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Considered one of the "five main "humanoid" races" in AD&D by Paul Karczag and Lawrence Schick [22] and a classic of D&D by reviewer Dan Wickline. [23] Within D&D, the demon lord Yeenoghu is worshipped by gnolls. [24] Gorgimera – Half-gorgon, Half-chimera, whose goat's head is replaced by a gorgon's.
The owlbear is depicted as an eight to ten foot (2.5–3 meter) tall cross between a bear and an owl.According to descriptions in Dungeons & Dragons source books, owlbears are carnivorous creatures, famed for their aggression and ferocity; [6] they live in mated pairs in caves and hunt any creature bigger than a mouse. [6]
Chickcharney - (Bahamas) magical owl with powers over fate, sometimes encountered by travellers in pine forests. Nyctimene (Roman) – Transformed into an owl by Minerva. Owlman – compared to America's Mothman (England) Sirin – birds with women heads, lured men to their death; Strix – owl that ate human flesh (Greek)
Red owl: Tyto soumagnei (Grandidier, A, 1878) 10 Western barn owl: Tyto alba (Scopoli, 1769) 11 American barn owl: Tyto furcata (Temminck, 1827) 12 Eastern barn owl: Tyto javanica (Gmelin, JF, 1788) 13 Andaman masked owl: Tyto deroepstorffi (Hume, 1875) 14 Ashy-faced owl: Tyto glaucops (Kaup, 1852) 15 African grass owl: Tyto capensis (Smith, A ...
Character race is a descriptor used to describe the various sapient species and beings that make up the setting in modern fantasy and science fiction.In many tabletop role-playing games and video games, players may choose to be one of these creatures when creating their player character (PC) or encounter them as a non-player character (NPC).
Perception aka Alertness, Awareness, Cautiousness, ... A measure of a character's openness to their surroundings. Perception controls the chance to detect vital clues, traps or hiding enemies, and might influence combat sequence or the accuracy of ranged attacks. Perception-type attributes are more common in more modern games.
Xiaoyang or Hsiao-yang (lit. 梟楊 "owl poplar") is a final example of Chinese mythological xiaos.This xiao is an archaic name for "owl" (maotouying 貓頭鷹 "cat-head hawk" in modern usage), and the Yang clan in southwestern China were supposedly descended from monkeys. [26]
The demodands are race of evil fiends that live on the plane of Carceri (Tarterus in 1st edition D&D). Demodands were introduced in the 1st edition supplement Monster Manual II , renamed as gehreleths in the 2nd edition Monstrous Compendium Outer Planes Appendix , and reintroduced as demodands in the 3rd edition sourcebook Fiend Folio .