is a disembodied skull, which cackles and screeches.

This creature is an evil outsider. It was either summoned for some nefarious purpose, or it crossed over into our world of it's own volition. In either case, it doesn't belong here. A large creature, with a ten foot reach, it threatens a considerable amount of space, and it's extremely agile. Moving twice as fast as a typical Human, it's capable of climbing walls as easily as it crosses the ground. In addition to it's rapid rate of movement, it is also immune to otherwise impeding obstacles such as webs, quicksand, ropes, etc.

Immune to several attack types (criticals, electricity, flanking, light-effects, mind-affecting spells, paralysis, petrification, poison, polymorph, sleep, sonic, and stunning), this monster is resistant to acid, fire, and cold. When it comes to spells, opponents find that it has a spell resistance.

The Beast has a variety of physical, extraordinary, spell based, and supernatural attacks at it's disposal. These include: Claws, bits, a breath weapon (cloud-kill), spells (enervation, desecrate, and others), unholy darkness, and the screeching skull. It's physical attacks have two side effects - Corporeal instability (victims may loose their own form. Becoming an amorphous enraged blob, which attacks anything in range) and Taint (one point per hit). In addition to these attack forms, the beast also has several skills and feats that it can draw on.

A creature from the 'Far Realm' this creature's primary goal is chaos, confusion and insanity. It attacks any intelligent creatures it encounters, taunting them, spreading it's unholy madness, and attempting to corrupt all that it encounters.

Bladeling: Xenophobic humanoids that hail from another plane. This creature has a skin of a dull metallic hue, spotted with patches of metallic spines. Their eyes gleam like shards of purplish ice and their blood is black and oily. They sometimes use an unusual tactic when attacking opponents. They can launch their metal spines away from their body at high velocity, creating a blast of shrapnel which damages anyone within 15 feet. They are sometimes employed by powerful evil creatures.

Blink Dog: A canine sub-species. This magical beast has yellowish brown fur and large ears. Initially, it seems very similar to most dogs. That's before it disappears in the blink of an eye and instantly reappears in a different location. Highly intelligent, good in alignment, dedicated, and faithful, blink dogs don't make friends easily, but when they do, you can count on them.

Bloodrot: What appears to be a large pool of slick, dark blood with patches of more viscous fluids, suddenly surges forward like some disgusting slug composed of coagulating blood. An oozelike undead creature. This monstrosity appeared as two pools which surged forward, joined together and attacked the party with a long tongue-like pseudo-pod. Easily 20 feet across, it grappled the strongest of our fighters and slowly crushed the life from his lungs. Seemingly immune to weapon based attacks. It took a long time, and a lot of magic to defeat this monstrosity.

Bluespawn Ambusher: The ground trembles, and a blue form bursts forth amongst a shower of dirt and stones. The creature has the shape of a giant badger, but it bears the thick scales, sharp horns, and gnashing teeth of a blue dragon. Suddenly its body crackles with electricity as sparks leap and arc across its scales. Thick-bodied, burly creatures, typical specimens stand appx 3ft tall at the shoulder. Its body is about 4ft long and nearly as wide. With its dense muscles and thick scales it weighs nearly 350 lbs. Capable hunters, these creatures often operate in packs to take down their prey. Burrowing beneath the ground as easily as most people walk upon the ground, they lay in wait for prey to approach within striking distance. Attacking with electrical bursts and physical attacks, the Bluespawn ambusher is a deadly magical beast with the blood of blue dragons running through its veins.

Bodak: Undead creatures, created from the remains of Humans who've been touched by absolute evil. These pale gray creatures are hairless, gaunt, with the visage of sheer terror impressed upon their staring white eyes. Although these creatures are capable of common speech, the one our party encountered uttered not one word. They abhor sunlight as the touch of it causes their undead flesh to burn. Like other undead, these creatures are immune to disease, poison and most conditions. The deadliest effect of a Bodak is it's deadly gaze attack. The Bodak has the ability to gaze directly into the soul of any nearby creature (within 30'). This attack can kill if the target fails a fortitude save. Anyone killed by the gaze of a Bodak will become a Bodak within 24 hours.

Boneclaw: A large skeletal humanoid with claw like fingers. This creatures 'claws' are two feet or longer in length. Slender, knifelike, and fully retractable, the creatures bony claws contract and extend from moment to moment; sometimes reaching lengths approaching 10 or more feet, the claws are a deadly and unique weapon. The boneclaw is a large, intelligent, skeletal undead creature. Exercising exceptional control over it's bizarre claws, this creature derives great joy from it's ability to attack enemies at range. Surprising opponents by extending it's bony claws to a length of up to 20 feet. Combined with a resistance to turning and damage reduction, this undead creature is a deadly threat to most adventurers.

Boneleaf: In the midst of the swamp stands a copse of plants that look like small trees and stiff vines. At first glance, the leaves appear pale but otherwise normal. Closer inspection reveals their color to be off-white with a green tint. The vines writhe gently, even though no wind blows. The party encountered these carnivorous creatures, which look like trees, while traveling a mountain trail.

Bonesnapper: We encountered this large lizard-like creature; standing approximately five feet tall on it's hind legs and weighing close to five hundred pounds, chained inside the entrance to the naga's lair. Apparently, it was intended as a guardian and it pulled at its chain, snapped its jaws, and hissed as we approached. We were able to bypass it when our Troglodyte guide threw it some rotting meat, which it immediately devoured, ignoring our party.

Breathdrinker: An evil air elemental, the Breathdrinker appears as a mist-like creature shaped like a mirror image of it's intended victim. It's glowing red eyes are a marked sign of the malevolence within, and it's gaze can paralyze victims with fear. It feeds on air extracted from the lungs of living creatures. It is single minded, and once it chooses a victim, it will not rest until the victim is dead. This creature has air mastery and other elemental traits (including invisibility).

Bulette: The party knows very little about this monster. They've never encountered any, but they heard about them during one of their adventures. Supposedly, they're gigantic burrowing creatures that roam vast plains of the interior.

Burrow Root: As the party started to cross an ash field, they were surprised to see a ripple of movement as it converged on their position. Ash and some quantity of dirt burst into the air as the ground erupted before Enola. Before her loomed an odd serpentine form. The massive fibrous mass resembled a twisted tree trunk, girded with thorns, topped with a gaping maw of shredded wooden slivers. The creature attacked by biting with it's woody maw, and the wounds kept bleeding beyond the initial damage. When the party had done enough damage, the creature actually split in two. One of the smaller plants continued to attack, while the other made it's escape.

Carrion Crawler: The stench of putrid flesh surrounds this multi-legged creature. Slithering forward on a segmented, 10 foot long body, it moves as effortlessly down the wall as we walk across the ground. It has eight writhing tentacles protruding from it's head. The tentacles sprout from just beneath a clacking set of mandibles, and tooth-filled maw. These large aberrations can weigh up to 500lbs, and grow to more than 10ft in length. Usually found in groups, they are scavengers with a well developed sense of sight and smell. The touch of their tentacles can cause paralysis.

Celestial Emissary: A messenger of the gods. This particular creature was sent as a messenger by the deity Menelmacar. The creature appeared as a four armed humanoid (much like a Hakheerian), standing approximately seven feet tall. One unusual feature was his draconic head. Not the head of a Dragon mind you, it's just that his head was somewhat scaly and it had horns and smaller hornlike projections about the chin, eyes and ears. The creature also has a pair of birdlike wings protruding from his back. The wings were jet black and must have covered a 20' span easily.

This creature appeared to the party on a cold windless night in order to take possession of the Sword of Nth for his master - Menelmacar. Who knows what would have happened if they'd tried to resist?

Centipede Swarm: A glistening, squirming mass of voracious centipedes that can climb over obstacles to get at their prey. Capable of devouring the largest of creatures with amazing efficiency and speed, this swarm of creepy crawlers is something an adventurer should fear. Like most swarms, the combined attack of this group of monsters is distracting to the point that it causes nausea to those with a weak constitution. As a swarm, centipedes need not attack individually. Instead they inflict automatic damage each round that their prey remains within the swarm.

Change-O Creature: An incredibly bizarre monster. This creature started out as a Gorgon, and then proceeded to transform into an entirely different creature each round. Most of the forms it took were totally unfamiliar to the party. Each round that it changed, it reformed completely whole and without wounds. Seemingly bent on the destruction of all it encountered, it's attack was unrelenting, simply switching means from round to round. If it hadn't been for the fact that it seemed to have a singular purpose, one might think that the multiple forms were separate creatures. Deadly in all the forms it took, the party was only able to slay it when it took up a form that was weak enough to slay in a single round of combat. They were lucky!

Chimera: A mythical beast turned flesh. This magical beast is a strange and deadly foe. With the hindquarters of a large goat, forequarters of a great lion, dragon-like wings, and three heads! One head is that of a horned goat, another is that of maneless lion, and the final a fierce dragons head. At nearly ten feet in length, the creature stands five feet tall at the shoulders, and weighs close to 4,000 pounds. Capable of speech, intelligent, and evil. These creatures attacked our group along a narrow cliff-side trail. They flew in and attacked with an acidic breath weapon.

Choker: Known by Kobolds as 'Grabbers'. The creatures are vicious subterranean predators that lurks in underground chambers. This particular variety is aquatic, dwelling in dark waters, the grab whatever prey happens to venture too close. It's hands and feet have spiny pads that help it grip nearly any surface. These creatures are vaguely humanoid in shape, but they're a bit on the small side - weighing approximately 35lbs. If it wasn't for the presence of their tentacles, they would be small for combat purposes.With a slightly higher than animal intelligence, these creatures are capable of speaking undercommon. Our Kobold guide described them as “Those are the Grabbers that grab the fish and the Kobolds.”

Dwelling in flooded underground labyrinths or dark lakes, these creatures use terrain features and lighting conditions to hide themselves from plain view. With their long tentacles they strike with surprising swiftness (taking an extra standard or move action each round) to catch their prey unaware. Their limited intelligence allows for group tactics in setting up ambush sites. With their long tentacles, these creatures attack to grapple and constrict their prey. When gripped by the neck, opponents cannot speak or cast spells with verbal components.

Chraal: An 8 foot tall, powerful being seemingly constructed of magical ice. Jagged spurs and spines form icy ridges along its blue-black humanoid shaped body, and cold blue light leaks from its eyes, mouth, and joints. Its long muscled arms end in sharp talons, and its mouth opens to reveal a rows of wickedly sharp teeth backlit by an unearthly bluish light.

Elementals that originate somewhere between the planes of air and water, these creatures are sometimes created when particularly evil creatures die on either of these planes. Weighing nearly 2000 lbs, there creatures are ruthless killers that relish bloodshed. Instinctively attacking fire bearing opponents, Chraal can expel a 60 foot (or longer, as the party discovered in a second encounter) long cone of cold three times a day. Combined with the bone numbing cold that they emit and their damage resistance, Chraal are capable of dealing icy death to all they encounter. These creatures never retreat and they explode when they die!

During a subsequent encounters with one of these creatures, the party discovered an unusual 'vulnerability' with the Chraal. They seem compelled to attack fire wielding opponents over all others. Focussing their attacks on the opponent wielding fire, they tend to ignore all other opponents until the fire wielding opponent is defeated.

Cockatrice: This avian creature is about the size of a large goose or turkey. It has the head and body of a cockerel, bat wings, and the long tail of a lizard. It's eyes glow with a dangerous-looking crimson sheen. An eerie, repulsive hybrid, these flying monstrosities infamous for their ability to turn flesh to stone. The party encountered these beasts as guardians to the lair of another monster.

Cranial Grub: The cranial grub appears to be a strange worm of sorts. White in color, soft and squishy, the creature is relatively defenseless outside the host. With tiny arms and antennae, they burrow into a victims brain through the ear. Once they are in your head, they attach themselves to your cerebral cortex. This has no detrimental health effect to the host, but it allows the adult form of the creature to control your actions at any time. It also gives the adult full access to all your memories.

Crocodile, Giant: These creatures appear to be larger versions of your normal crocodile. They are very aggressive, and very difficult to kill in their natural environment. We first encountered three of them as we were crossing an underground lake in a rowboat. They appeared to be about 15 ft. long, and they tore our boat to pieces in a matter of seconds. If we hadn't resorted to some rather unorthodox combat techniques, we would've all ended up in the crocodile crock-pot. Good thing there were only three of them!

Crypt Thing: The Crypt Thing is an undead guardian which guards the tombs of devoted priests. The Crypt Thing appears as nothing more unusual than a skeletal figure in tattered robes. When active, its eyes glow with a fierce red light. The creature speaks common, and is capable of manifesting some type of green energy beam from its fingertip. The party doesn't know what this beam does. Thankfully they didn't find out, as the beam had no apparent effect on Thalidimar. Undead, but not evil. The Crypt thing guards the tombs of Tymora's priests in Orlane's temple. There is some speculation that the Crypt Thing may be capable of enchanting areas with various magical effects. Namely; Fear, Nausea, and Darkness.

Cube, Gelatinous: A gelatinous cube is a cube of transparent gelatinous ooze, which is able to absorb organic matter. Growing as large as 10' x 10', gelatinous cubes look like a transparent ooze of mindless, gelatinous matter in the shape of a cube. It slides through dungeon corridors, absorbing everything in its path, digesting everything organic and secreting non-digestible matter in its wake. Contact with its exterior can result in a paralyzing electric shock, after which the cube will proceed to slowly digest its stunned and helpless prey.

Reproduction is through a form of asexual 'budding', in which a smaller, stub cube is left behind in a side corridor to grow into a full-sized cube, although these stub cubes run the risk of being absorbed by their own parent on its next trip down the corridor. Scholars have determined that juvenile gelatinous cubes grow to fit their own natural environment, adapting their exterior proportions to the size of the corridors they most commonly sweep.

Gelatinous cubes typically live underground. Some legends whisper of monstrous, "legendary" gelatinous cubes in the deep and secret places beneath the earth that have grown to several hundred thousand cubic feet of volume.

Dark Creeper: An unusual race of diminutive creatures which travel in groups, and are led by Dark Stalkers. Humanoids with a slight build, about the same height as a Dwarf, but looking more like very pale Gnomes. The Dark Creeper is also distinguished by it's fury goat like legs. These creatures dress in dark colored clothes, and avoid sunlight whenever possible. Possessing the ability to detect magic items, and skilled at thieving, these creatures sometimes plague large cities. Creating darkness to conceal their actions and movement, the Dark Creepers seek out and steal all manner of magical items. When killed, a Dark Creeper's body spontaneously combusts in a pyre of crimson flames, which usually destroys any magic items the Creeper may have been carrying.

Dark Stalker: Enigmatic and rarely seen, the Dark Stalker is a leader of Dark Creepers. Basically human like with pale skin, the Dark Stalker sub-species does not appear to be racially related to a Dark Creeper. Like Dark Creepers, the Dark Stalker is an accomplished thief capable of detecting magic items and creating darkness. In addition to darkness, a Dark Stalker is able to produce a wall of fog which helps to conceal the Dark Stalker and his minions. When a Dark Stalker is slain, the body erupts as a blinding fireball in a 60' radius. The blast would kill any normal person, and most seasoned veterans of a small militia.

Deepspawn: An aberrant abomination. Deepspawn are infamous horrors that give birth to many other varieties of monsters. A single deepspawn can make a vast underground cavern into killing fields for even the most powerful of adventurers. These creatures can grow to gargantuan sizes and they are known to inhabit underground lairs. Their bodies are fairly amorphous rubbery spheres, from which sprout a collection of six dextrous tentacles. While three of the tentacles are used for wielding objects, the others end in toothy maws. Dozens of retractable eyestalks sprout from the central body, giving the creature excellent visibility.

While deepspawn make their lairs in large underground caverns, they prefer to avoid combat, often set traps near their lair, and typically make good use of cover. As a primary defense, they spawn other creatures and seed them throughout their cavernous lair. They typically have an escape route planned in the even that intruders defeat or bypass their defenses. If forced to attack, they attack with all six limbs simultaneously. Attacking with weapons, bludgeoning slaps, and crushing constriction attacks. The creatures tentacled mouths can actually flank opponents!

Physical attacks are not the only threat that a deepspawn presents. In addition to the formidable physical prowess, they can also bring some spell like abilities to bear. Exhibiting spell-like abilities like a high level wizard, deepspawn can detect thoughts, breathe underwater, and heal itself.

Demon (Tanar'ri), Balor: The party knows very little about this type of Tanar'ri Demon. They first heard about it during an adventure in which they 'rescued' a Succubus Paladin? from a diabolical trap/prison. Apparently, the Balor is a very powerful type of Demon. A boss or commander of other Demons. These creatures, like other Tanar'ri, lives in the 'Abyss' an infernal plane removed from the 'prime material'. One step removed from the most powerful lords of that plane, Balor are charged as commanders of whole Demon armies. Luckily, the party didn't actually encounter a Balor when they learned about them. It would definitely be a bad day, had they been forced to deal with such a monster.

Demon, Carnage: Brutish fiends, these demons exemplify the chaos and blood lust of the Abyss. These destructive demons (not Tanar'ri) are some mutated evolutionary branch of Dretch. Attacking in numbers, these demons exist to rip, rend, destroy and die bloody, gory deaths. These demons prefer to pummel and grapple with their prey, before ripping it's head off with their massive taloned fists. Bloody red skin and massively muscled frames are nearly overshadowed by this fiends fanged mouth and immense claw tipped meat mallets. Somewhat vulnerable to silver, one wonders whether their is some devil blood flowing in their veins.

Demon, Deathdrinker: Not realizing how tough this Demon was, the party fought this fiend for three rounds before they threw in the towel and beat a hasty retreat. Deathdrinkers are massive creatures (the one our party fought was initially encountered as a large statue, but that statue animated and became a huge monster), as large as most giants. It's large antler-like horns sported skulls as ornaments in a testament to it's spirit. The creature wore an ornate suit of glossy black plate armor and carried a huge broad sword that only appeared after the creature transformed from statue to flesh.

This gigantic demon moved by levitating and instantaneously teleporting into range. It attacked with devastating force nearly slicing Solmar in half with it's might blade. Allurean related some of it's powers (powerful spell resistance, ability to dispel magic, and ability to drain the life from any creature within 10') but the Demon left our party reeling and they hastily withdrew. The creature stood waiting for the party to return. When it was clear that they were outmatched, it returned to it's pedestal and changed back into a spell reflecting statue.

Demon (Tanar'ri), Dretch: The least of Demons. The pathetic creatures make up the lowest caste of Demon society. As you can imagine, they're not very happy with their lot in life. These small (4ft tall, 60lbs) outsiders (chaotic & evil subtype) are weak demons often summoned to do the bidding of more powerful demons. They attack with two claws and a bite. Both attacks are evil-aligned. They also have a few spell-like abilities (scare & stinking cloud, once/day). When they're on their native plane, they can summon more of their kind. They have damage resistance against physical attacks (bypassed by cold iron and good aligned attacks). They are immune to electricity and poison and resist damage caused by fire, acid and cold. They have dark vision out to 60ft, and communicate telepathically.

Relatively weak on their own, they rely on their numbers to overwhelm opponents. They typically flee at the first sign of danger - unless they're bound by or intimidated into staying in the fight by a more powerful demon. They fear their overlords and more powerful demons more than they fear death itself.

Demon (Tanar'ri), Glabrezu: This creature is as tall as a giant, with a broad, muscular body. Its four arms end in weapons—two with clawed hands, two with powerful pincers. Its doglike head is topped with horns, and its muzzle drips with sharp fangs. Its eyes have a cold, dark penetrating quality that suggests cunning and intelligence. Like other Tanar'ri, this evil outsider is capable of summoning others of it's kind, casting spells, and resisting various attack forms.

Demon (Tanar'ri), Marilith: A very powerful demon - Nine feet tall, with six arms and a snake like body which makes the creature nearly 20 feet long from head to tail (weighing appx 4,000lbs). Capable of wielding weapons in each of six arms, constricting with its tail, and casting spells, this demon is an extremely deadly foe in physical combat. An extremely intelligent opponent, which thrives on grand strategy and army-level tactics. Thankfully, the demon our party encountered was more intent on settling affairs with a group of Kobolds, so we were spared from engaging it in full combat. It summoned 24 Dretch (lesser demons), then disappeared with a 'Bamf' as it teleported away to deal with the previously mentioned Kobolds.

Demon (Tanar'ri), Maurezhi: A hideous Demon that feeds on the flesh of corpses, the Maurezhi resembles a Ghoul. Its hunched and gaunt body has the pallor of death. Its ears are long and pointed, and its mouth is full of serrated teeth for rending flesh. Its elongated fingers end in wicked claws. Its muscular legs, which resemble those of a big cat, allows it to run quickly and pounce on its prey.

The claw or bite of a Maurezhi can instantly paralyze its victim. Once a Maurezhi consumes a victim, it gains all that victims skills and feats. The Maurezhi can assume the appearance of any victim it has eaten. The creature can also cast numerous spells at will. In addition to all these abilities, the Maurezhi can also summon normal Ghouls.

Demon, Whisper: An insubstantial, ghostly, demonic creature. Though humanoid in shape, it has distorted features. It's brow looms over it's face, and it's long chin thrusts forward. It's flesh is mottled green, and it's body is non-corporeal.

An evil outsider, the Whisper Demon is capable of moving through solid objects (such as walls and floors), just as we move through open air. It attacks both physically and telepathically. It takes great delight in the self-inflicted wounds that it causes to it's victims.

Deinonychus: The party read about this monster in a Bestiary - Their knowledge is limited to the following information: This dinosaur is a lean, long-legged, bipedal creature has wicked-looking claws on its feet and a brightly colored hide that reminds you of a tropical bird. It stands about as tall as a human, and its outstretched tail makes it at least twice as long as it is tall. This fast carnivore is sometimes called a Velociraptor, though that name properly belongs to a much smaller creature.

Derro: These humanoid creatures (that live in the vicinity of Therno pass) are very short in stature, standing less than 5' tall. The ones we encountered had coarse white hair, and long drooping moustaches. They wore leather armor, and seemed a bit mad; constantly mumbling to themselves, and apparently speaking to people we can't see. They have a slender yet sinewy build, pale blue-white skin, and large oval shaped milky white eyes, with no pupil at all.

They displayed such an abhorrence to light, that they were willing to cast and fight in the middle of a darkness spell, as opposed to risking exposure to indirect sunlight. In this encounter we were confronted with crossbow bolts rattling off the walls all around us. Is this their weapon of choice? We also found mining picks that have been modified to function as melee weapons as well. At least one of the monsters possessed the ability to cast darkness spells. Is this an innate ability, or do the Derro have spell casters in their ranks?

Devil, Barbed: We don't know very much about Barbed Devils. Ashedyn has a pair of magical gloves made out of Barbed Devil skin. The gloves are highly resistant to heat, so we're assuming that Barbed Devils are used to the heat.

Devil, Hellcat (Bezekira): Silent, invisible, graceful, powerful. These devils (Evil, Extraplanar creatures from the nine hells of Baator - a Lawful Evil plane of existence) move about silently, and invisibly (during the day). Large, lion-like creatures with evil intent and uncanny intelligence. These fierce devil-cats (also called Bezekira) are adept at ambush and stalking their opponents. These hellcats are powerful enough to hold their own in combat, thanks to sharp claws and wicked fangs. It prefers to leap upon opponents, just as a lion does.

Devourer: The party doesn't know very much about this large undead creature from another plane. It was one aspect of a Change-O Creature. This tall skeletal creature has strands of mummified flesh hanging from it's bones. Imprisoned within the creature's rib cage is a tiny humanoid figure, clearly in agony. This massive creature attacked the party, attempting to consume the life force of one of the party members.

Dharculus: The dharculus is an extraplanar aberration from the Far Realm. A dharculus inserts it's mawed tentacle ends into corporeal planes to feed, much like a bear scoops trout out of a stream. To corporeal eyes, a dharculus's six tentacles appear as a swarm of blind, snakelike creatures sliding through the air in a deadly school. A shadow of the creature's full body may be visible if the lighting conditions are right. On the Ethereal Plane or those in the Far Realm, the tentacle lips all come together in a fused, wormlike braid that forms the dharculus's body. To posterior end of the cylindrical body loops back towards the front like a question mark. The business end of the dharculus features a drooling maw filled with razor-sharp teeth. Several tentacles around the mouth end in eyes instead of grasping mouths. The creature keeps these tentacles safely in the border Ethereal as it searches other worlds for it's next meal.

Native to the Far Realm, it uses the Ethereal plane as a corridor to other worlds. While the main body resides in the Far Realm, the creature inserts it's tentacles - eyed and mawed - into the Ethereal; it then traverses the Ethereal while spying upon some other adjacent plane (possibly the prime material), as it searches for a meal. When it locates potential prey, it extrudes it's fanged tentacles into this bordering plane and attacks. In order to do so, it must pull it's primary body fully into the ethereal. This exposes it to full attack by Ethereal creatures. Any rift which connects the Far Realm with some other plane is a prime candidate for hunting grounds, as the dharculus can sense such rifts on their home plane.

Displacer Beast: This savage and stealthy carnivore looks like a big leopard or puma or something (9 feet long, appx 500 pounds). It has dark purple fur, and it looks like it's about to starve to death. It has six legs, and two long tentacles growing out of its back. The tentacles end in a flattened pad covered with hooked barbs.

The creature had an astonishing ability to be somewhere else whenever a sword met the space where it was one second ago. Flashing briefly, the creature dodges blows by instantaneously shifting a short distance (5 feet or so) away from the attackers aim point.

Another disconcerting effect was it's speech! Yes, the big cat spoke to us. Taunting and enticing it mocked with sultry banter and lewd comments.

Doombat: A species of giant bat found in dismal underground caverns. This monstrous black creature has a wingspan of 25' and can pick up and carry off objects weighing up to 300lbs. At night it flies into the outer world to hunt, always attacking and seeking to to kill any living things. This monster also has a barbed tail which it can use to lash at opponents up to 10' away.

When attacking, these bats use their sonar to disorient opponents and disrupt spell casters. The normal bat's sonar yip has developed into a terrifying shriek (emitted continuously) of great sonic power.

Daylight (or magically equivalent effects) will keep a Doombat at bay, but it is undeterred by torch or lantern light.

Dracolich: Our party knows very little about the creatures known as 'Dracolich'. All they know comes from their knowledge of a 'Proto-Dracolich'. They hope they never have to fight a full-blown Dracolich.

Dracolich, Proto: Our party has yet to fight a proto-dracolich, but they've learned about the existence of these undead creatures. One of the party members related the information after battling a real live Blue Dragon. After they fought and killed a rather dangerous Blue Dragon, it re-animated, became an unholy, undead version of its former self, and attacked the party again! After they defeated the beast a second time, one of the party members related some information regarding the 'Proto-Dracolich'.

A proto-dracolich comes into being when a dracolich's spirit possesses the dead remains of a large/huge reptilian creature (other than it's own corpse/undead body). A proto-dracolich has the mind and memories of its original form but the hit points and immunities of a dracolich. A proto-dracolich can neither speak nor cast spells. The proto-dracolich that attacked us had the ability to cause paralysis with its gaze and deal extra cold damage with its attacks.

A proto-dracolich will transform into a full-fledged dracolich in two to eight days. When the transformation is complete, the dracolich's form resembles that of its original body. It can now speak, cast spells, and employ the breath weapon it originally had, in addition to gaining all the abilities of a dracolich. A dracolich typically keeps a few "spare" bodies of a suitable size near the hiding place of its phylactery, so that if its current form is destroyed, it can possess and transform a new body within a few days.

Dragon: The party did some research on dragons prior to one of their adventures. Skif spent a lot of time researching the subject in libraries of Whillip. According to Skif's research, the meanest, baddest, most powerful of dragons in the Realms are something called True Dragons; of which there are two types - Chromatic and Metallic. The chromatic (colored) dragons are evil, and the metallic dragons are good. This of course is a broad generalization, and there are always exceptions to the rule.

All dragons (in the Realms) are winged, reptilian creatures of ancient lineage. They are known and feared for their size, physical prowess, and magical abilities. The oldest dragons are among the most powerful creatures in Toril. These creatures, whether good or evil, are extremely fierce and highly respected by the wise. All True Dragons gain more abilities and greater power as they age. Dragons range in size from several feet when hatched to more than 100 feet when they attain ages in excess of 1000 years! Some varieties are larger than others, and they grow at various rates.

These fearsome predators have been known to scavenge at times, and they'll eat almost anything when hungry. A dragon's metabolism operates like some arcane furnace, capable of ingesting and digesting nearly any material, including inorganic materials. In fact, some dragons have acquired a taste for the metal of armor clad fighters.

Highly intelligent creatures, their motivations vary as widely as those of men and their kin. There is however one thing that unites all dragons, good and evil alike. These creatures are covetous in the extreme. Highly territorial, they love to dominate, collect and hoard treasures. Most keep large caches of material wealth. A mound of coins, gems, jewels, pieces of artwork and always, magical items. It is for these large collections that some misguided individuals quest. The dragons bed, his hoard, the treasure is always guarded, difficult to find, and never far from it's owners grasp.

In combat dragons wield a large inventory of tactics and weapons. The bite is fearsome, combined with claw attacks, most prey fall to these basic instruments. The wings of a dragon not only provide lift to lofty heights, they are sometimes used to attack airborne or land based foes. A dragon's tail slap can be a surprise to even the stoutest warrior. It can be used to bludgeon opponents or knock them off their feat. Some dragons are capable of crushing opponents with their entire body. Grapple attacks are sometimes used as a precursor to the most deadly attack of all - The Dragon's breath weapon. Varying in accordance with the color or tint of the dragons hide. All dragons wield a deadly breath weapon capable of reducing all but the mightiest foe to nothing more than memories.

Beyond the physical tools of destruction, dragons are often equipped with a series of mystical, magical and extraordinary abilities. There presence alone is capable of freezing people and animals in their tracks. Spell casting and spell like abilities are also known to these great beasts. All dragons cast arcane spells, and some have access to divine magics. As dragons age they acquire resistance (damage reduction) to physical blows and their physical blows acquire the damaging potential of magical weapons. All dragons are immune to sleep and paralysis, while some have immunities to other attack forms. Creatures imbued with magical power are often resistant to magic and dragons are no exception. As they grow older, their resistance to spells and spell-like abilities increase. Keen senses, skills, and feats round out the dragons vast array of offensive and defensive tools.

Anyone seriously considering a dragon as foe, or targeting the dragons hoard had best be mighty indeed. Might alone will not suffice. Knowledge may be your best defense, so take to the books before you lift the sword. Beware this mighty beast, lest you become a morsel to its feast.

Dragon, Blue: Thanks to some research conducted by Skif, the party knows quite a bit about Blue Dragons. The blue dragon is a dragon of the earth, and it's powers are grounded there. Often found in desert or arid environs, these evil dragons are blue in hue, as their name implies. The creature has dramatic frilled ears and a single large horn emerging from its snout. An earthy odor of ozone lingers around the blue dragons, and its azure tinted scales glitter in the sun.

These scales vary in color from iridescent azure, to deep indigo. Blowing sand and the elements polish the scales as the dragon ages, and the eldest dragons may blind opponents with the reflections of sunlight off their armored hide. As the dragon ages, its scales increase in size, thickness and hardness. As one approaches the beast, the faint crackling hum of electricity can be heard. This noise increases in intensity when the dragon beats its wings or rubs them against its body. When agitated, an increasingly strong odor of ozone is emitted along with the build up of static electricity.

Blue dragons are vain and territorial. Well adapted at digging, blue dragons sometimes excavate their lairs in the earth. Constructing intricate maze-like labyrinths to trap the unwary. They have also been known to cover themselves with sand or earth in order to ambush prey. Their lairs are also home to their hoards, which often contain large quantities of gems - especially sapphires, as the dragon is fond of its hue.

While the blue dragon lairs beneath the earth, they are also fond of flying, and are often found soaring about on the rising tide of heated mid-day currents. While most of the dragons hide is blue, the belly is often a different shade. One that blends well with the sky above. This makes both the ground beneath your feet and the sky above a potential vector for attack. Stay wary in the territory of a blue dragon.

While blue dragons prefer herd animals (such as camels or cattle) as their primary source of food, they have been known to dine on snakes, lizards and even desert plants to sate their hunger.

In combat, blue dragons attack from above, or erupt from beneath the earth to surprise their opponents. Older dragons use magical powers (hallucinatory terrain) in concert with well honed tactics to mask terrain and improve their odds. Being vain, this dragon will only run from a fight when they are severely damaged.

Aside from physical forms of attack, blue dragons have a deadly breath weapon. A line of lightning up to 100' long can devastate opponents that aren't agile enough to evade its reach. Blue dragons despise water and often use they power to destroy water or potions containing water. Excellent mimics, blue dragons can expertly duplicate any sound or voice that it has heard. Combined this mimicry with ventriloquism and the blue dragon is well equipped to lure prey into a deadly trap. The voice of a small boy trapped in a well may in fact be a ruse to lure lonely shepherds to their death.

Don't forget that blue dragons are also adept at arcane spell casting. An arsenal of many skills, abilities and feats make the blue dragon a formidable foe. Don't deceive yourself into thinking you can reason with this intelligent beast. It's a creature of evil. Intent only on its own hidden agenda, caring not for the petty concerns of humans and their kin.

Dragon, Blue, Undead: An undead variant of the normal 'Blue Dragon' Our party fought this monstrosity after killing a 'non-undead' version. The Dragon's corpse was animated by the power of a nearby 'Dracolich'. After slaying the living version, our party was horrified to see the hide peel back, decompose, and fall away. Left behind was an animate skeletal Dragon with glowing red eyes - Now undead, the unholy creature attacked us again. In addition to all the deadly capabilities of your standard Blue Dragon, this undead variety is also immune to many additional attack forms and spells.

Dragon, Green: The party doesn't know much about Green Dragons. Someone mentioned one once. Some farmers made note of a Green Dragon while the party was eating dinner in Orlane. Supposedly they fly, live near swamps, and eat cattle! They must be pretty big.

The party learned a bit more about one particular Green Dragon named "Foilsunder". Ramne told Ashedyn that he'd met the Dragon, and that Foilsunder has plans for ruling the area around Orlane, but there are some Giant Eagles that keep interfering with its plans.

Dragon, Red: The party doesn't know much about Red Dragons. The ghost of a long dead warrior regaled the party with a tale of woe involving a Red Dragon. Winged and vicious, the creature was over 100 feet long, and breathed great gouts of flame. Apparently, this Dragon, like others of it's kind, keeps a great hoard of treasure.

Dragon, Song: Instilling fear in nearly everything it passes, the Song Dragon is a medium sized flying reptile - a rare and mysterious race of Dragons that prefer life among humanity to the company of other Dragons. They can freely take on the form of a Human woman, and in this guise they live among humankind, revealing their true nature only in times of personal peril or great crisis.

In their natural form, Song Dragons are slim and splendid Dragons with iridescent silver-blue scales. In Human form they appear to be attractive women of 20 to 30 years in age. Lightning fast reflexes and an electrical breath weapon make these Dragons a fierce combatant. Luckily, they're not evil.

Dragonfly, giant: Physically identical to their smaller relatives, these Dragonflies are medium sized, and come with a much higher intelligence. Capable of wielding weapons, they travel alone or in small groups to act as advance scouts for large hives of giant insects.

Dragonkin: Humanoid creatures believed to be distant cousins to dragons. Standing 8 - 9 feet tall, these humanoids have dragon-like features. Scaled hides in a wide range of earthen hues. Occasionally accentuated with spots or bands. Their heads are decidedly draconic; with a elongated snout, thick leathery hair, small horns and a hornlike ridge running down the back of the neck. If they don't match their body coloration, the wings will be green, yellow or golden in color. Although they have long scaled tails, they can not use them to grasp objects or damage opponents. Their claws on the other hand - That's an entirely different matter.

Dragonkin are an intelligent race of creatures who band together in societal groups for survival and companionship. While some groups take up residence high among the craggy peaks of desolate mountains, others enlist themselves in the rolls of various dragon cults, evil wizards and giant overlords. They are known to take up training in the various professions of intelligent humanoids, and they take naturally to the barbarian class.

Our adventurers encountered a group of draconic speaking Dragonkin on their way to wage war in the North of these realms.

Duergar of Firestorm Peak: Normal Duergar are player character races, and as such, their appearance here is a bit out of the ordinary. That's because these are no ordinary Duergar. Duergar are a deep dwelling variety of Dwarve, and this particular strain is a bit different from the standard Duergar. They have darkvision 120', they have spell-like abilities which allow them to enlarge or reduce themselves, they can meld into stone, and they can become invisible. Like several underground dwellers, they are sensitive to bright light. They are good at listening, spotting things and moving silently. They are immune to poison and phantasm spells. Their skin is grayish blue which gives them an uncanny ability to blend into their stone surroundings.

As defenders, they are well trained and disciplined. They fight in military formations, employ devious tactics, reach weapons and invisible caltrops coated with poison. They're obviously quite intelligent, and make good use of battle formations and fortifications.

There are two groups of Duergar in this area of the realms (in the Nether Mountains region). Both hail from within Firestorm Peak. One group lives within the mountain. They have been misled, led, and corrupted by an evil, dangerous, corruption for the last 640 years. The party has engaged in several battles with this group of Duergar, and it is generally assumed/accepted that they are opposed to the goals of our adventurers. The other group of Duergar are exiles. Refugees from the within Firestorm Peak. This group of Duergar originally left their home within Firestorm Peak 640 years ago, and formed a community within the ruins of a Dwarven surface community. Calling the place 640, (The name changes each year - perpetually marking the number of years that they have been exiled from their ancestral home) these Duergar, their offspring, and more recent refugees, are opposed to those forces which control the Duergar within Firestorm Peak. They work towards a goal of eventual reunification with the Duergar dwelling within the mountain. They work towards the overthrow and destruction of those corrupt, evil, and alien forces within their mountain home. The party has favorable relations with this group of Duergar. Despite the fact that they are evil in alignment.

Eagle, Giant : A huge bird, with a wingspan of 20', these creatures are enchanted beasts. They are not ordinary birds grown large. Protectors of the land, adversaries of Evil, and stalwart allies to good aligned Rangers and Druids. These highly intelligent birds can communicate in the spoken common tongue, or through a form of telepathy.

Earth Elemental: Like a walking mound of dirt, this creature plods nearer on two featureless legs of rock and earth, its clublike arms of jagged stone swinging at its sides, and its featureless head staring blankly in your direction. A monstrous mound of earth, seemingly alive - animated by an unearthly life force. These creatures are partially resistant to physical attacks.

Elder Elves: While Elves are player character races, and as such - they wouldn't normally appear in this monster listing, this case is a bit special. No one can play an Elder Elve, because they no longer exist. An ancient sub-race of Elves known for their expertise in magic, especially summoning magic. Decimated in a battle near Fire Storm Peak which resulted in the Charnel Bog in the area. Believed to have originally created the Fire Storm Peak Gates and caves beyond it.

Ephemeral Swarm: A ghostly collection of tiny creatures (in one encounter - they were rats) that suffered a common death. Having suffered a violent death, they linger on as a vengeful ephemeral swarm. This undead swarm is composed of the psychic agony and anguish of the swarm. A ghostly, hovering swarm of rotting and decayed rats, the swarm floats silently and eerily along the ground, creeping ever closer in its macabre procession of pain and suffering.

Ettin: A hulking giant with two heads. Each head has a porcine face, a shovel like jaw, and protruding lower canines like a boar's tusks. The rest of its teeth are large and rotten. It's stringy hair is filthy, just like the rest of the creature. These hulking monsters are vicious hunters that stalk the night. Though they aren't very intelligent, the are cunning fighters.

Feldrake: Small, wingless Dragons that trace their origins back to the Mother of all Dragons (Bahamut). After helping a group of powerful wizards turn back a demonic invasion, Bahamut created the Feldrake to guard the Elves against future incursions. All Feldrake have the blood of Bahamut in their veins and are fierce, loyal, and good at heart. These impulsive attackers are aggressive combatants who seek to close with opponents immediately. Varied in shape and size (small to medium), these lizards are distinguished by the presence of many noticeable horns and the lack of wings. These minor dragons are immune to sleep and paralysis.

Fhorge: The party read about this monster in a Bestiary - Their knowledge is limited to the following information: This large animal is a cousin to the dire boar that lives on the Outlands plane. It is tougher, meaner, and deadlier than its cousin on the Prime Material plane. It stands five feet tall at its shoulder. Its mouth, lined with razor sharp teeth and a set of four tusks, is large enough to engulf a human. When fighting, it simply grabs a victim with its mouth and shakes the prey until it is dead. Unlike many other creatures that fall unconscious when they have taken enough damage, a Fhorge will continue to fight at full effectiveness until it literally drops dead.

Firbolg: Encountered one evening, while the party was encamped near a travelers route. Firbolg are a type of giant-kin. Reclusive creatures that typically avoid contact with other humanoids (as most assume them to be violent ogres, or giant-kin with an evil bent) and even other giants. Unlike some of the more brutish giant-kin, Firbolg do not depend heavily on raiding for subsistence, nor do they rely solely on violence to resolve conflict.

Firbolg appear to be ten foot tall humans, weighing in at close to a thousand pounds. Their skin ranges in tone from black to a fleshy pink (just as Humans). Their hair color varies as well. With blond and red being common. Firbolg of both gender wear their hair long. Males typically sport great, thick, beards and dress in rugged huntsman or herdsman clothing.

Adept at throwing rocks, they also wield great weapons with proficiency and great skill. These giant-kin are often accompanied by animal companions (in the case of this encounter, the Firbolg was accompanied by a great dire bear). The one encountered in the party's travels spoke common, and presumably Giant.

Fire Elemental: This creatures seems to be a living accumulation of flames. Its body is a constantly shifting mass of crimson flame, held together by eldritch wizardry. Bright white spots form features suggestive of eyes and a mouth. This swift, agile creature hails from the plane of fire, and rarely venture forth - Unless summoned. With their inherently combustible nature, Fire elementals are one creature you'd best avoid.

Firetoad: A large red toad about 4' high, and covered with warty purple excrescences, this beast shuns water and inhabits dry regions above and below ground. They retreat when attacked with water, but retaliate when they do so. Capable of breathing fireballs, this form of attack is the only viable attack that a Firetoad has. As the Firetoad weakens the fireball's strength weakens. This creature rarely attacks unless threatened, molested, or defending it treasure.

Flind: A race of doglike creatures. This humanoid is slightly larger than a human and a little broader. It has short, dirty, brown and red fur covering its hyena-like head. These powerful and merciless relatives of the Gnolls are often found in Gnoll bands as leaders or elite hunters. While Gnolls admire and respect them, Flind have no great love for their lesser cousins. Clever tacticians, Flinds use their superior intellect to great advantage in combat.

Formian Winged Warriors: The party knows very little about these man sized flying insects. Having spotted them from afar, no one knew what they were. All they have is a description and the circumstances of their encounter.

Frostman: A humanoid creature that looks just like any Human. These creatures live in arctic wastelands, avoiding warmer climates, their bodies radiate a chilling fog-like mist that obscures the area surrounding them out to 30 feet or so. They dress in furs and hides, carry hand weapons and despise warm-blooded creatures. Aside from any weapons he might be carrying, a Frostman is also capable of projecting a cone of freezing frost from one of his eye sockets (which is usually covered with a patch). Typically found alone, Frostmen are sometimes found leading creatures of the north.

Galeb Duhr: One of the oddest creatures an adventurer can encounter, but they are seldom dangerous. Creatures that live in the mountains, and seldom if ever, venture onto other terrain. To all appearances, a Galeb Duhr is a living boulder with two dark brooding eyes, a mouth, and rough-hewn appendages that serve as hands and feet. When perfectly still, a Galeb Duhr is nearly indistinguishable from the surrounding stone.

Galltrit: The party knows very little about these grey imp-like gremlins. Having spotted them from afar, no one knew what they were. All they have is a description and the circumstances of their encounter.

Gambado: A very odd creature. These extraordinary-looking creatures are man-sized, with a powerful human torso and two arms ending in very sharp claws. The creatures body is muscle and skin with no bones. Light gray in color, smooth, and putty-like, The creature has no legs. Instead it's body tapers to a corkscrew shaped foot which acts like a spring in order to move the creature from place to place. The creature has no head of its own, but mounts the skull of a previous victim on its short stalk like neck.

This odd looking creature lives in a pit. Approximately 5 feet deep, the creature surrounds the opening of the pit with detritus, earth and gravel in order to disguise the existence of the pit. The Gambado then lies in wait with its foot coiled tightly, ready to launch itself towards any approaching prey. The Gambado allows its 'Skull' to be visible above the pit, enticing victims to investigate this sight.

The creature moves about by bouncing on it's foot. Capable of leaping great distances, this creature can surprise prey by leaping great distances.

Gargoyle: This creature looks like a statue made of stone. A grotesque mockery of a human being; with horned head, stony hide, large bat like wings and a tail. Standing completely still it's nearly impossible to tell that this creature harbors a malevolence that burns as brightly as the fires of hell reflected in its eyes. These tricksters tried to solicit the parties help. As soon as the party helped them, they turned and attacked, seeking to feast upon the flesh of our fond adventurers.

Ghoul: A foul humanoid creature. With mottled, decaying flesh drawn tight across clearly visible bones. Mostly hairless, with a carnivore's sharp teeth. Its eyes burn like hot coals sunken sockets. Feeding on the flesh of the living, Ghouls are often found in the vicinity of graveyards.

The Ghoul's filthy bite or claw attack can cause instant paralysis. The bite can even infect victims with a disease which transforms the afflicted into a Ghoul.

Giant, Dusk: This creature stands approximately nine feet high and seems to be something of an evolved Troll or bestial giant. Its arms hang low, ending in vicious talons. Its jaw is slightly distended and filled with jagged teeth. The flesh is dun colored, rough and cracked. The monster's eyes gleam with signs of malicious intent and calculating intelligence. Dusk Giants are predatory cousins of true giants, almost as closely related to Trolls as they are to frost or fire giants. Said to cannibalize the strengths of their opponents, superstitious tribesmen sometimes worship these predatory creatures. Capable of casting a small repertoire of spells, they bring misery and twilight to the places where they stalk.

Giant, Firbolg: Encountered one evening, while the party was encamped near a travelers route. Firbolg are a type of giant-kin. Reclusive creatures that typically avoid contact with other humanoids (as most assume them to be violent ogres, or giant-kin with an evil bent) and even other giants. Unlike some of the more brutish giant-kin, Firbolg do not depend heavily on raiding for subsistence, nor do they rely solely on violence to resolve conflict.

Giant, Frost: The party knows virtually nothing of these giants. They learned about them from guards outside the gates to Silverymoon (13 Sep 1003). Apparently they were engaged in a war with a group of Dragonkin when the party first learned of them. From the name, one can assume that they live in cold climates. Given the fact that the party had recently encountered a group of domesticated Tlalusk in the area, one might conclude that they're tall enough to use Tlalusk as mounts. Now that's a giant!

Giant, Stone: These large giants are known to inhabit hilly and mountainous regions. Stone giants prefer thick leather garments, dyed in shades of brown and gray to match the stone around them. Stone giants can live to be 800 years old. Neutral in alignment, they fight from a distance whenever possible, but if they can’t avoid melee, they use gigantic clubs chiseled out of stone or fashioned from sturdy tree trunks. A favorite tactic of stone giants is to stand nearly motionless, blending in with the background, then move forward to throw rocks and surprise their foes. Stone Giants are especially adept at throwing and even catching rocks.

Giant, Storm: These giants resembles Humans of enormous proportions (Over 20 feet tall). They have light green skin, dark green hair, and glittering emerald colored eyes. The giants encountered outside Teziir seemed gentle and non-violent. Keeping watch over a group of refugees, their mere presence has cowed most of the rabble to make them somewhat docile. These particular giants (a mated pair - Borazon and Barillon) live in the Dragonmere - Yes they live in the lake. They come up out of the sea on occasion in order to barter and trade with Human settlements. Storm Giants are known to be spell casters, both naturally and trained. They have freedom of movement naturally, and the ability to breath underwater.

Giant, Rot: The party knows very little about this creature. They spotted it, didn't recognize it, and avoided it - in that order.

Gibbering Mouther: Another one of the twisted aberrations encountered by our brave party of adventurers. This particular creature hails from the Far Realm. Brought into this world through a vast gate, this is just another example of the tainted life forms leaching through that corrupt portal. If Madreus' plan is taken to fruition, we may find our realms swimming with creatures the likes of this abomination. This unwholesome creature has a body with the form and fluidity of a amoeba. Its surface has the color, but not the consistency of human flesh. Countless eyes and toothy maws constantly form and disappear all over the creature, often retreating into its body even as they become apparent. They often cover themselves with dirt in order to disguise their presence.

Gibberling: Gibberling's are carnivorous humanoids with an ape-like appearance. Short creatures covered with coarse hair, these creatures travel in large groups (Hordes). Intelligent enough to carry weapons, these beasts attack in great numbers, attempting to overwhelm their opponents. When they attack they emit a cacophonic gibbering which can unnerve even the strongest willed adventurer. They despise daylight and bright light, traveling at night.They live underground, in barren lands, and in forests.

Gibberling, Brood: This ape-like humanoid is pale, deformed and twisted. Possessing a jabbering, slavering maw of sharp teeth and a filthy black mane, it's eyes stare directly into yours with a malignant cunning and a wicked grin spreads across its features. Insane mutters and whispers escape from its throat. The unnerving gibbering is nothing compared to the disturbing way that the creature's flesh moves, as if small things were scurrying just beneath its skin.

These, brood gibberlings gibber, jabber, scream, howl and chitter - just like normal gibberlings. The truth is, they aren't 'normal' gibberling. They are the unholy remnants of unfortunate humanoids who have been altered by insane agencies not of this world; they are the progeny of gibberslug. Small creatures called gibberslug, writhe and move beneath a brood gibberling's skin. It is with these creatures that brood gibberling are able to proliferate their race.

Brood gibberlings usually let their clan of 'normal' gibberling rush opponents and grapple opponents, making it easier for the brood gibberling to deliver its bite attack in an attempt to 'convert' the subject into one of its own. On a successful bit attack, the subject may become implanted with a gibberslug. Failing a direct injection, a brood gibberling can spit a gibberslug at an opponent up to 15 feet away.

A brood gibberling can mentally control any other gibberling it has personally created (see gibberslug for more info on the 'conversion' process). This bypasses the gibberling's normal immunity to control or influence. Gibberling never attack the brood gibberling that gave them life. The brood gibberling not only despises light, it actually suffers detrimental effects from contact with sunlight (or the daylight spell).

Gibberslug: Gibberslug are an alien race of creatures that inhabit the bodies of host creatures. Thousands of gibberling have been converted into hosts by these bizarre and alien creatures. They writhe and wriggle beneath the skin of their host creature. When seen in the open, gibberslug resemble bloated leaches, the color of newborn mice, with a round, tooth-filled maw. These creatures are injected directly into the bodies of hosts by the bite of an infected creature, or through contact after being spit at a host.

Once the gibberslug has been introduced into the body of a potential host (by failing a fortitude save), it bores its way to the victim's brain, dealing damage each round. After a short amount of time, the gibberslug reaches the gray matter, and melds itself to the victim's brain stem. Applying fire to the entry wound of a gibberslug, or ingesting darkscape fungus before the gibberslug reaches the brain will kill the creature instantly. After a gibberslug reaches the brain, the victim falls unconscious, and begins to suffer nightmares of ghoulish intensity as the gibberslug begins to digest the host's brain, and then his body from the inside. Once the gibberslug has attached itself to the host's brainstem, it begins producing additional gibberslug, which the host (now a brood gibberling) will inject or spit at new victims. At this point, only a properly worded wish spell can save the victim.

After a sufficient incubation period (possibly lasting years), the brood gibberling collapses and undergoes a gruesome transformation. After 5-24 hours, a fully formed gibberling emerges from the husk of skin left behind by the victim. The new gibberling possess no memory of its former life. Despite the lack of any memories, the new gibberling bears an eerie semblance to that of the former host.

Githyanki: The party knows very little about these creatures. Referred to as the 'Gith' by a Leprechaun, the party only knows that they are a race of creatures who reside upon the Astral plane.

Gnoll: This humanoid is slightly taller than a Human. It has gray skin, a furry body and a head like a hyena's, with a reddish-gray mane. Gnoll's are hyena-headed evil humanoids that wander loose in tribes. Gnoll's prefer intelligent creatures as food because they scream more. They tend to think with their stomachs, and fight for food whenever they're given the opportunity.

Goblin: A scourge upon the Oerth. This foul race of beings is known for its evil disposition. Flat faced humanoids with broad noses and pointed ears; Goblins have wide mouths full of sharp fangs. With various eye, hair and skin colors, Goblins constitute a varied tribe of evil creatures. Usually attacking in numbers, these creatures make good tacticians and experts at ambush. Small and relatively weak, their numbers and tactics can sometimes leave more experienced opponents in retreat.

Golem, Cadaver: This golem has a humanoid form, but it's far larger than any single Human. It moves forward, shambling in a uncoordinated manner. Smelling faintly of decay, the body appears to be stitched together from the remains of sever bodies. In its eyes burns a malevolent intelligence, something that regards the land of the living with a sense of disdain, a marked disgust for those who enjoy the warmth of life.

Golem, Clay: This automaton has been sculpted from soft clay. It's about 18 inches taller than a normal human, and its features are grossly distorted from the human norm. Its chest is overly large, with arms attached by thick knots of muscle at the shoulder, hanging down to its knees, and ending in short stubby fingers. It has no neck, and the large head has broad, flat features. Its legs are short and bowed, ending in wide, flat feet. It smells faintly of clay.

Golem, Flesh: Magically created automatons of great power. The construction of one involves mighty magic and elemental forces. Standing a head and a half taller than most humans, and weighing 350 pounds. It is made from a ghoulish collection of stolen human body parts, stitched together to form a single composite human body. Its skin is the sickly green or yellow of freshly dug earth and dead flesh. It wears whatever its creator desires. It has no possessions, and no weapons. The Golem cannot speak, although it can utter guttural sounds. It walks and moves with a stiff jointed gait, as if it is not in complete control over its body parts. Golems are created to serve their master. Flesh Golem's are extremely strong, and can only be damaged by magic weapons.

Golem, Flint: A magically enchanted construct. The party hasn't actually fought any of these Golem's, but they've encountered two of them. Standing seven feet tall, and constructed out of a shiny black stone. These Flint Golem's are usually armed with some sort of two-handed weapon. With emerald green gems as eyes, one can imagine an evil sentience driving the life force behind these guardians. An intense hatred for the living, and a eagerness to do combat fills the Golem with an other-worldly purpose.

As one could imagine, striking these constructs with a metal weapon creates a shower of sparks. Considering the fact that the party encountered them near vats of super-heated highly combustible oil, getting into it with such a Golem would probably be very unwise. The party managed to dispose of one in a pit of boiling oil, and they bypassed the trap that would have forced them to fight another.

Golem, Iron: A magically enchanted construct. resembling a giant completely covered in armor, this metallic automaton is a deadly opponent. Capable of withstanding more damage than an entire battalion, this mighty construct dishes out gigantic proportions of damage with it's slam attacks. Aside from the crushing physical blows of it's fists, this guardian is also capable of expelling a cloud of poisonous gas on occasion. As heavy as a mountain, the ground trembles as this mobile wrecking ball ambles about in search of opponents. With limited capacity to adapt to changing situations, this monstrous behemoth is only as dangerous as it's limited programming.

Golem, Stone: A magically enchanted construct. This automaton has been cut from solid stone, apparently made out of some sort of black granite. Standing nearly twenty feet tall, and weighing more than 32,000 pounds, this colossus is easily four times larger than any normal Human. Resembling a roughly chiseled statue of a soldier, these guardians were equipped with massive stone swords.

Golem, Thayan: A magically enchanted construct. A deadly archer and powerful guardian. Standing on a six foot tall frame, the Thayan golem is carved from dark Thayan oak. Shaped like a man-at-arms wearing a steel cap and breastplate, this construct weighs in at a hefty 400 pounds. One of the golem's arms ends in a built-in longbow. Equipped with quivers full of special arrows (the one our adventurers fought had lighting arrows), this highly skilled archer is a deadly opponent capable of holding off a horde of opponents, and inflicting devastating damage with it's deadly accurate attacks.

Gorgon: A large magical beast covered in dusky metallic scales. The Gorgon looks like a Bull on steroids! With silver horns and a penchant to charge anything that moves, this creature isn't big on conversation. Gorgons have a breath weapon which petrifies opponents.

Gravorg: The party read about this monster in a Bestiary - Their knowledge is limited to the following information: This 10-foot long, four legged subterranean magical beast looks somewhat like a white/gray/black sloth. It uses its ability to manipulate gravity to repeatedly bounce prey between floors and ceilings until they appear to be unconscious before coming out of hiding.

Green Slime: At first, this "creature" appeared to be just a bright green growth of some kind, like a patch of mold or algae. We didn't think it was all that dangerous, until it ate the spear we poked it with. One of our group recognized it as a malignant ooze, capable of converting flesh into slime. We used fire to kill it, although cold would have worked as well.

Greenspawn Leaper: The party encountered these creatures while they traveled through a heavily forested valley. Attacking from above, these monsters (about the size of a large dog or leopard) were looking for a meal when they tempted fate by attacking our party of adventurers. Resembling fiendish looking lizards, the creatures have a vaguely dragon like appearance. With web like membranes between their limbs, they cannot achieve true flight, but they do leap and glide amongst the trees of this forest. These green predators are stealthy predators. Capable of spraying potential prey with a cloud of poisonous vapors, the gas converts to an acid upon contact with skin.

Greenspawn Razorfiend: The party encountered this creature while they traveled through a heavily forested valley. Attacking from a river, this monsters (about the size of a large elk) was hunting its next meal when it attacked the party. Resembling fiendish looking lizards, this creature has a dragon like appearance. Leaping from the water, slashing with razor-tipped, clawed wings, this creature prove less menacing than the party expected. The creature has a frill on its forehead, which extends down its back and along its tail. The color suggests that a green dragon was somehow involved in its lineage.

Sometimes called "harrowblades" by wood elves and other forest denizens, greenspawn razorfiends are voracious predators of woodlands and swamps. Due to their modified wings they lack the ability to fly, but they can jump a surprising distance. Capable of breathing a cone of acid, these creatures are cunning hunters, fond of hit-and-run tactics.

This particular razorfiend was responsible for menacing and preying upon a tribe of Kuo-Toa for many generations. Our party slew the beast and presented its head as a trophy to the tribe terrorized by the beast.

Green Warder: The party read about this monster in a Bestiary - Their knowledge is limited to the following information: These guardians of Elven forests are medium sized plants that can create confusion in opponents or put them to sleep. They set alarms in their forest to alert themselves when intruders are prowling around.

Grimlock: Powerfully-built humanoids. These warlike subterranean creatures emerge from their deep caverns at night to search for unlucky humans to add to their larders. Grimlock have thick, scaly, gray skin and long, black, filthy hair. Their teeth are white and extremely sharp. Their eyes are blank white orbs. Grimlock are totally blind, but have highly developed senses of smell and hearing.

Grub, cranial: A strange worm like creature. These white grubs are blind, tiny, and seemingly defenseless, but they can be used to control the mind of a host. Implanted in the ear, this creature attaches itself to the hosts nervous system, tapping into the very center of the brain. Once imbedded, the creature acts as a mind control conduit or mechanism of some sort. While implanted, the grub can cause the victim to commit all sorts of heinous acts. The victim has no recollection of the actions it is caused to perform. Outwardly, there is no way to determine whether a person has such a grub implanted in their skull. Only very close examination or some sort of magical detection can provide the means to detect this infestation. The grubs can be removed surgically, but the procedure is a very delicate operation, and it carries great risk. The party has also discovered that a 'remove disease' spell will kill the parasite without harming the host.

Where do these creatures come from? What would they become if left to mature? How is it that an Elven Supremacist group known as C.O.E.P.A.S. is able to make use of them?

Guardian, Stone: A statue like golem, this bruiser makes an excellent guardian, deterring those who seek easy access to off-limits areas. Created to crush skulls, these guardians are heavy on brawn, immune to mind influencing/affecting spells, and resistant to most normal weapons. Man sized and made of stone, these monsters are single minded automatons designed to carry out explicit instructions.

Guulvorg: The mouth of this gigantic black wolf contains immense scythe like fangs that protrude above and below the creatures snout when closed. Bony protrusions erupt along the length of it's body - From the spine, the skull, along the ribs, and down the tail, which ends in a large club-like bony structure. It's eyes burn with a malevolent red glow. This intelligent beast (capable of speaking Goblin) is a magically created creature. Transformed from Dire Wolves, Goblin transmuters with ambitious plans created these creatures as battle mounts. Unfortunately, some are stronger than their masters or training. They sometimes go rogue and slaughter those who try to domesticate the monstrous beast. Now breeding true, the Guulvorg have become something best avoided by all civilized people.

The party fought a Guulvorg on the 13th of Mavis, 1004. The Guulvorg that the party fought was accompanied by its master; a spellcasting Goblin capable of paralyzing and blinding party members, reducing damage (from missile weapons), and going invisible to escape damage. This wizard/shaman communicated with the Guulvorg using the Goblin tongue. The Guulvorg was extremely resilient; resisting fire, immune to cold, smashing opponents with its tail, and apparently capable of regeneration. Unfortunately, the Guulvorg and its master managed to kill Gregor, nearly killed Belt, and then retreated. The party may have to deal with these two opponents again.

On the 17th of Mavis, 1004, the party received some news regarding the Guulvorg and its Goblin master. According to a Goblin (guarding a group of Goblins traveling in the region around Teziir) guard indicated that they had received news from the guards around Teziir. According to the Goblin, the guards told them that Teziir guards have killed the Guulvorg. These guards also indicated that the Goblin Shaman was not killed.

Is the Guulvorg truly dead? Is the regenerating beast actually dead? Only time will tell.

Harpy: We heard this creature before we saw it. Its sweet sounding song had a strong charming effect. Its appearance, however, was a stark contrast to its melodic voice. It looked like an ugly, naked old hag. It was covered in filth, and there was blood matted into its tangled hair. A pair of leathery wings allowed it to fly as it tried to club us with a large bone. A group of these flying fiends attack the party while they were flying (in a flying ship) back to Whillip from an adventure. Accompanied by a highly skilled Harpy archer, the group of Harpies managed to lure many of the ships crew members to step over the side and plummet to their deaths two thousand feet below.

Hell-hound: Medium sized evil outsiders. These creatures resemble big, powerfully built dogs with short, rust-red fur; its markings, teeth, and tongue are sooty black. It has red, glowing eyes. Hell-hounds are aggressive, fire breathing canines from the plane of Acheron. Specimens are frequently brought to the Material Plane to serve evil beings, and many have established indigenous breeding populations.

Hippogriff: A beast with the torso and hindquarters of a horse. This creature has the forelegs, wings and head of a giant eagle. While hippogriff aren't highly intelligent, they're smart enough to follow simple commands, and they make excellent flying mounts. Typically 9 feet long, with a 20 foot wingspan, these creatures weigh in around 1000 pounds, but they can carry (flying) up to 900 pounds.

Hobgoblin: This burly humanoid stands about 6-1/2 feet tall. It has hairy skin, feral eyes, and flat nose and chin. Larger cousins of Goblins. Hobgoblins are far more aggressive and organized than their smaller relatives. A race of military strategists with a mean streak. Hobgoblins often make war on other humanoids and act as mercenaries in the wars of others.

Hopping Pink Oinker: A strange looking beast, hopping and squealing, it lopped onto the field like some strange rabbit-pig mutant. A magical abomination, capable of draining away spells and charged items, a dangerous foe indeed; especially for a party that's heavily dependent on magic.

Immune to normal weapons, and unaffected by everything but magical damage, these beasts grow as they take damage. After taking more damage than their bizarre life can endure, they explode in a shower of shredded flesh and gore. After finally defeating one of the beasts, the party was dismayed to find that absorbing magical damage causes these creatures to reproduce; instantly generating a new Oinker hungry for more magic.

Attracted to the 'Smell' of magic. These creatures seek out magic in order to eat the charges and spells associated with any magic wielding sources. Although these creatures aren't heavily armored, or extremely resilient, their tendency to explode, and eat magic makes them a dangerous opponent.

The party has discovered that these creatures despise any form of anti-magic. They will avoid dead zones, and retreat from anyone/thing wielding an anti-magic device/ability.

Hulk, Kaortic: An armored, horrible bulk, this creature is a mass of resinous armor, organically ribbed and fluted. The creature has a slick and disturbingly obscene character. It's overall shape, while huge, is like a four-legged predatory beast. Each of it's limbs ended with large paws, equipped with scimitar like claws. It's maw was crowded with twisted, wicked and insanely sharp teeth. The creature had no eyes or ears, but seemed to know precisely where everyone was. It even seemed to 'see' Grenco with no difficulty, despite his invisibility. Absolutely quite, it vanished into thin air when the party wasn't looking.

Hybsil: Woodland nomads devoted to deities of nature, their families, and acts of bravery. They look like three foot tall centaurs with the bodies of antelope instead of horses. They live in tribes of 20 to 80 individuals and hunt across wide ranges of territory, often quite distant from their camps in order to keep enemies away from their families. Males have large forking antlers that molt in the winter and grow back in the spring. Female Hybsil have permanent, smaller, slightly spiraled antlers without branches. Due to their diminutive nature, these creatures usually carry bow and arrow with quills dipped in various poisons (to which they are immune). They cast a short list of spells, can see invisible opponents, and skilled as scouts.

Ice Toad: A large froglike creature, the size of a horse - or larger! It's skin is a dead white color, with warty lumps of pale blue, and a mouth filled with many small sharp teeth. Although they're more intelligent than mere animals, they are still too dim for complicated tactics. They attack just about anything, and fight brutally. Like all toads, they attack with their tongues, using them to drag prey into their mouths.

Capable of grappling and grasping prey with their great tongues. Large and powerful, unwary opponents (of man size) can easily be swallowed if grappled by the beasts great tongue. Digestive acids quickly go to work on any unwilling meal, and it doesn't take long before most meals are liquefied. In addition to the might blows of it's great tongue. The ice toad also numbs it's opponents by emitting a harmful field of deadly numbing cold. This field of fierce cold is capable of killing normal creatures out to 10 feet away.

Imp, Bog: A small humanoid creature rises from the stagnant waters of the swamp. Naked save for the moss and leaves that cling to its splotchy green skin, it has spindly, pointed ears. Its eyes gleam, and its grin displays broken teeth as swamp water trickles from its mouth.

Invisible Stalker: Natives to the elemental plane of Air, these creatures sometimes serve spell casters, who summon them to perform specific tasks. These creatures are powerful combatants, capable of using their own bodies as weapons. Smashing opponents with sudden, intense blasts of wind, the Invisible Stalker makes an excellent guard. Their ability to track opponents borders on the supernatural. What does an Invisible Stalker look like? Good question.

Iron Cobra: A tenacious construct capable of tracking down its victims over nearly any terrain. An Iron Cobra is typically 3 feet long and weighs about 100 pounds. It looks like a cobra made out of dozens of circular iron bands, fitted together to form a snakelike body. Stealthy and poisonous, these constructs are built by magic users to serve as treasure guards or likely assassins.

Kenku: Cloaked humanoids that cling to the shadows. Kenku have birdlike talons instead of hands or feet. Beneath the cowl of their robes, one can discern avian features—beady black eyes, a black beak, and russet-brown feathers. Kenku are a race of creatures evolved from avians, although they retain their feathers, gone are the wings and with them flight. These beings are selfish and secretive in their dealings. They rarely travel alone, instead traveling the dark corridors of cities or desolate road-ways of the countryside in flocks. They are often employed as spies, thieves or assassins. They are also known to be shrewd traders.

Killer column: A masonry monstrosity. Disguised to look like an architectural support. This creature is actually some sort of giant worm. It waits patiently disguised until some unsuspecting prey ventures near. Bending over like some giant macaroni noodle, it opens its mouth and attempts to swallow whole it's prey. The maw of this monster is big enough around to swallow anything smaller than a horse. It's mouth is lined with razor sharp teeth, and the creature is capable of crushing, mincing and swallowing it's prey in one fell swoop. This monster will definitely keep the bold adventurer on his or her toes.

Further investigation revealed one weakness. If you stand directly adjacent to the creature, it cannot reach you by bending over. The party also discovered that these creatures are capable of movement. They can detach one end of their body from a surface bend over, and then straighten out again by lifting the other end of their body. They look something like a giant slinky when they move about in this fashion. Thankfully they're relatively slow.

Kobold: A cowardly and sadistic race of short humanoids that vigorously contest Human and demi-human races for living space and food. They especially dislike gnomes and attack them on sight. Barely clearing three feet in height, Kobolds have scaly hides that range from dark, rusty brown, to a rusty black. They smell of damp dogs and stagnant water. Their eyes glow like a bright red spark, and they have two small horns ranging from tan to white. Because of the Kobolds fondness for wearing raggedy garb of red and orange, their non-prehensile rat-like tails, and their language (which sounds like dogs yapping), these fell creatures are often not taken seriously. This is often a fatal mistake, for what they lack in size and strength, they make up for in ferocity, tenacity, and cunning.

kobolds are typically weak. Your common kobold has a slight edge over a common farmer. He's more bloodthirsty.

The Rusty Hinge tribe: An encounter with some kobolds in the Oversember Vale proves that not all kobolds are created equal. The kobolds in that valley are well disciplined, well trained, well equipped, and act like well trained militia. They even fight like true warriors. They certainly stood toe to toe with our group of 3rd level adventurers for much longer than expected. Tough little buggers.

The Rusty Hinge tribe is actually a school. Kobold members of a military academy. This tribe is using Sharisthek as a military training school. Kobold tribes from all around the area send their best warriors there to learn to fight better, and then they go back to their tribes to be leaders. Zhabovekh is the leader of the whole school, and he is a high level priest of Kurtulmak (A Kobold deity). He can use a spell that makes a pillar of fire shoot down from the sky, and he can teleport himself whenever he wants. I wonder if he's been hanging out with those succubusses?

The leaders of these kobolds are man-sized kobolds (kobolds are usually small (2 - 3 feet tall)) with metallic scales. The leaders were also noted carrying what appeared to be magic items. There are four Kobolds working under Zhabovekh. Khosh leads the Agnorak squad, Gorm leads the Bros'to squad, Saguro leads the Co-Jahmi squad, and Zake leads the Davek-Nar squad. The students are the squad members. Everybody that attends the school is considered to be part of the "Rusty Hinge Tribe." Kagnythus said that he's heard about these Kobolds raiding nearby villages and caravans. He said that they don't just kill everyone they can, like Kobolds normally do, but just take stuff and only kill the people they have to.

Kuo-Toa: An ancient race of evil fish-like monstrous humanoids. Kuo-Toa are known to speak Undercommon and Kuo-Toa. The party observed that they didn't like the bright rays of the sun, and sought shade from the morning light. These creatures usually dwell in underground lakes and streams, our party of adventurers encountered a tribal unit in a hidden mountain valley. There they live peacefully in a fishing village located in and around a large lake. They had just finished a nightly outing to catch fish and check their traps. Oddly, these peaceful, but evil, fish folk were surviving as a tribe in an amongst a forest infected with many dangerous monsters. The party was invited to dine and rest on the shores of the tribes encampment. The party didn't eat any of their 'soup', but they did rest for eight hours while Solmar kept watch.

Lantern Archon: A lawful good creature which is sometimes summoned by good aligned priests. Lantern archons appear as floating balls of light that glow about as brightly as a torch. Only their destruction can extinguish the glow, though they can try to hide it. They attack their opponents with an aura of menace and blasts of light (30 foot ray), which overcome any form of damage reduction. Lantern Archons have some limited ability to cast divine spells (aid, detect evil, continual flame)

Leprechaun: Diminutive folk who are found in fair, green lands and enjoy frolicking, working magic, and causing harmless magic. Two feet tall, with pointed ears, and tapered noses. Highly adept, and endowed with innate magical abilities. Leprechauns have a keen sense of humor, and enjoy playing pranks on normal folk.

Leviathan: An immense sea creature that takes up residence in a stretch of water, usually in a very deep strait, and terrorizes shipping through that zone for years. It sinks some ships and lets other pass without interference. Decades may pass without a sighting; then for no apparent reason, the attacks resume. usually in a new location. Whether this is the same beast awakened from hibernation, or an entirely new beast is unknown. The creature is an immense whale of almost unimaginable proportions. Some have seen its head, others its tail, but those who have seen enough of the monster to determine it's full size, usually don't live to tell the tale. The party encountered this beast from the deep, and barely escaped in a flying ship. If they'd been aboard a standard sailing vessel, they'd surely be dead right now.

Lion, Dire: A creature that the party's Druid favors. The Druid in our group would sometimes change into the form of this creature. A regal beast with a powerful build. A larger form of lion than the type commonly found in the wild. Dire lion grow as large as 15 feet long and weight 3,500lbs. In combat they run, leap, pounce. Attacking with claws and a bite. If they manage to bite, they can then grapple and rake their opponents. Dire lion are also quite stealthy, sometimes stalking, laying in wait or surprising their opponents.

Living wall: The party learned about this 'creature' from the Myconid king of Firestorm peak: Their knowledge is limited to the following information: This abomination is an affront to all nature. Pulsing with blood and undulating with unseen muscles, walls of living flesh are crafted by fiends, necromancers, and other twisted creatures. Walls of living flesh are resilient to harm and have fast healing. The flesh wall of Firestorm peak has eyes, gaping maws, and other distinguishable facial characteristics. This thing is known to absorb the powers and abilities of those it consumes.

Lizard men: Savage, semi-aquatic, reptilian humanoids that live through scavenging, raiding, and in less hostile areas, by fishing and gathering. Adult Lizard men stand 6 to 7 feet tall, weighing 200 to 250 pounds. Skin tone ranges from dark green to gray and brown. Scales give the skin a flecked appearance. Non-prehensile tails average three to four feet in length. Males are nearly impossible to distinguish from females without close inspection. Lizard men garb is limited to strings of bones and other barbaric ornament.

Mageripper Swarm: A writhing mass of bizarre little creatures. These monsters swarm across the floor and walls. Their tentacles wave about as if sensing the air. Eyeless little bodies, covered with bristly fur, their bodies are little more than a gaping maw filled with tiny sharp teeth. Somehow, without eyes, they seem to move unerringly towards the spell-casters in our group. Not only can they sense magic, they can dispel it, and suck spells from the spell-casters that they attack. Crawling, swarming and overwhelming their opponents. The swarm nauseates it's victims, continuously gnawing, chewing and biting.

Maschin-I-Bozorg: Mechanical constructs built and controlled by the Kagu-Svirfnebli, a tribe of Svirfneblin who live in the Earthspur mountains. These devices come in three sizes: Small, medium and large. The small ones measure 3' in dia, the medium 6' in diameter, and the large are 9' in diameter. All three are a low metal dome that rides close to the floor. Made of metal, these devices are controlled by the Svirfneblin that built them. Acting as cave defenders, these constructs are armed with a variety of offensive and defensive capabilities. The medium sized devices were armed with a scalding blast of steam, and four dart portals. The darts had a stunning and weakening effect, while the scalding steam could knock a person down. Touching the bare metal surface, or attacking the Maschin-I-Bozorg with metal weapons resulted in a sever electrical jolt which could easily knock an attacker prone. Prone victims were subject to a trampling effect. The best way to fight these constructs is to tip them over. A difficult but possible tactic. Doing so renders them unable to properly aim their attacks.

Mephit, Glass: These creatures were encountered while the party was aboard the Skycruiser Palisade. Sailing near a great desert, the ship was attacked by a group of flying creatures. These winged creatures are small, with smooth angular features and a glossy surface which glows dully like a dying ember. Equipped with a breath weapon of molten glass and a tendency to attack in large groups. These extraplanar elementals didn't present much of a threat to the party, but they did manage to kill, and carry off, a few crew members.

Mind Flayer: (Also know as Illithid) This strange humanoid being stands nearly as tall as a Human. It's rubbery skin is greenish blue in tint, and covered with a glistening sheen of slime. The creature's head resembles a four-tentacled octopus with beady white eyes. These evil beings are members of a powerful race which dominates it's enemies minds, conquers weaker races, and enslaves the weak willed. They typically attack from a distance, bringing powerful mind based attacks to bear. In melee, opponents find that Mind Flayer's have a taste for the flesh of intelligent opponents - Especially the flesh of one's brain!

Mivilorn: The party read about this monster in a Bestiary - Their knowledge is limited to the following information: This creature looks much like an elephant-sized bulldog. It can puke digestive acid at opponents. It charges into melee with its huge mouth open as wide as possible trying to scoop up foes. It chews on a victim for a short time, and then spits it out on the ground to check to see if it is still alive. It repeats the process until the victim is dead.

Mohrg: The party read about this monster in a Bestiary - Their knowledge is limited to the following information: A medium sized undead creature. This monster looks like a gaunt nearly skeletal corpse, its rib cage filled with horrid, writhing viscera. The creature's tongue is its most noteworthy feature—long, cartilaginous, and clawed. Mohrg are the animated corpses of mass murderers or similar villains who died without atoning for their crimes.

Mold, Russet: This unusual form of subterranean life can be something of a hazard to unseasoned adventurers. A microbial colony of plant life, the mold can accumulate into a large patches of brownish red mold. These 'creatures' typically dwell in areas void of sunlight. This particular form of mold resembles a patch of rust when viewed at a distance (30 feet or more). When one gets closer, a lumpier consistency is noted, and one can see short, hair-like growths standing upright on the surface of the patch. These 'hairs' seem to sway slightly as if there were a breeze present. Immune to most forms of attack (spells and weapons), the mold can be killed by exposure to alcohol, acid, salt or the application of a cure disease spell or any contact with sunlight (magical or otherwise). The colony constantly emits a barely perceptible cloud of spores in a five foot radius. Any living creatures entering the spore cloud immediately begin to suffer adverse affects (fortitude save permitted), as the spores infect and attack living tissue at the cellular level. Those who succumb to the 'sickness', die within minutes. These unfortunate victims are 'resurrected' as an animated abomination, after the mold has completely enveloped and infested their corpse.

Mold, War: This creature appeared as a giant slimy abomination, composed entirely of mold. Thanks to Zedd's worldly knowledge and vast experience as a ranger, he was able to tell the group that this was a summoned creature. Unfortunately the summoner (Eilownwy) didn't inform the party, so the party (prior to Zedd's auspicious observation) initially attacked this ally. The war mold is a creature formulated in a lab to follow the directions of it's summoner. It attacks by bludgeoning the enemy with each of its large arms. Note: in the case of this particular creature, it manifested itself in the form of a large X (Could this be a indication of the original creator?).

Monkey-Man: An imaginary creature. Occasionally the wizard in our group changes himself into a flying 'Monkey-man'. The monkey-man looks like a Baboon (A monkey) with dark blue skin, black hair, and a pair of large bat like wings. Odd looking, but capable of flight. Something the wizard sometimes finds himself in need of.

Mummy: These undead creatures are preserved, animated corpses, brought to life by the arcane power of powerful mages. Most mummies (animated from Human remains) are 5 to 6 feet tall, weighing approimately 120lbs. While mummies can speak common, they seldom do so. The mere sight of a mummy can stop a persond dead in their tracks as an overwhelming fear paralyzes them. The touch of a mummy can inflict a supernatural form of rot as a disease. Unlike normal diseases, this magical affliction hampers spell casting and saps the victims constitution. Victims of the rot will gradually weaken until they are cured (by remove curse) or die. The remains of someone killed by mummy rot are nothing more than a handful of sand and minerals. Being composed of resin soaked wrappings and desicated remains, Mummys are particularly vulnerable to fire.

Mummy, Salt: The party originally learned about this monster by reading a Bestiary - Their knowledge was limited to the following information: These undead were extremely evil humanoids that were accidentally buried too close to veins of salt. In addition to the damage they inflict with their powerful blows, merely touching (or being touch by) a salt mummy causes extra damage to a creature as water is evaporated from its body. Water creatures are especially vulnerable to this threat. Damage to a salt mummy’s body is repaired very quickly.

Since reading that bestiary, the party encountered these creatures in the wild. From that encounter, they learned a few more things about the Salt Mummy. While the salt mummy does extra damage to water based creatures - Destroying the water inside living creatures; they are also highly susceptible to water based attacks.

Myconid: Myconids, or fungus men, are a race of intelligent fungi that live in remote reaches underground, far away from others. They are cautious creatures that deplore violence. These intelligent, mobile mushrooms are among the more unusual creatures that live deep below ground. Myconids are gentle, quiet, shy, and thoughtful. They always view strangers with distrust because they assume that all strangers are destructive and violent. To ensure that they can live in peace, they usually make their homes far from the more commonly traveled subterranean paths.

Myconid range from 2 to 12 feet tall. The primary physical characteristics that distinguish it from other giant toadstools are its limbs—the lower half of its trunk is split in half to form two legs, and two arms jut out from just beneath its cap. It also has two eyes in the cap, which are perfectly concealed when it closes them. Its hands seem to have a random number of fingers and thumbs. Myconid have life spans of 20 - 30 years. When first spawned, the infants resemble a giant toadstool. By the age of four, it has reached adulthood and becomes mobile. Thereafter, its appearance changes very little as it ages.

Myconid social structure relies on a highly organized caste system, and the various forms of Myconid have access to/the ability to emit a variety of spores. There are at least six (and possibly more) different types of spores which Myconid emit. Distress spores act as a warning to other Myconid. Alerting all Myconid within 120 feet that danger is present. Reproduction spores are used to perpetuate the species. Rapport spores allow Myconid to communicate telepathically with non-Myconid life forms. Pacification spores are used on hostile intruders. Hallucination spores can also be used against violent creatures. Animation spores are used by the sovereign Myconid in order to animate corpses which can be commanded for defense and work.

Naga, Dark: The party has been slowly accumulating knowledge about a Dark Naga. The party has figured out that a Dark Naga is behind the evil that has infested the small town of Orlane. Recently, the party found an intricately carved statue of a Dark Naga. Intelligent, and Evil, this snakelike creature has a deep purple body covered in fine scales, making it look like rather like a great eel. Its tail ends in a barbed stinger. Its head resembles an eel's, but it has a humanlike visage. The party learned from Cirilli that the Naga's name is "Explicita Defilus".

Recently the party found the Naga's tracks at the edge of a great lake. The tracks lead the party to believe that this foul beast can swim. Not long after discovering the tracks on the edge of this lake, the party had a rather unpleasant encounter with a fireball! According to an interrogated Troglodyte, the Naga lives on an Island in the middle of the lake. Can the Naga cast spells as well?

After defeating the Naga; and oh what a costly battle that was! The party learned a few more things about Nagas. For example: Yes, they can cast spells. Some (this one) can swim, they have continuously functioning ESP, and their stinger is poisonous.

Nagatha: The party's initial encounter with this creature was merely a flyover. As they passed over it, Solmar and Zeddishous gazed down into it's blood red maw. This creature has the lower body of some strange twisted worm, it's head is that of a snake like lizard. It's eyes are milky white, and it has two arms that end in immensely oversized claws of razor sharp bone. It stretched its body skyward in a graceful leap that spoke of deception and blinding speed. These evil wormlike creatures are created from the bodies of normal humanoids. They enjoy eviscerating their victims and take sadistic glee in the pain and suffering of living creatures. With a poisonous bite they sap their victims ability to reason, sense the vibrations of nearby prey, and often lurk just beneath the surface of their killing grounds

Neh-Thalggu: Another creature from the Far Realms. Arrived in our world through the Vast Gate of Firestorm Peak, this abomination of the natural order is not of our realm. A bloated, amorphous sack of yellowish, oily fat, standing upon five armored legs. Tiny, writhing appendages and strange, round bumps cover the creature's body, framing a gaping maw filled with enormous, needle-like teeth. It stares at you nonchalantly with its four alien glowing eyes. Creatures from the Far Realms, their purpose here is uncertain, but it seems that they may have chosen our world as a hunting grounds for the brains of humanoid beings. They 'devour' the brains of intelligent victims and store the brain in a special cavity behind their eyes. After the brain is consumed, the brain eater is able to draw arcane power from the still living consciousness of the victim. They are often referred to as "Brain Collectors". Creatures slain by a brain collector cannot be raised, reincarnated, or resurrected, because the brain collector preserves the brains of its victims - drawing upon the soul and basic personality of the unfortunate victim until the brain eater is slain. Consumption of victims brains empowers a Neh-Thalggu with spell casting ability; gaining spell like abilities based on the number of brains consumed.

Night hag: The party read about this monster in a Bestiary - Their knowledge is limited to the following information: A medium sized evil outsider. This being looks like a hideously ugly woman. Its flesh is the blue-violet of a deep bruise and covered with warts, blisters, and open sores. It has straggly jet-black hair and jagged, yellow teeth. The eyes burn like hot coals, throwing out a thick, red radiance. Merciless and utterly evil, Night hags are creatures from the plane of Hades that constantly hunger for the flesh and souls of innocent men and women.

Night Hunter: Night Hunters are a type of Deep Bat (A variety of bat (native to the Realms) known to be active in both the surface world and the Underdark). Large (medium sized), vicious bats that emit weird, echoing, loonlike screams as they swoop to attack their prey. They have a long tails with a razor sharp spade on the end. Their fur is velvet black, and their eyes are bright violet, orange, or red. Equipped with a powerful form of darkvision and a pack mentality, swoops of Night Hunters constitute a dangerous encounter.

Nightwalker : A huge undead creature from another plane of existence. The Nightwalker looks like a humanoid giant, taller than a house and composed of pure darkness. It wears no clothing and has a smooth, hairless body, lacking any signs of gender. This human-shaped horror haunts the darkness of accursed places. Standing 20 feet tall, it weighs approximately 12,000 lbs and glides slowly through the night air like a deadly disease in search of the living. The nightwalker is an exceedingly intelligent foe that makes the best use of its abilities. It favors using its spell-like abilities to divide and disable its enemies, then closing to melee with opponents that it has isolated from their allies.

The gaze of this creature imparts a pale of evil upon those who spy it. Casting fear into the hearts of weak willed opponents, those who succumb to its gaze become paralyzed with fear. Capable of crushing weapons and other items, one of its favorite tactics is the destruction of a party's favored items. Casting many spells and spell like abilities, the nightwalker often attacks from afar (hiding in the dark) before closing, to crush paralyzed and disoriented opponents. It's even capable of summoning forth undead minions in order to deal with large groups of opponents. Its damage reduction, high armor class and spell resistance protect it from all but the most powerful of attacks.

Ocularon: A bizarre creature that steals the sight of its prey. An ocularon's body appears much like sickly green floating man-of-war jellyfish. Its semi-transparent body ripples due to the tremendous amount of gas carried within it. Sometimes the gas within escapes under pressure, creating a whistling sound as the gas slowly escapes. Dangling from the floating body are a number of barbed tendrils, upon which are skewered the eyes of the ocularon's former prey. An ocularon can animate eyeballs it has captured, sending them out to keep tabs on its territory. Additional traits known to the party - Regeneration from wounds inflicted by all but silver and keen weapons. The ocularon's attacks by striking opponents with exploding eyeballs or stabbing at the eyes with its barbed tendrils. Both attack forms are accompanied by a poisonous component. Although it is effectively blind, the ocularon is capable of 360 degree vision, blind sight and the ability to view remotely through the animated eyes of its former prey.

Ogre: Ogres are big, ugly, greedy humanoids that live by ambushes, raids, and theft. Ill-tempered and nasty, these monsters are often found serving as mercenaries in the ranks of Orc tribes, evil clerics, or Gnolls. Adult Ogres stand nine to ten feet tall and weigh 300 to 350 pounds. Their wart covered skin ranges in color from yellowish to blackish brown. Purplish eyes with white pupils. Teeth and talons of orange or black. Long greasy hair that ranges from blackish blue to green. Their odor is foul, and they dress in rags and furs.

Ogre Mage: The party read about this monster in a Bestiary - Their knowledge is limited to the following information: A large giant, this creature looks like a big demonic Human. It has green skin, dark hair, and a pair of short ivory horns protruding from its forehead. The eyes are dark with strikingly white pupils, and its teeth and claws are jet black. The Ogre Mage is a more intelligent and dangerous variety of its mundane cousin. Rapacious and cruel by nature, Ogre Mages often lead organized raids for slaves, treasure and food.

Ogre, Skullcrusher: An 8-foot-tall brute. This giant resembles an Ogre, but looks a bit more intelligent, standing more erect, wearing well crafted armor, wielding obviously superior weapons (compared to those an Ogre might carry). Skullcrusher Ogres are an offshoot of the Ogre stock. Bred to be vanguard warriors. They are slightly shorter, but stronger than their brutish cousins, these Ogres are far more dangerous.

Otyugh: Filth dwellers. These creatures have bloated ovoid bodies covered in rocklike skin. The one our party encountered was approximately 5' in diameter. A vine like stalk bearing two eyes rises from the center of its disgusting body. Its mouth is a wide gash across the center of the body, filled with razor sharp teeth. The creature shuffles about on three thick, sturdy legs. Two more tentacles, covered in rough, thorny protrusions end in leaf like appendages sprouting more nasty thorn like growths.

This creature lives in and on garbage. Selecting a juicy garbage pit as its home, the Otyugh will defend the pit as its home. Its territory, and its source of food. Always on the look out for fresh flesh, the Otyugh will attack anything it can get close to.

Ooze, Gray: This nearly transparent ooze grows to medium size, and weighs far more than it's size would account for. This protozoan like creature secretes a digestive acid capable of organic materials and metals, but not stone. The thing attacks by bludgeoning and grappling it's opponents. Any direct contact with this creature can instantly destroy armor and flesh! Difficult to see, they often lie in wait, hidden amongst wet sand or paving stones.

Ooze, Snowflake: A type of ooze, shaped like a large lacy snowflake with crystalline appendages, This monster lies in wait in a snowy environment, patiently awaiting its prey. Just being in close proximity to this creature causes cold damage. It will attack with its appendages, causing both physical and additional cold damage. On a successful attack, it will attempt to seize and constrict the defender. When attacking, it is best to use slashing weapons. It is susceptible to piercing weapons, but due to its crystalline shape there is a moderate chance that the weapon will pass harmlessly through the creature. Under no circumstances should bashing or blunt weapons be used. These will result in the monster splitting into two identical creatures, doubling your fun!

Owl, celestial: Another summoned creature. These creatures are often summoned by party members and allies. They look just like ordinary owls, but they're tougher than the mundane sort and they've got a few special qualities. They're good aligned and considered extraplanar. Celestial creatures have the ability to smite evil once per day (inflicting an amount of extra damage equal to the celestial's hit dice). They have darkvision out to 60 feet, some damage reduction and resistance to acid, cold and electricity. They serve the summoner in whatever capacity they can. When the summoning spell expires, or the creature is destroyed, the body simply vanishes; the creature is returned to the plane from which it was summoned.

Owlbear: This magical beast has a thick, shaggy coat of feathers and fur. Its body is like a bear's, with an avian head, big round eyes, a hooked beak and arms with long wing feathers. This nocturnal creature (has good night vision - like an owl) is a vicious predator with a reputation for ferocity, aggression and ill temper. Of low intelligence, they tend to attack everything they judge edible, and always fight to the death. Despite there abundance of feathers, they cannot fly at all, but use their wings to intimidate their prey.

Pegasus: The party knows very little about this magnificent creature. They saw a group of them flying alongside their flying ship. They were on their way back to Whillip and a team of Pegasi appeared near the bow of the ship. Large (horse sized) four legged animals. Approximately 6 feet high at the shoulder, they're slightly larger than the typical horse. They had a 20' wingspan, and beutiful white coats. The animals didn't attack or harass the party. One can only wonder what their purpose was. Perhaps they were simply curious. After all, it isn't every day you see a flying ship streaking across the sky.

Peryton: Peryton are the creation of a twisted deity - The most miserable creatures in existence. They hate life and believe that they can ascend to a better existence by consuming the perfect Human (or humanoid) heart. Medium sized magical beasts, Peryton have a seven foot long giant eagle body and the head of a demonic purple stag - complete with a large set of deadly antlers. Peryton prefer surprise attacks, taking unaware victims with their claws, horns and a vicious fanged bite. They never pass up the opportunity to feed upon the heart of a living opponent, Peryton will use a coup de grace attack to rip the heart from an opponents chest.

Phantasmal Slayer: From the darkness manifests the most hideous, most terrifying sight you have ever seen. It exudes evil and menace in palpable waves. The air around it seems to grow cold, and the very sight of it causes even the stoutest soul to flee in terror. This creature seemingly focuses on spell casters, singling them out for 'special treatment'. With an insubstantial body, these horrific creatures cause penetrating wounds with their incorporeal touch.

Piranha Swarm: One of the most feared denizens of warm aquatic environments is the piranha swarm. Capable of devouring the largest of creatures with amazing efficiency and speed, this swarm of frenetic fish is something an adventurer should fear. Like most swarms, the combined attack of this group of monsters is distracting to the point that it causes nausea to those with a weak constitution. As a swarm, piranha need not attack individually. Instead they inflict automatic damage each round that their prey remains within the swarm.

Poltergeist: A disembodied spirit - Poltergeist are the undead energies of people who have left this plane in a violent death with a quest uncompleted. Compelled to remain behind where they died, the Poltergeist is a mean spirited undead creature. Not necessarily evil in nature, they nonetheless despise the living, and detest their presence. Poltergeist are unable to come into physical contact with the living, but they will attack living creatures by throwing things at them. A Poltergeist that is 'killed' will return to the area where it died within a fortnight. Poltergeist in the vicinity of their remains cannot be harmed or tuned by Clerics or Paladins. Anyone struck by a Poltergeists missile, can be frightened to the point of panic. Fleeing the area as quickly as possible.

When a Poltergeist's physical remains have actually rotted completely away, a phantasm of the remains will persist in the spot where the corpse was. Often, the phantasm will appear to be that of a putrid rotting corpse accompanied by a foul odor. In reality it is nothing but an illusion, and any inspection will reveal it as such.

Raccoon, Dire: An enormous racoon, summoned as a protector and combatant by Skifander of the H.A.L.L.O.W.ed Knights. Dire Raccoon grow to be up to 10 feet long and reach a weight of 700 pounds. Dire Raccoon usually eat plants. Occasionally, they hunt tiny or small game. Dire Raccoon stalk their prey in the dark and then leap on it, biting and clawing.

Rage drake: This heavily muscled reptile stalks about on four limbs, its fluid movements and feline grace belying its size. Its dark red scales are scarred and chipped from past struggles, and its scowling visage hints at unchecked rage. Dark red in color, this creature was lurking in a pass waiting to pounce on the party, but an alert scout spotted it before it got a chance to ambush the party.

Rakshasa: The party read about this monster in a Bestiary - Their knowledge is limited to the following information: Rakshasa are a race of evil outsiders. This being looks like a humanoid tiger garbed in expensive clothes. The body seems mostly human, except for a luxurious coat of tiger's fur and its tiger head. Some say Rakshasa are the very embodiment of evil. Few beings are more malevolent.

Rat, Dire: An enormous rat. Bigger and more vicious than most dogs. The Dire Rat has coarse, spiky fur, malevolent eyes, and a long naked tail. Omnivorous scavengers, these creatures have been known to attack with a pack mentality in defense of their home, when cornered, or extremely hungry. Growing up to four feet long, and weighing over 50 pounds, their bite can induce a feverous disease.

Rat Swarm: Summoned by a vampire to assist in it's attacks against our party, this squealing, squeaking, scratching horde of vermin closed on our group with mindless compulsion. A mass of tiny creatures with one thought in their tiny brains. Attack! This swarm of rats contains such great numbers that there's no way to avoid their attacks. As they swarm around you the hundreds of tiny bites add up, causing cumulative damage. Another danger from rats is disease. Those susceptible to disease may contract sickness from their fetid, infected, bodies. Finally, the swarming horde is such a distraction that it can sometimes cause it's prey to become disoriented and nauseous. A living, moving mass of infected rodents. If they surround an opponent, and move with it, they can easily strip an animal down to bones in short order. Avoid these things whenever possible.

Raver, Tainted: A tainted raver is a character whose mind has been utterly shattered by the taint of depravity. The group encountered by our adventurers were once normal Duergar. Now they are berserk warriors, driven to bloodlust by the madness which infects their very being. The eyes of a tainted raver shine brightly with the fury of unbridled insanity. A sadistic grin contorts it's features, and an unholy laugh escapes it's lips at the most inopportune times.

Rejkar: These evil outsiders resemble the caribou. They are highly intelligent (Boy were we surprised when they spoke to us!) and possess magical abilities. Should they catch you in their icy gaze, prepare to be frozen solid. Once successful, they will then attempt to bull rush their prey and shatter them into a bunch of small pieces. They are usually found in pairs or herds. Tribes of humans or humanoids have been known to follow their leadership. Some of their spell like abilities include Rage, Fabricate, Crushing Despair, and Major Image.

Remorhaz: The party knows very little about this monster. They've never encountered any, but they heard about them during one of their adventures. Supposedly, they're gigantic worm-like creatures that roam the wastes of the Great Glacier of the White Worm. Remorhaz often travel in herds of a dozen or more and they're reputedly led by a "King" worm of giant size. Their have been some reports of Remorhaz whose heads were fringed with long reaching tentacles. The bodies of Remorhaz are extremely hot, and they can burrow through the ice of the glacier with ease.

Revenant: A special case of undead in these realms. Revenant's are empowered not by evil priests or dire ceremonies, and in fact, they detect as Neutral in alignment. They are empowered by a powerful sense of vengeance against those who've intentionally murdered the victim. These undead look like a decaying, deceased version of the murdered person. The skin is drawn tightly across the victims bones as the desiccation and decomposition process work on the animated remains. The stench of death will be strong in the vicinity of a revenant. Bones, open wounds and torn flesh may be visible as the undead has no reason to bandage or sense to hide it's wounds. The skin is pale and clammy. The eyes are pallid and blank until they peer at the one who murdered them; then they seem to burn with an unnatural light.

While the revenant exists, it exists for one purpose, and one purpose only. To hunt down, track, and slay those who killed it. It may retain many of the abilities it had in life, and a revenant priest may even pray for spells. Capable of speech, they seldom converse, and do so only in an effort to locate their quarry. Revenant's have an ability to unerringly track their quarry. Their gave can paralyze opponents, they're difficult to damage, and capable of complete regeneration except in the case of complete consumption by fire. Revenge is it's sole purpose, the burning desire, the divine impetus of these undead creatures.

Rhaumbusun: A small, reptilian creature. A timid herbivore with a dangerous paralyzing gaze. The Rhaumbusun has eight legs and dorsal spikes. The male's thick hide is covered with glittering purple scales, while the female is predominantly orange. The eyes resemble small, clear, multifaceted gems.

The creature is not graceful. Its legs curl slightly under, giving the beast a scuttling gait that enables anything within 60' to hear its approach.

A Rhaumbusun communicates with others of its kind through a simple language of clicks and hisses. When agitated, the creature's foot-long tail flips from side to side.

Although the Rhaumbusun's bite is relatively weak, the creatures uses its gaze weapon to avoid predators. A Rhaumbusun's gaze can paralyze whole groups of people at a time. Anyone who approaches within 20 yards is subject to the creatures gaze, and the Rhaumbusun can also direct it's gaze at one specific target per round. Once paralyzed, the Rhaumbusun can escape unscathed.

Rhek: An extraplaner, monstrous, humanoid. This hulking, massive creature resembles a Human crossed with a rhinoceros. Clad in heavy armor, with massive fists, and a great black horn centered in the middle of their forehead, the 350lb, 7 foot tall Rhek makes a formidable warrior. The Rhek are at home on the plane of Arcadia and strive to achieve peace, harmony and perfection throughout the multiverse. These creatures are often the subject of summoning spells.

Rhinoceros, Dire: Extremely large rhinoceri. The party encountered these wooly beasts in a frigid mountain pass. At more than 10,000 pounds apiece. The party avoided any type of contact by flying over the heard. I doubt anyone could withstand a full frontal charging attack from one of these ice age throwbacks.

Roc: The party encountered this bird on it's way south to fight a Dragon. A huge - and by huge, I mean HUGE; larger than an elephant! - eagle-like bird that inhabits the highest mountains, and preys upon large creatures such as cattle, horses, and elephants. These enormous creatures are 30 feet long from the beak to the base of the tail, with wingspans as wide as 80 feet. A roc weighs about 8,000 pounds. This particular Roc swooped down upon the party, plucked Jusarian out of our wagon, and flew off... We never saw Jusarian again. A divination cast soon after failed to elicit any signs of life.

Rot Reaver: The party doesn't know very much about this medium sized aberration. It was one aspect of a Change-O Creature. This apelike creature is completely hairless, and cancerous blemishes and strange disfigurements cover it's thick, yellow-green flesh. Two thick tongues, dripping with black ichor, protrude from the thing's mouth. Each of the tongues winds around one of the creature's thick arms, looping down the limb to lick the blades of the cleavers that it wields. This monster attacked a party member with it's cleavers, but it missed.

Rukanyr: Heavily armored monsters, created by evil wizards in order to wreak havoc on their enemies. Unfortunately these creations proved a bit too destructive, and now they roam at free having escaped the control of their creators.

Rukanyr resemble armor-plated scorpions. The creature walks about on numerous pincer ended legs while holding it's tail 15' above its head. The end of the tail is an enormous bulb covered with jagged spikes and spines. Many twisted limbs line the sides of the Rukanyr. Many of the limbs end in flesh rending pincers. Three large, stalked maws filled with teeth are arrayed in front of it's head. One large sightless eye stares out of the things head.

Rukanyr begin battles with sundering roar and a charge. Their bite is poisonous, reducing the victims dexterity along with the shredding damage from their teeth. A strike from the spike covered tail bulb can stun an opponent. Not only are Rukanyr equipped with a variety of offensive appendages, they heal at a supernatural pace, the shifting nature of their armor is capable of snapping weapons in two, they're nearly impossible to tip over and they can climb walls like a spider.

Salamander, Frost: The party read about this monster in a Bestiary - Their knowledge is limited to the following information: These medium-sized magical beasts like places that stay very cold. It has a long, serpentine body, a reptilian head, and six legs that end in talons that resemble icicles. The talons allow the frost salamander to climb any ice-covered surface as steep as a vertical wall or less. They are omnivorous, but prefer their food frozen. Creatures that come too close to a frost salamander take damage from the cold cloud that always surrounds it. They are especially vulnerable to fire. They resist damage from weapons that have not been magically enhanced. They can see in the dark.

Satyr: A mythical being, these fey creatures are best described as horned men with the legs of a goat. Satyrs, also known as Fauns, are hedonistic creatures that frolic in the wild places of the world. They love fine food, strong drink, and passionate romance.

Scorpion, Huge: A normal scorpion, or so the party presumes, but larger - much larger. At nearly 15' long, these immense monsters are equipped with all the standard scorpion gear. Two large pincers, six legs, and one gigantic stinger on the end of a reticulated tail - poised to strike anyone in range. While the party hasn't suffered the sting of these creatures yet, I can only imagine that such a monsters venom might be quite deadly.

Serpendeme: A serpentine shaped demon. This creature from the lower planes attacked the party one morning. Just outside the Manor, it's attack came as a surprise as it appeared to be a friend before transforming into the snake shaped monster that it truly is. This two headed snake like beast is a summoned creature with four powerful prehensile arms and an incredibly powerful tail. The heads seemed to operate independently and it breathed a fireball at the party. One physical attack from four of it's arms quickly dispatched a summoned ally. The creature is immune to fire, cold, standard weapons, and who knows what else. Luckily, the party fought it in a wide-open outdoor space, and encounter in a confined area would definitely be a bad thing. The creature took quite a beating before teleporting away. Defeated, but not forgotten. Who knows when they'll meet this monster again? Probably in some dark, dank, dungeon corridor!

A second encounter with this demon has proven to be a very dangerous encounter. Spitting fireballs and lightning bolts, the dark damp corridors of an underground lair have created a kill zone for this monstrosity. Get too close and a barrage of physical attacks could leave you unconscious on the cold stone floor. The party learned that the creature is immune to electricity, senses without seeing, and moves about as quickly as a leopard stalking it's prey. Surrounded by a zone of darkness and silence, this creature is zipping about the familiar corridors of it's dark lair. If they're not careful, this battle may end badly for the party.

When we last left the party, they were reeling from this second meeting. Still in the midst of the encounter, the party is currently licking their wounds and trying to figure out how to effectively counter this beasts deadly tactics. Spreading out to avoid area effect attacks, the party is tempting doom by presenting the creature with seven separate targets.

The party managed to survive their encounters with the Serpendeme, and it was last seen in the company of one Ozzwehlyhxganhhakheron, a leader of C.O.E.P.A.S. Will the party ever encounter the Serpendeme again? Let's hope not.

Shade: Shadowy humanoid creatures carrying daggers and wearing cloaks. Shades are evil outsiders, once a normal person, a Shade has undergone an arcane transformation, trading part of their soul in exchange for powers beyond the material plane. Part shadow and part material, they are most powerful in the shadows. Shades can regenerate and cast spells. Shades are intelligent and generally evil. All appear identical being pale skinned with sunken facial features.

Shadow: An undead creature that seems to be made of nothing more than a patch of gloom shaped like a semblance of man. With an appetite for the living, these creatures sap the strength and life force from their victims with a chilling touch. Too much contact with these difficult to spot adversaries will transform you into one of them.

Shadow Mastiff: The Shadow Mastiff is most comparable to a large dog, having a smooth black coat and a mouth full of razor sharp teeth. It's sonic howl is capable of causing panic in less powerful creatures. This 'dog' is considered extraplanar, coming from the pane of shadows, it prefers to prowl and hunt it's victims in shadowy nighttime conditions. They hate light bearing devices, and they've been known to carry off and bury light causing items for this reason. It can understand common and at will, disappear into the shadows.

Shrieker: Shriekers are purplish man sized mushrooms that screech loudly whenever animals /creatures approach within a radius of approximately 20'. A dungeon alarm system, these creatures are often intentionally cultivated in order to provide warning of intruders in a monsters lair.

Silver Tongue: A colossal extraplanar plant. A peculiar plant, comprised of a vast mat of swaying silver 'grass', and pod-like central body. The pod is actually the root organism that ties together every blade of 'grass'. This plant is named after the thousands of cilia like tongues of 'grass' which extend into a vast lawn of nearly 500' in radius. The blades of 'grass' grow increasingly dense and long as one approaches the ooze-like central pod. Moving through a silver tongue's lawn is difficult, but not impossible. The main body controls the movement of the blades, and uses them to 'gather' food from it's perimeter. Capable of grappling and conveying any potential prey, the central pod engulfs any prey conveyed to the main body. Victims are dissolved with an extremely powerful acid. If the acid doesn't immediately dissolve any potential prey, the victim may drown in the liquid filled digestion chamber. This alien creature is a predatory plant, caring nothing about politics, it eats when hungry, but otherwise ignores creatures passing over it's 'lawn'.

Skeleton: Skeletons are undead creatures. Animated skeletons of once living creatures. Typically humanoid. Skeletons, being undead, are immune to mind influencing spells and effects. Skeletons are usually animated by evil clerics and set to perform chores/tasks of various sorts. Being less substance than the living, Skeletons take reduced damage from piercing or slashing weapons.

Giant Skeleton of Firestorm Peak: Like ordinary skeletons, these monsters are the animated skeletal remains of once living creatures. In this case, they're created from the skeletal remains of Trolls. Derived from Trolls, these skeletons are large creatures with a ten foot reach, better reflexes than most undead, the ability to see in the dark, and immunity to some attack forms. They wield two-handed/large weapons and they're resistant to all but bludgeoning weapons. Unlike ordinary skeletons, these undead are slightly more difficult to turn than your typical graveyard inhabitant. This particular variety is unique in one particular aspect. Each skeleton has a fiery heart inside it's bony ribcage (they're immune to fire damage). Once per round, the skeleton can extract a flaming orb and throw it to great effect. Upon impact, the orb bursts into a fireball with a twenty foot radius. These explosions are highly percussive, and they tend to knock down medium opponents quite easily.

Slaad, Green: The party read about this monster in a Bestiary - Their knowledge is limited to the following information: This creature is an large chaotic outsider. This tall, gangly creature looks like a cross between an Ogre and a frog. Its skin is mottled green, and it has long, sharp claws and a wider mouth. Green Slaadi prefer to use spell-like abilities over physical combat but aren't afraid to attack with tooth and claw if they must.

Snake, Cedweese: A anti-venomous snake approximately 3' long. Green with black vertical stripes, the bite of these lawful good snakes is an anti-venom. The bite is capable of counteracting any venom (provided the bite comes before any seriously debilitating effects). Intelligent and lawful good, theses talking snakes often live near poisonous snakes in proximity to civilized areas.

Snake, Constrictor, Giant: These huge snakes are more aggressive than their normal sized cousins. To survive, they need a great amount of food. Hunting for food daily, they will not attempt to eat any creature too large to constrict. They are highly skilled at hiding (we almost didn't spot them), swimming and climbing. These creatures hunt by grappling with their prey, constricting it, crushing the life from smaller creatures, or suffocating larger prey.

Snake, Constrictor, Giant, Undead: An undead variant of the 'Giant Constrictor Snake'. Our party fought these creatures (two of them) after killing the 'non-undead' versions. They were animated by the power of a nearby 'Dracolich'. After slaying the living versions, we were astonished to see the skin peel back, decay, and fall away. Left behind were skeletal snakes with glowing red eyes - Now undead, the ghastly creatures attacked us again. In addition to all the deadly capabilities of your standard Giant Constrictor Snake, the undead variety is immune to many attack forms and spells.

Snake, Herper's: A venomous snake approximately 2' long with green and yellow markings, the bite of these evil snakes is a venom called "Dream juice". Any creature affected by the venomous bite enters a hallucinogenic coma, unable to feel any external stimuli, the victim dreams while the snake feeds on it's paralyzed prey.

Snake, Red-Venom: These venomous snakes were about 10 ft. long. They were red and had black stripes. Their bite is highly toxic. First it paralyzes the victim, then the persons strength is sapped (1 point per round). When the person reaches 0 strength, they die!

Spectral Panther: Mysterious creatures that feed upon the fear and flesh of their prey. Preferring intelligent prey over those of of lesser intellect, these ghost like predators seem to derive nourishment fear and flesh alike. These large cats have a ghostlike, transparent, nearly insubstantial form. The amazingly black light absorbing eyes seem to create tiny points of despair when exposed to the light of a campfire. With darkvision and an enhanced ability to move silently, they are willing to track and stalk prey for hours before attacking. Generating an aura of fear, they use their incorporeal form to attack prey as a ghost does. Striking through physical armors, these deadly predators strike prey into the toughest of foes.

Spider, Harpoon: A large creature, some growing as large as an elephant; the Harpoon Spider is typically horse sized. It resembles a cross between a spider and a crab. With ten long legs, it's body is protected by a spine covered chitinous exoskeleton. It's eight eyes look like they belong on a Human face, and it's massive set of mandibles seem to flex slowly as it eyes up it's next meal.

Harpoon spiders are lightning fast predators, much feared by denizens of subterranean realms, but they sometimes make their homes in desolate stretches of broken plains. Digging warrens and lairs in the earth, they emerge at night to stalk the plains in search of warm-blooded prey. One of the most surprising things about these creatures is their harpoon. Two fangs near their mandibles are extensible, and may be fired (by way of a spring-like tendon) up to 20 feet in order to skewer potential prey. Combined with a glue to secure the prey, and a poison capable of killing smaller prey, this creature is a hunter of considerable prowess.

Spider, Huge: This black and white abomination sprang out of a hole in the ceiling. Dripping venom from its fangs, it sought to make a meal of the party. Its great size, over 15 feet in length, worked against it. We were able to surround it and destroy it. Its lair, found outside the dungeon in the swamp above, was a web infested copse of stunted shrubbery stretching in every direction, littered with the husks of its past meals.

Spider, Snow : The party knows virtually nothing about snow spiders. They heard about them when an NPC told them about the Glacier of the White Worm. All they know about the spiders is that they're 'Huge', they live on the Glacier of the White Worm, and they've been known to pursue people in the same manner that a mountain lion pursues a wounded stag.

Stalker, Blackspawn: Looking like a cross between a black dragon and a spider of nightmarish proportions, this creature glares out at the world with six baleful eyes. It drools a putrid green acid that steams and hisses. Two spined tails eject globules of sticky webbing. The Blackspawn stalker is spawn of the evil dragon god, 'Tiamat'. This patient hunter had made it's lair in a mountain cave. That mountain cave connects to a volcanic crevice, and ultimately leads into the caverns of Firestorm Peak. Carnivorous creatures with a leg span of nearly 10 feet, this monstrous spider must have weighed 4,000 lbs easily. It attacks by charging, spitting acid and immobilizing it's prey in a very resilient web.

Steeder: Monstrous looking spiders of immense size. Bred and trained by Duergar, these gigantic vermin serve as mounts in the underground lairs of the Duergar. Originally bred for hunting, these mounts have a keen sense of smell, and they can spot tentative prey easily. Capable of turning invisible at will, climbing on any surface, and armed with a poisonous bite, they make for deadly foes.

Stinger: The party read about this monster in a Bestiary - Their knowledge is limited to the following information: Stingers are like Centaurs, but they have the body of a scorpion instead of a horse. Their red skin is hairless. They can tell the exact location of any creature that is touching the ground within 60 ft., and they have the ability to transport themselves short distances through the earth.

Stirge: A tiny magical beast, this nasty-looking creature seems to be a cross between a bat and a giant mosquito. It has membranous bat wings, a short furry body, eight jointed legs that end in hooked claws, and a needlelike proboscis. These nasty flying pests are capable of sucking the blood from opponents, and leaving them weak and drained.

Succubus: A Demon that looks like a very beautiful woman with a pair of large bat-like wings at the shoulders. This creature can also teleport (instantaneous transport) itself at will. It can "suck" your life from you, read your mind and make itself look like anybody else. Very dangerous. Not all Succubi are 'evil'. The party has had one encounter with one Succubus who was quite different from your usual Demon. See the "Who's Who?" entry for 'Eludecia' the Paladin!

Svirfneblin: A Gnomish sub-species, the Svirfneblin live deep underground. Unlike surface Gnomes, they tend to be dull and drab. They’re also pretty reclusive. They sound a lot like Gnomish versions of the Derro. The party is familiar with one particular tribe of Svirfneblin. The 'Kagu-Svirfnebli'. A tribe of Svirfneblin who manage a forge and a library in the Earthspur mountains. The members of this tribe are led by 'Hammerinoch', the burrow warden of the tribe. The Kagu-Svirfnebli traded fairly with our group. We exchanged a meteor for a library of books, and they also forged armor and weapons for us.

Hammerinoch told us that we could trade with them again in Dunfee. Apparently they show up there once a month - "When the moon is high", in order to trade with 'Out-worlders'.

Swamp Strider Swarm: A swarm of beetle-sized, predatory insects with long spiked suckers and physiologically able to walk on water as easily as land. Four groups of these insects attacked our party as they made their way across a large lake in a mosquito infested swamp. Creatures harmed by a swamp strider swarm continue to bleed from their wounds until tended to.

Tainted Raver: A tainted raver is a character whose mind has been utterly shattered by the taint of depravity. The group encountered by our adventurers were once normal Duergar. Now they are berserk warriors, driven to bloodlust by the madness which infects their very being. The eyes of a tainted raver shine brightly with the fury of unbridled insanity. A sadistic grin contorts it's features, and an unholy laugh escapes it's lips at the most inopportune times.

Taint Elemental, Elder: A mass of seething gray rot and corruption, roughly humanoid in shape, surges from the earth. It looms overhead, giving off a reek of decay. Taint Elementals are beings of pure corruption. They consist of nothing but taint congealed into a semisolid mass of primal evil. An entity of malicious rage, the delight in slaying and corrupting any living beings that cross their path.

A second encounter with this particular variety of evil, found the party facing a powerful foe intent on destroying any who disturbed the environs of a local shrine. In this encounter, the Taint Elemental was noted climbing walls, even ceilings, with uncanny ease of movement. Add another ability to it's repertoire and you'll note that it is also capable of teleporting when necessary.

This second encountered cemented the Taint Elemental's status as a 'Character Killer'. In this encounter, the embodiment of evil, managed to slay two party members, and nearly killed a third. A decidedly deadly denizen, composed of pure evil, tainted malice and coagulated corruption. A monster to be avoided at all costs.

In the end, the characters destroyed this denizen of darkness. As the material form lost cohesion, the party breathed a sigh of relief - while simultaneously couching a hidden fear that 'death' is only something this creature visits upon others. Does its dissolution put a permanent end to evil such as this?

Tall Mouther: A six armed aberration, best described as a 'Furry, blue, whirling dervish of devastation'. Any party encountering the tall mouther is likely to appreciate the ranged attacks of magic users after standing anywhere close to a Tall Mouther. Getting too close to a Tall Mouther is a dangerous proposition. The creature is rather odd looking. An immense, tusked, bobble-head aberration with six arms. It's blue fur, and crazed eyes come as no surprise when one hears its profane taunts, outbursts and insults. The creature has a 15 foot reach, moves quite quickly, and dodges missile attacks with ease.

Taxini: (Pronounced: tah-zee-nee) An evil outsider, a freakish slug like abomination with slimy, sickly grayish-green flesh. These evil creatures have an exceptional intelligence, and they sometimes appear on the prime-material plane in order to carry out nefarious plans of dominion. One particular Taxini was nearly the downfall of Whillip. These creatures are large (appx 8' long), but relatively slow and weak. They rely on others to do their bidding and guard their lair.

Despite it's lack of eyes, the Taxini is capable of detecting nearby creatures and objects through a combination of blind sense and tremor sense. Rarely attacking physically, the primary offensive attack used by this creature is a paralyzing field. The creature generates a wave like effect that radiates outward 60'. The field is emitted at will (once per round) and it radiates equally in all directions, the only thing that stops the effect of the field is solid stone or earth. As a defense, this creature also emits an aura of fear, similar to that which surrounds a dragon. Those affected by the aura will either run away or cower in fear.

Once the Taxini has paralyzed a victim, it maneuvers itself over the victims head. Positioning a birth canal over the ear of the victim, it then extrudes a young Taxini into the victims ear. The small creature (nearly identical in shape, but far smaller) then works it's way into the brain where it connects itself to the cerebral cortex. Once attached, the adult Taxini is able to control the victim through the cranial grub conduit. The adult will have full access to all memories and actions of the victim.

An adult Taxini will create a zombie army by paralyzing opponents and implanting immature slugs (a cranial grub) in their brains. Using the army to protect it, the adult Taxini may have other nefarious goals in mind. In our party's experience, the Taxini created a zombie army which decimated the non-Elven population of Whillip. In particular the Half-Elves and all other 'half' breeds suffered greatly. The Taxini, through it's proxy army, waged war on Whillip towards an unknown goal. The party never learned the Taxini's true intentions, and there is some speculation that the Taxini itself may have been working for, under the influence or control of, some stronger entity or group.

While the cranial grubs derive sustenance from their host, they will die if left exposed (outside the hosts head) for any period of time. The death of the adult spells certain doom for all the immature creatures. When the immature grub is removed from a host, the host recovers it's self control. Under most circumstances, the host will not know what it did while under the control of the adult. The adult Taxini does not need to exert complete control over it's proxies. It can take full control at any time, it can create subtle influence, or choose to allow the host to act normally. A controlled creature will have no knowledge or memory of the control being exerted by the Taxini. The memory of the implant encounter will also be wiped from the hosts memory.

Taxini are immune to mind influencing spells, paralyzation and petrification, and sometimes employ creatures equipped with such attacks as bodyguards.

Thogsilla: An aberration, a freakish hulk of a monster. This monster's body is composed of three separate parts. A body, known as 'Muscle-bound'. A head, referred to as the 'Brain Eater', and four eyes - called 'eyes'. The head, or Brain Eater separates from the body, and the eyes emerge from the head - armed with small bat like wings, they're capable of quick and highly maneuverable flight.

The 'Muscle-Bound' is a bruising hulk, a brute, a crushing ape intent on bashing it's opponents to death. It's double fisted attacks dish out a boat-load of damage, and you don't want to end up in a bear-hug with this beast. The results could be - grave..

The 'Brain-Eater' is the creatures head. While this multi-tentacled horror hovers above its opponents, it attempts to carve open their skulls and sup on their brains. If it manages to make eight successful attacks, you may as well hang it up. You can't do much fighting without a brain! Oh yeah, I almost forgot. It can cast lightning bolts. Great!

The eyes of this creature are bat-winged bat-out-of-hell observation platforms. Zipping about at heart-attack speeds, these flitting little eyeballs give this monster (all parts) a perfect point of view on it's opponents.

This creature has damage reduction, magical resistance, and the ability to regenerate. Not the sort of beast you'd want to meet in a dark underground labyrinth!

Thudhunter: An odd creature, companions to a group of Wemic. The party encountered these creatures upon a chance encounter with a group of Wemic. The group was hunting a Bulette. The Wemic hunting party was using these creatures to help locate the Bulette. Thudhunters are dark blue, thick-skinned, hairless predators. Thudhunters stand 2.5 feet tall at the shoulder, they can easily weigh 100 pounds or more. Like their subterranean prey, thudhunters can also move through the earth with relative ease. They excel at hunting subterranean creatures. Their footfalls (which can be heard up to a quarter mile away, above ground) rumble through the ground, upsetting their prey's tremorsense and driving it to the surface. Once their prey is forced to surface, the pack pounces upon it, grappling and attacking to prevent escape. These creatures hunt in a pack, and are sometimes domesticated by humanoids as guards creatures or hunters.

Tiger, Red: A large cat. An ordinary animal? Not quite.. A variety of tiger common in the north. The red tiger is a hardier, more aggressive tiger than the common variety found in other lands. Like other large cats, this one is prone to pounce upon prey, using the opportunity to rake with its hind legs. These cats are big enough to prey upon horses and other large herd animals. Aggressive enough to attack domesticated herd animals in the company of herdsman, the red tiger relies on its stealthy abilities to slay and drag away prey without alerting herdsmen or the rest of the animals.

Tiger, Sabre-Tooth: A throw-back from the pleistocene epoch, these fearsome and aggressive predators are seldom encountered. A dun colored cat of immense size (over 1,000lbs), these animals have fangs that are 6 to 8 inches long. An attack from a Sabre-Tooth Tiger can disembowel an adventurer in a matter of seconds.

Tlalusk: Huge and powerful, this horse like creature has six strong legs and is covered with short white fur. A pair of curving horns and two razor-sharp tusks jut from its fearsome head. Although the tlalusk is an herbivore, it is notoriously ill-tempered, and many carnivores give the creature a wide berth. The bellowing call of a tlalusk is so loud that it sometimes stuns and deafens creatures within 30 feet. The charge of a group of these creatures is particularly deadly as they will coordinate any such defensive attack. Sufficiently sized humanoids have been known to domesticate these ornery behemoths.

Treant: This tall creature looks much like an animated tree. Its skin is thick and brown, with a bark like texture. Its arms are gnarled like branches, and its legs look like the split trunk of a tree. Above the eyes and along the head are dozens of smaller branches from which hang great leaves. One of the party members encountered one on the path to Ramne's hut in Orlane.

Triton: The party read about this monster in a Bestiary - Their knowledge is limited to the following information: This being is roughly human-sized. Its lower half ends in two finned legs, while its torso, head, and arms are human. Tritons are sea dwellers, preferring warm waters but able to tolerate colder depths.

Troglodyte: Troglodytes are a warlike race of carnivorous reptilian humanoids that dwell in subterranean caverns. They hate humans above all, and often launch bloody raids on human communities in search of food and steel. Sic foot tall leathery, and lizard like. Troglodytes are weapons wielders, and often follow strong evil leaders.

Troll: This large, bipedal creature is about one and a half times as tall as a Human but very thin. It has long and ungainly arms and legs. The legs end in great three-toed feet, the arms in wide powerful hands with sharp claws. The hide is rubbery, and its hair is thick and ropy.

They walked upright and had rubbery gray skin. They looked like they had been stretched out. Their arms and legs, their fingers, their noses, their bodies, everything was really long and thin. Emrikol called them "Trolls," and he said that they "regenerate." He also said that fire or acid are the only things that hurt them so they can't "regenerate." After we killed them and put their bodies on the campfire, Emrikol explained to me that "regenerate" means that they heal really fast, even when they're supposed to be dead. They can even grow back parts of their bodies that get cut off. The only way to make sure they stay dead is to either completely burn their bodies or dissolve them with acid.

Troll Mutate: The parties knowledge of these creatures was gathered from contact with the Duergar of Firestorm Peak, a Dread Witch and a colony of Myconid: This large, bipedal creature is about one and a half times as tall as a Human but very thin. It has long and ungainly arms and legs. The legs end in great three-toed feet, the arms in wide powerful hands with sharp claws. The hide is rubbery, and its hair is thick and ropy. These particular breed of Trolls have been mutated by the corrupting influence of taint from the Far-Realm. While they oppose Madreus, they also are friend to no one. They make their home in the southwest section of an area known as the 'Twisted Caverns', deep inside Firestorm Peak.

Troll, War: These intelligent and dangerous creatures were bred specifically for war. Never without their weapons and armor, War Trolls know nothing of peace, only the chaos of constant battle. They typically travel from battle to battle in mercenary bands. Capable of sophisticated tactics that most other trolls cannot match. War Trolls have a great love of magic weapons and armor, and they actively seek such equipment if it is properly sized for their frames. A typical War Troll stands nine feet tall, weighing approximately 700lbs. The party encountered a War Troll on the road from Sundabar to Silverymoon. The Troll was manning a toll bridge. The party chose to bypass the toll bridge; crossing the river by means of magic. Later, Dynnera revealed the presence of magical weapons and armor on the 'Trolls'. Apparently there was at least one other troll, concealed through magic.

Tunnel Terror: The party doesn't know very much about this huge aberration. It was one aspect of a Change-O Creature. A tube shaped worm nearly 40' long. The creature looks like a gigantic stony worm that has been hollowed out, leaving only a thick, tubular hide. It has two flat tentacles positioned at each end of it's body. This creature attempted to grapple a party member and swallow him whole. Luckily, it didn't stick around very long as it's stony hide made it nearly impervious to normal weapons.

Urd: A flying lizard covered in scales. This creature has a long tail, a pair of bat like wings, and four clawed limbs. This flying creature was seen flying low over the forests of the Oversember vale. With large multifaceted eyes they're kind of odd looking. Trained and kept by kobolds, these creatures make excellent flying guard dogs.

Urquirsh: These strange spider-like creatures are not native to our plane. Transported here by vile wizards or gates to another place, these aberrations are extraplanar in origin, reputedly originating from a place known as the 'Far Realm'. Their physiology is alien to most forms of life on our plane. These eyeless creatures appear to be fleshy sacks with three arms dangling beneath a central body. That central body is supported by three spider-like legs which originate from atop the creatures bulbous central body. The central body is covered with various prehensile proboscis like tentacles. The creature attacks by spitting acid or hurling sacks of acid. This foul creature moves extremely quickly, and it's capable of moving across walls and floors with a grace that is hard to describe. As a matter of fact, it's so nimble, that no form of obstruction seems to slow it's progress! Despite it's lack of 'eyes', this creature is seemingly able to sense nearby life-forms. Leaking an acidic ooze from it's multiple orifices, the stench emanating from the beast is abominably offensive; enough to make one sick to their stomach. When killed, the urquirsh explodes in a nauseating cloud of poisonous acid. When it explodes, there's a chance that another of it's kind will be instantaneously summoned.

Timid in small numbers, these creatures hesitate to attack until sufficient numbers are present. When they attack, they use hit and run tactics. Employing ranged attacks, they seek to sicken opponents, and then coat them in a hardening coating of regurgitated mucous. Contact with these other-worldly aberrations brings taint to those touched.

Vampire: The party encountered vampire during an adventure to help the town of Deepwood with a Dragon problem... Oh what an adventure that turned out to be! The party doesn't know too much about the Vampire, and hopefully this one will be the last they'll encounter. These powerful undead creatures (the one the party encountered survived a fierce battle with powerful adventurers only to be trapped within a solid stone crypt, where it survived without air or water for several centuries) appear just as they did in life, although their features are often hardened and feral, with the predatory look of wolves.

Being vain and long lived, they often embrace finery and decadence. Some assume the guise of nobility or other offices of stature. Despite their human appearance, vampires can be easily recognized, for they cast no shadows and throw no reflections in mirrors. Vampires speak any languages they knew in life. They are capable of creating and controlling undead minions called 'Vampire Spawn'. They have some form of damage resistance or reduction (10 points), resistance to cold attacks, a powerful form of regeneration, can summon swarms of rats, can transform themselves into a gaseous form (which is immune to damage), dominate the will of weaker beings (the one our party fought tried to dominate some members of our party), spider climb (An ability which allows them to walk on any solid surface; yes they can even walk upside down on ceilings) and radiate a strong aura of evil. Their physical attack causes much more than corporal damage. It can also drain away a persons life force; inflicting the loss of two years (levels) worth of experience.

Recalled later (as Skif and Solmar dredged up memories from journals they had read long ago):

The vampire our party encountered was 'spell-stitched' which allowed it to cast certain spells at will. When it raised it's palm (as if to cast a spell), Solmar saw a symbol (A floating skull surrounded by flames) of Velsharoon on it's palm. Velsharoon is an evil deity of undeath, lichs and necromancers.

Vampire spawn: The party doesn't know very much about this medium sized undead creature. It was one aspect of a Change-O Creature. This feral looking creature virtually drips with evil. Its garb in noble-looking, though in a state of disrepair. Its dark red mouth is dominated by a pair of vicious-looking canine teeth. This undead creature tried to suck the blood from one of our party members. Luckily it was relatively easy to defeat. In a later encounter, we learned that vampire spawn, like the creatures that create them, are capable of spider climb. An ability which allows them to walk on any solid surface; yes they can even walk upside down on ceilings. If reduced to extremely low hit points, the creature becomes a cloud of red vapor. Still capable of moving in this state, it allows the undead minion to escape or flee. The spawn can still be harmed while it's in this state.

Vargouille: Encountered late at night along a dark stretch of highway between Sundabar and Silverymoon. These revolting creatures come into the world from the deepest pits of hell. They haunt graveyards, ruins and other places of death and decay. A Vargouille - essentially a large demonic head with wings - is slightly larger than a human head, with a four foot wingspan. They attack with a poisonous bite (which cannot be healed normally) and a fear inducing shriek which paralyzes opponents. Once paralyzed by the Vargouille, the creature may attempt to 'Kiss' it's opponent. Upon doing so, the victim is condemned to a horrible fate. Over the next 24 hours they will transform into another Vargouille.

Vasuthant: A spherical cloud of impenetrable darkness which moves through the air effortlessly. Reaching out from it's opaque core are black tendrils capable of sapping the strength from even the strongest of creatures. This undead abomination grows larger as it sucks the life energy from it's victims. Varying widely in size the smallest are a nuisance, the medium sized are moderately dangerous. The larger ones, huge or gargantuan are truly fearsome opponents as they seem to have the ability to alter reality, eat light and resist most forms of energy attacks.

Vortex: A living whirlwind. A creature from the elemental plane of air. Who knows what motivates these odd creatures? Surely not kindness and love! Only visible by the disturbed dust and detritus stirred up in their wake, these creatures reach upwards 40 feet, and cover 10 feet worth of ground space. Characters struck by these creatures are lofted skyward and spun violently. Buffeted and barraged by powerful gusts of wind, the bruising beating endured leaves one disoriented and stunned and physically battered. These creatures are immune to everything but physical attacks. Only attacks that have force behind them are capable of disrupting the supernatural air currents that sustain their life force.

Weasel, Giant: Looks like a normal Weasel on steroids. This aggressive creature is about the size of a large dog. We avoided this beasty by feeding it some Giant Crocodile meat.

Werewolf: Knowledge gained from encounters in Deepwood, a small village located in the southern end of the Shilmista Forest, near the eastern border of Amn and/or Tethyr. Our party of adventurers did battle with various monsters; one of the monsters was a group of humanoids who could transform themselves into wolves. In their natural form, they look just like normal humanoids (Humans, Elves, Half-Elves). In animal form, these creatures resemble powerful versions of a wolf, and possess all the natural abilities of a wolf. One in particular was nearly as large as a horse, and it's eyes had a faint red glow. This particular werewolf was also able to take on a half man, half wolf aspect/shape. In combat, these creatures attacked as wolves, and used their trip attacks to great effect. The extremely large form appeared to possess some sort of damage reduction, as the party's physical attacks did very little damage.

The group that our party encountered was being led by an evil werewolf. While the large sized leader was evil, the remainder of this pack wasn't evil. In discussions after defeating the evil pack leader, our party learned that the pack had been protecting the village and it's residents. The evil pack leader appeared, subjugated the pack, and was forcing the pack members to mine gold.

Wight: A gaunt, emaciated creature with malicious, blazing eyes. It's an undead Human whose touch chills and numbs it's victim, eroding his or her life force to feed the hunger of the wight. We encountered it with an evil human priest, whom it appeared to be in conference with. Thalidimar called upon his goddess and turned the vile creature, sparing the party from its touch, while Emrikol-Oz and Solindria destroyed it with sword and spell.

Will-o'-wisp: The party read about this monster in a Bestiary - Their knowledge is limited to the following information: This creature seems to be nothing but a faintly glowing sphere of light. Will-o'-wisps are evil creatures that feed on the powerful emotions associated with panic, horror, and death. They delight in luring travelers into deadly peril, then absorbing the resulting emanations.

Windscythe: A heavily muscled creature, long of limb with a leathery membrane between arm and body. Soaring, gliding and flapping, these creatures power themselves on high using muscle and a keen sense of aerodynamics. The long blade like tail cuts the air behind it, slashing and snapping like an angry hornet confined to a leash. At the tips of its wings, short bony claws clutch at the wind, as though grasping at the flesh of some unseen prey. This flier's narrow skull is crowned with knobby hornlike protrusions, and the mouth is full of sharp teeth. It wears a tunic of chain armor, and a quiver of javelins is slung low across it's back.

Initially attacking with a swooping flyby assault, the party is wondering whether these creatures are smart enough to present a real challenge. Armed with very little knowledge, the first round must go to the swooping aerial assaulters.

Wolf, Dire: Dire wolves are larger, tougher, meaner versions of ordinary wolves. These immense gray wolves seem as big as a horse (appx 9 feet long and weighing around 800 pounds). They have fiery eyes and a thick coat of fur. Efficient pack hunters, they kill anything they can catch.

Wolf, Worg: Worg wolves are very large beasts that look like oversized normal wolves. Unlike their natural counterparts, Worg wolves are highly intelligent. The creatures have their own language, and some can even speak common and Goblin. They live and hunt in packs, and have been known to hunt humanoids when other prey is scarce.

Worm, Lucent: The party read about this monster in a Bestiary - Their knowledge is limited to the following information: This massive creature is very skilled at hiding its enormous bulk. It can grow to be five feet in diameter, and over 100 feet long. Its skin is translucent, and its internal organs are clearly visible. It is covered in millions of tiny cilia, which provide the creatures locomotion. Its mouth is lined with sharp teeth, allowing it to eat pretty much any organic material. When faced with multiple foes, it attempts to crush enemies with its massive body. Creatures that come into contact with a lucent worm often find themselves paralyzed. A lucent worm automatically knows exactly where any creature within 60 ft. is as long as the creature is touching the ground.

Wraith: This creature is a sinister spectral figure robed in darkness and gloom. The only visible/discernable feature of a wraith are the red glowing eyes. These incorporeal beings are darkness and evil incarnate. Hateful and driven, they despise all life and the light of day. Medium in size, these malevolent creatures are a powerful form of undead. These creatures of the night are utterly powerless in natural sunlight, and they will flee from it. The bone-chilling touch of a wraith sucks the life from it's opponents (in the form of Constitution points); strengthening the wraith, and weakening the opponent. Any humanoid slain by a wraith will rise again as a wraith under the control of the wraith which slew it.

Wyvern: This two-legged lizard is bigger than an ogre. It has a long tail tipped with a poisonous stinger much like a scorpion. The creature can fly with its large leathery bat-like wings, and its jaws are filled with long, sharp teeth. Wyvern prefer swooping aerial attacks, and if it manages to get a good grip on its prey, it'll lift it skyward to dash it on the rocks. Often attacking in packs, these Draconic relatives make deadly predators.

Xorn: A creature which moves through the earth as easily as fish move through water. Xorn spend most of their time within the strata of the plane of earth, an extra-planar elemental plane. Living their lives in a subterranean world that most of us will never comprehend, the Xorn are an intelligent race of neutrally aligned creatures. Xorn devour metals, silicates and gems as food. They are also quite fond of magical items. They sometimes attack wealthy adventurers in order to obtain food items. Due to their mode of movement, they naturally use it to strike in ambush, hiding just below or above potential victims. The creatures are barrel shaped, with a tri-lateral symmetry. Three arms, legs and eyes spaced around its body. The Xorn's mouth is located at the top of its body.

Yellow musk creeper: A plant that wants to eat your brain! This fast growing vine eats flesh. More specifically, it eats brains. Capable of mesmerizing its victims with a poisonous mind affecting spore, the plant eats it's victims brains and they become zombies under the control of the plant. Insidious! The plant is a vibrant green in color with yellowish flowers that give off a faint odor of musk.

Yeth hound: This creature looks something like an oversized greyhound with dull black fur. It's face is somewhat humanoid with a goatee and pointed ears. These evil outsiders were likely summoned to serve some specific purpose. Flying without wings, they ambushed the party along a mountain trail. Their baying caused some party members to panic, and their damage reductions made them tough to kill, after an extended battle, they sensed the tables turning and fled before the party could regroup.

An entry from Zeddishous the chronicler:
While traveling through the night the party encountered what at first seemed to be a familiar foe. An eerie howl cut through the night somewhat reminiscent of the hounds we’ve encountered before. However, there did seem to be something different in the quality of the howl. As we rounded the bend the creature flew into sight. To our surprise these flying creatures resembled tall greyhound looking dogs without wings! Some members of the party identified them as Yeth Hounds. These hounds had a bay that could cause fear, an innate ability to fly, and where resistant to physical damage unless afflicted by silver weapons. They also demonstrated above average intelligence in the way they conducted battle.

Yochlol: The party read about this monster in a Bestiary - Their knowledge is limited to the following information: Also known as “Handmaidens of Lolth,” these chaotic evil outsiders look like a giant pile of shit with a single, large red eye and eight tentacles. They exist only to serve Lolth. These demons can also assume the form of a spider with a poisonous bite, a gaseous cloud, or a humanoid. They can communicate telepathically with any creature within 100 ft. that understands any language.

Zombie: Decayed, rotting, and stinking animated corpses dressed in their burial finery, these creatures were busy working an apparatus involving a pulley, a rope, and numerous buckets. The undead creatures seemed to be bailing out the dungeon and we decided to leave them to their task.

Zombie, Myconid: Decayed, rotting, stinking animated corpses. Covered in a purplish layer of fungus. These creatures are created by the spores from a Myconid sovereign. Animated with the assistance of a powerful fungal agent. These 'Zombies' are under the control of the Myconid sovereign. They serve as guards, servants and workers. They are not undead. These zombies only last a few weeks, before they're consumed by the fungal growth which dies when all the nutrients are taken from the host body.

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