4 HD Monsters

in Basic Fantasy Field Guide Omnibus

• Ankheg - Large insect-like monster with a taste for fresh meat that burrows beneath forests and farmlands
• Ant Lion, Giant - A gigantic predatory beetle about the size of a cow that builds underground tunnel networks with trapdoor ambushes
• Ape, Gorilla - Generally herbivorous apes, aggressive mainly in defense of family
• Aranea - Intelligent, shape-changing, spider-like creature with magical abilities
• Armorphage - A magical parasite whose body outwardly appears to be an elaborate, ornamental suit of armor
• Beaver, Giant - Huge versions of the ordinary aquatic mammal, often found in "lost world" areas
• Beetle, Giant Water - Round-bodied beetles found in deep fresh water, attracted by vibrations or noise
• Bloodshroud - A floating man covered in a bed sheet, soaked in dripping fresh blood
• Bloodthorn - Rare carnivorous plants native to temperate forests, hills, and barrens
• Bone Horror - Terrifying undead constructed from the bones of multiple creatures, animated by dark necromancy
• Bubák - Horrific creatures haunting remote fields and forgotten corners of the wilds
• Cacophony - A band of magically-animated instruments brought about by the lingering attachments of failed bards
• Celestial, Descendant - Tall, attractive humans with wings, descended from celestial messengers who fell in love with mortals
• Cheiropteran - Bat-people of the deep under-dark with bugbear-like bodies and misshapen bat heads
• Cicada, Giant - Peaceful, horse-sized insects concerned only with eating, mating, and singing
• Dancing Monitor - Large lizards that secrete poisonous oil and deliver lethal venom through a dancing attack pattern
• Darktorch - Undead adventurer wielding a torch of pure darkness, seeking to spread its eternal curse
• Decempus - An invertebrate the size of a bear with ten tentacle-like limbs
• Desert Worm - Gigantic carnivorous worms that live beneath the desert sands
• Diprotodon - Very large early relatives of modern wombats, marsupial herbivores heavily-built and about man-height at the shoulders
• Dragonfly, Giant - Fast, agile aerial predators with brilliant iridescent coloring
• Dread Scarecrow - Evil spirit-possessed scarecrow that stalks and terrorizes the living
• Eurypterid, Jaekelopterus - A terrifying creature, the largest known eurypterid
• Fish, Giant Pike - Large freshwater predators found in still waters
• Ghost Shroom - A patch of black mushrooms that behaves as undead, subsisting on dead flesh
• Ghostcap Bloom - Animated undead bushes found growing in graveyards, former battlefields, and crypts
• Giant Crayfish - Large freshwater crustacean similar to a lobster that ambushes prey from underwater
• Giant Sheep - Large sheep that roam wild in hills and mountains, or are herded by giants
• Glyptodon - Prehistoric herbivorous mammal similar to an armadillo, only much larger with a club-like tail
• Golem, Rope - Made from coils of ordinary rope, designed for shipboard use
• Gump - Large and blubbery humanoid with a broad, jagged toothed grin and small deep-set eyes
• Hatchette - Large, flightless birds with axe-like beaks that stand up to 8 feet tall
• Infernal, Rubicante - Intelligent but irascible demons predisposed to misconstrue everything in the worst possible way
• Jackalwere - Strange shapeshifting creatures that can assume jackal or human form
• Kappa - Green-blue scaled creatures that live near bodies of water
• Living Darkness - A mindless unintelligent subterranean creature that appears as a black mist or cloud of slowly-moving smoke
• Living Scarecrow - Mindless constructs made from a wooden frame, old clothing, hay, and a carved pumpkin head
• Lonchani - 7 foot tall humanoid with a wolf's head, legs, and tail covered in pitch-black fur
• Maggot-man - Undead remains of a powerful necromancer appearing as a writhing mass of maggots in human form
• Monachian - Intelligent bird-men who most closely resemble vultures with claw-like hands and feet
• Monk-ee - Furry, tailed humanoid of short stature, clad in white or brown robes that allow for ease of movement
• Nazgorean, Spiderwolf - Huge wolf-like monsters with eight legs, six eyes, and no tail
• Oculus Vigilans - A spherical creature with a single large eye and 3-6 eyestalks, pale gray in color
• Odeum - A foul undead spirit, the revenant of a person who was murderously insane
• Ogre, Bog - Warty green-skinned ogre with frog-like features resembling an ogre and wug crossbreed
• Ohberen - Nightmare creature with ovoid segmented body, wide mouth, and multiple barbed limbs
• Omotharkin - Remnants of a dwarven clan cursed by the Forgefather for their idleness, doomed to roam the world looking for, but never finding, rest
• Peryton - Strange chimerical creature combining the wings, body, and legs of a large bird with the head, neck, and antlers of a deer or stag
• Plague Hound - An undead canine with an affliction similar to a ghoul or ghast
• Ray, Pungi - Medium fish that conceals itself under sand with dorsal spines exposed
• Rock Roller - Creatures that resemble living boulders, mostly mouth with jewel-like eyes, about the size of a full-grown human
• Sea Hag - A horrible creature that appears as an old crone whose bent shape belies her power and swiftness
• Selkie - Fey beings able to shift between humanoid and seal form using a magical sealskin
• Serpent Men - Vile creatures that once ruled the world and wish to do so again
• Sicklemore Tree - An enchanted tree with sickle-shaped, semi-animate branches that scythe at nearby creatures
• Skragg - A smaller semi-aquatic relative of the common troll, stockier in appearance
• Snail, Giant Barb - A slow creature with a 6-8 foot shell that can spit dagger-sized teeth
• Snake, Rainbow - A 6-foot long snake with body colored in seven rainbow segments
• Spider, Giant Bola - Giant spider the size of a pony that throws webbed nets at prey
• Spider, Giant Diving Bell - A pony-sized spider that carries air underwater and crafts air-filled lairs
• Spider, Giant Trapdoor - A pony-sized spider that digs deep tunnels with camouflaged trapdoor entrances
• Spider, Time - Pony-sized spider with iridescent translucent crystalline black body and hourglass markings
• Swanmay - A rare and graceful type of fey shapeshifter that transforms between humanoid and swan forms
• Trelanx - Hairy humanoids with two vestigial horns, standing about 7 feet tall and weighing about 300 pounds
• Violet Fungi - Very large purple mushrooms that resemble wailing morels with flailing branches
• Wanstrow - Tall cyclopean orc with deformed mutated body resembling various animal parts
• Wasp, Giant - Giant insect that stings prey and takes victims back to its lair to feed young
• Wick Warden - Ghostly figures of men cursed to patrol age-old roadways
• Wondrous Guardian Automaton - Seven-foot tall steel humanoid skeletons animated by clockwork, steam, and magic
• Yeti - A bipedal ape-like creature averaging 7-9 feet in height and weighing around 300 pounds