Back on the horse ( Read more... )

Fun fact: writing up this entry, the fingers of my left hand were accidentally one key to the right, and thus I got "svhsirtsi" instead. That'd be a fun monster name, I think. Perhaps some kind of evil hippo-creature ( Read more... )

Viper trees are pretty straightforward in concept, too. They're trees with snakes instead of branches. Part fiend, part reptile, part plant, all hungry. They've also got a rudimentary intelligence, although they only speak the language of Tanar'ri, and crudely at that, it does make parlay possible ( Read more... )

Abyssal bats, now in six delicious flavors ( Read more... )

Goristro are the giant 20'+ living siege engines of the blood war, big stupid brutes whose key ability is "take piles of damage" and "dish it out". Besides that fairly simple and basic concept, there's a few excellent little tidbits about them ( Read more... )

Time to get back on the horse! Or the undead demon centaur thingy, as the case may be. And coincidentally, that brings us to our next entry: the Armanite! Who are, if you couldn't tell, undead demon centaur thingies ( Read more... )

Ratatosk lives in the old world tree,
Merry old king of the Ash is he,
Laugh, Ratatosk, laugh, Ratatosk,
Gay your life must beAs a wise man once said, "I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul." Don't judge me ( Read more... )

Oreads are to mountains what Dryads are to forests.

It's kind of fun to look at the wikipedia article on "nymphs", as Greek Mythology is chock full of these kind of nature spirits. Fountain nymphs! Ivy nymphs! Honey Bees nymphs! Kind of makes you wonder about razorvine nymphs or portal nymphs or such, for a more planescapey feel. Hmmm ( Read more... )

8' large beetles of Pandemonium with one interesting property: they take on some of the appearances of whatever it was they last ate each time they molt. Not enough to disguise themselves, mind you, for example "Having eaten a horse, the murska's carapace gradually molts to reveal the dapple-grqay hide of a horse beneath, stretched awfully over the ( Read more... )

The entry for lillendi is big and juicy, full of obvious hooks and interesting quirky details. I think the difference between them and, say, the last entry, is that they're intelligent. Being able to assign desires and motivations and unique social behaviors really goes a long way towards being able to use a "monster" for something other than "the ( Read more... )