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A bestiary of epic proportions!
Encounter dragons, sprites, gorgons, sabertooth tigers, and foes of all stripes, spots, and scales. Even the leviathan is not too big for this comprehensive bestiary!

Inside you'll find hundreds of animals, monsters, and races. Many are culled from myth, others are staples of fantasy fiction and games, and many more are completely original - unlike anything you have ever seen in a role playing game before!
Creatures & Monsters provides:
Over 200 pages of animals, monsters, and races that fly, swim, and terrorize the land - with detailed information on appearance, lifestyle, combat statistics, and background.
Animals and monsters of varying dipositions, from those that characters may protect and befriend to those that threaten the existence of entire towns.
Dragons, fell beasts, elementals, constructs, planar creatures, shapechangers, undead, prehistoric animals, dangerous plants, giants, trolls, fairy folk, and more.
Guidelines for how to create your own Rolemaster creatures.
Extensensive random encounter tables regarding water sources, terrain, vegetation, special features, and power.
A complete index

Table of Contents:

1.0 Welcome ...... 5
2.0 Statistics and Codes..... 6-10
2.1 Type. ............................ 6
2.2 Level. ............................ 6
2.3 Movement Stats............. 6
2.4 Combat Stats. ................. 7
2.5 Encounter Stats. .............. 9
2.6 General Descriptions. ..... 10
3.0 Animals. ......................... 11-38
3.1 Herbivores and Other Normally Passive Animals. .... 11
Antelope-like Animals ......... 11
Rodents ............................. 11
Other Herbivores ................ 11
3.2 Fish and Other Water Creatures. ........... 13
Dolphins/Porpoises ............... 13
Octopuses/Squids ................ 14
Sharks .................................. 14
Eels ...................................... 14
Fish ...................................... 14
Rays ..................................... 15
Whales .................................. 16
Other Sea Creatures ............. 16
3.3 Insects, Arachnids, and Crustaceans. ....17
Ants ....................................... 17
Beetles .................................. 17
Crabs and Lobsters ................ 17
Fleas ...................................... 18
Scorpions ............................... 18
Spiders ................................... 18
Ticks ..................................... 18
The Praying Mantis ................ 18
3.4 Reptiles and Amphibians. ... 19
Alligators and Crocodiles .......... 19
Snakes ..................................... 19
Frogs and Toads ....................... 20
Lizards ....................................... 20
Salamanders and Newts ............ 21
Tortoises and Turtles ................. 21
Other Reptiles ............................ 21
3.5 Carnivorous Mammals. ... .... 22
Bears ............................... 22
Cats ................................. 22
Dogs ................................ 22
Mustelids/Civets .............. 22
Other Carnivores .............. 22
3.6 Birds and Other Aerial Animals. .............. 24
Eagle/Hawk ..................... 24
Birds ................................. 24
Bats .................................. 25
Other Birds and Aerial Animals ........... 25
3.7 Other Potentially Dangerous Animals. .................. 26
Primates ................................. 26
Kangaroos and Wallabies ...... 27
Porcupines ............................. 27
Seals, Sea Lions, and Walruses ............. 27
Other Dangerous Animals ....... 28
3.8 Riding and Draft Animals. ........ 29
Camels, Llamas, and Alpacas ................. 29
Elephants ...................................... 30
Horses, Donkeys, and Mules ......... 30
Oxen and Water Buffaloes ........... 31
Reindeer/Caribou ......................... 31
3.9 Unearthly Animals. ........................ 32
Slug, Giant ................................................. 32
Winged Panther ........................................ 32
Other Unearthly Animals ....................... 33
Allibat ..................................................... 33
Battle Boar ............................................ 33
Bone Worm ........................................... 33
Carnivorous Flying Squirrels ............. 33
Crison ..................................................... 33
Didex ...................................................... 33
Electric Wasps ...................................... 34
Furred Snake, Giant ............................ 34
Gabbit ..................................................... 34
Gemsting (Giant Scorpion) ................ 34
Great Boar ............................................. 35
Great Porcupine ................................... 35
Gulo ........................................................ 35
Guyascutus ............................................. 35
Horse Viper ........................................... 35
Horned Snake ....................................... 36
Ihl Wolf .................................................. 36
Jackalope ................................................ 36
Jadeback (Giant Beetle) ...................... 36
Kraeguth ................................................ 37
Regal Stag .............................................. 37
Rumtifusel ............................................. 37
Scra Pren ............................................... 37
Serpentus ............................................... 37
Strider bird ............................................ 37
Swamp Octopus ................................... 38
Tatzelwurm ........................................... 38
Tentmorse .............................................. 38
Trivren .................................................... 38
War Snail ............................................... 38
4.0 Dragons and Other
Fell Creatures. .................. 39-50
Combat Notes ........................................... 39
Movement Modifiers ............................... 39
Age Effects ................................................. 39
4.1 Dragons (Great Drakes). ........ 39-43
4.2 Lesser Drakes. .............................. 43-44
4.3 Minor Drakes. .............................. 44-50
Basilisk ........................................................ 44
Basilisk, Greater ........................................ 45
Behemoth ................................................... 45
Cave Worm ................................................ 45
Cockatrice ................................................... 46
Dragon Salamander ................................. 46
Dragon Turtle ........................................... 46
Dragonette .................................................. 47
Faerie Dragon ........................................... 47
Fell Beast .................................................... 47
Hydra ........................................................... 48
Lake Worm ................................................ 48
Leviathan .................................................... 49
Oriental Dragon ........................................ 49
Sea Serpent ................................................ 49
Sirrush ......................................................... 50
Wyverns ...................................................... 50
5.0 Land Monsters. ....................... 51-62
Great Spiders ............................................. 51
Unicorn ....................................................... 51
Zephyr Hounds .................................... 52-53
Warcat ......................................................... 53
Other Land Monsters .............................. 53
Abraxas ................................................... 53
Al-mi’raj .................................................. 53
Arachat ................................................... 54
Battlepede .............................................. 54
Black Baboon ........................................ 55
Bounder .................................................. 55
Caustic Slime ........................................ 55
Cerebus ................................................... 55
Chameleon Amoeba ............................. 56
Chimera .................................................. 56
Crecadinum ........................................... 56
Darkhunter ............................................ 57
Echidna (Lamiae) ................................. 57
Euryale .................................................... 57
Feliss ....................................................... 57
Furtheis .................................................. 58
Gorgon (Medusae) ............................... 58
Ice Spider ............................................... 58
Ki-lin ....................................................... 59
Killer Rabbit ......................................... 59
Klugala ................................................... 59
Leocorn ................................................... 59
Leorgon ................................................... 60
Manticore ............................................... 60
Minotaur ................................................ 60
Mist Monster ........................................ 60
Multi-spider ........................................... 61
Panthershark ......................................... 61
Sasquatch/Yeti ..................................... 61
Scylla ....................................................... 61
Seftuau ................................................... 62
Su............................................................. 62
Thraxx .................................................... 62
Tove ........................................................ 62
Vorasis .................................................... 62
Will of the Wisp ................................... 62
6.0 Water Monsters. ..................... 63-65
Capricorn (Sea Goat) .......................... 63
Demon Whale ....................................... 63
Giant Hellbender .................................. 63
Hippocampus ........................................ 63
Mercat ..................................................... 64
Mergryph ................................................ 64
Nator ....................................................... 64
Nucklelavee ........................................... 64
Rath ......................................................... 65
Red Feeder ............................................ 65
Red Jaw .................................................. 65
Spineshark ............................................. 65
7.0 Flying Monsters. .................... 66-76
Great Eagles ............................................... 66
Pegasus ........................................................ 66
Spiderbat .................................................... 66
Winged Eels ............................................... 67
Other Flying Monsters ............................ 68
Androsphinx .......................................... 68
Banshee .................................................. 68
Blacksnake ............................................. 69
Carnivorous Flying Monkeys ............. 69
Dracasus ................................................. 69
Gargoyle ................................................. 69
Geryon .................................................... 70
Gorcrow .................................................. 70
Great Falcon and Wasp ...................... 70
Griffon / Gryphon ............................... 71
Harpy ...................................................... 71
Homonculous ........................................ 71
Hippogriff .............................................. 72
Horribar .................................................. 72
Ki-Rin ..................................................... 72
Lammasu ................................................ 72
Mistraven ............................................... 73
Nasti ........................................................ 73
Phoenix ................................................... 73
Quetzelquatl .......................................... 74
Roc .......................................................... 74
Siren ........................................................ 74
Sky Shark, Manta, and Whale ..... 74-75
Sphinx .................................................... 75
Steardan ................................................. 75
Thyfur ..................................................... 76
Tracha .................................................... 76
Viperhawk .............................................. 76
Whitesnake ............................................ 76
Winged Wolf ......................................... 76
8.0 Elementals and Other
Artificial Beings. ............. 77-85
8.1 Constructs. .......................................... 77
Standard Constructs ................................ 77
Beast Constructs ....................................... 77
8..2 Elementals. ........................................ 79
Weak Elementals ...................................... 79
Strong Elementals .................................... 79
8.3 Artificial Beings. ......................... 80-82
Elemental Savants .................................... 80
Eye Entities ................................................ 81
Golems ........................................................ 81
Beast Golems ............................................. 82
Modified Golems ...................................... 82
8.4 Other Elementals
and Artificial Beings. .......... 83-85
Shards .......................................................... 83
Warders ....................................................... 84
Miscellaneous ............................................ 84
Guardians ............................................... 84
Servants .................................................. 84
Solaar ...................................................... 84
Vile .......................................................... 85
9.0 Demons. ...................................... 86-104
9.1 Demons of the Pale. ...................... 86
The World of the First Pale .................. 87
The World of the Second Pale .............. 87
The World of the Third Pale ................ 88
The World of the Fourth Pale .............. 89
The World of the Fifth Pale .................. 89
The World of the Sixth Pale ................. 89
The Last Planes ........................................ 90
9.2 Demons of the Void. ..................... 90
9.2.1 Older Ones: Agothu .................. 90-91
9.2.2 Agothu Servants: Destroyers ....... 91
9.2.3 Other Demons of the Void .......... 92
Elf Demons ...................................... 92-93
Man Demons ................................... 93-94
Demons of Might ................................. 94
Noble Gogonaur .............................. 94
Ordainer Moloch ............................. 94
Ordainer Raukamar ........................ 95
9.3 Other Demons. ................................. 95
Acarva ......................................................... 95
Acid Demon............................................... 95
Black Stalker ............................................. 95
Corvox ......................................................... 96
Demon Drake ............................................ 96
Demon Dog ............................................... 97
Demon Horse (Nightmare) .................... 97
Demon Scourge (Demon of Might) ..... 97
Demonic Protoplasm ............................... 98
Eraditor ....................................................... 98
Frzzzm ........................................................ 98
Grumoz ....................................................... 99
Huntarr ....................................................... 99
Ice Demon .................................................. 99
Mortal Demons ......................................... 99
Neng (N’ng) ............................................... 99
Plague Demon ......................................... 100
Rashtar ...................................................... 100
Rhodintor ................................................. 100
Shade Demon .......................................... 100
Shadow Demon ...................................... 100
Smoke Demon......................................... 100
Storm Demon & Sword Demon ......... 101
Succubus and Incubus .......................... 101
Terrorite ................................................... 101
Thorned Demon ..................................... 102
Thonis ....................................................... 102
Tlaque ....................................................... 102
Warrior Demons ..................................... 102
9.4 Demon Lords. ......................... 103-104
10.0 Entities From
Other Planes. ................ 105-113
10.1 Standard Planar Entities. ....... 105
Champions ............................................... 105
Djinn (Genii) ........................................... 106
Other Standard Planar Entities ........... 107
Absorber ............................................... 107
Blacar .................................................... 108
Clostoph ............................................... 108
Crystyl ................................................... 109
Dictic .................................................... 109
Discord ................................................. 109
Dreadwing ........................................... 110
Flame Beast ......................................... 110
Gem Entity .......................................... 110
Hoard .................................................... 110
Lithaba .................................................. 111
Mrem .................................................... 111
Nightwing ............................................ 111
Nycorac ................................................ 111
Oran ...................................................... 111
Sligguth ................................................ 112
Traag ..................................................... 112
Vultrim ................................................. 112
Xaastyl .................................................. 112
10.2 Chaos Demons. ........................... 113
11.0 Undead. .................................. 114-137
“Killing” the Undead ............................. 114
“Becoming” Undead .............................. 114
Note on RRs and Lost Constitution .. 114
Black Reaver ............................................ 114
Bloodbeast ................................................ 115
Chaos Soldier .......................................... 115
Chaos Soldier .......................................... 115
Corpse Light ............................................ 116
Corpse Candle ......................................... 116
Corpse Lantern ........................................ 116
Dirge .......................................................... 116
Ghost ......................................................... 116
Ghost (Headless) ..................................... 116
Ghouls ....................................................... 117
Giant Skeletons ....................................... 117
Liches ........................................................ 118
Mummies .................................................. 118
Shadows .................................................... 119
Shadow Assassins ................................... 119
Skeletons ................................................... 119
Skullbats ................................................... 120
Specters ..................................................... 121
Standard Created Undead .................... 121
Undead Dinosaurs .................................. 121
Vampires ................................................... 124
Wights ....................................................... 125
Wight (Barrow) ....................................... 125
Wraiths ...................................................... 125
Wraths ....................................................... 126
Other Undead .......................................... 126
Apparition ............................................ 126
Black Paladin ...................................... 126
Bone Golem......................................... 126
Dark Apparition ................................. 127
Deathwoode......................................... 127
Desert Spirits ...................................... 127
Disembodied Head ............................ 127
Drake (Undead) ................................. 128
Dream Horror ..................................... 128
Firephantom ........................................ 128
Ghost Wolf .......................................... 128
Ghoulking ............................................ 129
Giant Skull .......................................... 129
Gloombird ............................................ 129
Grey Noble .......................................... 130
Living Ghoul ....................................... 130
Mara ...................................................... 130
Monastic Lich ..................................... 131
Necros ................................................... 131
Nightgaunt ........................................... 131
Phantom ............................................... 131
Phantom Steed ................................... 132
Revenant .............................................. 132
Roaming Hand ................................... 132
Rotting Corpse .................................... 132
Skullbeast ............................................. 132
Skullpack .............................................. 133
Spajlen-tier ........................................... 133
Spiderskull ........................................... 134
Swamp Star ......................................... 134
Undead Mass ...................................... 134
Vampiric Centaur ............................... 134
Vampiric Drake .................................. 134
Vampiric Gorgon ................................ 135
Vampiric Troll .................................... 136
Vampiric Unicorn .............................. 136
Vampiric Werewolf ............................ 136
Veyrr ..................................................... 137
Wild Hunt Hound ............................. 137
Zombie .................................................. 137
12.0 Shapechangers. ................ 138-144
12.1 Lycanthropes. ................................ 138
Werebear .............................................. 138
Werelion ............................................... 139
Wereshark ............................................ 139
Weretiger .............................................. 140
Werewolf .............................................. 140
12.2 Other Lycanthropes. .................. 140
Wereboar .............................................. 140
Werejackal ........................................... 141
Wererat ................................................. 141
12.3 Shapechangers. ............................ 141
Naga ...................................................... 141
Silverscale ............................................ 142
12.4 Other Shapechangers. .............. 142
Changeling ............................................... 142
Doppleganger ........................................... 142
Empusa ..................................................... 143
Plon ............................................................ 143
Pooka ......................................................... 143
Striges ........................................................ 144
Vargamor .................................................. 144
Vestice ....................................................... 144
13.0 Prehistoric Animals. ... 145-147
13.1 Dinosaurs. ...................................... 145
Pterosaur ................................................... 145
Other Dinosaurs ..................................... 145
Anklosaur ................................................. 145
Brontosaur (Apatasaur) ......................... 145
Triceratops ............................................... 145
Tyrannosaur (Rex) ................................. 146
Stegosaur .................................................. 146
13.2 Other Prehistoric Beasts. ........ 146
Elothere (giant boar) .............................. 146
Megalodon (giant shark) ....................... 147
Smilodon (sabertooth tiger) ................. 147
14.0 Dangerous Plants. ........ 148-153
Ansilius (Emitter Plant) ........................ 148
Awakened Tree ....................................... 148
Battleweed ................................................ 148
Bloodloom ................................................ 149
Chillvine .................................................... 149
Clivimis (Emitter Plant) ........................ 149
Deadly Milk-white
Trumpet (Emitter Plant) ..... 149
Delphinuris (Emitter Plant) ................. 150
Dreamvines (Trapping Plant) .............. 150
Exploding Mushrooms
(Emitter Plant) ....................... 150
Fireflower ................................................. 151
Fly Trap, giant (Trapper Plant) .......... 151
Horasos ..................................................... 151
Laevenus (Emitter Plant) ...................... 151
Lambtree ................................................... 151
Pitcher Plant, giant
(Trapping Plant) .................... 152
Salorisa ...................................................... 152
Slowroot ................................................... 152
Spinewood (Emitter Plant) .................. 152
Spirium (Emitter Plant) ........................ 152
Sundew (Trapping Plant) ..................... 153
Tigertree ................................................... 153
Treeherd ................................................... 153
15.0 Giant Races. ....................... 154-160
15.1 Lesser Giants. ............................... 154
15.2 Other Giants. ................................ 154
Cyclops ...................................................... 154
Greater Giants ................................. 154-157
15.3 Trolls. ....................................... 158-159
15.4 Semi-Giants. .................................. 160
Ogres ..................................................... 160
Titans .................................................... 160
16.0 Fairy Races. ........................ 161-164
16.1 Elves. ................................................. 161
16.2 Fey Folk. ......................................... 161
Dwelfs ....................................................... 161
Gremlins ................................................... 162
Nixies ........................................................ 162
Pysk (Pixies) ............................................ 162
Sylphs ........................................................ 163
Tylweth Teg (Peries) ............................. 163
16.3 House Spirits. ............................... 163
Ellyllon ...................................................... 163
16.4 Occupational Spirits. ........ 163-164
Leprechaun ............................................... 163
Pech ........................................................... 164
16.5 Rural Spirits. ................................ 164
Fosse-Grim ............................................... 164
Nymphs ..................................................... 164
Satyrs (Fauns) ......................................... 164
Undines (Nokke, Necks) ....................... 164
Yaai ............................................................ 164
17.0 Underground
Races. ................................... 165-166
Dwarves .................................................... 165
Gnolls ........................................................ 165
Gnomes ..................................................... 165
Goblins ...................................................... 165
Halflings .................................................... 165
Hobgoblins ............................................... 165
Kobolds ..................................................... 165
Orcs ........................................................... 166
Grey ........................................................... 166
Scrug .......................................................... 166
Vard ........................................................... 166
Troglodyte ................................................ 166
18.0 Unusual Races. ................ 167-173
18.1 Centaurs. ......................................... 167
18.2 Gratar. .............................................. 168
18.3 Other Unusual Races. .............. 169
Avinarc ...................................................... 169
Cherubim .................................................. 169
Dragonians ............................................... 169
Garks ......................................................... 170
Hira’razhir (Avians) ................................ 170
Idiyva (Felines) ........................................ 170
Maazhat (Insects) ................................... 170
Mermen .................................................... 170
Minoths ..................................................... 171
Neanderthals ............................................ 171
Nycamerith ............................................... 171
Plynos ........................................................ 171
Quishad ..................................................... 171
Rancid ....................................................... 172
Scrav .......................................................... 172
Sea-krals .................................................... 172
Shuikmar (Sharkmen) ........................... 172
Sibbicai (Canines) .................................. 172
Sohleugir (Lizardmen) ........................... 172
Sstoi’isslythi (Reptilians) ....................... 173
Urloc .......................................................... 173
Vulfen (Wolfmen) .................................. 173
Zrax ........................................................... 173
19.0 Encounter Tables. ........ 174-200
19.1 Specific Situation. ...................... 174
19.2 Creature’s Power. ....................... 174
19.3 Location and Environment. .. 176
19.4 Universal Encounter Tables
19.4.1 Power ........................................... 175
19.4.2 Universal Animals ..................... 176
19.4.3 Universal Monsters ................... 176
19.4.4 Social/Culture/Civilization/
Habitation ................................ 177
19.5 Special Feature
Encounter Tables
19.5.1 Near Villages/Towns
/Cities/Castles ........................ 178
19.5.2 Rural Inhabited
/Cultivated Areas ................... 179
19.5.3 Enchanted/Magical Places ...... 180
19.5.4 Battlefields/Shipwrecks ............ 181
19.5.5 Cavern complexes ...................... 182
19.5.6 Volcanic Areas ............................ 183
19.5.7 Cross-Over Points
Between Dimensions ............ 183
19.5.8 Ruins ............................................ 184
19.5.9 Burial Areas ................................ 185
19.5.10 Cave Entrances
/Overhangs/Lairs ................... 186
19.6 Water Source Encounter Tables
19.6.1 Freshwater Coasts and Banks . 187
19.6.2 Tropical Islet/Reef/Atoll ......... 187
19.6.3 Breaks/Wadis ............................. 188
19.6.4 Ocean ........................................... 188
19.6.5 Oasis/Isolated Water Sources . 189
19.6.6 Glaciers/Snowfield .................... 190
19.6.7 Saltwater Shores/Shallows ...... 190
19.6.8 Marsh/Swamp ............................ 191
19.6.9 Lake/River ................................... 192
19.6.10 Desert ......................................... 192
19.7 Terrain Encounter Tables
19.7.1 Alpine/High Altitude
/Mountainous ......................... 193
19.7.2 Underground .............................. 194
19.7.3 Rough/Rugged/Rocky Hills .... 195
19.7.4 Waste/Barren ............................. 195
19.8 Vegetation Encounter Tables
19.8.1 Coniferous Forest/Taiga .......... 196
19.8.2 Deciduous/Mixed Forest ......... 197
19.8.3 Tundra ......................................... 197
19.8.4 Heath/Scrub/Moor ................... 198
19.8.5 Jungle/Rain Forest .................... 199
19.8.6 Plains/Grassland ........................ 200
20.0 Creating Your
Own Monsters. ................... 201
Combining Creatures ............................. 201
Adding New Capabilities ...................... 201
Creating an Original Creature ............. 201
Giantism ................................................... 201
21.0 Appendix. ............................. 202-203
21.1 A Glossary of Some
Mythological Creatures. ........ 202
21.2 Bibliography. ................................. 203
21.3 Art Bibliography. ........................ 203
Creature Index. ............................... 204-207
Encounter Table Index. ..................... 207