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Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin

Catoblepas

“This nightmare creature is loathsome beyond description and has no redeeming features. Its body resembles that of a huge, bloated buffalo and gives of an offensive odor. The catoblepas’ neck is long and thin, and perched atop it is a big head uglier than that of a warthog. Its legs are tick and stumpy, much like a hippopotamus. The creature’s tail is strong and snakey, however, and moves with amazing swiftness to strike enemies. Any character so struck has a base 75% chance of being stunned for 1-10 melee rounds; the base chance being modified by adjustment downward by 5% for every level (or hit die for monsters) above 1. Thus, if an 11th level character is struck by the tail there is only a 25% chance of stunning. Perhaps its habitat — fetid swamps and miasmal marshes — caused the bizarre combination of genetic characteristics in this monster, or perhaps it was due to some ghastly tinkering with life by a demented godling. In any case, the most horrid aspect of the catoblepas is its bloodshot eyes.”

Gygax, Gary. Advanced D&D™ Monster Manual, 4th Edition, August, 1979. Page 13.

That’s our Gary! :D

Didn’t Pliny the Elder describe the Catoblepas long before Gary did?  He said its head was slow, though.

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