Also Known As: Asura, Kravyads, Nri-chakshas, Kravyads. Female rakshasas are known as Rakshasi. Description: Rakshasas are encountered in one of two states: either possessing a human (or occasionally an animal) or as semi-corporeal spirit entities. Since are capable of magically altering the appearance of their spirit form at will, the natural appearance of these…
Also Known As: Compost Monster, Swamp Elemental, Plant Demon Description: The swamp beast is an animated, humanoid creature made of decaying plant matter. The typical swamp beast is 8’-10’ tall, but specimens as small as 3’ and as tall as 25’ feet have been encountered. Swamp beasts have glowing red eyes and give off…
Also Known As: The “Belt Road Booger” encountered by several people in Georgia in the 1970s was in all likelihood a devil monkey. The Nalusa Flaya of Choctaw legend bears a strong physical resemblance to the devil monkey, though devil monkey does not seem to have any of the supernatural abilites attributed to the legendary…
Also Known As: Devil Dog, Demon Dog Description: Hellhounds look like large black mastiffs with red or yellow eyes. They have foul breath that is often described as smelling like rancid meat mixed with sulpher. BMA Classification: Hellhounds are listed on the Bureau of Monster Affairs’ Official Monster List. Facebook Twitter Reddit Tumblr Email
Also Known As: Sometimes spelled “ghul,” the Arabic word for “demon.” Description: Ghouls who are well-fed on human flesh are indistinguishable from normal humans. The longer a ghoul goes without feeding, the less human it looks. A ghoul in the later stages of starvation will be extremely thin and pale, with veins clearly visible through…
Also Known As: Ewah or Ew’ah (Cherokee). Description: The Wampus Cat is a demonic creature that looks like a bipedal mountain with large yellow eyes. BMA Classification: The Wampus Cat is listed on the Bureau of Monster Affairs’ Official Monster List. Facebook Twitter Reddit Tumblr Email
Also Known As: No other known names. Description: The Enfield Horror is described as bing 4.5-5 feet tall and grayish in color with large “flashlight-sized” red or pinkish eyes. The creature has two short, arms growing from the front of its chest and three legs with, one smaller than the others. Its tracks are similar…
Since I can’t think of any new archetypes to do every week, we’re switching gears and doing the Monster of the Week. Some of the monsters covered here will be classics from folklore and mythology, some will be inspired by fiction, some will be cryptids that some people say actually exist, and some of them…
I ran this session of Fort High: Monkey Trouble at Origins in 2007. If I’m not mistaken, it was the first successful playtest of the Weird Times at Charles Fort High setting. While I have tried to be as faithful to the actual game we played as possible, a number of details have been left…
