Creatures

The world of Veridia is filled with many beings. Whether as allies or adversaries, they will be an integral part of your adventures.

Here is the list of all creatures divided by archetype.

Index:

• Animated objects
• Beasts
• Creatures of the unknown
• Undeads

• Appendix A: Creature traits

Animated objects

• Animated gloves
• Animated sword
• Bombard
• Champion
• Hollow paladin
• Maximizer
• Strongarm
• Walker

Animated gloves

A flying pair of boxing gloves.
Length: 20 cm
Weight: 0.4 kg

• Summon archetype: animated object 2

Attributes

• Agility: 1
• Constitution: 1/3
• Reaction: 1
• Strength: 1
• Charisma: 1/4
• Intuition: 1/4
• Perception: 1
• Persuasion: 1/4

Virtues

• Courage: 5
• Integrity: 7

Skills

• Brawl: 3

Traits

Flying

Animated sword

A flying sword with a keen edge.
Length: 100 cm
Weight: 1.5 kg

• Summon archetype: animated object 4

Attributes

• Agility: 1
• Constitution: 1/3
• Reaction: 1
• Strength: 1
• Charisma: 1/4
• Intuition: 1/4
• Perception: 1
• Persuasion: 1/4

Virtues

• Courage: 5
• Integrity: 7

Skills

• Melee: 3

Defenses

• Armor (inner): 4
• Elemental resist (inner): 1

Traits

Flying

Assets

Sword

Bombard

An armored vehicle mounting a crossbow.
Length: 120 cm
Weight: 100 kg

• Summon archetype: animated object 5

Attributes

• Agility: 1
• Constitution: 4
• Reaction: 1
• Strength: 2
• Charisma: 1/4
• Intuition: 1/4
• Perception: 1
• Persuasion: 1/4

Virtues

• Courage: 5
• Integrity: 7

Skills

• Alertness: 1
• Marksmanship: 5

Defenses

• Armor (inner): 2
• Elemental resist (inner): 1

Traits

Automatic

Assets

Chain crossbow

Champion

A humanoid clay golem having excellent fighting skills.
Height: 240 cm
Weight: 175 kg

• Summon archetype: animated object 7

Attributes

• Agility: 3
• Constitution: 5
• Reaction: 3
• Strength: 5
• Charisma: 1/4
• Intuition: 1/4
• Perception: 3
• Persuasion: 1/4

Virtues

• Courage: 5
• Integrity: 7

Skills

• Alertness: 2
• Athletics: 4
• Brawl: 4
• Melee: 3
• Parry: 3
• Throwing: 4

Defenses

• Armor (inner): 1
• Elemental resist (inner): 1

Assets

Javelin (3)

Hollow paladin

An empty suit of armor with a will of its own.
Height: 180 cm
Weight: 25 kg

• Summon archetype: animated object 8

Attributes

• Agility: 2
• Constitution: 2
• Reaction: 3
• Strength: 3
• Charisma: 1/4
• Intuition: 1/4
• Perception: 1
• Persuasion: 1/4

Virtues

• Courage: 5
• Integrity: 7

Skills

• Alertness: 1
• Brawl: 2
• Melee: 3
• Parry: 3

Defenses

• Armor (inner): 5
• Elemental resist (inner): 1

Assets

Longsword

Maximizer

A prism able to increase the power of spells.
Height: 30 cm
Weight: 0.5 kg

• Summon archetype: animated object 3

Attributes

• Agility: 2
• Constitution: 1/4
• Reaction: 2
• Strength: 1/4
• Charisma: 1/4
• Intuition: 1/4
• Perception: 2
• Persuasion: 1/4

Virtues

• Courage: 5
• Integrity: 7

Defenses

• Armor (inner): 2
• Elemental resist (inner): 2

Traits

Dormant, flying, maximizing

Strongarm

A humanoid clay golem who makes physical strength his strong point.
Height: 250 cm
Weight: 200 kg

• Summon archetype: animated object 6

Attributes

• Agility: 1
• Constitution: 6
• Reaction: 1
• Strength: 5
• Charisma: 1/4
• Intuition: 1/4
• Perception: 2
• Persuasion: 1/4

Virtues

• Courage: 5
• Integrity: 7

Skills

• Alertness: 1
• Brawl: 2
• Melee: 2
• Parry: 1

Defenses

• Armor (inner): 1
• Elemental resist (inner): 1

Assets

Polearm

Walker

A four legged box with a large compartment to carry objects (up to 200 kg).
Length: 80 cm
Weight: 60 kg

• Summon archetype: animated object 2

Attributes

• Agility: 2
• Constitution: 1/3
• Reaction: 1
• Strength: 4
• Charisma: 1/4
• Intuition: 1/4
• Perception: 1
• Persuasion: 1/4

Virtues

• Courage: 5
• Integrity: 7

Skills

• Athletics: 2

Defenses

• Armor (inner): 2
• Elemental resist (inner): 1

Beasts

• Bear
• Boar
• Brown bear
• Bull
• Crocodile
• Dog
• Gorilla
• Horse
• Large bird
• Large felid
• Leopard
• Raccoon
• Rat
• Rhinoceros
• Viper
• Wolf

Bear

A large, strong wild animal.
Length: 160 cm
Weight: 200 kg

• Summon archetype: beast 6

Attributes

• Agility: 2
• Constitution: 4
• Reaction: 2
• Strength: 5
• Charisma: 1/3
• Intuition: 1
• Perception: 3
• Persuasion: 1/3

Virtues

• Courage: 3
• Integrity: 3

Skills

• Alertness: 2
• Athletics: 3
• Brawl: 3
• Intimidation: 2
• Stealth: 1
• Survival: 5

Traits

Natural weapon

Boar

A wild pig.
Length: 150 cm
Weight: 90 kg

• Summon archetype: beast 4

Attributes

• Agility: 2
• Constitution: 2
• Reaction: 2
• Strength: 3
• Charisma: 1/3
• Intuition: 1
• Perception: 2
• Persuasion: 1/3

Virtues

• Courage: 3
• Integrity: 3

Skills

• Alertness: 2
• Athletics: 2
• Brawl: 2
• Intimidation: 1
• Survival: 5

Traits

Natural weapon

Brown bear

A large species of bear.
Length: 210 cm
Weight: 400 kg

• Summon archetype: beast 7

Attributes

• Agility: 2
• Constitution: 5
• Reaction: 3
• Strength: 6
• Charisma: 1/3
• Intuition: 1
• Perception: 3
• Persuasion: 1/3

Virtues

• Courage: 3
• Integrity: 3

Skills

• Alertness: 2
• Athletics: 2
• Brawl: 3
• Intimidation: 3
• Stealth: 1
• Survival: 5

Traits

Natural weapon

Bull

A male cow.
Length: 250 cm
Weight: 700 kg

• Summon archetype: beast 5

Attributes

• Agility: 2
• Constitution: 4
• Reaction: 2
• Strength: 4
• Charisma: 1/3
• Intuition: 1
• Perception: 3
• Persuasion: 1/3

Virtues

• Courage: 3
• Integrity: 3

Skills

• Alertness: 2
• Athletics: 2
• Brawl: 2
• Intimidation: 1
• Survival: 5

Traits

Natural weapon

Crocodile

Crocodiles are large aquatic reptiles.
Length: 400 cm
Weight: 400 kg

• Summon archetype: beast 6

Attributes

• Agility: 1
• Constitution: 5
• Reaction: 2
• Strength: 4
• Charisma: 1/3
• Intuition: 1
• Perception: 2
• Persuasion: 1/3

Virtues

• Courage: 3
• Integrity: 3

Skills

• Alertness: 2
• Athletics: 1
• Brawl: 3
• Intimidation: 2
• Stealth: 1
• Survival: 5

Traits

Amphibious, natural weapon

Dog

A domesticated carnivorous mammal.
Length: 100 cm
Weight: 30 kg

• Summon archetype: beast 3

Attributes

• Agility: 3
• Constitution: 1
• Reaction: 3
• Strength: 2
• Charisma: 1
• Intuition: 1
• Perception: 4
• Persuasion: 1

Virtues

• Courage: 3
• Integrity: 3

Skills

• Alertness: 2
• Athletics: 3
• Brawl: 2
• Intimidation: 1
• Stealth: 2
• Survival: 3

Traits

Natural weapon

Gorilla

Gorillas are large ground-dwelling, predominantly herbivorous apes.
Height: 160 cm
Weight: 170 kg

• Summon archetype: beast 6

Attributes

• Agility: 3
• Constitution: 4
• Reaction: 2
• Strength: 5
• Charisma: 1
• Intuition: 1
• Perception: 2
• Persuasion: 1

Virtues

• Courage: 3
• Integrity: 3

Skills

• Alertness: 3
• Athletics: 4
• Brawl: 4
• Intimidation: 3
• Survival: 5

Horse

A large domesticated mammal used for riding and to carry loads.
Height: 150 cm
Weight: 450 kg

• Summon archetype: beast 5

Attributes

• Agility: 3
• Constitution: 4
• Reaction: 3
• Strength: 5
• Charisma: 1/2
• Intuition: 1
• Perception: 3
• Persuasion: 1/2

Virtues

• Courage: 3
• Integrity: 3

Skills

• Alertness: 3
• Athletics: 3
• Brawl: 2
• Intimidation: 1
• Survival: 5

Large bird

A rapacious bird soaring the skies.
Width: 200 cm
Weight: 5 kg

• Summon archetype: beast 5

Attributes

• Agility: 3
• Constitution: 1/2
• Reaction: 4
• Strength: 3
• Charisma: 1/3
• Intuition: 1/3
• Perception: 4
• Persuasion: 1/3

Virtues

• Courage: 2
• Integrity: 3

Skills

• Alertness: 2
• Athletics: 2
• Brawl: 3
• Survival: 5

Traits

Flying, natural weapon

Large felid

A fearsome predator.
Length: 200 cm
Weight: 160 kg

• Summon archetype: beast 7

Attributes

• Agility: 4
• Constitution: 4
• Reaction: 5
• Strength: 6
• Charisma: 1/2
• Intuition: 1
• Perception: 3
• Persuasion: 1/2

Virtues

• Courage: 4
• Integrity: 3

Skills

• Alertness: 3
• Athletics: 4
• Brawl: 4
• Intimidation: 3
• Stealth: 4
• Survival: 5

Traits

Natural weapon

Leopard

A large solitary cat.
Length: 165 cm
Weight: 60 kg

• Summon archetype: beast 6

Attributes

• Agility: 4
• Constitution: 3
• Reaction: 5
• Strength: 4
• Charisma: 1/2
• Intuition: 1
• Perception: 3
• Persuasion: 1/2

Virtues

• Courage: 3
• Integrity: 3

Skills

• Alertness: 3
• Athletics: 5
• Brawl: 4
• Intimidation: 2
• Stealth: 4
• Survival: 5

Traits

Natural weapon

Raccoon

An omnivorous mammal having a greyish-black fur.
Length: 55 cm
Weight: 8 kg

• Summon archetype: beast 2

Attributes

• Agility: 3
• Constitution: 1/2
• Reaction: 3
• Strength: 1
• Charisma: 1/3
• Intuition: 1
• Perception: 3
• Persuasion: 1/3

Virtues

• Courage: 1
• Integrity: 3

Skills

• Alertness: 2
• Athletics: 3
• Brawl: 2
• Stealth: 3
• Survival: 3

Traits

Natural weapon

Rat

Rats are middle-sized, long-tailed rodents.
Length: 45 cm
Weight: 400 g

• Summon archetype: beast 1

Attributes

• Agility: 3
• Constitution: 1/3
• Reaction: 3
• Strength: 1/2
• Charisma: 1/4
• Intuition: 1
• Perception: 2
• Persuasion: 1/4

Virtues

• Courage: 1
• Integrity: 3

Skills

• Alertness: 2
• Athletics: 2
• Brawl: 2
• Stealth: 3
• Survival: 5

Traits

Natural weapon

Rhinoceros

A herbivorous animal known for his massiveness and ill-temper.
Length: 400 cm
Weight: 2000 kg

• Summon archetype: beast 9

Attributes

• Agility: 2
• Constitution: 7
• Reaction: 2
• Strength: 7
• Charisma: 1/2
• Intuition: 1
• Perception: 3
• Persuasion: 1/2

Virtues

• Courage: 3
• Integrity: 3

Skills

• Alertness: 3
• Athletics: 2
• Brawl: 3
• Intimidation: 2
• Stealth: 1
• Survival: 5

Defenses

• Armor: 1

Traits

Natural weapon

Viper

A poisonous snake.
Length: 80 cm
Weight: 5 kg

• Summon archetype: beast 3

Attributes

• Agility: 2
• Constitution: 1/2
• Reaction: 3
• Strength: 2
• Charisma: 1/4
• Intuition: 1
• Perception: 2
• Persuasion: 1/4

Virtues

• Courage: 2
• Integrity: 3

Skills

• Alertness: 3
• Athletics: 2
• Brawl: 2
• Intimidation: 2
• Stealth: 3
• Survival: 5

Traits

Poisonous fangs

Wolf

A wild carnivorous animal.
Length: 150 cm
Weight: 40 kg

• Summon archetype: beast 5

Attributes

• Agility: 3
• Constitution: 2
• Reaction: 4
• Strength: 3
• Charisma: 1
• Intuition: 1
• Perception: 3
• Persuasion: 1

Virtues

• Courage: 4
• Integrity: 3

Skills

• Alertness: 4
• Athletics: 4
• Brawl: 4
• Intimidation: 3
• Stealth: 3
• Survival: 5

Traits

Natural weapon

Creatures of the unknown

• Imp
• Giant spider
• Kobold
• Troll
• Wyvern

Imp

A mischievous small creature with sharp claws.
Height: 50 cm
Weight: 8 kg

• Summon archetype: unknown 2

Attributes

• Agility: 2
• Constitution: 1/3
• Reaction: 2
• Strength: 1
• Charisma: 1/3
• Intuition: 1
• Perception: 2
• Persuasion: 1/3

Virtues

• Courage: 1
• Integrity: 2

Skills

• Alertness: 2
• Athletics: 2
• Brawl: 2
• Stealth: 2
• Survival: 4

Traits

Natural weapon

Giant spider

An overgrown spider with crystals on its back.
Length: 100 cm
Weight: 40 kg

• Summon archetype: unknown 5

Attributes

• Agility: 2
• Constitution: 2
• Reaction: 3
• Strength: 3
• Charisma: 1/4
• Intuition: 1
• Perception: 2
• Persuasion: 1/4

Virtues

• Courage: 2
• Integrity: 3

Skills

• Alertness: 4
• Athletics: 2
• Brawl: 3
• Intimidation: 2
• Stealth: 2
• Survival: 5

Defenses

• Armor: 1

Traits

Numbing poison

Kobold

Small reptilian humanoids with primitive intelligence and technology.
Height: 75 cm
Weight: 15 kg

• Summon archetype: unknown 3

Attributes

• Agility: 3
• Constitution: 1/2
• Reaction: 2
• Strength: 2
• Charisma: 1
• Intuition: 2
• Perception: 2
• Persuasion: 1

Virtues

• Courage: 2
• Integrity: 3

Skills

• Alertness: 2
• Athletics: 2
• Brawl: 1
• Intimidation: 1
• Melee: 2
• Stealth: 2
• Survival: 3
• Throwing: 2

Defenses

• Armor: 1

Assets

Improvised armor, short spear (damage 1, versatile), small sling (damage 0, drawn, two-handed)

Troll

Trolls are humanoid carnivores with regenerative abilities.
Height: 160 cm
Weight: 80 kg

• Summon archetype: unknown 6

Attributes

• Agility: 3
• Constitution: 4
• Reaction: 3
• Strength: 4
• Charisma: 1/2
• Intuition: 1
• Perception: 2
• Persuasion: 1/2

Virtues

• Courage: 3
• Integrity: 3

Skills

• Alertness: 2
• Athletics: 2
• Brawl: 3
• Intimidation: 2
• Stealth: 1
• Survival: 5

Traits

Regeneration

Wyvern

A flying bipedal dragon-like creature.
Length: 400 cm
Weight: 150 kg

• Summon archetype: unknown 8

Attributes

• Agility: 3
• Constitution: 5
• Reaction: 3
• Strength: 5
• Charisma: 1
• Intuition: 1
• Perception: 3
• Persuasion: 1

Virtues

• Courage: 4
• Integrity: 3

Skills

• Alertness: 4
• Athletics: 3
• Brawl: 4
• Intimidation: 3
• Stealth: 2
• Survival: 5

Defenses

• Armor: 2

Traits

Flying, natural weapon, tail stab

Undeads

• Drake skeleton
• Ghoul
• Rat skeleton
• Shadow
• Undead warrior
• Wolf skeleton

Drake skeleton

A four legged beast, returned from the otherworld.
Length: 500 cm
Weight: 80 kg

• Summon archetype: undead 9

Attributes

• Agility: 3
• Constitution: 8
• Reaction: 3
• Strength: 7
• Charisma: 1/4
• Intuition: 1/4
• Perception: 1
• Persuasion: 1/4

Virtues

• Courage: 5
• Integrity: 2

Skills

• Alertness: 2
• Athletics: 2
• Brawl: 3
• Intimidation: 2

Defenses

• Armor (inner): 1

Traits

Natural weapon, undead

Ghoul

Once a human, now a rotting undead corpse.
Height: 175 cm
Weight: 60 kg

• Summon archetype: undead 3

Attributes

• Agility: 2
• Constitution: 4
• Reaction: 2
• Strength: 2
• Charisma: 1/4
• Intuition: 1/4
• Perception: 1
• Persuasion: 1/4

Virtues

• Courage: 5
• Integrity: 2

Skills

• Athletics: 1
• Brawl: 2

Traits

Undead

Rat skeleton

An undead rat of which only the bones remain. Magic is provinding its lifeforce.
Length: 45 cm
Weight: 60 g

• Summon archetype: undead 1

Attributes

• Agility: 3
• Constitution: 1/2
• Reaction: 2
• Strength: 1/3
• Charisma: 1/4
• Intuition: 1/4
• Perception: 1
• Persuasion: 1/4

Virtues

• Courage: 5
• Integrity: 2

Skills

• Alertness: 1
• Athletics: 2
• Brawl: 2

Defenses

• Armor (inner): 1

Traits

Natural weapon, undead

Shadow

A humanlike figure dressed in black, its face covered by a mask.
Height: 150 cm
Weight: 30 kg

• Summon archetype: undead 7

Attributes

• Agility: 3
• Constitution: 1
• Reaction: 3
• Strength: 1
• Charisma: 1/4
• Intuition: 3
• Perception: 1
• Persuasion: 1/4

Virtues

• Courage: 5
• Integrity: 4

Skills

• Brawl: 1
• Intimidation: 1
• Marksmanship: 3

Pools

• Mana: 5

Defenses

• Armor (inner): 2
• Elemental resist (inner): 2

Traits

Magic arrow, undead

Undead warrior

A human warrior, but undead.
Height: 180 cm
Weight: 15 kg

• Summon archetype: undead 6

Attributes

• Agility: 2
• Constitution: 4
• Reaction: 2
• Strength: 2
• Charisma: 1/4
• Intuition: 1/4
• Perception: 1
• Persuasion: 1/4

Virtues

• Courage: 5
• Integrity: 2

Skills

• Alertness: 1
• Athletics: 2
• Brawl: 3
• Intimidation: 2
• Marksmanship: 3
• Melee: 3
• Parry: 3

Defenses

• Armor (inner): 1

Traits

Undead

Assets

Bow, shield, sword

Wolf skeleton

An undead wolf skeleton. Magic is provinding its lifeforce.
Length: 150 cm
Weight: 8 kg

• Summon archetype: undead 5

Attributes

• Agility: 3
• Constitution: 3
• Reaction: 3
• Strength: 2
• Charisma: 1/4
• Intuition: 1/4
• Perception: 1
• Persuasion: 1/4

Virtues

• Courage: 5
• Integrity: 2

Skills

• Alertness: 2
• Athletics: 3
• Brawl: 3
• Intimidation: 2

Defenses

• Armor (inner): 1

Traits

Natural weapon, undead

Appendix A: Creature traits

Amphibious

You take no penalties where performing an action underwater.

Automatic

You can reload a ranged weapons as a free action.

Dormant

This creature can't do any action.

Flying

You can fly. Getting off the ground requires a free action.

Maximizing

The creature's summoner can fire a spell at it. The spell will then bounce to the real target, but with enhanced strength. Roll the dice twice and take the best result between the two.
After this effect has been triggered the creature disappears.

Natural weapon

Your unharmed attacks deal one extra point of damage.

Numbing poison

Whenever you deal at least one point of damage, the victim is struck with a numbing poison which gives a disadvantage of one dice to all physical rolls.
The poison does not stack and lasts for six hours.

Poisonous fangs

Whenever you deal at least one point of damage, the victim is struck with deadly poison.
The poison causes one point of damage after three hours and another point after six hours. The poison does not stack.

Regeneration

Regenerate one point of your current health level per round.

Tail stab

You perform a stabbing move with your tail, with a disadvantage of two dice. The attack has the armor piercing property.

Undead

You are immune to poisons and diseases. Sleeping, eating, and breathing are meaningless to you. On the flip side, you can't recover lost health points.