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COMPILATION NOTE: This product is a compilation as well arevision. Some of the material is the same as material publishedin Creatures & Treasures, Creatures & Treasures II, andvarious Rolemaster Companions. However, much of the gamestatistic information has been modified to align the entries withthe Rolemaster Standard System.

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1.0 Welcome ......................................... 5

2.0 Statistics and Codes ......... 7-12

2.1 Type ..................................................... 72.2 Level .................................................... 72.3 Movement Stats ............................... 72.4 Combat Stats ..................................... 82.5 Encounter Stats .............................. 102.6 General Descriptions ................... 12

3.0 Animals ..................................... 13-49

3.1 Herbivores And OtherNormally Passive Animals ......... 13

Antelope-Like Animals ...................... 13Rodents ............................................... 13Other Herbivores ................................ 13

3.2 Fish andOther Water Creatures .................. 15

Dolphins/Porpoises ............................. 15Octopuses/Squids ............................... 16Sharks ................................................. 17Eels ..................................................... 17Fish ..................................................... 17Rays .................................................... 17Whales ................................................ 18Other Sea Creatures ............................ 18

3.3 Insects, Arachnids,and Crustaceans .............................. 20

Ants .................................................... 20Beetles ................................................ 20Crabs and Lobsters ............................. 20Fleas .................................................... 21Scorpions ............................................ 21Spiders ................................................ 22Ticks ................................................... 22Praying Mantis ................................... 22

3.4 Reptiles and Amphibians ........... 22Alligators and Crocodiles ................... 22Snakes ................................................. 23Frogs and Toads ................................. 25Lizards ................................................ 25Salamanders and Newts ...................... 25Tortoises and Turtles .......................... 25Other Reptiles ..................................... 26

3.5 Carnivorous Mammals ................ 26Bears ................................................... 26Cats ..................................................... 27Dogs .................................................... 28Lion .................................................... 28Tiger ................................................... 28Wolf .................................................... 29Mustelids/Civets ................................. 29Other Carnivores ................................ 29

3.6 Birds andOther Aerial Animals .................... 30

Eagle/Hawk ........................................ 30Birds ................................................... 31Bats ..................................................... 31Other Birds and Aerial Animals ......... 31

3.7 Other PotentiallyDangerous Animals ....................... 33

Primates .............................................. 33Kangaroos and Wallabies ................... 34Porcupines .......................................... 34Rats ..................................................... 35Rhinoceroses ...................................... 35Seals, Sea Lions, and Walruses .......... 35Shrews ................................................ 36Other Dangerous Beasts ..................... 36

3.8 Riding and Draft Animals ......... 36Camels, Llamas, and Alpacas ............. 36Elephants ............................................ 37Horses, Donkeys, and Mules .............. 38Oxen and Water Buffaloes ................. 38Reindeer/Caribou ................................ 39

3.9 Unearthly Animals ....................... 39Allibat ................................................. 39Battle Boar .......................................... 39Bone Worm ........................................ 40Carnivorous Flying Squirrels ............. 40Crison ................................................. 41Didex .................................................. 41Electric Wasps .................................... 41Furred Snake, Giant ............................ 42Gabbit ................................................. 42Gemsting (Giant Scorpion) ................ 42Great Boar .......................................... 43Great Porcupine .................................. 43Gulo .................................................... 43Guyascutus ......................................... 44Horse Viper ........................................ 44Horned Snake ..................................... 44Jackalope ............................................ 45Jadeback (Giant Beetle) ...................... 45Kraeguth ............................................. 45Regal Stag ........................................... 46Rumtifusel .......................................... 46Scra Pren ............................................. 46Serpentus ............................................ 46Slug, Giant .......................................... 47Strider Bird ......................................... 48Swamp Octopus .................................. 48Tatzelwurm ......................................... 48Tentmorse ........................................... 48Trivren ................................................ 49War Snail ............................................ 49Winged Panther .................................. 49

4.0 Dragons andOther Fell Creatures ..... 50-69

Combat Notes ........................................ 50Age Effects ............................................. 50Movement Modifiers ............................ 50

4.1 Dragons (Great Drakes) ............. 50Cold Drake ......................................... 52Dark Drake ......................................... 53Fire Drake ........................................... 53Gas Drake ........................................... 54Light Drake ......................................... 55Plasma Drake ...................................... 55Sea Drake ........................................... 56

4.2 Lesser Drakes ................................. 57Air Drake ............................................ 57Land Drake ......................................... 57Cave Drake ......................................... 58Water Drake ....................................... 59

4.3 Minor Drakes .................................. 60Basilisk ............................................... 60Basilisk, Greater ................................. 60Behemoth ............................................ 62Cave Worm ......................................... 62Cockatrice ........................................... 63Dragon Salamander ............................ 63Dragon Tutrtle .................................... 63Dragonette .......................................... 64Faerie Dragon ..................................... 64Fell Beast ............................................ 64Hydra .................................................. 65Lake Worm ......................................... 66Leviathan ............................................ 66Oriental Dragon .................................. 67Sea Serpent ......................................... 68Vikings ............................................... 68Sirrush ................................................ 68Wyverns .............................................. 69

5.0 Land Monsters ................... 70-89Abraxas ............................................... 70Al-Mi’raj ............................................ 70Arachat ............................................... 70Battlepede ........................................... 71Black Baboon ..................................... 71Bounder .............................................. 72

Caustic Slime ...................................... 73Cerebus ............................................... 73Chameleon Amoeba ........................... 74Chimera .............................................. 74Crecadinum ........................................ 75Darkhunter .......................................... 75Echidna (Lamiae) ............................... 76Euryale ................................................ 76Feliss ................................................... 76Furtheis ............................................... 77Gorgon (Medusae) .............................. 77Great Spiders ...................................... 78Ice Spider ............................................ 78Ki-Lin ................................................. 79Killer Rabbit ....................................... 79Klugala ............................................... 80Leocorn ............................................... 80Leorgon .............................................. 80Manticore ............................................ 81Minotaur ............................................. 81Mist Monster ...................................... 82Multi-Spider ....................................... 82Panthershark ....................................... 83Sasquatch/Yeti .................................... 83Scylla .................................................. 83Seftuau ................................................ 84Su ........................................................ 84Thraxx ................................................ 84Tove .................................................... 84Unicorn ............................................... 85Vorasis ................................................ 86Warcat ................................................ 86Will of the Wisp ................................. 87Zephyr Hounds ................................... 87

6.0 Water Monsters ................ 90-95Capricorn (Sea Goat) .......................... 90Demon Whale ..................................... 90Giant Hellbender ................................ 91Hippocampus ...................................... 91Mercat ................................................. 91Mergryph ............................................ 92Nator ................................................... 93Nucklelavee ........................................ 93Rath .................................................... 93Red Feeder .......................................... 94Red Jaw .............................................. 94Spineshark .......................................... 95

7.0 Flying Monsters .............. 96-114Androsphinx ....................................... 96Banshee .............................................. 96Blacksnake .......................................... 98Carnivorous Flying Monkeys ............. 98Dracasus ............................................. 98Gargoyle ............................................. 99Geryon ................................................ 99Gorcrow ............................................ 100Great Eagle ....................................... 100Great Falcon ..................................... 101Great Wasp ....................................... 101Griffin/Gryphon ................................ 102Harpy ................................................ 102Hippogriff ......................................... 103Homonculous .................................... 103Horribar ............................................ 104Ki-Rin ............................................... 104Lammasu .......................................... 104Mistraven .......................................... 105Nasti .................................................. 105Pegasus ............................................. 106Phoenix ............................................. 107Quetzelquatl ...................................... 107Roc .................................................... 107Sky Shark ......................................... 108Sky Manta ......................................... 109Sky Whale ........................................ 109Sphinx ............................................... 110Spiderbat ........................................... 110Steardan ............................................ 110

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9.4 Demon Lords ................................ 157Maleskari .......................................... 157Sith .................................................... 157Yrrigav .............................................. 158

10.0 Entities FromOther Planes ..................... 159-171

10.1 Standard Planar Entities ......... 159Absorber ........................................... 159Blacar ................................................ 159Champions ........................................ 160Clostoph ............................................ 161Crystyl .............................................. 161Dictic ................................................ 162Discord ............................................. 162Djinn (Genii) .................................... 162Dreadwing ........................................ 165Flame Beast ...................................... 165Gem Entity ....................................... 165Hoard ................................................ 166Lithaba .............................................. 167Mrem ................................................ 167Nightwing ......................................... 167Nycorac ............................................ 168Oran .................................................. 168Sligguth ............................................ 168Traag ................................................. 169Vultrim ............................................. 169Xaastyl .............................................. 170

10.2 Chaos Demons ........................... 170

11.0 Undead ............................... 172-211“Killing” the Undead .......................... 172“Becoming” Undead .......................... 172Note on RRs and Lost Constitution . 172

Standard Created Undead ................. 173Apparition ......................................... 174Black Paladin .................................... 174Black Reaver .................................... 175Bloodbeast ........................................ 175Bone Golem ...................................... 176Chaos Soldier ................................... 176Corpse Light ..................................... 177Dark Apparition ................................ 178Deathwoode ...................................... 178Desert Spirits .................................... 179Dirge ................................................. 179Disembodied Head ........................... 180Drake, Undead .................................. 180Dream Horror ................................... 181Firephantom ...................................... 181Ghost ................................................ 182Ghost Wolf ....................................... 182Ghoul ................................................ 183Ghoulking ......................................... 184Giant Skeletons ................................. 184Giant Skull ........................................ 185Gloombird ........................................ 185Grey Noble ....................................... 185Lich ................................................... 186Living Ghoul .................................... 187Mara .................................................. 187Monastic Lich ................................... 190Mummy ............................................ 190

Necros ............................................... 191Nightgaunt ........................................ 191Phantom ............................................ 192Phantom Steed .................................. 192Revenant ........................................... 192Roaming Hand .................................. 193Rotting Corpse .................................. 193Shadow ............................................. 194Shadow Assassin .............................. 195Skeleton ............................................ 195Skullbat ............................................. 197Skullbeast ......................................... 197Skullpack .......................................... 198Spajlen-Tier ...................................... 198Specter .............................................. 199Spiderskull ........................................ 200Swamp Star ....................................... 200Undead Mass .................................... 200Undead Tyrannosaur ........................ 201Vampire ............................................ 202Vampiric Centaur ............................. 203Vampiric Drake ................................ 203Vampiric Gorgon .............................. 204Vampiric Troll .................................. 205Vampiric Unicorn ............................. 205Vampiric Werewolf .......................... 206Veyrr ................................................. 206Wight ................................................ 207Wraith ............................................... 208Wrath ................................................ 209Wild Hunt Hound ............................. 210Zombie .............................................. 210

12.0 Shapechangers ............ 212-222

12.1 Lycanthropes .............................. 212Werebear .......................................... 213Wereboar .......................................... 214Werejackal ........................................ 214Werelion ........................................... 214Wererat ............................................. 215Wereshark ......................................... 215Weretiger .......................................... 216Werewolf .......................................... 216

12.2 Other Shapechangers .............. 217Changeling ........................................ 217Doppleganger ................................... 218Empusa ............................................. 218Naga .................................................. 219Plon ................................................... 220Pooka ................................................ 221Silverscale ........................................ 221Striges ............................................... 222Vargamor .......................................... 222Vestice .............................................. 222

Thyfur ............................................... 111Tracha ............................................... 111Viperhawk ........................................ 112Whitesnake ....................................... 112Winged Eel ....................................... 113Winged Wolf .................................... 113

8.0 Elementals and OtherArtificial Beings ............. 115-129

8.1 Constructs ...................................... 115Standard Constructs .......................... 115Beast Constructs ............................... 116

8.2 Elementals ..................................... 118Weak Elemental ............................... 118Strong Elemental .............................. 119

8.3 Artificial Beings .......................... 120Elemental Savants ............................ 120Eye Entity ......................................... 121Golem ............................................... 123Beast Golem ..................................... 125Modified Golems .............................. 126

8.4 Other Elementalsand Artificial Beings ................... 126

Guardians .......................................... 126Servants ............................................ 127Shards ............................................... 127Solaar ................................................ 128Vile ................................................... 129Warders ............................................ 129

9.0 Demons ................................. 130-158

9.1 Demons of the Pale .................... 130Demons of the First Pale .................. 131Demons of the Second Pale .............. 133Demons of the Third Pale ................. 133Demons of the Fourth Pale ............... 134Demons of the Fifth Pale .................. 134Demons of the Sixth Pale ................. 134Demons Beyond the Pale ................. 135

9.2 Demons of the Void ................... 1369.2.1 Older Ones: Agothu ................. 136

Agothu .............................................. 136Althoi ................................................ 136Tresh ................................................. 136Moglath ............................................ 137Uthuro ............................................... 137

9.2.2 Agothu Servants: Destroyers . 137Glaar ................................................. 137Yathlu ............................................... 138Xyr .................................................... 138Noh-Kef ............................................ 138Mind-Eaters ...................................... 139

9.2.3 Other Demons of the Void ...... 139Daedhel (Elf-Demon) ....................... 139Culraug (Elf-Demon) ....................... 139Hodhedhel (Elf-Demon) ................... 139Thauredhel (Elf-Demon) .................. 140Celebdel (Elf-Demon) ...................... 140Hothrog (Man-Demon) ..................... 140Daerauk (Man-Demon) .................... 140Gogonaur (Man-Demon) .................. 140Narauk (Man-Demon) ...................... 141Noble Gogonaur ............................... 141Ordainer Raukamar .......................... 141Ordainer Moloch .............................. 142

9.3 Other Demons .............................. 143Acarva .............................................. 143Acid Demon ..................................... 143Black Stalker .................................... 144Corvox .............................................. 145Demon Drake ................................... 146Demon Dog ...................................... 146Demon Horse (Nightmare) ............... 146Demon Scourge ................................ 146Demonic Protoplasm ........................ 148Eraditor ............................................. 148Frzzzm .............................................. 148Grumoz ............................................. 149Huntarr .............................................. 149Ice Demon ........................................ 150

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13.1 Dinosaurs ..................................... 223Anklosaur ......................................... 223Brontosaur (Apatasaur) .................... 223Triceratops ........................................ 223Tyrannosaur (Rex) ............................ 224Stegosaur .......................................... 224Pterosaur ........................................... 225

13.2 Other Prehistoric Beasts ........ 226Elothere (Giant Boar) ....................... 226Megalodon (Giant Shark) ................. 227Smilodon (Sabertooth Tiger) ............ 227

14.0 Dangerous Plants ...... 228-237Ansilius ............................................. 228Awakened Tree ................................. 228Battleweed ........................................ 229Bloodbloom ...................................... 229Chillvine ........................................... 230Clivimis ............................................ 230Deadly Milk-White Trumpet ............ 231Delphinuris ....................................... 231Dreamvines ....................................... 232Exploding Mushrooms ..................... 232Fireflower ......................................... 233Fly Trap, Giant ................................. 233Horasos ............................................. 234Laevenus ........................................... 234Lambtree ........................................... 234Pitcher Plant, Giant ........................... 234Salorisa ............................................. 235Slowroot ........................................... 235Spinewood ........................................ 236Spirium ............................................. 236Sundew ............................................. 236Tigertree ........................................... 237Treeherd ............................................ 237

15.0 Giant Races .................... 238-249

15.1 Giants ............................................ 238Cyclops ............................................. 238Giants, Lesser ................................... 238Cloud Giant (Greater Giant) ............. 239Fire Giant (Greater Giant) ................ 240Forest Giant (Greater Giant) ............. 241Frost Giant (Greater Giant) .............. 242Hill Giant (Greater Giant) ................ 242Mountain Giant (Greater Giant) ....... 243Stone Giant (Greater Giant) ............. 244Storm Giant (Greater Giant) ............. 244Water Giant (Greater Giant) ............. 245

Rancid ............................................... 273Scrav ................................................. 273Sea-Krals .......................................... 274Shuikmar (Sharkmen) ....................... 274Sibbicai (Canines) ............................ 274Sohleugir (Lizardmen) ..................... 274Sstoi’isslythi (Reptilians) ................. 275Urloc ................................................. 276Vulfen (Wolfmen) ............................ 276Zrax .................................................. 276

19.0 Creating Your OwnMonsters ............................... 277-278

19.1 Combining Creatures .............. 27719.2 Adding New Capabilities ...... 27719.3 Creating an Orig. Creature .... 27719.4 Giantism ....................................... 278

20.0 Encounter Tables ..... 279-310

20.1 Creature's Power ....................... 27920.2 Location and Environment ... 27920.3 Specific Situation ..................... 28020.4 Special Feature

Encounter Tables .......................... 28020.4.1 Enchanted/Magical Places .... 28120.4.2 Cross-over Points ................... 28220.4.3 Near Villages/Towns/etc. ...... 28320.4.4 Volcanic Areas ........................ 28420.4.5 Cavern Complexes ................. 28520.4.6 Battlefields/Shipwrecks ......... 28620.4.7 Rural Inhabited Areas ............ 28720.4.8 Cave Entrances/Overhangs ... 28820.4.9 Burial Areas ............................. 28920.4.10 Ruins ....................................... 290

20.5 Water Source Encounter Tables20.5.1 Breaks/Wadis .......................... 29120.5.2 Freshwater Coasts & Banks . 29220.5.3 Glacier/Snowfield ................... 29320.5.4 Tropical Islet/Reef/Atoll ....... 29420.5.5 Lake/River ............................... 29520.5.6 Marsh/Swamp ......................... 29620.5.7 Ocean ........................................ 29720.5.8 Oasis/Isolated Water Source 29820.5.9 Saltwater Shores/Shallows ... 29920.5.10 Desert ...................................... 300

20.6 Terrain Encounter Tables20.6.1 Alpine/High Altitude/etc. ...... 30120.6.2 Rough/Rugged/Rocky Hills . 30220.6.3 Underground ............................ 30320.6.4 Waste/Barren ........................... 304

20.7 Vegetation Encounter Tables20.7.1 Coniferous Forest/Taiga ........ 30520.7.2 Deciduous/Mixed Forest ....... 30620.7.3 Heath/Scrub/Moor .................. 30720.7.4 Jungle/Rain Forest .................. 30820.7.5 Plains/Grassland ..................... 30920.7.6 Tundra ....................................... 310

20.8 Universal Encounter Tables20.8.1 Power ........................................ 31120.8.2 Universal Animal ................... 31220.8.3 Universal Monster .................. 31220.8.4 Civilization/Habitation

(Social/Culture) ............................ 313

21.0 Appendix .......................... 314-319

21.1 Glossary of Some UnusualMythological Creatures .............. 314

21.2 Bibliography ......................... 31521.3 Art Bibliography .................. 31521.4 Creature Index .................... 316-31921.5 Encounter Table Index ........... 319

15.2 Trolls ............................................. 245Cave Troll ......................................... 245Forest Troll ....................................... 246Hill Troll ........................................... 246Mountain Troll ................................. 247Sea Troll ........................................... 247Snow Troll ........................................ 247Stone Troll ........................................ 248War Troll .......................................... 248

15.3 Semi-Giants ................................ 248Ogres ................................................ 248Titans ................................................ 249

16.0 Fairy Races .................... 251-258

16.1 Elves .............................................. 251Fair Elves .......................................... 251High Elves ........................................ 252Wood Elves ...................................... 252

16.2 Fey Folk ....................................... 253Dwelfs .............................................. 253Gremlins ........................................... 253Nixies ................................................ 254Pysk (Pixies) ..................................... 254Sylphs ............................................... 254Tylweth Teg (Peries) ........................ 255

16.3 House Spirits .............................. 255Ellyllon ............................................. 255

16.4 Occupational Spirits ................ 255Leprechaun ....................................... 255Pech .................................................. 256

16.5 Rural Spirits ................................ 257Fosse-Grim ....................................... 257Nymphs ............................................ 257Satyrs (Fauns) ................................... 258Undines (Nokke, Necks) .................. 258Yaai .................................................. 258

17.0 UndergroundRaces ........................................ 259-263

Dwarves ............................................ 259Gnolls ............................................... 259Gnomes ............................................. 260Goblins ............................................. 260Halflings ........................................... 261Hobgoblins ....................................... 261Kobolds ............................................ 262Orcs .................................................. 262Troglodyte ........................................ 263

18.0 Unusual Races ............. 264-276

18.1 Centaurs ....................................... 264Bull Centaur ..................................... 264Deer Centaur ..................................... 264Horse Centaur ................................... 264Lion Centaur ..................................... 265Lizard Centaur .................................. 266Scorpion Centaur .............................. 266Spider Centaur .................................. 266

18.2 Gratar ............................................ 267Green Gratar ..................................... 267Yellow Gratar ................................... 267Black Gratar ..................................... 268Grey Gratar ....................................... 268Red Gratar ........................................ 268

18.3 Other Unusual Races .............. 268Avinarc ............................................. 268Cherubim .......................................... 268Dragonians ........................................ 269Garks ................................................ 269Hira’razhir (Avians) ......................... 269Idiyva (Felines) ................................. 270Maazhat (Insects) ............................. 270Mermen ............................................ 271Minoths ............................................. 271Neanderthals ..................................... 272Nycamerith ....................................... 272Plynos ............................................... 272Quishad ............................................. 272