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Everything that lives on Out of Games, where to find it and what it drops. Sign in to keep your own record of what you have seen, fought and beaten.
134 creatures
134 creatures across 25 places. Every part of the site is somewhere to venture, and every place has its own.
- Beasts
- Constructs
- Demons
- Elementals
- Humanoids
- Spirits
- Undead
Every place (25)
- The Waystone
- The Commons
- Acres of Poets
- Gossip Row
- The Scriveners' Stacks
- Neon Hollow
- The Wishing Well
- The Hall of Cartridges
- The Haggling Docks
- The Grand Stage
- The Seeker's Maze
- The Gate of Realms
- The Pumpkin Patch
- Diablo Frontier
- Magic the Gathering Frontier
- Mario Frontier
- Minecraft Frontier
- Pokemon Frontier
- The Pal Ranch
- The Tavern Cellar
- The Shifting Locations
- The Lands Between Pages
- The Contested Fields
- The Frozen Reach
- The Lost Woods Edge
The Waystone
Sidequest's own crossroads. Every adventure starts with something small and bitey.
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Cutpurse
Humanoid
Wants your coin purse. Will settle for your boots.
- Spool of Thread
- Bolt of Linen
- Copper Nails
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Exclamation Marc
Humanoid
Has a yellow mark over his head and a job for you. The job is ten rats. It is always ten rats.
- Spool of Thread
- Bolt of Linen
- Copper Nails
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Overstuffed Satchel
Construct
A backpack so full it grew teeth. Bag space: none. Bite: plenty.
- Copper Ore
- Stone
- Tin Ore
The Commons
The front page and every lane nobody has named yet. Busy, muddy, mostly harmless.
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Bandit Thug
Humanoid
Hired for his size. Paid in whatever you are carrying.
- Spool of Thread
- Bolt of Linen
- Bolt of Linen
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Pumpkin Ooze
Elemental Oozefest
Orange, wobbling and smells faintly of pie. Do not eat it.
- Pumpkin Toffee
- Gummy Ghoul
- Embershroom
The Commons, Acres of Poets, The Pumpkin Patch
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Pigeon Mob
Beast
Individually harmless. Collectively, they have a plan.
- Rough Hide
- Game Meat
- Beast Bone
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Town Crier
Humanoid
Reads every headline at full volume, including the ones you have already seen.
- Bolt of Linen
- Bolt of Linen
- Spider Silk
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Doomscroller
Undead
Has not looked up from the feed since the last console launch.
- Beast Bone
- Ghoul Hide
- Ghoul Hide
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Puddle Elemental
Elemental
The front page gets a lot of foot traffic. This is where it all drains to.
- Salt Crystal
- Embershroom
- Salt Crystal
Acres of Poets
The news and every article in it: long fields of words, and things hiding in the margins.
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Clickbait Crow
Beast
You will not believe what it does next. (It pecks you.)
- Rough Hide
- Game Meat
- Beast Bone
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Pumpkin Ooze
Elemental Oozefest
Orange, wobbling and smells faintly of pie. Do not eat it.
- Pumpkin Toffee
- Gummy Ghoul
- Embershroom
The Commons, Acres of Poets, The Pumpkin Patch
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Typo Gremlin
Demon
Lives between the keys. Swaps every 'their' for 'there' the moment you hit publish.
- Embershroom
- Fire Pepper
- Beast Bone
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Embargo Breaker
Humanoid
Posted the review three hours early. Will do it again.
- Bolt of Linen
- Bolt of Linen
- Bolt of Moonthread
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Ink Wraith
Spirit
A draft that was never published, still looking for its byline.
- Wisp Thread
- Moonpetal
- Wisp Thread
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Paywall Troll
Humanoid
Lives under the fold. Wants a subscription before you pass.
- Spider Silk
- Bolt of Silkweave
- Bolt of Silkweave
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Run-On Sentence
Elemental
It started as a headline and it kept going and going and it does not know how to stop and
- Salt Crystal
- Embershroom
- Salt Crystal
Gossip Row
Profiles, messages and comment threads. Everybody here has an opinion and a knife.
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Reply Guy
Humanoid
Has a correction for your correction.
- Spool of Thread
- Bolt of Linen
- Bolt of Linen
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Hot Take Imp
Demon
Feeds on comment sections. Grows a size with every 'actually'.
- Embershroom
- Fire Pepper
- Beast Bone
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Notification Swarm
Beast
A cloud of little red badges. Every one of them is urgent.
- Rough Hide
- Game Meat
- Beast Bone
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The Lurker
Spirit
Has read every thread since 2014. Has never posted. Is watching now.
- Wisp Thread
- Moonpetal
- Wisp Thread
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Well-Actually Owl
Beast
Turns its head all the way round to tell you that you are wrong.
- Rough Hide
- Game Meat
- Beast Bone
The Scriveners' Stacks
The guides: shelf after shelf of how-to, and something living in the back rows.
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Cave Spider
Beast
Lives in the back rows of the guide stacks. Spins silk the tailors would pay good Gold for, if anyone came back with it.
- Spider Silk
- Game Meat
- Beast Bone
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Bookworm
Beast
Ate the strategy section. Now it thinks it knows the meta.
- Game Meat
- Beast Bone
- Thick Hide
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Shushing Librarian
Humanoid
Hits harder the louder you are.
- Bolt of Linen
- Bolt of Linen
- Bolt of Silkweave
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Ghost of Patches Past
Spirit
Haunts the old guides. Insists the build from three expansions ago is still the best.
- Wisp Thread
- Moonpetal
- Wisp Thread
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Min-Maxer
Humanoid
Has a spreadsheet for this fight. You are row 412.
- Spider Silk
- Bolt of Silkweave
- Bolt of Silkweave
Neon Hollow
The arcade and its puzzles, polls and sparks. The lights never go off. Neither do the things under them.
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Gloomwisp
Spirit Oozefest
A cold little light that wants you to follow it. Do not follow it.
- Wisp Thread
- Ghost Marshmallow
- Moonpetal
Neon Hollow, The Pumpkin Patch
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Button Masher
Humanoid
No plan, no combos, somehow winning.
- Spool of Thread
- Bolt of Linen
- Bolt of Linen
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Eight-Bit Bat
Beast
Flaps in four frames. Knocks you back into the pit every time.
- Rough Hide
- Game Meat
- Thick Hide
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Pinball Wizard
Humanoid
Tilts the whole room when he is losing.
- Bolt of Linen
- Bolt of Linen
- Spider Silk
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Ballot Box Poltergeist
Spirit
Every poll it touches comes out 50/50.
- Wisp Thread
- Moonpetal
- Wisp Thread
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Living Glitch
Elemental
A tear in the screen that leaks stray pixels. Touching it is a bad idea.
- Salt Crystal
- Embershroom
- Salt Crystal
The Wishing Well
Gift drops and rewards. People throw good things down here, and something keeps them.
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Cave Bear
Beast
Lives at the bottom of the well and sleeps on everything that falls in. Was asleep. Is not now.
- Game Meat
- Beast Bone
- Thick Hide
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Wishing Toad
Beast
Sits on the coins people throw in. Croaks if you reach for one.
- Rough Hide
- Game Meat
- Beast Bone
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Gift Code Goblin
Humanoid
Redeemed every code before you saw the post.
- Spool of Thread
- Bolt of Linen
- Bolt of Linen
The Hall of Cartridges
The games hub and its reviews: a long hall of boxes, and some of the boxes bite.
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Nerd Dude
Humanoid
Will explain the lore whether you asked or not. Has a lanyard from every convention since 2009.
- Spool of Thread
- Bolt of Linen
- Bolt of Linen
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Cartridge Blower
Humanoid
Blows into every cartridge. It never helped. He will not stop.
- Bolt of Linen
- Salt Crystal
- Bolt of Linen
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Dust Bunny
Beast
Bred behind the console. Gets into the slot when you are not looking.
- Rough Hide
- Game Meat
- Beast Bone
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Backlog Behemoth
Beast
Grown from every game you bought on sale and never started.
- Rough Hide
- Game Meat
- Beast Bone
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Collector's Edition Mimic
Construct
Still in the shrink wrap. Still very much alive.
- Copper Ore
- Tin Ore
- Tin Ore
The Haggling Docks
The marketplace and the shop. Every crate has a price, and every smuggler has a crate.
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Bog Ghoul
Undead Oozefest
Crawled out of the slime when the Ooze rose. Still dripping.
- Beast Bone
- Ghoul Hide
- Wisp Thread
The Haggling Docks, The Pumpkin Patch
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Smuggler
Humanoid
Says the crates are full of cloth. For once, they are.
- Spool of Thread
- Bolt of Linen
- Salt Crystal
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Scalper
Humanoid
Bought all of them. Will sell you one, at four times the price.
- Spool of Thread
- Bolt of Linen
- Salt Crystal
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Bandit Captain
Humanoid
Runs the dock crews. Has a hat, a plan and a very short temper.
- Bolt of Linen
- Salt Crystal
- Bolt of Linen
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Thieving Gull
Beast
Took your sandwich. Coming back for the rest of the stall.
- Rough Hide
- Game Meat
- Beast Bone
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Barnacle Golem
Elemental
The pier pilings that got tired of standing still.
- Salt Crystal
- Embershroom
- Salt Crystal
The Grand Stage
Events and live blogs. Big crowds, bright lights and robed folk in the wings.
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Cultist Adept
Humanoid
Chanting in a language that makes the candles lean away.
- Bolt of Linen
- Salt Crystal
- Bolt of Linen
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Hype Man
Humanoid
Has been shouting 'one more thing' since doors opened.
- Salt Crystal
- Spider Silk
- Bolt of Silkweave
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Fog Machine Phantom
Spirit
Came in with the smoke effects. Never left.
- Wisp Thread
- Moonpetal
- Wisp Thread
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Front-Row Camper
Undead
Queued for the keynote three days early and did not survive the wait. Still not giving up the seat.
- Beast Bone
- Ghoul Hide
- Ghoul Hide
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Spoiler Leaker
Humanoid
Knows the reveal. Will tell you whether you want it or not.
- Spool of Thread
- Spider Silk
- Moonpetal
The Seeker's Maze
Search, and any page you reach through Random. Every turn is a dead end with teeth.
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Nightstalker
Beast
You will not hear it. You will notice the silence.
- Rough Hide
- Game Meat
- Beast Bone
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No-Results Minotaur
Beast
Guards the end of every search that found nothing.
- Rough Hide
- Game Meat
- Beast Bone
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Breadcrumb Thief
Humanoid
Eats the trail you left so you cannot get back.
- Moonpetal
- Bolt of Moonthread
- Bolt of Moonthread
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Rabbit Hole Hare
Beast
Follow it and it is three in the morning and you are reading about lighthouses.
- Rough Hide
- Game Meat
- Beast Bone
The Gate of Realms
The realm index, where every game's road begins. The gatekeepers here are old and proud.
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Ridge Drake
Beast
Too small to be a dragon and far too proud to admit it.
- Rough Hide
- Drake Scale
- Game Meat
The Gate of Realms, Bounty realms with no foes of their own
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Gatekeeper
Humanoid
Will not let you in until you name every game in the series, in order.
- Spool of Thread
- Bolt of Linen
- Bolt of Linen
The Gate of Realms, Bounty realms with no foes of their own
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Old Guard
Undead
Was here before the realms had names. Will be here after.
- Beast Bone
- Ghoul Hide
- Ghoul Hide
The Gate of Realms, Bounty realms with no foes of their own
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Portal Wisp
Spirit
Leaks out of every realm door. Smells faintly of other games.
- Wisp Thread
- Moonpetal
- Wisp Thread
The Gate of Realms, Bounty realms with no foes of their own
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Realm Hopper
Humanoid
Plays everything for a week, masters nothing, fights like all of it.
- Spool of Thread
- Bolt of Linen
- Salt Crystal
The Gate of Realms, Bounty realms with no foes of their own
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Moat Serpent
Beast
Keeps the gate's moat. Has eaten three drawbridges.
- Rough Hide
- Game Meat
- Beast Bone
The Gate of Realms, Bounty realms with no foes of their own
The Pumpkin Patch
The Ooze came up through the pumpkins. Some of the pumpkins came up with it.
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Pumpkin Ooze
Elemental Oozefest
Orange, wobbling and smells faintly of pie. Do not eat it.
- Pumpkin Toffee
- Gummy Ghoul
- Embershroom
The Commons, Acres of Poets, The Pumpkin Patch
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Gloomwisp
Spirit Oozefest
A cold little light that wants you to follow it. Do not follow it.
- Wisp Thread
- Ghost Marshmallow
- Moonpetal
Neon Hollow, The Pumpkin Patch
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Bog Ghoul
Undead Oozefest
Crawled out of the slime when the Ooze rose. Still dripping.
- Beast Bone
- Ghoul Hide
- Wisp Thread
The Haggling Docks, The Pumpkin Patch
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Patch Scarecrow
Construct Oozefest
Stuffed with straw and something that is not straw.
- Copper Ore
- Stone
- Tin Ore
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Candy Corn Bat
Beast Oozefest
Striped orange, yellow and white. Tastes worse than it looks.
- Rough Hide
- Game Meat
- Beast Bone
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Trick-or-Treater
Humanoid Oozefest
Has been trick-or-treating since lunch. Wants your candy. All of it.
- Spool of Thread
- Bolt of Linen
- Ghost Marshmallow
Diablo Frontier
Foes from Diablo, and a fair bounty for each of them.
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Fallen Grunt
Demon
Small, red, brave right up until its shaman goes down.
- Embershroom
- Fire Pepper
- Beast Bone
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Goatling Shaman
Demon
Half goat, half spellbook. Every word sets something on fire.
- Embershroom
- Fire Pepper
- Beast Bone
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Loot Goblin
Humanoid
Run after it. It is carrying everything.
- Spool of Thread
- Bolt of Linen
- Bolt of Linen
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Rattlebone Archer
Undead
Missing most of its ribs. Not missing with the bow.
- Beast Bone
- Ghoul Hide
- Ghoul Hide
Magic the Gathering Frontier
Foes from Magic the Gathering, and a fair bounty for each of them.
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Two-Two Bear
Beast
The baseline every other creature is measured against. Proud of it.
- Game Meat
- Beast Bone
- Thick Hide
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Goblin Tour Guide
Humanoid
Hasty. Shows you the sights. The sights are fire.
- Spool of Thread
- Spider Silk
- Bolt of Silkweave
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The Counterspeller
Humanoid
Holds up two mana and smiles. No.
- Salt Crystal
- Spider Silk
- Bolt of Moonthread
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Shivering Dragonling
Beast
A little red dragon that pumps its fire up one point at a time.
- Game Meat
- Beast Bone
- Drake Scale
Mario Frontier
Foes from Mario, and a fair bounty for each of them.
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Grumba
Beast
A grumpy walking mushroom. Gets flattened a lot. Holds a grudge about it.
- Rough Hide
- Game Meat
- Beast Bone
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Shell Trooper
Beast
Hides in its shell and comes back as a projectile.
- Game Meat
- Beast Bone
- Thick Hide
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Hammer Brother
Humanoid
Throws hammers. All of them. In an arc.
- Spider Silk
- Bolt of Silkweave
- Bolt of Silkweave
Minecraft Frontier
Foes from Minecraft, and a fair bounty for each of them.
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Longstare
Spirit
Tall, black and purple-eyed. Do not look at it. You looked at it.
- Wisp Thread
- Wisp Thread
- Wisp Thread
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Cube Zombie
Undead
Burns in the morning. Groans all night. Square in every way.
- Beast Bone
- Ghoul Hide
- Ghoul Hide
Pokemon Frontier
Foes from Pokemon, and a fair bounty for each of them.
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Tall-Grass Rat
Beast
A wild one appeared! It is purple and it is in the top percentage of rats.
- Rough Hide
- Game Meat
- Beast Bone
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Bug Catcher
Humanoid
A straw hat, a net, and six of the same caterpillar.
- Spider Silk
- Moonpetal
- Spider Silk
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Youngster Joel
Humanoid
Wants to battle. Wants to show you his rat. Calls you on your phone about the rat.
- Bolt of Linen
- Bolt of Linen
- Bolt of Silkweave
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Endless Zoobat
Beast
There is always another one. There is always another one.
- Rough Hide
- Game Meat
- Beast Bone
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Team Racket Grunt
Humanoid
Prepare for trouble. And make it a monologue.
- Spider Silk
- Bolt of Silkweave
- Bolt of Silkweave
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Magicarp
Beast
Flops. Flops harder. One day it will be something terrifying. Not today.
- Game Meat
- Beast Bone
- Thick Hide
The Pal Ranch
Fenced fields of hard-working Pals, and nobody has had a day off.
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Overworked Pal
Beast
Has not had a break since Tuesday. Has decided you are why.
- Rough Hide
- Game Meat
- Beast Bone
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Pal Poacher
Humanoid
Has a sphere launcher and no conscience.
- Spool of Thread
- Bolt of Linen
- Copper Nails
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Rocket Penguin
Beast
Small, round and fired out of a launcher at speed.
- Rough Hide
- Game Meat
- Beast Bone
The Tavern Cellar
Under the inn, past the kegs, where the sore losers go to sulk.
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Knife Juggler
Humanoid
Every time a friend shows up, a knife goes somewhere. Usually into you.
- Hearthdew
- Spider Silk
- Hearthdew
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Tavern Brawler
Humanoid
Lost a game of cards. Has decided it was your fault.
- Spool of Thread
- Hearthdew
- Spider Silk
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Leery Jenkins
Humanoid
Charges in before anyone has finished the plan. At least he has chicken.
- Spool of Thread
- Bolt of Linen
- Hearthdew
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Gloomsayer
Humanoid
Says everyone dies at the start of next turn. Is usually right.
- Spool of Thread
- Bolt of Linen
- Hearthian
The Shifting Locations
Three places, six turns, and the rules change wherever you stand.
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Snapback Bluffer
Humanoid
Snapped on turn one. Retreats on turn five. Every time.
- Spider Silk
- Bolt of Silkweave
- Bolt of Silkweave
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Six-Drop Smasher
Humanoid
Big, green-ish and saves its whole turn for one enormous swing.
- Spool of Thread
- Spider Silk
- Bolt of Silkweave
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Location Gremlin
Demon
Changes the rules of wherever you are standing. Never in your favour.
- Embershroom
- Fire Pepper
- Beast Bone
The Lands Between Pages
Golden trees, grey skies and a knight waiting right where you start.
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Tree Guardsman
Humanoid
A golden knight on a golden horse, right at the start, where you are least ready.
- Spider Silk
- Bolt of Silkweave
- Bolt of Silkweave
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Giant Coast Crab
Beast
Was buried in the sand. Is now very much not.
- Game Meat
- Beast Bone
- Thick Hide
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Message Phantom
Spirit
Left a note on the ground: 'try jumping'. Do not try jumping.
- Wisp Thread
- Moonpetal
- Wisp Thread
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Polite Jar
Construct
A walking pot with a warrior's heart. Apologises before every hit.
- Coal
- Iron Ore
- Coal
The Contested Fields
Golden fields and rival camps, and a bounty board with one name on every poster.
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Huggur
Humanoid
A gnoll with a bounty on every signpost and a grudge against everyone who reads them.
- Spool of Thread
- Bolt of Linen
- Bolt of Linen
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Red-Bandana Pillager
Humanoid
Part of a brotherhood that never stopped looting the mines.
- Spool of Thread
- Bolt of Linen
- Bolt of Linen
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Plainstrutter
Beast
A tall angry bird that gives no warning and every reason to run.
- Rough Hide
- Game Meat
- Beast Bone
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Rare Spawn
Beast
You camped the hill for an hour. It was up for nine seconds.
- Rough Hide
- Game Meat
- Beast Bone
The Frozen Reach
Snowfields past the last furnace, where the wolves have frost in their fur.
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Frostfang Wolf
Beast
Its breath freezes on its whiskers. Its pelt sheds frostfibre.
- Frostfibre
- Game Meat
- Beast Bone
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Polar Hunt Bear
Beast
Shows up for the hunt event. Is not on your side of it.
- Game Meat
- Frostfibre
- Beast Bone
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Frozen Straggler
Undead
Did not make it back to the furnace. Still walking.
- Beast Bone
- Ghoul Hide
- Frostow
The Lost Woods Edge
A green field, a quiet wood and something in every pot.
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Bonkoblin
Humanoid
Pig-snouted, club-happy, delighted to see you.
- Bolt of Linen
- Bolt of Linen
- Spider Silk
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Rocktopus
Beast
Pops out of the grass and spits rocks. Then hides. Then spits more rocks.
- Game Meat
- Beast Bone
- Thick Hide
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Shield Snacker
Beast
A tube with a mouth that swallows you whole and spits you out without your shield.
- Game Meat
- Beast Bone
- Thick Hide
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Wobble Chu
Elemental
A jelly blob in four flavours. All of them sting.
- Salt Crystal
- Embershroom
- Salt Crystal
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Lionel
Beast
Half lion, half horse, all bad news. Shoots you from across the field.
- Game Meat
- Beast Bone
- Thick Hide