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An epic-level creature suggested to be a primordial ancestor of both the beholder and the gibbering mouther (an amorphous shoggoth-like creature covered in eyes and mouths), having traits of both monsters but at vastly increased power. While it lacks an antimagic eye, it inherits the mouther's amorphous biology, madness-inducing voice, and ...
This is a list of flying mythological creatures. This listing includes flying and weather-affecting creatures. This listing includes flying and weather-affecting creatures. Adzehate creatures
Sky gnomes appear in the Creature Crucible - PC2 - Top Ballista published in 1989. They are cunning engineers living in the flying city Serraine above the World of Mystara. Spriggans appeared as ugly evil and dour cousins to the gnomes in the Monster Manual 2. They could grow to a great size at will and were notorious thieves and murderers.
Flying and blood-sucking [29] bird-like creatures. "[P]esky" because while small they are dangerous to characters as a swarm. Present in the game since its earliest edition. [5]: 44 Swanmay: Swanmay and Swan: Inspired by a character from Three Hearts and Three Lions by Poul Anderson rather than their mythological counterparts. [1] [33] Sylph
In it, Lovecraft describes them as massive amoeba-like creatures made out of iridescent black slime, with multiple eyes "floating" on the surface. They are " protoplasmic ", lacking any default body shape and instead being able to form limbs and organs at will.
9. Chimera. Origin: Greek The mythological Chimera is a terrifying creature that features a fire-breathing lion’s head attached to a goat’s body, ending in a serpent tail. There are varying ...
MacCready constructed a model flying machine or, ornithopter, with a simple computer functioning as an autopilot. The model successfully flew with a combination of soaring and wing flapping. [ 26 ] The model was based on a then-current weight estimate of around 80 kg (180 lb), far lower than more modern estimates of over 200 kg (440 lb). [ 27 ]
Kenku were inspired by tengu, a mythological creature from Japanese folklore that takes the form of an avian humanoid. [ 7 ] [ 16 ] In particular, the symbolic mask of their deity, Quorlinn, was directly inspired by the red, large-nosed masks often worn by tengu in Japanese mythology.