3 HD Monsters

in Old-School Essentials Classic Fantasy

• Black Widow - 6' long, black spiders with a red hourglass pattern on their abdomens
• Boar - Bad-tempered wild swine covered in coarse, grayish-black fur
• Bugbear - Huge, hairy goblins standing about 6 feet tall with darkish brown eyes
• Carrion Crawler - 9' long, 3' high, many-legged, segmented worms with a ring of 2' long tentacles around their mouths
• Draft Horse - Bred for great strength and endurance. Used to pull vehicles and ploughs or as beasts of burden
• Gecko - 5' long, carnivorous, nocturnal lizards with light blue scales and orange spots
• Giant Crab - Unintelligent crustaceans that lurk in coastal waters and creep along beaches
• Giant Piranha - 5' long piranhas with black and green scales that attack anything in water
• Grey Ooze - Slimy horrors that lurk on stone surfaces or among boulders
• Harpy - A giant vulture bearing the torso and face of a human female
• Hell Hound - Monstrous, cunning, and very intelligent hounds, the size of a small pony. Breathe fire and love heat.
• Hippogriff - Large flying horses with the forefront of a bird of prey
• Medium Herd Animal - Wild animals that live in large, grazing herds
• Mountain Lion - Great cats about 7 feet long and 140 pounds that hunt day or night
• Noble - Powerful humans with noble titles (e.g. Count, Duke, Knight, etc.)
• Sea Snake - 6' long snakes that live underwater, coming up for breath only once per hour
• Shrieker - Large, semi-mobile fungus that wails loudly when approached or threatened
• Thoul - Magical monstrosities that look like hobgoblins (except on close inspection), but combine the powers of ghouls and trolls
• Tiger Beetle - Carnivorous, 4' long, tiger-striped beetles with powerful, crushing mandibles
• War Horse - Bred for strength and courage in battle
• Wererat - Intelligent, humanoid rats who can change into normal humans
• Wight - A weird and twisted reflection of the form it had in life