Author: Ben Overmyer
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Ooze: Yiaru
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HP: 2d6 Num: 1d4 Spd: 2 Dmg: 1d4-1 Def: 3 Soak: 8 CL: 4 Gelatinous creatures of unknown origin and surprising apparent intelligence, the yiaru — or spelljellies — are a rapidly-growing hazard in any magic-laced locale which has had the misfortune to have become infested with them. Though these shimmering amoebas have not yet…
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Beast: Pardalis
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HP: 7d8 Num: 1 Spd: 4 Dam: 2d8 Def: 6 Soak: 10 CL: 8 The pardalis is a creature of beauty and refinement, a great cat whose rusty pelt is marked with pinkish rosettes like flower petals and whose golden-green eyes reveal only a quiet patience and the gleam of an almost sphinx-like intelligence. With…
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Elemental: Oorien
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HP: 6d8 Num: 1 Spd: 4 Dam: 1d6 Def: 7 Soak: 4 CL: 8 Creatures composed of pearly bubbles of frozen breath suspended in one or more hovering watery rings of emerald green, the oorien travel to the physical world for two purposes: to breed, and to control. Oorien use their pearl spheres to dominate…
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Frost
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HP: 2d8 + 2 Num: 3d8 Spd: 4 Dam: 1d4 Def: 5 Soak: 5 CL: 3 Elemental spirits of hostile and territorial bent, frosts – called kkrrikkl in their own language – resemble angular frameworks of ice splinters bound into a roughly humanoid form by “growths” of granular snow. Their faces are featureless, save for…
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Gebur
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HP: 2d8 Num: 2d6 Spd: 2 Dam: 1d10 Def: 15 Soak: 10 CL: 4 Creatures of the earth, gebur — though possessing dense flesh, if one somehow gets past their outer shell — are best described as resembling athletic elves with a distinctly reptilian cast to their features and the hint of a scaly pattern…
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Niirun
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HP: 2d6 Num: 1-10 Spd: fly 12 Dmg: 1d4 Def: 9 Soak: 3 CL: 3 Otherworldly creatures – not quite spirit, not quite elemental – the niirun are eternally in flight, their scores of gold and onyx shards orbiting in complex and ever shifting patterns around the snow-orange flames of their burning core. Niirun may…
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Ferrun
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HP: 6D6 Num: 1-4 Spd: 4 Dmg: 2d6 Def: 8 Soak: 15 CL: 7 From a distance, or in bright light that brings the brassy highlights out in its metallic fleece, a ferrun may be mistaken for one of many legendary beasts famed for their immensely valuable — and usually golden — coats. But woe…
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Narakhaj
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HP: 10D6 Num: 1-2 Spd: 9 Dmg: 2d10 Def: 15 Soak: 10 CL: 11 An abomination by any definition of the word, the narakhaj has the form of a melding of mammoth centipede and serpentine dragon. Its multitude of jointed legs are tipped with reptilian talons, and its neck — made up of ribbed and…
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Cefan
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HP: 2D6 Num: 1-6 Spd: 2 Dmg: 1d6 Def: 6 Soak: 3 CL: 3 Inexplicable creatures, cefan are a source of great contention amongst sages and scholars; some believe them to be fey or primal beings that simply do not obey the current laws of the world, while others contend that they are nothing more…