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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wombat" data-source="post: 1390087" data-attributes="member: 8447">Depends on the take you want to have on your campaign.Most Animals, of course, are good, but they are usable anywhere.I would suggest looking into Atlas' Nyambe setting book, just for examples of African legendary creatures that might be brought over (I mean, since you are already dealing with the loa/orrisha, why not the creatures as well?).Krakens and other sea-going creatures are a must.  Merpeoples of various sorts figure prominently in piratical lore.  This could be extended to sahaugin and the like.A lot of creatures from the MM are more problematic.  Do you really want gnolls and the like in a setting where all characters are supposed to be human?  Probably not.  Same would probably be true of many "Classical Mythological" monsters -- pegasus, minotaur, etc., as they would feel out of place.  Yuan-Ti could be adapted in fairly easily (fear those jungle serpents!).  Don't forget plant-based creatures in a tropical environment -- lots of room for "Man Eating Plants" in such a setting!I would suggest looking through S&SS Creature Collections as well.  The Alley Reaper, the various members of the Carnival of Shadows, the Dweller at the Crossroads, their extra Hags, the Inn-Wight, the Memory Eater, and quite probably even the Ratmen/Slitheren have a feel that fits with Things Piratical; there are also several more plant and ocean going creatures in here that could help flesh things out.Just some initial thoughts  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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