Terms of Venery – Magical Beasts

ankheg A cluster of ankheg [Monster Manual]
aranea A colony of aranea [Monster Manual]
banelar A band of banelars [Monsters of Faerûn]
basilisk A colony of basilisks [Monster Manual]
beast of Malar A pack of beasts of Malar [Monsters of Faerûn]
beguiler A pack of beguilers [Shining South]
blink dog A pack of blink dogs [Monster Manual]
celestial creature A pride of celestial creatures [Monster Manual]
chimera A pride or flight of chimerae [Monster Manual]
cockatrice A flight or flock of cockatrices [Monster Manual]
darkenbeast A flight of darkenbeasts [Monsters of Faerûn]
darkmantle A clutch or swarm of darkmantles [Monster Manual]
digester A pack of digesters [Monster Manual]
displacer beast A pride of displacer beasts [Monster Manual]
dragonne A pride of dragonnes [Monster Manual]
eagle A eyrie of giant eagles [Monster Manual]
fiendish creature A pack of fiendish creatures [Monster Manual]
girallon A company of girallons [Monster Manual]
gorgon A pack or herd of gorgons [Monster Manual]
griffon A pride of griffons [Monster Manual]
hellwasp swarm A fright or terror of hellwasp swarms [Monster Manual]
hippogriff A flight of hippogriffs [Monster Manual]
krenshar A pride of krenshars [Monster Manual]
lamia A gang of lamia [Monster Manual]
manticore A pride of manticores [Monster Manual]
mantimera A pack of mantimerae [Shining South]
owl (giant) A company of giant owls [Monster Manual]
owlbear A pack of owlbears [Monster Manual]
pegasus A herd of pegasi [Monster Manual]
peryton A rack of perytons [Candlekeep]
phase spider A cluster of phase spiders [Monster Manual]
roper A cluster of ropers [Monster Manual]
sea cat A pride of sea cats [Monster Manual]
shocker lizard A clutch or colony of shocker lizards [Monster Manual]
sinister A band of sinisters [Monsters of Faerûn]
stirge A colony, flock, or storm of stirges [Monster Manual]
unicorn A grace of unicorns [Monster Manual]
winter wolf A pack of winter wolves [Monster Manual]
worg A pack of worgs [Monster Manual]
yrthak A clutch of yrthaks [Monster Manual]

Roper

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At a Glance

A magical beast.

Ropers are stony creatures of the Underdark, best described as resembling stalagmites. They have a gizzard-like organ known as a horlobb, which accumulates the durable items the roper sometimes consumes along with its victims.

Ropers are thought to venerate Ghaunadaur.


Variations

Ropers are related to ghauropers, storopers, and urophions.


Appearance

Art Review

A suggestive interpretation of the roper turned up in the Erotic Monster Manual Contest at something awful.com.


Climitat


Sources

Primary Sources
Passing Mention
  • Drizzt Do’Urden’s Guide to the Underdark [11509] pages 18, 22, 31, 65, 66, 74, 80
  • Demihuman Deities – some reference to ghauropers
  • 2e Manual of the Planes – some reference to ghauropers
  • The 2e stats for ghauropers first appeared in Dungeon of the Hark, a now-difficult-to-obtain adventure; the stats are given in the Candlekeep thread referenced above, courtesy of Eric Boyd
  • Elminster’s Everwinking EyePolyhedron #110 page 7
  • WotC Monster Index

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Lemon Fish

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At a Glance

A magical beast.

Lemon fish are encountered in Undermountain.

Source

  • The Ruins of Undermountain II [1104] monster booklet

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Wattley

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At a Glance

A magical beast.

Wattleys are fish encountered in Undermountain.

Source

  • The Ruins of Undermountain II [1104] monster booklet

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Tirichik

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At a Glance

A magical beast.


Climitat


Sources

Primary Sources

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Magical Beasts

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At a Glance

Magical Beasts include some groups like sphinx, but most magical beasts don’t fit into any of these groups.

A

abrian, amphisbaena, anarchic creature, androsphinx, ankheg, apocalypse frog swarm, aranea, arcanist varrangoin, ash rat, ashworm, asperi, aurumvorax, avalancher, axiomatic creature

B

banelar, basilisk, bearhound, beast of Bane, beguiler, behir, blackspawn stalker, black unicorn, blink dog, blood ape, blood hawk, bloodsilk spider, bluespawn ambusher, bluespawn burrower, bluespawn stormlizard, brachyurus, brain mole, branta, brood keeper, brood keeper larva swarm, bulette

C

camelopardel, canisphinx, carcass crab, cavvekan, celestial creature, changesteed, chaos roc, chekryan, chimera, chimeric creature, chronotyryn, cloaked ape, cloud ray, cockatrice, corollax, cranium rat swarm, criosphinx, crocosphinx, cryohydra, crystal screamer

D

darkenbeast, darkmantle, deadborn vulture, death dog, deathcoils, deathraven swarm, deep hound, deep rothe, digester, disenchanter, displacer beast, displacer serpent, dracosphinx, dragonne, dream serpent, dunewinder

E

giant eagle, ectoplasmic swarm, elsewhale, elven hound, Elysian thrush, ethereal marauder

F

feral yowler, fiendish creature, fiendwurm, fire spider swarm, fire toad, flame snake, flesh harrower, flying snake, giant frog, frost salamander, frost worm

G

gambol, garngrath, gaspar, gathra, gem scarab, ghost rothe, girallon, gorgimera, gorgon, gravorg, gray glutton, gray render, greenspawn leaper, greenspawn razorfiend, griffon, guulvorg, gynosphinx

H

Halruaan behir, hammerclaw, harrier, hellwasp swarm, hieracosphinx, hippocampus, hippogriff, hoary steed, horned beast, hound of the Hunt, hydra

I

ice toad, ironclad mauler

J

jackalwere, jaculi

K

ki-rin, kraken, krenshar, kruthik, kuldurath

L

lamia, lammasu, leskylor, leucrotta, leviathan, limbo stalker, lith, loquasphinx, lucent worm, luna moth

M

malastor, manticore, mantimera, metalmaster, mivilorn, mlarraun, mockery drone, mockery monarch, mooncalf, moonrat, mudmaw

N

nethersight mastiff, nightmare beast

O

orpsu, osquip, giant owl, owlbear

P

pack fiend, spectral panther, pegasus, peryton, phargion, phase spider, phase wasp, phoenix, phoera, prismasaurus, puppeteer, purple worm, pyrohydra

Q

quanlos

R

rager varrangoin, rainbow crow, ramfish, giant raven, redspawn birther, redspawn firebelcher, remorhaz, roper, roving mauler, rylkar harridan, rylkar madclaw, rylkar tormenter, rylkspawn swarm

S

sand hunter, saurosphinx, sea cat, seawolf, senmurv, shadow asp, shadow creature, Shadow Sea serpent, shadow spider, shedu, shocker lizard, sinister, sirrush, sisiutl, skiurid, flying snake, spectral panther, spellgaunt, spider eater, spirit of the air, starsnake, starwhale, steeder, steelwing, stirge, stone flyer, giant strider, subterranean lizard, surface rothe, swamplight lynx

T

tarrasque, tayellah, terlen, three-headed leskylor, three-headed sirrush, threskisphinx, thrum worm, Thrym hound, thunderbird, thunder worm, ti-khana, tirbana drowser, tirbana eyewing, tirbana slayer, tirbana spawner, tirichik, tlalusk, tomb spider, tomb spider broodswarm, tree python, tressym, tusked behemoth, tusk terror

U

unicorn, ur’epona, urskan

V

lesser varrangoin, vazalka, veserab

W

watchspider, whitespawn iceskidder, wilora, winter wolf, worg

Y

yrthak

Z

zaratan, zezir

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Dracosphinx

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At a Glance

A dracosphinx is —in 3.5e D&D— a large lawful evil magical beast— specifically a sphinx.

A dracosphinx has the head and wings of a red dragon, and the body of a lion, with a mane of colorful feathers. The forepaws are built like a lion’s, but scaled, and the claws are splayed like those of a dragon. An average male dracosphinx stands 9 feet tall at the shoulders; females are only slightly smaller. The wings are fully functional.


Xaeyruudh Campaign Notes

Dracosphinxes lair in warm deserts. They may also be found hunting in other regions within a hundred miles of their lairs— badlands, forests, hills, marshes, moors, mountains, plains, rivers, and swamps.

I decided, at least for the Xaeyruudh campaign, that dracosphinxes are related to blue dragons rather than red. This is logical, given that they share their alignment and habitat with blue dragons. Accordingly, my dracosphinxes have a lightning-based breath weapon instead of "flaming gas".

Also, in this campaign dracosphinxes have the same base HD as androsphinxes.


Sources

Primary Sources
  • Old Empires [FR10/9274] page 95
  • Xaeyruudh: some adaptation for updating to 3e.
Passing Mention
Other Resources

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