TOMB TAPPER

TOMB TAPPER

"Tappers are tall and humanoid, with very hard, blue-gray skin and great claws which can dig through solid rock. They are sometimes called “the Faceless” due to their featureless heads."

"Tappers have gigantic mouths in their abdomens. These jaws can crush rock, from which Tappers extract mineral sustenance."

Ed Greenwood, Dragon Magazine #41

TROLL

TROLL

"Troll hide is a nauseating moss green, mottled green and gray, or pulrid gray. The writhing hair-like growth upon a troll's head is greenish black or iron gray, The eyes of a troll are dull black."

Gary Gygax, Monster Manual

NITRODJINN

NITRODJINN

"The nocturnal creature of desolate areas known as the Nitrodjinn is a rare and strange being. Each creature is invariably associated with an atomic energy source such as a reactor or large battery, from which it appears to draw its 'life force.' Each being manipulates the local weather conditions to produce a thick fog for a 100-meter radius around the atomic power source."

"In ultraviolet light or when seen without the surrounding fog, this being appears to have a vaguely humanoid torso with four arms and a featureless head. The lower half of the body is a long serpentine form stretching along the ground all the way back to the power source."

Roger Moore, Dragon Magazine #75

WINGLESS WONDER

WINGLESS WONDER

"The Wingless Wonder is a comical beast that resembles a walking egg (which it has also been called). It stands rather unsteadily on two weak legs that have rubbery, sticky bases, and it has two small arms which it flaps constantly (hence its name). Its mouth is atop its head, surrounded by a fringe of tentacles which are are extendable to 12 feet. Most of these creatures eat only fruits and vegetables and have nine such tentacles. A rare (20% of all Wonders) type is omnivorous and has 12 tentacles."

"Wonders are blue-green in color with purplish undersides. Their skin, which is covered by fuzz, is delicate and does not heal quickly."

"The creatures are apparently bisexual. When a solitary Wonder encounters another of its species, the two will intertwine their tentacles and chitter excitedly in chorus for 2 rounds. This appears to be a mating contact."

Ed Greenwood, Dragon Magazine #40

EYE OF THE DEEP

EYE OF THE DEEP

"It is possible that this monster is a relative of the beholder, for There are remarkable similarities between the two species. The eye of the deep dwells only at great depths of the ocean, floating slowly about, stalking prey. It has two huge crab-like pincers to seize its victims and a mouth full of small sharp teeth, its primary weapons, however, are its eyes. The creature has a large central eye which emits a blinding flash of light to dazzle and stun those in its ray. The eye of the deep also has two smaller eyes on long stalks with which it is able to create an illusion; or, acting independently, the small eyes are able to cast hold person and hold monster spells respectively."

Gary Gygax, Monster Manual

SHAPELESS LIVING THING

SHAPELESS LIVING THING

"80-Shapeless living thing forming nucleus of ancient building."

H.P. Lovecraft, Commonplace Book

SITTER

SITTER

"106-A thing that sat on a sleeper’s chest. Gone in morning, but something left behind." 

H.P. Lovecraft, Commonplace Book

SLIMY ENORMOUS FROG

SLIMY ENORMOUS FROG 

"As I fled from that accursed castle along the bog’s edge I heard a new sound; common, yet unlike any I had heard before at Kilderry. The stagnant waters, lately quite devoid of animal life, now teemed with a horde of slimy enormous frogs which piped shrilly and incessantly in tones strangely out of keeping with their size. They glistened bloated and green in the moonbeams, and seemed to gaze up at the fount of light. I followed the gaze of one very fat and ugly frog, and saw the second of the things which drove my senses away."

H.P. Lovecraft, The Moon-Bog

STRANGE PREHISTORIC CREATURE

STRANGE PREHISTORIC CREATURE

"100-Subterranean region beneath placid New England village, inhabited by (living or extinct) creatures of prehistoric antiquity and strangeness."

H.P. Lovecraft, Commonplace Book

DISTORTED BIRD

HORRIBLY DISTORTED BIRD

"He dreamed of great birds that fought and tore, birds with horribly distorted human aspects; he dreamed of monstrous beasts; and he dreamed of himself in strange roles."

H.P. Lovecraft & August Derleth, The Lurker At the Threshold