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This page will attempt to collect all the myriad creatures in the Traveller universe. The organization style will collect them by [[Biome|biome]] first, then alphabetically. | This page will attempt to collect all the myriad creatures in the Traveller universe. The organization style will collect them by [[Biome|biome]] first, then alphabetically. | ||
| − | + | == Land Biomes == | |
| − | == Everywhere == | + | === Everywhere === |
"Everywhere" animals are creatures that have managed to find in a wide variety of environments. Creatures with this biome tag can be assumed to be just about everywhere, limited only by geographic restriction or a few extreme biomes. | "Everywhere" animals are creatures that have managed to find in a wide variety of environments. Creatures with this biome tag can be assumed to be just about everywhere, limited only by geographic restriction or a few extreme biomes. | ||
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* Cats | * Cats | ||
| − | == Plains/Steppe == | + | === Plains/Steppe === |
* Gazaal — A hefty and robust ungulate-like herbivore. Also utilized as a beast of burden or mount.<ref>Mongoose 2e Traveller Core Rulebook, p.87</ref> | * Gazaal — A hefty and robust ungulate-like herbivore. Also utilized as a beast of burden or mount.<ref>Mongoose 2e Traveller Core Rulebook, p.87</ref> | ||
| − | * [[Miniphants]] — Like elephants, miniphants feed on trees in savannahs, although on a smaller scale. Bred as beasts of burden and pets. | + | * [[Miniphants]] — Like elephants, miniphants feed on trees in savannahs, although on a smaller scale. Bred as beasts of burden and pets.<ref>[[Journal of the Traveller's Aid Society]], vol. 1, p.16</ref> |
| − | == Forest == | + | === Forest === |
* Nibbon — A fluffy, flying, fox-like creature, often raised as pets. They eat insect and fruits, like a bat.<ref>Mongoose 2e Traveller Core Rulebook, p.88</ref> | * Nibbon — A fluffy, flying, fox-like creature, often raised as pets. They eat insect and fruits, like a bat.<ref>Mongoose 2e Traveller Core Rulebook, p.88</ref> | ||
| − | == Swamps == | + | === Swamps === |
| − | == Arid/Desert == | + | === Arid/Desert === |
* Carthus — A large, pale cave-dwelling semi-humanoid carnivore. Moves extremely fast, can swim, and can fit through any passage the size of its head. Definitely causes nightmares.<ref>Mongoose 2e Traveller Core Rulebook, p.86</ref> | * Carthus — A large, pale cave-dwelling semi-humanoid carnivore. Moves extremely fast, can swim, and can fit through any passage the size of its head. Definitely causes nightmares.<ref>Mongoose 2e Traveller Core Rulebook, p.86</ref> | ||
| − | == Beach/Island == | + | === Beach/Island === |
* Klian Sea Sifter — A pangolin-esque shallow-water creature. May also be found in swamps, lakes, or other aquatic regions, if you're feeling creative!<ref>Mongoose 2e Traveller Core Rulebook, p.87</ref> | * Klian Sea Sifter — A pangolin-esque shallow-water creature. May also be found in swamps, lakes, or other aquatic regions, if you're feeling creative!<ref>Mongoose 2e Traveller Core Rulebook, p.87</ref> | ||
| − | == Urban == | + | === Urban === |
| − | == Rural/Cultivated == | + | |
| − | == Ice Sheet == | + | === Rural/Cultivated === |
| + | === Ice Sheet === | ||
| + | * Ice Crawler -- A man-sized, leech-like creature that travels on ice sheets and highlands, filter-feeding through consuming minerals and ores. It's about four meters long and is rather territorial, but luckily is slightly slower than a lightly encumbered, athletic human.<ref>Mongoose 2e: '''''Solomani Front''''', p.149</ref> | ||
| + | * Ice Spider -- Possibly related to Ice Crawlers, in fact they may be another caste of the same species, one which will sometimes eat the other. They're fast and dangerous ambush predators.<ref>Mongoose 2e: '''''Solomani Front''''', p.150</ref> | ||
| + | |||
== Aquatic Biomes == | == Aquatic Biomes == | ||
| − | The following are aquatic biomes. | + | The following are aquatic biomes. |
| − | == River/Lake == | + | |
| − | == Reef/Coastal == | + | === River/Lake === |
| − | == Kelp Forest == | + | === Reef/Coastal === |
| − | == Ice Sheet == | + | === Kelp Forest === |
| − | == Open Ocean == | + | === Ice Sheet === |
| − | == Ocean Floor == | + | Ice sheets are half aquatic, of course. See Ice Sheet above. |
| + | |||
| + | === Open Ocean === | ||
| + | * Daghadasi and Daghsharks -- The same creature at different stages, changing from sea-killer to a baleen-type filter-feeder. Daghadasi can grow to two kilometers long, possibly longer, holding entire biomes on their backs.<ref>Mongoose 2e: '''''Solomani Front''''', p.157</ref> | ||
| + | |||
| + | === Ocean Floor === | ||
* Erakuul — huge, powerful worm that produces bioelectricity and eats even larger dead leviathans at the bottom of the ocean. Grows to 60 meters.<ref>Mongoose 2e Traveller Core Rulebook, p.86</ref> | * Erakuul — huge, powerful worm that produces bioelectricity and eats even larger dead leviathans at the bottom of the ocean. Grows to 60 meters.<ref>Mongoose 2e Traveller Core Rulebook, p.86</ref> | ||
| − | == Ocean Vents == | + | === Ocean Vents === |
== Exotic Biomes == | == Exotic Biomes == | ||
Latest revision as of 09:30, 21 March 2022
This page will attempt to collect all the myriad creatures in the Traveller universe. The organization style will collect them by biome first, then alphabetically.
Land Biomes[edit]
Everywhere[edit]
"Everywhere" animals are creatures that have managed to find in a wide variety of environments. Creatures with this biome tag can be assumed to be just about everywhere, limited only by geographic restriction or a few extreme biomes.
- Rats
- Space Rats?
- Cats
Plains/Steppe[edit]
- Gazaal — A hefty and robust ungulate-like herbivore. Also utilized as a beast of burden or mount.[1]
- Miniphants — Like elephants, miniphants feed on trees in savannahs, although on a smaller scale. Bred as beasts of burden and pets.[2]
Forest[edit]
- Nibbon — A fluffy, flying, fox-like creature, often raised as pets. They eat insect and fruits, like a bat.[3]
Swamps[edit]
Arid/Desert[edit]
- Carthus — A large, pale cave-dwelling semi-humanoid carnivore. Moves extremely fast, can swim, and can fit through any passage the size of its head. Definitely causes nightmares.[4]
Beach/Island[edit]
- Klian Sea Sifter — A pangolin-esque shallow-water creature. May also be found in swamps, lakes, or other aquatic regions, if you're feeling creative![5]
Urban[edit]
Rural/Cultivated[edit]
Ice Sheet[edit]
- Ice Crawler -- A man-sized, leech-like creature that travels on ice sheets and highlands, filter-feeding through consuming minerals and ores. It's about four meters long and is rather territorial, but luckily is slightly slower than a lightly encumbered, athletic human.[6]
- Ice Spider -- Possibly related to Ice Crawlers, in fact they may be another caste of the same species, one which will sometimes eat the other. They're fast and dangerous ambush predators.[7]
Aquatic Biomes[edit]
The following are aquatic biomes.
River/Lake[edit]
Reef/Coastal[edit]
Kelp Forest[edit]
Ice Sheet[edit]
Ice sheets are half aquatic, of course. See Ice Sheet above.
Open Ocean[edit]
- Daghadasi and Daghsharks -- The same creature at different stages, changing from sea-killer to a baleen-type filter-feeder. Daghadasi can grow to two kilometers long, possibly longer, holding entire biomes on their backs.[8]
Ocean Floor[edit]
- Erakuul — huge, powerful worm that produces bioelectricity and eats even larger dead leviathans at the bottom of the ocean. Grows to 60 meters.[9]
Ocean Vents[edit]
Exotic Biomes[edit]
Gaseous[edit]
- Ruuta — A small, ball-shaped creature with fanning wings. It filter-feeds through a thick atmosphere, spending most of its life in the air.[10]
- Creatures on the planet of Jagd are likely mostly this type of species.
References[edit]
- ↑ Mongoose 2e Traveller Core Rulebook, p.87
- ↑ Journal of the Traveller's Aid Society, vol. 1, p.16
- ↑ Mongoose 2e Traveller Core Rulebook, p.88
- ↑ Mongoose 2e Traveller Core Rulebook, p.86
- ↑ Mongoose 2e Traveller Core Rulebook, p.87
- ↑ Mongoose 2e: Solomani Front, p.149
- ↑ Mongoose 2e: Solomani Front, p.150
- ↑ Mongoose 2e: Solomani Front, p.157
- ↑ Mongoose 2e Traveller Core Rulebook, p.86
- ↑ Mongoose 2e Traveller Core Rulebook, p.88