Dungeons & Dragons/Monsters

center|400px|Decorative banner of a man shielding from a dragon. This is a field guide to the types of flora and fauna that an adventurer may encounter while traveling through these fantasy realms. Here, the term "monster" is used when these creatures are encountered within the game of Dungeons & Dragons. Bestiary The tables below show basic details gathered by indigenous experts. It categorizes them by general type and gives an overview of their dimensions, general behavior, and range of habitats. The table columns are as follows: Column Description Name The most common name used for this type of creature. It is linked to a more detailed description page. Adult size The overall dimensions of the adult creature based on a 5-foot square unit. Medium means the creature is roughly the size of an adult human, and occupies a single 5′ × 5′ square during combat. Threat level This is based upon the game's challenge rating: Low means a base Challenge Rating (CR) below 1, Moderate is a CR between 1 and 4, High is a CR of 5 to 8, Very High is a CR of 9 to 12, and Extreme is a CR of 13 or higher. Behavior The most common alignment, or ethical behavior, of the creature. Typical groups The typical size of the largest groups that have been spotted. Smaller groups are possible. Range The surface habitat where this creature is most likely to be encountered. First published description the name and year of the first published details of the creature. Many of the creatures described herein have appeared in multiple publications, with some of the details changing over time. Some are based upon mythology or creatures that appeared in fictional works, while others are the product of gamer's imagination. For more detailed information, consult the individual descriptions. Monster statistics are available from the published sources. Aberrations • Animals • Constructs • Dragons • Fey • Humanoids • Magical Beasts • Monstrous Humanoids • Oozes • Outsiders • Plants • Undead • Vermin Aberrations --> Aberrations Name AdultSize ThreatLevel Behavior TypicalGroups Range First published description Favored Climate Surface Terrain /Adherer/ Medium Moderate (3) LE Gang (2–4) Any Any White Dwarf #7 (1978) /Athach/ Huge High (8) CE Tribe (7–12) Temperate Hills Dungeons & Dragons Master Rules (1985) /Dolgaunt/ Medium Low (½) LE Pack (3–6) Warm Plains Eberron Campaign Setting book (2005) /Dolgrim/ Small Moderate (1) CE Company (20–50) None Underground Eberron Campaign Setting book (2005) Animals/Beasts -->   Animals and Beasts Name AdultSize ThreatLevel Behavior TypicalGroups Range First published description Favored Climate Surface Terrain /Axe beak/ Large Moderate (2) N Flock (3–6) Temperate Plains Monster Manual (1977) /Banderlog/ Medium Moderate (3) N Pack (7–28) Warm Forest Monster Manual II (1983) /Bonesnapper/ Medium Moderate (3) N Pack (2–4) Temperate or warm Forest or marsh White Dwarf #6 (1978) Constructs -->   Constructs Name AdultSize ThreatLevel Behavior TypicalGroups Range First published description Favored Climate Surface Terrain /Animated object/ Any Varies (½–10) N Solitary Any Any Monster Manual (2000) /Bogun/ Tiny Moderate (1) N Solitary Any Any Masters of the Wild (2002) /Bronze serpent/ Huge Very High (10) N Team (3–5) Any Any Monster Manual II (2002) /Caryatid column/ Medium Moderate (3) N Solitary Any Any Fiend Folio (1981) Dragons -->   Dragons Name AdultSize ThreatLevel Behavior TypicalGroups Range First published description Favored Climate Surface Terrain /Ambush drake/ Medium High (5) NE Pack (3–12) Temperate Plains Monster Manual III (2004) Fey -->   Fey Name AdultSize ThreatLevel Behavior TypicalGroups Range First published description Favored Climate Surface Terrain /Atomie/ Tiny Moderate (1) CN Tribe (20–80) Forest Temperate Monster Manual II (1983) /Brownie/ Tiny Moderate (1) LG Band (5–12) Forest Temperate and warm Monster Manual (1977) /Buckawn/ Small Moderate (2) N Tribe (12–20) Temperate Forests Monster Manual II (1983) Humanoids -->   Humanoids Name AdultSize ThreatLevel Behavior TypicalGroups Range First published description Favored Climate Surface Terrain /Avariel/ Medium Low (½) CG Squad (14–23) Temperate Mountains Dragon #51 (1981) /Giff/ Large Moderate (2) LN Platoon (2–20) Any Any Lorebook of the Void (1989) /Loxo/ Large Moderate (3) N Herd (12-67) Temperate or warm Plains MC: Forgotten Realms Appendix II (1991) /Orog/ Medium Low (½) LE Warband (5-20) Any Wilderness MC: Volume One (1989) Magical beasts -->   Magical Beasts Name AdultSize ThreatLevel Behavior TypicalGroups Range First published description Favored Climate Surface Terrain /Abrian/ Medium Moderate (1) CE Flocks (11–40) Any Hills or plains Monstrous Compendium (1995) /Ahuizotl/ Huge Very High (9) CN Colony (2–5) Warm Wetlands Fires of Zatal (1991) /Al-mi'raj/ Small Moderate (1) N Warren (2-20) Temperate Any Fiend Folio (1981) /Aranea/ Medium Moderate (4) N Colony (3-6) Temperate Forests Isle of Dread (1981) /Aurumvorax/ Small High (7) N Solitary Temperate Hills or mountains Expedition to the Barrier Peaks (1980) /Avalancher/ Large High (5) N Burial (3-12) Cold Mountains Monster Manual III (2004) /Bhaergala/ Large Moderate (4) N Temperate or warm Forest Dragon #94 (1985) /Bloodsilk spider/ Small Moderate (2) N Nest (8-16) Temperate or warm Forest or marsh Monster Manual IV (2006) /Bunyip/ Medium Moderate (3) N Solitary Temperate or warm Aquatic or marsh Fiend Folio (1981) /Caterwaul/ Medium Moderate (3) CE Solitary Temperate Forest or mountains Fiend Folio (1981) /Chimera/ Large High (7) CE Flight (6-13) Temperate Hills Monsters & Treasure (1974) /Cooshee/ Medium Moderate (2) N Pack (4-9) Any Any Dragon (1982) /Digester/ Medium High (6) N Warm Forests Monster Manual (2000) /Fyrefly/ Fine Low (1/8) CN Solitary Warm or temperate Forest MC: Fiend Folio Appendix (1992) /Ki-rin/ Huge Extreme (13) LG Solitary Any Any Eldritch Wizardry (1976) /Lamia/ Large High (6) CE Gang (3-4) Temperate Deserts Monster Manual (1977) Monstrous Humanoids -->   Monstrous Humanoids Name AdultSize ThreatLevel Behavior TypicalGroups Range First published description Favored Climate Surface Terrain /Abeil/ Medium Varies (1-12) L Crew (10-40) Temperate or warm Desert, hills or plains Monster Manual II (2001) /Blindheim/ Small Moderate (2) CE Gang (2-4) None Underground Dragon #68 (1982) /Crabman/ Large Moderate (2) N Gang (2-12) Temperate or warm Forest or marsh Fiend Folio (1981) Oozes -->   Oozes Name AdultSize ThreatLevel Behavior TypicalGroups Range First published description Favored Climate Surface Terrain /Aballin/ Medium Moderate (4) N Solitary Temperate Any land Fiend Folio (1992) /Stunjelly/ Large Moderate (4) N Solitary None Underground Fiend Folio (1981) Outsiders -->   Outsiders Name AdultSize ThreatLevel Behavior TypicalGroups Range First published description Favored Climate Surface Terrain /Alkilith/ Large Extreme (14) CE Gang (2-4) Any Abyss Fiend Folio (2003) /Astral dreadnought/ Gargantuan Extreme (17) CN Solitary Any Any Planescape Monstrous Compendium II (1994) /Bariaur/ Large Low (½) CG Flock (26-92) Any Ysgard MC: Outer Planes Appendix (1991) Plants -->   Plants Name AdultSize ThreatLevel Behavior TypicalGroups Range First published description Favored Climate Surface Terrain /Algoid/ Medium Moderate (4) N Cluster (3-6) Temperate or warm Forest or marsh Fiend Folio (1981) /Ascomoid/ Large High (6) N Solitary None Underground Dragon #68 (1982) /Assassin vine/ Large Moderate (3) N Patch (2-4) Temperate Forest Monster Manual (2000) /Basidirond/ Medium High (5) N Pair None Underground Monster Manual II (1982) /Violet fungus/ Medium Moderate (3) N Patch (2-4) None Underground Monster Manual (1977) /Volodni/ Medium Moderate (1) CN Band (3-8) Cold Forest Unapproachable East (2003) Undead -->   Undead Name AdultSize ThreatLevel Behavior TypicalGroups Range First published description Favored Climate Surface Terrain /Alhoon/ Medium Extreme (18) LE Solitary None Underground Menzoberranzan (1992) /Allip/ Medium Moderate (3) NE Solitary Any Any Monster Manual (2000) /Ashen husk/ Medium Moderate (3) NE Caravan (3-18) Warm Any Sandstorm (2005) /Baelnorn/ Medium Extreme (18) NG Solitary Temperate Any Ruins of Myth Drannor (1993) /Bodak/ Medium High (8) CE Gang (2-4) Any CE-aligned plane Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth (1982) /Boneclaw/ Large High (5) CE Marrow (6-11) Any Any Monster Manual III (2004) /Brain in a jar/ Tiny Moderate (4) NE Solitary Any Any Libris Mortis (2004) /Coffer corpse/ Medium Moderate (3) CE Solitary Any Any Fiend Folio (1978) /Crypt thing/ Medium High (5) N Solitary None Underground Fiend Folio (1981) Vermin -->   Vermin Name AdultSize ThreatLevel Behavior TypicalGroups Range First published description Favored Climate Surface Terrain /Cave cricket/ Small Low (½) N Cluster (2-5) None Underground The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth (1982) /Cave fisher/ Medium Moderate (2) N Gang (1-4) None Underground Slave Pits of the Undercity (1981) /Death watch beetle/ Medium High (6) N Solitary Temperate or warm Forest Monster Manual II (1983) /Slicer beetle/ Large Moderate (4) N Cluster (2-5) Temperate or warm Forest Monster Manual II (1983) Templates or multiple types /Animus/ /Bloodhulk/ /Linnorm/ /Mist dragon/ Other /Porting project/ See also Monster Manual Fiend Folio Lists of Dungeons & Dragons monsters References Jans Carton Monster Index The Hypertext d20 SDR http://www.d20srd.org/indexes/monsters.htm 2012-07-29 Scott Greene Erica Balsley Boz Shade The Creature Catalogue EnWorld http://creaturecatalog.enworld.org/converted/ 2012-07-29 3.5 D&D Archives Wizards of the Coast http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/archives 2012-07-29 Monster Manual III: More monsters -- what else is there to say? Excerpts Wizards of the Coast http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/ex/20040905a 2012-07-30 In Like a Beholder, Out Like a Beholder Previews Wizards of the Coast http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/iw/20050303b&page=1 2012-07-31 SRD:Creature Types Dungeons & Dragons Wiki http://dnd-wiki.org/wiki/SRD:Creature_Types 2012-08-01 Mat Smith Previews for October and Beyond: See What's "In the Works" Previews Wizards of the Coast http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/iw/20041015b&page=2 2012-08-02 Monster Index Wizards of the Coast http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/lists/monsters 2012-07-30 Mat Smith Monsters of Eberron Wizards of the Coast May 11, 2004 http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/eb/20040511a 2012-08-12 Further reading For further information on these creatures, consult the following works: Baker Keith Bill Slavicsek James Wyatt Eberron Campaign Setting Sourcebook Wizards of the Coast April 1, 2004 0786932740 . Collins Andy David Noonan James Wyatt D&D v.3.5 Accessory Update Booklet Wizards of the Coast Gwendolyn F.M. Kestrel 2003 http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/dnd/20030718a 2012-08-05 . Cook Monte Skip Williams Jonathan Tweet Monster Manual Core Rulebook v. 3.5 Wizards of the Coast July 1, 2003 078692893X http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/ag/20030712a/ 2012-08-05 . Wyatt James Fiend Folio Dungeons & Dragons 3.0 Wizards of the Coast April 1, 2003 0786927801 .