Animals

Animals all carry the same treasure:  none.  So pickpocket them before killing them if you want to get anything.  If you kill them with arrows, you can still retrieve your arrows as long as it took more than one to kill it. On single-shot kills, you will find an empty inventory screen.

RATS, BATS:

• Rat:(Armor 6, Health 9 to 16, Damage 1-4/Disease)
• Bat: (Armor 6, Health 12 to 36, Damage 2-12/Disease)

What can you say about flying rodents and crawling rodents? They don’t do much damage and don’t have many hit points, but they do carry diseases (about 0.5% chance per successful hit).

TIGERS, BEARS:

• Tiger: (Armor 6, Health 13 to 34, Damage 1-10/1-10/3-15)
• Bear:  (Armor 6, Health 13 to 34, Damage 1-10/1-10/3-15)

Pretty easy to kill. They hit slowly, though, so you can probably finish them off before they get in more than one or two swings. Once you've got a few hit points under your belt, they're excellent for practicing Hand-to-Hand.

SPIDERS, SCORPIONS:

• Spider:  (Armor 5, Health 13 to 34, Damage 5-15/Spell [paralyze])
• Scorpion:  (Armor 0, Health 18 to 74, Damage 15-25/Spell [paralyze])

They’re slow hitters, but their poison paralyzes if you fail your save. Surprisingly enough the paralyze counts as a spell, so it can be reflected or absorbed. If paralyzation isn't a worry, practice your Hand-to-Hand on them.

SLAUGHTERFISH: (Armor 6, Health 15 to 50, Damage 2-12) Underwater only. They bite frequently.  If you have soul-bound one of these into an item, they can and do appear above ground when the item breaks -- makes for humorous encounters.