FREQUENCY: Rare ([Cold Wilderness Mountains], [Cold Wilderness Hills])
FREQUENCY: Rare ([Temperate Wilderness Mountains], [Temperate Wilderness Hills])
FREQUENCY: Rare ([Tropical Wilderness Mountains], [Tropical Wilderness Hills])

NO. APPEARING: 2-8
ARMOR CLASS: 7 <mw:7>
MOVE: 12"/21"
HIT DICE: 4
% IN LAIR: 10% (6 Perytons: tall mountains, TPL42:7th, REF4.59)
TREASURE TYPE: [B]
NO. OF ATTACKS: 1 ~ <13>
DAMAGEIATTACK: 4-16 (sharp horns)
SPECIAL ATTACKS: +2 to hit
SPECIAL DEFENSES: Hit only by magic weapons
INTELLIGENCE: Average
ALIGNMENT Chaotic evil
SIZE: M
LEVEL/X.P. VALUE: III | 150 + 4

SAVES: 13.14.15.16.16

Perytons dwell in rocky hills || mountainous regions.
They are omnivorous creatures of the weirdest appearance,
likely the result of the same type of experimentation as brought about the owlbear.

The creature attacks with its sharp horns, having a +2 on "to hit" dice. <included in THACO>
Its claws are too weak to use. Each peryton attacks but a single creature, and
when it is dead the peryton tears out the victim's heart with its teeth. The
organ is necessary to the peryton to reproduce, and the creature
immediately flies away in order to do so. Human hearts are the type most
sought by perytons.

Normal weapons do not harm these creatures.

Perytons lair in caves high upon cliffs or in mountain peaks. They will
sometimes take humans and similar creatures alive in order to hold them
prisoner until needed as food and for reproduction needs.

Perytons speak their own language.

Description: The upper body and head of the peryton is blue-black, the
creature's horns being jet black. The wing and back feathers are dark
green, and the chest of the male peryton is light blue to medium blue, the
females being drab.

Aerial Combat: 21", class C. A peryton will attempt to impale with its sharp
horns.

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Quote:
Originally Posted by haakon1
I'll bite . . . what's a opinicus?

Sounds like an opinionated quasit to me: Smite Evil time!

(Opps, I think that's 3.x rules . . . it blends to together after 20 years of AD&D and 5 years of 3e.)

The opinicus is a chimerical creature that is part cameland not particularly fearsome.
Check your dictionary, as most will have a description of it.
The critter was used in some heraldry, as was the peryton,, a similar chimerical beast, I velieve.

Cheers,
Gary