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Novolin
2017-01-05, 08:29 AM
I'm looking at creatures with two or more heads, preferably not epic or a goddess like Tiamat.

So far, my list includes:

Ettin
Multi-headed template
Hydra
Chimera
Chimeric template
Death Dog
Molydeus
Snowcloak
Yuan-ti Anathema
Aspect of Tiamat
Aspect of Demogorgon
Jahi
Shrieking Terror
Skull Lord
Serpentir
Rukanyr
Fell Troll
Sharn
Sisuitl
Shrieking Terror
Amphisbaena
Nagahydra
Mantimera
Gorynych
Horned Beast
Gulguthydra
Devourer (sometimes)
Dvati
Cadaver Golem

Please help me find more.

Inevitability
2017-01-05, 08:32 AM
Frostburn has the snowcloak, a two-headed aberration.

Doctor Despair
2017-01-05, 08:36 AM
Iirc the chronotyrm is worthy of mention

Xaroth
2017-01-05, 08:49 AM
Does the Three-Headed Sirrush (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/epic/monsters/sirrush.htm) count? CR 28.

Vizzerdrix
2017-01-05, 08:55 AM
Tiamat.

Ive seen pics of a yuan ti that had a head cluster thingy.

Their is a skeletal snake that has a head at each end.

Xaroth
2017-01-05, 09:01 AM
Tiamat.

...well, you're not wrong, though for some reason I doubt god(dess)es are what the OP was looking for.

Novolin
2017-01-05, 09:38 AM
Thanks for the help guys. Keep the monster names coming, if there are more!

John Longarrow
2017-01-05, 09:42 AM
Yuan-ti anathema?

Braininthejar2
2017-01-05, 09:48 AM
Does D&D have an amfisbena? (edit: google says its in serpent kingdoms)

I think later editions of D&D have some multi-headed rakshasa nobles.

chimera in various versions

Dvati?

WhamBamSam
2017-01-05, 09:52 AM
...well, you're not wrong, though for some reason I doubt god(dess)es are what the OP was looking for.How about an Aspect of Tiamat then? Middling CR but with just as many heads. There's also an Aspect of Demogorgon.

The Dzalmus Dragon in Dragon Magazine 349 has three heads.

Novolin
2017-01-05, 08:43 PM
Aspects a good idea. Added.

Technetium43
2017-01-05, 08:46 PM
Rukanyr from Fiend Folio, Jahi from MM2, and the Shrieking Terror, Skull Lord, and Serpentir from the various MMs, I forget which though.

Khedrac
2017-01-06, 03:36 AM
Not really what you are looking for, but the Neh-Thalggu (Brain Collector) sort-of counts (epic monster). Admittedly it is cheating by using other people's heads (brains)...

Novolin
2017-01-06, 09:56 AM
Thanks! Thats an original one.

Vogie
2017-01-06, 11:34 AM
Cerberus, although I have a feeling that's what you meant by "Death Dog"

ksbsnowowl
2017-01-06, 11:44 AM
The Snowcloak originally appeared in Silver Marches.

Fell Troll - Unapproachable East
Sharn - Monsters of Faerun/Anauroch: the Empire of Shade
Sisuitl - Stormwrack
Shrieking Terror - MM3
Amphisbaena - Serpent Kingdoms
Nagahydra - Serpent Kingdoms
Mantimera - Shining South
Gorynych - Lost Empires of Faerun
Horned Beast - Tome of Magic (Pact Magic section)
Gulguthydra - Monsters of Faerun


Deepspawn (has multiple mouths, but technically no head) - Monsters of Faeurun/Lost Empires of Faerun
Foulwing (has multiple mounts, but one head) - Lost Empires of Faerun
Dharculus (has multiple, eel-like mouth tentacles that come onto the Material Plane) - Planar Handbook


Cerberus, although I have a feeling that's what you meant by "Death Dog"No, she actually meant the two-headed Death Dog from Fiend Folio.

Also, OP, the Chronotyryn doesn't have two heads. It does have two brains, and two voice boxes, however. If that counts for your purposes, then you'll want to look into the tri-lateral symmetry of the Nilshai (Unapproachable East).

Inevitability
2017-01-06, 12:01 PM
Cerberus, although I have a feeling that's what you meant by "Death Dog"

I believe the only time WotC statted Cerberus, it was to illustrate Multiheaded.

Blackhawk748
2017-01-06, 12:10 PM
Skull Lords have three heads, and are pretty neat

ShurikVch
2017-01-06, 01:03 PM
Well, Hecatoncheires (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/epic/monsters/abomination.htm#hecatoncheires) have fifty (50) heads

How about various swarms/mobs?

Living Wall?

P.F.
2017-01-07, 02:08 PM
It's a bit of a stretch, but a devourer (https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/ec/18/f4/ec18f44c1eaa77f4c6f1f8ee8807dd94.jpg) does have two heads.

Inevitability
2017-01-07, 05:28 PM
It's a bit of a stretch, but a devourer (https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/ec/18/f4/ec18f44c1eaa77f4c6f1f8ee8807dd94.jpg) does have two heads.

Not all the time, though.

daremetoidareyo
2017-01-07, 11:24 PM
Grafts?

Corpse Golem?

Dvati?

Mindleech?

Master of masks with two masks on?

Dwarven thundertwins standing on each other in a large sized trench coat?

Novolin
2017-01-08, 12:17 AM
Grafts?

Mindleech?

Master of masks with two masks on?

Dwarven thundertwins standing on each other in a large sized trench coat?

I dont think these count, and what is mindleech?

daremetoidareyo
2017-01-08, 12:24 AM
I dont think these count, and what is mindleech?

Mindleech is a symbiotic critter from fiend folio. I guess ghostly visage should be a contender as well.

ShurikVch
2017-01-08, 07:57 AM
There are Demonic Guardian Hound and Gorgahydra (http://archive.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/mm/20020621a)


Mindleech is a symbiotic critter from fiend folio. I guess ghostly visage should be a contender as well.Speaking of which - does Symbiotic creatures count as "two heads"?
http://archive.wizards.com/dnd/images/ss_gallery/49128.jpg


It's a bit of a stretch, but a devourer (https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/ec/18/f4/ec18f44c1eaa77f4c6f1f8ee8807dd94.jpg) does have two heads.If it works, then Caller in Darkness (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/psionic/monsters/callerInDarkness.htm) and Dream Vestige (Libris Mortis) should count too http://archive.wizards.com/dnd/images/xph_gallery/33545.jpghttp://archive.wizards.com/dnd/images/libris_gallery/84749.jpg

Inevitability
2017-01-08, 08:28 AM
There are Demonic Guardian Hound and Gorgahydra (http://archive.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/mm/20020621a)

Saying those aren't just creatures with the multiheaded template is like saying the bugsucker isn't a creature with the symbiotic template.*

*ignoring the fact that the Bugsucker is a plain illegal creature

JustIgnoreMe
2017-01-08, 08:49 AM
Dvati have two heads. And two bodies.

ShurikVch
2017-01-08, 09:39 AM
Dzalmus - dragon in Dragon #349http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w304/Vxrazzn/dzalmusart.jpg


Saying those aren't just creatures with the multiheaded template is like saying the bugsucker isn't a creature with the symbiotic template.Excuse me, but to what, exactly, was applied multiheaded template?
Hell Hound (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/monsters/hellHound.htm)? Lawful subtype. Demonic Guardian Hound is Chaotic, thus - a different beast (even if pretty damn close)

P.F.
2017-01-08, 11:08 AM
Excuse me, but to what, exactly, was applied multiheaded template?
Hell Hound (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/monsters/hellHound.htm)? Lawful subtype. Demonic Guardian Hound is Chaotic, thus - a different beast (even if pretty damn close)

Both the Gorgohydra and the Demonic Guardian Hound are "Sample Multiheaded Creatures" created using the multiheaded template as examples of how the template is applied. The latter are described as "three-headed advanced hell hounds," presumably also playing fast and loose with the alignment entry.

Tiri
2017-01-08, 11:34 AM
Clearly, there is a monster called the 'hell hound', which is identical to the normal hell hound except that it is chaotic evil.

ShurikVch
2017-01-08, 12:18 PM
Thessalhydra (Dungeon #134)http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/sfery/images/6/6c/Thessal.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20160823144202


Demodragon (Dungeon #147)http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4egvgaQGf0g/SlRnH7rD5-I/AAAAAAAACG4/jrz5bhq4lG8/s400/Demondragon.jpg



Both the Gorgohydra and the Demonic Guardian Hound are "Sample Multiheaded Creatures" created using the multiheaded template as examples of how the template is applied. The latter are described as "three-headed advanced hell hounds," presumably also playing fast and loose with the alignment entry.Does it mean Dessakrul doesn't count too?https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DilM0igA1P4/V-CMdo6IcxI/AAAAAAAAJHg/qCx-BE21NxMOpWYWIDoYXwheC8Vp-e0IwCLcB/s320/ps56dessakrul.jpgHe's almost like a Red Dragon with Multiheaded template, except Extraplanar subtype (IMHO, "opposite alignment" subtype is a much more of a big deal than that)

D&DPrinceTandem
2017-01-08, 12:50 PM
well if you want metiphorical heads Synad from Complete Psionics pg140

P.F.
2017-01-08, 01:20 PM
Clearly, there is a monster called the 'hell hound', which is identical to the normal hell hound except that it is chaotic evil.

Or pehaps the new heads are chaotic neutral and chaotic evil, making the finished monster 2/3rds chaotic 2/3rds evil?