Does anyone know what monsters are common in Cheliax?

[Atavist]

I've got a campaign going there and it's going pretty well. I have some outsider monsters (a cynosphinx and a pack of gnolls) that, I think are very uncommon to the area. But I'm not sure exactly what is common in term of monsters there.

Specifically we're playing in the northeastern part of it, where the Heartlands meets the Menador. Menador is supposed to have a few orc tribes, some shadow giants, and a few unique places like Ganderhal's Lair (he's a big bad shadow wizard), and the Scar Thicket and Pillar of Palamia. But as far as I can tell (I got one of the Cheliax sourcebooks) there's no general "List of monsters for this region." I even grabbed the Hell's Vengeance books (which helped fill up the Whisperwood) but it depicts a very specific area (the Whisperwood) time during the Glorious Reclamation, so there are angels and Glorious Reclamation Patrols everywhere.

Am I just overthinking it? Should I just look at the terrain, find monsters that fit in the terrain and that I want the players to maybe encounter and be done with it?

[keftiu]

It's my understanding that Cheliax has tribes of both Strix and Centaurs that they encroach on continually.

[SOLDIER-1st]

Cheliax, The Infernal Empire has encounter tables in the back of the book.

Cheliax, The Infernal Empire pg55 wrote:

The Heartlands

d% Result | Avg. CR | Source
1–22 | 1d3 pugwampis | 1 | Bestiary 2 144
23–34 | 1d3+1 tiefling rogues | 2 | Bestiary 264
35–46 | Thrune Thugs | 3 | See above
47–52 | 1d4 hellfire ignises | 5 | See page 62
53–60 | Roadside Brigands | 5 | See above
61–67 | 1d3+1 centaurs | 6 | Bestiary 42
68–77 | 2 bearded devils | 7 | Bestiary 73
78–87 | 2 fiendish owlbears | 7 | Bestiary 294, 224
88–95 | 1d3 redcaps | 8 | Bestiary 2 233
96–100 | 2 bearded devils plus 1 Nessian warhound | 10 | Bestiary 73, 173

Cheliax, The Infernal Empire pg55 wrote:

Menador

d% Result | Avg. CR | Source
1–24 | 1d3 lemures | 3 | Bestiary 79
25–42 | 1d3+1 skulks | 4 | Bestiary 2 248
43–57 | 1d3 fiendish giant eagles | 5 | Bestiary 294, 118
58–69 | 1d3+1 shadows | 6 | Bestiary 245
70–80 | Asmodean Inquisitors | 7 | See above
81–90 | 1 erinyes | 8 | Bestiary 75
91–96 | 1 erinyes plus 3 bearded devils | 10 | Bestiary 75, 73
97–100 | 2 Nessian warhounds | 11 | Bestiary 173

[Atavist]

Ah there it is! Thanks. And I didn't remember about the centaurs until I saw your post, didn't know about the strix.

[zimmerwald1915]

Atavist wrote:

Ah there it is! Thanks. And I didn't remember about the centaurs until I saw your post, didn't know about the strix.

'Bout the only place in the Inner Sea region you can find them is in and around the western Menador Mountains.

[Gamerskum]

I hear there are a lot of Lawyers there.