CHOMPER FAMILY:

A small frog-like creature with a venomous bite. Is a [PET] but not [COMMON_DOMESTIC], can be somewhat frequently domesticated in world gen. They are aquatic and come in 5 different caste of both genders. 'Base' chompers come in green if male, pink if female, they run at the first sign of danger. Guzzlers are a toxic form of chomper that secrete a relatively harmless poison from their skin. Gobblers are the largest form of chomp, and rather bold, attacking enemies with a powerful hind leg kick. They can be trained for war. Silver chompers are a rare form of chomp with skin as dense as silver, they possess extremely high endurance. Gold chompers are the rarest form of chomp, and possess skin as thick as gold, being even tougher than silver chomps.

Notes: 'chompette' in BS was it's own type of chomper with a bow-like organ on it's head, but I thought it'd be cute to make all female chomper variants have the same bow and be called 'chompette X'. The crest is an actual organ uses for hearing/smell. They have children/child graphics. Trained gobblers have a unique graphic with a spiked collar.


RATBITT FAMILY:

Small, rabbit-like rodents who can fly with their ears. Come in three different caste, the base ratbitt, which isn't very noteworthy. The badbitt, which possesses a venomous bite causing nausea, fever, and dizziness. And the unibitt, which possesses a single horn on it's head it can use to gore enemies.

Notes: They all have a bite skill of 4. As far as im aware, they couldn't actually fly in BD2, but their wings resemble wings and it seemed a good way to make them interesting. Unibitt was renamed from 'Uniconey' to make it fit in with it's family more. Can have children/have full child graphics.


STALLION FAMILY:

Brimstone stallions are not outright hostile, only attacking when provoked. They are composed of bones somewhat as strong as stone, and a warm gas mane. Spawn in all grasslands and savannas. Can pull wagons/be trade animals.

Sagari are undead stallions with flames as hot as hell making up it's mane. Despite being very hot, they don't light their surroundings on fire. Their bones are stronger than brimstone stallions. Spawn in evil grasslands and savannas. Can pull wagons/be trade animals.

Night mares are undead unicorns who bear a hatred for life, and attack without warning with their horn, or a flurry of dark magic. They spawn in evil deserts and tropical savannas.

Notes: Functionally undead, cannot breed. They all have decent stance strike (kick) skill. 'Nightmare' was renamed to 'Night Mare' to differentiate it from vanilla nightmares. All 3 have saddlebag graphics set up, though night mares lack the tokens to pull wagons. There is no evil civs that trade in vanilla, but in theory mod-added ones would try to use sagari (elves use them as well)


D'GON FAMILY:

Small dragons that are unable to fly. They are war beast bred by humans, and will show up with them in sieges. All d'gons can be very rarely encountered in all forms of temperate forest.

Green d'gons are the most common, and can attack with a small fire ball attack.

Ice d'gons are less common, and can attack with an ice breath.

Fire d'gons are the rarest breed, and can attack with a jet of fire breath.

Notes: In BD/BS bestiary they're specifically war beast bred by eternia, and some escaped and turned feral. So they have been given to humans as a pet. There is a 2% frequency to encounter 'feral' ones in temperate forest though.



GOLEM FAMILY:

Inorganic humanoids who were built to protect the people who created them.

Rock golems are composed of sandstone and are used by humans for protection.

Ice golems are composed of toughened ice that doesn't melt and are used mainly by dwarves for protection. Though humans have been known to use them as well.

Inferno golems are composed of slade, and hot to the touch. They are used by goblins in their sieges on other races.

Wood golems are dead trees reanimated by elves to ruthlessly protect the forest.


Notes: Functionally undead similar to bronze colossi. Ice golems are only available to dwarves, rock to humans, inferno to goblins, and wood to elves. 'Golem' renamed to 'rock golem' both to keep naming scheme consistent and because that was it's name in 4HoL. all golems drop quality statues of their material on death, Ice golems have a unique 'ice rock' inorganic they're made of for this purpose. Wood golems are composed of a few layers of custom wood-like materials to make them rather strong.



SAVAGE OGRE:

A giant green humanoid that is a semi-megabeast. Savage ogres are the descendants of now extinct giants, and are significant larger than standard ogres. They possess high physical skills (9) for all weapon/melee skills. Aside from their size, they are the easiest of the semi-megabeast.

Notes: Renamed from just 'ogre' to 'savage ogre' to differentiate from vanilla.


SAVAGE MINOTAUR FAMILY:

Mindless beast that resemble minotaurs. Much larger, hairier, and animalistic than standard minotaurs. Savage minotaur are semi-megabeast who can cast berserk on themselves, giving them a extreme increase to their physical attack and endurance for a short time.

Amber horn, another semi-megabeast, can cast berserk on themselves too—in addition to their devastating massacre attack, which slams around 4 targets at once.

Notes: Functionally pretty similar to normal minotaur, but these ones are just mindless beast instead of intelligent. Can be tamed and trained if caught...and milked, if you're feeling bold. Renamed 'minotaur' to 'savage minotaur' to differentiate from vanilla. Can have children, but has no child graphics.



LAND TURTLE:

A large reptile with a sturdy shell. Can spawn in any river or mountain. It can cloak itself in a reflecting magic that makes it much sturdier, in addition to it's dangerous tail spin attack that can slam 4 targets away from it at once.

Notes: Can breed but they're born adults.



SLIME FAMILY:

Inorganic oozes that have a mildly poisonous, gelatinous body. Slimes are blue piles of goop who live in plains, and can shoot an acid attack that lowers it's enemy's defense (toughness).

Red flan are slimes who live in the magma sea, and can cast some fire magic, and poison to protect themselves. Despite their name, they are extremely poisonous, causing brain damage and extreme vomiting if eaten, and rarely if touched.

Black pudding are piles of corrupted goop capable of casting dark magic and blind. They can spawn underground at levels 2-3.


Notes: Functionally undead, cannot breed. Red flan live in the magma sea as it's the closest you can get to a proper 'volcano' biome. But aren't actually very hot themselves, according to the BS bestiary Edea ate one and didn't melt, so they seemingly aren't actually very hot.


DRAKE:

A small, timid dragon that lives in forest. Despite having wings, they cannot fly. They hunt in strict packs of 4 to take down prey with their large head and horns. They can be trained if captured.

Notes: Have a skill of 4 in melee combat, can have children, have child graphics. Their horn attack makes a lot of contact for damage.


RATATOSKR FAMILY:

Larger fae creatures who live in forest and love to heal others. Ratatoskr are more common, though they can only cast a basic heal and wind spell.

Frosti, on the other hand, can cast a more powerful cura spell, in addition to reflect-giving allies a protective berrier. Frosti can also cast holy to defend themselves—an extremely powerful light magic spell.

Notes: Only classified as 'beast' originally, they've also been given the 'SPIRIT' creature class, so they're weak to silver as well. Healing spells in current DF are extremely finnicky so they may or may not heal other friendly creatures. They also have a 'heal undead' spell that can only target undead creatures and removes their NO_PAIN tag and causes paralysis and pain to them. Cannot breed.


SIZZLEMOTH:

A large moth composed of flame that lives in the magma sea. Considered the queen of all bugs, it can cast 'hail to the queen' to daze and charm enemies. It's wings are made of flame and it can also release a paralyzing powder.

Notes: There's not a real great way to 'charm' targets in DF, so it causes pleasure/arousal, rerolls skills, changes their strength, focus, willpower, and spatial sense to very low values, and causes erratic behavior for 500 ticks. Despite it's description and interaction name, it can also be male. Can have children but they're born adults.


HYBRID:

A large monster in the shape of a bear. A bipedal chimera that greatly resembles a bear. It's long claws are capable of shredding through armor.

Notes: Can breed, have child graphics.


ALARAUNE ECT FAMILY:

Small humanoid looking plant creatures. Alraune spawn in tropical forest, and cheerfully attack travelers with their paralyzing pollen. If defeated however, their petals can be made into an extremely potent ether that rejuvenates.

Mandragora live in temperate forest and taigas, and are a famous ingredient in stews. Their flesh is delicious, and their roots make a revitalizing ether. They can however, release a poison pollen to deter predators.

Rafflesia live underground in moist environments, in cavern levels 1-3, and hunt living beings to suck the vitality out of. First paralyzing their prey with pollen, and drinking their blood, they are rather dangerous for their size. Unlike similar creatures, rafflesia are poisonous when eaten raw, but when boiled, they are somewhat tasty.

Notes: Functionally undead, cannot breed. Rafflesia's punch and kick attacks have SUCK_BLOOD special attack on them, to kinda represent their parasitism ability. All 3 plants can be eaten raw (their corpses/tissue are also edible) and can be butchered for more plants. When brewed they provide healing effects and a mood boost (except the rafflesia). Note that they're very small, so if wild ones are killed, it's very possible (and likely) that the body will become mangled and be unable to be butchered.


WIKI-WIKI FAMILY:

Small bird-like creatures that are extremely nimble. They have a habit of eating precious gemstones and shiny objects, in addition to sticking them into their plumage. They come in 4 different caste of both genders.

Base wiki-wiki are nimble and flee from combat. When butchered, they drop a blue jade for their gizzard stone. They are capable of casting wind magic to defend themselves.

Big wiki-wiki are the largest of the family, and secrete venom from their skin. They drop red zircon for their gizzard stone.

Metal wiki-wiki have extremely tough skin with a metal like consistency. They drop 2 sapphire for their gizzard stone.

Royal wiki-wiki are the absolute rarest of the family. Their plumage shimmers like gold, and they decorate themselves with any brightly colored objects they stumble across. They drop 3 blue diamonds for their gizzard stones. They can defend themselves with an extremely dangerous apocalypse spell—which slams targets with both earth and dark magic.


Notes: They all drop precious gems when butchered to kinda represent them giving large amounts of exp. All members of the family are legendary dodgers, and they flee immediately from combat. Can have children/have child graphics.


MAILED DRAGON:

A large armored dragon that is extremely dangerous to encounter. If captured and trained, makes a war beast like no other. It's body is not only covered in thick scales, but also a layer of copper armor, making attacks against most of it's body ineffective. Some lower parts, like it's throat, are unprotected, though. It can also breath a small fireball to attack, and slash with both of it's clawed hands at once.

Notes: Can have children/have child graphics. Has custom layer of armor over it's normal skin/fat/bone ect, giving it very good defense against most attacks. Has two separate clawing attacks, a normal one, and a [ATTACK_FLAG_INDEPENDENT_MULTIATTACK] one, so it can slash with both it's front paws at once. To sorta kinda represent double rush, an attack from 'knight dragon' in BD.