In most cases, it has enhanced variations of the creature's normal powers or special immunities for example, a legendary hydra might grow two heads each time one's cut off, or a legendary lion might be completely invulnerable to all slashing and piercing weapons, or the stare of a legendary basilisk might be able to petrify characters who aren't even looking at it.
It's bigger, stronger, meaner, and tougher than any normal member of its species. Similar examples for almost all pantheons can be found in their own celestial or infernal realms.Ī monster of legend's very similar to its terrestrial counterpart, but it's usually got even more of what makes its lesser kin dangerous. The hills and gorges of Olympus, the first layer of Arborea, are home to unique examples of each of the creatures above. Creatures of this type're known on the planes as monsters of legend they're found throughout the Great Wheel, in places where mighty heroes can try to best them. In fact, there's usually just one, and that's the archetype for all monsters of that sort, the one they made up all the stories about. Hydras, chimaeras, gorgons, medusae – any number of bashers have encountered these creatures in the Prime Material Plane, but there aren't so many of 'em out on the Great Ring. Monstrous Compendium Planescape Appendix II (2613)
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