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_The paving stones underfoot suddenly lurch and tumble over one another. Thousands of tiny limbs, pincers, and stingers break from the stony surface and frantically scuttle forward._ A cobbleswarm is made up of tiny, crablike creatures with smoo...
A **death dog** is an ugly two-headed hound that roams plains, and deserts. Hate burns in a death dog's heart, and a taste for humanoid flesh drives it to attack travelers and explorers. Death dog saliva carries a foul disease that causes a victim...
This winged female has a short torso and long, gangly legs. Her wingspan is wider than her body is tall. Despite her awkward appearance, she moves with incredible grace._ **Protectors of the Marsh.** Egret harpies look after marshland flora and ...
_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...
This lengthy, two-headed, serpentine creature has three dorsal fins and six legs._ **Degenerate Dragons.** Pal-rai-yuks were once a species of underwater dragons. In their arrogance, they angered a sea deity who cursed them. To escape the deity’...
_A great knot of scabrous rats scrabbles together as a mass, with skulls, bones, and flesh entangled in the whole. Teeth, eyes, and fur all flow as a single disturbing rat swarm walking on two legs._ **Fused at the Tail.** A rat king forms when ...
This bat-like creature has luxurious blue fur covering every part of its body. It has a heavily wrinkled face, large, bulbous eyes, and twin horn-like antennae. Thin sable wings unfurl from its back, and its fur emits tiny sparks of blue lightning...
This strange dog is hairless except for the thick, dark fur that runs along its bony, ridged back._ **Arctic Legends.** Oral histories of the north are rich with tales of the qiqirn. The tales say they are drawn to mankind’s warm hearths and hom...
_Often called elephant centaurs by humans and gnolls, loxodas are massive creatures that combine the torso of an ogre and the body of an elephant. Hating and fearing all strangers, they live in open plains and scrubland._ **Nomadic Families.** L...
This creature could be mistaken for a large centaur if not for the black and green scales covering its body and its cobra-like head. Its hiss sounds like a hundred angry vipers, and the venom dripping from creature’s long fangs sizzles as it lands...
A clumsy-looking flightless bird with a short, conical beak and no feathers or skin stares blankly with its single eye. Its organs are held in place by a slimy, transparent membrane._ **Nearly Mindless.** Orniraptors are creatures of pure instin...
A **phase spider** possesses the magical ability to phase in and out of the Ethereal Plane. It seems to appear out of nowhere and quickly vanishes after attacking. Its movement on the Ethereal Plane before coming back to the Material Plane makes i...
_“I saw no more terrible beast on all my journeys north than the mahoru. The white bears had their aloof majesty, the lindwurm serpentine grace, but the monster that gnawed away the pack ice beneath our feet and savaged any who fell into the water...
This massive shark-eel surges out of the water, opening titanic jaws large enough to bite a ship in half._ **Bribable.** Wise captains traveling through timingila hunting grounds often carry tithes and offerings in hopes of placating the creatur...
A bipedal dinosaur with massive horns on its face, back, and tail roars, revealing an enormous mouth filled with rows of razor teeth._ Tricenatoruses are the rage-filled result of a transmutation experiment gone wrong. **Unnatural Mistakes.** ...
_The water leaper is a frogheaded, legless creature with wide batlike wings and a gaping maw. Its shrieks resemble those of a hawk. Its long, sinuous tail tapers and ends in a venomous barb._ **Gliding Wings.** The creature has no legs or arms, ...
This huge, six-horned, bull-like creature possesses a mane of writhing flames and shimmering metal skin._ **Creation of the Gods.** All sarsaok descend from a mighty celestial ox said to have been present at the creation of humanity. Scholars sp...
_The dread sons of Fenris are hideously strong and dangerous in their mastery of the arcane. Their acidic breath stinks of death, and they move with a menacing grace. Eldritch blood runs in their veins._ **Demonic Wolves.** Demonic black eyes, t...
Standing only a few feet tall, this odd simian creature has charcoal-colored skin and glowing eyes. Thin, blue-gray tendrils cover almost every inch of its body, and it smells faintly of burnt honey._ **Incorrigible Kleptomaniacs.** Few creature...
A human head tops this green-and-brown constrictor. Vines protrude from its scalp and writhe in unison to the serpent’s swaying motion. Mosquitos, gnats, and other flying insects form a cloud around it._ **Self-Proclaimed Ruler and Protector.** ...
The arctic-dwelling **winter wolf** is as large as a dire wolf but has snow-white fur and pale blue eyes. Frost giants use these evil creatures as guards and hunting companions, putting the wolves'deadly breath weapon to use against their foes. Wi...
_A raven-haired young woman rises to the surface of the water as she swims, singing softly to herself—and her lower body is that of a mountain lion. Her sweet song turns to a yowl of rage when she spots prey._ Wampus cats are all born from an an...
Small Monstrosity, CR 1. From Tome of Beasts 3.
Medium Monstrosity, CR 1. From Tome of Beasts 2023.