Forest Monsters
in OSRIC
33 monsters
- Amber Zombie - Humans, demi-humans, or humanoids transformed by amber creeping vines with amber skin and glazed eyes
- Animated Tree - Normal trees animated by treants
- Ankheg - Large insect-like monster with a taste for fresh meat that burrows beneath forests and farmlands
- Bear, Black - Omnivorous bears that are not particularly aggressive unless cubs are threatened
- Bear, Brown - Aggressive strain of bear including the famous grizzly, fights to the death
- Boar - Bad-tempered wild swine covered in coarse, grayish-black fur
- Brownie - A small fey being closely related to pixies and sprites, an elf-like creature about 2 feet tall
- Dragon, Green - Foul-tempered dragons that prefer caverns or ruins in or near forests
- Dryad - Female nature spirits mystically bound to enormous oak trees
- Elf - Slender, fey demihumans with pointed ears. Live in harmony with nature, in beautiful natural settings.
- Ettercap - A cross between a grossly-bloated spider and a humanoid
- Faun - A fey-related race resembling a cross between a goat and a small human or elf
- Giant Boar - Ancient ancestor to the modern boar, even more aggressive
- Giant Bombardier Beetle - Scavenging beetle that collects decaying matter and can release noxious gas
- Giant Boring Beetle - Tunnel-dwelling beetle that feeds on fungal cultures in rotting wood
- Giant Death Watch Beetle - Camouflaged beetle that produces deadly bass vibrations
- Giant Stag Beetle - Woodland beetle that plagues farmland by feeding on young grain shoots
- Gnome - Small humanoids standing 3 to 3½ feet tall with tan to woody brown skin
- Leprechaun - The "wee folk" are related to the other fey races of brownies, pixies, and sprites
- Normal Wolf - Carnivorous relatives of dogs that hunt in packs
- Owlbear - Nightmarish creatures with the body of a large bear and the head of an owl
- Pixie - Winged fairies often found in forested areas who love beauty and pranks
- Quickling - Corrupted fey creatures sped up in time, moving so fast they appear as a blur
- Spider, Huge - Large web-building spiders that ensnare prey like their tiny cousins
- Sprite - Reclusive fey creatures, looking like tiny elves just a foot tall with dragonfly-like wings
- Squealer - Large three-armed ambush predator that dwells in trees
- Treant - Large, roughly humanoid tree-people that resemble oak trees when still
- Unicorn - Horselike creatures with a single spirally-twisted horn in the middle of the forehead
- Weasel, Huge - Large blood-draining weasels found in forests and dungeons
- Werebear - Highly intelligent, also in bear form
- Wereboar - Semi-intelligent and irascible
- Werewolf - Semi-intelligent pack hunters
- Wolverine - A furry animal with a squat, powerful body and strong forelimbs armed with long claws for digging