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Viperous Villians (Realm of Magic's list of Monsters Part 3) |
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Medusa MedusaWith one cruel glance, a medusa can best the sharpest sword, turning her enemy into stone. Averting your eyes is not enough to deter her attack. If you avoid looking at her, she will step forth and unleash her serpentine hair, capable of thousands of highly poisonous bites. Medusas can be cruel creatures, but - like humans - the are not all the same. Medusa like to carry and use knives, daggers, or short bows as a secondary weapon. Children of medusas grow at the same rate as humans. They are harmless until about two years of age, when the serpentine hair comes to life. By the times the medusa reaches the age of thirteen, she will gain the power to petrify. Maximum Height: 5 to 6 feet tall (snakes add another foot) Maximum Weight: 150 pounds Habitat:Can be found almost anywhere, though some dwell in cities because of involvement in criminal underground network Society: Solitary or covey of two to four Diet: Large rodents and other small beasts Language: Common Attack Methods: Petrifying gaze, poison Best Defense: Blind her! She can still turn people to stone, but it's hard to aim at what you can't see
Yuan-ti Yuan-tiYuan-ti - a race of half-human, half-snake creatures - are calculating, suave, and extremely evil. they spend months on battle plans-building elaborate traps, making alliances with other creatures, and using all their considerable intelligence to win a fight before it's even begun. A pureblood yuan-ti looks human, but on closer glance, bears a forked tongue, pointed teeth and patches of scales on its neck and limbs. Yuan-ti disguise themselves as humans and walk among them as spies. A halfblood has more obvious snake features, like a snake's head or tail. A yuan-ti abomination looks like a giant serpent, except for its large muscular arms. Abominations are leaders and extremely gifted spellcasters. Maximum Height: 5 to 6 feet Maximum Weight: 200 to 300 pounds Habitat: Warn, forested areas, but also build temples in old ruins and occasionally underneath human cities Society: Tribe or nation Diet: Birds Language: Common, Dragonic, and Abyssal Attack Methods: Poison, spells, acid Best Defense: Try blinding them so they can't see well
Behir Behir Decent picture is unable to be found right now....
A behir can slither as smoothly as a viper one moment, then unfold its dozen legs and race ahead with considerable speed. The two large horns on its head and neck appear frighting, but they are actually used for cleaning the creature's hard scales, not for fighting. A behir doesn't take kindly to human intruders, but its worst enemy is any member or dragonkind. It will stop at nothing to drive a dragon out of its territory.
Maximum Height: 40 feet Maximum Weight: 4,000 pounds Habitat: Cliff faces Society: Solitary Diet: Any living being Language: Common Attack Methods: Lightning bolts, swallow whole, constrict Best Defense: Stay far away from it and scatter so it has to focus on one of the people at a time!
Ormyrr OrmyrrOrmyrrs have enormous grublike bodies that possess powerful arms, a mouthful of extremely sharp teeth, and a surprisingly intelligent brain. They aren't particularly aggressive, tending to keep to themselves. While (or perhaps because) these creatures have no talent for casting spells, they find magic absolutely irresistible. They will lie, cheat, and teal to obtain a scroll, spellbooks, or other magical object, and can be mesmerized by a skillful display of pagic powers. Maximum Height: 25 feet Maximum Weight: 16 tons Habitat: Muddy riverbanks Society: Solitary or tribes of 6 to 12 Diet: Large fish, crocodiles, hippos and other river dwellers, and raccons. Only occasionally an unlucky human Language: Common Attack Methods: Constrict Best Defense: Use your best spells to distract it
Frost Worm Frost WormA frost worm spends most of its life burrowing through the ice and snow. When it surfaces, it will release a mind-numbing trilling noise from atop its head that will freeze a creature in its tracks. Despite the frost worm's terrifying appearance, people of the frozen wastes have succeeded in training these beasts to protect their tribes, and once trained, the beasts can be ridden using magical, cold-resistant saddles. Maximum Height: 40 feet Maximum Weight: 8,000 pounds Habitat: Frozen plains Society: Solitary Diet: Yaks, polar bears, walruses, seals, moose, and mammoths Language: None Attack Methods: Trill, cold, breath weapon Best Defense: Fire spells work best Purple Worm Purple WormDistant relatives of frost worms, purple worms inhabit warmer climates. Their mouths are said to be as big as a human is tall. Maximum Height: 80 feet Maximum Weight: 40,000 pounds Habitat: Underground Society: Solitary Diet: Any organic material Language: None Attack Methods: Swallow whole, poison Best Defense: Cover yourself in grease to make it harder to get grabbed.
Mafdet of Egypt · Wed Sep 19, 2007 @ 03:47am · 0 Comments |
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