Deep jungle creatures [Archive] - Wizards Community

Deep jungle creatures [Archive] - Wizards Community

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tryco
02-03-06, 10:06 AM I'm looking for creatures that live in the deep jungles. let say the amazon.
what kind of creatures live there?

i would think:
apes
jaguars
or creatures with the wood template (MotP).
violet funges
The Vorpal Tribble
02-03-06, 10:29 AM Plant and fey creatures galore (assassin vines everywhere. In fact, in one of my games a race has planted the vines absolutely everywhere around their property and their druids calm them and regularly harvest the fruit. So not only is it a great protector, its also a provider of constant food)
Blood Apes (MM II or III, I forget which)
Dire Maggots (Libris Mortis)
Any insect swarms
Giant insects
Dromite hives (Expanded Psionic Handbook)
Poison dusk lizardfolk (MM III)
Woodlings (MM III template)
Yuan'ti
Zeuglaks and Silithars from Lords of Madness would be a must (particularly silthilars)
Any and all snakes
Maybe an udoroot from the Expanded Psionics Handbook.
Fungiforms if you have Hyperconscious, I used them in a jungle-based campaign of mine... which promptly ended the game. Not a player made the save or casted a spell to heal diseases before they were taken over.
Capybaras (I just used the dire rat)
Jungle creatures with Titanic template (theres a 3.5 update manual for it because it was originaly 3.0). Gotta love a gargantuan poison dart frog ;)

Hope that gives you some ideas.
Jerakeen
02-03-06, 02:15 PM Dinosaurs
Digesters
Coualts
Dire Animals(Ape,Snake(MMII) and Tiger)
Spiders
Yuan - ti and related creatures(Elder Serpents(Dragon 313),Ti - Khana(FF))
Girallons
Ettercaps
Gambol(MMII)

Entomanothrope (http://wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/re/20040621a) (Were Vermin)
For some exclusive jungle critters check this:Toxic Paradise: Monsters of the Rainforest (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/fw/20030531a)(3.0 content)
Some swarms with the Plague Carrier template (http://www.wizards.com/dnd/article.asp?x=fr/pg20011219b) (3.0 content)
The Ba 'traa template (http://wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/bs/20040829a)(Froglike) is interesting.
The Vorpal Tribble
02-03-06, 02:56 PM First link doesn't work, and the second is 3.0, as is the 3rd link I think :(
tryco
02-03-06, 03:04 PM alot of exotic birds.
reptiles, lizards.
alot of plants.
Umbral Banyan (MotP)(huge living evil tree)
basilisk.
Girallon.
green dragons.
other kinds of dragons.
guevaramartyr
02-03-06, 03:51 PM uhh. i forget what they're called, but theyre dragon-like high cr creatures from MMII. linnorns? theyre awesome and range from like CR16 to 28
Keenath
02-03-06, 04:01 PM Where are the stats for Jaguars?

Edit: Agh, never mind, I just spotted "leopard" and realized that they're practically the same thing.
Jerakeen
02-03-06, 06:04 PM First link doesn't work, and the second is 3.0, as is the 3rd link I think :(

Fixed.Thanks for the advice.
ubernex
02-03-06, 06:41 PM I generally fill the deep jungles with feral halflings with a taste for warm flesh. :D
Darth Sephiroth
02-03-06, 11:10 PM Look Here (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/variant/races/environmentalRacialVariants.htm#jungleRa ces)
Laowai
02-04-06, 03:40 PM or you could throw in a tribe of jungle goblins or these guys:

Gar’Jin Troll
Gar’Jin troll, 1st-Level Warrior
Medium Monstrous Humanoid
Hit Dice: 1d8+3 (7 hp)
Initiative: +4
Speed: 30 ft. (6 squares)
Armor Class: 16 ( +4 Dex, +2 leather armor, touch 14, flat-footed 12)
Base Attack/Grapple: +1/+3
Attack: Greataxe +3 melee (1d12+3) or Tusks +3 natural (1d6+2) or Shortspear +3 melee (1d6+2) or Shortspear +5 ranged (1d6+2) or Barbed Net +5 Ranged Touch (special)
Full Attack: Greataxe +3 melee (1d12+3) and Tusks +3 natural (1d6+2) or Shortspear +3 melee (1d6+2) and Tusks natural (1d6+2) or Shortspear +5 ranged (1d6+2)
Space/Reach: 5 ft./5 ft.
Special Attacks: —
Special Qualities: Darkvision 60 ft. Fast Healing 1
Saves: Fort +5, Ref +4, Will +1
Abilities: Str 15, Dex 18, Con 17, Int 11, Wis 13, Cha 6
Skills: Hide +7*, Listen +2, Move Silently +9, Survival +8, Spot +2, Craft (Traps) +5, Handle Animal -1
Feats: Track
Environment: Temperate Forest
Organization: Solitary, Pair, Patrol (1 rangers 1-3 warriors), Hunting Pack (1-2 rangers 4-10 warriors, 1-2 howlers), Warband ( 1 Lieutenant, 2-5 barbarians, 5-15 rangers, 10-20 warriors, 4-8 howlers), Tribe (1 Tribe Chieftain, 2-5 Lieutenants, 10-20 Barbarians, 15-25 rangers, 30-50 warriors, 10-20 howlers, 200-300 non combatants.)
Challenge Rating: 2
Treasure: Standard
Alignment: Usually Chaotic Evil
Advancement: By character class
Level Adjustment: +1
A Gar’Jin troll stands 6 to 7-1/2 feet tall and weigh 200 to 320 pounds. Their eyes are like those of a predator, sharp and attentive. Their eyes vary in colour from red to yellow. A Gar’Jin trolls skin is usually in shades of green or brown; usually all members of a single tribe are about the same colour. Gar’Jin trolls usually wear leather armor or clothing in shades of green. Gar’Jin trolls speak Troll; those with Intelligence scores of 12 or higher also speak Common.
Most Gar’Jin trolls are either warriors or rangers. Being trained as hunters since birth, they are very talented at hunting and killing their prey.
When at war, Gar’Jin trolls paint their faces with blood red colours and brandish greataxes and barbed hunting nets.

COMBAT
Being bloodthirsty and vicious Gar’Jin trolls prefer to charge their enemies head on, throwing barbed nets at their enemies and then stabbing at them with spears. If outnumbered though, they instead craft ingenuous traps and set ambushes. Very few who have been ambushed by Gar’Jin trolls have lived long enough to see their assailants, and hardly anyone have survived at all. After a battle they often use their long, razor sharp tusks to rip up the ribcages of the fallen and eat their hearts and liver.
Skills: Gar’Jin trolls have a +4 racial bonus on Move Silently, Craft (traps) and Survival checks. They also have a +2 on hide checks when in forests. Most Gar’Jin trolls have a few ranks in handle animal so they can control their vicious hunting Howlers.
Challenge Rating: Gar’Jin trolls with levels in NPC classes have a CR equal to their character level –1.
GAR’JIN TROLLS AS CHARACTERS
Gar’Jin troll characters possess the following racial traits.
— +2 Dexterity, +2 Constitution, -2 Intelligence, –2 Charisma.
— Medium: As Medium creatures, Gar’Jin trolls have no special bonuses or penalties due to their size..
—A Gar’Jin troll’s base land speed is 30 feet.
—Darkvision out to 60 feet.
— +4 racial bonus on Move Silently, Craft (traps) and Survival and also +2 on hide checks when in forests or other foliage.
— Special Qualities: Fast healing 1
—Weapon Proficiencies: Gar’Jin trolls are proficient with all simple weapons and also with the Greataxe, greatclub, shortbow and barbed net.
—Automatic Languages: Common, Troll. Bonus Languages: Elven, Giant, Gnoll, Orc, Goblin, Dwarf
—Favored Class: Barbarian and ranger.
The Gar’Jin troll warrior presented here had the following ability scores before racial adjustments: Str 15, Dex 16, Con 15, Int 13, Wis 13, Cha 8.
Level Adjustment: +1

I designed these, and they belong in the campaign world that i'm currently working on, but please excuse this self promotion. These trolls are sort of like the ones in Warcraft. Slightly larger than humans, very agile, and they have tusks. I figured that these might work well in any jungle setting =)
Laowai
12-21-06, 11:33 AM hm, i noticed just now that these trolls are highly overpowered. i'd say at least +2 meybe even +3 level adjustment. Sorry for bumping a thread this old btw.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
tryco 02-03-06, 10:06 AM	I'm looking for creatures that live in the deep jungles. let say the amazon. what kind of creatures live there? i would think: apes jaguars or creatures with the wood template (MotP). violet funges
The Vorpal Tribble 02-03-06, 10:29 AM	Plant and fey creatures galore (assassin vines everywhere. In fact, in one of my games a race has planted the vines absolutely everywhere around their property and their druids calm them and regularly harvest the fruit. So not only is it a great protector, its also a provider of constant food) Blood Apes (MM II or III, I forget which) Dire Maggots (Libris Mortis) Any insect swarms Giant insects Dromite hives (Expanded Psionic Handbook) Poison dusk lizardfolk (MM III) Woodlings (MM III template) Yuan'ti Zeuglaks and Silithars from Lords of Madness would be a must (particularly silthilars) Any and all snakes Maybe an udoroot from the Expanded Psionics Handbook. Fungiforms if you have Hyperconscious, I used them in a jungle-based campaign of mine... which promptly ended the game. Not a player made the save or casted a spell to heal diseases before they were taken over. Capybaras (I just used the dire rat) Jungle creatures with Titanic template (theres a 3.5 update manual for it because it was originaly 3.0). Gotta love a gargantuan poison dart frog ;) Hope that gives you some ideas.
Jerakeen 02-03-06, 02:15 PM	Dinosaurs Digesters Coualts Dire Animals(Ape,Snake(MMII) and Tiger) Spiders Yuan - ti and related creatures(Elder Serpents(Dragon 313),Ti - Khana(FF)) Girallons Ettercaps Gambol(MMII) Entomanothrope (http://wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/re/20040621a) (Were Vermin) For some exclusive jungle critters check this:Toxic Paradise: Monsters of the Rainforest (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/fw/20030531a)(3.0 content) Some swarms with the Plague Carrier template (http://www.wizards.com/dnd/article.asp?x=fr/pg20011219b) (3.0 content) The Ba 'traa template (http://wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/bs/20040829a)(Froglike) is interesting.
The Vorpal Tribble 02-03-06, 02:56 PM	First link doesn't work, and the second is 3.0, as is the 3rd link I think :(
tryco 02-03-06, 03:04 PM	alot of exotic birds. reptiles, lizards. alot of plants. Umbral Banyan (MotP)(huge living evil tree) basilisk. Girallon. green dragons. other kinds of dragons.
guevaramartyr 02-03-06, 03:51 PM	uhh. i forget what they're called, but theyre dragon-like high cr creatures from MMII. linnorns? theyre awesome and range from like CR16 to 28
Keenath 02-03-06, 04:01 PM	Where are the stats for Jaguars? Edit: Agh, never mind, I just spotted "leopard" and realized that they're practically the same thing.
Jerakeen 02-03-06, 06:04 PM	First link doesn't work, and the second is 3.0, as is the 3rd link I think :( Fixed.Thanks for the advice.
ubernex 02-03-06, 06:41 PM	I generally fill the deep jungles with feral halflings with a taste for warm flesh. :D
Darth Sephiroth 02-03-06, 11:10 PM	Look Here (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/variant/races/environmentalRacialVariants.htm#jungleRa ces)
Laowai 02-04-06, 03:40 PM	or you could throw in a tribe of jungle goblins or these guys: Gar’Jin Troll Gar’Jin troll, 1st-Level Warrior Medium Monstrous Humanoid Hit Dice: 1d8+3 (7 hp) Initiative: +4 Speed: 30 ft. (6 squares) Armor Class: 16 ( +4 Dex, +2 leather armor, touch 14, flat-footed 12) Base Attack/Grapple: +1/+3 Attack: Greataxe +3 melee (1d12+3) or Tusks +3 natural (1d6+2) or Shortspear +3 melee (1d6+2) or Shortspear +5 ranged (1d6+2) or Barbed Net +5 Ranged Touch (special) Full Attack: Greataxe +3 melee (1d12+3) and Tusks +3 natural (1d6+2) or Shortspear +3 melee (1d6+2) and Tusks natural (1d6+2) or Shortspear +5 ranged (1d6+2) Space/Reach: 5 ft./5 ft. Special Attacks: — Special Qualities: Darkvision 60 ft. Fast Healing 1 Saves: Fort +5, Ref +4, Will +1 Abilities: Str 15, Dex 18, Con 17, Int 11, Wis 13, Cha 6 Skills: Hide +7*, Listen +2, Move Silently +9, Survival +8, Spot +2, Craft (Traps) +5, Handle Animal -1 Feats: Track Environment: Temperate Forest Organization: Solitary, Pair, Patrol (1 rangers 1-3 warriors), Hunting Pack (1-2 rangers 4-10 warriors, 1-2 howlers), Warband ( 1 Lieutenant, 2-5 barbarians, 5-15 rangers, 10-20 warriors, 4-8 howlers), Tribe (1 Tribe Chieftain, 2-5 Lieutenants, 10-20 Barbarians, 15-25 rangers, 30-50 warriors, 10-20 howlers, 200-300 non combatants.) Challenge Rating: 2 Treasure: Standard Alignment: Usually Chaotic Evil Advancement: By character class Level Adjustment: +1 A Gar’Jin troll stands 6 to 7-1/2 feet tall and weigh 200 to 320 pounds. Their eyes are like those of a predator, sharp and attentive. Their eyes vary in colour from red to yellow. A Gar’Jin trolls skin is usually in shades of green or brown; usually all members of a single tribe are about the same colour. Gar’Jin trolls usually wear leather armor or clothing in shades of green. Gar’Jin trolls speak Troll; those with Intelligence scores of 12 or higher also speak Common. Most Gar’Jin trolls are either warriors or rangers. Being trained as hunters since birth, they are very talented at hunting and killing their prey. When at war, Gar’Jin trolls paint their faces with blood red colours and brandish greataxes and barbed hunting nets. COMBAT Being bloodthirsty and vicious Gar’Jin trolls prefer to charge their enemies head on, throwing barbed nets at their enemies and then stabbing at them with spears. If outnumbered though, they instead craft ingenuous traps and set ambushes. Very few who have been ambushed by Gar’Jin trolls have lived long enough to see their assailants, and hardly anyone have survived at all. After a battle they often use their long, razor sharp tusks to rip up the ribcages of the fallen and eat their hearts and liver. Skills: Gar’Jin trolls have a +4 racial bonus on Move Silently, Craft (traps) and Survival checks. They also have a +2 on hide checks when in forests. Most Gar’Jin trolls have a few ranks in handle animal so they can control their vicious hunting Howlers. Challenge Rating: Gar’Jin trolls with levels in NPC classes have a CR equal to their character level –1. GAR’JIN TROLLS AS CHARACTERS Gar’Jin troll characters possess the following racial traits. — +2 Dexterity, +2 Constitution, -2 Intelligence, –2 Charisma. — Medium: As Medium creatures, Gar’Jin trolls have no special bonuses or penalties due to their size.. —A Gar’Jin troll’s base land speed is 30 feet. —Darkvision out to 60 feet. — +4 racial bonus on Move Silently, Craft (traps) and Survival and also +2 on hide checks when in forests or other foliage. — Special Qualities: Fast healing 1 —Weapon Proficiencies: Gar’Jin trolls are proficient with all simple weapons and also with the Greataxe, greatclub, shortbow and barbed net. —Automatic Languages: Common, Troll. Bonus Languages: Elven, Giant, Gnoll, Orc, Goblin, Dwarf —Favored Class: Barbarian and ranger. The Gar’Jin troll warrior presented here had the following ability scores before racial adjustments: Str 15, Dex 16, Con 15, Int 13, Wis 13, Cha 8. Level Adjustment: +1 I designed these, and they belong in the campaign world that i'm currently working on, but please excuse this self promotion. These trolls are sort of like the ones in Warcraft. Slightly larger than humans, very agile, and they have tusks. I figured that these might work well in any jungle setting =)
Laowai 12-21-06, 11:33 AM	hm, i noticed just now that these trolls are highly overpowered. i'd say at least +2 meybe even +3 level adjustment. Sorry for bumping a thread this old btw.