Robot Scattering I

Some ideas I wanted to play around with. Due to the size, I will use multiple posts to get everything listed.

SCRAPBOT



Hit Dice: Roll on Robot Size Table below
Frame: Scrap (NEW)
Power Source: Roll on Power Source Table below
Locomotion: Roll on Locomotion Table below
          Movement: as listed in Locomotion Table
Manipulators: Roll on Number of Manipulators Table below
Armor: Roll on Armor Table below
Sensors: Roll on Sensors Table below
Mental Programming: Programming
Accessories: Roll on Accessories Table below
Weaponry: Roll on Weapons Table below
Attacks: 1
Damage: see Weapons Table below
Save: see Robot Size Table Below
Morale: Roll on Robot Morale Table below
Hoard Class: see Robot Size Table Below
XP: varies

Scrapbots, also known as Junkbots, Trashbots, and Wastebots, are the cobbled together robots constructed by anyone who can cobble together scavenged parts in the wasteland. They come in an extensive variety of configurations. Many uses exist for Scrapbots.

ROBOT SIZE TABLE

Roll (D20)	Size Class	Size	Hit Dice	Save	Hoard Class	Max Dimensions
1-2	1	Diminutive	1/2	L1	I	<6 inches
3-4	2	Tiny	1	L1	II	6-12 inches
5-7	3	Small	2	L1	III	1-2 feet
8-10	4	Medium	3	L2	IV	2-4 feet
11-13	5	Humanoid	4	L2	V	4-8 feet
14-15	6	Large	5	L3	VI	8-16 feet
16-17	7	Huge	6	L3	VII	16-32 feet
18	8	Gargantuan	7	L4	VIII	32-64 feet
19	9	Colossal	8	L4	IX	64-128 feet
20	10	Titanic	10	L5	X	128-256 feet

Notes:
Hoard Class indicates the amount of salvageable material available from the Junkbot.

POWER SOURCE TABLE

Roll (D20)	Power Source	Operational Time
1	Power Cell	See MF rulebook page 117
2	Power Pack	See MF rulebook page 117
3	Power Clip	See MF rulebook page 117
4	Power Beltpack	See MF rulebook page 117
5	Power Backpack	See MF rulebook page 117
6	Minifusion Cell	See MF rulebook page 117
7	Plutonium Clip	See MF rulebook page 117
8	Rechargeable Battery (24)	See MF rulebook page 126
9	Rechargeable Battery (48)	See MF rulebook page 126
10	Radioactive Battery	See MF rulebook page 117
11	Solar Panels	See WftW #19
12	Heat Exchange	See WftW #19
13	Power Leech Tech	See WftW #19
14	Liquid Fuel*	See below
15	Biomass Converter*	See below
16	Steam Engine*	See below
17	Broadcast Power*	See below
18	Gaseous Fuel*	See below
19	Two Sources, roll on table twice more	Varies
20	Two Sources, roll on table twice more	Varies

Notes:

LOCOMOTION TABLE

Roll (D20)	Locomotion	Movement
1	Roll Twice on table	Use both
2	Forced Air	60' (20')
3	Casters (4)	880' (293')
4	Multiple Legs (10)	60' (20')
5	Wheels (18)	733' (244')
6	Multiple Legs (6)	180' (60')
7	Wheels (3)	880' (293')
8	Multiple Legs (4)	150' (50')
9	Wheels (2)	880' (293')
10	Legs (Pair)	120' (40')
11	Legs (Pair)	100' (40')
12	Wheels (4)	880' (293')
13	Multiple Legs (3)	210' (70')
14	Wheels (6)	880' (293')
15	Multiple Legs (4)	240' (80')
16	Wheels (8)	880' (293')
17	Multiple Legs (8)	120' (40')
18	Treads (2)	660' (220')
19	Thruster	480' (160')
20	Roll Twice on table	Use both

Notes:

MANIPULATORS TABLE

Roll (D20)	Number of Manipulators	Manipulator Grouping	Manipulator Type
1	8	Ganged	Advanced Hand
2	6	Paired	Articulated Boom
3	5	Two Pairs, One Individual	Basic Hand
4	4	Ganged	Clamp
5	4	Paired	Claw
6	3	One Pair, One Individual	Gripper
7	3	Three Individual	Hook*
8	1	Individual	Interface Plug*
9	2	Paired	Jaws
10	2	Individual	Magnetic Grapple
11	2	Paired	Pincer
12	2	Individual	Probe
13	1	Individual	Special-Use Gripper
14	3	One Pair, One Individual	Tail*
15	3	Three Individual	Telescoping Boom*
16	4	Ganged	Tentacle*
17	4	Paired	Tongs
18	5	Five Individual	Tool Mount**
19	6	Ganged	Vacuum Gripper
20	8	Paired	Weapon Mount**

Notes:
1. Individual grouping means roll once on the Manipulator Type for each manipulator.
2. Paired grouping means roll once on the Manipulator Type for each pair of manipulators.
3. Ganged means roll once on the Manipulator Type for all manipulators.
4. The same type of manipulator may be rolled, this just represents another manipulator of that type.
5. *New, will be detailed below.
6. **Placed here because these are effectively manipulators, not really accessories.

ARMOR TABLE

Roll (D20)	Armor Type
1	Roll 1d4+1 times; see notes
2	Neovulcanium (AC 2)
3	Duralloy (AC 3)
4	Titanium Alloy* (AC 4)
5	Duraplastic (AC 5)
6	Aluminum Oxynitride* (AC 6)
7	Cast Iron* (AC 7)
8	Bone* (AC 7)
9	Wood* (AC 8)
10	Glass* (AC 9)
11	Cheap Plastic* (AC 9)
12	Good Plastic* (AC 8)
13	Fiberglass* (AC 7)
14	Wrought Iron* (AC 6)
15	Stainless Steel* (AC 5)
16	Alumisteel (AC 4)
17	Spidersilk* (AC 4)
18	Carbon Fiber* (AC 3)
19	Artificial Sapphire* (AC 2)
20	Roll 1d4+1 times; see notes

Notes:
To calculate multiple armor AC values, add the AC values of each result, then divide by the number of armor types rolled, rounding up.

SENSORS TABLE

Roll (D20)	Sensor Class
1-2	Class V
3-6	Class III
7-10	Class I
11-14	Class II
15-18	Class IV
19-20	Class VI

Notes:

ACCCESSORIES TABLE

Roll (D100)	Accessory	Roll (D100)	Accessory
01-02	Advanced Brain Scanner	51-52	Karaoke Interface*
03-04	AV Recorder	53-54	Lighting Unit**
05-06	AV Transmitter	55-56	Liquid Fuel Dispenser*
07-08	Blow Dryer*	57-58	Liquid Tank*
09-10	Charge Screen (WftW #15)	59-60	Loading Mechanism
11-12	Clothes Cleaning Unit*	61-62	Magnetic Feet
13-14	Condiment/Spice Dispenser*	63-64	Microbrewing Unit*
15-16	Credit Input	65-66	Photon Screen
17-18	Currency Detector**	67-68	Refrigerated Storage Unit*
19-20	Device Charger*	69-70	Regeneration Tank
21-22	Dishwashing Unit*	71-72	Remote (WftW #15)
23-24	Drug Synthesizer (WftW#16)	73-74	Remote Control Unit (Remcon)
25-26	Electronic Gambling Unit**	75-76	Retina Scanner
27-28	External Storage Unit*	77-78	Robolink
29-30	Facial Recognition	79-80	Robot Repair Unit
31-32	Fire Extinguisher	81-82	Self Analyzer (WftW #18)
33-34	Food Synthesizer (WftW #15)	83-84	Self-Destruct System
35-36	Force Field (WftW #15)	85-86	Self-Repair Unit
37-38	Gravity Manipulator (WftW#16)	87-88	Sexual Intercourse Modification*
39-40	Hardcopy Printer*	89-90	Siren**
41-42	Hardened Circuits (WftW #15)	91-92	Smoke Screen*
43-44	Heating Unit*	93-94	Ticket Receipt Printer
45-46	Holo Screen	95-96	Trash Compactor*
47-48	Inertial Inhibitor	97-98	Vending Unit**
49-50	Internal Storage Unit	99-00	Vocalizer

Notes:
Roll on this table 1d4 times Size Class.
If the same result occurs, this generally indicates that the robot has another such unit (where possible; where not possible, re-roll).
*Indicates new accessories.
**Indicates new accessories I've previously covered.

ROBOT MANIPULATOR DAMAGE TABLE

Manipulator Type	Size Class
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Advanced Hand	0	1	1d2	1d4	1d6	1d8	1d10	1d12	1d20	2d12
Articulated Boom	1	1	1d2	1d3	1d4	1d6	1d8	1d10	1d12	2d10
Basic Hand	0	1	1d2	1d4	1d6	1d8	1d10	1d12	1d20	2d12
Clamp	1	1d2	1d4	1d6	2d6	4d4	3d6	5d4	4d6	5d6
Claw	1	1d2	1d3	1d4	1d4+1	1d6	1d8	2d6	3d6	3d8
Gripper	1	1	1d3	1d4	1d4	1d6	1d8	1d10	1d12	2d8
Hook*	1	1d2	1d4	1d4	1d8	2d6	2d8	2d10	3d8	3d10
Interface Plug*	1	1	1d2	1d2	1d2	1d2	1d2	1d2	1d2	1d2
Jaw	1	1d2	1d3	1d4	1d6	2d4	1d10	1d12	1d20	2d10
Magnetic Grapple	1	1	1d2	1d3	1d4	1d6	1d8	1d10	1d12	2d8
Pincer	1	1d2	1d4	1d6	2d6	4d4	3d6	5d4	4d6	5d6
Probe	1	1	1d2	1d3	1d4	1d6	1d8	1d10	1d12	2d8
Special-Use Gripper	1	1	1d3	1d4	1d4	1d6	1d8	1d10	1d12	2d8
Tail*#	0	1	1d2	1d3	1d4	1d6	1d8	1d10	1d12	1d20
Telescoping*	1	1	1d2	1d3	1d4	1d6	1d8	1d10	1d12	2d8
Tentacle*#	0	1	1d3	1d4	1d6	1d8	1d10	3d6	4d6	5d6
Tongs	1	1	1d2	1d3	1d4	1d6	1d8	1d10	1d12	2d8
Tool Mount**	As per Power Tool
Vacuum Gripper	1	1d2	1d3	1d4	1d6	1d8	1d12	2d8	2d10	3d8
Weapon Mount**	As per Weapon

Notes:
Tails & Tentacles have optional weapon mounts available, with different damages.
Articulated Booms, Magnetic Grapples, Probes, and Tongs have damages representative of being bashed by the manipulator.

ROBOT MORALE TABLE

Roll (D12)	Morale
1-2	2
3-5	5
6-8	8
9-11	10
12	12

Notes

ROBOT BODY SHAPES

Roll	Geometric Shape	Roll	Appliance	Roll	Appliance
01-02	Banana-shaped	01	Air Compressor	51	Jukebox
03-04	Barrel-shaped	02	Air Conditioner	52	Karaoke Machine
05-06	Bell-shaped	03	Arcade Video Game Machine	53	Kitchen Sink
07-08	Bocksbeutel-shaped	04	ATM Machine	54	Laptop Computer
09-10	Bottle-shaped	05	Barber chair	55	Locker
11-12	Bowling Pin-shaped	06	Bathtub	56	Love Tester Machine
13-14	Coffin-shaped	07	BBQ Grill	57	Microwave Oven
15-16	Cone	08	Boombox	58	Mini-Fridge
17-18	Conical Flask-shaped	09	Bread Machine	59	Movie Projector
19-20	Cubic	10	Breadbox	60	Newspaper Vending Machine
21-22	Cubic	11	Car Stereo	61	Oscilloscope
23-24	Cuboid	12	Cigarette Machine	62	Oven
25-26	Cuboid	13	Clock Radio	63	Overhead Projector
27-28	Cylindrical	14	Clothes Dryer	64	Pay Phone
29-30	Cylindrical	15	Coffeemaker	65	Photo Booth
31-32	Dodecahedron	16	Condom Vending Machine	66	Photocopier
33-34	Domed Cylinder	17	CRT Television	67	Pinball Machine
35-36	Egg-Shaped	18	Cuckoo Clock	68	Popcorn Maker
37-38	Gourd-shaped	19	Deep Fryer	69	Pressure Cooker
39-40	Heart-shaped	20	Desk	70	Printer
41-42	Hemi-spherical	21	Desktop Computer Tower	71	Refrigerator
43-44	Hemi-spherical	22	Digital Camera	72	Rice Cooker
45-46	Hexagonal Prism	23	Dishwasher	73	Samovar
47-48	Hourglass-shaped	24	DJ Turntable	74	Sewing Machine
49-50	Icosahedron	25	Document Shredder	75	Shelf Stereo
51-52	Kidney-shaped	26	DVD Player	76	Slot Machine
53-54	Lozenge	27	Electric Can Opener	77	Stereo Speaker
55-56	Mushroom-shaped	28	Electric Fan	78	Swamp Cooler
57-58	Octagonal Prism	29	Electric Heater	79	Table Lamp
59-60	Octahedron	30	Electronic Keyboard	80	Tape Recorder
61-62	Onion-shaped	31	Espresso Maker	81	Telephone
63-64	Ovoid	32	Fax Machine	82	Toaster
65-66	Ovoid	33	File Cabinet	83	Toaster Oven
67-68	Pear-shaped	34	Film Camera	84	Toilet
69-70	Pentagonal Prism	35	Flatscreen Monitor	85	Touch Pad
71-72	Pentagonal Pyramid	36	Floor Lamp	86	Trash Can
73-74	Retort-shaped	37	Fluorescent Light Fixture	87	Typewriter
75-76	Round-bottom Flask-shaped	38	Food/Drink Vending Machine	88	Urinal
77-78	Sphere	39	Fortune-telling Machine	89	Vacuum Cleaner
79-80	Square Pyramid	40	Freezer	90	VCR Player
81-82	Tapered Cube	41	Game Console	91	Video Camera
83-84	Tapered Cylinder	42	Garbage Disposal	92	Video Disc Vending Machine
85-86	Teardrop-shaped	43	Grandfather Clock	93	Video Projector
87-88	Tetrahedron	44	Gumball Machine	94	Voltmeter
89-90	Toroid	45	Hair Dryer	95	Waffle Iron
91-92	Treasure Chest-shaped	46	Hand-held Gaming Console	96	Wall Clock
93-94	Triangular Prism	47	Home Heating Radiator	97	Washing Machine
95-96	Truncated Icosohedron	48	Hot Plate	98	Waste Bin
97-98	Urn-shaped	49	Hot Tub	99	Water Cooler
99-00	Watermelon-shaped	50	Humidifier	00	Water Heater

Notes:
For Geometrical shape robots, roll once for body and once for head.
For Scrap robots, roll 1d4 times to determine what appliances make up the majority of the robot body.

Meditating on Medieval Bestiaries

I've always had a fondness for the monsters from Medieval Bestiaries. So I decided to jot down my notes about various creatures from this type of source. Resources are primarily from several Medieval Bestiaries, lists of heraldic beasts, Jorge Luis Borges' Book of Imaginary Beings, Sebastian Münster’s Cosmographia, and the Carta Marina annotations. I've decided to leave out several of the more common or uninteresting beasts, such as Barnacle Goose, Basilisk, Bittern, Carbuncle, Centaur, Chimera, Cinnamologus, Cockatrice, Dipsa, Griffin, Harpy, Hippocampus, Hippogriff, Hydra, Hypnalis, Incubus, Jormungandr, Kraken, Lamia, Leviathan, Mandrake/Mandragora, Manticore, Medusa, Mermaid, Minotaur, Orphan Bird, Pegasus, Peryton, Phoenix, Salamander, Sea-Lion/Merlion, Sea-Serpent, Senmurv, Siren, Simurgh, Sphinx, Sucubus, Unicorn, Vegetable Lamb (of Tartary), Wyvern, and Zilant. Also, I left off the Greek Cetus/Cetos/Ketos as there are varying descriptions and depictions of the creatures, and I've always felt that the better depictions are the Clash of the Titans' movie "krakens" and Altantis: The Lost Empire's "leviathan."

The Land of Nod blog has a series of articles that cover several of these creatures: Medieval Bestiary



Abarimon - A bestial, savage race of people who have backwards feet, yet can run at great speed.

Afanc - Welsh lake monster, also known as Addanc or Avanc, resembling a crocodile-beaver.

Al Mi'raj - An Arabic creature described as a yellow rabbit with a two foot long spiraling black horn projecting from its forehead. Known for being fiercely territorial and having a voracious appetite. Also called Miraj, Mi'raj, and Mir'aj.

Alerion - A heraldic large eagle, displayed without beak or talons. Also called Avalerion

Allocamelus - Heraldic "Ass-Camel," having the body of a camel with the head of a donkey (representing a llama).

Alp - A Germanic shapeshifter, may be classified as fey (elf), undead (vampire or spirit), or demonic (incubus). More information at Alp.

Alphyn - Germanic Heraldic beast (from the German for "chaser" or "wolf"), this chimeric creature is a lion-wolf hybrid, depicted as a stocky quadreped with a white, airy body, thick, golden, tufted mane, long, thin tongue and triple knotted tail. It may have eagle or dragon talons on its forelegs, or the cloven, goat-like hooves. It may also be depicted with all four legs bearing lion's claws.

Amphiptere - Heraldic winged serpent. It is not a feathered serpent, having instead, bat-like wings and is usually green or greenish-yellow in coloration. Also called Amphithere, Amphitere, or Phipthere.

Anthropophagus - Also known as androphagi ("man-eaters"), this race of people from Greek mythology were cannibals, sometimes confused with blemmyaes.

Amphisbaena - Originally a snake with a head at each end of the body, by medieval times, it had morphed into a horned cockatrice with a snake-headed tail. Known for eating ants, it is also called "Mother of Ants." Also known as Amphisbaina, Amphisbene, Amphisboena, Amphisbona, Amphista, Amfivena, Amphisien Cockatrice, Amphivena, or Anphivena (the last two being feminine).

Arimaspians - A Greek mythical peoples, described as one-eyed men who battled griffins for their gold.

Aspidochelone - A whale-turtle with huge spines on its back that is so large that it resembles an island, often developing sandy beaches, rocky crags and tree-filled valleys. While it produces a sweet scent to hunt the fish that are its prey, it is most notable for luring sailors to their doom. The typical tale of a ship's crew mooring to the "island" and then when they go to light fires for cooking, the creature dives deep into the water, taking the sailors and moored ship with it down to the depths. Also called Aspedocalane, Aspido testudo, Aspidoceleon, and Aspis chelone. Pliny the Elder identifies this creature as "pristis" (of immense size) which may related to Pristers (q.v.).

Astomi - Greek mythical peoples who consume pleasant scents, such as flowers or fruits instead of food or drink. They are depicted with hairy, rough bodies and no mouths and can be killed by smelling strong, unpleasant odors.

Balena - Monstrous whales from cartographic maps, sometimes called Troll Whales or Devil Whales.

Bicorn - Also called Bicorne or Bulchin. While the name would indicate a creature with two horns, the depictions of this creature describe a fat, well-fed panther with a human face that feeds well on "hen-pecked husbands." It has an underfed counterpart known as a Chichevache which feeds onoly on "hen-pecked wives."

Blemmyae - A Greek mythocal race of headless men whose facial features could be found on their chests. Also known as Akephaloi ("headless ones"), with Epiphagi appearing as a variant name for those whose eyes could be found on their shoulders rather than on their chests.

Bonnacon - Mythical bull-like creature, with the mane of a horse, and horns that curl uselessly in to the degree that they provide no defense. Known for it's acidic or burning dung which can be fired as far as two acres. Also called Bonacon or Bonasus.

Caladrius - Snow-white bird that can detect and possibly cure disease and illness.

Calopus - Roman variant of the antelope, "pretty foot." Appears as a roe deer with large saw-blade horns. Also called Aeternae, Analopos, Antalope, Antholops, Aptaleon, Aptolos, Jachamur, Jachmur, Jamur, Pantolops, and Yamur. Often confused with the Chatloup ("cat-wolf"), a wolf-bodied creature with the head of a cat and goat's horns.

Calygreyhound - Heraldic beast described as having a cat's head with laurel-like antlers, an antelope body, eagle talons on its forelimbs with ox hooves on its hind limbs and a tufted tail like that of a lion or poodle.

Camelopard - Heraldic depiction of a giraffe, described as a long-necked camel with the skin of a leopard. Also called Camelopardel, though this usually refers to a variant with swept-back horns.

Catoblepas - A scaled, heavily-maned buffalo with a wild boar's head that is so heavy its blood-shot eyes always points down. The stare or breath of the beast was believed to kill or petrify people.

Cerastes - Spineless horned vipers from Greek mythology with two ram's horns or four smaller horns on their head. They hide in the sand with only their horns protruding in order to lure prey in close.

Cercopes - Greek, tailed, forest creatures known for their knaveries and mischief.

Choromandi - Hairy, savage people of Greek origin with dog's teeth that communicate in horrible screams instead of recognizable speech.

Crocotta - Also known oas Corocotta or Crocuta, a dog-wolf or lion-hyena hybrid with a powerful jaw plate instead of teeth, believed to alternate sexes each year and self-impregnate. Also known for human-like speech which is uses to lure men out where it can devour them. Some magical abilities are attributed to them, such as being immune to weapons of steel, having great strength and being fleet of foot, or being able to paralyze dogs. Often confused with the similar Leucrotta, a chimera with the body and tail of a lion, a badger's head, stag's legs and cloven hoofs, and a mouth that replaces teeth with ridges of bones, though the ability to imitate human speech is the same.

Cynocephali - Dog- or jackal-headed humanoids originating from Greek myth. Also spelled Canocephalus.

Echaneis - A remora-like fish that held ships in place by attaching themselves to the ship. Also called Echinius, Echinus, Enchirius, Essinus, Esynus , Remora, and Urchin.

Enfield - Heraldic chimera with the head of a fox, eagle's talons on the forelegs, a greyhound's chest, lion's body and hindlegs and tail of a wolf.

Ethiopian Pegasus - Two-horned pegasi believed to hail from Ethiopia.

Fastitocalon - Giant whale that is basically identical to the Aspidochelone, but not as turtle-like.

Forest Bull - Greek origin carnivorous red cattle, double normal size, with swiveling horns believed to hail from the forests of Ethiopia.

Gegenees - Six armed giants from Greek mythology.

Gorgades - Hair-covered female people from Greek sources that hail from Atlantic islands. May be related to the Satyrus.

Hercinia - Also known as Ercinea or Harz Birds, these birds have brightly glowing feathers and hail from the Hercynian forest of Germany.

Hippalectryon - A horse-rooster chimera from Greek mythology with the foreparts of a horse and the wings, tail, and hind legs of a rooster. Large enough to support a man-sized rider.

Hippopodes - Horse-footed mythical humanoids believed by the Greeks to live on islands in the Baltic Sea.

Hircocervus - A goat-stag or horse-stag humanoid hybrid also known as Tragelaph.

Hydrus - A serpentine, water dwelling creature with three heads hailing from the Nile, believed to pull a chest-bursting move on crocodiles which consumed them. Also called Enhydros, Enidros, Hildris, Hydra, Idra, Idres, Ydre, Ydris, and Ydrus.

Ichneumon - A dragon killing creature (which may also kill asps and crocodiles), the name, which translates from Greek as "tracker" is used for the snake-fighting mongoose. It is only described in that it covers itself with mud and closes its nostrils with its tail in order to be swallowed and thus attack dragons from the inside. This may relate the creature to the hydrus. The Latin translation of "tracker" or Calcatrix is where the cockatrice derives its name and the Ichneumon is one of the few creatures not effected by a cocaktrice's petrification ability. It is also called Echinemon.

Ichthyocentaur - This fish-centaur hybrid was originally depicted as a hippocampus, but later became a dolphin-tailed humanoid with lion or horse forelegs; a look associated with some tritons.

Jaculus - Also known as Iaculus, this winged serpent is commonly called, "Javelin Snake," due to its hunting tactic of hurling itself from trees into its prey. Generally seen as a bat-winged green snake, it also appears as a white-feathered two- or four-leged serpent with dragon-like characteristics.

Jasconius - This island-sized fish is similar to the Aspidochelone or Fastitocalon, the only real difference is that it is depicted as fish rather than whale or turtle.

Karkadann - A unicorn-like creature hailing from the deserts and plains of Persia. Commonly described as a buffalo with scaly, black skin, three yellow hooves on each foot, a lion's tail, and a conical horn protruding from the nose that is said to have medicinal properties (as an antidote to poison).

Keythong - A wingless griffin found in heraldic crests. Also known as Alce.

Lampago - Heraldic beast in the form of a man-tiger, with the body of a lion or tiger and man's face. Also called Lympago. It is similar to the manticore-like Satyral, a creature described as having the body of a lion, two ox-like or anteleope horns, the tail of an antelope, and an elderly man's bearded face.

Leontophone - Small creature that is the enemy of lions either poisoning them while eaten, or being burned and having their ashes used to taint meat that is left out for lions.

Libyan Aegipanes - One of the many variant sub-species of satyrs. Satyrs themselves are basically goat-horned humanoids (with constant erections, that drink alot), occasionaly depicted as having the lower body of a goat as well, though this later association more properly defines the Roman Faun and the Greek Pan-like creatures known as Panes. Some confusion also exists with regards to the Sileni, horse-legged humanoids who later became conflated with the deity Silenus. Red-haired satyrs were known as Satyros Satyrides or the Latin Satyrus and hailed from remote Atlantic islands. Eithiopian Satyrs were considered violent, though they could be pacified with strong drink. Libyan Panes (occassionally called Libyan Satyrs) are typically depicted has having horse-like ears and tails, making them similar to Sileni.

Lindworm - As a heraldic beast, lindworms are depicted as venomous, wingless, bipedal dragons. Norse depictions show a constricting sea serpent with glowing eyes in it's horse-like head with front claws (instead of a wyvern's hind claws).

Machlyes - Greek mythical people hailing from Libya, described has having one side of their body with male characteristics and the other side having female characteristics.

Macrocephali - Tribe of African peoples accorded large or long heads by Greek sources.

Melusine - Fresh water mermaid with two (often serpentine) tails instead of one, ocassionaly depicted as having wings.

Myrmecoleon - The Ant-Lion, also called Formicaleon, Formicaleun, Mermecolion, and Mirmicioleon. Either a "Lion of Ants" or an ant with the body of a lion.

Monoceros - Another unicorn variant, typically described as having a single, long, black horn projecting from its stag's head, a horse's body, elephant's feet, and boar's tail.

Morhon - This sea creature appears on maps and in heraldry as a whale with two blowholes and a leonine mane.

Muscaliet - A small creature with a hare's body, squirrel's legs and tail, weasel's ears, mole's muzzle, swine's bristly hair, and boar's tusks. They are said to generate so much heat that they burn their own nests.

Musimon - Also known as the Tityrus and Trytron, this heraldic beast has the body and legs of a goat, a ram's head, and four horns...two straight and two curved.

Nebek - A dog-like heraldic beast with a long, tufted tail, short tongue, and wrinkled snout.

Nependis - Heraldic beast with the upper body of an ape and the lower body of a boar, with a long, curling tail.

Nuli - A race of humanoids with backwards pointing, eight-toed feet.

Onocentaur - A human-donkey centaur. Also called Honocentar, Onoscentaurus, Uncor, Unocentaurus.

Ophiotaurus - Also known as the Serpent Bull, Stygian Bull, or Tauros Ophis, this creature has a black bull's head, body, and forelegs, with a serpent's tail.

Opinicus - Heraldic variant of a griffin, with a lion's forelegs, camel's neck, and a camel's or bear's short tail.

Orcha - A sea monster from the Carta Marina. Also known as Orc*, Orca, and Orque. This whale-orc, complete with pig-faced and tusked snout appears prior to the Carta Marina in Ludovico Ariosto's Orlando Furioso as well as Pliny the Elder's Naturalis historia.

Orthrus - Cerberus's two-headed brother.

Pandi - Greek mythical tribe with gigantic ears, eight fingers and toes, and white hair which turns black with age.

Panotii - A mythical peoples of Greek origin whose ears were so large that they forsake clothing, and could possibly fly with them.

Pantheon - Heraldic beast with the body of a hind (black, dark blue, or red in color) spotted with mullets (straight pointed stars) or estoilles (wavy pointed stars), a fox's bushy tail, and cloven hooves.

Parandrus - An ox-sized creature with shaggy, bear-like hair, deer's legs with cloven hooves, and a stag's head with branching antlers. It has the ability to change the color of it's skin like a chameleon. Also called Parander, Tarandos, Tarandrus, and Tharandus.

Pard - Extremely fast feline creatures with spotted coats believed to mate with lions to produce leopards.

Polypus - Meaning "many-footed," this term is used to name giant lobsters and depictions of eight-legged, giant fish.

Pristers - Also called Physeter or Pristis, a whale sized creature with a mammalian face, horse's mane, and two blow holes which it uses to spout water at ships and sink them.

Pygmies - A tribe of goat riding, Greek humanoids pygme ("length of the forearm") tall, locked in battle with cranes.

Questing Beast - Chimeric monster of Arthurian legend that has the head and neck of a snake, body of a leopard, hindlegs of a lion, and the feet of a hart. Also known as the Beast Glatisant or Barking Beast.

Quinotaur - Sea creature from Frankish myth that resembles a hippocampus, but with the foreparts of a bull instead of horse, and an addition of three more horns forming a trident formation in the middle of the forehead.

Rockas - Gigantic rays known to rescue swimmers harassed by Sea-Dog-Fish.

Rosmarus - An amphibous "sea-elephant" that is more like a horse or dog combined with a walrus. It is a quadruped creature with clawed limbs, tusks, and a fish's tail.

Satyrus - Also known as callitrix or cericopithicus. An ape species which bears twins, one of which the parent hates and the other that the parent loves.

Scitalis - Also known as Scytalis or Scytale, this serpent has hypnotic markings on it's back which allows it to awe viewers, thus allowing it to strike. It is sometimes depicted with two front legs and its body heat is so great that it sheds skin even in winter.

Sciritae - Greek mythical tribe from India who have snake-like nostrils instead of a nose, and bandy, serpentine legs. Also called Syrictae, Scritai or Skiritai.

Sea-Bee - A heraldic beast composed of a bee with a fish tail.

Sea Bishop or Sea Monk - A fish that looks like a monk.

Sea Goat - Heraldic beast with the head and forelegs of a goat and a fish's tail.

Sea Rhinoceros - Fish-like creature with the head of a rhinoceros and a spotted pattern on it's hide.

Sea Wolf - Heraldic beast with the head and forelegs of a wolf and a fish's tail.

Sea Wyvern - Heraldic wyvern with a fish's tail in place of a wyvern's barbed tail.

Seps - Serpent with pointed ears and poison that liquifies its prey. Sometimes depicted with two or four legs.

Serpopard - Chimeric creature with the body of a leopard or lion and the head and neck of a snake.

Sha - Also called Set Animal, Typhonian Animal, and Typhonic Beast. This chimera consists of an aardvark's head, a jackal's body and front lets, a donkey's hindlimbs, and a forked reptilian tail that has triangular points.

Sirrush - Messopotamian and Babylonian scaly dragon with hind legs resembling the talons of an eagle, lion forelegs, a long tail, a horned head, a snake-like tongue, and a crest. Also called Mushassu, Musussu, Mushhush, and Sirrusu.

Skiapodes - Also known as Monopods, Sciapods, and Skiapods. A mythical race of creatures with one large foot on one leg that used their large foot to as a sun shade or rain shield. They were beleived to hail from Eithiopia or India.

Springhval - Norwegian name for a whale fish with a sword-like dorsal fin, arm-like flippers, and a boar's snout and tusks that is a very fast swimmer. Also called Orca.

Syrbotae - Twelve foot tall giant peoples hailing from Africa in Greek mythology.

Telchines - Also spelled Telkhines. Malignant Greek magician creatures found on the islands of Keos and Rhodes with flippers for hands and dog's heads who were great metal-workers, having forged Chronos' Sickle and Poseidon's Trident. Their magical abilities include shapeshifting, being able to control weather, bringing about hail, snow or rain, fouling water, producing poisonous substances, causing crops to whither, and a hypnotic gaze.

Theow - Wolf-like heraldic beast with cloven hooves, and a bovine muzzle and tail.

Wiedergänger - Germanic revenant which may cause mischief or desire to avenge an injustice from when they were alive. May be related to Norse Draugr, headless riders, and vampires.

Yale - Also known as Centicore, Eale, or Jall. A black, bull-like beast with a goat's head, the tusks of a boar and the tail of an elephant, notable for having two horns (which may appear straight or curved) that can swivel, with one generally kept pointing backwards so that it can bring that horn to bear if the other should be damaged. In heraldic depictions, it often has a goat's body and a pattern of multi-colored spots. There are also some additional variants, such as an antelope's body, horse's body, ears, mouth, and/or tail, tawny fur, a tufted lion's tail, a bear's snout, lion's face, bear's face, cloven feet, or pawed feet. It is the enemy of the basilisk.

Yppotryll - Heraldic beast with the body and humps of a camel, tusked boar's head, cloven hooves, and a serpent's tail. Also called Hippotryll or Ypotryll.

Zaratan - Likely just the Middle Eastern name of the Aspidochelone, this creature, an island turtle, appears in The Book of Imaginary Beings and is likely the name for the island whale encountered in Sinbad the Sailor's First Voyage.

Ziphius - Large fish- or whale-like sea monster with a sword-like dorsal fin which it uses to attack ships, and an owl's face. It feeds primarily on black seals.


*The Tolkienesque Orc appears to derive from the words orcþyrs or orcneas, related to the term orco (ogre), ultimately believed to be derived from the Roman Orcus. This type of "Orc" also appears in Orlando Furioso, as a blind, cannibalistic giant that cannot be killed.