Challenge Rating 5 to 10 (hard encounters)
Small Fiend, CR 5. From Tome of Beasts 3.
Huge Undead, CR 9. From Tome of Beasts 3.
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’...
Large Giant, CR 6. From Tome of Beasts 3.
Large Monstrosity, CR 5. From Creature Codex.
Large Giant, CR 7. From Tome of Beasts 3.
Small Plant, CR 7. From Tome of Beasts 3.
Medium Aberration, CR 8. From Tome of Beasts 2023.
Huge Construct, CR 9. From Creature Codex.
This large demon is bright orange and yellow, with black markings on its face and wiry body. Its wings are rounded, and its face is insectoid, with large, glowing, red eyes. Black liquid drips from its sharp mandibles. Its long arms end in sharp c...
Small Construct, CR 5. From Tome of Beasts 2023.
Medium Undead, CR 9. From Creature Codex.
The enormous worm bursts from the floor, its maw surrounded by writhing tentacles that grab everything edible nearby. An echo of chanting issues from its mouth, as if a hundred evil priests were trapped within its gullet, calling out maledictions....
A ghostly, moon-shaped comet flies above the water, a cloud of vapor and spectral lights trailing behind it._ **Spirits of Violence.** When sailors meet a violent end at sea within sight of the shore and leave no bodies behind to be buried, they...
Large Elemental, CR 9. From Tome of Beasts 3.
This large creature exudes darkness and contempt. It has feathery wings, backswept horns set behind its wide eyes, a narrow, vicious-looking beak, and talon-like claws. Its body is thin and sinewy, and its skin is a sickly green._ **Demonic Serv...
The ghostly image of a healthy willow overlays a smaller tree composed of bones. Piles of bones litter the ground at its base._ **Death Tree.** When victims of murder or other violent deaths die in view of an otherwise healthy willow tree, their...
Small Fey, CR 6. From Tome of Beasts 2023.
Large Fey, CR 7. From Tome of Beasts 3.
Medium Elemental, CR 5. From Tome of Beasts 3.
A gray-skinned human steps from the shadows. Dripping mandibles emerge from its too-wide mouth, and six lithe and long arms unfold from beneath its robes to grasp its prey in vicious claws._ **Bridging the Veil.** The somberweave is a spider-lik...
Large Beast, CR 8. From Tome of Beasts 2023.