10% of these are beetles in fulfillment of prophecy.
- Urban
- Bluemites, insects that build hives in spots between two places with significantly different atmospheres (e.g. at sewer entrances, beside secret entrances, in eaves)
- Holms, a small canine creature that inexplicable shows up at weddings and funerals.
- Torize, rodents that leave slight red streaks on the walls wherever they go.
- Sawson, an amphibian that has learned to extort humans for food by threatening to spray them with its potent stench
- Codfly, a flea that lays its eggs in areas rich with chemicals, or in the beds of chemists and tanners.
- Traudekanny, a deer-like creature that has no fear of humans. When it dies, its flesh and skeleton quickly becomes unbelievably sticky.
- Pot King, a smug-faced detritivore found in chamber pots. Leaves a new stink.
- House Lomras, a slug which has been trained to light up when fed vinegar.
- Bindle Beetle, a resilient insect that is attracted to the smell of urine
- Hobpigeon, an oversized and militaristic pigeon.
- Arctic
- Jeal, clouds of insects that ride the wind. They carry moisture and glom onto other creatures, attempting to freeze prey and implant eggs in the body.
- Chrop, a yellow rodent that stays near cliffs, baiting predators who would chase it into falling.
- Succole, a shaggy herd animal that blows its cold breath at any passing animal.
- Sephass, also called a jagshark, this massive marine mammal crushes ice flows from below to catch prey unawares.
- Cilmer, a eusocial carnivore that dries wet creatures with its absorbent coat.
- Candlebright’s Cow, a blubbery marine mammal that is capable of crossing thin stretches of land. Does not resemble a cow.
- Cone-Arc, a giant hibernating predator whose bell-rattles warn away potential rivals. Eating a cone-arc cone is said to cure impotence.
- Polar Yehot, a raccoon-like creature that spears its prey with icicles.
- Caribou Beetle, a blue insect hot enough to melt ice, planting eggs before their puddle freezes over again.
- Hobseal, an oversized and militaristic seal.
- Coast
- Penat, an insect whose round eggs float on the water. These eggs are encased in a wax which is harvested by humans.
- Thenal, an aquatic mammal that maneuvers prey into areas where they will be broken by the tide on sharp rocks.
- Chromun, a crustacean with a tail, making it resemble a nautical scorpion. Thrashes wildly if surprised, and easy to surprise. Cautious fisherfolk used them as alarms.
- Pearlbug, a round white creature found at the bottom of rivers and at low tide.
- Prisiot, a spotted otter-like creature that hides in reeds and preys on fish. Clothing from their fur provides camouflage in reeds and grass.
- Willaring, a sensitive fish that can tell whether poison is in the water, hunting only when the area is clear of it.
- Sea Thape, a tube-shaped creature with spines all pointing in one direction. Venomous.
- Junkpad, a flat-topped jelly that floats on the surface of water. Can sustain one’s weight for about a second before sinking and stinging.
- Yeet, a scrappy beetle with an oversized jaw that throws beach detritus and eggs into the ocean to attract prey.
- Hobstar, an oversized and militaristic starfish.
- Arid
- Reedfly, a long and thin insect that sticks into animals and sucks out their lymph.
- Glider lizard, a reptile that buoys its neck frills into a ballon-like shape, guided by the desert winds.
- Sury, a reptile with a plated back resembling a small cactus.
- Settedicky, a lanky herd creature with an impressive jump height and cowardly instincts.
- Kang, a humanoid marsupial that makes nests in brush and defends oases against interlopers
- Impellion, a burrowing mammal said to be descended from a pair of mythical lovers wronged by the gods.
- Confory, a feline creature with a massive hump to contain water. Inveterate persistence hunter.
- Millowneap, a thin ruminant as white as snow, reflects so much light it blind you when the sun is high.
- Scarambine, a creature almost identical to a scarab but pedantically different enough to incite corrections.
- Hobskink, an oversized and militaristic skink.
- Warm Forest
- Morson’s Jaw, a tick that stays in trees and thick brush, imitating the sound of appealing prey to attract hosts.
- Thape, a felinoid with barbed fur. It’s said that “petting a thape hairless” is a cure for most ailments.
- Roybotch, a bright and small bird. Said to help find lost children.
- Camelin, a furry primate that is mostly torso. Capable of cruelty, but also profound clarity. Prays to literal garbage.
- Worepurg, a lapine animal with keen smell and a tendency to feign rabies.
- Scowning, a creature with a banded leather back that form impenetrable piles with their pack.
- Bernog, a canine creature with no lower jaw that migrates in the summer and winter.
- Widowmaker, a brown constricting snake that freezes upright to resembled a thin tree until prey approaches.
- Wyrm beetle, a legless insect that hordes
- Hobstoat, an oversized and militaristic stoat.
- Cold Forest
- Brown dash, a winged insect fond of flying into the joints of warm creatures.
- Yehot, a furry dense-furred mammal. Not intelligent, except that it has learned how to sharpen rocks into primitive knives
- Prancine, an elegant rodent that mates during the winter, growing a bright purple coat to attract mates during those months.
- Vikiss, a cylindrical black rodent known for compacting trademark dishes of snow to reflect sunlight into the center for the creature’s warmth.
- Locarbion, also called the accomplice bird, assists predators in tracking prey in exchange for its share of the meat.
- Poletoad, a hard amphibian that can survive being frozen.
- Wild Holms, a doglike creature that is known for attempting to join wandering parties, only to cause serious trouble.
- Treehorse, an equinoid creature that escapes predators by climbing trees. Make very squirrelly mounts.
- Jackfrost, a beetle that resembles hoar on leaves.
- Hoblynx, an oversized and militaristic lynx.
- Grassland
- Bowedge, a hiving insect that creates sap along certain grasses.
- Muppy, an anxious, tall rodents. Digs thin holes straight down to hide in, scratching any who would step on them.
- Tensitel, a striped mustelid resembling a burnt zebra. Attacks in motion-dazzle
- Musket, the world’s dumbest bird. It is bad omen for this bird to be friendly to you.
- Brush Caner, a dog-like creature known for running from predators. Kept as a warning animal.
- Admian, a hard-headed large flightless bird that swings its neck like a flail.
- Lowland Andesin, a ruddy goat-like creature that has learned to spit its own poison blood.
- Shrian, a bird skilled in creating echos to confuse other animals.
- Holfa, a small beetle that rides seeds through the air. Famously panics upon floating into any large life form.
- Hobdog, an oversized and militaristic prairie dog.
- Mountain
- Mountain Jeal, an insect that descends during winters to freeze small animals.
- Musclebird, a jacked mauve-coated creature that drops rocks on its prey from high up.
- Thruffle, a bird barely capable of flight.
- Hurse, a creature shaped like a mad knot, camouflaged against the rocky wall. Attracts birds.
- Naste, a primate that builds simple walls of stacked stone. Said to be an anti-muse.
- Prockeel, a tufted reptile capable of surviving in the boiling water of geysers.
- Fensal, a wooly creature that extends its necks to probe holes and gulleys.
- Upland Settedicky, a lanky creature that bounds easily up rock faces.
- Promean beetle, a bug that shoots literal sparks as a defense mechanism and to attract mates.
- Hobmarmot, an oversized and militaristic marmot.
- Swamp/Bog/Marsh
- Harpfly, a stinging insect that leaves a small tether connecting it to its discarded stinger, potentially tripping its prey.
- Bogtra, a dull rainbow-colored fish that can drag itself on land for up to an hour. Has a venomous bite
- Andesin, a blood-red goat-like creature that is deeply poisonous.
- Lopper, an amphibian that slaps its tough arm along the water to catch anything peeking out of the water.
- Taper, a small equine creature used as beasts of burden. Their wide hooves afford better travel in mud and snow.
- Calcher, a short and wide rodet that can scramble over the water.
- Yishiona, a scaly predator that creates a diorama of pebbles and grass on its protruding lower jaw to disguise a trap for prey.
- Fool’s Jewel, an insect that, like its pearlbug cousin, resembles pale gems. Eating one will cure any poisoning, but 1d4 weeks later a hundred insects will burst from your orifices.
- Peat Devil, a beetle that is said to live near bog mummies or sunken treasures.
- Hobfrog, an oversized and militaristic frog.
- Underground
- Cavary, a flying stone-grey insect that is attracted to light. Eats recently killed creatures and gives steel a milky patina.
- Burgum, a dark bird that is half-decent at flight in dungeons and caverns, and loves to try.
- Lomras, a slug-like creature that grows bioluminescent when pregnant to attract predators, who spread their eggs far and wide.
- Bragviper, a venomous snake fond of ambushing prey. Beginning adventurers curse their penchant for hiding in pit traps. Expert adventurers learn to use the snake’s “boast”-- the telltale sound of its throat stretching in anticipation of a meal— to avoid pitfall traps.
- Greepstang, a fleshy six-legged creature with hydraulic blood.
- Breakoff, a mustelid proficient in grabbing and breaking any limb in their reach with their tremendous set of double jaws.
- Deepnaste, a primate that compulsively builds barricades.
- Commen, undersized amphibians with putrid blood that attracts predators.
- Hakamal, a beetle with neon green and acidic blood, notable for swarming.
- Hobmole, an oversized and militaristic mole.
Yusssssss this is *exactly* what I've been looking for, for a long time (without even knowing lol)
ReplyDeleteHob- is the same sort of thing as Dire- ? Cool
ReplyDeleteBasically. There's also a change in attitude and organization, as in the upgrade from goblin to hobgoblin.
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