Help! Looking For a Creature.... [Archive] - Wizards Community

Help! Looking For a Creature.... [Archive] - Wizards Community

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wizardofowls
07-17-07, 11:15 AM I used to have a copy of the original 1st ed Deities and Demigods which included the Melnibonean mythos. I recall there was a creature therein which looked like a lion with a vulture's head. I want to think that it was called a chaos beast. Is this correct? Also, somewhere in that book there was a creature with a dog's body and a vulture's head. What was it called?

Any help would be appreciated.
Shiftkitty
07-17-07, 03:53 PM Those would be Vulture Lions and Dharzi Hunting Dogs.

VULTURE LIONS
Armor Class - 2
Move: 16"
Hit Points: 15 dice
12 feet tall creatures created by Elric's ancestors. These beasts have the body of a lion and the
head and talons of a vulture. Their beak strikes for 3 dice (6 sided) of damage and their talons
hit for 4 (6-sided) dice. When summoned 8-32 will appear and serve the caller.

DHARZI HUNTING DOGS
Armor Class - 3
Move: 16"
Hit Points: 4 dice
Alignment Chaos
Magic Ability: None
Fighter Ability: As Monster
Psionic Ability: Class 6
Created by a long dead race of wizards, these animals are half bird and half dog. They have the
legs and body of a wolf hound and the talons and head of a hawk. These creatures are faultless
trackers, able to follow a scent days old. They normally travel in packs of 5-30 and when fighting
bite for 3-18 points of damage.

This is pasted from a scanned copy of "Gods, Demi-Gods, and Heroes", 4th printing. I got it from RPG Now! for $4.95 if you want to get a copy.
wizardofowls
07-17-07, 04:38 PM Thank you so much for your help! I really appreciate it!
Shiftkitty
07-17-07, 07:49 PM No problem. Are you playing Old School D&D, or just going out of your mind trying to remember the critters?
wizardofowls
07-17-07, 08:49 PM Well, I am working on a homebrew world in which the world was blown up and is now composed of 1000 floating islands. Transportation between them is achieved by flying ships. I was trying to think of flying creatures to use in my world, and I was thinking that maybe one or the other of those two creatures had wings. Oh well...

They are still both very cool creatures and would love to see them updated for 3e rules.
Shiftkitty
07-17-07, 10:06 PM There are other creatures in that particular chapter that have wings. You should buy a copy. www.rpgnow.com is the website. Have you been there?

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
wizardofowls 07-17-07, 11:15 AM	I used to have a copy of the original 1st ed Deities and Demigods which included the Melnibonean mythos. I recall there was a creature therein which looked like a lion with a vulture's head. I want to think that it was called a chaos beast. Is this correct? Also, somewhere in that book there was a creature with a dog's body and a vulture's head. What was it called? Any help would be appreciated.
Shiftkitty 07-17-07, 03:53 PM	Those would be Vulture Lions and Dharzi Hunting Dogs. VULTURE LIONS Armor Class - 2 Move: 16" Hit Points: 15 dice 12 feet tall creatures created by Elric's ancestors. These beasts have the body of a lion and the head and talons of a vulture. Their beak strikes for 3 dice (6 sided) of damage and their talons hit for 4 (6-sided) dice. When summoned 8-32 will appear and serve the caller. DHARZI HUNTING DOGS Armor Class - 3 Move: 16" Hit Points: 4 dice Alignment Chaos Magic Ability: None Fighter Ability: As Monster Psionic Ability: Class 6 Created by a long dead race of wizards, these animals are half bird and half dog. They have the legs and body of a wolf hound and the talons and head of a hawk. These creatures are faultless trackers, able to follow a scent days old. They normally travel in packs of 5-30 and when fighting bite for 3-18 points of damage. This is pasted from a scanned copy of "Gods, Demi-Gods, and Heroes", 4th printing. I got it from RPG Now! for $4.95 if you want to get a copy.
wizardofowls 07-17-07, 04:38 PM	Thank you so much for your help! I really appreciate it!
Shiftkitty 07-17-07, 07:49 PM	No problem. Are you playing Old School D&D, or just going out of your mind trying to remember the critters?
wizardofowls 07-17-07, 08:49 PM	Well, I am working on a homebrew world in which the world was blown up and is now composed of 1000 floating islands. Transportation between them is achieved by flying ships. I was trying to think of flying creatures to use in my world, and I was thinking that maybe one or the other of those two creatures had wings. Oh well... They are still both very cool creatures and would love to see them updated for 3e rules.
Shiftkitty 07-17-07, 10:06 PM	There are other creatures in that particular chapter that have wings. You should buy a copy. www.rpgnow.com is the website. Have you been there?