Harpy

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At a Glance

A monstrous humanoid.


Appearance

Art Review

One of these was a sketch for the 3e harpy. Some high and low points in comparison to the 3.5 version.

The other… apparently there was a plan at one point to add this not-so-harpyish harpy. I think it’s a neat idea, but perhaps redundant with the aarakocra and other avian/humanoid creatures already in place. It seems this dorky bird went the way of its buddy the dodo.

Among other worthy efforts available on Google, a different and far more alluring take on the harpy was presented in The Erotic Monster Manual Contest at somethingawful.com.


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Grimlock

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Grimlock, from the WotC Monster Manual 3.5 Art Gallery... click on the image for the link.
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At a Glance

A monstrous humanoid.

Source

  • Monster Manual [17755] page 140

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Green Hag

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Green Hag, from the WotC Monster Manual 3.5 Art Gallery... click on the image for the link.
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At a Glance

A monstrous humanoid— specifically a hag.

Sources

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Doppelganger

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Doppelganger, from the Monster Manual (3.5e) art gallery. All rights assumed to be reserved by Wizards of the Coast.


At a Glance

A shapechanging monstrous humanoid.


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Variations

Doppelgangers are related to greater doppelgangers and ethereal doppelgangers.


Notable Individuals

In Faerûn

Sources

Primary Sources
  • Monster Manual [17755] page 67
  • Races of Destiny page 93
  • Monster Manual [2009] (1e) page 29
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Derro

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At a Glance

A monstrous humanoid.

To the extent that they worship anything, derro tend to venerate Diinkarazan and Diirinka.


Variations

Derro are related to dwarves.


Appearance

What You See

Notable Individuals

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Sources

Primary Sources
  • Monster Manual [17755] page 49
  • From the Ashes [1064]
  • Monster Manual II [2016] (1e) page 42
Passing Mention
  • Drizzt Do’Urden’s Guide to the Underdark [11509] pages 9, 16, 19, 20-21, 23, 47, 56, 57, 58, 60, 86, 87
  • WotC Monster Index

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Centaur

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Centaur, from the Monster Manual 1 (3.5e) art gallery. All rights assumed to be reserved by Wizards of the Coast


At a Glance

A monstrous humanoid.


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Notable Individuals

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Sources

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Annis Hag

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At a Glance

A monstrous humanoid — specifically a hag.


Variations

Annis are presumably related to other hags.


Appearance

What You See

Annis hags average 8 ft 4 inches tall and 210 lbs. Hags are 25% less massive than humans.


Notable Individuals

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Kir-Lanan

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At a Glance

A monstrous humanoid.

Also called black gargoyle, stalker, or the godless.

Sources

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Gargoyle

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At a Glance

An earthy monstrous humanoid.


Appearance

Size

The gargoyle is described in the Monster Manual. Basically it’s a living statue. The point of this section is to outline how big it is and how much it weighs.

The gargoyle is a monstrous humanoid, not a construct, so it’s not carved, and it’s not totally accurate to think of it as proportional to a human male. However, it does have two arms, two legs, and a head (plus wings and a tail) and I’m going to look at it as a human male with 25% extra body mass which accounts for the extra appendages.

It’s convenient to equate gargoyle height and HD, so that’s what I’m going to do. At 4 HD, a gargoyle is 4 ft tall and Medium size. At 8 HD, it’s 8 ft tall and Large size.

I see gargoyles being made of granite. Granite has a density/weight of 2691 kg per cubic meter, so a certain amount of granite is roughly 2.7 times the weight of an identical quantity of human flesh and bone.

The process for finding a reasonable weight for a gargoyle is pretty straightforward. Start with the weight of a healthy human male of the appropriate height… 180 lbs at 6 ft tall, for example. Add 25% for the wings, tail, and horns: 225 lbs. Finally, multiply by 2.7 because it’s all made of granite: a 6-foot gargoyle should weight about 600 lbs.

Here’s a more complete table.

Ht (ft) Wt (lbs)
4 265
5 415
6 600
7 825
8 1075
9 1350
10 1675
11 2000
12 2400
13 2800
14 3250
15 3750
16 4250
What You See
Art Review

Visually, there’s plenty of inspiration on Google, but I’m thinking here more specifically about humanoid gargoyles. Here’s one example from deviantArt, and this one is also good.


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Variations

Gargoyles are related to kapoacinth.


Notable Individuals

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Terms of Venery – Monstrous Humanoids

aarakocra A flight of aarakocra [Monsters of Faerûn]
chitine A swarm of chitines [Monsters of Faerûn]
chosen one A plague of chosen ones [Monsters of Faerûn]
doppelganger A crisis of doppelgangers [Xaeyruudh]
gargoyle A wing of gargoyles [Monster Manual]
grimlock A gang or pack of grimlocks [Monster Manual]
hag A covey of hags [Monster Manual]
harpy A spite of harpies [Xaeyruudh]
medusa A covey of medusa [Monster Manual]
wemic A pride of wemics [Monsters of Faerûn]

all humanoid races of at least moderate intelligence are capable of forming structured military units which may be referred to by various appropriate terms including band, company, hunting party, phalanx, patrol, platoon, regiment, squad, team, troop, and war party. gang is a similarly universal term. since these terms can apply to (almost) all humanoids, they’re ignored.