Challenge Rating 0 to 1 (easy encounters)
_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...
_Ratfolk are the size of halflings, though smaller in girth and quicker in their movements. At a glance they might even be mistaken for halflings if not for their twitching snouts, bony feet, and long, pink tails._ The ratfolk are canny survivor...
_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...
_These few denizens of a blasted desert waste now huddle in the remains of an ancient city—a city magically scattered across hundreds of miles._ **Once Human.** The ramag were a powerful tribe of dimensional sorcerers allied with a great society...
_A leshy is a strange man wearing loose scraps of clothing and covered in bark and root-like growths. The hair and beard that frame his piercing green eyes writhe like living vines._ **Expanding the Wild.** Solitary leshy tend plants and animals...
_“Kind words open even iron doors.”_ _—Twilight, a courtier to the shadow fey_ To most, the shadow fey are little more than a dancing shadow among the leaves. To savants, they are the creatures that taught the shadowdancers all they know, and ...
_This furred humanoid glides silently through the canopy of trees, gripping a blowgun. It observes visitors cautiously with two intelligent, bulbous eyes._ **Jungle Rulers.** These small, intelligent, squirrel-like humanoids live in reclusive, p...
_This cat-sized drake with a waxy appearance and a glow emanating from its belly can hover in midair, filling a small area with a warm glow._ The lantern drake is named for its belly, which glows with a warm light. The beast's yellow, waxy scale...
_This slight creature resembles a goblin, but its blue skin and the icicles hanging from the tip of its long nose speak to the chilling truth._ The fraughashar are a race of short, tricky, and cruel fey who inhabit cold mountainous regions. Frau...
More than anything, kobolds are survivors. Their scaly skin and keen night vision as well as their dextrous claws and sensitive snouts make them quick to sense danger, and their clawed feet move them out of danger with cowardly speed. They are sma...
_Combining the head of a goat and the body of a monkey makes the creature odd enough; combining the social grace of a baboon with pretensions of a scholar makes it more comical than threatening._ Fiendish pests that infest derelict wizards’ towe...
_This small humanoid has a slightly pointed face with bright, brown eyes and a black, snout-like nose. Its skin is covered in short, tan fur, and its head, shoulders, and back have smoothed-down quills._ Erinas, or hedgehog folk, are a small, co...
_The air crackles and lights flicker in the ruins. In a whirl of colorful robes, the drifter materializes from the unfathomable maelstroms of time. His eyes scan the hall in panic, anticipating the terrible revelations of yet another era._ **Adr...
_Dark cloth of black and purple, stitched with silver and golden threads, this resembles a garment of elvish make. Smoke sometimes billows under the hood._ **Silent Motion.** A billowing empty cloak glides through the air, either under its own p...
_Witches and ioun mages know how to craft a speaking crystal. Its primary use is as a debating companion and ally—but many turn to treachery and hatred. These are the emerald eyes._ **Servants of Logic.** A mystic or psion will debate logic with...
_Crimson drakes are easy to spot, with scales the color of dried blood, a deadly scorpion stinger, and a mischievous gleam in their eyes._ **Fiery Raiders.** Crimson drakes lair in woodlands near small settlements, making nighttime forays to set...
_Around a corner in the wine cellar stumbles a surly, two-foot tall man carrying an open bottle of wine. He has a bushy beard and wears a rumpled, red overcoat over a dirty white shirt and kneelength red trousers with blue stockings and silver-buc...
_This mechanical being’s body is composed of brass and iron and bedecked in a loose uniform of the city watch. Its movements are slow but steady._ **Lightly Armored Servants.** Clockwork watchmen are more solidly built versions of the more commo...
_A ragged creature emerges from the sand. Its spindly frame is encased in a hodge‑podge of armor scraps and rusted weapons. A long, hooked nose protrudes over a wide mouth filled with sharp teeth._ Dust goblins vary greatly in size and appearanc...
_Gleaming metal and whirring gears make up the form of this elaborate mechanical insect the size of a housecat._ **Bejeweled Familiars.** Forged by talented jewelers and sold to gear-mages and aristocrats, clockwork beetles are highly prized as ...
_So called by some watermen because of its method of hunting, the glass gator is a nearly-transparent ambush hunter. It usually strikes from a bed of water, either stagnant or flowing. The transparency of the creature, combined with its jet of sil...
_The cikavak is a remarkably ugly magical bird—a supernatural creature conjured through a lengthy ritual. A dark gray comb flops atop their heads and shapeless wattles dangle from their throats. They seem unimposing._ **Dagger Beaks.** Cikavaks ...
_Its eyes gleam like polished walnuts, and its sly smile seems oddly placed on the tiny body, covered in spikes and thorns. The creature’s waist is no thicker than a clenched fist, and its sinuous arms are no wider than a finger but twice the leng...