North American Monsters (Bestiary)
Introduction
A Continent of Many Traditions
From Arctic seas and boreal forests to the Great Lakes, Appalachia, deserts, islands and tropical coasts, North America holds many distinct traditions of strange beings and legendary creatures.
This bestiary keeps those traditions separate. A being from a particular people or region is named as such; folklore, cryptid reports, ordinary fauna and campaign creatures appear in their own chapters.
Use the index to search by name or region, then open any linked entry for its full game statistics and lore.
Reading the Entries
Traditional names are tied to the community or region from which they come whenever a reliable attribution is available. Similar names can describe different beings in different traditions.
The game entries are adaptations for play. They should not be treated as complete accounts of living religions, sacred stories or community history.
Field Guide Five chapters of creatures and lore
Creature entries 197
Traditional beings 37
Folklore & cryptids 39
Animals & ancient fauna 44
Campaign creatures 77
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Chapter I
Traditional Beings
Beings drawn from distinct Indigenous and Arctic traditions. Each entry names the people or region associated with it wherever reliable attribution is available.
37 entries
Illustrated chapter plate Akhlut A chapter plate drawn from the linked Akhlut game entry. Traditional beings remain identified by their particular people or regional tradition in the catalogue.
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Also listed as: Stone Giant
Origin Northeast / Wabanaki
Region Northeast & Great Lakes
Rules D&D 2024, Pathfinder 1e & D&D 3.5e
Type Traditional being
Origin Arctic
Region Arctic & Subarctic
Rules D&D / Pathfinder
Type Traditional being
Origin Arctic
Region Arctic & Subarctic
Rules D&D / Pathfinder
Type Traditional being Lore note: Modern retellings usually place this being in Inuit tradition, although accounts and spellings vary.
Origin Alaska / Yup’ik tradition
Region Arctic & Subarctic
Rules D&D / Pathfinder
Type Traditional being
Also listed as: Amikut; Qamungelriit (reported variant/context)
Origin Alaska / Yup’ik tradition
Region Arctic & Subarctic
Rules D&D / Pathfinder
Type Traditional being Lore note: Amikuk is associated here with Yup’ik tradition. “Rakshasa” on the creature page is a game-mechanics category.
Origin Southwest / Tewa and other Pueblo contexts
Region Southwest, Mexico & Caribbean
Rules D&D / Pathfinder
Type Traditional being Lore note: Stories and meanings vary among Pueblo communities, including Tewa traditions.
Origin Great Lakes / Anishinaabe traditions
Region Northeast & Great Lakes
Rules D&D / Pathfinder
Type Traditional being
Origin North America (specific tradition uncertain)
Region Widespread / Other
Rules D&D / Pathfinder
Type Traditional being Lore note: The surviving SpiralWorlds adaptation does not identify a single story or community tradition.
Also listed as: Mountain Troll
Origin Northeast / Wabanaki traditions
Region Northeast & Great Lakes
Rules D&D / Pathfinder
Type Traditional being
Also listed as: Däkwä’
Origin Southeast / Cherokee tradition
Region Widespread / Other
Rules D&D / Pathfinder
Type Traditional being Lore note: A great fish from Cherokee tradition rather than a general pan-Indigenous monster.
Traditions vary by community
Origin Plains and Great Lakes / multiple specific traditions
Region Northeast & Great Lakes
Rules D&D / Pathfinder
Type Traditional being
Also listed as: Teelget; Teelgeth
Origin Southwest / Diné Nayééʼ tradition
Region Southwest, Mexico & Caribbean
Rules D&D / Pathfinder
Type Traditional being Lore note: Part of the Diné Nayééʼ cycle; the name also appears as Teelget or Teelgeth.
Origin Arctic
Region Arctic & Subarctic
Rules D&D / Pathfinder
Type Traditional being
Also listed as: Thunderbird (Greater)
Origin Multiple distinct Indigenous traditions
Region Widespread / Other
Rules D&D / Pathfinder
Type Traditional being Lore note: A stronger game variant of Thunderbird, not a separate being shared by every tradition.
Origin Arctic / Inuit
Region Arctic & Subarctic
Rules D&D / Pathfinder
Type Traditional being
Origin Inuit tradition
Region Arctic & Subarctic
Rules D&D / Pathfinder
Type Supernatural watcher Lore note: The linked game entry presents Isitoq as a roaming eye that watches for broken taboos.
Origin Northeast / Haudenosaunee
Region Northeast & Great Lakes
Rules D&D / Pathfinder
Type Traditional being
Also listed as: Ohdowa
Origin Northeast / Haudenosaunee
Region Northeast & Great Lakes
Rules D&D / Pathfinder
Type Traditional being
Origin Arctic
Region Arctic & Subarctic
Rules D&D / Pathfinder
Type Traditional being Lore note: Modern retellings vary considerably; the game entry presents one version for play.
Origin Arctic
Region Arctic & Subarctic
Rules D&D / Pathfinder
Type Traditional being Lore note: A ten-legged bear in modern retellings; surviving accounts are sparse and inconsistent.
Origin Southeast Alaska / Tlingit tradition
Region Pacific Northwest
Rules D&D / Pathfinder
Type Traditional being
Origin Arctic / Inuit
Region Arctic & Subarctic
Rules D&D / Pathfinder
Type Traditional being
Origin Algonquian-language traditions
Region Northeast & Great Lakes
Rules D&D / Pathfinder
Type Spirit or spiritual power Lore note: Manitou can refer to spiritual power or to spiritual beings; this link presents a fantasy game interpretation.
Origin Cree traditions; compared with Anishinaabe Memegwesi
Region Northeast & Great Lakes
Rules D&D / Pathfinder
Type Traditional being
Origin Northeast / Wampanoag and neighbouring traditions
Region Northeast & Great Lakes
Rules D&D 5e & Pathfinder 1e
Type Traditional being
Origin Arctic / Inuit
Region Arctic & Subarctic
Rules D&D / Pathfinder
Type Traditional being
Origin Northwest Coast / especially Kwakwaka’wakw contexts
Region Pacific Northwest
Rules D&D / Pathfinder
Type Traditional being
Origin Diné cultural context
Region Southwest, Mexico & Caribbean
Rules D&D / Pathfinder
Type Witchcraft figure and shapechanger Lore note: The linked entry is a fantasy rules adaptation of a culturally specific Diné subject, not a general Indigenous monster.
Also listed as: U’tlun’ta
Origin Southeast / Cherokee tradition
Region Southeast & Appalachia
Rules D&D / Pathfinder
Type Traditional being
Origin Arctic / Inuit
Region Arctic & Subarctic
Rules D&D / Pathfinder
Type Traditional being Illustrated game adaptation from the linked Thunderbird entry; traditions and meanings vary by community.
Traditions vary by community
Origin Multiple distinct Indigenous traditions
Region Widespread / Other
Rules D&D / Pathfinder
Type Traditional being Lore note: The name covers distinct beings and meanings in different communities.
Origin Arctic
Region Arctic & Subarctic
Rules D&D / Pathfinder
Type Traditional being
Origin Greenland / Kalaallit Inuit tradition
Region Arctic & Subarctic
Rules D&D / Pathfinder
Type Traditional being Illustrated game adaptation from the linked Underwater Panther entry.
Origin Great Lakes / Anishinaabe traditions
Region Northeast & Great Lakes
Rules D&D / Pathfinder
Type Traditional being
Also listed as: Windigo; Wiindigoo (spellings vary by language and source)
Origin Algonquian-speaking traditions / distinct regional forms
Region Northeast & Great Lakes
Rules D&D / Pathfinder
Type Traditional being Lore note: Names and descriptions vary by language and community; the familiar antlered image is largely a modern popular-culture convention.
Origin Labrador–Québec / Innu tradition
Region Northeast & Great Lakes
Rules D&D / Pathfinder
Type Traditional being Lore note: Associated here with Innu tradition, not used as a general Arctic or Inuit label.
Origin Arctic (specific tradition uncertain)
Region Arctic & Subarctic
Rules D&D / Pathfinder
Type Traditional being Lore note: Included as a legacy RPG creature; no dependable cultural attribution is given.
Chapter II
Folklore and Regional Legends
Creatures recorded in local legends, maritime tales, frontier stories and the tall tales of the lumberwoods.
23 entries
Illustrated chapter plate Hodag Lumberwoods tales, local legends and regional monsters receive a full-page field-guide plate before the compact alphabetical records.
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Origin Lumberjack folklore
Region Widespread / Other
Rules D&D / Pathfinder
Type Folk monster or regional legend
Origin Lumberjack folklore
Region Widespread / Other
Rules D&D / Pathfinder
Type Folk monster or regional legend
Origin Anglo-American folklore
Region Widespread / Other
Rules D&D / Pathfinder
Type Folk monster or regional legend
Origin French-Canadian folklore
Region Widespread / Other
Rules D&D / Pathfinder
Type Folk monster or regional legend
Origin Lumberjack folklore / Southwest
Region Southwest, Mexico & Caribbean
Rules D&D / Pathfinder
Type Folk monster or regional legend
Origin Lumberjack folklore
Region Widespread / Other
Rules D&D / Pathfinder
Type Folk monster or regional legend
Origin Atlantic Canada / early French account with Mi’kmaq context
Region Northeast & Great Lakes
Rules D&D / Pathfinder
Type Folk monster or regional legend Lore note: Known chiefly through an early French colonial account set in Mi’kmaq territory; presented here as recorded folklore.
Origin Lumberjack folklore
Region Widespread / Other
Rules D&D / Pathfinder
Type Folk monster or regional legend
Origin Upper Midwest / Wisconsin
Region Plains & Interior
Rules D&D / Pathfinder
Type Folk monster or regional legend
Origin American folklore
Region Widespread / Other
Rules D&D / Pathfinder
Type Folk monster or regional legend
Origin Mississippi Valley / colonial-era account and later regional legend
Region Plains & Interior
Rules D&D / Pathfinder
Type Folk monster or regional legend Lore note: Presented as a colonial-era recorded image and later regional legend rather than a single traditional monster.
Origin Lumberjack folklore
Region Widespread / Other
Rules D&D / Pathfinder
Type Folk monster or regional legend
Origin Lumberjack folklore
Region Widespread / Other
Rules D&D / Pathfinder
Type Folk monster or regional legend
Origin Rocky Mountain folklore
Region Plains & Interior
Rules D&D / Pathfinder
Type Folk monster or regional legend Creature artwork reused from the linked Snallygaster entry.
Origin Mid-Atlantic / Maryland
Region Southeast & Appalachia
Rules D&D / Pathfinder
Type Folk monster or regional legend
Origin Lumberjack folklore
Region Widespread / Other
Rules D&D / Pathfinder
Type Folk monster or regional legend
Origin Pennsylvania / lumberjack folklore
Region Widespread / Other
Rules D&D / Pathfinder
Type Folk monster or regional legend
Origin Appalachian folklore
Region Southeast & Appalachia
Rules D&D / Pathfinder
Type Folk monster or regional legend
Origin Lumberjack folklore
Region Widespread / Other
Rules D&D / Pathfinder
Type Folk monster or regional legend
Origin Lumberjack folklore
Region Widespread / Other
Rules D&D / Pathfinder
Type Folk monster or regional legend
Origin Appalachia / Southern folklore
Region Southeast & Appalachia
Rules D&D / Pathfinder
Type Folk monster or regional legend
Origin Lumberjack folklore
Region Widespread / Other
Rules D&D / Pathfinder
Type Folk monster or regional legend
Origin Regional folklore / fantasy
Region Widespread / Other
Rules D&D / Pathfinder
Type Folk monster or regional legend
Chapter III
Cryptids and Modern Legends
Creatures of modern sightings, newspaper reports, UFO lore and urban legend.
16 entries
Illustrated chapter plate Chupacabra Modern sightings, urban legends and cryptid traditions are presented as folklore and game material rather than zoological claims.
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Origin Southeast / Georgia
Region Southeast & Appalachia
Rules D&D / Pathfinder
Type Cryptid or modern legend
Origin Pacific Northwest
Region Pacific Northwest
Rules D&D 5e & Pathfinder 1e
Type Cryptid or modern legend
Origin Modern urban legend
Region Widespread / Other
Rules D&D / Pathfinder
Type Cryptid or modern legend
Origin Pacific Northwest Coast
Region Pacific Northwest
Rules D&D / Pathfinder
Type Cryptid or modern legend Also listed as: Champ (Tanystropheus)
Origin Lake Champlain
Region Northeast & Great Lakes
Rules D&D / Pathfinder
Type Lake monster / cryptid Lore note: The linked entry uses Tanystropheus as its game-stat interpretation and includes a dedicated Champ section.
Creature artwork reused from the linked Chupacabra entry.
Origin Puerto Rico / wider Americas
Region Southwest, Mexico & Caribbean
Rules D&D / Pathfinder
Type Cryptid or modern legend
Origin Modern urban legend
Region Widespread / Other
Rules D&D / Pathfinder
Type Cryptid or modern legend
Also listed as: Crawfordsville Monster
Origin Midwest / Indiana
Region Plains & Interior
Rules D&D / Pathfinder
Type Cryptid or modern legend
Also listed as: Platylig
Origin Appalachia / West Virginia
Region Southeast & Appalachia
Rules D&D / Pathfinder
Type Cryptid or modern legend Also listed as: Giant Pike adaptation
Origin Lake Iliamna, Alaska
Region Arctic & Subarctic
Rules D&D / Pathfinder
Type Lake monster / cryptid Lore note: The linked entry uses a giant pike as its game-stat interpretation and includes a Lake Iliamna Monster section.
Origin Great Lakes / regional urban legend
Region Northeast & Great Lakes
Rules D&D / Pathfinder
Type Cryptid or modern legend Also listed as: Mothfolk
Origin Point Pleasant, West Virginia
Region Southeast & Appalachia
Rules D&D / Pathfinder
Type Cryptid and omen figure Lore note: The linked Mothfolk page is explicitly presented as the SpiralWorlds Mothman entry.
Also listed as: Bigfoot
Origin Pacific Northwest / wider North America
Region Pacific Northwest
Rules D&D 5e & Pathfinder 1e
Type Cryptid or modern legend
Origin Appalachia / West Virginia
Region Southeast & Appalachia
Rules D&D / Pathfinder
Type Cryptid or modern legend
Origin Internet folklore
Region Widespread / Other
Rules D&D / Pathfinder
Type Cryptid or modern legend Also listed as: Purple Worm adaptation
Origin Arctic traditional and modern retellings
Region Arctic & Subarctic
Rules D&D / Pathfinder
Type Burrowing monster Lore note: The linked Purple Worm page is explicitly titled as the SpiralWorlds Terichik adaptation.
Chapter IV
Animals and Prehistoric Fauna
Living animals, giant animals and prehistoric creatures suited to wilderness encounters.
44 entries
Illustrated chapter plate American Bison Living wildlife and prehistoric fauna form the natural-history chapter, giving campaigns ordinary animals as well as Ice Age and ancient creatures.
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Animal or prehistoric creature
Origin Southeast / freshwater
Region Southeast & Appalachia
Rules D&D / Pathfinder
Type Animal or prehistoric creature
Animal or prehistoric creature
Origin Prehistoric / introduced comparison
Region Widespread / Other
Rules D&D / Pathfinder
Type Animal or prehistoric creature
Origin Living fauna
Region Widespread / Other
Rules D&D / Pathfinder
Type Animal
Animal or prehistoric creature
Origin Freshwater / woodland
Region Widespread / Other
Rules D&D / Pathfinder
Type Animal or prehistoric creature Natural-history artwork reused from the linked Bison entry.
Animal or prehistoric creature
Also listed as: Buffalo
Origin Plains
Region Plains & Interior
Rules D&D / Pathfinder
Type Animal or prehistoric creature
Animal or prehistoric creature
Origin Forests / mountains
Region Widespread / Other
Rules D&D / Pathfinder
Type Animal or prehistoric creature
Animal or prehistoric creature
Origin Forests / mountains
Region Widespread / Other
Rules D&D / Pathfinder
Type Animal or prehistoric creature
Animal or prehistoric creature
Also listed as: Sperm Whale
Origin Marine
Region Widespread / Other
Rules D&D / Pathfinder
Type Animal or prehistoric creature
Animal or prehistoric creature
Origin Prehistoric North America
Region Widespread / Other
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Type Animal or prehistoric creature
Animal or prehistoric creature
Origin Widespread
Region Widespread / Other
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Type Animal or prehistoric creature
Animal or prehistoric creature
Also listed as: Cetacean
Origin Coastal / marine
Region Widespread / Other
Rules D&D / Pathfinder
Type Animal or prehistoric creature
Animal or prehistoric creature
Origin Western mountains
Region Plains & Interior
Rules D&D / Pathfinder
Type Animal or prehistoric creature
Animal or prehistoric creature
Origin Warm regions / campaign fauna
Region Widespread / Other
Rules D&D / Pathfinder
Type Animal or prehistoric creature
Animal or prehistoric creature
Origin Widespread
Region Widespread / Other
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Type Animal or prehistoric creature
Animal or prehistoric creature
Origin Domestic
Region Widespread / Other
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Type Animal or prehistoric creature
Animal or prehistoric creature
Origin Widespread
Region Widespread / Other
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Type Animal or prehistoric creature
Animal or prehistoric creature
Also listed as: Herd Animal, Elk
Origin Woodland / mountains / plains
Region Plains & Interior
Rules D&D / Pathfinder
Type Animal or prehistoric creature
Animal or prehistoric creature
Origin Fantasy fauna
Region Widespread / Other
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Type Animal or prehistoric creature
Animal or prehistoric creature
Origin Widespread
Region Widespread / Other
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Type Animal or prehistoric creature
Animal or prehistoric creature
Origin Widespread
Region Widespread / Other
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Type Animal or prehistoric creature
Animal or prehistoric creature
Origin Domestic / feral
Region Widespread / Other
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Type Animal or prehistoric creature
Animal or prehistoric creature
Origin Campaign fauna / introduced
Region Widespread / Other
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Type Animal or prehistoric creature
Animal or prehistoric creature
Origin Arctic
Region Arctic & Subarctic
Rules D&D / Pathfinder
Type Animal or prehistoric creature
Animal or prehistoric creature
Also listed as: Narwhale (legacy spelling)
Origin Arctic marine
Region Arctic & Subarctic
Rules D&D / Pathfinder
Type Animal or prehistoric creature Lore note: The displayed spelling is Narwhal; the older page address is retained.
Animal or prehistoric creature
Also listed as: Killer Whale
Origin Marine
Region Widespread / Other
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Type Animal or prehistoric creature
Animal or prehistoric creature
Origin Widespread
Region Widespread / Other
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Type Animal or prehistoric creature
Animal or prehistoric creature
Origin Southwest / Mexico / Central America
Region Southwest, Mexico & Caribbean
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Type Animal or prehistoric creature
Animal or prehistoric creature
Origin Arctic
Region Arctic & Subarctic
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Type Animal or prehistoric creature
Animal or prehistoric creature
Origin Coastal / marine
Region Widespread / Other
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Type Animal or prehistoric creature
Origin Living fauna
Region Widespread / Other
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Type Animal
Animal or prehistoric creature
Origin Widespread
Region Widespread / Other
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Type Animal or prehistoric creature
Animal or prehistoric creature
Also listed as: Caribou
Origin Arctic / subarctic
Region Arctic & Subarctic
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Type Animal or prehistoric creature Also listed as: Great White Shark
Origin Marine fauna
Region Widespread / Other
Rules D&D / Pathfinder
Type Animal Lore note: The great white shark serves as the standard large-shark encounter in this catalogue.
Animal or prehistoric creature
Also listed as: Sheep; Ram; Herd Animal
Origin Domestic / introduced
Region Widespread / Other
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Type Animal or prehistoric creature
Animal or prehistoric creature
Origin Widespread
Region Widespread / Other
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Type Animal or prehistoric creature
Animal or prehistoric creature
Origin Woodland
Region Widespread / Other
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Type Animal or prehistoric creature
Animal or prehistoric creature
Origin Freshwater / woodland
Region Widespread / Other
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Type Animal or prehistoric creature
Animal or prehistoric creature
Origin Wetlands / northern waters
Region Widespread / Other
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Type Animal or prehistoric creature
Animal or prehistoric creature
Origin Woodland / plains
Region Plains & Interior
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Type Animal or prehistoric creature
Animal or prehistoric creature
Origin Widespread
Region Widespread / Other
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Type Animal or prehistoric creature
Animal or prehistoric creature
Origin Arctic marine
Region Arctic & Subarctic
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Type Animal or prehistoric creature
Animal or prehistoric creature
Origin Marine
Region Widespread / Other
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Type Animal or prehistoric creature
Animal or prehistoric creature
Origin Forests / tundra / plains
Region Plains & Interior
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Type Animal or prehistoric creature
Animal or prehistoric creature
Origin Boreal / mountain
Region Widespread / Other
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Type Animal or prehistoric creature
Chapter V
Campaign Bestiary
D&D, Pathfinder and SpiralWorlds creatures suited to adventures set in North America. These are campaign monsters, not beings from North American folklore.
77 entries
Illustrated chapter plate Rift Drake The final chapter contains fantasy creatures suited to adventures in the North American campaign setting, clearly separated from folklore and living traditions.
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Origin Humanoid
Region Widespread / Other
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Type Campaign creature
Origin Celestial template
Region Widespread / Other
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Type Campaign creature
Origin Celestial template
Region Widespread / Other
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Type Campaign creature
Origin Celestial template
Region Widespread / Other
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Type Campaign creature
Origin Celestial template
Region Widespread / Other
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Type Campaign creature
Origin Celestial template
Region Widespread / Other
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Type Campaign creature
Origin Celestial template
Region Widespread / Other
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Type Campaign creature
Origin Celestial template
Region Widespread / Other
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Type Campaign creature
Origin Celestial template
Region Widespread / Other
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Origin Celestial template
Region Widespread / Other
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Origin Humanoid
Region Widespread / Other
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Origin Fiend
Region Widespread / Other
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Origin Dire animal
Region Widespread / Other
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Origin Dire animal
Region Widespread / Other
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Origin Dire / prehistoric animal
Region Widespread / Other
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Origin Dire animal
Region Widespread / Other
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Type Campaign creature
Origin Dire template
Region Widespread / Other
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Origin Dire animal
Region Widespread / Other
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Origin Dire animal
Region Widespread / Other
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Origin Dire animal
Region Widespread / Other
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Region Widespread / Other
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Origin Dire animal
Region Widespread / Other
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Origin Dire animal
Region Widespread / Other
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Origin Dire animal
Region Widespread / Other
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Origin Dire animal
Region Widespread / Other
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Origin Dire / prehistoric animal
Region Widespread / Other
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Origin Dire animal
Region Widespread / Other
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Origin Elemental
Region Widespread / Other
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Origin Giant
Region Widespread / Other
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Origin Plant
Region Widespread / Other
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Origin Magical beast
Region Widespread / Other
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Region Widespread / Other
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Region Widespread / Other
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Origin Giant animal
Region Widespread / Other
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Origin Giant animal
Region Widespread / Other
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Origin Ooze
Region Widespread / Other
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Origin Giant
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Region Widespread / Other
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Type Campaign creature
Also listed as: Chenoo (legacy duplicate label)
Origin Giant
Region Widespread / Other
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Type Campaign creature Lore note: A separate campaign creature from Chenoo despite overlap in some older adaptations.
Origin Monstrosity
Region Widespread / Other
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Origin Undead
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Region Widespread / Other
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Region Widespread / Other
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Origin Giant
Region Widespread / Other
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Origin Magical beast
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Appendix · Sources and Further Reading
Sources and Further Reading
Cultural traditions Names and descriptions are tied to specific peoples and regions whenever reliable attribution is available. Similar English labels may conceal very different beings and stories.
National Museum of the American Indian terminology guidance
Arctic names and regions Inuit, Iñupiat, Yup’ik, Kalaallit and Innu are distinct peoples and names. The individual creature entry identifies the tradition used for its game adaptation.
Inuit Art Foundation: monsters in Inuit art
Aliases and variant names Many beings are known by several spellings or translated names. The bestiary keeps useful aliases with one main entry so that readers can find the same creature without duplicate records.
Modern legends Cryptids, UFO-era reports, urban legends and internet stories are presented as folklore and popular culture. Their inclusion does not make a zoological claim.
Game rules and licences Creature pages may use D&D 3.5e, Pathfinder First Edition, later compatible rules or SpiralWorlds adaptations. Each linked page gives the rules and licence that apply to that creature.
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prettysleepy1 / PixabayWelcome to the North American Monsters Bestiary! This guide features a collection of creatures from North American folklore and legend. From the mythical Sasquatch of the Pacific Northwest, to the terrifying Chupacabra of the Southwest, this bestiary covers a wide range of monsters that have been rumored to roam the continent. So grab your garlic and silver bullets, and join us as we explore the mysterious and terrifying world of North American Monsters.
A A-senee-ki-wakw (Stone Giant) , Adlet , Ahkiyyinni , Akhlut , Alligator, Snapping Turtle , Altamaha-Ha , Argopelter , Aurochs , Avanyu ,
B Baykok , Bat, Batsquatch , Bear Black , Bear Brown , Bear Polar , Beaver , Beaver Women , Bigfoot , Billdad , Bison/Buffalo , Black-Eyed Children , Bloody Bones , Bonhomme sept-heures , Bullywug
C – Cadborosaurus , Cactoid, Cactus Cat , Cave Lion , Celestial Badger , Celestial Black Bear, Celestial Bison , Celestial Dire Lion , Celestial Dog , Celestial Eagle , Celestial Lion , Celestial Owl , Celestial Porpoise , Cetacean, Whale (Common) , Champ (Tanystropheus) , Chenoo , Cistern Creeper , Crawvil , Condor , Cougar
D Dakwa , Dark Scourge , Demon, Malorum , Deer Woman , Delgeth , Dog , Dire Creature , Dire Badger , Dire Bat , Dire Bear , Dire Boar , Dire Dog , Dire Lamprey , Dire Rat , Dire Shark , Dire Snake , Giant Toad , Giant Tortoise , Dire Turkey , Dire Walrus , Dire Weasel , Dire Wolverine , Dire Wolf , Dogman, Dover Demon, Rift Drake , Salt Drake , Dungavenhooter , Dust Devil
E Eagle , Eagle Giant , Herd Animal, Elk , Enochian Bear, Erqigdlit
F Fiendish Creature , Fiendish Boar , Fiendish Bear Black, Fiendish Dire Bat , Fiendish Crane Giant , Fiendish Alligator , Fiendish Giant Alligator , Fiendish Dire Rat , Fiendish Dire Shark , Fiendish Dire Wolf , Fiendish Hawk , Fiendish Monstrous Centipede , Fiendish Monstrous Scorpion , Fiendish Monstrous Spider , Fiendish Octopus , Fiendish Polar Bear , Fiendish Raven , Fiendish Shark, Medium , Fiendish Snake Constrictor , Fiendish Snake Giant Constrictor , Fiendish Snake Viper , Fiendish Wolf, Flytrap, Giant , Fresno Nightcrawler
G Giants Giant Earth , Giant Hill , Giant Stone (A-senee-ki-wakw) , Giant Storm , Goatman, Golem Golem Stone , Golem, Wood , Gougou , Green Slime , Gumberoo
H Hag, spearfinger, Hawk , Herd Animal, Reindeer , Sheep (Herd Animal) , Sheep, Ram, (Herd Animal), Hiyu, Hodag , Hoop Snake Horse
I Iktomi, Ijiraq , Isitoq
J Jogah Ga-hon-ga , Jogah Oh-do-wa
K Kigatilik , Kokogiak , Kokopelli , Kushtaka
L Lake Iliamna Monster , Lizard , Lizardfolk , Lizard Monitor
M Manitou , Mannegishi , Mahaha , Melonhead , Mothman , Musk-Ox
N Narwhale
O Ohdowa , Owl , Owl, Great Horned , Giant Owl , Owlbear
P Pale Stranger , Peccary , Piasa , Platylig (Flatwoods Monster) , Porpoise , Pukwudgie ,
Q Qallupilluk
R Raccoon, Giant , Rakshasa, Amikuk , Rat, Raven , Roperite
S Sand Squink , Shark, Sheepsquatch , Skunk , Sisiutl , Slide-rock Bolter , Snake Constrictor , Snake Viper , Snallygaster , Slender Man , Skin-walker , Splintercat , Squonk , Swan, Trumpeter Swan
T Taer , Tailypo , Tariaksuq , Terichik , Thrush , Thunderbird , Thunderbird (Greater) Titan Wild , Tizheruk , Toad , Toad, Giant , Treant , Treant, Elder , Tripodero , Troglodyte , Troll Troll, Mountain (Chenoo) , Tupilaq , Turkey , Twigjack ,
U Underwater panther , U`tlun’ta
W Wampus cat , Walrus , Wendigo , Wentshukumishiteu , Whale , Whale, Cachalot , Whale, Orca , Whi-lu-gho-yuk , Whimpus , Winter Wolf , Witch Tree , Wolf , Wolverine , Worg
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Chapter ITraditional Beings
Chapter IIRegional Folklore
Chapter IIICryptids
Chapter IVFauna
Chapter VCampaign Bestiary
