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_A thick swirl of dust rises, settles, and forms the vague outline of a man—two points of yellow light shine where its eyes should be, staring malevolently._ **Mound Haunter.** A haugbui is an undead spirit tied to its burial mound or barrow. It...
_The sarcophagus opens to reveal an eerie, scintillating light. Wisps of gelid amber ectoplasm undulate outward from a quivering mass with a blackened skull at its center._ **Vigilant Slime.** Sarcophagus slimes are amorphous undead guardians pl...
Medium Undead, CR 13. From SRD 5.1.
_A body that might once have been human now has four legs and nightmarishly long, thick arms. What’s worse, its skin has been flayed off, revealing the dead muscle and sinew beneath._ **Spirt of War.** The risen reaver is an undead born from a w...
An unnatural, cloying chill fills the air, and multiple ghostly hands burst from a wall to pummel and grab all within reach._ **Unassuming Horror.** The walled horror is an undead that appears to be a normal stretch of wall until it lashes out a...
Medium Undead, CR 3. From Creature Codex.
Large Undead, CR 6. From Tome of Beasts 2023.
_A luminous green mist swirls into the form of an ancient warrior. Dented armor and a ragged cloak enshroud the warrior’s skeletal body, and its grinning skull leers out from an open helm._ **Worn Finery.** Composed of faintly glowing green vapo...
Necromancers, both living and dead, sometimes come together to make massive undead creatures known collectively as “necrotech”. In nations ruled by undead, these massive creations often act as siege weapons or powerful modes of transportation._ ...
_A shadowy figure flickers in and out of view. Its indistinct shape betrays a sylvan ancestry, and its eyes are malevolent blue points of light._ **Unnatural Aura.** Animals do not willingly approach within 30 feet of a deathwisp, unless a maste...
Large Undead, CR 10. From Tome of Beasts 2.
Vættir are ancestral spirits, sometimes protective and helpful but demanding reverence and wrathful when offended. **Servants of the Land.** Land vættir dwell in barrows while sea vættir live beneath lakes, rivers, or the sea—both wear ancient m...
Medium Undead, CR 5. From Tome of Beasts 2023.
_A bone collective is almost a fluid; its thousands of tiny bones coalesce into a humanoid form only to disperse in a clattering swarm the next moment. Their tiny bones rustle when they move, a quiet sound similar to sand sliding down a dune._ *...
_The humanoid form approaches through the murky water, but as it nears, it becomes clear that this is no living thing. It is made entirely of sharks’ jaws, joined together and brought to life with grim magic._ Made from numerous, interlocking sh...
_A repulsive, batlike creature darts from the Stygian darkness. Its body consists entirely of rotting sheets of stolen skin. Though its large eyes are glassy and lifeless, an unmistakably evil intent glimmers within them as a toothless mouth sprea...
Medium Undead, CR 3. From Tome of Beasts 3.
Medium Undead, CR 1. From Tome of Beasts 3.
_A rotting wind brings a chilling gust to the air, turning nearby foliage to rot and raising a sense of dread in all creatures in its path._ **Air of Tombs.** A rotting wind is an undead creature made up of the foul air and grave dust sloughed o...
Medium Undead, CR 4. From Tome of Beasts 2023.
Medium Undead, CR 1/8. From Tome of Beasts 2023.
Medium Undead, CR 3. From Tome of Beasts 2023.
Large Undead, CR 9. From Creature Codex.
_Shrouds appear much like they did in life, only translucent and immaterial. Their voices are weak._ **Bitter Spirits.** Shrouds are transitional creatures: remnants of wicked people who died but refuse to rest in peace, yet have not grown stron...