Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Pages for logged out editors learn more
Creatures from the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game that come from or are based on real-life folklore or mythology.Note that many of these although taking the name from the mythological version, have very little in common with them, instead being based on modern fantasy fiction.
Mars (mythology) (3 C, 18 P) Pages in category "Bear deities" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Bjarndyrakongur (Icelandic)- King of bears. Stems from Polar Bear sightings in Iceland being extremely rare, but not unheard of. Has a shining horn on its head topped with a ball and red patches on cheeks. Bugbear – child-eating hobgoblin; Callisto – A nymph who was turned into a bear by Hera.
For the third edition of Dungeons & Dragons, the name was changed back to Deities & Demigods and the cover artwork was changed again to bring it more in line with other third edition D&D manuals. The interior material bears little resemblance to the previous printings of the book (first through sixth).
A man who can transform into a bear-like beast. A werebear helps the Sphinx escape at the end of Grip of the Shadow Plague. Wereboar, Wearwolf, Wearlynx Inhabitants of Wyrmroost, most of which have succumbed to their wilder nature. Whisper Hound A wraith-like enchantment that guards the dungeons of Fablehaven and Living Mirage.
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]
A version of the peryton appears in the tabletop game Dungeons and Dragons and its derivative novel Darkwell, a book in The Moonshae Trilogy where a flock of perytons are among an army of evil monsters summoned by the book's main antagonist. [6] The peryton features in John and Carole Barrowman's novel Hollow Earth. [7]