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[Raven Crowking]

The monster book for RCFG is going to be called "The Big Book of Monsters". Each monster will be described using the following format. Please note that there is a listing for "Frequency" and a listing for "Morale". Again, this is a sandbox thing -- a return to Gygaxian naturalism, if you would.

Monster Name
(Size & Type)

Movement:
Armour Class:
Initiative Bonus:
Hit Dice:
Attacks:
Damage:
Special Attacks:
Special Defences:
Special Qualities:
Saves: Fort , Perc , Prow , Reas , Refl , Will .
Ability Scores: S , I , W , D , C , Ch .
Morale:

Habitat:
Frequency:
No. Appearing:
Skills:
Treasure Type:
XP Value:

The "Short Form" for monster stats is:

Monster Name (Size, Type): Mv ; AC ; Init ; HD ; Att (Dam); SA ; SD ; SQ ; SV (Fort , Perc , Prow , Reas , Refl , Will ); ML ; XP . Skills: .

Only relevant skills are listed in the short form (which honestly should have been the norm in the 3e paradigm). Note that the full statblock includes Ability Scores, because there are some attacks that can target these, but the short form statblock doesn't, because the odds of the GM needed this information is too darn small.

The creatures slated for TBBoM I right now are: Aboleth, Al-mi’raj, Amphisbaena, Angel (Fire, Guardian, and Messenger), Animated Object, Ankheg, Ant Swarm, Ant (Giant), Antelope, Ape (Carnivorous), Apparition, Aranea, Assassin Vine, Auroch, Autumnal Mourner, Axe Beak, Baboon, Baccae, Badger, Barracuda, Basilisk, Bat, Bat Swarm, Bat (Giant), Bear (Black, Brown, Cave, Polar), Bee (Giant), Beetle (Giant Bombardier, Giant Fire, Giant Tiger), Behir, Black Pudding, Blindheim, Blink Dog, Bloat Island, Blood Fish, Boar, Bodak, Boneneedle, Brownie, Bugbear, Bulette, Camel, Caryatid Column, Cat, Cat (Wild), Cattle, Cattle (Bull), Cave Fisher, Caveman, Centaur, Centipede (Monstrous), Centipede Swarm, Cheetah, Chimera, Chimpanzee, Choker, Church Grim, Clam (Giant), Cloaker, Cockatrice, Coffer Corpse, Couatl, Crab Swarm, Crab (Monstrous), Crabfolk, Crayfish (Monstrous), Crocodile, Crypt Thing, Dark Creeper, Dark Stalker, Darkmantle, Deep Fey, Deer, Demon (Balor, Marilith, Nalfeshnee, Succubus, Vrok), Devil (Barbed, Bone, Chain, Erinyes, Horned, Ice, Pit Fiend), Dinosaur (Deinonychus, Elasmosaurus, Megaraptor, Stegosaurus, Triceratops, Tyrannosaurus), Dire Animal (Ape, Badger, Bat, Bear, Boar, Goat, Lion, Rat, Shark, Tiger, Weasel, Wolf, Wolverine), Dire Corby, Dog, Dolphin, Donkey, Doorway Guardian, Doppelganger, Dragon, Dragon Turtle, Dragonfly (Monstrous), Dryad, Dwarf, Eagle, Eagle (Giant), Ear Seeker, Eel (Electric, Moray), Elemental, Elephant, Elf, Ethereal Filcher, Ettercap, Ettin, Faerie Dragon, Flail Snail, Flea (Monstrous), Fly (Monstrous), Fox, Frog (Monstrous), Gambado, Gargoyle, Gelatinous Cube, Genie (Djinni, Efreeti, Marid), Ghost, Ghoul, Giant (Cloud, Fire, Frost, Hill, Stone, Storm), Gibbering Mouther, Gloom Crawler, Gnoll, Gnome, Goat, Goblin, Golem (Amber, Bone, Bronze, Clay, Flesh, Iron, Stone, Tallow, Wood) Gorgon, Gorilla, Green Slime, Grey Ooze, Grick, Griffon, Grig, Grimlock, Grippli, Grouper (Giant), Guardian Daemon, Hag (Annis, Green, Sea), Halfling, Harpy, Hawk, Hell Hound, Hellcat, Hippocampus, Hippogriff, Hoar Fox, Hobgoblin, Homunculus, Horned Man, Horse, Huecuva, Hydra, Hyena, Imp, Invisible Stalker, Irish Deer, Iron Cobra, Jackal, Jackalwere, Jaculi, Jaguar, Jellyfish Swarm, Kelpie, Killmoulis, Kobold, Korred, Kraken, Lamia, Lammasu, Leech (Giant), Leopard, Leprechaun, Lich, Lion, Lizard (Giant), Lizard Men, Locathah, Locust Swarm, Lurker Above, Lyanthrope (Werebear, Wereboar, Werelion, Wererat, Wereshark, Weretiger, Werewolf), Lynx, Manticore, Mastodon, Medusa, Mephit, Mermaid, Midnight Peddler, Mimic, Minotaur, Monkey, Mountain Lion, Mule, Mummy, Naga (Dark, Guardian, Spirit, Water), Necrophidius, Neried, Night Hag, Nightmare, Nixie, Nymph, Ochre Jelly, Octopus (Giant), Ogre, Ogre Mage, Orc, Ostrich, Otyugh, Owl, Owl (Giant), Owlbear, Pegasus, Phantom, Phantom Stalker, Phase Spider, Phoenix, Piercer, Pixie, Poltergeist, Pony, Pseudodragon, Pterodactyl, Purple Worm, Quasit, Rakshasa, Rat, Rat Swarm, Rat (Shadow), Remorhaz, Rhinoceros, Roc, Roper, Rot Grub, Rust Monster, Sabre-Toothed Cat, Sahuagin, Salamander, Satyr, Scarecrow, Scorpion, Scorpion Guardian, Sea Horse (Giant), Sea Lion, Sea Serpent, Sea Turtle (Giant), Seal, Selkie, Shadow, Shambling Mound, Shark, Shedu, Sheep, Shrew (Giant), Shrieker, Skeletal Warrior, Skeleton, Skulk, Skum, Slithering Tracker, Slug (Giant), Snake, Snapping Turtle (Giant), Sobekhi, Spectre, Sphinx (Androsphinx, Criosphinx, Gynosphinx, Hieracosphinx), Spider (Monstrous), Spider Swarm, Sprite, Squid (Giant), Stirge, Strangle Weed, Stunjelly, Swarm, Tabaxi, Tentacle Worm, Tentamort, Thulid, Tick (Giant), Tiger, Titan, Titanothere, Trapper, Treant, Triton, Troglodyte, Troll, Tunnel Worm, Undead Ooze, Unicorn, Vampire, Vampire Rose, Vargouille, Vilstrak, Volt, Vulture, Walrus, Wasp (Monstrous), Wasp Swarm, Weasel (Giant), Whale, Whip Jelly, White Pudding, Wight, Will-o-the-wisp, Winter Wolf, Wolf, Wolverine, Worg, Wraith, Wyvern, Xorn, Yellow Mold, Yeti, Zaria, and Zombie.

If I missed any really cool, OGC monsters, please point me to them. My goal is (1) iconic and (2) useful. I'd be happy to consider making TBBoM I larger than it is currently slated to be.


RC