Magic Beast Monsters

in OSRIC

• Al-mi'raj - Large (3-ft) hares with black unicorn horns projecting from their foreheads
• Androsphinx - A winged lion with a male human torso, serious-minded and intellectual
• Ankheg - Large insect-like monster with a taste for fresh meat that burrows beneath forests and farmlands
• Aurumvorax - Eight-legged mustelid the size of a medium dog with a thick gold coat
• Basilisk - 10' long, serpentine lizards. Unintelligent, but highly magical
• Behir - A serpentine monster with a dozen legs that can slither like a snake or move with considerable speed
• Blink Dog - Strange wolf-like creatures that can teleport at will
• Bulette - Terrifying predator that resembles a gigantic armadillo crossed with a snapping turtle
• Carbuncle - Minor agents of chaos that appear as curious armadillo-like animals
• Carcass Creeper - A fearsome, subterranean omnivore described as the magical hybrid of a cutworm and a squid
• Cat, Giant Lynx - Rare and magical intelligent felines of the icy wastes
• Caterwaul - Feline predator resembling black panthers walking upright that stalks darkened caves
• Chimæra - A creature with the hind quarters of a goat, the forequarters of a lion, the wings of a dragon and 3 heads
• Cockatrice - A strange creature appearing to be a chicken with a long serpentine neck and tail
• Disenchanter - A bizarre creature resembling a cross between a dromedary camel and a cow with a muscular prehensile snout, shimmery electric blue and translucent
• Fire Lizard - Giant lizards with tough scaled hide, thought to be an evolutionary dead-end on the dragon family tree
• Giant Snake, Amphisbaena - Two-headed snake that rolls like a hoop, immune to cold
• Gorgimæra - Like a chimæra, save the goat's head is replaced with that of a gorgon
• Gorgon - Magical monsters resembling cattle made of iron
• Griffon - Large carnivorous creatures resembling lions with the head, foreclaws and wings of eagles
• Guardian Naga - Long, snake-like creature with a human head, golden eyes, and green-gold scales with triangular silvery scales along its spine
• Hieracosphinx - A hawk-headed, winged lion that prowls desolate places and preys on unsuspecting travelers
• Hippogriff - Large flying horses with the forefront of a bird of prey
• Hydra - Reptile-like monsters with multiple heads, gray-brown to dark brown with light yellow or tan underbelly
• Kraken - Possibly the largest known creature, with a body 150 feet long and 10 barbed tentacles that can reach an additional 500 feet
• Lammasu - Winged lions with human-like heads, intelligent and law-abiding
• Leviathan - Huge fish that may originate from the deepest oceans or the Elemental Plane of Water
• Lurker - Dangerous creatures resembling manta rays that wait in high places to drop on prey
• Manticore - An overgrown lion with thick leathery wings and an ugly humanoid face
• Owlbear - Nightmarish creatures with the body of a large bear and the head of an owl
• Pegasus - Winged horse prized as aerial steed, shy creatures living in highest mountains
• 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
• Purple Worm - Gigantic subterranean monsters with poisonous stingers
• Remorhaz - Light blue centipede-like creature that pulses with reddish glow from intense body heat
• Rust Monster - Strange monster built like a huge turtle with insectoid head and feather-like antennae
• Sea Serpent - Serpentine monsters which live in the sea, ranging from 20' to 40' long
• Sphinx, Crio- - A winged lion with the head of a ram
• Squealer - Large three-armed ambush predator that dwells in trees
• Stirge - Weird winged creatures resembling hairless bats with tubular proboscis
• Unicorn - Horselike creatures with a single spirally-twisted horn in the middle of the forehead
• Volt - Peculiar magical creature appearing as a ball of grey fur with protruding eyes and an electric whip-like tail
• Water Naga - Naga with scales ranging from deep green to turquoise and eye colour from light green to brilliant amber
• Winter Wolf - Dangerous predator that grows about 8 feet long, stands about 4.5 feet at the shoulder, and weighs about 450 pounds
• Worg - Thoroughly evil creature with gray or black fur, 5 feet long and stands 3 feet tall at the shoulder, weighs 300 pounds