FREQUENCY: Very rare ([Temperate Wilderness Desert])
FREQUENCY: Very rare ([Tropical Wilderness Desert])
FREQUENCY: Very rare ([Astral Plane])

FREQUENCY: Rare ([Ethereal Plane])


NO. APPEARING: 1-2
ARMOR CLASS: -2
MOVE: 21" / 30" (MC: B)
HIT DICE: 7+7
% IN LAIR: 10%
TREASURE TYPE: [A]
NO. OF ATTACKS: 4
DAMAGE/ATTACK: 1-3./1-3/1-6/1-6
SPECIAL ATTACKS: [SB]
SPECIAL DEFENSES: [SB]
MAGIC RESISTANCE: 35%
INTELLIGENCE: Very to exceptional
ALIGNMENT: Chaotic good
SIZE: M
PSIONIC ABILITY: 205-250
    Attack/Defense Modes: All / all
LEVEL/X.P. VALUE: VII | 2300 + 12

Opinicus are desert dwelling creatures of good will.
Their usual habitat will be old ruins, such as a deserted city, palace, or temple.
They will occasionally be encountered elsewhere, usually on some mission of weal.
Although known for their beneficial acts and friendly dispositions,
opinicus also love teasing and jokes.
While these actions detract from their popularity,
the assistance of opinicus is very rarely shunned by good creatures.
Creatures of Evil most certainly dread opinicus.

Normal attack mode is by means of 2 claw attacks (1-3/1-3) and rakes
with rear claws. In addition, opinicus have the spell capacityof 7th-level
clericsand can turn undead. Each is also able to pronounce a holy word
once per day, dimension door twice per day, and heal 3 times per day.
Opinicus have a glowing gaze, also called sun sparkles, of a %"xl "x2"
cone-shape which affects undead and creatures of the Lower Outer
Planes (Acheron, the Nine Hells, Gehenna, Hades, Tartarus, the Abyss,
and Pandemonium). This gaze is usable but once every 10 rounds. It
inflicts 2-1 6 points of damage upon the victims, and one-half damage if
a saving throw vs. spells is successful.

Due to their keen senses, opinicus are never surprised. They surprise 5
in 6 in their habitat and 3 in 6 elsewhere. Opinicus can travel both
astrally and etherally. Opinicus have 3-5 minor psionic disciplines and
1-2 of a major variety. It is with these that they often play pranks.

Opinicus appear to be a mixture of monkey, camel, lion, and eagle.They
are not, of course, any such mixture, but creatures in their own right.
Their coloration ranges from light buff to golden brown with wings
slightly darker than bodies. The forepaws of opinicus are prehensile.
 

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
 

Quote:
Originally Posted by Tuzenbach
Actually, this particular beast made it into the 1E Monster Manual II. Whether or not any DM actually used it is anybody's guess!

Heh...

...and guess who wrote it up and ;ut it into MMII <stick out tongue>

LOL,
Gary