DISPLACER BEAST

DISPLACER BEAST

"This vaguely puma-like creature is bluish black, its tentacles are dead black, the horney edges of the tentacles are brownish yellow, and its eyes glow a hellish green."

Gary Gygax, Monster Manual I

BABAU

BABAU

"This species of demon is tall and appears much as a skeleton in form-fitting black leather. Its extremities are larger than normal, however. Its feet, hands, and head are the size of a hill giant's. The taloned fingers are deadly and a horn-like growth projects from the back of the skull, curving forward and downward."

Gary Gygax, Monster Manual II

TIRAPHEG

TIRAPHEG

"This tripedal hermaphrodite is 7' tall, naked and hairless. Its shape is human-like, but there are significant deviations from human form. The creature has three heads of which the outer two are featureless. The middle head has three large, deeply-inset eyes, two to the front, (above the nose as a human) and one to the rear; it has ear-like organs on each side, but no mouth."

 "From the body of the creature spring three arms; the two at the shoulders are jointed in such a way that they can attack to the rear with equal facility as to the front of the body - these are prehensile limbs with a 6" long spike at the end of each. The third arm, emerging centrally from the chest, is like a human arm except that the hand has three strong fingers. Of the creature's three legs, the outer two are stumps and the central one has three unusually long and strong toes."

"The tirapheg's mouth is located in its belly below the central arm;"

Don Turnbull ed., Fiend Folio

GAMBADO

GAMBADO

These extraordinary-looking creatures are man-sized, with a powerful human torso and two arms ending in very sharp claws. Supported on the thin (but very strong) neck is the creature's head which is a skull - usually of an animal but sometimes of primitive man. The lower part of the creature's body consists of a cylinder of muscle and skin which can be compressed spring-style and released, below which are three long and thin single-toed feet. Its manner of locomotion -since it lacks legs as such - is a series of springs;""

Don Turnbull ed., Fiend Folio

OWLBEAR

 

OWLBEAR

"Owlbears have brownish-black to yellow brown fur and feathers. The 1,300 to 1,500 pound males will be the darker colored. The beaks of these creatures are yellow to ivory. The eyes are red-rimmed and exceedingly terrible to behold."

Gary Gygax, Monster Manual I

MONODRONE

 

MONODRONE

"Thousands of spherical monodrones, armed with spears, fouchards, and crossbows, are impressive when marshaled against the foe, as is their unswerving, singleminded performance. They exist for their work and what limited conversations they can carry on usually concern their functions."

Gary Gygax, Monster Manual II

ACHAIEREI

ACHAIEREI

"Though the foul motives which caused these loathsome birds to be first summoned from the infernal regions are now lost from memory, remnants of the original achaierai flock still stalk the earth, haunting shadowy places and underground passages. In form they consist of a huge spherical head-body, with a powerful beak and feathery crest, atop four long legs ending in strong claws."

Don Turnbull ed., Fiend Folio

FLUMPH

FLUMPH

"These strange creatures are saucer shaped and pure white in colour. The mouth is at the centre of the upper surface; on either side of the mouth is a 4" long eyestalk. The underside carries a mass of small spikes and numerous small tentacles. The flumph 'flies' by sucking air into its mouth and expelling it through its underside. Normally it floats about 4" above the ground but can fly up to 10', particularly for attack purposes."

Don Turnbull ed., Fiend Folio

GALEB DUHR

GALEB DUHR

"The galeb duhr is a curious boulder-like creature with appendages that act as hands and feet. These intelligent beings are very large and slow moving. They live in rocky or mountainous areas where they can feel the 'earth power' and control the rocks around them."

Gary Gygax, Monster Manual II

NECROPHIDIUS

NECROPHIDIUS

"This creature appears be the skeleton of a giant snake with a fanged human skull as a head."

Don Turnbull ed., Fiend Folio

CRABMAN

CRABMAN

"Amphibious creatures usually found in sea-shore caves, crabmen are humanoid in appearance but with a hard, reddish-brown exoskeleton. Instead of hands they have two pincers which they use in combat."
Don Turnbull ed., Fiend Folio

CARBUNCLE

CARBUNCLE

"This small creature is similar to an armadillo with an 'armoured' upper surface of small interlocking 'plates' of tough leathery skin. It feeds exclusively on leaves and small insects and is rarely found outside areas (such as woodland and marshland) where there is a copious supply of such food. Its upper surface armouring is attractively patterned in shades of brown while its underbody is light grey flecked with small green patches. Set in its head, immediately above its eyes, is a large ruby."

Don Turnbull ed., Fiend Folio

HOOK HORROR

HOOK HORROR

"Large, powerful bipeds, hook horrors have vulture-like heads and a hard plated exoskeleton which is mottled grey in color."

Don Turnbull ed., Fiend Folio

GORBEL

GORBEL

"A curious creature, the gorbel appears as a red globe of thin rubbery material about 3' in diameter with a tiny mouth, six tiny eyes on short retractable stalks equally spaced around the upper hemisphere and two clawed legs which it uses to move at remarkable speed."

"Gorbels are mischievous, fickle and irritable creatures."
Don Turnbull ed., Fiend Folio