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_Several pony-sized ants swarm around an ant the size of a draft horse, clacking their serrated mandibles and threatening with their stingers._ Giant ants look much like a normal ant with six legs, a waspish segmented body, and large antenna. Th...
This horrific creature resembles an enormous, deflated cow’s stomach, studded with thousands of glaring eyes awash with flame._ **The Horror in the Lake.** In certain deep, still lakes located in secluded valleys and mountain glens there lives t...
Glaring about in brazen challenge to any that would meet its eyes, this elite dragonborn warrior searches for its next target. Adorned in padded armor, its clawed hand never ventures far from the hilt of its sword._ **True Believers.** Edjet ini...
_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...
The small humanoid sets its claw-toothed boots into the rock, steadying itself, then looses an arrow. Its lips curl into a cruel smile as a cry of surprise and shouts of alarm resound in the dark cavern._ Deep beneath the earth, the derro gather...
The serpentine body of the sanddrift drake blends in with the desert sands, its six legs giving it purchase on the canyon walls as it bursts from the ground to snatch its prey._ Found in the hottest deserts, the sanddrift drake is a cunning hunt...
Medium Dragon, CR 2. From Creature Codex.
Large Dragon, CR 9. From Creature Codex.
This creature looks like a bloated, wet corpse. Its fingers and toes are webbed, and slick, fleshy fins run down its spine and legs, poking through stretches of dead flesh. An overpowering stench of rot surrounds it._ **Aquatic Adaptations.** Th...
A rectangular slab of thick, green ooze flows slowly across the floor. Twisting metallic veins and strange lights illuminate its translucent interior, and everything it touches dissolves into a formless sludge._ **Artificial Oozes.** Though fabr...
Twisting adamantine spikes topped with an array of demonic and bestial skulls form the vaguely humanoid creature. It makes a loud screeching sound as it crushes everything in its path._ **Engines of Decimation.** The harbinger of wrath is a cons...
Fennec foxes are tiny canids which make their homes in the shallow parts of the Underworld and the deserts of the Southlands. Their huge semi-erect ears and wide eyes give them a disarmingly friendly appearance.
This massive, bipedal creature has a slight hunch, making its long arms appear even longer. It wields a massive club etched with sigils. A pair of yellow tusks, adorned with rings of all materials, protrudes from its lower jaw._ Cave giant shama...
Medium Undead, CR 6. From Creature Codex.
Huge Aberration, CR 11. From Creature Codex.
The tiger rises from its slumber, stretching its draconic wings. Light glints off its backswept horns as it roars its deafening challenge at intruders._ **Treasure Hoard.** Similar to other dragons, felid dragons are treasure hoarders with an ey...
A pile of red, gooey flesh slurps along the ground. The meat climbs upon itself, squishing as it creates a formidable, hungry wall._ Malleables are malevolent, formless piles of flesh that absorb psychic energy and grow smarter and stronger when...
A woman of unearthly beauty smiles behind her ornamental fan before suddenly transforming into a brilliantly white fox with nine tails._ **Canine Animosity.** Dogs are not fooled by the huli jing’s deceptions. No matter how a huli jing tries to ...
Medium Undead, CR 4. From Tome of Beasts 2023.
Small Beast, CR 1/8. From Creature Codex.
Almost blending in with the sky, this creature looks like a large shark with cerulean-hued skin and incredibly long pectoral fins that it uses to sail through the air like a bird. Its mouth is filled with several rows of vicious teeth, and an ivor...
These massive reptiles adore hot climates and often lie motionless while they sun themselves. When disturbed, giant frilled lizards become quite aggressive, hissing and protruding the large, jagged frill that surrounds their necks.
Huge Undead, CR 10. From Creature Codex.
The large, sand-colored serpent lies in wait beneath the sands at the edge of the oasis, its large nostrils flaring above the sand. The barbed stinger on the end of its tail rests just below the water’s surface._ Oasis keepers lurk within the wa...