Desert Monsters

in Basic Fantasy Field Guide Omnibus

• Anubian - Noble race of desert dwelling humanoids with jackal heads
• Cactus Man - Resembles a Saguaro cactus with arms and legs
• Desert Worm - Gigantic carnivorous worms that live beneath the desert sands
• Fyrenewt - Man-sized humanoid amphibian with rough, sandy, crimson-tinted brown skin
• Giant, Sand - Dark-skinned, hairy giants with black hair and blue eyes who dress in flowing white robes
• Gila - Small lizard men with thick, patterned scales, slow and sluggish but territorial
• Jackalwere - Strange shapeshifting creatures that can assume jackal or human form
• Janni - Semi-magical descendants of djinni/human pairings with dark hair and skin, sporting powerful and attractive builds
• Sabre Worm - A 30-foot long, chitinous worm with deadly sabre-like claws
• Sphinx, Androsphinx - A sphinx with the head of a man, intelligent and generally friendly but fierce when provoked
• Sphinx, Criosphinx - A sphinx with the head of a goat, not very intelligent and avaricious
• Sphinx, Gynosphinx - Female variant of the sphinx with formidable claws but prefers to avoid conflict