In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game, the wemic is a monster with the upper body of a humanoid and the lower body of a lion. Like centaurs, they are considered "tauric" creatures. In Dungeons & Dragons and some similar role-playing games, alignment refers to the moral and ethical perspective of the player characters, non-player characters, monsters, and societies in the game. ... In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, monstrous humanoid is a type of creature, or creature type. ... Dungeons & Dragons (abbreviated as D&D or DnD) is a fantasy role-playing game (RPG) currently published by Wizards of the Coast. ... Smaug in his lair: an illustration for the fantasy The Hobbit Fantasy is a genre of art that uses magic and other supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. ... A roleplaying game (RPG) is a type of game in which players assume the roles of characters and collaboratively create stories. ... In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the centaur is a large monstrous humanoid that lives in temperate forests. ... A taur (metanalyzed from centaur), also called a centauroid, is a modern creature of science fiction and fantasy literature. ...

Description

Wemics are larger and stronger than humans; a wemic can leap up to 50 feet with a running start. Their front claws are sharp, and they can fight with both claws and weapons at the same time. Some gamers have suggested that they are keen of eye and ear, that they can roar, that they can rake with their back claws, and so on, but these options are not universally used in most role-playing games. The human part of a wemic has feline characteristics around his or her eyes and ears, and perhaps in the nose and teeth as well. Males are generally represented as having long mane-like hair.

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Society

Wemics are excellent hunters and fighters. They do not make settled homes, but generally follow the herds they hunt for food. Some have compared them with the aboriginal people of the central plains of North America. A nomadic, stone-age folk, wemics are often represented as barbaric, illiterate, and uncivilized; they are famous for being highly superstitious. Others would describe Wemics as nature-oriented people with a rich tradition of oral history; they live close to the earth and are in tune with its magical forces. North America North America is a continent[1] in the Earths northern hemisphere and (chiefly) western hemisphere. ... Stone Age fishing hook. ...

When a wemic must be still for a time, telling stories around a fire, pausing for a meal, waiting for a friend, or just to take a brief rest, the Wemic commonly assumes a posture in which his hindquarters rest on the ground as his front legs remain straight and his forepaws stay flat on the earth. This they call sitting. This is different from a Wemic sprawling (both hind and forequarters on the ground, but with torso upright) or laying down.

Subspecies

Wemics entered the 3rd edition of Dungeons & Dragons in the accessory Monsters of Faerûn, which also introduced the mountain wemic: essentially the same build, but the lion portions replaced by those of a large cougar. Mountain wemics are slightly smaller than common wemics and generally solitary. Faerûn is a fictional subcontinent, the primary setting of the Dungeons & Dragons world of Forgotten Realms. ... For other uses, see Cougar (disambiguation). ...

Wemics in the Forgotten Realms

Wemics appear in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting. They inhabit the vast african-savanna-like grassland known as the shaar, waging war with the Loxos, Thri-Kreen and Centaurs which also dwell there. It has been suggested that Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting be merged into this article or section. ... A campaign setting is a fictional fantasy world which serves as a setting for a role-playing game or wargame. ... World map showing location of Africa A satellite composite image of Africa Africa is the worlds second_largest continent in both area and population, after Asia. ... Savanna at Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania. ... Shaar and the Eastern Shaar is a fictional region in the fantasy setting of the Forgotten Realms. ... The Loxo are a fictive race in the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. ... In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the thri-kreen, or mantis warrior, are an insect-like monstrous humanoid race. ... In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the centaur is a large monstrous humanoid that lives in temperate forests. ...

Creative origins

David C. Sutherland III, the artist who painted the covers of the first edition Monster Manual and Dungeon Master's Guide, created the modern-day wemic for a game product called Monster Cards Set 3, a first edition Dungeons and Dragons supplement released in 1982. David C. Sutherland III was an early Dungeons & Dragons artist. ... Current Monster Manual (v3. ... Dungeon Masters Guide for D&D version 3. ... Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ...

References

• Conners, William, et al. Monstrous Compendium Forgotten Realms Appendix (TSR, 1989).

• Keeping, JF. "The Ecology of the Wemic." Dragon #157 (TSR, 1990).

• Slavicsek, Bill. The Complete Book of Humanoids (TSR, 1993).

• Wyatt, James and Rob Heinsoo. Monstrous Compendium: Monsters of Faerun (Wizards of the Coast, 2001).

• Cayzle. "The Father of Modern Wemics: Personal correspondence with former TSR employees confirming role of David C. Sutherland III in creating wemics for Dungeons and Dragons" (Cayzle's Wemic Site, 2005).

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Wemics in other systems

Wemics in other systems :

Wemics are a player race in Maelstrom, a UK based live action roleplaying game. However, in this system they appear as highly cultured, bipedal felines, rather than quadrapeds. A live action role-playing game, or LARP as it is commonly known, is a form of role-playing game where the participants perform some or all of the physical actions of the characters they play the role of. ...

Wemics in the Maelstom game-world are divided into two cultural groups - those from Amun Sa and those from Tritoni, although some also reside in the Free Islands. This said, individuals or small prides of Wemics are still found all over the Known World.

A similar creature, called a liontaur, appears in the 1992 Sierra Entertainment Quest for Glory III computer role-play game by Lori Ann Cole and Corey Cole. It first appeared in Quest for Glory II as a single character, before making its appearance as an entire tribe of such creatures. There was a similar creature in Quest for Glory I, called the cheetaur. It resembled a wemic, but with the skin colouration and appearance of a black panther. The cheetaur was more beastial than its liontaur cousins, being little more than a rampaging monster(as well as the fourth deadliest living creature in the valley, after the Antwerp, Minotaur, and Saurus Rex)