Traditionally, Medusas were always female, but I see a male Medusa listed in the Book of Vile Darkness, and I thought all Satyrs were male, but one of the books from the Planes of Chaos set has a picture of what looks like a female Satyr! (I'ts right near the front, if that helps... I think it was the adventures in Chaos book, but not sure...) What's up? 
What monsters can be what gender?
Wed, 2007-12-26 16:41
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What monsters can be what gender?
Wed, 2007-12-26 16:52
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Satyrs and Dryads
Yeah, the 2nd Edition Monster Manual stated that it was common belief that (all-male) Satyrs mated with (all-female) Dryads (or was it Nymphs?) to create more of their kind... that picture in the Chaos set is definitely of a female SOMETHING, and it sure LOOKS like a Satyr - hooves and all - but I guess it could be some other kind of creature...
Wed, 2007-12-26 16:58
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What monsters can be what gender?
Dryads, nymphs, and niads (and a fey more I can't remember too) are all female equivilants to satyrs in classical Greek mythology. They are fey, and therefore magical, so you could stick with mythology or you could stick with logic--logic's nice too. 
Wed, 2007-12-26 23:08
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What monsters can be what gender?
I haven't seen the picture, but it might be a female bauriar, since they usually live in the planes of chaos, especially Ysgard.
Thu, 2007-12-27 02:44
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What monsters can be what gender?
Female satyrs, huh?
I was once wisiting museum in Venice (I think it was Venice), and there she was: female satyr (hoofs and all that). She had blond hair and was standing in snow looking at bleak horizon with sad look on her face. I dont know the author or even year whem the painting was made, but I remeber it becaouse it was so unusual to see female satyr.
What is on the cover of Planes of Chaos then? I actualy think it is koread (mountain dryad). Koreads were introduced as new monsters in Planes of Chaos Box set, and if memory serves me corectly description said that they hawe hoofs (like satrys do), so being on the cower is actualy Koread.
Thu, 2007-12-27 06:45
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What monsters can be what gender?
I think the lass in question is supposed to be a tiefling.
Thu, 2007-12-27 17:11
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She ain't a Bauriar...
Nope, not a Bauriar, at least, since she stands upright and is holding panpipes in one hand...
Thu, 2007-12-27 21:14
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What monsters can be what gender?
one of the books from the Planes of Chaos set has a picture of what looks like a female Satyr!
She might be a bacchae.
Male medusas are normally "maedars," bald-headed humanoids with the ability to turn stone into flesh again (they smash the statues female medusas make and turn the smashed rubble into meat); the one in the Book of Vile Darkness may be some kind of mutation.
Thu, 2007-12-27 21:36
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What monsters can be what gender?
Where's the normal one then?
Sat, 2007-12-29 19:39
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What monsters can be what gender?
Sat, 2007-12-29 19:53
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What monsters can be what gender?
Wow... that's... really frickin weird.
Wed, 2008-01-02 17:45
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The book with the pic...
O.K. folks, I found out which "Chaos" book the picture in question is in: It's the Travelogue, on the first page after the cover... sure looks like a satyr to me, still...
Most of these monsters aren't entirely the same as their mythological counterparts (the Medusa was unique, and female satyrs would actually be dryads in Greek mythology.) Really, any non-unique creature should have mambers of both genders unless a book or DM's whimsy says otherwise (Like mind flayers, etc.).