Good monsters have always irked me some but this is Amia & Amia is all about freedom to do what you will with your character even if it doesn't make any sense... to me.

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Good Orcs, Goblins and Kobolds are not common in the realms, and I can see how it can bother some people. But, the term monster or beast in itself does not equal evil. There are naturally neutral and naturally good monsters and beasts in the realms. For example:

Aarakocra - Usually NG
Centaur - Usually NG
Giant Owl - Usually NG
Treant - Usually NG
Wemics - Usually TN
Doppelganger - Usually TN

A lot of those are pretty creepy looking too. Especially Doppelgangers.

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'Monster' is pretty much anything that isn't humanoid or animal (or vermin ... and I use these terms in the D&D sense, not the biological one).

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Actually, it get's pretty complex. With outsider, beast and all kinds of other crazy things the D&D folk came up with.

My point is, all that stuff isn't even really relevant since I doubt many PC's would know all these silly terms. Monster, beast, aberration, undead and outsider are among the commonly used terms I see ICly for anything that isn't Human, Hin, Elven, Dwarven or Gnomish. Usually, improperly used too, if you look at D&D rule set. Hell, Drow, Orcs, Goblins, Kobolds, Dragons, etc. aren't even "monsters" by D&D rule set. But again, it hardly matters in an IC sense. It shouldn't. PC's should create the terminology in most cases. It makes it funner.

If my Druid want's to call a manticore simply "beast", "monster" or "magical animal", who cares? It's all pretty damn close to describing one even if D&D rules decide to deem them "large magical beast". My Druid uses undead, aberration, outsider, fiend, celestial and pretty much uses beast and monster interchangeably for all non-Human, non-Hin, non-Elf, non-Gnome, non-Dwarf, non-Fey intelligent life. Hell, she even uses it for some who are but have something odd about them. Lycanthropes, for example, are their true race but she does consider them monsters/beasts as well. Treant's are fey, but she would probably call them a "plant monster" or some such. Drow and Dragons? She thinks of them as monsters. Anyway, I digress.

So, again, my point is, there are good "beasts" and "monsters" and the free use of terms when improper hardly even matters in a lot of cases.

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