Category: Best of the Bestiary

Manticores love the taste of human flesh. That’s why, on trips through the mountains, I always travel with human guards. Marthok Uldarr, dwarf copper merchant That could actually be a fun basis for an encounter. Hopefully that one little blurb doesn’t completely overshadow the actual lore. Lore: A Wicked Predator Manticores are among the most…

Don’t ask me what that title was about, I don’t even know anymore. You can probably guess what this little bastard is about. Unless you somehow can’t figure out what magmin is alluding to. Lore: Frenzied Flaming Servants Magmin are small fire spirits bound into physical forms by magic that only appear on the Material…

Good god, I’ve been reduced to Twilight jokes. What have I become? The Company of the Black Moon – they used to be adventurers loyal to the realm. Now they roam the woods as a pack of werewolves. The king has promised estates, titles, and gold to anyone who can undo the curse afflicting them.…

He was never the same after Pooh went back to the public domain. That might just be my worst joke yet. And that is saying a lot. Lore: Lone Hunters Little is known about weretigers. Only two things are certain. Firstly, they are prideful hunters, warriors through and through. The other is that they dislike…

Fun little story: I actually had a character that turned into a wererat during a campaign back in junior high. I called the wererat form Johnny, and he was basically a smoker who went through fifteen packs a day. Every time it was my turn, the party would yell, “Hey, Johnny!” in a gravely voice…