1 HD Monsters

in Old-School Essentials Classic Fantasy

• Acolyte - 1st level NPC magic-users
• Bandit - NPC thieves who live by robbery
• Berserker - Fighters who enter a rage in battle. They never take prisoners.
• Brigand - Outlaws and mercenaries who make a living by raiding settlements and attacking travellers
• Buccaneer - Sailors who make a living by raiding coastal settlements and robbing other ships
• Dervish - Fanatically religious, nomadic people who wander steppes and desert regions, living in tents
• Dwarf - Short, stocky, bearded demihumans who dwell in mountains and subterranean realms
• Elf - Slender, fey demihumans with pointed ears. Live in harmony with nature, in beautiful natural settings.
• Fire Beetle - 2½' long. Commonly found underground
• Giant Ferret - 3' long ferrets that hunt giant rats in their burrows
• Giant Shrew - Brown-furred, mole-like, insectivores with long snouts. Dwell underground; skilled burrowers.
• Gnome - Small humanoids standing 3 to 3½ feet tall with tan to woody brown skin
• Goblin - Small, wicked humanoids that favor ambushes, overwhelming odds, and dirty tricks
• Halfling - Diminutive, furry-footed demihumans who dwell in small villages (30–300 inhabitants)
• Hobgoblin - Larger cousins of goblins, about the same size as humans with dark orange or red-orange skin
• Merchant - Organized traders who travel between settlements in well-armed caravans, buying and selling trade goods
• Merfolk - Aquatic humanoids with fish tails in place of legs. Live in coastal waters, farming seaweed and hunting fish
• Nixie - Small water fairies with pale green skin and dark green hair
• Nomad - Superstitious tribes who wander steppes and desert regions, living in tents or temporary huts
• Orc - Grotesque humanoids bent on war and domination
• Pirate - Sailors who make a living by raiding coastal settlements, robbing other ships, and illegal slaving
• Pterodactyl - Prehistoric winged reptilian creatures with a wingspan of around 25 to 30 inches
• Skeleton - Mindless undead created to guard tombs or serve their creator
• Small Herd Animal - Wild animals that live in large, grazing herds
• Spitting Cobra - 3' long snakes with grey/white scales
• Stirge - Weird winged creatures resembling hairless bats with tubular proboscis
• Trader - 1st level fighters who live by trading in borderland areas
• Veteran - Low level fighters, often on their way to or from war