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Presented in Excel format is a database of Therran creatures. This database is designed both to show where various creatures dwell in Therra as well as to provide a DM with a sortable database that can allow him to choose creatures based on a number of criterion.
Most of the information presented in the database is straight out of the various sourcebooks. Abbreviations of the sourcebooks are listed below.
Some of the Habitat listings have been altered to better reflect where various creatures dwell in Therra. For example, in the Monster Manual, stirges are listed as dwelling in Warm Marshes. However, in Therra striges dwell Underground, in Temperate Marshes, and in Temperate Forests, and so the listing reflects the Therran reality over the sourcebook.
Habitat listings are generalizations. A stirge can likely be found in Temperate Hills, especially if those hills are well forested. The habitats merely show the most preferred or prevalent environment where the given creature can be found.
Similarly, the Area listings are generalizations as well. Because a creature is listed as being found in Iligor doesn't mean it will never be found elsewhere. But the listings show its native region and/or its current area of main habitation. The entries are generally guidelines, not absolutes.
The term Jerranq means western Jerranq. That is, the part of the continent west of Pilong. Morakki means the portion of Jerranq east of Pilong. In general, Jerranq includes Onlor. Where Onlor is listed separately, it means the creature is generally found only there. In the case of a listing that includes both Jerranq in general and another line for Onlor, it means the creature is found widespread throughout Jerranq but is also found specifically in Onlor in the frequency listed. For example, the deep bat night hunter is found uncommonly throughout Jerranq. If that were the only listing for that creature, then it would indicate that the creature is also found uncommonly in Onlor. However, as the creature has another listing specifically for Onlor, it shows that the creature is only rarely found on Onlor.
Some planar creatures have their area listed as Astral Plane - Demi. This means they dwell on demi-planes within the Astral Plane. Remember, Therra has no Outer Planes as per the standard D&D cosmology.
Frequencies are as follows:
C = Common
U = Uncommon
R = Rare
Unique = Unique
VR = Very Rare
These frequencies are very general guidelines, and are also relative to other creatures in the same region. For example, a creature with a Common frequency in a small geographical region will be much more often encountered than a creature with a Common frequency on the Astral Plane. The term Common, then, simply denotes which species are the more prevalent within that given region. Also, Very Rare encompasses a great variety of meanings, from a species that is relatively numerous but rarely leaves its lair, to creatures that are so rare that they are almost regarded as unique.
Currently, creatures found on other continents are listed only as that continent. As each continent is developed, these creatures will be assigned to specific regions of those continents.
Sourcebook Abbreviations:
AEG = Arms and Equipment Guide
BoED = Book of Exalted Deeds
BoNS = Book of Nine Swords
BoVD = Book of Vile Darkness
CA = Complete Arcane
City = Cityscape
CP = Complete Psionic
CW = Complete Warrior
DaD = Deities and Demigods
DoU = Drow of the Underdark
Drac = Draconomicon
DrM = Dragon Magic
DS = Dungeonscape
EDP = Expedition to the Demonweb Pits
Epic = Epic Level Handbook
EPsH = Expanded Psionics Handbook
FB = Frostburn
FCHoA = Fiendish Codex - Hordes of the Abyss
FCToNH = Fiendish Codex - Tyrants of the Nine Hells
FF = Fiend Folio
FRCS = Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting
GW = Ghostwalk
HoB = Heroes of Battle
HoH = Heroes of Horror
LM = Libris Mortis
LoM = Lords of Madness
MHB = Miniatures Handbook
MM = Monster Manual
MM2 = Monster Manual II
MM3 = Monster Manual III
MM4 = Monster Manual IV
MM5 = Monster Manual V
MnoF = Monsters of Faerun
MoF = Magic of Faerun
MoI = Magic of Incarnum
MoP = Manual of the Planes
OA = Oriental Adventures
PlaH = Planar Handbook
RoD = Races of Destiny
RoDR = Races of the Dragon
RoF = Races of Faerun
RoS = Races of Stone
RoW = Races of the Wild
Sand = Sandstorm
SK = Serpent Kingdoms
SS = Savage Species
SW = Stormwrack
ToH = Tome of Horrors (a third party book of monsters)
ToM = Tome of Magic
UD = Underdark