The glomph are very like bipedal rhinos. Lacking the torso of a rhino but having an equal height and density, the glomph weigh only a quarter to half as much.
| Class: | Odd beasties, basic to fabulous |
| Hab: | Desert, plains, grasslands, open forest; water glomph in shallows |
| Fre: | Common; may form mixed herds with other species |
| Num: | 10-10,000, by habitat lushness, or 1-10 ex-leaders |
| Lair: | 10%; herd circulates in wide territory; frequents watering holes, salt licks |
| Size: | 5'-8' tall, 1,000 - 5,000 lbs.; forest and water smallest, grasslands largest |
| Move: | Wobbly walk or long bouncy bunny-hop leaps |
| Def: | Rhino-tough hide, armored with bone studs |
| Att: | Hop-charge with horn = spiked battering ram; herds jump-trample |
| Int: | Dull, if exuberant, beast |
| Spec: | Thunderous group drumming = "telegraph"; fabulous produce/control earthquakes |
| Posns: | Excellent hides, good meat, horns prized |
Glomph
The glomph are very like bipedal rhinos. Lacking the torso of a rhino but having an equal height and density, the glomph weigh only a quarter to half as much.
The various sorts of glomph can be distinguished by their feet. Glomph of the plains or other hard-packed terrain have elongated, narrow feet. Those of sandy wastes, marshland, or regions with heavy snow have rather broader feet, providing snowshoe like support. Water glomph have feet not merely broad but webbed; they swim about, tipping like ducks to dabble at water plants.
While water glomph are the best swimmers and divers of their kind, all glomph are surprisingly able in the water. As the weight of their armor is balanced by the buoyancy of their fat, they can inhale just enough air to be neutrally buoyant; by compressing or expanding their ribcage, they can sink or rise at will, abet slowly. Being dull-witted, glomph suffer no noticeable damage from oxygen deprivation for up to twenty minutes while diving. They have also been known to hop underwater, in a bizarrely graceful ballet; where water is available, this is the preferred courting ritual.
Glomph prefer to live in herds, as large as the local terrain can sustain. Each herd is lead by an alpha male, sometimes called a king or chief. He will be of large size and very feisty. The alpha is assisted by a half dozen or a dozen other very large males, with whom he shares the favors of the females. The other males mush wait until they are strong enough to challenge. The challenge is done as a class; if the alpha and his bullyboys are defeated, they must leave en mass, never to return; they form small packs of ex-masters. Such exile packs are generally of very large males somewhat past their prime; they are notoriously bad tempered.
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