Fight that Thing

As always it's impossible to find stuff like this without getting into furry porn. What People Know The elk men live in tribes, centered in the Grey Wood and Sharrwood. Their are rumors of tribes in the north, bordering the Hinterlands, but considering the heathen nature of these sources they are suspect. The elk men are, themselves, heretics, cavorting in foul dances and sacrificing innocents to their nature spirits. They raid in the warmer months, killing most and dragging some to their homes, most likely to be put under the knife or made as slaves. They bleat and stomp since God has seen fit to take their speech away, lest their curses foul the air. They are strong. Stronger than men, but their lack of faith makes them superstitious and cowardly. They are little better than beasts intelligence-wise. They have not yet discovered agriculture, and while their magic is primitive and foul (and no doubt the result of holding concert with demons), it can slay and burn j...

You could argue that a fantasy adventure world is defined by the biggest things you can kill. You could also argue that I play too much TOME Lyphindra the Dragon Oerikoran dragons are the misbegotten progeny of Ophion the All-Serpent. Ophion sits at the bottom of Oceanus waiting to die, but is kept alive both by human snake cults and his childrens unending hatred. They wish to be everything their father isn't; they swim through the earth and have grown legs and wings out of spite. Mention water, eggs, serpents, or act sad in their presence is a one way ticket to getting chomped.  Lyphindra is a fairly regular member of her species. She measures roughly 120 ft. in length and has 23 pairs of legs and 14 pairs of stubby wings. She runs a cult of happiness, and spends most of her time writhing on the ground under the effects of massive amounts of psychotropics. Her cult maintains great bonfires and revel for days without food, water or sleep. Those that drop dead are later fil...

Source While in a mountainous area, creatures attempting to track a lion have disadvantage. A lion sleeps with its eyes open, and cannot be surprised while taking a long rest. A lion will not attack a man who prostrates themselves before it. If they do so, they lose 1 level  per health point of damage done. If this would reduce the lions level below zero, it's stomach tears itself apart, killing the lion. This is well known in lion infested areas.   A lion who devours at least 5 lbs. of non-humanoid primate meat has an 80% chance of regaining 2d8 health. If they do not, the lion reaches down its throat and pulls the meat out undigested. They may attempt this once per day. When a lion hears a rooster crow, the lion must make a DC 18 Wisdom save or become Frightened for one minute. Seeing a spinning wheel provokes a DC 15 Wisdom save. Seeing fire is a DC 13 save. A human with a spear is a DC 10 save, and the lion has disadvantage when fighting such a foe. When l...

Animals can't be any class. They're too stupid. Orcs can be barbarians, humans can be wizards, dwarves can be rogues. A dog is just a dog. Baboons are excluded from this since they aren't technically animals, but a form of undead. Lions are excluded from this since they have Pride. Squint your eyes really hard and they kind of look the same  Pride Pride is what lions were gifted instead of intelligence. Long ago lions were just as intelligent as people. They built empires and wrote plays and shit. The Great Lion Spirit put the kibosh on that; granting lions Pride instead. Intelligent creatures don't know what Pride is. Intelligent creatures cannot know what Pride is. The best you will be able to get is lions with high Pride act more "lionish". Presumably the Great Lion Spirit has a Pride of 30. Lions with a high Pride grow great manes (if male), can single out the best zebra from a moving herd, and can resist being intimida...