I would still prefer the turtle island version but wouldn't mind a crab, fish, whale, and dragon version as well. It would keep the players on there toes to figure out which type it is, it's abilities, and temperament.
It would be cool to living creatures that can function as cities, dungeons, forts, sailing ships, etc.
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Island Crab=Saratan
Island Whale=Lyngbakur
Island Turtle= Aspidochelone
This is accurate to the myths, and probably the best way to incorporate all three. We can rename the old Aspidochelone, since "Chelone" actually means turtle.
Sounds good to me.
People have been using a Zataran island turtle for decades now, don't think it will ever change.
Anyway, i'm going on a little vacation again and when i'm back I like to see this entire list covered in multiple bestiaries so I can use them in my own project :-p
Aarsrivak
Aatxe
A Bao A Qu
Abere
Abuhuku
Adze
Aerico
Afanc
Ahkiyyini
Aigamuxa
Ajatar
Akhlut
Alp-Luachra
Amikuk
Ammit
Amphisbaena
Aniwye
Ankou
Anteros
Argopelter
Arrach
Asag
Asanbosam
Atosis
Attorcroppes
Awahondo
Baku
Bakunawa
Balaur
Banaspati
Barbegazi
Barometz
Basilisk
Batibat
Bauk
Berberoka
Binaye-Ahani
Black Tamanous
Bonguru
Boobrie
Boroboroton
Bouda
Brobinyak
Brollachan
Brucha
Bugaboo
Buggane
Bukavac
Bushyasta
Butatsch-Ah-Ilgs
Camulatz
Cath Palug
Catoblepas
Charybdis
Cherufe
Chrysaor
Cipactli
Cuca
Cuegle
Cuero
Curupira
Cu Sith
Cwn Annwn
Delgeth
Dijiang
Djieien
Dragon Turtle
Drop Bear
Druj Nasu
Dybbuk
Echeneis
Eintykara
Enenra
Erchitu
Ewah
Fomorian
Frost Giant
Fulad-Zereh
Gashadokuro
Gaueko
Gbahali
Ghul
Gloson
Goggie
Gorgon
Grindylow
Gulon
Haemorrhois
Haietlik
Hala
Harionago
Heikegani
Hekatonkheires
Helhest
Hellequin
Hodag
Horerczy
Hrosshvalur
Hyakume
Hypnalis
Ifrit
Ijiraq
Iku-Turso
Intulo
Ishigaq
Isonade
Ittan-Momen
Jinmenju
Jishin Mushi
Jorogumo
Jubokko
Juggernaut
Kamaitachi
Kamikiri
Kampe
Kawa Akago
Kaw Kaw
Kayeri
Keukegen
Kikimora
Kobold
Kokogiak
Kurage-no-Hinotama
Kyut
Lampad
Lavellan
Leanan Sidhe
Leucrotta
Lukwata
Lunwaba
Lusca
Maenad
Makhai
Mambabarang
Manticore
Mapinguari
Marabbecca
Metee Kolen
Migas
Minhocao
Minka Bird
Miraj
Mokele-Mbembe
Moskitto
Mothman
Muscaliet
Myrmecoleon
Nachzehrer
Nalusa Falaya
Namazu
Nguruvilu
Nida
Nocnitsa
Nodeppo
Nuberu
Nue
Nuno
Nurikabe
Odontotyrannos
Omukade
Osschaart
Otoroshi
Papinijuwari
Peryton
Peuchen
Piasa
Polong
Poludnica
Popobawa
Psoglav
Pua Tu Tahi
Pukwudgie
Qalupalik
Raiju
Rarog
Raven Mocker
Rompo
Rusalka
Sagari
Salawa
Sazae-Oni
Scarabs
Seitaad
Shadhavar
Shtriga
Sigbin
Siyokoy
Skeljungur
Snallygaster
Sphinx
Splintercat
Springheel
Strigoi
Succarath
Tenome
Tikbalang
Tizheruk
Tooth Fairy
Tsuchigumo
Tunche
Tupilaq
Umdhlebi
Umibozu
Ushi Oni
Valkyrie
Valravn
Veela
Vrykolakas
Wolpertinger
Wraith
Wulgaru
Yara-Ma-Yha-Who
Ya-Te-Veo
Yeitso
Yuki-Onna
Zabraq
Zhenniao
Zmey
Zogbanu
Abaris (Common Abaris + Dire Abaris)
Aeternae (Bone Darter + Bone Lord)
Akheilos (Hammerhead + White Brute )
Alraune (Rose Alraune + Nightshade Alraune)
Anggitay (Amethyst Anggitay + Diamond Anggitay)
Asdeev (Fog Drake + Cloud Dragon)
Bakekujira (Ghost Narwhal + Ghost Cachelot)
Buckrider (Bandit + Cult Leader)
Burrunjor (Male + Female)
Cactus Cat (Cactus Lynx + Cactus Lion)
Chupacabra (Common Chupacabra + Winged Chupacabra)
Codrille (Plague Drake + Blight Dragon)
Death Worm (Death Worm + Apocalypse Worm)
Draugr (Scallywag + Mistwalker)
Emela Ntouka (Common Ntouka + Siege Beast)
Erinyes (Erinyes + Fury)
Erlking (Winter King + Autumn King)
Flaga (Mirror Oracle + Mirror Stalker)
Gaasyendietha (Asteroid Drake + Armageddon Dragon)
Globster (Oceanic Globster + Volcanic Globster)
Gold-Digging Ant (Gold Digger + Diamond Digger)
Gremlin (Gremlin Saboteur + Gremlin Kammikaze)
Hrokkall (Common Hrokkall + Dire Hrokkall)
Invunche (Common Invunche + Abomination)
Jack-in-Irons (Torturer + Executioner)
Jba Fofi (Jungle Fofi + Casting Fofi)
Lechuza (Forest Lechuza + Snow Lechuza)
Leshy (Forest Leshy + Jungle Leshy)
Lou Carcolh (Common Carcolh + Elder Carcolh)
Mbielu (Kentrosaurus + Stegosaurus)
Morgawr (Lake Morgawr + Styx Morgawr)
Nandi Bear (Common Nandi + Chemosit)
Nguma-Monene (Dimetrodon + Spinosaurus)
Nidhogg (Root Drake + Subterranean Dragon)
Nosoi (Plague Chest + Pandora's Box)
Nuckelavee (Common Nuckelavee + Wyvern Nuckelavee)
Olitiau (Common Olitiau + Aspect of Camazotz)
Peluda (Bristle Drake + Quill Dragon)
Poltergeist (Possessed Sword + Possessed Grimoire)
Pyrausta (Moth Pyrausta + Wasp Pyrausta)
Rakshasa (Flesh Tearer + Noble)
Raktavija (Blood Warrior + Blood Summoner)
Rat King (Rat King + Rat Emperor)
Salamander (Fire Salamander + Frost Salamander)
Scitalis (Glitter Drake + Prismatic Dragon)
Shen (Deception Drake + Mirage Dragon)
Skinwalker (Wolf Skinwalker + Bear Skinwalker)
Sruvara (Venom Drake + Rust Dragon)
Stella (Thorn Stella + Fire Stella)
Tera-Tsutsuki (Tsutsuki Swarm + Dire Tsutsuki)
Terra-Cotta Warrior (Terra-Cotta Soldier + Terra-Cotta Chariot)
Tesso (Rat Caller + Vorpal Lord)
Thriae (Thriae Warrior + Thriae Queen)
Tiamat (Discord Drake + Chaos Dragon)
Tiddalik (Water Tiddalik + Poison Tiddalik)
Trenti (Mind Spore + Death Spore)
Troll (Earth Troll + Mountain Troll)
Vish Kanya (Assassin + Priestess)
Wanyudo (Common Wanyudo + Infernal Wanyudo)
Water Leaper (Juvenile Leaper + Dragon Toad)
Wendigo (Common Wendigo + Ancient Wendigo)
Wizard's Shackle (Apprentice Shackle + Warlock Shackle)
Yagim (Common Yagim + Sand Yagim)
Zaratan (Coastal Zaratan + Bog Zaratan)
Zirnitra (Gloom Drake + Umbral Dragon)
Abaia - Amhuluk
Acheri - Drekavac
Adaro - Zitiron
Ahuizotl - Ugjuknarpak
Akaname (Filth Licker + Rust Licker) - Palis
Akashita - Planetnik
Alicanto - Asipatra
Aswang - Berbalang
Automaton - Colossus
Banshee - Pesta
Barghest - Cadejo
Baykok - Mokoi
Berserker (Berserker Warrior + Berserker Warlord) - Einherjar
Black Annis - Utlunta
Blemmyes - Xing Tian
Bunyip - Aziwugum
Caleuche - Naglfar
Carbuncle - Pooka
Caspilly - Vatnagedda
Cecaelia - Scylla
Cerastes - Vritra
Chon Chon (Chon Swarm + Giant Chon) - Penanggalen
Cockatrice - Aitvaras
Con Rit - Skolopendra
Doppelganger - Baldanders
Dorotabo - Obambo
Dullahan - Death Coach
Dvergr (Defender + Mechaniac) - Dactyl
Ebajalg - Sluagh
Eloko (Blower + Totem) - Jenglot
Eurynomos - Tsenahale
Fachen - Abaasy
Faduah - Jidra
Fossegrim - Encantado
Ga-Gorib - Hidebehind
Gaki - Preta
Gambo - Cirein Croin
Gargoyle - Gargouille
Garm - Cerberus
Gegenees - Virabhadra
Girtablilu - Aqrabuamelu
Goblin (Goblin Trapper + Worg Raider) - Bugbear
Gray (Spy + Overseer) - Rake
Harpy - Alkonost
Huallepen - Camahueto
Hydra - Ladon
Imp - Incubus
Impundulu - Raicho
Indus Worm - Lagarfjot Worm
Isitoq - Aghash
Jack-O-Lantern - Cucay
Kappa - Suiko
Karkadann - Indrik
Karkinos - Trecouche
Kelpie - Ceffyl Dwr
Keythong - Sak
Kludde - Zburator
Knucker - Drac
Kongamato - Ropen
Kumiho - Nogitsune
Lamia - NureOnna
Leontophone - Ichneumon
Leprechaun - Gancanagh
Lycanthrope - Rougarou
Mandragora - Devalpa
Minotaur - Sarangay
Mishibizhiw - Orobon
Mngwa - Nunda
Moroi - Nelapsi
Nagual (Hunter + Shaman) - Bush Dai Dai
Nargun - Plankta
Necromancer - Lich
Nekomata - Kasha
Nian - Sin You
Nuppeppo - Dheeyabery
Oniate - Mummy
Pard - Serpopard
Pelesit - Apocalypse Locust
Redcap - Ly Erg
Revenant - Fext
Rokurokubi - Taka-Onna
Satori - Fear Liath
Satyr - Huay Chivo
Scorpios - Sandwalker
Shachihoko - Kun Peng
Sharale - Mahaha
Shellycoat - Arragouset
Sianach - Anhanga
Soucouyant - Candileja
Stray Sod - Fear Gorta
Succubus - Empusa
Svartalfar (Assassin + Warlock) - Dokkalfar
Taotie - Pixiu
Tartalo - Bungisngis
Tiyanak - Toyol
Veo - Dingonek
Vodyanoi - Bolotnik
Will o Wisp - Santelmo
Wyvern - Cuelebre
Xiao - Ahool
Yale - Parandrus
Yowie - Genderuwo
Ziphius - Sverdhvalur
Zombie (Crawler + Bloater) - Vetala
BOSSES
Ah Muzen Cab
Alastor (Righthand of the Sinlord of Wrath)
Albastor (Righthand of the Sinlord of Lust)
Alberich (Righthand of the Sinlord of Greed)
Andras (Champion of Wrath)
Antaeus (Elemental Guardian Giant of Earth)
Anunnaki
Arachne
Arzshenk
Baba Yaga
Balor
Baxbakwala (Righthand of the Sinlord of Gluttony)
Beast of the Apocalypse (End Boss)
Beelzebub (Righthand of the Horseman of Pestilence)
Bloody Mary (Righthand of the Sinlord of Pride)
Cacus (Elemental Guardian Giant of Fire)
Camazotz
Capcaun
Cetus
Chimera (The First Chimerae)
Circe
Dalaketnon
Davy Jones
Echidna
Emperor Sutoku (Ghost Emperor)
Erlking Season Prince
Fafnir (Champion of Greed)
Far Darrig (King Leprechaun)
Fenrir
Geryon
Goliath
Graeae
Grendel
Grim Reaper (Champion of Death)
Haetae
Hannya
Hel
Hinqumemen
Horseman of Death
Horseman of Famine
Horseman of Pestilence
Horseman of War
Hraesvelgr (Elemental Guardian Giant of Air)
Hundun (Lord of raw Chaos)
Hvidslangen
Jersey Devil
Jormungandr
Koschei The Deathless (Righthand of the Horseman of Death)
Kraken
Krampus
Lambton Worm (Champion of Famine)
Leraje (Champion of Pestilence)
Lilith (Champion of Lust)
Limos (Righthand of the Horseman of Famine)
Medusa (Righthand of the Sinlord of Envy)
Morrigan (Righthand of the Horseman of War)
Narcissus (Champion of Pride)
Nemean Lion
Nosferatu
Pazuzu
Phobeter (Righthand of the Sinlord of Sloth)
Punga (Lord of Ugliness)
Questing Beast
Roc
Sandman (Champion of Sloth)
Sekhmet (Champion of War)
Sepid
Serket
Shuten Doji (Oni Lord)
Sinlord of Envy
Sinlord of Gluttony
Sinlord of Greed
Sinlord of Lust
Sinlord of Pride
Sinlord of Sloth
Sinlord of Wrath
Snow Queen
Springheel Jack (Most powerful of Springheels)
Stokkull (Moby Dick)
Sybaris (Queen of Dragons)
Tailypo (Special Nalusa Falaya)
Talos
Tamamo No Mae (Kitsune Queen)
Tarasque
Torc Triath (King of Boars)
Triton (Elemental Guardian Giant of Water)
Wild Hunt
Yeti
Ymir (Elemental Guardian Giant of Cold)
Zahhak
Zelos (Champion of Envy)
PLAYABLE CHARACTER RACES
Cambion
Changeling
Dhampir
Dwarf
Elf
Gnome
Human
Nephilim
Orang-Pendak
Swan Maiden
Tengu
FAMILIARS
Abada
Arkan Sonney
Baku (Nightmare Eater)
Caladrius
Carbuncle (Emerald Gem)
Cat Sidhe
Erote
Galtzagorri
Hahaki-Gami
Homunculus
Huginn & Muninn
Imoogi
Imp (Familiar)
Jackalope
Kasa-Obake
Pipefox
Pyrausta (Butterfly)
Ramidreju
Ratatoskr
Spriggan
Squonk
Tulpa
Vegetable Lamb
Zorigami
GENTLE QUEST GIVERS
Abatwa
Agloolik
Airavata
Anansi
Anemoi
Argus
Asena
Aspidochelone
Astomoi
Bagiennik
Bai Ze
Basajaun
Byakko
Catrina
Celedon
Cernunnos
Cervinal
Cerynitis
Charon
Cyclops
Cynocephaly
Djinn
Dobhar-Chu
Domovoi
Doppelganger (Gentle)
Dryad
Ercinee
Fastachee
Faun
Firbolg
Gargoyle (Gentle)
Garuda
Golem
Griffon
Guardian Angel
Gwyllion
Hippocampus
Ichtyocentaur
Kappa (Gentle)
Kapre
Kijimuna
Killmoulis
Kirin
Kitsune
Korrigan
Kwamang-A
Landvaettir
Leprechaun (Gentle)
Lorelei
Lotus Tree
Merrow
Muse
Naga
Norn
Oread
Otso
Panotti
Phoenix
Psychai
Quetzalcoatl
Sasquatch
Seraphim
Shedu
Simurgh
Siren
Sleipnir
Sylph
Tanuki
Thriae (Gentle, Bee)
Thunderbird
Tienglung
Tsuchinoko
Undine
Urmahlullu
Valkyrie (Gentle)
Vanara
Wakandagi
Zlatorog
LEFTOVERS
Adar Llwch Gwin
Adhene
Adlet
Agrios
Akkorokamui
Alan
Amarok
AmeOnna
Amikiri
Anzu
Aoandon
Apaosha
Araganaqlta'a
Ashinaga-Tenaga
Aun Pana
Aunyaina
Ballybog
Be Chasti
Bean Nighe
Bergkonge
Bicorne
Biloko
Bisha Ga Tsuku
Black Howler
Bloody Bones
Bo
Bocanach
Bodach
Boggart
Boitata
Bonnacon
Boo Hag
Buwaya
Cabelleros Del Diablu
Capelobo
Cercopes
Chagrin
Chamrosh
Chaneque
Chenoo
Chickcharney
Chrysomallus
Cliff Ogre
Clurichaun
Colo Colo
Digmaul
Dilong
Dodo
Each Uisge
Enfield
Erymanthian/Calydonian Boar
Fetch
Fideal
Funayurei
Futakuchi-Onna
Garappa
Gawigawen
Ghawwas
Glaistig
Glasthyn
Green Hag
Grootslang
Gryla
Gudiao
Guivre
Gwyllgi
Gylou
Haakapainizi
Hadhayosh
Haniver
Haugbui
Hobskins
Huldra
Humbaba
Ikuchi/Ayakashi
Ikuutayuuq
Il Belliegha
Inkanyamba
Ipotane
Ismenian Dragon
Jaculus
Jasconius/Lyngbakur
Jetin
Jiang-Shi
Kabandha
Kallikantzaros
Kasai Rex
Katsura-Otoko
Katthveli
Kishi
Kurobozu
Laelaps
Laestrygon
Lange Wapper/Long Wapper
Lenapizka
Lilim
Malebete
Manananggal
Mara/Nightmare
Merrow
Minokawa
Morko
Munuane
Mushveli
Myrmidon
Nachtkrapp
Nauthveli
Nemain
Nependis
Ningen
Ningyo
Ogopogo
Oni
Onryo
Orthos
Ouktazaun
Ouroboros
Ovinnik
Pal-Rai-Yuk
Petsuchos
Polevik
Pomola
Prester
Pugot
Python
Qiqirn
Raudkembingur
Red Ettin
Reptoid
Rods
Romsiwamnari
Sapo Fuerzo/Strong
Sarmatian Sea Snail
Saxra
Sessho-seki
Sewer Alligator
Shamir
Siranis
Sirrush
Skeljaskaimsli
Skunk Ape
Snoligoster
Stymphalidies
Tatty Bogle
Tatzelwurm
Taumafiskur
Teumessian Fox
Tokoloshe
Topielec
Tripodero
Trolual
Tsemaus
Vouivre
Wani
Warlock
Whintosser
Whowhie
Xoc Detsahi
Yacumama
Yacuruna
Yanagi-Baba
Yaoguai
Ypotryll
Yumilekax
Zheng
What is a Metee-Kolen, Abaris, Caleuche, Naglfar, Sluagh, Nelapsi, Kun Peng, Apaosha, Ouktazaun, Sessho-seki, Wani, Xoc Detsahi, and Yacuruna?
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I just finished compiling the beings from the book "Evil in our Midst", which mostly focused on less well known monsters culled from anthropological literature. I have gone and provided the names and descriptions of the chapter entries below: there are technically some more creatures in the book, but they are referenced in passing in the cultural notes section at the end of each chapter, and I don't have time right now to hunt down all of those in my massive list.
Note that I have excluded monsters that have already made it into Pathfinder (Oni, Huli Jing (=Kitsune), etc. Also I have excluded those that are more along the lines of "evil magic user" or "unique evil god" rather than a separate creature or undead (although this line is blurred for several of those listed.
Also, posting after Sincubus, I should say that although I am spoiling the full list for space reasons, it's nowhere near as long as the list, and since it's mostly novel I hope people will enjoy it and some devs might see inspiration down the road:
Raven Mocker/Kalona = Cherokee; undead witch-like creature; Hunt the dying and the sick, tormenting them first before devouring their hearts; Their appearance was foretold by the sound of crying ravens and wind; attacks leave no marks on victim, and with every heart eaten they gain an extra year of life; can become invisible, and can only be seen by powerful medicine men
Tsi-Sgili = Cherokee; undead witch associated with owls; can be any sex or age; keep dogs, wolves, owls, and lizards as demonic familiars; power derived from lizards that inhabit the witch; will devour the witch if not regularly fed with human flesh; violate sacred spaces and can soar through the sky or shrink in size to enter any dwelling; psychic powers including the ability to make there thoughts real.
Budu = Comanche; corporeal undead, who wander about at night; can be detected by the heavy tread they generate as they stalk there prey; touch paralyzes, twisting the facial muscles in the way similar to those who suffer a stroke;
Ga-Git = Haida NA; humanoid monsters, descended from shipwreck survivors who have gone mad from starvation and privation; covered in dark fur with talons for hands; little different from wild animals and do not wear cloths; develop supernatural powers, such as enhanced strength, flight, and shapeshifting. Can be detected by the constant rumbling growl they produce and the strong smell of filth associated with them. Fear water; lair in caves by day and hunt at night; could lull people asleep to kidnap them from their homes for food; can turn there victims into Ga-Git by breathing on their face; flight is limited, and only the most powerful can fly above the level of a house
La Malogra = Hispanic folklore; “The evil hour”; demon which haunts crossroads at night; takes the form of a golden fleece which blows in the wind; rarely takes human form, but when does is an evil omen; drives all who see it insane; can change size at will; tricks people into wearing it or handling it, than strangles or otherwise murders them
Kikituk = Innuit familiar; takes the form of an immense reptilian dog, with massive maws and numerous teeth. It’s bite could heal or kill; Shamans use them in territorial battles; stored in the stomach of a shaman, which it emerges from at the Shaman’s command
Wi-lu-gho-yuk = Inuit; tiny monstrous mouse/vole like creature; tunnel through the snow after human prey, which they attack by boring through the feet up into the chest and devouring the heart; can not detect prey if they remain motionless; if defeated bring good luck to their slayer
La Llorona/Churile (Caribbean) = Mexican "Weeping Woman"; a woman who killed her children in order to be with her lover, who ended up rejecting her. Out of grief she committed suicide, but was barred from Heaven since she didn't know where her children were; a death omen; found near water (she drowned herself); tries to abduct children to replace her own
Win = Quiche Mexico; Powerful shapeshifters who gain there power by defeating the devil in combat after sleeping 9 nights in a cemetery; if they fail they are fated to die in 7 days; can take the form of any animal, but can be detected in animal form by their unusually ugly appearance, odd behavior, and luminous eyes; can be slain only with bare hands and are immune to knife and bullet; can be warded by saying the lord’s prayer backward
Nia’gwai’he’gowa = Seneca NA; Monster bear; evil shape-shifting spirit who often takes the form of an old man who offers his powers for a year if they defeat him in a race; invulnerable except for the soles of his foot; incredibly fast; his bones when powdered can make a runner invincible
Water Babies/Pa-oh-ha/Pa’uhna; Numic and surrounding areas; green or pink aquatic grotesque, infant like monsters; long arms, curly black hair; large mouths with fangs; Cry like babies, cry can paralyze humans; webbed feet and hands; 3ft tall; most active on moonlit nights, when they can come ashore; dwell in freshwater; burrow into mud during the day; only visible to shamans; can control cold winds; can change solid ground to swamp; incredibly strong; move poorly on land; may form from children born out of wedlock near water; those who see them die or become ill; can cause floods when angered; can also possess people
Pishtaco/Kharisiri/Nakaq = Peruvian/Bolivian folklore; monstrous humans who kills people for their fat; usually outsiders and white, sometimes blue-eyed; may disguise himself as a monk; uses a lariat made of human skin to capture prey; behind conspiracies to exploit indigenous people in order to harvest them.
Kupe-dyeb = Apinaye Amazon; Monstrous tribe of large bat people who encourage human tribes to fight so they can feed on the dead and dying of the conflict; dwell in a remote mountain cave hard to access by travelers; if not kept fed will attack neighboring peoples for food; can use weapons; no one who has ever ventured to their cave and returned alive
Wamu/Wamuwandana = Baniwa Brazil; The death sloth; creature of shadow and darkness, spreader of sickness and owner of poisons; formed from the incinerated body of the first man, slain by the creator
Maereboe = Bororo Brazil; the undead spirits of evil shamans; maliciously attack members of their own communities, stealing items of importance to people and using them to draw out, capture, and consume their souls; burns and cooks souls to feed them; turn children into animals; attacks seem like a never waking nightmare
Yacuruna = Iquitos Peru; guardian spirits of the river; appear as giant humanoid toad-like creatures; dwell in palaces at the bottom of the river and served by river dolphins; can create storms, uproot trees with its bare hands, and create whirlpools
Winti = Surinam spirits part of the Winti religion; divided into Winti of the earth, water, forest, sky and sometimes Death; personified spirits which could possess a person and reveal the past and future, cause or heal sickness, and make the person they possess immune to physical harm; traveled from Africa to South America, transfer from parent to offspring on through the generations; may also grant magic to bend others to the will of the person they possess, and especially powerful if allied with a sorcerer; during ritual dances possesses those they inhabit causing ecstatic insane dancing, marking Winti possessing
Kenaima = Macro-Carib; nocturnal; demons formed from debased humans who enjoy stupefying, torturing, or annoying the unwary; can take Jaguar form
Karaisaba = Warao Venezuala; tree-dwelling one-eyed ogre, with a single luminous eye; nocturnal; sucks the eyes from its human victims
Hekura/Hekula = Yanomamo spirits; serve shamans; appear as 3ft tall glowing, brightly dressed Yanomano represent vital life energies; animists beings associated with different animals, plants, and objects; exist in a invisible realm not normally visible by people; fear dirt and hover above ground; a shaman gains his power by stuffing Hekura into his chest; attracted to beauty; powers of Hekura vary based on what they are associated with. Used to battle between different shamans
Chochoi = Yuqui Bolivia; “living shade” corporeal ooze-like shape-changing shadow that attacks through the eyes; hideous shrill wailing call; most active at night, dawn or dusk; invisible to all but the elders;
Loup Garou/Ligahoo = French Werewolf; a man cursed to transform into a monster with a wolf head and tail; unlike other lycanthropes, does not fully become a werewolf; retains human intelligence and will even dress in clothes; the result of a person missing too many masses and confessions; can also be created by being cursed or being bitten; if their condition is kept secret for 101 days they wil become cured; in Cajun folklore may ride atop giant bats; fear the sound of croaking frogs and will obsessively count items; In Trinidad folklore similar, but curse is inherited through familial lines
La Diablesse = Caribbean; “female devil”; human with who has made a deal with a devil for shape-shifting powers; appears as an attractive and well-dressed woman, with a cow leg, claws, and a hideous face she hides beneath a wide-brimmed hat; dressed in antique clothing that is red and often several generations out of date; uses magic to enthrall men, leaving them in the forest in the hope they drown or fall into a ravine and die; must tell her victim her weaknesses before attacking; can be warded by undressing and putting your clothes on backward
Mama Dlo = Trinidad; “Mother of waters”; attractive woman from the waist up, but enormous anaconda from the waist down; traps men for husbands and and during intercourse crushes them to death in her coils, only to revive them and to repeat the process again and again. Found in swamps and similar habitats; if encountered, you must sacrifice your shoe and walk backward away; punishes those who despoil the environment
Kalengu = Kapsiki Cameroon; spirit walkers, humanoid who are tall and unusually thin, with elongated heads and long fingers; possess prophetic powers that allow them to know the future and read minds; steal the lifeforce from crops and animals to nourish their own farms, and can steal a man’s life force to extend their own lifespan; abilities passed from father to son but women can also gain their powers
Yamo = Lango Uganda; “The Winds” foot and a half tall ratlike elves, often sent by the Tipus, the Shadow of the dead, to punish those who defy it; Shapeshifter which takes the form of whatever the person viewing it perceives in their imagination; less dangerous to those without active imaginations
Tamboree = Dusun Borneo; Disease spirits which appear identical to humans, and can only be detected by those with the second sight; owners of various aspects of the natural world, who exist to punish those who violate the natural order; attracted by the violation of cultural mores such as the failure to forgive grudges; often work with Ragun, the evil souls of the dead.
Pisatji = Javanese; wandering ghost children; formed from either unborn fetuses or the souls of lost or abandoned children; created by other evil spirits; childlike in personality and attracted to toys and candy, but can inflict a child-like mentality on adults; usually invisible but may appear as large, black misshapen children; nocturnal
Rai Na’in = Tetum Timor; lords of the earth; nature spirits that dwell in specific natural locations which they are protective of; hunt souls and kidnap women and children for slaves and food; Dwarfish creature, with stubby legs and powerful arms and hands three times as long as a normal humans; shapeshifters
Nokondisi = Gururumba New Guinea; feared nature spirits; shadowy humanoids with bat wings and features; dwell in upland forests and have the ability to take the form of smoke or mist; difficult to see; territorial and demand tribute; can take more human form; enormous sexual appetites, all male and much satisfy there desires with human women; carry out frequent attacks and ambushes against humans
Tege = Kapauku New Guinea; male demons created by the creator god and associated with specific plants; can cause death and sickness and can empower and do the bidding of sorcerers
Bolrizohol = Kunimaipa New Guinea; Pig spirits; humanoid pig-faced creatures, with black bristly fur, sharp tusks, tiny red eyes, and black bodies; could be ambivalent (Soft Bolrizohol) or malicious (Sharp Bolrizohol); kill by causing sharp gastrointestinal pain and bloating (leading to explosion?)
Kopuwai = Dog-headed, scaly ogre like beast of Maori legend; hunted with a pack of two-headed hounds
Patupaiarehe/turehu/pakepakeha = New Zealand mistfolk; albino humanoids with red hair and black eyes, which inhabit forts in the wilderness. can enchant women with flute, which they lure away to mate with. Dislike sunlight and are only active at night or in thick mist, which they can control. "own" all albino and red creatures. Sometimes produce halfbreed children with humans, which have red hair and pale skin; consigned to desolate places and always hungering for human flesh
Ruruhi-kerepo = Maori; cannibalistic hag; appears as a harmless old emaciated and blind woman who cries tears of blood; lures victims close and then unhinges her jaw, swallowing them whole; the bones of her victims protrude from her stomach; can create a shrill cry that can incapicate prey and leap enormous distances to the point of resembling flight
Tavogivogi/Mae = New Hebrides; shapeshifting snake spirits; can appear as attractive women or a beautiful bird; can be distinguished in human form by patch of scales on her neck; takes care of it’s young and may bark like a dog; causes oozing sores and swelling on any body part it touches; seduces young men and women in human form, and then kills them
Mulukwausi = Trobriand Islanders; Shape-shifting cannibal ghouls; hunt in packs and may ambush from high perches or from leaping from roofs; attracted to the dying or funeral parties; will attack mourners to feed on their flesh as well as the deceased; roam the seas looking to feed off shipwreck victims; may be controlled by witches and some witches can take their forms
Rawa Tukump = Tsembaga New Guinea; humanoid spirits of rot and decay; sapient rot and mold which kill their victims with a creeping black rot
Nokondisi- sound like vampires but alive and possibly fey, I like.
I also like the Bolrizohol, Kopuwai, Rai Na'in, Yamo, Cho-Choi, Kikituk, Karaisaba, Winti, and Yacuruna.
Loup Garou would make a great wolf based 0HD race that people thought were werewolves.
Metee-Kolen - There is something behind the name I left off because I don't like 3-part names, it is an evil ice wizard from Native American mythology. It is mentioned in the same wiki page where A Wa Hondo and Atosis are mentioned. (This is what Wiki says about them: Metee-kolen-ol - a race of evil wizards with hearts of ice.
Abaris - One of the latest additions of A Book of Creatures, the Leprosy Gecko.
Caleuche - The ghost ship from South American mythology
Naglfar - The nail-bone ship from Norse mythology.
Sluagh - Much like the Caller in Darkness, it is an evil spirit unfit for either heaven or hell, they tear souls from other creatures and those fly with them in a twister-like form.
Nelapsi - The most powerful vampire species, one of them can kill an entire town and it has two souls and two hearts.
Kun Peng - Flying bird fish monsters from China
Apaosha - Demon of drought in the form of a black Pegasus, everywhere it flies horrid drought is soon to follow. I came across it while viewing all the mythology monster cards from the game Guardian Cross, which hold MANY myth monsters even Papinijuwari and Gaasyendietha.
Ouktazaun - A Genie of greed, gold skinned and the mist is covered with golden coins, can induce extreme greed in other creatures. They are cursed to forever guard the treasures they love so much.
Sessho-seki - A poisonous gas leaking stone, which holds the soul of a famous evil Kumiho.
Wani - Crocodile-like dragons.
Xoc Detsahi - Some form of dangerous cacti from the same myths as the Anaye
Yacuruna- River people/mermen that are evil, from brazil, they ride crocodiles, have big underwater cities and use living snakes as jewerly
And of course Rougarou (an advanced werewolf) and Raven Mocker, but I already knew about those creatures.
Pishtacos is fine as well, but only if done right and without shapeshift stuff going on. I'd like Pishtacos to be like the X-Men villain named Masque which hold the power over the flesh of other creatures, if it touches the flesh of other creatures they can deform it and control it, but only if they touch it. In this way they can turn a pretty girl into a horrid abomination in seconds and also a very ugly creature into a very pretty female. They can also grab the fat and flesh like it is clay and eat it.
I know Loup Garou is French for werewolf. It wouldn't be the first time they used words that mean the same creature in different languages for a different creature.
I know Loup Garou is French for werewolf. It wouldn't be the first time they used words that mean the same creature in different languages for a different creature.
Case in point, using this exact example: In the TSR days, the Ravenloft setting introduced Loup-Garou as particularly tough werewolves, distinct from the "common" variety, including Mountain Loup-Garou who were not vulnerable to silver, but who were instead subject to damage from gold.
Your proposed use of Loup-Garou as playable lupine humanoids is a bit further from the source, but hardly beyond the pale.
Well in my world you have 5 werewolfs.
1: The weakest is the Skinwalker, which isn't even a werewolf, just a human with magical powers that can become a grey wolf when it wears the pelt of a wolf, it can do the same however when it wears the pelt of a bear, so that is the upgrade.
So, I really hope we still get to see Rougarou, as advanced werewolves.
I presume that's this book? Would you recommend it?I just finished compiling the beings from the book "Evil in our Midst", which mostly focused on less well known monsters culled from anthropological literature. I have gone and provided the names and descriptions of the chapter entries below: there are technically some more creatures in the book, but they are referenced in passing in the cultural notes section at the end of each chapter, and I don't have time right now to hunt down all of those in my massive list.
** spoiler omitted **...
Yep that's the book. I am quite fond of it because it doesn't do the normal tactic of providing just a dictionary list of entities with 2 lines of description if that. Instead each creature is highlighted in a 2-3 page short horror story, and then is followed up with information of the general culture the creature is derived from.
Granted some of the stories are kind of cliche, but at least it's an interesting tactic
also I just noticed I failed epically in formatting that spoilered post...
Pishtacos is fine as well, but only if done right and without shapeshift stuff going on. I'd like Pishtacos to be like the X-Men villain named Masque which hold the power over the flesh of other creatures, if it touches the flesh of other creatures they can deform it and control it, but only if they touch it. In this way they can turn a pretty girl into a horrid abomination in seconds and also a very ugly creature into a very pretty female. They can also grab the fat and flesh like it is clay and eat it.
I'd prefer to keep them literally fat sucking vampires. Which is both really horrifying and really gross. Basically make them something like the MotW from the xfiles episode "2shy", who was effectively a fat-sucking mutant who vomited digestive juices onto his victims and then slurped up the fat.
Although the creature you describe would be perfect for a new protean
Also I switched a bit with my Balaur idea.
Balaur were multi-headed hydra-like dragons in Romenian Myths, but I like them to change into deinonychus/megaraptor like dragons, being able to breath blue fire and covered in blue feathers, like the true dinosaur balaur they have two velociraptor-like claws.
They are Dragons, but wingless and much weaker than most other dragons, they stand as tall as a horse and are very light for their size, making them able to jump extremely far and high.
A fat sucking vampire is interesting but it would still be doing con damage regardless wether it is draining blood, fat, muscle, or bone.
It's... already Colossal :PIncrease the size, change the environment to aquatic, and you have a Zaratan.I'd love to see some equivalent of 2 edition's Zaratan. There's nothing like a turtle so large its shell is essentially an island.Isn't that the immense tortoise? Since it never stops growing, it could easily be island-sized.
Upper limits are a problem, especially when some are trying to set a game world on the shell of a turtle or on the scales of a sleeping dragon.
Colossal doesn't have upper limits.
A fat sucking vampire is interesting but it would still be doing con damage regardless wether it is draining blood, fat, muscle, or bone.
Could be paired with other effects however. depending on how gruesome the ability is portrayed as, I could see it doing a combination of con and charisma damage, if the fat loss warps the person's features enough.
Something that feeding on bone would probably do strength damage as well. I don't think you can suck on muscle however. That is straight up eating someone. although something that caused muscle deterioration would again probably cause some sort of strength damage
Of all mythology of the world, my least favorite myth monsters come probably from Chinese mythology, too much gentle creatures, the same looking dragons, unicorns and tigers.
There are a couple of really great creatures such as the Xiao, Xing Tian, Zhenniao, Zheng and Dijiang though, but most others are boring and repeative.
Does anyone of you have a list of more obscure Chinese monsters that nobody ever heard about? I can't seem to find anything interesting on Chinese creatures that are no Dragons, Unicorns, Birds or Tigers. (You can keep creatures like Qilin, Longma and all that stuff from the list, I already know them, well, I don't really want to know them.)
If anything loosing fat might increase the charisma score;)
To anyone who posts Chinese monsters, please post everything you have. Including Dragons, unicorns, birds, and tigers.
The biggest problem I've found with Chinese monsters is that they very often repeat names. Even within the same bestiary. I've found cataloguing them to be very confusing.
Still, this guy's posted a lot of really obscure ones on this forum.
He hasn't posted the rest of them, and I'm uncertain whether or not he's going to, but here's a lot.
It can have the massive trait without being a kaiju.
To anyone who posts Chinese monsters, please post everything you have. Including Dragons, unicorns, birds, and tigers.
Yes than you get people who post Qilin, The entire Draogn family and some tiger monsters with unicorn-horns... Because really, that is all China myths are about. Variation is far away in Chinese myths.
If you post a list, put those overused monsters in another table, because that wasn't my question, I can find 10.000 unicorns and dragons from chinese myths in 10 seconds.
And Longma is one of my new most hated creatures ever. So I dis-wish it from any future bestiary.
To anyone who posts Chinese monsters, please post everything you have. Including Dragons, unicorns, birds, and tigers.
Yes than you get people who post Qilin, The entire Draogn family and some tiger monsters with unicorn-horns... Because really, that is all China myths are about. Variation is far away in Chinese myths.
If you post a list, put those overused monsters in another table, because that wasn't my question, I can find 10.000 unicorns and dragons from chinese myths in 10 seconds.
And Longma is one of my new most hated creatures ever. So I dis-wish it from any future bestiary.
This post sums up exactly why everyone finds you so obnoxious. Don't dis-wish things. That's just a jerk move. And some of us want to know about all of the monsters, and decide which ones we like for ourselves, and don't want you choosing which ones we can and can't use. If MMCJawa or anyone else is kind enough to post some monsters, I want to see them all. Please be mature and take what you need off the lists without whining about the additional stuff, okay? And if what you want doesn't exist, then it doesn't exist.
And thanks for those links, but I would be amazed if anyone could make good monsters from those creatures... never seen so much dull creatures together...
Like: Zhi lives in *Fuyushan (浮玉山). Its shape is like monkey. It has four ears. Its body looks like tiger. It has ox tail. Its sound is like barking. It will eat human.
and
Huan’s shape looks like a goat but it does not have mouth. It can live without eating food. It lives in *Xunshan (洵山). It cannot be killed.
Yeah right...
That's what I really dislike on chinese myths, bizarre in an uninteresting way, Japanese have bizarre monsters, but they are often unique and cool, and many great things can be done with them, with this I find it extremely impressive if anyone could make cool monsters from those creatures/gods.
There is a Iron God of the West, who flies on a two headed dragon? And having really NOTHING to do with metal at all...
Most creatures seem to be more like healing items than creatures, and everything sounds like crying babies?
A Book Of Creatures also posted a couple of Chinese monsters, but also there they are my least favorite monsters, the Turtle for example was really boring, and the Amphisbaena pig is just bizarre, I can see a snake having two heads that way, but a pig is just stupid.
Seeing all those chinese monsters in your links make me sad, as those are all wasted days in A Book Of Creatures for me... as he probably gonna cover them all, the ones I hated already are in that list like the black turtle.
Stop whining. Just stop.
To anyone who posts Chinese monsters, please post everything you have. Including Dragons, unicorns, birds, and tigers.
Yes than you get people who post Qilin, The entire Draogn family and some tiger monsters with unicorn-horns... Because really, that is all China myths are about. Variation is far away in Chinese myths.
If you post a list, put those overused monsters in another table, because that wasn't my question, I can find 10.000 unicorns and dragons from chinese myths in 10 seconds.
And Longma is one of my new most hated creatures ever. So I dis-wish it from any future bestiary.
This post sums up exactly why everyone finds you so obnoxious. Don't dis-wish things. That's just a jerk move. And some of us want to know about all of the monsters, and decide for ourselves which ones we like for ourselves, and don't want you deciding which ones we can and can't use. If MMCJawa or anyone else is kind enough to post some monsters, I want to see them all. Please be mature and take what you need off the lists without whining about the additional stuff, okay? And if what you want doesn't exist, then it doesn't exist.
That can be the case and all, but I asked for a list without the chinese dragons, unicorns, tigers and birds, because those creatures I want to see and learn about. I can ask for a huge list of chinese creatures, but then I end up getting the same old names with the features of the creatures I don't want to see.
If someone posts a big list of all their Chinese creatures, including those, you can ignore them and just use the ones you want. This isn't difficult.
I think that 3 links you posted cover like all chinese monsters perfectly...
Maybe A book of creatures can surprise me all of a sudden with some bizarre mantis, wasp or other non-used Chinese myth creatures, but the chances are slim, just as I already thought.
I know Loup Garou is French for werewolf. It wouldn't be the first time they used words that mean the same creature in different languages for a different creature.Case in point, using this exact example: In the TSR days, the Ravenloft setting introduced Loup-Garou as particularly tough werewolves, distinct from the "common" variety, including Mountain Loup-Garou who were not vulnerable to silver, but who were instead subject to damage from gold.
Your proposed use of Loup-Garou as playable lupine humanoids is a bit further from the source, but hardly beyond the pale.
"Fool Moon" of Dresden Files! That sucker was tough to put down (a Loup-Garou).
Yep. First place I heard the term. I'd a Loup Garou as a super-werewolf.
Fool Moon had 3 types. The Cursed werewolf, which was just an engine of destruction. Really cool for games. There was a gang of item giving wolf form that had me care deeply for each character. I want to role play one. The mysterious girlfriend was awesome.
Hmmm... many monsters did appear in 3.5 Fiend Folio... what's with that book anyway? Is it an OGL book? Because a LOT of monsters got added in Paizo's Bestiaries:
- Ahuizolt
- Caryatid Column
- Crypt Thing
- Dark Ones
- Demodands
- Monadic Deva
- Movanic Deva
- Disenchanter
- Fossegrim
- Half-Fey Creature
- Huecuva
- Iron Cobra
- Jackalwere
- Kelpie
- Mongrelman
- Oread
- Selkie
- Shedu
- Skulk
- Spriggan
- Wendigo
- Wickerman
- Yellow Musk Creeper
All of these got converted. So...
- Bacchae
- Bonespear
- Canomorphs
- Fensir
- Formians (armadon, observer, winged warrior)
- Steel Predator
- Symbionts
If these can make it, I'll be greatful ^_^
I would like the simple templates from the Monsters Summoner's Handbook to make it in. Which are aerial, aqueous, chthonic, dark, fiery, and primal.
Hmmm... many monsters did appear in 3.5 Fiend Folio... what's with that book anyway? Is it an OGL book? Because a LOT of monsters got added in Paizo's Bestiaries:
- Ahuizolt
- Caryatid Column
- Crypt Thing
- Dark Ones
- Demodands
- Monadic Deva
- Movanic Deva
- Disenchanter
- Fossegrim
- Half-Fey Creature
- Huecuva
- Iron Cobra
- Jackalwere
- Kelpie
- Mongrelman
- Oread
- Selkie
- Shedu
- Skulk
- Spriggan
- Wendigo
- Wickerman
- Yellow Musk CreeperAll of these got converted. So...
- Bacchae
- Bonespear
- Canomorphs
- Fensir
- Formians (armadon, observer, winged warrior)
- Steel Predator
- SymbiontsIf these can make it, I'll be greatful ^_^
Those never make it, all creatures in that first list are from mythology or are used by the Tome of Horrors, those creatures (Steel Predator and Bonespear) aren't in any of those, so not possible to use.
After seeing Zootopia today I was thinking it would be cool to see a magical beast that is a cross between a bunny and a fox.
Something that seems missing are some pig-based humanoids/monstrous humanoids, especially those useful for bad guy henchmen races. From a folklore standpoint a decent variety exist from the South Pacific, while they are also present in literature (Swine-things) and pop culture (Gamoreans, etc)
Orcs are sometimes given some "porcine" qualities in Pathfinder, but most orcs illustrated don't seem very pig-like, so a new race is needed.
I agree, I would love some pig based monsters and I do miss orcs as being green skinned pig monsters.
Not gonna lie, the Farrow are one of my favorite things about the Iron Kingdoms... might be one of the few "anthro" options that I don't hate by reflex.
Lupin (PCable dog race)
Lupin, wasn't that the name of a wolf race in D&D? I wonder if there will be a copyright issue with it.