Apes and Monkeys#
One family of Wild Animals: 23 animals, levels 2 to 11. Reading the tables says what each column means.
The canopy dwellers of Menusia and Amari. Clever, loud and light-fingered.
| Animal | Level | Health | AC | Bite | Group | Tame | Worth | Lives in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pygmy Marmosettiny · weakThe smallest monkey on Sedia fits in a cupped hand and spends its day gnawing tree bark for sap in the forests of Menusia and Amari. Its bite feels like a bee sting. Port merchants sell them as pets in little cages. | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1d4 | 1 | DC 6 | 40 |   |
| Bamboo Monkeysmall · regularA gray-green monkey that eats little besides bamboo shoots, found in the bamboo thickets of the Menusian and Amari forests. It’s shy, quick and hard to get near. Hunters rarely bother, since there’s not much meat under the fur. | 3 | 14 | 6 | 1d4 | 1 | DC 5 | 10 | |
| Squirrel Monkeysmall · regularSmall, gold-limbed monkeys that move through the Menusian and Amari canopy in chattering troops and fall on a fruiting tree like hail. They tame easily and sell well. A trained one will pick a pocket for its keeper. | 3 | 14 | 7 | 1d4 | 1-2 | DC 8 | 95 | |
| Capuchin Monkeysmall · weakClever little monkeys that crack nuts with stones and roam the forests of Menusia and Amari in troops of up to five. They learn fast, which makes them good to tame and a nuisance in camp. Keep the food sealed. | 4 | 15 | 5 | 1d6 | 1-5 | DC 4 | 60 | |
| Langursmall · weakA long-tailed, gray-furred monkey with a black face that lives in the forests of Tharsis, Esthar and New Saellem, and unlike most monkeys it doesn’t mind snow. Troops hang around shrines and villages and steal food. A tamed langur is good company. | 4 | 15 | 4 | 1d4 | 1 | DC 5 | 60 |      |
| Orangutanmedium · regularOrangutans are red-haired, slow and very strong, and they live alone high in the Menusian canopy. They watch travelers with an expression people find unsettling, because it looks like judgment. They rarely attack, but one that does can throw a grown man. | 5 | 21 | 8 | 1d8 | 1 | DC 9 | 80 | |
| Silvery Gibbonmedium · weakSilver-gray and long-armed, gibbons swing through the high branches of Menusia and Amari and sing duets at dawn. They rarely come down. A trapped gibbon bites, but most are gone overhead before you can draw. | 5 | 21 | 7 | 1d4 | 1 | DC 6 | 50 | |
| Aye-Aye Monkeysmall · weakNot really a monkey: a big-eyed, bat-eared night climber with one long bony finger it uses to tap bark and hook out grubs. Villagers in Menusia call it bad luck and chase it off with torches. It’s harmless, but meeting one at eye level in the dark tests anyone’s nerve. | 6 | 18 | 6 | 1d4 | 1-3 | DC 5 | 10 | |
| Lemursmall · regularRing-tailed and loud about it, lemurs work the beaches and river mouths of Menusia and Amari, picking through the tide wrack for crabs and fallen fruit. They steal from camps without shame. A tame one makes a decent pet and a poor guard. | 6 | 18 | 4 | 1d6 | 1-2 | DC 4 | 20 |  |
| Chimpanzeemedium · weakChimpanzees live in loud bands in the jungles of Menusia and the warm forests of Amari. They’re clever enough to use sticks and stones, and they throw both at strangers. Don’t let the size fool you: an angry one is stronger than any man. | 6 | 22 | 4 | 1d6 | 1-4 | DC 5 | 70 | |
| Howler Monkeymedium · weakYou hear a howler troop long before you see one: the dawn roar carries for miles over the Menusian forest. Up close it’s a fairly calm leaf-eater. Most travelers who swear they heard a beast in the trees heard one of these. | 6 | 22 | 8 | 1d4 | 1 | DC 9 | 75 | |
| Yellow-Tailed Woolly Monkeymedium · regularMahogany-furred with a yellow stripe under its tail, this rare woolly monkey lives in the highest misty forests of Menusia and Amari. It’s bigger and bolder than its cousin and defends its troop’s trees. Collectors pay well for a tame one. | 6 | 22 | 8 | 1d8 | 1 | DC 8 | 45 | |
| Apemedium · regularApes keep to the canopy of the Menusian jungle and the warmer forests of Amari, and they come down only to run off whatever gets too close. One will knock a grown man flat and walk away as if nothing happened. They can be tamed, but they never quite stop testing who’s in charge. | 7 | 23 | 10 | 1d12 | 1-2 | DC 5 | 10 | |
| Baboonmedium · regularBaboons work the forest edges of Menusia and Amari, loud and quarrelsome, and they rob camps with real skill. A cornered one bites hard enough to break a forearm. Tie up the food sacks, and then tie them up again. | 7 | 23 | 10 | 1d12 | 1-2 | DC 5 | 10 | |
| Mandrillmedium · regularThe mandrill is a big, heavy monkey with a blue and red face, and it lives on the forest floor of Menusia and Amari. Males bare their long fangs to warn strangers off, and they mean it. They tame with patience and stay moody. | 8 | 24 | 6 | 1d6 | 1 | DC 4 | 70 | |
| Owl-Faced Monkeymedium · regularA dark, heavy-browed monkey with a pale stripe down its nose that gives it the solemn stare of an owl. It keeps to the deep forests of Menusia and Amari and forages quietly near the ground. Those who tame one say it’s the calmest monkey on Sedia. | 8 | 25 | 8 | 1d8 | 1 | DC 8 | 75 | |
| Monkeymedium · regularMonkeys chatter in every tree from the Tropics of Dumet to the forests of Amari. They steal shiny things, throw fruit at strangers and scream when anything bigger walks by, which makes them a decent alarm. A tamed one learns tricks fast and never learns to stop stealing. | 9 | 26 | 8 | 1d8 | 1 | DC 7 | 75 | |
| Spider Monkeymedium · regularLong arms, longer tail and hardly any thumbs: spider monkeys swing through the forests of Menusia and Amari faster than anyone can run below them. They throw fruit, sticks and dung at intruders. Tamed young, they make loyal and very loud companions. | 9 | 26 | 8 | 1d8 | 1-2 | DC 7 | 75 | |
| Tufted Gray Langurmedium · weakLangurs are long-tailed gray monkeys with black faces and a tuft on the crown, living in troops in the forests of Tharsis and Esthar. They raid fields and camps and don’t scare easily. Whatever one takes from you, it will eat in front of you. | 9 | 26 | 5 | 1d4 | 1 | DC 6 | 30 | |
| White-Cheeked Spider Monkeymedium · weakLong arms, a long gripping tail and a pale face: this spider monkey swings through the high canopy of Menusia and the subtropical forests of Amari in noisy troops. It throws fruit at anyone below, and when the fruit runs out it throws worse. Tamed young, it learns to fetch, and to steal. | 9 | 26 | 8 | 1d8 | 1 | DC 7 | 75 | |
| White-Faced Monkeymedium · regularBlack-bodied with a pale face and shoulders, this monkey roams the forests of Menusia and Amari in noisy bands and isn’t shy about raiding a camp. It swings sticks like clubs. A tame one sells for little, because it bites its owners. | 9 | 26 | 7 | 1d8 | 1 | DC 5 | 20 | |
| Woolly Monkeymedium · regularA heavy, thick-furred monkey that hangs by its tail high in the Menusian and Amari canopy. Troops are noisy but mostly gentle, though an old male will drop down and fight to cover the others’ retreat. It hits harder than its face suggests. | 10 | 29 | 8 | 1d8 | 1 | DC 6 | 65 | |
| Gorillamedium · regularGorillas live in family groups on the forest floor of Menusia and Amari, led by a silver-backed male that weighs nearly thirty stones. They are gentle until threatened, and then the male charges, roaring and beating his chest. Back away slowly and look at the ground. | 11 | 34 | 6 | 1d6 | 1-2 | DC 6 | 70 | |
