Vermin Monsters

in Old-School Essentials Classic Fantasy

• Black Widow - 6' long, black spiders with a red hourglass pattern on their abdomens
• Carrion Crawler - 9' long, 3' high, many-legged, segmented worms with a ring of 2' long tentacles around their mouths
• Centipede, Giant - Larger versions of normal centipedes, 2 to 3 feet long, fast-moving predatory venomous arthropods
• Crab Spider - 5' long hunting spiders that can change their colour to match their surroundings
• Fire Beetle - 2½' long. Commonly found underground
• Giant Ant - Giant (6' long), omnivorous, black ants
• Giant Crab - Unintelligent crustaceans that lurk in coastal waters and creep along beaches
• Leech, Giant - Slimy, segmented wormlike creatures which live in water
• Oil Beetle - 3' long, burrowing beetles sometimes encountered below ground
• Rat - Multitudinous, disease-ridden rodents that will eat anything
• Tarantella - 7' long, hairy hunting spiders that resemble tarantulas. Magical in nature
• Tiger Beetle - Carnivorous, 4' long, tiger-striped beetles with powerful, crushing mandibles