"Good morning," the Thing in the Well calls, "And how are we doing this morning Mrs. Westmen?" -- "Just wonderfully. How have you been keeping, Thing?" -- "Fine, fine. A little peckish, a bit in the mood for, you know, a nibble, a bite to eat. But don't worry yourself, perfectly fine." -- "It's quite alright Thing, I was just thinking I should bring by some lunch. How does a ham sound?" -- "You are too kind Mrs. Westmen, just too kind..." -- The Thing in the Well has lived in the village for longer than anyone can remember. It is traditional to fix regular meals for the Thing, and to present it with a sheep or pig on special occasions. Years ago a boy went down the well on a dare. He never returned. The subject has not been broached in the presence of the Thing. Instinct: To devour

• Politely collect tribute
• Leverage townspeople through secrets
• Purify water
• Hide in darkened waters

"The Old Ones, they knew much. Not the alchemy of man nor the sorcery of warlocks and the like. No, this is the magic of gears and pulleys, the sorcery of science. Watch your every step in the tower: be wary or you may call to life the ancient defense systems. You'll know the Defenders have awoken long before you face them, that's for sure; they're louder than a stomping giant and their hulls scrape the stone walls. You'll hear them coming, I'm sure you can avoid them, go on in the tower. Me? I... I'll stay out here. Got to have a lookout post, right?"

Instinct: Destroy all Intruders! *click* Defend the domain!

• Display immense and uncaring strength
• Soldier on, ignoring all damage until the last
• Reveal a hidden function from the depths of its gearworks

The mating call of the otyugh is a horrible, blaring cry that sounds like a cross between an elephant dying and an over-eager vulture. The otyugh spends much of its time partly submerged in filthy water and prefers eating garbage over any other food. As a result, it often grows fat and strong on the offal of orcs, goblins and other cave-dwelling sub-humans. Get too close, however, and you’ll have one of its barbed tentacles dragging you into that soggy, razor-toothed maw. If you get away with your life, best get to a doctor, or your victory may be short lived. Instinct: To befoul

• Infect someone with filth fever
• Fling someone or something

Each individual shadow is actually a swarm of tiny, dust-sized demons. No one is quite sure where they come from, or how to kill them, but it is known that children of every species on every plane of existence know to fear the darkness . . . Instinct: To spread

• Devour flesh
• Impersonate voices
• Absorb knowledge from those it kills

Scarabaeus pyractomena! What a delightful creature—see how its carapace glitters in the light of our torches? Not too close now, they’re temperamental, you see. The fire in their belly isn’t just metaphorical, no. Watch as I goad the beast. Aha! A spout of flame! Unexpected, isn’t it? One of these creatures alone, if it comes up from below, can be a hellish nuisance to a farmstead or village. A whole swarm? There’s a reason they call it a conflagration of fire beetles. Instinct: To enflame

• Undermine the ground
• Burst from the earth
• Spray forth flames

The sister project to the 24 worker program made by Leviathan Crust Operations, letting it's security forces work while sleeping. They too, now seem to also be able to work while dead. Armed with a Plasma based rifle, these security zombies will attack, protect, and enforce until they are completely incapacitated. Instinct: to Keep Order

• Suppressive Fire
• Call for Back Up! (Forever Worker Frenzy)

Leviathan Crust Operations used a controversial program to install cybernetics into their employs that allowed them to work while they slept. It also seems to have enabled them to work while they are dead. These walking corpses now roam abandoned facilities still performing their daily tasks and tend to get violent to anyone who stands in their way. Instinct: to Serve Relentlessly

• Overwhlem

A large hairy beast slightly resembling a yeti from ancient earth lore, however, instead of a head the creature just has a giant gapping mouth. It's claws are sharp enough to slash through metal and can climb on most surfaces. It has no eyes, but seems to hear just fine. It is said that they have an uncanny ability to feel temperature changes, not only being able to sense it's immediate surroundings but also sense it's targets through their body heat. Instinct: to eat

• Grab and Decapitate
• Monsterous Leap
• Drop and Attack

Your good friend lays his hand on your shoulder, its cold and clammy but you don't think anything of it. But maybe if you had paid more attention to such things, like the newfound coldness behind his eyes, his mildew smelling breath, and his newly discovered strength you wouldn't be living in the midst of a mushroom takeover. Its a good thing that the Mushrooms spores keep your mind from realizing just how many of your friends and neighbors have been replaced by the ugly things. Instinct: To Hide in the Midst of a Population

• Disguise itself in the minds of other creatures using psychoactive spores
• The Deciever makes you think it is a loved one of yours so you wont hurt it
• The Deciever seeks to plant itself in a populated place to spread the influence of The Mycelium Heart

Sporelings, those mushroom creatures, are pretty dumb, you would know if you fought them. Unfortunately if you've fought one you've fought another, and another, and a third one, and a fourth one... wow, thats a lot of sporelings, they just keep coming, hmmmm. have you considered going after the Mycelium Heart that's summoning all of them? No? oh, well you might want to get on that. Instinct: To follow orders

• Attack mindlessly