Appearing as a dead tree, the hangman is a derivative of the treefolk. It has developed a taste for flesh. It will wait in one place for days, sometimes weeks for any large fauna to come within range of its branches. With startling speed the branch swoops upon the prey, and the terrible visage of the hangman's tree appears. Most creatures have no chance to escape before the hangman has swallowed them whole, returning to the appearance of a dead unmoving tree just as quickly. Instinct: Consume flesh

• Appear as a dead tree
• Lift prey from the ground with speed
• Appear as a treefolk

"It is said that in the darkest woods, there still lives the women of the trees. They ruled most of this land, before us younger races decided to take this place as uninhabited. Stories spread of camps being wiped out in the middle of the night, and of friends attacking friends. These dark witches, with skin the same as trees, they could take control of a man and force him to do their vile bidding. The men and dwarves and even the elves of the time fought the dark women of the woods, for they resisted parley. The elves, of course, owing to their woodwork made it farther, and met their queen. Yeah, that's right, there was a queen in those woods. Maybe still is. And she had dominion over every plant and creature that stepped through it. This is the reason I've turned down every job I've ever heard was anywhere near that dark place, none of them paid well enough for me to risk my life so foolishly, just for a bit of coin. Orcs, goblins, kobolds, heck, even drakes, I'll take on, but not something that can control all the plants surrounding you." Instinct: To consume any creature that enters her domain or drive them away

• Command the forest to her bidding
• Charm a humanoid or beast
• Reveal an old forgotten truth

The Skull Kid was once a child lost in the forest. He will occasionally lead other children to suffer the same fate as his own: life as a faceless and undying spirit of the woods. He hates adults, and will kill them if he can. Wearing ragged clothing and possessing a dreadful void instead of a face, he enjoys music and might leave adventurers alone in exchange for a mask that could serve as a face. Instinct: To bring others into the forest

• Mislead travelers
• Play entrancing music
• Vanish and reappear elsewhere
• Slowly transform the completely lost into Skull Kids
• Summon animated puppets

Easily confused for goblin children, if not for their elongated earlobs and arms and little pot bellies. The littlings are the simple-minded slaves of goblins, though what keeps them slaves is anyone's guess. They seem quite content with being fed a diet of mouse kebabs and rewarded with gaudy little trinkets. Quick on their feet, there have been troops of trained littling tumblers, able to twist, jump and bound with tremendous dexterity. Of course, the cute and cuddly perception all changed on the day Ramsford was overrun by a hoard of 30,000 littlings. They poured out of the tunnels into the earth, overwhelming the inhabitants. The poor souls, both the golbin masters and and the human masters of the goblins were picked and nibbled apart by 60,000 hands and 30,000 mouths. Instinct: To serve the master

• Somewhat intelligently carry out an order
• Rips out anything not bolted down
• Pour forth from nearby tunnels and holes

The stone troll, the Galeb Duhr, live in isolated tunnel complexes deep under the ground. They must have got there somehow (or are they birthed straight from the very rock?) but their homes have no entrances from the surfaces. Sometimes they break a wall into something else while building new tunnels – a mine, another monster's cave or even a cliff wall. These entrances are always shut again eventually, but they are known to take the chance to sneak out and steal – anything made of metal. Instinct: To eat metal

• Build or tear down a stone structure
• Blend into stonework
• Punch with a rocky fist

Instinct: Corrupt the pure

• Spread the corruption
• Throws orbs of corrupting plague.
• It can teleport around to strike

Instinct: It corrupts the soul and warps the body.

• Spread the corruption.
• Plays mind games.
• It will slowly corrupt the world around it
• It can create balls of void around it's hands.

A swarm of Angry Birds is a terrible curse to lay upon anyone, but it is usually not for no reason. They are territorial, they swarm at people that attack first or take their eggs. Like Fredrick. Instinct: It will protect it's eggs

• Swarm at people
• Chirps out for help from nearby Angry Birds

When adventurers plunge into the earth, they often find the tiny centipede, so easily overlooked, to be one of the most dreaded foes; the sting or bite of the creature drains away 1-2 points of strength per successful attack, soon rendering even the strongest warrior defenseless. While each centipede is easily crushed, there are often dozens in a single crack in a cave wall or floor, under a stone, or inside old rotten wood. Instinct: to drive away all intruders

• stings with potent venom
• poison saps strength

This horrid mass of insects rolls over prey in swarms and clouds. It first confuses, then terrifies, then blinds foes, and then devours every scrap of flesh from their bones. Instinct: eat all living things

• engulf foes