how many role species are there? (or can you think of)

[Ruisu Senshi]

When it comes to roleplaying, there really isn't a set standard for what type of character you settle down for, making a character is as much fun as thinking of all the possibilities.


So with that in mind I decided to ask you guys and chics, how many species or types can you think of?


to start off I can think of:


1. Neko zombie


2. Furry bounty hunter


3. Elemental animal


To know more species will help me (and hopefully you as well) to come up with new character types and possibilities, so what do you all think, is this a good idea?

 

[IctoraPost]

Not sure what you mean by "species". Here's a list of mythological creatures I copied off Wikipedia, if that helps.

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Abaia


Abath


Abatwa


Adarna - Has healing powers, put people to sleep, and turn people into stone (Philippines)


Adlet


Aethon - eagle tormentor of Prometheus


Afanc


Ahool


Ahuitzotl


Akhlut


Akkorokamui


Alan


Alectryon - Rooster (Greek)


Alicanto - Bird with luminescent feathers which feeds on gold or silver (Chilean)


Alkonost - Female with body of a bird (Russian)


Allocamelus - A donkey-headed camel.


Al-mi'raj - rabbit with unicorn horn (Islam)


Amalthea


Amarok


Amefurikozō


Ammit


Ammut - female demon, funerary deity and animal hybrid (Egypt)


Amphisbaena


Amphithere


Anansi (West African) trickster spider


Angel


Anubis - jackal-headed god associated with mummification and the afterlife (Egypt)


Apep/Apophis


Arachne (Greek) - weaver cursed into a spider


Aralez


Argus Panoptes


Aries


Arion - Talking immortal horse (Greek)


Asena


Aspidochelone


Asteriae


Asura


Asura(Indian)


Aswang


Auðumbla


Automaton (worldwide) - self-operating machine; most famous example is Greek mythology's Talos


Axehandle hound


Azeban


Azhi Dahaka


Azure Dragon


Baba Yaga


Bai Ze


Bake-kujira (Japanese) - ghost whale


Bakeneko


Bakonawa


Baku


Balor of the Evil Eye - king of the Fomorians, a race of giants, and a cyclops (Irish)


Banshee


Banshee - (Scottish, Gaelic, Irish)


Barbegazi


Bare-fronted Hoodwink


Basilisk


Basilisk - king of serpents, has the power to cause death with a single glance (Europe)


Bast


Beast of Bodmin


Beast of Gévaudan - man-eating wolf, terrorized the province of Gévaudan (France)


Behemoth


Bennu - Self-creating deity, Phoenix (Egyptian)


Bicorn


Bigfoot


Bigfoot or Sasquatch - Cryptid, animal of the Northwest (America)


Bird People


Bishop-fish


Black dog


Black dog, also known as Barghest, or Grim - associated with the Devil, Hellhound (Britain)


Black Tortoise


Black Tortoise - one of the four symbols of the Chinese constellations


Blodeuwedd (Welsh) - wife of Lleu Llaw Gyffes


Bloody Bones


Blue Mountains panther


Blue tiger


Bluecap


Bogeyman


Boggart


Boto


Brownie


Bugbear (Celtic) - child eating hobgoblin


Buggane


Bunyip


Buraq - Al-Burāq, a steed from the heavens that transported the prophets (Islam, Persian Art)


Cactus cat


Cait Sidhe


Caladrius - White bird with healing powers (Roman)


Callisto - A nymph who was turned into a bear by Hera.


Calydonian Boar


Camazotz


Camazotz (Mayan bat-god)


Camenae


Capricorn


Capricornus


Carbuncle


Catoblepas


Ceffyl Dŵr (Welsh) - water horse


Centaur


Centaur - The head, arms, and torso of a human, the body and legs of a horse (Greek)


Cerberus


Cerberus - multi-headed dog, guards the gates of the Underworld, son/brother of Orthrus (Greek, Roman)


Ceryneian Hind (Greek) - Artemis' large, sacred golden hind


Cetan - A hawk spirit (Native American - Lakota tribe of North and South Dakota)


Cetus


Chamrosh - The body of a dog, head & wings of a bird (Persian Myth)


Charybdis


Cherufe


Cheval Gauvin - a horse which tries to kill its rider (French/Swiss)


Chimera


Chinese dragon


Chinese Dragon - serpentine creature with four legs


Chiron - A centaur believed to be exceptional among his brethren (Greek)


Chol (Biblical mythology) - Regenerative bird


Chonchon


Chupacabra


Chupacabra - sometimes thought to resemble, or mistaken for a hairless coyote


Cinnamon bird - Builds nests out of cinnamon (Arabia)


Cipactli - sea monster, part crocodile, fish and toad. Always hungry, thousands of mouths (Spanish, Aztec)


Cockatrice


Crinaeae


Crocotta - mythical dog-wolf, related to the hyena (India, Ethiopia)


Cryptid animals


Cu Sith (or Cusith) - Hellhound, harbinger of death (Scotland, the Hebrides, Ireland)


Cupid / Eros / Cherub


Curupira


Cyclops


Cynocephaly - having the head of a dog or jackal


Daemon


Davy Jones' Locker


Deer Woman (Native American) - female human above the waist, deer below


Deity


Demon


Demon Cat


Demons


Deva / Devi


Deva / Devi(Indian)


Devil


Devil Bird - Shrieks predicting death, like banshee (Sri Lankan)


Dhampir


Dingonek


Domovoy


Double-headed eagle


Dragon


Dragon - serpentine, reptilian traits (worldwide)


Dragon King


Drake


Draug


Draugr


Drop Bear


Dryad


Duende


Dullahan


Dvergr


Dwarf


Each uisge


Eachy


Earth Dragon


Echidna


Efreet


Elemental


Elf


Emela-ntouka


Encantado


Encantado (Brazil) - shapeshifting trickster dolphins


Ennedi tiger


Erymanthian Boar


European dragon


Euryale - the second eldest of the three vicious Gorgon sisters (Greek)


Fafnir


Fairy


Familiar


Father Time


Faun


Feathered serpent


Feng Huang - Reigns over other birds (China)


Fenghuang


Fenrir - Monstrous wolf, father of the wolves (Norse)


Fext


Fish People


Frankenstein's monster


Fur-bearing trout


Futakuchi-onna


Galatea (Greek) - ivory statue carved by Pygmalion


Gamayun - Prophetic bird with woman's head (Russian)


Gandaberunda - Two headed magical bird (Hindu)


Gargouille


Gargoyle


Garm


Garuda - (Hindu, Buddhist)


Gashadokuro


Gef


Genie


Genie - or Jinn, Djinn


German


Ghillie Dhu


Ghost


Ghost - (Worldwide)


Ghoul


Giant


Giant Rat


Gilled Antelope (Cambodian cryptid) - water breathing deer


Gingerbread man, from German folk tales


Gnome


Goblin


Golden Hind


Goldhorn (Slavic) - white antelope with golden horns


Goldhorn, also known as Zlatorog


Golem


Golem (Jewish) - animated humanoid construct


Good Teammates


Gorgon


Gorgon - A woman with hair made of living, venomous snakes, and eyes that turned men to stone (Greek)


Gorgon (including Medusa)


Green Man


Gremlin


Griffin


Griffin - Guards treasure and priceless possessions (Greek)


Grim Reaper


Grindylow


Grootslang


Gunni


Haetae


Haizum - the horse of the archangel Gabriel (Islam)


Hamadryad


Harionago


Harpy - Ugly winged bird woman, steals food (Greek)


Heiðrún, a goat in Norse mythology, which produces mead for the einherjar


Hekatonkheires


Hellhound


Hellhound - supernatural dog, bringers of death (worldwide)


Hibagon or Hinagon - Ape-like, similar to Bigfoot, or the Yeti (Japan)


Hippocamp


Hippocamp - Sea-Horse (Greek)


Hippogriff


Hippogriff - Winged horse with the head and upper body of an eagle (France)


Hitotsume-kozou


Homunculus (Alchemy) - Diminutive, animated construct


Honey island swamp monster


Hoop snake


Horus – Deity (Egypt)


Hræsvelgr


Hrimthurs


Hugin and Munin - Two ravens that serve as messengers (Norse mythology)


Hulder


Huli jing or Kitsune or Kumiho - Fox spirits, like Fairies (China, Japan, Korea)


Humanoids


Hybrids


Hydra


Iara


Ichneumon


Ichthyocentaur


Ichthyocentaurs - the upper body of a man, the lower front of a horse, tail of a fish (Greek)


Ijiraq


Ika-Roa


Incubus / Succubus


Insectivores


Ipotane - half-horse, half-humans, original centaurs (Greek)


Isonade


Jackalope


Jackalope (North American) - jackrabbit with antelope horns


Jaculus/Jaculi


Jade rabbit


Jasconius


Jengu


Jiangshi


Jiaolong


Jikininki


Jormungand


Jörmungandr (the Midgård serpent)


Jorōgumo (Japanese) - ghost woman who shapeshifts into a spider


Jotun


Jubokko


Jué yuán - Blue-furred man-sized rhesus monkey that abducts human women (China & Japan)


Kamaitachi


Kappa


Karkadann - a monstrous, highly aggressive unicorn (India, Persia)


Karkinos (Greek) - Cancer the crab


Kasai Rex - cryptid, living dinosaur (Congo)


Kekkai


Kelpie


Kelpie (Scottish) - water horse


Kelpie or Bäckahästen or Each Uisge - Water-horse, sometimes vicious (Scotland, Ireland)


Keresh (Jewish) – giant deer of the forest of Bei Ilai


Khepri (Ancient Egyptian) - beetle who pushes the sun


Khnum


Kishi - cannibalistic two-faced demon, half-human half-hyena(Africa)


Kitsune


Kobold


Kodama


Kongamato


Kraken


Kua Fu a giant in China


Kuchisake-onna


Kui


Kujata


Kumiho


Kun


Kurage-no-hinotama


Kurma


Ladon


Lake monster


Lamassu


Lamia


Lampad


Lampetia


Lavellan


Leprechaun


Lernaean Hydra


Leshy


Leviathan


Lich


Light Elf


Lindorm


Loch Ness monster


Loch Ness Monster - sea monster cryptid (Scotland)


Longma - a fabled winged horse with dragon scales (China)


Lorelei


Lusca


Lynx


Madame White Snake


Maenad


Makara


Manananggal


Mandrake


Mandurugo


Man-eating tree


Manticore


Mapinguari


Mbielu-Mbielu-Mbielu


Medusa


Medusa - Once a human, Medusa and her sisters were cursed to be terrible monsters by Athena (Greek)


Melusine


Meretseger


Mermaid


Mermaid / Merman


Mermaid / Merman - Half-human, half-fish(worldwide)


Merrow


Minotaur


Mizuchi


Mokele Mbembe


Mokele-mbembe


Mokumokuren


Mongolian Death Worm


Monopod


Monotremes


Monster


Moon rabbit - a rabbit living on the moon


Morgens


Mothman (American cryptid)


Mountain Giant


Muc-sheilch


Mujina


Mummy (modern interpretation)


Myling


Myrmecoleon (Christian) - ant-lion


Myrmidons (Greek) - warrior descendants of ant from Zeus


Nachtkrapp


Naga


Naiad


Näkki


Namazu


Nandi


Narasimha


Nekomata


Nemean Lion


Nephele (Greek) - nymph formed from a cloud by Zeus to resemble the goddess Hera


Nereid


Ngoubou


Níðhöggr


Nightmare


Nine-headed Bird


Ningyo


Nix


Nixie


Noppera-bō


Nuckelavee - an evil elf, ruins crops, causes epidemics, and drought (Orkney islands, Scotland)


Nue


Nukekubi


Nymph


Ogopogo


Ogre


Olitiau


Ondine


Oni


Onikuma Demon-Bear - Demon bear, Steals horses (Japanese)


Onocentaur - part human, part donkey (Ancient Greek)


Oozlum bird - (Australian and British folk tales)


Oread


Orm


Orthrus


Orthrus - a two headed dog, father/brother of Cerberus (Greek)


Ouroboros


Owlman


Owlman - compared to America's Mothman (England)


Ox-Head and Horse-Face


Pabilsag (Babylonian) - Sagittarius-like creature with scorpion tail


Pachyderms


Paloma - Bird spirit who causes cold weather (Abenaki)


Pangolins


Panther


Patupaiarehe


Pegasus


Pegasus - White winged stallion (Greek)


Peluda


Penanggalan


Penghou


Penghou - a tree spirit that appears like a black dog and tastes like dog-meat (Chinese)


Peryton (?) - Stag with bird parts


Phantom cat


Phantom kangaroo


Phoenix


Phoenix - (Greek)


Phoenix in Greek Mythology


Pisces


Poltergeist - (Worldwide)


Pombero


Ponaturi


Pontianak


Pooka - spirits, or fairies who lived near ancient stones, good or bad (Ireland)


Popobawa


Potamus


Preta


Procyonids


Python


Qilin (Chinese) - East Asian chimerical good luck symbol


Qiqirn


Ra - Deity (Egypt)


Raiju


Raijū


Rain Bird - Bird who brought rain (Native American)


Rainbow crow


Rainbow serpent


Ramidreju


Rat king - phenomena when a number of rats become intertwined at their tails (Germany, France)


Ratatoskr


Redcap


Reptilian humanoids


Roc


Rokurokubi


Rusalka


Ryujin


Saci


Sæhrímnir


Salamander


Salawa - Egyptian Cryptid, possibly fennec Foxes


Salmon of Wisdom


Samebito


Sandman


Sarimanok


Satori


Satori - Mind-reading magical ape or monkey (Japan)


Satyr


Saumen Kar


Scorpion man (Babylonian) - protector of travellers


Sea monk


Sea monster


Sea serpent


Sekhmet


Selket (Ancient Egyptian) - scorpion death/healing goddess


Selkie


Selkie (Scottish) shapeshifting seal people


Serpent in Bible


Serpopard


Sewer alligator


Shabti (Egyptian) - A clay model used as workers


Shachihoko


Shadow People


Shangyang - A rainbird (Chinese)


Shapeshifters


Shedu


Shellycoat


Shen


Shesha


Shug Monkey - A dog/monkey (Britain)


Shug Monkey - A dog/monkey creature found in Cambridgeshire (Britain)


Shunka Warakin - Resembles a wolf, a hyena, or both. (America)


Sidehill gouger


Sigbin


Sileni / Silenus


Simurgh


Simurgh - Like the Hippogriff with the head of a human (Persian)


Siren


Siren - Women that lure men out to sea with their song to drown them (Greek)


Sirin - Birds with women heads, lured men to their death (Russia, Greek)


Skeleton


Skin-walker


Skvader


Sleipnir


Sleipnir - Odin's eight-legged horse, which he rode to Hel (location) (Norse)


Sobek


Sphinx


Spirit


Spirit - (Worldwide)


Spriggan


Sprite


Stheno - the eldest of the Gorgon Sisters (Greek)


Strix - Owl that ate human flesh (Greek)


Stymphalian birds - Man eating birds (Greek)


Sun Wukong - Powerful warrior-magician in the form of a monkey who hatched from a stone egg (China)


Surrey Puma


Swamp monster


Swan maiden


Tachash (Jewish)


Taniwha


Tanngrisnir and Tanngnjóstr, Thor's magical goats


Tanuki - Japanese raccoon dog, legends claim is a shapeshifting trickster (Japan)


Tarasque


Taweret


Tengu


Tengu - Have human and bird characteristics, name means dog (Japan)


Tennin


Thoth - Deity (Egypt)


Three-legged bird


Three-legged bird (various cultures)


Three-legged bird in China, Japan


Thunderbird


Thunderbird - (Native American, American Southwest, Great Lakes, and Great Plains)


Tiamat


Tigris – giant lion of the forest of Bei Ilai


Tikbalang - a creature with the body of a man and the head and hooves of a horse, lurks in the mountains and forests (Philippines)


Tizheruk


Tokeloshe (Zulu mythology) - diminutive, hairy humanoid with various magical powers


Tomte


Triton


Tritons


Troll


Tsuchigumo (Japanese) - spider limbed dwarf


Tsuchinoko


Tsukumogami (Japanese) - objects that come to life, of their own accord, after 100 years


Tulpa (Tibetan Buddhism) - creature brought to life through meditation


Tupilaq (Inuit) - large statues brought to life to serve witches and shamans


Turul


Ubume


Uchchaihshravas - a seven-headed all white flying horse (Hindu)


Umdhlebi


Umibōzu


Undead


Underwater panther


Undine


Undine - Water nymphs, no souls until they marry a human man and bear him a child.(German)


Ungulates


Unicorn


Unicorn (rather resembles the moon)


Unicorn A horse-like creature with a single horn, often symbolizing purity (Europe)


Ushabti (Egyptian) - Clay guardians/assistants


Ushi-oni - (Japan)


Valkyrie


Vampire


Vampire (worldwide) - shapeshifting human undead that feed off of the living.


Vampires


Vanara


Various objects animated by gods, demons and spirits in mythology, legend and folklore


Vegetable Lamb of Tartary


Veo


Vermilion Bird


Vermilion Bird - (Chinese)


Vodyanoy


Vucub Caquix


Vukodlak (Slavic) - undead vampire werewolf


Vulkodlak


Waldgeist


Wanyūdō


Warlock


Water Dragon


Water Leaper


water spirit - (worldwide)


Water Sprite


Wendigo


Werehyena


Werewolf


Werewolf - A human, shapeshifts to a wolf because of an affliction, lycanthrope (European)


Wewe Gombel


White horse


White stag (worldwide) - magic white deer


White Tiger


Wili


Will o' the wisp - Jack o lantern (English)


Will-o'-the-wisp


Wolpertinger


World Elephant


World Turtle


Wraith


Wyvern


Xenarthrans


Xing Tian


Yacuruna


Yaksha / Yakshini


Yamata no Orochi


Yaoguai


Yellow Dragon


Yeren - Man-Monkey, cryptid hominid, resides in remote mountainous (China)


Yeti


Yeti - Abominable Snowman, ape-like cryptid similar to Bigfoot, that inhabits the Himalayas (Nepal, Tibet)


Ymir


Yokai


Yōkai


Yowie - hominid said to live in the Australian wilderness, a cryptid similar to the Himalayan Yeti (Australia)


Yuki-onna


Yurei


Zaratan


Zashiki-warashi


Zemyna / Zemepatis


Zhu Bajie


Ziz - Giant griffin (Jewish)


Zombie


Zu

 

[Ruisu Senshi]

Oh by species I meant a combination of any 2 or more kinds as 1, kind of like a human and a cat make a neko, what other possibilities are there, is what I was asking.


Another example is a elemental human which is a human with powers and abilities of an element such as earth, wind, fire, water, lightning, thunder and on (Storm is a good example even though she's a goddess I know).


Poison Ivy I would consider her own species (even though she isn't) I consider this because she is 2 different kinds of species in one, plant and human.


so with a combination of any 2 or more kinds of species, elements, etc.. how many different combinations can you think of?


and once you do, what characteristics are you mainly interested in?


for example: if I say I like a anti hero elemental human with wolf like powers and physical traits, I would say something like the ears, tail and claws. of a wolf with powers of ice.


I hope I didn't break your head but I hope you get what I'm saying.