1

The Tome of Horrors CompleteFor Swords & Wizardry

CreditsAuthors

Scott Greene, Erica Balsley

Lair Encounter AuthorsJohn Stater, Jeff Harkness, Gary Schotter

Additional AuthorsKevin Baase, Casey Christofferson, Jim Collura, Meghan Greene, Lance Hawvermale,

Travis Hawvermale, Ian S. Johnston, Bill Kenower, Patrick Lawinger, Nathan Paul, Clark Peterson, Greg Ragland, Robert Schwalb, Greg A. Vaughan, Bill Webb

Lead DeveloperGreg A. Vaughan

DevelopersMatt Finch, Scott Greene, Clark Peterson, Bill Webb

ProducersBill Webb, Charles A. Wright

Swords & Wizardry ConversionJeff Harkness, John Stater, Gary Schotter

Managing EditorGreg A. Vaughan

EditorsErica Balsley, Dawn Fischer, Jeff Harkness, Stefen Styrsky, Brent Vaughan, Greg A. Vaughan

Sample

file

Layout & Graphic DesignCharles A. Wright

Front Cover ArtCharles A. Wright and Mike Chaney

Interior ArtRowena Aitken, Andrew Bates, Peter Bergting, Ed Bourelle, John Bridges, Mike Chaney,

Chris Curtin, David Day, Jim DiBartolo, Talon Dunning, Steve Ellis, Tom Gianni, Jeff Holt, Llyne Hunter, Leif Jones, Veronica Jones, Brian LeBlanc, Eric Lofgren, Chet Masters,

Jeremy McHugh, Gary McKee, Cara Mitten, Jim Nelson, Eric Pollack, Claudio Pozas, Nate Pride, Jeff Rebner, Erik Roman, Chad Sergesketter, James Stowe, Richard Thomas, Tim Truman, Tyler Walpole, & UDON Studios (with Attila Adorjany, Eric Kim, Ramon Perez,

Noi Sackda, Eric Vedder, Jef Wayne, and Jim Zubkavich)

Special ThanksTo Matt Finch for bringing us Swords & Wizardry Complete and without whom this conversion

would never have happened. Thanks to John Stater, Jeff Harkness and Gary Schotter for putting in the long hours to create the new material for the book.

Thanks to Mike Chaney for the look of the original books. Thanks to Bill Webb for resurrecting all the great things that Necromancer Games stood for with the creation of Frog God Games. And thank you to all the Frog God Games fans who

demand support of the Swords & Wizardry system. Old school lives on!

2

Sample

file

Introduction .................................... 8Aberrant ................................................. 10Abomination .......................................... 11Abyssal Harvester .................................. 12Abyssal Larva ........................................ 13Adherer .................................................. 14Aerial Servant ........................................ 15Afanc ...................................................... 16Ahlinni ................................................... 17Algoid .................................................... 18Al-mi’raj ................................................ 19Amphisbaena .......................................... 20Amphisbaena .......................................... 20Anemone, Great Sea .............................. 21Angel, Chalkydri .................................... 22Angel, Empyreal .................................... 23Angel, Monadic Deva ............................ 24Angel, Movanic Deva ............................ 25Animal Lord, Cat Lord .......................... 26Animal Lord, Mouse Lord ..................... 27Ant Lion ................................................. 28Apparition .............................................. 29Arach ...................................................... 30Arcanoplasm .......................................... 31Archer Bush ........................................... 32Ascomoid ............................................... 33Asrai ....................................................... 34Assassin Bug, Giant ............................... 35Astral Shark ........................................... 36Atomie .................................................... 37Aurumvorax ........................................... 38Babbler ................................................... 39Baccae .................................................... 40Banderlog ............................................... 41Baobhan Sith .......................................... 42Barbegazi ............................................... 43Baric ....................................................... 44Basidirond .............................................. 45Basilisk, Crimson ................................... 46Basilisk, Greater ..................................... 47Bat, Doombat ......................................... 48Bat, Mobat .............................................. 48Beast of Chaos ....................................... 49Bedlam ................................................... 50Beetle, Giant Blister ............................... 51Beetle, Giant Boring .............................. 51Beetle, Giant Death Watch ..................... 52Beetle, Giant Rhinoceros ....................... 52Beetle, Giant Saw-Toothed .................... 53Beetle, Giant Slicer ................................ 54Beetle, Giant Water ................................ 54Beetle, Requiem ..................................... 55Belabra ................................................... 56Bhuta ...................................................... 57Biclops ................................................... 58

Bleeding Horror ..................................... 59Blindheim ............................................... 60Blood Bush............................................. 60Blood Hawk ........................................... 61Bloodsuckle ............................................ 62Bloody Bones ......................................... 63Boalisk ................................................... 64Bog Beast ............................................... 65Bog Creeper ........................................... 65Bog Mummy .......................................... 66Bogeyman .............................................. 67Boggart ................................................... 68Bone Cobbler ......................................... 69Boneneedle ............................................ 70Bonesnapper ........................................... 70Bonesucker ............................................. 71Bookworm.............................................. 71Brass Man .............................................. 72Brownie .................................................. 73Brume ..................................................... 74Brykolakas ............................................. 74Buckawn ................................................ 75Bumblebee, Giant Queen ....................... 76Bumblebee, Giant Worker ...................... 76Bunyip .................................................... 77Burning Dervish ..................................... 78Cadaver .................................................. 79Cadaver Lord ......................................... 80Carbuncle ............................................... 81Carrion Moth .......................................... 82Caryatid Column .................................... 83Caterprism .............................................. 84Caterwaul ............................................... 85Cave Cricket ........................................... 86Cave Fisher ............................................ 87Cave Leech ............................................. 88Cave Moray ............................................ 89Cerberus ................................................. 90Cerebral Stalker ..................................... 91Chain Worm ........................................... 92Cherum ................................................... 93Chrystone ............................................... 94Chupacabra ............................................ 95Church Grim .......................................... 96Churr ...................................................... 97Clam, Giant ............................................ 98Clamor .................................................... 98Clockwork Brain Gear ........................... 99Clockwork Drone ................................... 99Clockwork Overseer .............................. 99Clockwork Parasite .............................. 100Clockwork Scout .................................. 100Clockwork Swarm ............................... 101Clockwork Titan................................... 101Clockwork Warrior .............................. 101

Clockwork Bronze Giant ..................... 102Clubnek ................................................ 103Cobra Flower ....................................... 103Coffer Corpse ....................................... 104Colossus, Jade ...................................... 105Cooshee ................................................ 106Corpse Candle ...................................... 106Corpse Orgy ......................................... 107Corpse Rook......................................... 108Corpsespinner ...................................... 109Crab, Monstrous ................................... 110Crabman ................................................111Crag Man ............................................. 112Crayfish, Monstrous ............................. 113Crucifixion Spirit ................................. 113Crypt Thing .......................................... 114Crystalline Horror ................................ 115Crystallis .............................................. 116Daemon, Cacodaemon ......................... 117Daemon, Charon .................................. 117Daemon, Charonadaemon .................... 118Daemon, Derghodaemon ..................... 118Daemon, Guardian ............................... 119Daemon, Hydrodaemon ....................... 120Daemon, The Oinodaemon .................. 121Daemon, Piscodaemon ......................... 122Dakon ................................................... 123Dark Creeper ........................................ 124Dark Stalker ......................................... 124Darnoc .................................................. 125Death Dog ............................................ 126Death Worm ......................................... 127Decapus ................................................ 128Demi-Lich ............................................ 129Demiurge .............................................. 130Demodand, Shaggy .............................. 131Demodand, Slime ................................. 132Demodand, Tarry ................................. 133Demon, Aeshma ................................... 134Demon, Alu- ......................................... 135Demon, Balban .................................... 135Demon, Cambion ................................. 136Demon, Chaaor .................................... 137Demon, Choronzon .............................. 138Demon, Corruptor—Azizou ................ 140Demon, Corruptor—Barizou ............... 140Demon, Corruptor—Geruzou .............. 140Demon, Daraka .................................... 141Demon, Gallu- ...................................... 142Demon, Gharros ................................... 143Demon, Greruor ................................... 143Demon, Mallor ..................................... 144Demon, Mehrim ................................... 145Demon, Mezzalorn ............................... 146Demon, Nabasu—Demonling .............. 147

The Tome of Horrors Complete

3

Table of Contents

Sample

file

Demon, Nabasu—Mature .................... 147Demon, Nerizo ..................................... 148Demon, Nysrock .................................. 149Demon, Ooze—Greater ....................... 150Demon, Ooze—Lesser ......................... 150Demon, Shadow ................................... 151Demon, Shrroth .................................... 152Demon, Skitterdark .............................. 153Demon, Stirge ...................................... 154Demon Lords

Baphomet (Demon Lord of Beasts) . 155Beluiri (The Temptress) ................... 156Caizel (Deposed Queen of Succubi) 157Dagon (Demon Prince of the Sea) ... 158Fraz-Urb’luu (Prince of Deception) 159Jubilex (The Faceless Lord) ............ 160Kostchtchie (Demon Prince of Wrath) ............. 161Maphistal (Second of Orcus) ........... 162Orcus (Demon Prince of the Undead) ..... 163Pazuzu (Demon Prince of Air) ........ 164Sonechard (General of Orcus) ......... 165Tsathogga (The Frog God) .............. 166Vepar (Duke of Dagon) ................... 167

Demonic Knight ................................... 168Devil, Amaimon ................................... 169Devil, Blood Reaver ............................. 170Devil, Flayer ........................................ 171Devil, Ghaddar ..................................... 172Devil, Hellstoker .................................. 173Devil, Lilin ........................................... 174Devil, Nupperibo .................................. 175Devil, Tormentor .................................. 176Devils, Unique

Alastor (Executioner of Hell) ....... 177Amon (Duke of Hell) .................... 178Baal (Duke of Hell) ...................... 179Baaphel (Duke of Hell) ................. 180Caasimolar (Former President of Hell) ......... 181Demoriel (Twice-Exiled Seductress) ......... 182Geryon (Arch-Devil) .................... 183Gorson (The Blood Duke) ............ 184Hutijin (Duke of Hell) .................. 185Lilith (Former Queen of Hell) ...... 186Lucifer (Prince of Darkness) ........ 187Moloch (Arch-Devil) .................... 189Titivilus (Duke of Hell) ................ 190Xaphan (Duke of Infernus) ........... 191

Devil Dog ............................................. 192Diger .................................................... 193Dire Corby ........................................... 194

Dire CreaturesDire Bison ..................................... 195Dire Deer ...................................... 195Dire Dog ....................................... 196Dire Elephant ................................ 196Dire Goat ...................................... 196Dire Hippopotamus (Behemoth) ... 197Dire Moose ................................... 197Dire Porcupine .............................. 197Dire Ram ....................................... 198Dire Skunk .................................... 199Dire Sloth ...................................... 199

Disenchanter ........................................ 200Dracolisk .............................................. 201Draconid ............................................... 202Dragon, Cloud ...................................... 203Dragon, Dungeon ................................. 204Dragon, Faerie ...................................... 205Dragon, Mist ........................................ 206Dragon, Smoke .................................... 207Dragon, Wrath ...................................... 208Dragon Horse ....................................... 209Dragonfly, Giant ................................... 210Dragonnel ............................................. 211Dragonship ........................................... 212Drake, Fire ........................................... 213Drake, Ice ............................................. 214Drake, Salt ............................................ 215Drake, Splinter ..................................... 216Draug .................................................... 217Dream Spectre ...................................... 218Drelb .................................................... 219Dust Digger .......................................... 220Ear Seeker ............................................ 221Eblis ..................................................... 221Ectoplasm ............................................. 222Elemental, Gravity ............................... 222Elemental, Negative Energy ................ 223Elemental, Positive Energy .................. 223Elemental, Psionic ................................ 224Elemental, Time ................................... 225Elemental Construct, Air ...................... 226Elemental Construct, Earth .................. 227Elemental Construct, Fire .................... 228Elemental Construct, Water ................. 229Elemental Dragon, Air ......................... 230Elemental Dragon, Earth ...................... 231Elemental Dragon, Fire ........................ 232Elemental Dragon, Water ..................... 233Elusa Hound ......................................... 234Encephalon Gorger .............................. 234Executioner’s Hood.............................. 235Eye Killer ............................................. 236Eye of the Deep .................................... 237False Spider, Giant ............................... 238

Fear Guard ........................................... 239Fen Witch ............................................. 240Fetch ..................................................... 241Fire Crab .............................................. 242Fire Nymph .......................................... 243Fire Phantom ........................................ 243Fire Snake ............................................ 244Fire Whale ............................................ 244Firefiend ............................................... 245Flail Snail ............................................. 246Flea, Giant ............................................ 247Flind ..................................................... 248Floating Eye ......................................... 249Flumph ................................................. 250Fly, Giant .............................................. 251Fogwarden ............................................ 251Foo Dog ............................................... 252Forester’s Bane .................................... 253Forgotten One ...................................... 254Forlarren ............................................... 255Frog, Giant Abyssal Dire ..................... 256Froghemoth .......................................... 256Frost Man ............................................. 257Fulgurate Mushrooms .......................... 258Fungoid ................................................ 258Fye........................................................ 259Fyr ........................................................ 260Gallows Tree ........................................ 261Gallows Tree Zombie ........................... 261Gambado .............................................. 262Gargoyle, Four-Armed ......................... 263Gargoyle, Fungus ................................. 263Gargoyle, Green Guardian ................... 264Gargoyle, Margoyle ............................. 264Gas Spore ............................................. 265Gelid Beetle, Greater ........................... 265Gelid Beetle, Lesser ............................. 265Genie, Abasheen .................................. 266Genie, Hawanar .................................... 267Genie, Marid ........................................ 268Geon ..................................................... 269Ghoul, Cinder ....................................... 270Ghoul, Dust .......................................... 271Ghoul-Stirge ......................................... 272Giant, Bronze ....................................... 273Giant, Cave .......................................... 274Giant, Ferrous ...................................... 275Giant, Jack-In-Irons ............................. 276Giant, Sand ........................................... 277Giant, Sea ............................................. 278Giant, Smoke ........................................ 279Giant, Volcano ...................................... 280Giant, Wood ......................................... 281Glass Wyrm .......................................... 282Gloom Crawler ..................................... 283

The Tome of Horrors Complete

4

Table of Contents

Sample

file

Gloomwing .......................................... 284Gnarlwood ............................................ 285Gohl...................................................... 286Golden Cat ........................................... 287Golem, Blood ....................................... 288Golem, Flagstone ................................. 288Golem, Furnace .................................... 289Golem, Gelatinous ............................... 290Golem, Ice ............................................ 291Golem, Iron Maiden ............................. 292Golem, Magnesium .............................. 293Golem, Mummy ................................... 294Golem, Ooze ........................................ 295Golem, Rope ........................................ 296Golem, Stone Guardian ........................ 297Golem, Tallow ...................................... 298Golem, Witch-Doll ............................... 299Golem, Wood ....................................... 300Gorbel .................................................. 301Gorgimera ............................................ 302Gorgons, True Euryale ............................................. 303 Sthenno ............................................ 303Gorilla Bear .......................................... 304Grave Risen .......................................... 305Gray Nisp ............................................. 306Graymalkin, Common .......................... 307Graymalkin, Slinker ............................. 307Graymalkin, Tether .............................. 307Gremlin ................................................ 308Grimm .................................................. 309Grimstalker .......................................... 310Grippli .................................................. 311Groaning Spirit ..................................... 312Gronk ................................................... 313Gryph ................................................... 314Gutslug ................................................. 315Half-Ogre ............................................. 316Hanged Man ......................................... 317Hangman Tree ...................................... 318Haunt .................................................... 329Helix Moth, Larva ................................ 320Helix Moth, Mature ............................. 320Hell Moth ............................................. 321Herald of Tsathogga ............................. 322Hippocampus ....................................... 323Hoar Fox .............................................. 324Hoar Spirit ............................................ 325Hornet, Giant ........................................ 326Horsefly, Giant ..................................... 327Hound of Ill Omen ............................... 328Huecuva ............................................... 329Huggermugger ..................................... 330Inphidian, Cobra-Back ......................... 331Inphidian, Common ............................. 332

Inphidian, Dancer ................................. 333Inphidian, Night Adder ........................ 334Inphidian, Rattler ................................. 335Iron Cobra ............................................ 336Jack-O-Lantern .................................... 337Jaculi .................................................... 338Jelly, Marsh .......................................... 339Jelly, Jubilex-Touched Marsh .............. 339Jelly, Mustard ....................................... 340Jelly, Stun- ............................................ 341Jelly, Whip ........................................... 342Jellyfish, Monstrous ............................. 343Jupiter Bloodsucker ............................. 344Kamadan .............................................. 345Kampfult .............................................. 346Kathlin .................................................. 347Kech ..................................................... 348Kelp Devil ............................................ 349Kelpie ................................................... 350Khargra................................................. 351Killmoulis ............................................ 352Korred .................................................. 353Kuah-Lij ............................................... 354Land Lamprey ...................................... 355Lantern Goat ........................................ 356Lava Child ............................................ 357Leech, Giant ......................................... 358Leprechaun ........................................... 359Lich Shade ........................................... 360Livestone .............................................. 361Living Lake .......................................... 362Lizard, Cavern ...................................... 363Lizard, Fire ........................................... 364Lizard, Gnasher .................................... 365Lurker Above ....................................... 366Lythic ................................................... 367Magmoid .............................................. 368Magnesium Spirit ................................. 369Mandragora .......................................... 370Mantari ................................................. 371Mantidrake ........................................... 372Marble Snake ....................................... 373Mawler ................................................. 374Medusa, Greater ................................... 375Memory Child ...................................... 376Memory Moss ...................................... 377Mephit, Lightning ................................ 378Mephit, Smoke ..................................... 379Midnight Peddler ................................. 380Mihstu .................................................. 381Mimi ..................................................... 382Mire Brute ............................................ 383Mite, Common ..................................... 384Mongrelman ......................................... 385Moon Dog ............................................ 387

Mortuary Cyclone ................................ 388Mosquito, Giant ................................... 389Muckdweller ........................................ 390Mudbog ................................................ 390Mudman ............................................... 391Mummy of the Deep ............................ 392Murder Crow ........................................ 393Murder-Born ........................................ 394Nazalor ................................................. 395Necrophidius ........................................ 396Nereid ................................................... 397Netherspark .......................................... 398Nilbog .................................................. 399Niln ...................................................... 400Nuckalavee ........................................... 401Oakman ................................................ 402Obsidian Minotaur ............................... 403Ogren .................................................... 404Ogrillon ................................................ 405Oil Shark .............................................. 406Olive Slime (Slime Zombie) ................ 407Onyx Deer ............................................ 408Ooze, Amber ........................................ 409Ooze, Crystal ........................................ 410Ooze, Entropic ..................................... 411Ooze, Entropic—Dark Matter .............. 411Ooze, Glacial ........................................ 412Ooze, Magma ....................................... 413Ooze, Mercury ..................................... 414Ooze, Metallic ...................................... 415Ooze, Undead ....................................... 416Ooze, Vampiric..................................... 417Orc, Black ............................................ 418Orc, Black—High Priest of Orcus ....... 418Orc, Blood ............................................ 419Orc, Ghost-Faced ................................. 419Orc, Greenskin ..................................... 420Orog ..................................................... 421Paleoskeleton, Triceratops ................... 422Pech ...................................................... 423Phantasm .............................................. 424Phantom ............................................... 425Phantom Stalker ................................... 425Phase Flea, Giant ................................. 426Phasma ................................................. 427Phlogiston ............................................ 428Phooka.................................................. 429Phycomid ............................................. 430Piercer .................................................. 430Pit Hag ................................................. 431Plant-Imbued Ape ................................ 432Poltergeist............................................. 433Proscriber ............................................. 434Protector ............................................... 435Psiwyrm ............................................... 436

The Tome of Horrors Complete

5

Table of Contents

Sample

file

Pudding, Blood .................................... 437Pudding, Brown ................................... 438Pudding, Dun ....................................... 439Pudding, Stone ..................................... 440Pudding, White..................................... 441Purple Moss ......................................... 442Pyrolisk ................................................ 442Quantum ............................................... 443Quasi-Elemental, Acid ......................... 444Quasi-Elemental, Lightning ................. 445Quasi-Elemental, Obsidian .................. 446Quickling .............................................. 447Quickwood ........................................... 448Raggoth ................................................ 449Rakklethorn Toad ................................. 450Rat, Barrow .......................................... 451Rat, Brain ............................................. 452Rat, Ethereal ......................................... 453Rat, Shadow ......................................... 454Rat, Spore ............................................. 455Rawbones ............................................. 456Red Jester ............................................. 457Redcap .................................................. 458Reigon .................................................. 459Reliquary Guardian .............................. 460Renzer .................................................. 461Retch Hound ........................................ 462Riptide Horror ...................................... 463Rock Reptile ......................................... 464Ronus ................................................... 465Roper, Stone ......................................... 466Ryven ................................................... 467Sabrewing ............................................ 468Sand Kraken ......................................... 469Sand Stalker ......................................... 470Sandling ............................................... 471Sandman ............................................... 472Scarecrow ............................................. 473Screaming Devilkin ............................. 474Screaming Skull ................................... 475Scylla .................................................... 476Scythe Tree........................................... 477Sea Serpent, Brine ................................ 478Sea Serpent, Deep Hunter .................... 479Sea Serpent, Fanged ............................. 479Sea Serpent, Gilded .............................. 480Sea Serpent, Shipbreaker ..................... 481Sea Serpent, Spitting ............................ 482Sea Slug, Giant ..................................... 483Sea Spider ............................................ 484Sea Spider, Pelagos .............................. 484Sea Wasp, Monstrous ........................... 485Sepia Snake .......................................... 486Sepulchral Guardian ............................. 487Shadow, Lesser .................................... 488

Shark, Giant Landwalker ..................... 489Shedu.................................................... 490Shedu, Greater ...................................... 490Sheet Fungus ........................................ 491Silid ...................................................... 492Skeleton, Black .................................... 493Skeleton, Lead ...................................... 494Skeleton Warrior .................................. 495Skin Stitcher ......................................... 496Skulk .................................................... 497Skulleton .............................................. 498Slaad Lord of Entropy .......................... 499Slaad Lord of the Insane ...................... 500Slag Worm ............................................ 501Slaughterford ........................................ 502Sleeping Willow ................................... 503Slime Crawler ...................................... 504Slime Mold........................................... 505Slithering Tracker ................................. 506Slorath .................................................. 507Sloth Viper ........................................... 508Slug, Giant ........................................... 509Soul Eater ............................................. 510Soul Nibbler ......................................... 511Soul Reaper .......................................... 512Spectral Troll ........................................ 513Spider, Skull ......................................... 514Spider Collective .................................. 515Spinal Leech ......................................... 515Spriggan ............................................... 516Sprite .................................................... 517Squealer ................................................ 518Stegocentipede ..................................... 519Stench Kow .......................................... 520Stone Maiden ....................................... 521Stormwarden ........................................ 522Strangle Weed ...................................... 523Stroke Lad ............................................ 524Stygian Leviathan ................................ 525Stymphalian Bird ................................. 526Sudoth .................................................. 527Swarm, Adamantine Wasp ................... 528Swarm, Grig ......................................... 529Swarm, Heat ......................................... 530Swarm, Piranha .................................... 531Swarm, Poisonous Frog ....................... 532Swarm, Raven ...................................... 533Swarm, Raven (Undead) ...................... 533Swarm, Scarlet Spider .......................... 534Swarm, Shadow Rat ............................. 535Swarm, Velvet Ant ............................... 536Swarm, Warden Jack ............................ 537Symbiotic Jelly..................................... 538T’shann ................................................. 539Tabaxi ................................................... 540

Taer ...................................................... 541Tangtal .................................................. 542Tazelwurm ............................................ 543Temporal Crawler ................................ 544Tendrul ................................................. 545Tenebrous Worm .................................. 546Tentacled Horror .................................. 547Tentamort ............................................. 548Thermite, Queen .................................. 549Thermite, Soldier ................................. 549Thermite, Worker ................................. 549Therianthropes

Asswere ......................................... 550Foxwere ........................................ 550Jackalwere ..................................... 550Lionwere ....................................... 551Mulewere ...................................... 551Owlwere ........................................ 551Wolfwere ....................................... 551Dire Wolfwere ............................... 552

ThessalmonstersThessalhydra ................................. 553Thessalgorgon ............................... 553Thessalisk ..................................... 554

Thorny .................................................. 555Thorny Tyrannosaurus ......................... 556Throat Leech ........................................ 557Thunder Beast ...................................... 558Thundershrike ...................................... 559Tick, Giant ........................................... 560Time Flayer .......................................... 561Tombstone Fairy .................................. 562Transposer ............................................ 563Trapper ................................................. 564Treant, Lightning ................................. 565Tri-Flower Frond .................................. 566Troblin .................................................. 567Troll, Cave ........................................... 568Troll, Flame-Spawned .......................... 569Troll, Ice ............................................... 570Troll, Rock ........................................... 571Troll, Swamp ........................................ 572Troll, Two-Headed ............................... 573Tsathar .................................................. 574Tsathar Scourge .................................... 574Tumblespark ......................................... 575Tunnel Worm........................................ 576Turtle, Giant Bog ................................. 577Turtle-Shark ......................................... 578Turtle-Shark, Stygian ........................... 578Twilight Mushrooms ............................ 579Ubue ..................................................... 580Vampire Rose ....................................... 581Vapor Dire Rat ..................................... 582Vapor Wasp .......................................... 583

The Tome of Horrors Complete

6

Table of Contents

Sample

file

Vegepygmy .......................................... 584Vilstrak ................................................. 585Volt ....................................................... 586Vorin ..................................................... 587Vulchling .............................................. 588Wang Liang .......................................... 589Weird, Blood ........................................ 590Weird, Fungus ...................................... 591Weird, Lava .......................................... 591Weird, Lightning .................................. 592Well Lurker .......................................... 593Widow Creeper .................................... 594Wight, Barrow ...................................... 595Wight, Blood ........................................ 596Willow Dusk ........................................ 597Wind Walker ........................................ 598Winter Bloom ....................................... 599Witch Grass .......................................... 600Witch Tree ............................................ 601Witherstench ........................................ 602Witherweed .......................................... 603Wizard’s Shackle .................................. 604Wolf, Abyssal ....................................... 605Wolf, Ghoul .......................................... 606Wolf, Ghoul Dire.................................. 606Wolf, Shadow ....................................... 607Wolf-In-Sheep’s-Clothing .................... 608Wolf-Spider .......................................... 609Woodwose ............................................ 610Yellow Musk Creeper .......................... 611Yellowjacket, Giant .............................. 612Yeti ....................................................... 613Zombie, Brine ...................................... 614Zombie, Corpsespun ............................ 615Zombie, Juju ........................................ 616Zombie, Spellgorged ............................ 617Zombie, Yellow Musk .......................... 618

Appendix A: Animals ......................... 619Archerfish, Giant .................................. 620Axe Beak .............................................. 621Barracuda ............................................. 622Brontotherium ...................................... 622Caribe, Giant ........................................ 623Catfish, Giant Electric .......................... 623Chameleon, Giant ................................ 624Deer ...................................................... 625Dragonfish ............................................ 625Eel, Electric .......................................... 626Eel, Giant Moray .................................. 626Eel, Gulper ........................................... 627Falcon, Giant ........................................ 628Fox ....................................................... 629Frog, Giant ........................................... 629Frog, Giant Dire ................................... 629Frog, Killer ........................................... 629Frog, Poisonous.................................... 629Hamster, Giant ..................................... 631Hippopotamus ...................................... 631Hyaenodon ........................................... 632Jaguar ................................................... 633Leopard, Snow ..................................... 633Lion, Cave ............................................ 634Lion, Mountain .................................... 634Lizard, Giant Rock-Horned ................. 635Lynx ..................................................... 635Mammoth ............................................. 636Mandrill ................................................ 637Margay ................................................. 638Marmoset, Giant .................................. 638Mastodon.............................................. 639Moose ................................................... 640Oliphant ................................................ 640Pike, Giant ............................................ 641Quipper ................................................ 641Racoon ................................................. 642Racoon, Dire ........................................ 642Rhinoceros, Woolly .............................. 643Rhinoceros, Woolly—Elasmotherium . 643Scythe Horn ......................................... 644Seahorse, Giant .................................... 645Sheep .................................................... 646Sheep, Ram .......................................... 646Skunk ................................................... 646Smilodon (Saber-Toothed Cat) ............ 647Smilodon, Dire ..................................... 648Smilodon, Homotherium...................... 648Stingray ................................................ 649Tiger Barb, Giant ................................. 650Tuatara, Giant ....................................... 650Turtle, Giant Snapping ......................... 652

Appendix B: The N’gathau ............... 652Aagash “The Broken” .......................... 653Asagin “The Assassin” ......................... 653Chaadon “The Slayer” ......................... 653Chaas “The Flayed” ............................. 654Ghehzi “The Mutilator” ....................... 654Greixas “The Destroyer” ...................... 654Modar “The Avenger” .......................... 655N’hror “The Eater” .............................. 655Raauka “The Ravager” ........................ 656Ulaska’t “The Twisted” ........................ 656Veenes “The Blademistress” ................ 657Veruard “The Razor and the Creator” .. 657The Quorum ......................................... 657Sample N’gathau, Donlaan ................. 658

Appendix C: Monsters By Challenge Level ........ 660

Legal Appendix................................... 668

The Tome of Horrors Complete

7

Table of Contents

Sample

file

The Tome of Horrors Complete

8

INTRODUCTIONMany Swords & Wizardry players will not be familiar with the past history of the Tome of Horrors. After all, the Tomes

were not written until 2002, a time when many of us were no longer paying attention to “mainstream” gaming publications any more. For those who were content to remain entirely with the Original Edition, or the First Edition, or even the Second Edition of our game, the significance of these books is probably a complete mystery. On the other hand, those of us who – like me – were still playing later editions before deciding to return to our gaming roots, will almost certainly have encountered these books, if only by their tremendous reputation. To explain briefly what they are: the first Tome of Horrors was essentially a collection of existing monsters from earlier editions, re-described for the new D&D rules that were published by Wizards of the Coast Inc. The next two volumes offered multitudes of newly-invented monsters for gamers playing those rules. It is clear why the second two volumes are of tremendous use to old-school players – these are monsters that most of us have never seen before, huge numbers of them, that can be used to populate entire dungeons, confound players, and spark the sort of new-found wonder that comes from cracking open a brand-new book of resources. Why, though, is that first volume, the one that merely “updated” earlier monsters, of any value to those of us who already own the first edition books in which these monsters originally appeared? After all, Swords & Wizardry is all about a return to the game’s roots, as I mentioned earlier. What is the value of taking the 2002 re-description of those monsters, and then doing a second re-description to get them right back to the original form? The First Edition monster books are there on Ebay and in used bookstores, still easily available – first edition books are getting more expensive, but the supply has certainly not run out, and probably will not run out for years to come. First Edition monster books simply aren’t in the same situation as the supply of the original-edition rulebooks, which has dwindled so much that the Swords & Wizardry rules are desperately needed in order to preserve the continued existence of a community playing the original version of the game. But First Edition monsters? The answer, I think, depends on the lens through which you perceive the game itself. For one thing, the Swords & Wizardry version of Tome of Horrors is not a First Edition re-description of First Edition monsters – it is an Original Edition description of First Edition monsters. In creating this book, the authorial team for the Swords & Wizardry version embarked on an unusual journey, the task of forgetting as well as remembering, creating as well as documenting, re-imagining instead of reproducing. In many ways, interpreting the First Edition monsters in terms of the Original Edition is to explore new territory – familiar territory, but territory that still contains surprises, opportunities, and unexpected inspirations. This aspect of the book is highlighted by John Stater’s, Jeff Harkness’, and Gary Schotter’s tremendously creative short scenarios for each monster, offering a view of the monster that captures the vital and vibrant spirit of the Original Edition’s terse, folkloric, and evocative style in an entirely new way.

My challenge, to those old-school players who might be approaching this book with any degree of skepticism, is that you approach it as it was envisioned, with new eyes raised toward an unfamiliar horizon, the undiscovered country, the unexplored reaches of the game that have called to us with siren-song since the days of our youth when we first stumbled across the world of fantasy roleplaying. Once you have read this introduction, close the book. And then, just as you did years or perhaps decades ago, open the book with the same sense of wonder, the same willingness to imagine a world from scratch, that you had when you played the game for the first time. It is in here, waiting to be found by those who seek it out.

— Matthew J. Finch

Sample

file

Sample

file

A

Aberrant to Aurumvorax

10

AberrantHit Dice: 8Armor Class: 4 [15]Attacks: 1 great club (2d8)Saving Throw: 8Special: Physical deformityMove: 12Alignment: ChaosChallenge Level/XP: 9/1,100

Aberrants are hideous giants standing about 14 feet tall, with deformed bodies and limbs. Aberrants are covered in coarse, dark hair or blisters (for those without body hair). They make their homes in caves, abandoned mines, or deep underground away from civilization. Many have physical deformities, such as a misplaced or extra arm (an extra attack), eyes on the sides or back of their head (to see people sneaking up on them), flapping ears (to better hear) or a huge nose (to smell creatures).

Cyst Fist’s PassA small troop of 16 aberrants from the Cyst Fist Tribe have

set up a camp at the crest of the mountain pass. Their leader is the biggest of the tribe, a mountain of a creature named Furgristle. This group has journeyed down from their caves higher up in the mountains to raid and pillage, hoping to bring back items to help the tribe get through the coming winter. The entire group is wary and alert for danger after coming so close to civilization, and have laid out an ambush along the path leading to their encampment.

The path leading through the dense temperate forest is eerily quiet, with the sounds of the wind through the evergreens creating an occasional whistle. Hiding in the trees at the ambush point are 4 aberrants, each camouflaged with branches and leaves covering their deformed hides. Two aberrants swing large logs suspended by vines down at the PCs to knock them from their horses or to sweep them off their feet (1d6 points of damage). When the logs hit, the remaining 2 aberrants charge the PCs from the front.

The area around the campsite consists of discarded boulders, demolished wagons, crates, barrels and other refuse taken during their raids. This debris forms an extremely crude wall around the camp. Makeshift tents made from overlapping canvas and torn leathers surround a large fire pit sitting in the center of the camp. A partially eaten horse impaled on a spit sits above the sputtering fire. A crow’s cage hanging from a high post contains a halfling dressed as a jester. Furgristle keeps the “little human” as a pet because the halfling’s acrobatics makes the aberrant laugh. Eight aberrants remain in the camp at all times, while 4 others walk the perimeter.

Copyright NoticeAuthor Scott Greene.Sam

ple file

A

The Tome of Horrors Complete

11

Abominations (often called hybrids) are fusions of two normal creatures that are just as often intelligent as they are rampaging beasts. No one knows how abominations came to be: perhaps the result of experimentation by a mad wizard or druid, a wish spell gone awry, or the wrath of a deity. The end result that fuses two creatures together often destroys the mind of the hapless beings, forcing them into madness and evil. The most well known examples of abominations are hippogriffs, griffons, gorilla-bears, and the terrible owlbear.

OwlephantHit Dice: 10Armor Class: 4 [15]Attack: Slam (2d6) and 2 claws (2d8) or gore (2d8)Saving Throw: 5Special: TrampleMove: 12Alignment: NeutralityChallenge Level/XP: 10/1400

This massive creature looks like an elephant with the head of a giant owl. Beneath its tusks, two clawed arms protrude from its body, one to each side of its elephantine trunk. Its feathered owl head is dark brown, fading to gray as it blends into its elephant-like body. An owlephant can trample opponent simply by moving over them. Those who fail a saving throw suffer 2d8 points of damage each. Those who pass a saving throw leap to the side to avoid the beast. Folk who choose not to avoid the trample attack can make a counter attack at a +1 bonus to hit.

TigrillaHit Dice: 5Armor Class: 5 [14]Attack: 2 claws (1d8)Saving Throw: 12Special: Rake with clawsMove: 15/9 (climbing)Alignment: NeutralityChallenge Level/XP: 5/240

This creature looks like a gorilla with the head of a tiger. Its arms end in sharpened claws and its fur is orange-brown. Its head is striped like that of a normal tiger.

A tigrilla attacks by raking with its claws and biting with its fangs. If it hits the same opponent with both claws attacks it rakes with the claws, inflicting an additional 1d8 points of damage.

The Old Hermit’s CastleThe adventurers wander into a creepy jungle valley, thick with

vegetation but bearing wide paths that local guides claim were made by elephants. Rising above the jungle there are the ruins of an old castle, one owned, the guides say, by a weird old hermit. The hermit was a magician of some ability who specialized in unnatural crossbreeds.

The castle sits upon a rocky hill covered with green vines and shrubbery. A nest of 1d6 tigrilla lives on the slopes of the hill. A troupe of 1d4+4 owlephants and several owlbears dwell in the valley.

The castle looks as though it was destroyed in an explosion. Those exploring the place will feel a sinister presence (the phantom of the magician, see phantom entry in this book). Under the rubble, one might find a partially collapsed staircase to the castle’s dungeons. The dungeons consist of a large common room connected to a laboratory on one side and storage rooms and cells on the other. One of the cells holds two

Abomination

human skeletons and a bloody bones (see entry in this book). The storage rooms hold copper vats, some in need of repair, bottles of reagents and phosphorescent liquids (poisonous to touch or taste) and other odds and ends of a magicians laboratory. The laboratory’s steel door is blown off its hinges and the laboratory is completely destroyed.

Copyright NoticeAuthors Erica Balsley and Scott Greene.

Sample

file

A The Root Run VanishingsThe Root Run Tunnel is a winding, six-mile underground trade route.

The tunnel is 20 feet wide and its dirt ceiling varies from 12 to 20 feet. Thick redwood roots stick through the ceiling like giant twisted serpents. A flagstone entry goes for about a mile in from each tunnel entrance, before turning into a smooth dirt floor. Crossbeams engraved with the names of traders to use the tunnel are set every so often hold the ceiling in place. Lanterns hang every 100 yards to light the path.

A group of travelers entered the tunnel a week ago but never came out. Three people later found an abandoned cart at the tunnel’s halfway point, but no people. Rumors are flying that the Root Run is haunted. Fear has halted the trade route, and the trade group that maintains the tunnel is offering a 500 gp reward for the safe return of the missing travelers.

The reward won’t ever be collected. The missing traders met a gruesome fate when an abyssal harvester broke through a hole in reality as they passed. The grasping tentacles dragged the victims into the Abyss where they were devoured. The abyssal harvester currently has four of its thick tentacles stretched across the tunnel’s passage to snare new victims. The tentacles appear to be tree roots in the semi-darkness until they rise to attack.

Copyright NoticeAuthor Scott Greene.

Hit Dice: 15Armor Class: 1 [18]Attacks: 6 tentacles (2d6)Saving Throw: 3Special: Constrict, harvestMove: 6Alignment: ChaosChallenge Level/XP: 17/3,500

This gigantic beast stands nearly 40 feet tall. It is a squat, bloated mass of grayish, leathery flesh, somewhat in an oval shape with six long, serpentine tentacles. A massive gaping maw dominates its top surface. Hundreds of smaller tentacles allow the creature to move. The tentacles, if they hit, constrict for automatic damage after the initial hit. An abyssal harvester – which normally resides in the Abyss – can push up to four tentacles into the world. These tentacles appear out of thin air and can attack and grab victims to “harvest” by dragging them back through the rift to the Abyss.

Aberrant to Aurumvorax

12

Abyssal Harvester (Fourth-Category Demon)

Sample

file

A

The Tome of Horrors Complete

13

The Maggot PitsThis 70-foot-diameter circular room is a charnel house of gore. Twenty

decaying bodies hang from the 40-foot-high ceiling on rusted, barbed chains. Transparent tubes wind among the chain links and siphon fluids from the corpses. These tubes drape over 10-foot-tall wooden vats filled with congealing blood.

Beneath the hanging bodies, millions of squirming maggots fill a 30-foot-wide pit in the center of the room. More maggots drop from the hanging bodies into the pits below. The central pit is 10 feet deep, and filled to floor level with maggots. Stone steps descend to the maggot pit’s floor, although using the steps nauseate those who try (save avoids).

In the maggot pit are 3 abyssal larva that spew a stream of maggots at intruders before rising to attack. A magic-user summoned the creatures to protect himself. He feeds the hanging bodies to the creatures after he has drained their blood for his gruesome experiments.

Copyright NoticeAuthor Scott Greene.

Hit Dice: 3Armor Class: 8 [11]Attacks: acidic bite (2d4)Saving Throw: 14Special: maggot sprayMove: 6Alignment: ChaosChallenge Level/XP: 4/120

Abyssal larva look like puffy, bloated human-sized whitish-yellow maggots with purplish veins pulsating under their fleshy forms. A vaguely humanoid head sits atop its body and its facial features are twisted and distraught, as if the creature was in a constant state of pain. A pair of large, downward-curving horns juts from its head, just above its sunken eyes. Its mouth is lined with filthy, sharpened fangs. Once per day, an abyssal larva can regurgitate and spray a stream of maggots at a victim within 10 feet. If the creature fails a save, it is sickened.

Abyssal Larva

Sample

file