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A common threat in canals, lagoons, bayous, and countless other bodies of water, the giant water scorpion is responsible for the deaths of many adventurers exploring waterways. Like most aquatic monsters, giant water scorpions are seldom at the to...
Great gray owls are stealthy predators, and the largest of the non-giant varieties of owls. Unlike other owls, great grays aren’t territorial—with the exception of females raising young—and don’t flush or spook when other creatures approach. Rathe...
A four-armed, four-legged creature in the vague shape of a human—but seemingly made of fine spider silk—moves down a tree, slowly chanting the incantation of a spell in the pale light of the full moon._ **Made in Corrupt Forests.** Lunarchidnas ...
_The heralds of blood are 20-foot-tall giants with bruised purple skin, and wart-like blood blisters that deform their features. They often wear cowled robes over golden armor streaked with black or green, and their staves of power are always ebon...
The herald of the void portends the world’s ruination by means of cold, fire, plague, war, or a magical apocalypse of another kind. It speaks only in the voice of disasters, and it empowers, goads, and encourages the followers of every unspeakable...
A faint disturbance signifies the presence of something terrible and evil—an unnatural miasma. Suddenly, the hazy air coalesces into a mass of greenish fog with multiple red eyes and a dozen vaporous tentacles._ **Harbingers of Pestilence.** The...
Smaller than a giant shark but larger and fiercer than a reef shark, a **hunter shark** haunts deep waters. It usually hunts alone, but multiple hunter sharks might feed in the same area. A fully grown hunter shark is 15 to 20 feet long.
_A large, brown spider that resembles a tarantula with exaggeratedly long legs gracefully emerges from the bushes, followed by similar arachnids that are smaller and yellow in color._ The j’ba fofi resembles an oversized tarantula with very long...
_This strange-looking humanoid combines the features of an old crone and some manner of bird. A shawl covers her head but cannot contain her prominent beak and clawed hands. Her skirt reveals bird-like feet._ **Filthy Illusions.** Kikimoras are ...
_The runner is a mottled blur, a sprinting gnoll laughing as it runs, ax held high. It sprints past, its weapon flashing in the sun._ With the bristly mane and spotted fur characteristic of all gnolls, havoc runners blend into their tribe. Only ...
_A skeletal cadaver bedecked in the motley attire of a fool capers about while making jokes that mock mortality._ **Amusing Death.** When a jester on his deathbed moves an evil death god to laughter, the fool sometimes gains a reprieve. becoming...
The butcher strides down the lane, preaching of threshing the chaff from the wheat. Around it, people tear into each other, blind with rage. All the while, the butcher grows in stature and sprouts wicked horns as it revels in the massacre._ Hera...
A gaggle of mischievous, rime-covered humanoids, one of which is standing on the shoulders of another, paint hoarfrost patterns on a window._ Wherever the temperature drops below freezing, mobs of ice bogies may appear to unleash their wintry mi...
A towering winged devil looms above, a wicked scimitar in its grasp. Its form shifts subtly, hinting at a deeper secret._ **Infernal Insects.** Infernal swarms are found throughout the Hells. Considered a delicacy, these insects can form a hive ...
This massive purple creature, with legs like tree trunks and a pair of enormous arms, shakes the ground with its footsteps. Its eyeless head is bulbous, with an elongated mouth that is almost snout-like._ **Allies of the Ghasts of Leng.** The ka...
A thick, snakelike creature made of thousands of blades of kelp rises above the water’s surface. Flyaway blades swirl from the primary mass as the creature winds itself around its hapless prey._ Kelp eels were accidentally created by merfolk arc...
_This large statue of emerald-green crystal has a humanoid body with the head of an ibis. Tiny symbols and runes are etched into it, and portions are inlaid with bits of gold._ **Occult Initiates.** Smaragdine golems are crafted by disciples of ...
_An elder race—much older than the elves, and as old as the dragons, they claim—red hags are the most cunning and longest-lived of the hags, having a lifespan of more than a thousand years._ **Beautiful and Strong.** Unlike their hag kin, red ha...
**Knights** are warriors who pledge service to rulers, religious orders, and noble causes. A knight's alignment determines the extent to which a pledge is honored. Whether undertaking a quest or patrolling a realm, a knight often travels with an e...
_The humming of servos, ticking of gears, and petite discharges of steam alert you to the presence of this library’s diminutive custodian._ These small constructs were created to fulfill organizational responsibilities of huge libraries with sta...
_Malformed like a goblin, this creature bears one large, strange eye in the middle of its face. It wears dark and dirty rags, and its spindly claws and arms match its hunched torso._ **Ferocious Attitude.** Likho are scrappy fighters; they weake...
An amber-skinned angelic figure clad in leather armor spreads its white wings as it takes a long pull from an enormous drinking horn._ Mead archons are the emissaries of deities who enjoy battle and strong drink. **Fight Hard, Party Harder.** ...
_The oasis appears as an idyllic desert respite, offering water, shade, and even perhaps edible fruit and nuts in the trees above._ **Mockmire.** The oozasis, or oasis ooze, is also known as a mockmire in other climates. It mimics a peaceful, pr...
Appearing to be an unkempt human child between the ages of six and ten, this creature has bare feet and long, ragged, dirty nails. The matted mop of hair upon the creature’s head has the odd blade of grass stuck in it. Its face is gaunt, with blac...