Scaly Bastards

Not to be confused with Scaly Bafoons which are kept as a common pet among the swamp regions of Avalonia, or Scary Bastards which is a term used for a much different (and a lot more vicious) group of monster beings.
Scaly Bastards is a term used for a particular set of monsters that remind many people of overgrown lizards very similar to crocodiles. Unlike them they have magically imbued scales that protect them pretty much from any kind of a piercing or slashing attack. No, if you want to get rid of these monsters in your area, you need to trap them, outsmart them and potentially feed them something that will turn their stomach upside down (along with them in the water) and let them suffocate in the mud. Not a particularly nice way to go, but many people consider it better than getting actually eaten by a scaly bastard themselves.
They can vary in colours and shape and different counts of head, talons and tails and there has not been any significant research done about them as they tend to bite any alchymist that tries to approach them. Only excessive notes available are different methods and accounts of how to actually get rid of these bastards or at least lure them into a different hunting ground where they will not bother people. Some very business inclined hunters are trying to devise some sort of a method of catching and descaling these bastards so their scales could potentially be used for making armour or potentially as an arrow head. So far many a knives and metal tools have been ruined and many a finger lost on these attempts, but who knows maybe there is a way to make it work.
Out of the handful bastard scales that are available on the market, there are different little bracelets and protective amulets worn around the neck made, which are often put into cribs as a gift for newborn babies of hunter families as a good fortune and a protection token.