Credits:

Cave Crawler, Giant Mantis: by Yora.
Dæmonized Orc, Dæmonized Familiar*: by Blackadder23.
Chalicothere, Memory Spider: by Handy Haversack.
Giant Cave Goat: Monkeydono.
Erinyes , Voormis, Crawler from the Slime, Weresabre-tooth Tiger, Maenad: Caveman.
Living Dead: Jason Zavoda.
Giant White Centipede: Ghul, Blackadder23 and Caveman.
Bird-man with Arms: Ghul and Caveman.

* I know this is in the new 2E, but I just had to add it; as I took a few hours placing the face of a AD&D Naga onto a black cat and think it deserves the show!

 And to Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson; amongst others.

Last edited by Caveman (10/12/2017 10:16 am)

Wonderful!! I was looking for a thread like this to compile converted or original monsters. I've been doing a few, here's one i just finished that will probably get no play.

Titan Scarab ⁞ App 1 ⁞ AC -5 DR 1 ⁞ MV 100, fly 100 ⁞ HD 22+22 (hp 111)  ⁞ ATT bite (6d6 plus gnaw and disease) ⁞ SA/D: trample (4d6), gnaw, disease, mindless ⁞ SV 8 ⁞ ML 10 ⁞ INT non ⁞ DX 8 ⁞ SZ L ⁞ TC - ⁞ XP 10,000 ⁞ Instinct: eat it all
This massive beetle is the size of a fortress, and has a hard, blue-black carapace spattered with dust and dung. Its immense, club-like mandibles clash with a hungry fervor.

• Trample: Can simply move over individuals smaller than itself, dealing 4d6 damage and knocking them prone. An avoidance save negates the damage, but not the prone. Succeeding the avoidance save by 5 negates the prone.
• Disease: Filth Fever: Bite transmits terminal disease unless death (poison) save is made. The infection is marked by the eruption of a purple rash within 1d4 days, followed by headaches, fever, and delirium. Strength and constitution each are reduced by 1d6 points/day whilst disease persists. The victim dies when CON reaches 0, or after 2d6 weeks in any event.
• Gnaw: Deals 1d8 Str damage with crippling bite; potentially obliterates armor, forcing an item save vs crushing blow.
• Mindless: immune to Mind-Affecting effects.

While its diminutive cousins are primarily coprophagous, the titan scarab is carnivorous, hunting herd animals, humanoids, and even giants with ease. They typically use their trample attack against creatures smaller than themselves, returning after this punishing assault to pick off anything that’s still moving with swift and deadly bites.



Descriptive text adapted from "Beetle, Giant Stag" from Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Bestiary 2, © 2010, Paizo Publishing, LLC
Disease ability text adapted from "Otyugh," Astonishing Swordsmen and Sorcerers of Hyperborea, © 2018, North Wind Adventures, LLC

Go big or go home!

Last edited by Jimm.Iblis (2/11/2018 12:50 am)

Last one for the night. Starting to get the capchas

Our kobolds are different!

Child of the Night ⁞ App 1d4+5, 10d4, (40-400) ⁞ AC 7 ⁞ MV 30 ⁞ HD 1/2 (hp 2)  ⁞ ATT 1 short-spear (1d4) or 1 javelin (1d4) ⁞ SA/D: infravision ⁞ SV 17 ⁞ ML 5 ⁞ INT low-avg ⁞ DX 12 ⁞ SZ S ⁞ TC J,O;Qx5 ⁞ XP 5 ⁞ Instinct: take by overwhelming force

• Child of the Dark: The Child of the Night suffers a -1 malus to attack rolls and armour class while fighting in bright light. It gains this malus as a bonus while fighting in the dark.

Child of the Night Sergeant ⁞ App 1:20 ⁞ AC 6 DR 1 ⁞ MV 30 ⁞ HD 1 (hp 4)  ⁞ ATT 1 halberd (1d6+1) or 3/2 javelin (1d4+1) ⁞ SA/D: infravision ⁞ SV 16 ⁞ ML 6 ⁞ INT avg ⁞ DX 12 ⁞ SZ S ⁞ TC J,O;Qx5 ⁞ XP 10 ⁞ Instinct: lead them to plunder

• Child of the Dark: As above.

Child of the Night Shaman ⁞ App 1:50 ⁞ AC 6 ⁞ MV 30 ⁞ HD 2 (hp 8)  ⁞ ATT 1 staff (1d4) or sling (1d3) ⁞ SA/D: spells, infravision ⁞ SV 16 ⁞ ML 4 ⁞ INT avg ⁞ DX 12 ⁞ SZ S ⁞ TC J,O;Qx5 ⁞ XP 10 ⁞ Instinct: even the odds

• Child of the Dark: As above.
• Spells: 1st—cure light, sleep; Gear: Potion of Fire Breath

Child of the Night Chief ⁞ App 1:100 ⁞ AC 6 DR 1 ⁞ MV 40 ⁞ HD 4 (hp 15)  ⁞ ATT 3/2 spiked club (1d6+1) or 3/2 tomahawks (1d4+1) ⁞ SA/D: infravision ⁞ SV 15 ⁞ ML 8 ⁞ INT avg ⁞ DX 13 ⁞ SZ S ⁞ TC Jx2,Ox2;Qx5 ⁞ XP 35 ⁞ Instinct: rule from safety and comfort

• Child of the Dark: As above.

Children of the Night are a diminutive race of ugly, knobby-skulled reptilian humanoids with fanged mouths and gnarly flesh that live in secret places deep below the surface of the world. They are well–muscled and wiry, able to inflict terrible and deadly wounds with primitive flint and bone weaponry. In the dark, where the children live, their yellow eyes glow with a natural feral light.

Text and image adapted from: Steele, Bryan, and Laszlo Cook. MGP7803 Bestiary of the Hyborian Age. Mongoose Publishing Ltd, 2007. Children of the nightand
Cthuloid Bestiary; Lovecraftian Monsters for OSR Games Netbook; Leonaru © 2014

There! Now you can justify a classic and ubiquitous low-level monster when adapting your old AD&D modules...
 

Pacarana, Giant (bull rat) ⁞ App 1 (1d4+1) ⁞ AC 7 ⁞ MV 30 ⁞ HD 3 (hp 13)  ⁞ ATT bite (4d6) ⁞ SA/D: scent ⁞ SV 15 ⁞ ML 5 ⁞ INT animal ⁞ DX 7 ⁞ SZ L ⁞ TC - ⁞ XP 41 ⁞ Instinct: territorial herbivore
Sniffing the air is an ox-sized beast with a rat-like head and terrible foot-long incisors.
* Keen Scent: Surprized only on a 1.

wikipedia wrote:

Josephoartigasia monesi, an extinct species of South American caviomorph rodent, is the largest rodent known, and lived from about 4 to 2 million years ago during the Pliocene to early Pleistocene.[1][/url][url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josephoartigasia_monesi#cite_note-2][notes 1][/url] The species is one of two in the Josephoartigasia genus, the other being J. magna.[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josephoartigasia_monesi#cite_note-Rinderknecht-1][1][/url] J. monesi is sometimes called the giant pacarana, after its closest living relative, the pacarana (Dinomys branickii) in the family Dinomyidae.[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josephoartigasia_monesi#cite_note-Rinderknecht-1][1][/url] The species may have weighed a ton, considerably larger than any living rodent.[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josephoartigasia_monesi#cite_note-Rinderknecht-1][1][/url] The skull of the holotype is 53 cm (21 in) long, and the remaining incisor is more than 30 cm (12 in) in length. The total estimated body length is 3 m (10 ft), with a height of 1.5 m (5 ft).  The rodent's fearsome front teeth and large size may have been used to fight over females for breeding rights and may also have helped defend against predators, including carnivorous marsupials, saber-toothed cats, short-faced bears and terror birds.[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josephoartigasia_monesi#cite_note-giant_rodent-5][4][/url]  The rodent may have lived in an estuarine environment or a delta system with forest communities,[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josephoartigasia_monesi#cite_note-Rinderknecht-1][1][/url] and may have eaten soft vegetation.[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josephoartigasia_monesi#cite_note-newscientist-6][5][/url] It has been stated that J. monesi probably fed on aquatic plants and fruits, because its molars are small and not good for grass or other abrasive (vegetation). Larger mammals also have the advantage of access to low-quality food resources, such as wood, that smaller species are unable to digest.[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josephoartigasia_monesi#cite_note-giant_rodent-5][4][/url]  Finite element analysis was used to estimate the maximum bite force of J. monesi.[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josephoartigasia_monesi#cite_note-Cox2015-7][6][/url] This study concluded that the bite of J. monesi possibly generated up to 4165 N of force, three times as powerful as predicted for modern day tigers.[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josephoartigasia_monesi#cite_note-8][7][/url] The study also speculated that J. monesi behaved similarly to elephants, utilizing its incisors like tusks for digging or defense.[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josephoartigasia_monesi#cite_note-Cox2015-7][6]

 

Last edited by Jimm.Iblis (3/03/2018 6:19 pm)

Haven't posted in awhile. Was looking at giant lagomorphs because of Easter, but came across this far more fascinating creature...

Giant Cheetah ⁞ App 1-4 ⁞ AC 4 ⁞ MV 50 (sprint 150) ⁞ HD 5 (hp 20)  ⁞ ATT 2 claws (1d4) bite (2d6) ⁞ SA/D: +1 surprize; sprint; rake ⁞ SV 14 ⁞ ML 8 ⁞ INT animal ⁞ DX 12 ⁞ SZ L ⁞ TC - ⁞ XP 300 ⁞ Instinct: fierce carnivore
This large, sleek feline has a golden coat spotted with black. Its long and powerful legs are obviously capable of great speed.

• Because of their camouflage coloration and hunting skill, they surprise on 3 in 6.
• These felines can burst into triple speed, a 45" "sprint" for 3 rounds. They must rest 3 turns before again sprinting. Cheetahs can spring 10 feet upwards or forward as much as 20 feet.
• If both forepaws hit during an attack, the cheetah automatically rakes with its rear claws for 2d4 damage.

~ adapted from "Cheetah." In Monster Manual II, by Gary Gygax and Jeff Easley. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR Hobbies, 1983.

listverse wrote:

The Giant Cheetah (Acinonyx pardinensis), belonged to the same genus as our modern day Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus), and probably looked very similar, but it was much bigger.

At around 120-150 kgs (265-331lbs), it was as large as an African lioness, and was able to take on larger prey than its delicate modern day counterpart.

The Giant Cheetah was also adapted to fast running, but there’s some debate on whether it could run as fast as the modern Cheetah, due to its larger weight, which, according to some, probably made it somewhat slower.

Others, however, have suggested that the Giant Cheetah, having longer legs and bigger heart and lungs, was probably able to run as fast, or even faster, than the cheetah does today – that’s over 115 kph (72mph)! The Giant Cheetah lived in Europe and Asia (from Germany and France to India and China) during the Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs; it went extinct during the last Ice Age. Due to its living in colder environments than modern day Cheetahs, it is possible that the Giant Cheetah had longer fur and perhaps a lighter coloration. ~ Listverse, "10 Huge Prehistoric Cats"

Last edited by Jimm.Iblis (4/01/2018 6:39 pm)

How's this for a reskinned, weird-fic friendly version of an owlbear? or Perhaps something new?

Artist=Denis Zhbankov

That is indeed a pretty creepy owlbear! 

I needed a deadly hunting spider as a go-to, so decided on this little guy.

Giant Jumping Spider ⁞ App 1 ⁞ AC 6 ⁞ MV 60 ⁞ HD 2+2 (hp 14)  ⁞ ATT bite (1d6 plus poison) ⁞ SA/D: 3 in 6 chance to surprise prey, lethal poison (+1 save); jumping charge ⁞ SV 16 ⁞ ML 9 ⁞ INT non ⁞ DX 16 ⁞ SZ S ⁞ XP 246 ⁞ Instinct: ambush predator
This fuzzy blue and gray spider might be cute if it weren't for it being 4 feet long and wide.

• The arachnid can jump up to 120 feet. It can treat this jump as a charge (+2 dmg) over any kind of terrain, as long as the leap is made in a straight line
• 3 in 6 chance to surprise prey, due to their cunning stalking abilities
• lethal poison (+1 save), jumping spiders possess one of the most toxic bites, pound for pound, in the realm of araneae

Jumping spiders have some of the best vision among arthropods and use it in courtship, hunting, and navigation. Although they normally move unobtrusively and fairly slowly, most species are capable of very agile jumps, notably when hunting, but sometimes in response to sudden threats or crossing long gaps. Both their book lungs and tracheal system are well-developed, and they use both systems (bimodal breathing). Jumping spiders are generally recognized by their eye pattern. All jumping spiders have four pairs of eyes, with the anterior median pair being particularly large.

Salticids hunt diurnally as a rule, which is consistent with their highly developed visual system. When it detects potential prey, a jumping spider typically begins orienting itself by swivelling its cephalothorax to bring the anterior median eyes to bear. It then moves its abdomen into line with its cephalothorax. After that, it might spend some time inspecting the object of its attention and determining whether a camouflaged or doubtful item of prey is promising, before it starts to stalk slowly forward. When close enough, the spider pauses to attach a dragline, then springs onto the prey.

In addition to using their silk for safety lines while jumping, they also build silken "pup tents", where they shelter from bad weather and sleep at night. They molt within these shelters, build and store egg cases within them, and also spend the winter in them.  Jumping spiders live in a variety of habitats. Tropical forests harbor the most species, but they are also found in temperate forests, scrub lands, deserts, intertidal zones, and mountainous regions. ~https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumping_spider

Elementals

Various elementals of water, earth and air.

 Gnome: Here:

Sylph: Here:

Undine: Here:

More Monsters and Creatures III​

Fish-men's God: Here:

Giant Cheetah: Here:

Giant Gar: Here:

Giant Jellyfish: Here:

Giant Jumping Spider: Here:

Giant Lamprey: Here:

Giant Pacarana: Here:

Giant Pike: Here:

Grey Shark: Here:

Grey Whale: Here:

Humpback Whale: Here:

To the few....

And to Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson, David Wesely, Jeff of course; amongst others.

Redid Androphage, by Morty and Cavemen. Not added XP, sorted AC, fixed some spelling errors and shrunk to fit one page. See Link a few posts above to get.


Giant Cheetah, Giant Jumping Spider, Giant Pacarana, by Jimm_Ibis (with more to come).

Fish-men's God, Giant Jellyfish, Grey Shark, Grey Whale, Humpback Whale, by Caveman.

Giant Gar, Giant Lamprey, by Gary Gygax.

Artists:
Giant Gar by teratophoneus.
Giant Jellyfish, by Anna Colt.
Giant Pike, by maksst.
Cheetah, by B. M.
Grey Shark, by Alex Kypris.

And others unknown or just unpronounceable.

Last edited by Caveman (3/28/2019 7:43 am)