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You feel a lump in the pit of your stomach.
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It has been enchanted to dance through the air and attack under its own
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Agnes

A lanky warrior, she moves at a great pace and carries an exotic weapon.
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Angel

A divine agent of the Shining One, it is a towering winged figure of unnatural beauty with an aura of brilliant white light.
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Antaeus

A great titan who lives in the depths of Cocytus.
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Asmodeus

One of the arch-demons who dwell in the depths of Hell.
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Azrael

A powerful, belligerent Efreet.  (Is there any other kind?)
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Balrug

A huge and very powerful demon, wreathed in fire and shadows.
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Blork the Orc

A particularly fat and ugly orc.  He seems to have scavenged a pair of rainbow-coloured suspenders from somewhere.  They're not helping.
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Blue Death

A blue greater demon.
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Boris

An ancient lich. The air around his shrouded form crackles with evil energy.
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Cacodemon

A hideously ugly demon of rage and legendary power.
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Cerebov

A violent and wrathful demon, Cerebov appears as a giant human covered in shining golden armour and wielding a huge twisted sword.
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Chaos spawn

A being of pure chaos, its form is constantly shifting, growing and then losing eyes, mouths, claws and tentacles.
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Daeva

A divine agent of the Shining One, it is a towering winged figure with an aura of brilliant golden light.
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Dispater

The lord of the Iron City of Dis.
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Dissolution

The Pits of Slime used to be a thriving civilization, and Dissolution was the prophet of their god.  When the city was overtaken by its current residents, only Dissolution survived, for he alone turned faithfully to the Slime God.  Dissolution become a tremendous mass of acidic ooze, yet retained his intelligence.  He is filled with hatred for anything that can hold a form.
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Donald

An adventurer like you, trying to find the Orb.
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Dowan

A beautiful but vain elf with an aptitude for magic and little else. His skills are the perfect complement of his twin sister Duvessa's fighting prowess.
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Duane

A mercenary with unusually large ears. He has been hired by someone to guard something; exactly who and what are not exactly clear.
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Duvessa

A plain-looking elven fighter who is technically brilliant in many forms of combat, but over-confident because of it. She is complemented by the magical skills of her twin brother, Dowan.
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Edmund

A lightly armoured warrior.
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Ereshkigal

A fearsome arch-fiend who rules the deathly netherworld of Tartarus.
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Erica

A comely spellweaver.
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Erolcha

An especially cunning ogre-mage.
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Eustachio

An apprentice summoner with a flowing moustache.  He has funny ideas about honour.
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Executioner

A horribly powerful demon.
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Frances

A stout warrior, bearing a deep facial scar.
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Francis

A wizened spellcaster.
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Frederick

A svelte fighter-mage, wearing a gold-rimmed monocle.
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Gastronok

A voracious and surprisingly intelligent slug, devoted to eating everything and everyone he comes across, with a pointed hat perched rakishly atop his head. He acquired the hat the same way he acquired his intelligence and his knowledge of spells: by consuming their former owner, a powerful wizard.
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Geryon

A huge, three-headed, winged arch-demon, guardian of the gates of Hell.
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Gloorx Vloq

A shadowy figure clothed in profound darkness.
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golden eye

Tiny and shimmering, glistening like gold. It is eager to get inside your head.
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greater naga

A hybrid; human from the chest up, with a scaly, muscular torso trailing off like that of a snake.

It looks strong and aggressive.
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Green Death

A bloated form covered in oozing sores and exhaling clouds of lethal poison.
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Grum

A tough-looking gnoll, wearing the pelt of one of his former war dogs.
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guardian naga

A hybrid; human from the chest up, with a scaly, muscular torso trailing off like that of a snake.

These nagas are often used as guardians by powerful creatures.
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Harold

A middle aged bounty hunter, hired to kill you. He is in a hurry.
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harpy

Harpies have roamed these coasts as long as seafarers can remember. They strike fear in the hearts of all sentient beings, but not for their claws. It is their way to steal food from the unwary, causing many a man to starve to death.
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Ijyb

A small and twisted goblin, wearing some ugly blue rags.
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Ilsuiw

A cunning merfolk water-witch, who uses her beauty and spellcraft to draw unwitting adventurers to their deaths.
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Jessica

An evil apprentice sorceress. She entered the dungeon hoping to find a quiet, secluded place where she could study the darker arts without being disturbed.
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Joseph

Looks like a mercenary.
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Josephine

An ugly elderly figure, dressed in Druidic clothes.
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Jozef

A tall bounty hunter.
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Killer Klown

A comical figure full of life and laughter.  It looks very happy to see you... but is there a slightly malicious cast to its features?  Is that red face paint or something altogether less pleasant?
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Khufu

An incredibly powerful emperor on the way to godhood.
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Kirke

A beautiful enchantress.
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Lom Lobon

An ancient and strangely serene demon.  It regards you coldly from the huge glowing eye in the centre of its forehead.
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Lorocyproca

A tall and gaunt figure, draped in long robes which flow as if alive.
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Louise

An unusually heavily armoured spellcaster.
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Lernaean hydra

An ancient nameless serpent-like water beast that possesses numerous heads.  The poets mention more heads than vase-painters can paint, poisonous venom coming out of its eyes, and that this hydra is a guardian of an entrance to the Underworld.  What of this is true, you do not know.
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Margery

A lithe spellcaster.
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Maud

A mysterious warrior princess from a far-off kingdom, on a quest to retrieve the legendary sword 'Entarex'. Countless have been the admirers who, thinking about Maud, forgot everything else.
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Maurice

A sly, conniving thief
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Michael

A powerful spellcaster, dressed in a long robe.
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Mnoleg

A weirdly glowing figure, dancing through the twisted air of Pandemonium.
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Murray

A demonic skull rolling along the dungeon floor.
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Nergalle

A withered sorceress, exceptionally ugly even by orc standards.
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Nessos

A black centaur warrior with a malicious look in the eyes.
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Nikola

A brilliant scientist obsessed with electricity. In his attempts to perfect his electric golem, he was involved in a terrible accident, and now phases in and out of reality.
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Norbert

A skilled warrior, looking to further develop his reputation as a great slayer of monsters. Be warned: he defines 'monster' rather more liberally than most dictionaries.
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Norris

A professional beach bum, all about surfing, free love and crystal healing; he has seen things that would, like, totally blow your mind, bro.
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Orb Guardian

A huge and glowing purple creature, created by the Orb to defend itself.
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pandemonium lord

Powerful demons inhabiting the endless halls of Pandemonium, each is different, with its own set of strengths and weaknesses.
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Pit Fiend

A huge winged fiend with incredibly tough skin.
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Polyphemus

A cyclops shepherd, he is very protective of his charges.
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Prince Ribbit

A handsome prince before he was cursed, he now adventures for a cure.
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Psyche

A fair-haired mage, wandering and seemingly half-mad with grief and guilt.
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Purgy

An unusually thin troll.
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Roxanne

A beautiful sapphire statue of a famous earth mage who disappeared after a catastrophic spell failure. It is clutching a book.
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Rupert

A mighty crusader, far less interested in converting heathens than killing them.
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Saint Roka

A mighty warlord.  Some orcs even say he is the Chosen One of Beogh.
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Serpent of Hell

A huge red glowing dragon, burning with hellfire.
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Shadow Fiend

One of the most terrible denizens of the many Hells, this horrible being appears as a great mass of writhing shadows which occasionally reveal a huge, horned skeleton.
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Sigmund

The bane of all young adventurers, Sigmund combines delusions of greatness with nasty tactics.
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Snorg

A hairy troll, angry and mean.
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Sonja

A graceful kobold assassin.  Admire her graceful pirouettes, thrill at her daring leaps!  But watch out for her knives!
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Terence

A mean-looking human fighter who likes to kill, and not much else.
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Tiamat

A powerful dragon with mighty wings.  Her scales seem to shimmer and change colour as you watch.
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Urug

A rude orc.
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Wayne

A fat wizard wearing a stupid-looking hat.
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Xtahua

An ancient and mighty dragon.
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acid blob

A lump of sickly green flesh, dripping with lethal acid.
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air elemental

A spirit drawn from the elemental plane of air.  It exists in this world as a swirling vortex of air, often dissipating and reforming.
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ancient lich

A lich who has grown mighty over countless years.
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ant larva

A baby ant. Isn't it cute?
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azure jelly

A frosty blob of bright blue cytoplasm.
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ball lightning

An oddity of nature, ball lightning bounces around behaving almost, but not quite, entirely unlike regular lightning.
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bear

A common cave bear.
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beast

A weird and hideous cross between beast and human.
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big fish

A fish of unusual size.
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big kobold

An unusually large kobold.
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black bear

A small black bear.
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black draconian

Before you stands a draconian.
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black mamba

A large black tropical snake with the deadliest of all venoms.
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blink frog

A weird-looking frog, constantly blinking in and out of reality.
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blue devil

A strange and nasty blue thing.  It looks cold.
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boggart

A twisted little sprite-goblin. Beware of its magical tricks!
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boring beetle

A large brown beetle with huge, rock-crushing mandibles.
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boulder beetle

A huge grey beetle with an almost impenetrable rocky carapace.
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brain worm

A slimy mauve worm with a greatly distended head.
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brown ooze

A viscous liquid, flowing along the floor in search of organic matter to corrode.
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bush

A woody plant that, unlike trees, can be removed even with bare hands.  It looks dry enough to be easily set on fire, and it isn't very dense so arrows are likely to go past it.
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water moccasin

A largish venomous brown snake. It usually lives near water, and is an able swimmer.
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bumblebee

A very large and fat hairy bee.
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butterfly

A large multicoloured butterfly with beautifully patterned wings, fluttering incongruously through the darkness of the cave.
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centaur

A hybrid with the torso of a human atop the body of a large horse.
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centaur warrior

A hybrid with the torso of a human atop the body of a large horse.  It looks strong and aggressive.
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clay golem

A huge animated clay statue.
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crystal golem

A huge animated crystal statue.
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curse skull

A charred skull floating in the air and rotating slowly.  Mystic symbols carved into its blackened surface indicate its resistance to almost any form of attack.
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curse toe

A disembodied toe, hanging in the air and radiating an intense field of negative energy.
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cyclops

A giant with one eye in the centre of its forehead.  Despite their lack of binocular vision, cyclopi throw boulders with fearsome accuracy.
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dancing weapon

A weapon enchanted to dance through the air and attack under its own power.
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death cob

A dreadful undead cob of maize.  Look, this one was probably a mistake.  We're sorry.
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death drake

A small dragon, radiating pestilence.
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death ooze

A putrid mass of decaying flesh.
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death yak

A larger and beefier relative of the common dungeon yak. Its little red eyes gleam with hunger for living flesh.
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deep elf annihilator

This deep elf exults in conjured mayhem and destruction.  Hated by most passersby with a passion, both for the power and the precision of its destructive magic.
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deep elf blademaster

Once in a very great while, there is a deep elf that scorns magic and devotes herself to the study of the sword.  This is such a champion of the deep elves, wielding two blades with lethal grace.
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deep elf conjurer

This is an elf well-versed in destructive magic.
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deep elf death mage

This deep elf is surrounded by a shimmering aura of negative energy.
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deep elf demonologist

A master of demonology, this deep elf is marked heavily by long years of contact with unnatural demonic forces.
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deep elf fighter

This is a deep elf fighter, equipped with weapon and magic.
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deep elf high priest

This deep elf is an exalted servant of an ancient dark god.
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deep elf knight

A battle-hardened deep elf reaver.
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deep elf mage

This is a deep elf wizard, learned in the ways of subtle magic.
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deep elf master archer

This legendary deep elf archer has devoted a lifetime to the pursuit of archery, dismissing magic as a frivolous distraction.
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deep elf priest

This deep elf is a servant of an ancient dark god.  Deep elves are extremely hostile towards any alien outside their tribe, including deep elves from elsewhere.  The religious standings of these elves remain mysterious.
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deep elf soldier

While not a natural habitat for most elven-kind, the deep elves managed to settle in this dreary cave.  This is a common soldier of the deep elves.
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deep elf sorcerer

Most of these mighty spellcasters draw power from the very Hells, but even those who don't possess lethal arcane abilities.
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deep elf summoner

This deep elf is skilled in the darker aspects of summoning.
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deep troll

A stooped troll.
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demonic crawler

A long and bloated body, supported by dozens of short legs and topped with an evil-looking head.
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draconian

Before you stands a draconian.
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draconian annihilator

Before you stands a draconian.
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draconian caller

Before you stands a draconian.
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draconian knight

Before you stands a draconian.
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draconian monk

Before you stands a draconian.
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draconian scorcher

Before you stands a draconian.
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draconian shifter

Before you stands a draconian.
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draconian zealot

Before you stands a draconian.
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dragon

A great reptilian beast, covered in thick green scales and with two huge bat-like wings. Little trails of smoke spill from its toothy maw.
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earth elemental

A spirit drawn from the elemental plane of earth, which exists in this world by inhabiting a lump of earth and rocks.
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efreet

A huge and muscular figure engulfed in a cloud of searing flame.
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electric golem

An animated figure made completely of electricity.
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electric eel

A small and slimy eel, crackling with electrical discharge.
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elephant slug

A huge grey slug with folds of wrinkled skin.
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elf

One of the race of elves which inhabits this dreary cave.
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ettin

A two-headed giant.
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eye of devastation

A huge eyeball, encased in a levitating globe of incandescent energy.
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eye of draining

These hovering horrors are especially loathed by wizards.
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fiend

One of the most fearsome denizens of any Hell.  A huge and powerful demon wreathed in hellfire, with great scaly wings.
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fire elemental

A spirit drawn from the elemental plane of fire, which exists in this world as a brilliant column of raging flames.
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fire giant

A huge ruddy humanoid with bright hair.
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fire vortex

A swirling cloud of flame.
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firedrake

A small dragon, puffing clouds of smoke.
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flaming corpse

The remains of an adventurer who was burned to death, covered in unquenchable fire.  It now rushes madly through the dungeon, seeking others to ignite.
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flayed ghost

A hideous undead creature, with torn skin hanging from an emaciated body.
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flying skull

Unholy magic keeps this disembodied undead skull hovering above the floor. It has a nasty set of teeth.
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freezing wraith

A cloud of freezing air surrounding an incorporeal skeletal form.
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frost giant

A huge blue humanoid with hoarfrost hair.
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fungus

A lumpy grey fungus, growing well in the dank underground dungeon.
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gargoyle

A hideous stone statue come to life.
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ghoul

An undead humanoid creature, created from a decaying corpse by some unholy means of necromancy. It exists to spread disease and decay, and gains power from decaying corpses in the same way a necrophage does.
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giant amoeba

A pulsating lump of protoplasm.
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giant ant

A black ant with poisonous pincers, about the size of a large dog.
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giant bat

A huge black bat.
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giant beetle

A huge black beetle with great crunching mandibles and very hard chitinous armour.
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giant blowfly

A huge and irritating fly.
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giant toad

A very large and vicious-looking carnivorous toad. Its knobbly brown skin blends in with the rough rock of your surroundings.
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giant centipede

It has a lot of legs.
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giant cockroach

A large brown cockroach.  I call him 'Gregor'.
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giant eyeball

A giant eyeball, with a captivating stare.
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giant frog

It probably didn't get this big by eating little insects.
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giant gecko

A lizard with pads on its toes allowing it to cling to walls and ceilings.  It's much larger than a normal gecko... perhaps it's something in the water?
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giant goldfish

This is what happens when you give your pet goldfish too much food!
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giant iguana

A huge lizard with great crunching jaws.
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giant lizard

A huge lizard with great crunching jaws.
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giant mite

A large arachnid with vicious poisoned mouth-parts.
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giant mosquito

A huge, bloated mosquito. It looks diseased.
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giant newt

Several times the size of a normal newt, but still not really impressive.
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giant orange brain

A huge wrinkled brain, floating just off the floor. Every now and then it seems to pulsate.
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giant slug

A huge and disgusting gastropod.
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giant snail

A huge and disgusting gastropod with a light green shell.
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giant spore

A volatile floating ball of spores, covered in knobbly rhizome growths.
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gila monster

A large lizard with brightly coloured stripes and splotches.
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glowing shapeshifter

A shapeshifter which has lost control over its transformations, and is constantly changing form.
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gnoll

A taller and better-equipped relative of goblins and orcs, somewhat doglike in appearance.
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goblin

A short, ugly and unfriendly humanoid:  squat, broad, flat-nosed, sallow-skinned, with a wide mouth and pistachio-shaped eyes.
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golden dragon

A great dragon covered in shining golden scales.
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great orb of eyes

A levitating ball, covered in malignant eyes.
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greater mummy

The embalmed and undead corpse of an ancient ruler.
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green draconian

Before you stands a draconian.
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green rat

A very large rat, with hair and skin of a most peculiar green colour.
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grey rat

A very large grey rat.
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grey snake

A very large grey python.
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griffon

A large creature with the hindquarters of a lion and the wings, head and talons of a great eagle.
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grizzly bear

A large, nasty bear with grey fur.
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guardian mummy

An ancient warrior, embalmed and cursed to walk in undeath for eternity.
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hairy devil

A small humanoid demon covered in brown hair.  Watch out - it may have fleas!
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hell hound

A huge black dog, with glowing red eyes and smoke pouring from its fanged mouth.
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hell knight

A heavily armoured warrior, in league with the powers of Hell, usually accompanied by other unsavoury beings of his ilk.
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hell hog

A large, fat and very ugly pig, suckled in the pits of Hell. Roast suckling pig technology will never be the same.
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hellion

A frightful demon, covered in roaring hellfire.
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hellwing

A hideous skeletal demon, with wings of ancient withered skin.
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hill giant

Although one of the smaller giant varieties, this hill giant is still big enough to be dangerous.
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hippogriff

A large creature with the hindquarters of a horse and the wings, head and talons of a great eagle.
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hobgoblin

A larger and stronger relative of the goblin.
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hog

A large, fat and very ugly pig.
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hound

A fearsome hunting dog, lithe and alert.  Its master must be long gone, for it looks dishevelled, and has a lean and hungry look.
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human

A remarkably nondescript person.  How odd.
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hungry ghost

The undead form of someone who died of starvation, this creature wants the same thing to happen to you!
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hydra

A great reptilian beast, distantly related to the dragon. It has many heads, and the potential to grow many more!
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ice beast

A terrible creature, formed of snow and crystalline ice. Its feet leave puddles of icy water on the floor.
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ice devil

A man-sized demon covered in glittering ice.
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ice dragon

Like a normal dragon, only white and covered in frost.
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ice fiend

One of the most terrible denizens of the many Hells, the Ice Fiend is a huge icy figure, covered in frost and wreathed in freezing air.
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ice statue

An imposing statue carved in glistening ice. Freezing vapours swirl about it.
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imp

A small, ugly minor demon.  Its fanged maw seems locked in a permanent malign grin, and its horns protrude obscenely from its scaly pate.
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insubstantial wisp

A thin wisp of floating gas.
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iron devil

A hideous humanoid figure with metal skin.  While it lacks magical attacks and is slow of foot, it makes up for these failings with brute strength.
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iron dragon

A very heavy and apparently flightless dragon.
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iron golem

A huge animated metal statue.
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iron troll

A great troll, plated with thick scales of rusty iron.
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jackal

A small, dog-like scavenger. Packs of these creatures roam the underworld, searching for carrion to devour.
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jelly

A pulsating mass of acidic protoplasm. It can and will eat almost anything, and grows a little each time...
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jellyfish

A pulsating glob of transparent flesh, waiting just below the surface to sting you with its many tentacles.
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Menkaure

A fair and noble ruler of an ancient and mighty kingdom, mummified after an early death. His faithful priests subsequently infused him with great and powerful magic, seeking to grant him eternal life. Now he is forgotten and reduced to mouldering bandages and dry, brittle bones.
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killer bee

A giant bee, bearing a deadly barb which can sting repeatedly.
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killer bee larva

A small, powerless larva of a killer bee.
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kobold

No one knows where kobolds originated.  Some say they were the creation of an ancient demon-god, while others think they are household spirits gone bad.  Kobolds look like small, greyish creatures with canine heads.  Whatever their origin, this one is not happy to see you.
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kobold demonologist

A kobold who has learned to summon and direct demons.
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komodo dragon

An enormous monitor lizard. It's more than capable of preying on large animals.  Bits of fetid and rotting flesh from its last few meals are stuck in its teeth.
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kraken

A gargantuan sea monster, capable of devouring entire ships.  It embraces them with its tentacles and draws them into the depths.  Fortunately, the tentacles are too big to embrace a small creature like you.  Wait, did I say "fortunately"?
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large abomination

A large and hideous form, created or summoned by some arcane process.
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large simulacrum

An ice replica of a monster that is animated by the powers of necromancy.
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large skeleton

A large skeleton compelled to unlife by the exercise of necromancy.
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large zombie

A large corpse raised to undeath by necromancy.
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lava fish

A fish which lives in lava.
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lava snake

A burning red snake which rears up from pools of lava and tries to bite you.
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lava worm

A vicious red worm which swims through molten rock.
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lemure

A vaguely humanoid blob of putrid white flesh.
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lich

A wizard who didn't want to die, a Lich is a skeletal, desiccated corpse kept alive by a mighty exercise of necromancy.  These undead creatures can wield great magic and are best avoided by all but the most confident.
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lindwurm

A small serpentine dragon with a pair of strong forelimbs.  Its thick scales give off an eerie green glow.
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manes

An ugly, twisted little minor demon.
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manticore

A hideous cross-breed, bearing the features of a human and a lion, with great bat-like wings. Its tail bristles with spikes that can be loosed at potential prey.
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merfolk

Half fish, half man, the merfolk are citizens of both water and land, and they'll fiercely protect their chosen territory.
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mermaid

A young woman with a fish tail in place of legs.  Mermaids love to sing and charm their audience.
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siren

A young woman with a fish tail in place of legs.  Sirens are capable of casting a powerful spell over their audience.
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metal gargoyle

A hideous metal statue come to life.
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midge

A small flying demon.
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mimic

An apparently abandoned item, actually a vicious little beast in disguise.
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minotaur

A large muscular human with the head of a bull. It makes its home in secluded labyrinths.
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molten gargoyle

A hideous molten stone statue come to life.
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moth of wrath

A huge moth, as violent as it is hairy.
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mottled draconian

Before you stands a draconian.
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mottled dragon

A small dragon with strangely mottled scales.
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mummy

An undead figure covered in bandages and embalming fluids, compelled to walk by an ancient curse. It radiates a malign aura to those who intrude on its domain.
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mummy priest

The embalmed and undead corpse of an ancient servant of darkness.
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naga

A hybrid; human from the chest up, with a scaly, muscular torso trailing off like that of a snake.
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naga mage

A hybrid; human from the chest up, with a scaly, muscular torso trailing off like that of a snake.

An eldritch nimbus trails its motions.
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naga warrior

A hybrid; human from the chest up, with a scaly, muscular torso trailing off like that of a snake.

It bears scars of many past battles.
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necromancer

A wizard specializing in the practice of death magic.
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necrophage

A vile undead creation of the most unholy necromancy, these creatures are made from the decaying corpses of humanoid creatures.  They exist to spread disease and decay, and gain power from the decaying corpses of other beings.
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neqoxec

A weirdly shaped demon, pulsing and shifting with mutagenic energies, its belly distended with the devoured brains of its victims.
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ogre

A larger, uglier and fatter relative of orcs and goblins.
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ogre-mage

A rare breed of ogre, skilled in the use of magic.
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oklob plant

A vicious plant, dripping with vitriol.
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ooze

A disgusting glob of grey sludge.
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orange crystal statue

An intricately carved statue of glittering orange crystal.  Its eyes fix on yours with a piercing gaze.

It looks brittle.
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orange demon

A bright orange demon with a venomous stinger.
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orange rat

A huge rat, with weird knobbly orange skin.  It glows with unholy energies.
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orb of fire

A globe of raw primordial fire, capable of impressive pyrotechnics.
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orc

An ugly subterranean race, orcs combine the worst features of humans, pigs and several other unpleasant creatures.
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orc high priest

An exalted servant of the orc god Beogh, mumbling fearsome prayers.
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orc knight

A heavily armoured orc, covered in scars from many past battles.
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orc priest

A servant of the ancient and cruel gods of the orcs, dressed in a long robe. It continually mumbles strange prayers. You should hope that they remain unheard.
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orc sorcerer

An exceptionally competent orcish wizard. Most of them draw magical power from Hell, but some are fueled by other sources.
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orc warlord

A very large and strong looking orc, able to command large packs of his kin.
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orc warrior

An armoured orc, obviously experienced in the ways of hacking other creatures apart.
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orc wizard

While orcs are generally quite stupid, occasionally one develops an aptitude for magic.
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pale draconian

Before you stands a draconian.
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phantom

A transparent man-like undead spirit.
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pile of gold coins

An apparently harmless pile of gold coins hides a nasty venomous shapechanging predator.
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plant

Few plants can grow in the unpleasant dungeon environment, but some have managed to adapt and even thrive underground in the absence of the sun.
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player ghost

The apparition of an unfortunate adventurer.
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polar bear

A large and very strong bear covered in glistening white fur.
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program bug

A ravenous and incredibly buggy monster.  Please report its existence to the DevTeam.
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pulsating lump

A revolting glob of writhing flesh.
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purple draconian

Before you stands a draconian.
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quasit

A small twisted demon with a long, sharply pointed tail.
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queen ant

A bloated insect, covered in thick chitinous armour.  Now you know where all those ants keep coming from!
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queen bee

Even larger and more dangerous-looking than its offspring, this creature wants you out of its hive. Now!
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quicksilver dragon

A long and sinuous dragon, seemingly more neck and tail than anything else. Its skin shines like molten mercury, and magical energies arc from its pointed snout.
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quokka

A small marsupial.  Don't call it a rat.
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rakshasa

A demon in the form of a tiger who comes to the material world in search of power and knowledge.  Rakshasas are experts in the art of illusion, and are simultaneously intelligent and cruel.
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rat

Wherever there are men, there are rats - rattus rattus.  This rat has grown large and aggressive in the pestilential dungeon environment.
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reaper

A skeletal form wielding a giant scythe.
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red devil

A muscular demon covered in spikes and horns.  Two short wings sprout from its shoulders.
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red draconian

Before you stands a draconian.
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red wasp

A huge red wasp with a viciously barbed stinger.
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redback

A vicious black spider with a splash of red on its swollen abdomen.  Its mandibles drip with lethal poison.
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rock worm

A large worm which moves through rock as if it were air.
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rock troll

An enormous and very nasty-looking humanoid creature.  Its rocky hide seems to heal almost instantaneously from most wounds.
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rotting devil

A hideous decaying form.
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rotting hulk

A shambling undead creature, related to the ghoul.
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the royal jelly

A particularly rich and golden gelatinous thing.
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salamander

A strange half-human half-snake creature covered in thick red scales and thorns.
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scorpion

A giant black scorpion, its body covered in thick armour plating, and its tail tipped by a nasty venomous sting.
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shadow

A wisp of unliving shadow, drifting on the edge of vision.
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shadow demon

A mysterious demonic figure, constantly blurring into multiple shadows of itself.
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shadow dragon

A great shadowy shape, radiating evil and death.
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shadow imp

A small and shadowy minor demon.
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shadow wraith

A mist-wreathed skeletal shadow hanging in mid-air, this creature is almost invisible even to your enhanced sight.
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shapeshifter

A disturbing creature with the power to change its form. It is very rarely observed alive in its natural state.
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sheep

A stupid woolly animal, with murder in its eyes.  It looks surprised.
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shining eye

A huge and strangely deformed eyeball, pulsating with light.  Beauty is certainly nowhere to be found in this beholder.
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silver statue

A beautiful statue of silvery hue. Its eyes glow with an otherworldly radiance.

It looks brittle.
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skeletal dragon

A huge undead abomination, pieced together from the broken bones of many dragons.
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skeletal warrior

The vicious and heavily armed skeleton of a humanoid creature, animated by unholy power.
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slime creature

An icky glob of slime, which slithers along the ground.
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small abomination

A hideous form, created or summoned by some arcane process.
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small snake

The lesser dungeon snake.
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small simulacrum

An ice replica of a monster that is animated by the powers of necromancy.
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small skeleton

A skeleton compelled to unlife by the exercise of necromancy.
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small zombie

A corpse raised to undeath by necromancy.
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smoke demon

A writhing cloud of smoke hanging in the air.
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snake

The common dungeon snake.
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soldier ant

A giant ant with large mandibles and a vicious sting.
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soul eater

This greater demon looks like a shadow gliding through the air towards you. It radiates an intense aura of negative power.
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spatial vortex

A crazily shifting twist in the fabric of reality.
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spectral thing

A hideous glowing apparition.
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spectral warrior

A hideous translucent green undead spirit.
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sphinx

A large creature with a human head, the body of a lion, and the wings of a huge bird.
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spiny frog

Although slightly smaller than the giant toad, the spiny frog makes up for lack of size by being covered in wickedly barbed spines and spurs.
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spiny worm

A great black worm, its many-segmented body covered in spiky plates of chitinous armour. Acidic venom drips from its toothy maw.
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steam dragon

A relatively small grey dragon, with steam pouring from its mouth.
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stone giant

A gigantic humanoid with grey skin almost as hard as rock. It carries several boulders - are you up for a game of 'catch'?
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stone golem

A huge animated stone statue.
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storm dragon

A huge and very powerful dragon. Sparks crackle along its enormous scaly wings.
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sun demon

A demonic figure shining with the light and fury of a fallen star.
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swamp dragon

A slimy dragon, covered in swamp muck. Poisonous gasses dribble from its snout.
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swamp drake

A small and slimy dragon, covered in swamp muck.
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swamp worm

A large slimy worm, adept at swimming through the muck of this foul swamp.
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tentacle

This mighty tentacle is a part of a kraken.
Any damage dealt to it hurts the whole creature.
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tentacled monstrosity

A writhing mass of tentacles, all covered in putrid mucus.
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titan

This lightning-limned humanoid is unusually large and powerful, even among giants.
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toenail golem

A huge animated statue made entirely from toenail clippings. Some people just have too much time on their hands.
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toadstool

A short-lived species of fungus typically found on or around decaying organic matter.
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tormentor

This malign devil is covered in all manner of claws, spines and cruel hooks.
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troll

A huge, nasty-looking creature. Its thick and knobbly hide seems to heal almost instantly from most wounds.
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two-headed ogre

A huge ogre with two heads on top of a bloated ogre body. It is capable of holding a weapon in each giant hand.
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ufetubus

A chattering and shrieking minor demon.
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ugly thing

An ugly thing. According to legend, this mutated creature is the otherworldly spawn of a wizard's breeding experiment. Yuck.
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unseen horror

These creatures are usually unseen by the eyes of most, and those few who have seen them would rather not have.
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vampire

A powerful undead.
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vampire knight

A powerful warrior, with skills undiminished by undeath.
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vampire mage

Undeath has not lessened this powerful mage.
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vapour

A normally invisible cloud of weird-looking vapour.
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vault guard

A heavily armed and armoured guardian of the Vaults.
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very ugly thing

A very ugly thing. According to legend, this hideously mutated creature is the otherworldly spawn of a wizard's breeding experiment. Double yuck.
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wandering mushroom

A large, fat mushroom.
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war dog

A vicious dog, trained to kill.  Its neck is protected by a massive spiked collar.
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warg

A particularly large and evil looking wolf, usually found in the company of orcs.
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water elemental

A spirit drawn from the elemental plane of water. It exists on this world as part of a body of water.
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white draconian

Before you stands a draconian.
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white imp

A small and mischievous minor demon.
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wight

An ancient warrior, kept in a state of undeath by its will to live.
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wizard

A rather eccentric person, dabbling in all sorts of arcanities.
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wolf

A large and strong grey canine.
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wolf spider

A large hairy spider with vicious mandibles, roaming the dungeon in search of food.
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wood golem

A huge animated wood statue.
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worm

A giant worm, glistening with slime, with unusually large teeth.  You find yourself surprised that a worm should have teeth at all.
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wraith

This undead spirit appears as a cloud of black mist surrounding an insubstantial skeletal form. Its eyes burn bright with unholy malevolence.
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wyvern

A dragon-like creature with a long, sharply pointed tail.  Although smaller and less formidable than true dragons, wyverns are nonetheless a foe to be reckoned with.
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yak

The common dungeon yak, covered in shaggy yak hair and bearing a nasty pair of yak horns.
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yaktaur

Like a centaur, but half yak.
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yaktaur captain

Like a centaur, but half yak. It looks very strong and aggressive.
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yellow draconian

Before you stands a draconian.
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viper

A yellow-scaled snake with a painful venom. It's not as fast as some other snakes, but still fairly quick.
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yellow wasp

A giant wasp covered with thick plates of yellow chitinous armour.
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ynoxinul

A demon with shiny metallic scales.
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