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I'd have to go with "piercing" too. Though not exactly arrow sharp, it is a pointed weapon. Much like mauls and such, they are not razor sharp, but do focus their energies to a narrower point.

I love these and fully intend to younk them for "Homeland", my sort of rustic D&D campaign. Critters such as these fit well with the folksy feel of the campaign.

Request for Doc This thread is awesome. I have always had a soft spot for Lost World settings. My seven year old daughter is learning D&D right now and the setting I've been running for her is a Lost World setting - we both love jungles, prehistoric monsters and lost civilizations. I'd love...

A cool write up, though I do prefer a Fey version of the Kelpie, myself. It was my impression that the weed form was more for camo than a true form.

At first I thought this was a set-up for a goofy monster. Wampa + Rancor = Wancor?

I, for one, love the concept. I think this is a very subtle, but intriguing creature that could lend well to a number of cmapaign plots. There are countless tales that hinge on the fate of some unborn child and the "Taker" could easily aid or hinder any of these tales. I can easily see a...

Manta Rays don't have stingers as far as I know.

Thisi s great. I actually wanted to run a "Rats of NIMH" style game. I had it all set up and have really just been needing a good solid set fo rules for such creatures.

I think the point is that you are not choosing which curse elements you get. Yes, it might prohibit you from wielding powerful two-handed weapons but such are curses. Also, I hardly think building monsters, templates, etc based on how they can be used to make powerful combat monsters is not...

Though it might, it would seem less "curse-ish" if you got to keep the hand.

Got a few of my own. I know, kind of late, but just saw the movie. Gulper Mouth: Creature grows a distended jaw and a huge, pouchy gullet and can swallows victims whole. Chromatic Skin: Creature has the ability to change the color of his skin in complicated and stunnign patterns. Can...

An excellent monster that is sure to find its way into my campaign world. The expanded ecology makes them much more usable at various CR and in various encounters.

But they are just Ninja's cool powers/items. Maybe some sort of elemental template (if there is such a thing yet, is there?)

I'll be posting as they come to me. As part of the "back to basics" nature of the setting, many of the creatures are simply mods of exsisting ones or good ol' stand-bys.

Yes, I had read the wendigo and decided that such things will haunt the remote places of my world. Heck, this thread is producing so many options that I may just go for all of 'em. Perhaps in the collective local mythology of the game world, they have sort of been lumped together as one or a...