Animal

This page has various animal generators. These generators are built around function rather than accurate genus and species. For example, if you're making a Trollbabe who has the horns of a (animal here), you want to generate a horned animal, using the table [Animal.hornedanimal]

[hornedanimal]
An animal with horns: [hornedanimal]

[hoovedanimal]
An animal with hooves: [hoovedanimal]

[symbolicanimal]
Animal characteristically used in heraldry: "Emblazoned on the shield of [Fantasy Names.StartNoTitle], a [Color.dark] [symbolicanimal] was clearly visible"

[Weirdsymbol]
Animals characteristically used in heraldry plus distinctive animals not usually seen in heraldry given equal weight for weirder settings: "Emblazoned on the shield of [Fantasy Names.StartNoTitle], a [Color.dark] [Weirdsymbol] was clearly visible"

d20 Uses:
All these examples use animal lists from the standard d20 listing of creatures

[fantasyFeathered]
An animal with feathers: Picks from [fantasyCommonFeathers] and [fantasyExoticFeathers] : "[Fantasy Names.StartFemaleNoTitle] wore a beautiful headdress to the ball, plumed with [fantasyFeathered] feathers."

[fantasyFurred]
An animal with fur: Picks from [fantasyCommonFurred] and [fantasyExoticFurred] : "Across the wall were mounted the various heads of hunting trophies from over the years, and across the main, high-backed chair, a cape of [fantasyFurred] fur was draped."

[fantasyScaled]
An animal with scales: "The signature item dominating the display window of the armorer's shop was a masterwork set of scale armor, fashioned from the hide of a [fantasyScaled]."

[fantasyHide]
An animal with a tan-able hide: Picks from [fantasyCommonHide] and [fantasyExoticHide] : "If you want a really unique drum, you should make it out of [fantasyHide]."

[fantasyLand]
An animal found on land: "Cresting the hill, you see in the valley below you, a [fantasyLand]."

[fantasyAquatic]
An animal found in the water: "Diving beneath the waters, you come face-to-face with a [fantasyAquatic]."

[fantasyHumanoid]
A human-sized and -shaped animal: "Approaching you on the road from the other direction is a [fantasyHumanoid]."

[fantasyCreature]
Not an animal, but found in fantasy settings: "After setting up camp for the evening, you are interrupted by a [fantasyCreature]."

[fantasyAll]
Some type of fantastical fauna: Combines the [fantasyLandAnimal] and [fantasyAquaticAnimal] to cover all types of animals, plus [fantasyHumanoid] and [fantasyCreature] to cover all possibilities. "Look out! It's a [fantasyAll]!"

Other examples:
A chimera: A [hornedanimal]-horned [hoovedanimal]-hooved [symbolicanimal]

2,boar 2,bull 2,ram 2,goat 2,elephant 1,rhino 1,yak 1,dikdik 1,narwhal 1,cachalot whale 1,hippopotamus 1,hornbill 1,mammoth 1,unicorn 1,walrus
 * hornedanimal

2,horse 2,goat 1,pig 1,cow 1,bull 1,kudu
 * hoovedanimal

3,lion 3,wolf 3,eagle 3,hawk 3,serpent 3,crow 3,bull 1,hound 1,vulture 1,whale 1,bat 1,monkey 1,rat 1,ferret 1,shark 1,falcon 1,turtle 1,horse 1,tiger 1,panther 1,gull 1,hare 1,elephant 1,boar 1,hyena 1,gorilla 1,hawk 1,vulture 1,elephant 1,yak
 * symbolicanimal

1,narwhal 1,anteater 1,antelope or gazelle 1,armadillo 1,baboon 1,badger 1,wolverine 1,insect 1,polar bear 1,hog 1,rhinoceros 1,hippo 1,polar bear 1,shark 1,python 1,boa constrictor 1,moth 1,manta ray 1,maggot 1,cat 1,chameleon 1,cheetah 1,chimpanzee 1,mantis 1,jackal 1,crab 1,crane 1,swan 1,cocodile 1,crow 1,stag 1,dog 1,beetle 1,firefly 1,lobster 1,elk 1,fish 1,leech 1,weasel 1,snail 1,fox 1,toad 1,frog 1,scorpion 1,hammerhead shark 1,goat 1,lemur 1,octopus 1,squid 1,centipede 1,iguana 1,frilled lizard 1,tamarind 1,monitor lizard 1,jaguar 1,leopard 1,lizard 1,pterodactyl 1,tyrranosaurus 1,triceratops 1,brontosaurus 1,plesiosaur 1,megaraptor 1,lynx 1,mole 1,mouse 1,orangutan 1,bird of paradise 1,owl 1,panda 1,parrot 1,peacock 1,spider 1,fly 1,pig 1,porcupine 1,hedhog 1,rabbit 1,raccoon 1,rat 1,swordfish 1,salamander 1,sabre-toothed tiger 1,skunk 1,sloth 1,cobra 1,rattlesnake 1,mastodon 1,swan 1,slug 1,amoeba 1,butterfly 1,zebra 1,lion 1,wolf 1,eagle 1,hawk 1,serpent 1,crow 1,bull 1,hound 1,vulture 1,whale 1,bat 1,monkey 1,rat 1,ferret 1,shark 1,falcon 1,turtle 1,horse 1,tiger 1,panther 1,gull 1,hare 1,elephant 1,boar 1,hyena 1,gorilla 1,hawk 1,vulture 1,elephant 1,yak
 * Weirdsymbol

3,[fantasyCommonFeathers] 1,[fantasyExoticFeathers]
 * fantasyFeathered

2,eagle 1,hawk 1,owl 5,peacock 2,pheasant 2,quail 2,raven 2,swan
 * fantasyCommonFeathers

2,achaierai 1,astral deva 1,planetar 1,solar 1,trumpet archon 5,arrowhawk 1,avoral 2,couatl 15,giant eagle 10,giant owl 10,griffon 1,harpy 10,hippogriff 1,lammasu 1,lillend 10,owlbear 5,pegasus 2,phoenix 10,roc 2,sphinx 1,vrock
 * fantasyExoticFeathers

3,[fantasyCommonFurred] 1,[fantasyExoticFurred]
 * fantasyFurred

1,ape 1,baboon 1,badger 5,bison 5,brown bear 5,black bear 3,polar bear 3,beaver 3,boar 1,camel 1,cat 3,cheetah/leopard 1,dog 1,donkey 1,ermine/mink 1,fox 1,heyna 1,horse 3,lion 1,mule 1,rabbit 1,raccoon 1,rat 1,seal/sea lion 1,sheep 3,tiger 1,weasel 3,wolf 1,wolverine 1,worg
 * fantasyCommonFurred

1,barghest 3,blink dog 5,displacer beast 1,dragonne 3,girallon 1,griffon 1,hell hound 1,hippogriff 3,krenshar 1,manticore 1,nightmare 1,pegasus 1,rakshasa 3,shadow mastiff 1,unicorn 5,winter wolf 3,yeth hound
 * fantasyExoticFurred

1,basilisk 1,behir 1,black dragon 1,blue dragon 1,brass dragon 1,bronze dragon 1,bulette 1,chimera 1,chuul 1,constrictor snake 1,copper dragon 1,crocodile 1,cryohydra 1,dragon turtle 1,gold dragon 1,gorgon 1,green dragon 1,grick 1,hydra 1,lillend 1,lizard 1,lizardfolk 1,merfolk 1,naga 1,psudodragon 1,pyrohydra 1,red dragon 1,salamander 1,shocker lizard 1,silver dragon 1,viper snake 1,white dragon 1,wyvern
 * fantasyScaled

3,[fantasyCommonHide] 1,[fantasyExoticHide]
 * fantasyHide

8,aligator/crocodile 3,ape 2,bat 7,bison 7,boar 2,camel 11,cow/ox 8,deer 5,elephant 5,horse 5,lizard 6,pig 5,rhinoceros 2,seal/sea lion 5,shark 6,sheep 8,snake
 * fantasyCommonHide

6,basilisk 5,behir 3,bulette 7,chimera 20,dinosaur 15,dragon 5,dragonne 7,hydra 5,naga 3,purple worm 3,ravid 3,remorhaz 3,shocker lizard
 * fantasyExoticHide

1,ape 1,baboon 1,badger 1,bat 1,black bear 1,brown bear 1,polar bear 1,bison 1,boar 1,camel 1,cat 1,cheetah 1,constrictor snake 1,giant constrictor snake 1,crocodile 1,giant crocodile 1,deinonychus 1,elasmosaurus 1,megaraptor 1,triceratops 1,tyrannosaurus 1,dire ape 1,dire badger 1,dire bat 1,dire bear 1,dire boar 1,dire lion 1,dire rat 1,dire shark 1,dire tiger 1,dire weasel 1,dire wolf 1,dire wolverine 1,dog 1,riding dog 1,donkey 1,eagle 1,elephant 1,hawk 1,heavy horse 1,light horse 1,hyena 1,leopard 1,lion 1,lizard 1,monitor lizard 1,monkey 1,mule 1,owl 1,pony 1,war pony 1,rat 1,raven 1,rhinoceros 1,roc 1,huge viper snake 1,large viper snake 1,medium viper snake 1,small viper snake 1,tiny viper snake 1,tiger 1,toad 1,heavy warhorse 1,light warhorse 1,weasel 1,wolf 1,wolverine
 * fantasyLand

1,baleen whale 1,cachalot whale 1,manta ray 1,octopus 1,giant octopus 1,orca 1,huge shark 1,large shark 1,medium shark 1,porpoise 1,squid 1,giant squid
 * fantasyAquatic

50,[plainHumanoid] 1,[humanoidTemplate] [plainHumanoid]
 * fantasyHumanoid

1,bugbear 1,deep dwarf 1,duergar dwarf 1,hill dwarf 1,mountain dwarf 1,aquatic elf 1,drow elf 1,gray elf 1,half-elf elf 1,high elf 1,wild elf 1,wood elf 1,gnoll 1,forest gnome 1,rock gnome 1,svirfneblin gnome 1,goblin 1,deep halfling 1,lightfoot halfling 1,tallfellow halfling 1,hobgoblin 1,kobold 1,lizardfolk 1,locathah 1,merfolk 1,orc 1,half-orc 1,troglodyte
 * plainHumanoid

1,lycanthropic (werewolf) 1,lycanthropic (werebear) 1,lycanthropic (wereboar) 1,lycanthropic (dire wereboar) 1,lycanthropic (wererat) 1,lycanthropic (weretiger) 1,vampiric 1,skeletal 1,zombie 1,celestial 1,fiendish 1,half-celestial 1,half-fiend 1,half-dragon
 * humanoidTemplate

1,skeletal 1,zombie 1,celestial 1,fiendish 1,half-celestial 1,half-fiend 1,half-dragon
 * fantasyTemplate

50,[plainFantasyCreature] 1,[fantasyTemplate] [plainFantasyCreature]
 * fantasyCreature

1,aboleth 1,aboleth mage 1,achaierai 1,air elemental 1,allip 1,astral deva 1,planetar 1,solar 1,ankheg 1,aranea 1,hound archon 1,hound hero archon 1,lantern archon 1,trumpet archon 1,adult arrowhawk 1,elder arrowhawk 1,juvenile arrowhawk 1,assassin vine 1,athach 1,avoral 1,azer 1,barghest 1,greater barghest 1,basilisk 1,greater abyssal basilisk 1,behir 1,belker 1,black dragon 1,blink dog 1,blue dragon 1,bodak 1,bralani 1,brass dragon 1,bronze dragon 1,bulette 1,centaur 1,chaos beast 1,chimera 1,choker 1,chuul 1,cloaker 1,cockatrice 1,copper dragon 1,couatl 1,cryohydra 1,darkmantle 1,delver 1,babau demon 1,balor demon 1,bebilith demon 1,dretch demon 1,glabrezu demon 1,hezrou demon 1,marilith demon 1,nalfeshnee demon 1,quasit demon 1,retriever demon 1,succubus demon 1,vrock demon 1,derro 1,destrachan 1,barbed (hamatula) devil 1,bearded (barbazu) devil 1,bone (osyluth) devil 1,chain (kyton) devil 1,erinyes devil 1,hellcat (bezekira) devil 1,horned (cornugon) devil 1,ice (gelugon) devil 1,imp devil 1,lemure devil 1,pit fiend devil 1,devourer 1,digester 1,doppelganger 1,dragon turtle 1,dragonne 1,drider 1,dryad 1,earth elemental 1,elephant 1,ethereal filcher 1,ethereal marauder 1,ettercap 1,ettin 1,fire elemental 1,formian myrmarch 1,formian queen 1,formian taskmaster 1,formian warrior 1,formian worker 1,frost worm 1,shrieker fungus 1,violet fungus 1,gargoyle 1,kapoacinth gargoyle 1,djinni 1,efreeti 1,janni 1,noble djinn 1,ghaele 1,ghoul 1,ghast 1,lacedon ghoul 1,queen giant ant 1,soldier giant ant 1,worker giant ant 1,giant bee 1,giant bombardier beetle 1,giant fire beetle 1,giant praying manits 1,giant stag beetle 1,giant wasp 1,cloud giant 1,fire giant 1,frost giant 1,frost jarl giant 1,hill giant 1,stone giant 1,stone giant elder 1,storm giant 1,gibbering mouther 1,girallon 1,gold dragon 1,clay golem 1,flesh golem 1,greater stone golem 1,iron golem 1,stone golem 1,gorgon 1,gray render 1,green dragon 1,grick 1,griffon 1,grimlock 1,annis hag 1,green hag 1,sea hag 1,harpy 1,harpy archer 1,hell hound 1,nessian warhound 1,hippogriff 1,homunculus 1,howler 1,hydra 1,kolyarut inevitable 1,marut inevitable 1,zelekhut inevitable 1,invisible stalker 1,kobold 1,kraken 1,krenshar 1,lamia 1,lammasu 1,golden protector lammasu 1,leonal 1,lillend 1,magmin 1,manta ray 1,manticore 1,medusa 1,air mephit 1,dust mephit 1,earth mephit 1,fire mephit 1,ice mephit 1,magma mephit 1,ooze mephit 1,salt mephit 1,steam mephit 1,water mephit 1,mimic 1,minotaur 1,mohrg 1,monstrous centipede 1,monstrous scorpion 1,monstrous spider 1,mummy 1,mummy lord 1,dark naga 1,guardian naga 1,spirit naga 1,water naga 1,night hag 1,nightmare 1,cauchemar nightmare 1,nightcrawler 1,nightwalker 1,nightwing 1,nymph 1,ogre 1,ogre barbarian 1,ogre mage 1,merrow ogre 1,black pudding 1,elder black pudding 1,gelatinous cube 1,gray ooze 1,ochre jelly 1,orca 1,otyugh 1,giant owl 1,owlbear 1,pegasus 1,phantom fungus 1,phase spider 1,phasm 1,aasimar 1,tiefling 1,pseudodragon 1,purple worm 1,pyrohydra 1,rakshasa 1,rast 1,ravid 1,red dragon 1,remorhaz 1,roc 1,roper 1,rust monster 1,sahuagin 1,salamander 1,flamebrother salamander 1,noble salamander 1,satyr 1,sea cat 1,shadow 1,shadow mastiff 1,greater shadow 1,shambling mound 1,shield guardian 1,shocker lizard 1,silver dragon 1,skum 1,spectre 1,androsphinx 1,criosphinx 1,gynosphinx 1,hieracosphinx 1,spider eater 1,grig 1,nixie 1,pixie 1,stirge 1,tarrasque 1,tendriculos 1,thoqqua 1,titan 1,adult tojanida 1,elder tojanida 1,juvenile tojanida 1,treant 1,triton 1,troll 1,hunter troll 1,scrag troll 1,unicorn 1,celestial charger 1,vampire spawn 1,vargouille 1,water elemental 1,white dragon 1,wight 1,will-o'-wisp 1,winter wolf 1,worg 1,wraith 1,dread wraith 1,wyvern 1,xill 1,xorn 1,elder xorn 1,minor xorn 1,yeth hound 1,yrthak
 * plainFantasyCreature

1,[fantasyHumanoid] 1,[fantasyLandAnimal] 1,[fantasyAquaticAnimal] 1,[fantasyCreature]
 * fantasyAll