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A depression in the ground trails in the wake of this six-legged creature. Aged ice, appearing more like granite, covers the creature’s body._ **Slow but Steady.** Glacier behemoths earn their name from their resemblance to glaciers, including t...
_A gnarljak looks like a bear trap springs sprung to clacking life and ready to tear flesh apart._ **Hopping Motion.** All steel and springs, a gnarljak is easily mistaken for a simple bear trap when lying dormant. But once it starts hopping in ...
Large Ooze, CR 4. From Tome of Beasts 3.
This gigantic marsh bird has blood-red feathers and a scythe-like beak. Its eyes shine with intelligence as it scans its surroundings._ **Accursed Bird.** Scarlet ibises are not inherently malevolent, and many visitors to the swamp assume they a...
Medium Aberration, CR 10. From Tome of Beasts 3.
_This gray-skinned dog-like creature seems pathetically eager to please but fantastically skittish, its ears alerting at every nearby sound, and its large oval eyes following anything that passes by._ **Emotional Giant.** A hulking whelp is a ti...
The dragon surges through the water in a rippling mass of seaweed, flotsam, and hungry jaws._ **Avarice and Opportunity.** Scavengers driven by draconic instinct, kelp drakes have an eye for sunken treasure and easy food. They favor giant oyster...
Medium Undead, CR 13. From Tome of Beasts 2023.
A grotesque human body moves like jelly. Its split-open front reveals the creature has no bones._ Husks are the opposite of Open Game License
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...
Medium Monstrosity, CR 1. From Tome of Beasts 2023.
Medium Dragon, CR 5. From Tome of Beasts 2023.
_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...
_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...
Tiny Beast, CR 1/4. From Tome of Beasts 2023.
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 ...
Huge Monstrosity, CR 9. From Tome of Beasts 3.
Medium Humanoid, CR 1/2. From Creature Codex.
_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...
Large Monstrosity, CR 3. From Tome of Beasts 2023.
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.** ...
In swampy areas where food is plentiful, leeches gather together in swarms numbering in the hundreds to hunt prey. When their food supply is diminished, the leeches often turn on each other, effectively destroying the swarm. The scent of blood att...