A-to-Z Challenge, H: Hibagon (New Oe/BX/1E Monster)

Almost every culture has some form of cryptid resembling the North American sasquatch, or the yeti of the Himalayas. Some are taller, some are shorter. Some are browner, some are grayer. Most of them stink and, in most cases, they're not very intelligent. I'm not sure if I got the idea to make the hibagon a tool-user because of something I read about the hibagon, or because of something I saw about evolution on the History Channel. Either way, I think it makes the rather diminutive hibagon a moderately formidable opponent to low level characters.

Hibagon

DESCRIPTION These forest-dwelling relatives of the yeti are slightly more diminutive, measuring only 5’ high and weighing in around 180 pounds. They have glaring eyes, reddish brown or black fur, and the unmistakeable musky, skunk-like fetor common to these types of animals (yeti, sasquatch, etc.) While hibagons appear ape-like and can move on all fours, they most often walk upright. As slightly intelligent tool users, hibagons often carry on their person chiseled flint stones to act as both common working tools and de facto weapons. When using flint stones as weapons, hibagons can either attack with one stone in each fist (for 16 points damage each) or hold one stone with two hands and attack (1d8+2 points of damage.) Hibagons can communicate with one another through simple grunts and visual cues, but have no language proper. Hibagons normally gather into small tribal units, living either in caves or primitive structures made of sticks and mud. In tribal units of 10 or more hibagons, there will be a tribal leader with one additional hit die, doing +1 point of damage per single-handed attack, and +2 points of damage on two-handed attacks.

Oe/1E STATS FREQUENCY: Rare NO. APPEARING: 1-12 ARMOR CLASS: 5 MOVE: 18” HIT DICE: 5 % IN LAIR: 10% TREASURE TYPE: C NO. OF ATTACKS: 3 DAMAGE/ATTACK: 1-3/1-3/1-6 or by weapon SPECIAL ATTACKS: Nil SPECIAL DEFENSES: Nil MAGIC RESISTANCE: Standard INTELLIGENCE: Low ALIGNMENT: Neutral SIZE: M (5’ tall) PSIONIC ABILITY: Nil Attack/Defense Modes: Nil BX STATS ARMOR CLASS: 5 HIT DICE: 5 MOVE: 180’ ATTACKS: 2 fists/1 bite or 1-2 weapons DAMAGE: 1-3/1-3/1-6 or by weapon NO. APPEARING: 1-12 SAVE AS: Fighter: 5 MORALE: 10 TREASURE TYPE: C ALIGNMENT: Neutral