Humanoid Monsters

in OSRIC

• Anuran - Less advanced frog-man tribes without weapons or armour
• Batrachian - Advanced frog-man tribes armed with spears and shields
• Bugbear - Huge, hairy goblins standing about 6 feet tall with darkish brown eyes
• Caveman - A species closely related to humans; shorter, stockier, and much more heavily muscled
• Centaur - Half man, half horse creatures that are haughty, aloof, but very honorable
• Crabman - Humanoid amphibious creatures with tough reddish-brown exoskeletons and pincers
• Cyclops - 20' tall humanoids with a single, central eye
• Dark Creeper - Short, spindly humanoids with pale skin who wrap themselves in loose, dark clothing
• Dark Stalker - Leaders of the dark creepers, much taller than their followers
• Demoniac - Offspring of major demon and human female, strong and heavily-built with demonic features
• Doppelganger - Intelligent, human-sized shape-shifters of wicked character and highly magical nature
• Elf - Slender, fey demihumans with pointed ears. Live in harmony with nature, in beautiful natural settings.
• Ettercap - Humanoid arachnids that spin silk and use venomous bite
• Flind - Close relatives of gnolls standing 6½-ft tall with powerful limbs and leonine heads
• Ghast - Undead monsters similar to ghouls but smarter and more powerful, surrounded by an overwhelming stench
• Ghoul - Undead monsters which eat the flesh of dead humanoids to survive
• Giant, Fire - Barrel-chested giants with ruddy skin, black hair, and dark red eyes
• Giant, Frost - Pale-skinned giants with light blue or dirty yellow hair who dress in skins and pelts
• Giant, Hill - The smallest of giants, standing ten to twelve feet tall
• Giant, Stone - Reclusive giants of rocky mountainous terrain, standing 12 feet tall
• Gnoll - Hyena-headed, evil humanoids that wander in loose tribes
• 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
• Grimlock - Fierce blind humanoids with scaly grey hide that dwell in dark places and hunt humans
• 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
• Kobold - Small, dog-faced reptilian humanoids
• Lizard Man - Tall reptilian humanoids that excel at swimming and ambush tactics
• Locathah - Aquatic nomads who make their home in warm, shallow, salt waters
• Merman - Aquatic humanoids with human upper bodies and fish-like lower bodies that dwell in tropical seas
• Minotaur - Huge bull-headed humanoid monsters
• Mongrelman - Outcasts with a motley appearance, as if patched together from bits of various races
• Ogre - Large, brutish, ugly humanoids standing 9-10 feet tall
• Orc - Grotesque humanoids bent on war and domination
• Sahuagin - Humanoid ichthyans of evil alignment that dwell in shallow, warmer salt waters
• Skeleton - Mindless undead created to guard tombs or serve their creator
• Storm Giant - 22' tall humanoids with bronze-hued skin and garish hair (red or yellow)
• Treant - Large, roughly humanoid tree-people that resemble oak trees when still
• Triton - Aquatic creatures with fish-like tails instead of legs, dwelling in underwater castles or caverns
• Troglodyte - Intelligent, reptilian humanoids with agile hands, long legs, short tails, and spiky combs on their heads and arms
• Troll - Huge, rangy humanoids with lumpy grayish-green skin and regenerative powers
• Vulchling - A race of birds that resemble vultures but with features that look rather like a human with a beak
• Yeti - Tall ape-like humanoids covered in thick white hair that crave human flesh