Role-playing bestiary

Role-playing games often use a common set of creatures that are easily recognizeable and have pre-determined traits. Most are based on mythology in some form or other. The Dungeons & Dragons Monster Manual contains many of these as well.

Table of contents 1 Common roleplaying creatures include: 1.1 PC Classes 1.2 Living 1.3 Undead

Common roleplaying creatures include:

PC Classes

• Cleric[?]
• Fighter[?]
• Mage[?]
• Thief[?]

Living

• PC Races
  • Dwarf
  • Elf
  • Gnome
  • Human
  • Orc
  • Troll
• Monsters and NPCs
  • Angel
  • Banshee
  • Basilisk
  • Browny[?]
  • Bugbear[?]
  • Centaur
  • Chimaera
  • Cyclopes
  • Demon
  • Dragon (also, "Wyrm"): European dragon, Chinese dragon
  • Dryad
  • Elemental[?]
  • Fairy
  • Giant
  • Goblin
  • Gorgon
  • Gremlin[?]
  • Griffin
  • Hag[?]
  • Hippogriff
  • Hobgoblin
  • Illithid (Mind flayer)
  • Kobold
  • Kraken
  • Leprechaun
  • Merfolk
  • Naiad
  • Nereid
  • Nymph
  • Ogre
  • Phoenix
  • Pixie[?]
  • Roc
  • Salamander
  • Satyr
  • Sea serpent
  • Sphinx
  • Tarasque
  • Unicorn
  • Werewolf
  • Wyvern

Undead

• Corporeal
  • Ghouls
  • Liches
  • Morhg[?]
  • Skeleton[?]
  • Vampire
  • Wight[?]
  • Zombie
• Non-Corporeal
  • Ghost
  • Revenant[?]
  • Spectre
  • Wraith[?]

See also: Mythical beast