Challenge Rating 5 to 10 (hard encounters)
_These ancient creatures resemble nothing so much as black cats dressed in sumptuous, if archaic, clothing._ **Xenophobic.** The nichny are highly xenophobic and gleefully carnivorous fey who dwell in deep, primeval forests. **True and False P...
_A dragon seemingly formed of the night sky has bright white stars for eyes. Lesser stars twinkle in the firmament of the dragon’s body._ **Children of the Stars.** Void dragons drift through the empty spaces beyond the boundaries of the mortal ...
The tosculi are a race of wasp-folk that share the Golden Song of the hive, which unites them under the command and iron rule of their queen. Each hive has its own song, and most tosculi hives are predatory, dangerous places—quick to turn to bandi...
_This ill-tempered, six-horned creature resembles a triceratops the size of an ox, with pairs of horns atop its nose and brows, as well as great tusks jutting from each side of its mouth._ _**Hatred of Elephants.**_ Ngobous are ox-sized dinosaur...
_These small, vicious fey look like dirty, lazy dwarves dressed in burlap pants and shirts tied on with dirty twine and frayed rope. They are usually bootless with broken, dirty toenails and wearing rough burlap and leather tams as hats._ **Corr...
_A spinosaurus is a land and riverine predator capable of carrying a platoon of lizardfolk long distances on raids. Often called a river king or river dragon, they are worshipped by bullywugs and other primitive humanoids._ _**Friend to Lizardfo...
_A porcupine-quilled creature built like a grizzly bear with claws and fangs like scimitars. A savager’s forelegs are mangled and scabbed, and its eyes shine with hatred and anticipation._ **Driven by Dark Spirits.** While druids claim these bea...
_An enormous bronze and iron statue filled with fire towers above the ring of chanting, frenzied worshipers._ Tophets are used by worshipers of fire gods, who toss sacrifices into their flaming maws to incinerate them. A tophet has a large openi...
_This aquamarine dragon has a shark’s head that tapers off into a sleek eel-like body. Its large fins double as wings._ **Divine Dragons.** Sea dragons are the children of the ocean, and believe they are semi-divine beings, worthy of worship. Gi...
_This titanic worm’s rocky hide is rough and hard as stone. Its yawning gullet writhes with miniature worms like itself._ **Elemental Predators.** Sathaq worms are nightmarish predators from the Plane of Elemental Earth, 30 feet long and 10 feet...
_Mithral dragons are wise and learned, and are legendary peacemakers and spellcasters. They pursue their own interests when not called to settle disputes._ _**Glimmering Champions.**_ Light glints off a mithral dragon’s glossy scales, shining si...
_The sarcophagus opens to reveal an eerie, scintillating light. Wisps of gelid amber ectoplasm undulate outward from a quivering mass with a blackened skull at its center._ **Vigilant Slime.** Sarcophagus slimes are amorphous undead guardians pl...
_The dragon bears black scales, more charred than naturally colored. Cracks between the scales glow a dull red, until the dragon rears its head and roars. Red embers become bright orange flames as the creature lights up from tail to maw._ The fl...
_This raging cloud of animate mist and ice has icicle shards for eyes and claws. In battle or when hunting, a thuellai howls like a dozen screaming banshees._ _**Servants of Boreas.**_ These fast-flying creatures of air and ice were created by t...
Covered in black spikes, the dragon’s eyeless head swings from side to side. Darkness creeps from its strange, eel-like hide, spreading like ink in water. Apex predators of the underworld, cave dragons are the stuff of nightmare for creatures wi...
_Looking like a mix between a large dog and a lion, the creature glares at everyone who passes the threshold of the temple it guards._ A temple dog is an imposing guardian used by various deities to protect their temples. They are fiercely loyal...
_While they mimic the bleached bones of a desert creature, the bony adornments atop along their backs are part of their peculiar melding of bone and scale._ **Hidden by Sand.** These lethargic, horned, yellow-scaled lizards spend most of their l...
_Stick-thin and moon-faced with a raptor’s eyes and a mane of hawk feathers, this grinning humanoid pirouettes as nimbly as a dancer. Between its long, taloned fingers trickles sand that gleams with the cold light of stars._ **Bringers of Nightm...
_Watching with many rows of eyes, this mantis creature strikes with slashing claws and recurved barbs dripping with venom._ **Dimensional Travelers.** The clandestine xhkarsh are beings from another cosmic cycle. Their devices and armor are inco...
_This suit of armor stands motionless, its visor raised to reveal a black skull with eyes cold as a winter moon. A cloak of owl feathers hangs from its shoulders, and a greatsword is slung across its back._ **Beautiful Constructs.** Monolithic s...
_When a sand spider attacks, its two speckled, tan legs erupt from the sand, plunging forward with murderous speed, followed by a spider the size of a horse. They attack as often in broad daylight as at night._ **Drag Prey into Tunnels.** Sand s...
_For most of the year the subek are a kindly race, advising others and lending their physical and intellectual prowess to local projects. During the flood season, however, subek become violent and territorial, ruthlessly killing and consuming all ...
_Sand silhouettes are spirits of those who died in desperation in sandy ground, buried during sandstorms, thrown into dry wells, or the victims of a dune collapse. Looking like a shadow stretched out along the ground, a sand silhouette’s erratic m...
_This withered crone glares malevolently, her face framed by lank gray hair. Her malicious grin is filled with shark teeth, and drool trickles from her lips._ **Hatred of Beauty.** Sand hags are terrifying crones that haunt desert ruins and forg...