Any Monsters

in OSRIC

• Annis - Magical, evil giantesses that are gaunt and ragged, wearing stained and filthy garments
• Archaeopteryx - Jurassic carnivore; no bigger than an ordinary bird
• Bandit - NPC thieves who live by robbery
• Banshee - Fey undead resembling a colorless, ash-white elf in ragged clothing and chains
• Barghest - An evil shape-changing fiend that hungers for the souls of mortals
• Behir - A serpentine monster with a dozen legs that can slither like a snake or move with considerable speed
• Berserker - Fighters who enter a rage in battle. They never take prisoners.
• Blink Dog - Strange wolf-like creatures that can teleport at will
• Brigand - Outlaws and mercenaries who make a living by raiding settlements and attacking travellers
• Bugbear - Huge, hairy goblins standing about 6 feet tall with darkish brown eyes
• Carbuncle - Minor agents of chaos that appear as curious armadillo-like animals
• Cat, Domestic - Small domestic feline
• Cat, Wild - Small wild feline
• Caveman - A species closely related to humans; shorter, stockier, and much more heavily muscled
• Centipede, Huge - Most common of the monstrous 'pedes with lethal weak venom
• Centipede, Large - Smallest of the monstrous 'pedes with weak venom
• Clay Golem - Man-shaped figure created from clay by a lawful good cleric
• Cockatrice - A strange creature appearing to be a chicken with a long serpentine neck and tail
• Coeurl - Vaguely feline predators with twin tentacles that feed on the life force of living creatures
• Coffer Corpse - Resembles a zombie, a rotting, fetid corpse of the dead left unburied
• Compsognathus - Jurassic carnivore
• Couatl - A powerful and legendary large serpent with feathered wings and shape-changing abilities
• Dakon - Intelligent apes resembling gorillas with light brown colouration, green eyes, and black hands
• Demonette - Offspring of a succubus and human male, with vestigial horns and bat-like wings
• Demoniac - Offspring of major demon and human female, strong and heavily-built with demonic features
• Dilophosaurus - Jurassic carnivore
• Dimetrodon - Permian carnivore
• Dire Wolf - Efficient pack hunters that will kill anything they can catch
• Disenchanter - A bizarre creature resembling a cross between a dromedary camel and a cow with a muscular prehensile snout, shimmery electric blue and translucent
• Doppelganger - Intelligent, human-sized shape-shifters of wicked character and highly magical nature
• Draft Horse - Bred for great strength and endurance. Used to pull vehicles and ploughs or as beasts of burden
• Dragon, Gold - Sinuous dragons of oriental myth that epitomize law and goodness
• Eagle - Large bird of prey, can exceed three feet in length with a wingspan of five to eight feet, weighing up to twelve pounds
• Euparkeria - Triassic carnivore
• Falcon - Small bird of prey, typically around a foot in length with a wingspan of two to three feet
• Flesh Golem - Construct made from flesh that follows simple commands
• Flind - Close relatives of gnolls standing 6½-ft tall with powerful limbs and leonine heads
• Gargoyle* - Demonic-looking winged humanoid monsters with gray stone-like skin
• Ghast - Undead monsters similar to ghouls but smarter and more powerful, surrounded by an overwhelming stench
• Ghost* - Spectral remnants of intelligent beings who cannot rest easily in their graves
• Ghoul - Undead monsters which eat the flesh of dead humanoids to survive
• Giant Ant - Giant (6' long), omnivorous, black ants
• Giant Bee - Giant bees that live in hives or nests and produce valuable honey
• Giant Blow Fly - Massive fly with shiny metallic green or blue body covered with coarse black hair
• Giant Fire Beetle - Nocturnal beetle with glowing red glands sought after for illumination
• Giant Horsefly - Massive flat tan and brown fly with shiny brown eyes
• Giant Rat - Large scavenging rodents that grow up to 4 feet long and weigh over 50 pounds
• Giant Snake, Adder - Common name for giant poisonous snakes
• Giant Snake, Amphisbaena - Two-headed snake that rolls like a hoop, immune to cold
• Giant Snake, Boa - Large carnivorous snake that drops on prey from above and constricts
• Giant Snake, Cobra - Hooded giant snake that can spit poison
• Giant Wasp - Giant wasps with paralysing poison stingers that carry victims to their nests
• Gnoll - Hyena-headed, evil humanoids that wander in loose tribes
• Goblin - Small, wicked humanoids that favor ambushes, overwhelming odds, and dirty tricks
• Gorgon - Magical monsters resembling cattle made of iron
• Guardian Naga - Long, snake-like creature with a human head, golden eyes, and green-gold scales with triangular silvery scales along its spine
• Hawk - Medium bird of prey, typically around two feet long with a wingspan of four to five feet
• Hobgoblin - Larger cousins of goblins, about the same size as humans with dark orange or red-orange skin
• Homunculus - A miniature servant created by a wizard that serves as an effective spy, messenger, or scout
• Horse, Heavy Warhorse - Heavy warhorse trained for combat
• Horse, Light Warhorse - Light warhorse trained for combat
• Horse, Medium Warhorse - Medium warhorse trained for combat
• Iron Golem - Powerful construct made of iron that can breathe poison gas
• Juju Zombie - Undead created by evil necromancy, improved zombies with strong connection to Negative Material Plane
• Lamia - Upper body of a beautiful woman, lower body of a venomous snake
• Lammasu - Winged lions with human-like heads, intelligent and law-abiding
• Lich - An undead former Magic-user or Cleric who used dark magic to prolong its life into undeath
• Manticore - An overgrown lion with thick leathery wings and an ugly humanoid face
• Medusa - Human female with vipers for hair whose gaze turns victims to stone
• Merchant - Organized traders who travel between settlements in well-armed caravans, buying and selling trade goods
• Mule - Stubborn horse/donkey cross-breeds used as beasts of burden
• Necrophidius - A skeletal giant snake with a fanged skull of an adult human male for a head
• Ogre - Large, brutish, ugly humanoids standing 9-10 feet tall
• Ogre Magi - Fearsome evil creatures, well versed in magic and of unnatural size and strength
• Orc - Grotesque humanoids bent on war and domination
• Ornitholestes - Jurassic carnivore
• Phantom - A three-dimensional visual manifestation recorded at the time of a person's death
• Phase Spider - A spider able to shift in and out of reality during combat
• Phoenix - A huge, magnificent scarlet-plumed magical bird of surprising intelligence
• Pilgrims - Groups of religious followers making their way to some holy site
• Poltergeist - Non-corporeal invisible spirits of humans who died tragically or were murdered
• Prehistoric Lion - Larger versions of regular lions found in lost world settings
• Pseudo-dragon - Tiny dragons with deadly sting in their tails, lacking breath weapon
• Pterodactyl - Prehistoric winged reptilian creatures with a wingspan of around 25 to 30 inches
• Quetzalcoatlus - Cretaceous carnivore, huge for a flying creature
• Rakshasa - Tiger-headed humanoids with backward-curving claws who use illusions to disguise themselves
• Rhamphorhynchus - Jurassic carnivore flying dinosaur
• Rot Grub - 1-inch long vermin found in carrion, dung, and other organic material
• Scorpion, Huge - Vicious, fearless predator with huge claws and poisonous tail
• Scorpion, Large - Vicious, fearless predator with huge claws and poisonous tail
• Shadow* - An incorporeal creature that drains Strength with its touch
• Shedu - A winged bull with the head of a human, intelligent and benevolent
• Skeleton Warrior - Unfortunate victims of powerful magic; in life they were fighters of great prowess and likely lords in their own right
• Slithering Tracker - A transparent slime monster, similar in nature to the gelatinous cube but smaller and more amorphous
• Smilodon - Giant cats with long sabre-like fangs, dangerous and aggressive predators
• Spectral Troll - Invisible creatures created from merging troll and extra-planar essences
• Spectre - Incorporeal undead monsters that drain life energy
• Sphinx, Crio- - A winged lion with the head of a ram
• Stirge - Weird winged creatures resembling hairless bats with tubular proboscis
• Stone Golem - Construct made of stone that can cast slow spells
• Troll - Huge, rangy humanoids with lumpy grayish-green skin and regenerative powers
• Troll, Giant - Crossbreed of trolls and hill giants, combining troll regeneration with giant size and strength
• Vampire* - Undead monsters that appear pale but lifelike, possessing all memories and abilities from life
• Volt - Peculiar magical creature appearing as a ball of grey fur with protruding eyes and an electric whip-like tail
• War Dog - Large mastiffs or pit bulls trained to fight, typically armoured in leather
• Weasel, Giant (or Ferret, Giant) - Long-bodied predatory animals with short legs and pointed, toothy snouts
• Wight - A weird and twisted reflection of the form it had in life
• Wild Dog - Roaming packs that compete for food with wolves and refugees
• Worg - Thoroughly evil creature with gray or black fur, 5 feet long and stands 3 feet tall at the shoulder, weighs 300 pounds
• Wraith - Incorporeal creatures born of evil and darkness
• Zombie - Undead corpses of humanoid creatures that are deathly slow but move silently and are very strong