Wednesday, April 15, 2026

A List of Draculas and Medusas

Medusa is a gorgon, but not in D&D. She’s a race. And there are male medusas?! Well okay, I find this sort of thing amusing, so I put it into a little RPG I’m crafting at the moment.

d50 Monster Description
1. AsterisksLittle guys, hardly bigger than hobbits, that have a rather viking thing going on. Winged helmets. Iron-hard fists. Shrewd and brave.
2. BabayagasHags that travel about in chicken-legged huts and flying cauldrons.
3. BehemothsBig ass beasts made by the gods just to boast. Usually sleeping, but roused by iniquity.
4. BlackulasUnlike draculas, blackulas retain their souls.
5. CenncroithisOne-eyed columns that suck in unwary prey in to feast on. Worshiped by cultists and apemen.
6. CerebusesThree-headed hell dogs. Of course the heads breathe fire.
7. CharybdisesSea sarlacs that can cause whirlpools thrice daily.
8. ChoculasEven browner than blackulas.
9. CircesWitches that turn people they are offended by into animals.
10. ConansBarbarians that desire to hear the lamentation of the women.
11. CthulhusSea giants with octopus heads. Their mere presence causes madness.
12. JeckyllsMad alchemists that are addicted to PCP-serums that remove their inhibitions. Often carry æolipiles, smoke bombs, and cane-swords.
13. DraculasVampires that desire virgin blood.
14. DurinsBanesGreat big humanoids with whips and bat wings… or was it fire?
15. FenrirsGiant wolves.
16. FrankensteinsWalking dead created by mad magicians and jeckylls.
17. ElohimReally arrogant storm gods that go around in robes and try to tell people what to do. Can polymorph into burning bushes and rapey animals.
18. GrendlemomsLook like Angelina Jolie dipped in gold, but have natural high heals and tails. Diabolical mothers of demons such as grendles.
19. Headless HorsemenRiders that keep their severed heads in hand, ready to throw at you.
20. HydrasWater/swamp snakes gigantic in size and many-headed. Severing a head just makes two new ones grow.
21. JerseydevilsWyvern-devil hybirds that are birthed by ungrateful mothers, grendelmoms, circes, and babayagas.
22. JörmungandrsGreat worms. Will swallow you whole.
23. KingkongsGarguantuan gorillas. Distracted by pretty women.
24. KoscheisWizards with tusks that galavant around on sleipnirs causing trouble. Each one must be killed in a unique way.
25. LadonsSnakes with long bodies and many heads. Tend to guard magic trees.
26. LeatherfacesChainsaw wielding cannibals that wear their victims and feed on fear. Some have a cunning that allows them to masquerade as normal people, called buffalobills, but they can only keep up the act so long.
27. LeviathansHuge sea serpents.
28. LoreleisUndead river sirens. They think every man is their lost love.
29. LucifersTempters that should be stuck in the seven hells, but often slip out because some foolish koschei summoned them.
30. MedusasLamias that have snakes for hair and stonifying gazes. They are great archers too.
31. MothmenShadowy figures that stalk the woods. They can fly, and often use camouflage to imitate humanoids.
32. MothrasGiants moths with web and sleep dust attacks. Seem to always have eggs somewhere, and their caterpillars avenge them.
33. MychaelMyersMad men whose minds are bereft of all save the most evil thoughts. Silent and patient stalkers.
34. NessiesLake monsters.
35. PazuzusWind demons with Darth Vader voices.
36. PinheadsA race of demons or angels that find pleasure in pain. Their head is riddled with nails, tacks, and needles.
37. PolyphemusesOne eyed giants. Love to eat sheep.
38. RenfieldsServants of undead, kept in their thrall. Can’t help but eat bugs.
39. SarlacsGiant ambush predators that grab people with their long tentacles and swallow them whole. The digestion is slow and painful.
40. ScyllasesAt home in the sea, but will grow legs to come on the land like a mermaid. Only the legs are kinda, several wolves that fuse like a rat-king at the scyllases’ waists.
41. SleipnirsMany legged horses. Highly prized by gods and spirits as war mounts.
42. SlimersGreen ghosts that gunk up everything.
43. SmaugsBig old lizards with wings and fire breath.
44. StaypuftsSeemingly joyful giants that have little regard for property damage.
45. SpocksA logical race that prefer science to fights, but will often put down adventurers while prevaricating about the needs of the many. Watch out for their phasers.
46. TalosesBronze men that spring from the ash trees of wizards. Sometimes giants, sometimes speedsters, and sometimes winged.
47. Tee One ThousandsThe ultimate golem, made from mercury that can harden and liquify at will. Ignore most physical damage; slowed by cold.
48. TiamatsHorrid sea monsters that mate with anything and create more monsters.
49. WorfsA race of warriors obsessed with fighting and honor. Hate their own kids for being weak. There are a surprising number of half-worfs out there that hate their dads back.
50. ZardozesGiant flying stone heads. Followed by crowds of crazed cultists that the zadozes reward with guns and red outfits that are very revealing.

Now how about the RPG. It's a simple skills using RPG. It started as a x in 6 on a d6 skills check RPG--and still could be used that way--but it morphed into something else. It might need some inventory management rules, maybe armor options, and lacks the vancian spells. I'm working on it. 

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