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More Ral Partha AD&D Monsters: Catoblepas, Ormyrr
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Here are some more wonderful Ral Partha Advanced Dungeons & Dragons monsters, which I will be porting over to my Oldhammer Monster Hunting Skirmish Campaign.
While we have so many editions of Warhammer and can pull stats for the most common and iconic monsters in fantasy, these fellas below are a bit more… rare and fantastic.
So they are going to need some rules and stats made for them, which I dont think will be too difficult.
Onwards to these strange lovable creatures…
Ral Partha AD&D 11-532 Ormyrr
According to the 3rd edition Monster Manual II:
"Ormyrrs are intelligent, semi-nomadic creatures that live in small settlements along muddy river banks and lake shores.
An Ormyrr has an enormous, grublike body that can measure as much as 25 feet long.
At the top of the body is a froglike head that appears impossibly large and heavy.
Below the head, four short but powerful arms extend out from the body.
Ormyrrs have no magical ability, but magic fascinates them.
They covet magic items."
Ral Partha AD&D 11-422 Catoblepas
According to AD&D 1e Monster Manual:
"This nightmare creature is loathsome beyond description and has no redeeming features.
Its body resembles that of a huge, bloated buffalo and gives off an offensive odor.
The Catoblepas' neck is long and thin, and perched atop it is a big head uglier than that of a wart hog.
Perhaps its habitat – fetid swamps and miasmal marches – caused the bizarre combination of genetic characteristics.
Or perhaps it was due to some ghastly tinkering with life by a demented godling."
Interesting… what god would make such a creature? Going to have to look at the list of "demented" gods for a suspect.
Hmm. I dunno, I dont think he is loathsome at all.
Look at that face!
I shall call him Angus…
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