Challenge Rating 5 to 10 (hard encounters)
An immense, pale-blue, eel-like creature dripping a thick, gelatinous oil rises above the waves. Dozens of tiny eyes blink along its serpentine flanks._ **Giant Elementals.** One of the more unusual denizens of the Elemental Plane of Water, the ...
A creature wearing a black turban steps out of the sudden fog. It is roughly the size and shape of a short man, with gray skin and pointed teeth. The thing sneers as it summons lightning to its hand, the air suddenly stinking of ozone. Its stony g...
Medium Celestial, CR 8. From Tome of Beasts 3.
A humanoid-shaped block of ice lumbers forward on angular legs._ **Visitors from Polar Portals.** Remote polar regions possess their own entrances to the demiplane of ice. Ice elementals emerge from the core of ancient glaciers or rise from foot...
This reptilian creature is built like an alligator with two extra mouths: one affixed to a stalk between its eyes and one toothy maw stretched over its belly. A batlike membrane connects its forelimbs to its body, and a tail made up of a dozen spi...
Small Humanoid, CR 7. From Tome of Beasts 3.
Huge Plant, CR 10. From Tome of Beasts 3.
Large Beast, CR 7. From Creature Codex.
The torso of a pale humanoid woman melds into the thorax of a massive insect. It moves about on six pointed legs, stabbing through stone and metal alike._ **Born in Chaos.** The first conjoined queen was created when cultists sacrificed a captur...
The pitiless eyes of this elven creature are black as pitch with neither white nor iris._ **Born to Hunt.** Mountain nymphs claim to be the children of gods associated with hunting and the moon. Whether this is true or not is unknown, but they a...
Steam rises from the top of this bald, green-skinned humanoid with a snake-like torso. The creature sweats profusely, but it doesn’t seem uncomfortable._ **Protector of Hot Springs.** Geothermal springs are the only reliable source of warmth in ...
Medium Beast, CR 6. From Tome of Beasts 3.
Huge Ooze, CR 8. From Creature Codex.
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 ...
Large Dragon, CR 8. From Tome of Beasts 3.
This fantastic creature is almost uniformly circular in shape, its bizarre form composed of six pairs of bright silver hawk wings flapping in perfect unison. Despite its odd appearance, the creature moves gracefully through the air._ **Ordered F...
The squat newt’s body is dappled gray and chocolate-brown and covered in colorful, wart-like gems, most prominently over its back and along its thick tail. It has long claws, a mouth full of needle-like fangs, and a gleam of intelligence in its mu...
Large Dragon, CR 6. From Tome of Beasts 3.
The colláis is a large, deer-like creature covered in thick, black fur. A great rack of antlers grows from its thick skull, in which prominent eye sockets display two red embers for eyes. The monster has no mouth; instead, a coarse beard grows in ...
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...
Medium Dragon, CR 5. From Tome of Beasts 3.
Large Giant, CR 6. From Tome of Beasts 3.
The ticking of metal gears is all that hints at the presence of a pair of feline-shaped metal creatures. They are bronze and steel, with sharp metal teeth and razor claws._ **Magical Origin.** Clockwork tigers were invented as guardians in times...
The creature stands amid a baying crowd, swathed in rags topped by a horse’s skull. It brandishes a halberd made of shadow and hisses, “Come forth and be judged!”_ **Strange Great Sins.** In small villages on a festival eve, one villager plays t...