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; AC : 20, touch 12, flat-footed 17 (+6 armor, +2 shield, +1 Dex, +1 dodge) ; Special Attacks : smite evil

...tats! The GM may not buff the monsters 'for free'. That breaks the balance of play, and may lead to unexpected effects. ...dded difficulty of such fights. It is entirely possible to design hundreds of interesting 'roleplay' encounters with various Patterns in this fashion.

Decrepit Skeletons are less durable than others of their ilk but are still worthy opponents, often wielding a bow to make rang | Alignment | Pure Evil

...de to prevent unfortunate accidents. They still show the occasional signs of cleverness, and are still deeply impressed and entranced by fire, but mostl | Alignment | Pure Evil

...d. Perhaps there is a dark mirror, somewhere, that make a Shadow duplicate of every creature that looks into it. Perhaps a formless Thing from the Outer ...reates. Shadow Vampires are always a hit, and entire campaigns can be made of Shadowed Undead. Shadesteel Golems, Darknight Orcs, half the tings that liv

...to eat creatures considerably larger than themselves. They seem incapable of distinguishing between carrion and live creatures that may fight back. Saw ...l Evil, Pure Good, Neutral, Pure Evil, Chaotic Good, True Chaotic, Chaotic Evil -->

| Alignment | Chaotic Evil ...l Evil, Pure Good, Neutral, Pure Evil, Chaotic Good, True Chaotic, Chaotic Evil -->

...r powerful jaws make short work of prey, and their powerful natural blasts of acid give them an edge against other predators. ...l Evil, Pure Good, Neutral, Pure Evil, Chaotic Good, True Chaotic, Chaotic Evil -->

...and most of the wolfriders fail to drink, eat or sleep during this time. Of course, the few that survive more than a week are actually pretty good at t | Alignment | Lawful Evil

Kobold slingers are responsible for laying down the bulk of the damage in ambushes. As such, they will hang back and use the slings fo | Alignment | Lawful Evil

| Alignment | Chaotic Evil ...l Evil, Pure Good, Neutral, Pure Evil, Chaotic Good, True Chaotic, Chaotic Evil -->

...goblin clans, having gained a mystical control over fire, much to the awe of their tribe. They wield powerful alchemies and provide leadership buffs to | Alignment | Pure Evil

...allows them to move around with Greater Flight without bothering with any of that flapping nonsense. ...l Evil, Pure Good, Neutral, Pure Evil, Chaotic Good, True Chaotic, Chaotic Evil -->

...extremely omnivorous and will eat practically anything. Boars spend most of their time rooting around, much as domestic pigs do. They are quite territo ...l Evil, Pure Good, Neutral, Pure Evil, Chaotic Good, True Chaotic, Chaotic Evil -->

| Alignment | Lawful Evil ...l Evil, Pure Good, Neutral, Pure Evil, Chaotic Good, True Chaotic, Chaotic Evil -->

...stly this is just an excuse to play with fire (an honor that is the source of many squabbles in goblin society). They are proficient trackers, excellent | Alignment | Pure Evil

| Description | Fire beetles are deadly threats. If one of them manages to get into your house, they cause fires. As a result, most pl ...l Evil, Pure Good, Neutral, Pure Evil, Chaotic Good, True Chaotic, Chaotic Evil -->

...nd ranged attacks before they charge into battle with blood-curdling howls of killing glee. | Alignment | Chaotic Evil

| Description | Zombies are corpses of the (fairly) recently dead, brought back to unlife through necromantic ritu | Alignment | Pure Evil

| Alignment | Pure Evil ...l Evil, Pure Good, Neutral, Pure Evil, Chaotic Good, True Chaotic, Chaotic Evil -->

...rat looks like a very large rat, easily two feet long and weighing upwards of twenty-five pounds. They have filthy, matted fur, smell terrible, and are ...l Evil, Pure Good, Neutral, Pure Evil, Chaotic Good, True Chaotic, Chaotic Evil -->

...prefer meat) and their slow, efficient metabolisms mean an amazing number of them can live in a given area. ...l Evil, Pure Good, Neutral, Pure Evil, Chaotic Good, True Chaotic, Chaotic Evil -->

As a result of these predations, Dire Bats are hated and feared far more than more dangero ...l Evil, Pure Good, Neutral, Pure Evil, Chaotic Good, True Chaotic, Chaotic Evil -->

...tormented souls. An Allip is driven by an irrational hatred for the world of the living. It craves only revenge and unrelentingly pursues all living bei | Alignment | Pure Evil

...common foe, they all fall into enough order to make a reasonable nuisance of themselves. ...in feral packs alone, getting into deadly mischief, or take up with tribes of the lesser races, such as kobolds or goblins. The lesser races don't exact

...hey can catch. Hellhounds can also gain sustenance from fires, and a pack of hellhounds moving into a forest will soon reduce it to a wasteland unless t | Alignment | Lawful Evil

...lly). For game purposes, a zombie part is always treated as being capable of biting and clawing an enemy, and its actual features and description are pu ...single Zombie Part minion in its place, continuing its relentless pursuit of murder. Zombie parts can also be encountered in small packs, perhaps all

Dire boars are omnivorous and spend most of their time rooting around, much as ordinary pigs do. They will tear down fe ...l Evil, Pure Good, Neutral, Pure Evil, Chaotic Good, True Chaotic, Chaotic Evil -->

| Description | What happens when a pack of zombies stumbles upon a herd of cows on a farm? Beast zombies represent the undead remains of various animals that are left behind in a zombie outbreak. They are all si

...nd foster a sense of cruelty, berserker trolls are straightforward menaces of brutal savagery and aggression. They are extraordinarily territorial, rarel ...rently when not fighting. It is unclear what sets a troll onto the course of becoming a berserker, but it seems obvious that trolls which take this path

...ntion wavers. The instant they see a chance, bugbears worm their way free of servitude, or turn on their masters at the very worst moment. | Alignment | Chaotic Evil

...g so. Between their eerie calls to each other, which sound like a mockery of human laughter, their fast speed and their powerful jaws, hyenas are danger Hyenas travel in packs and make use of their numbers and speed to surround and disable their foes. They are also

| Description | Ochre Jelly is a vile, magical form of unnatural existence. It's not truly alive, nor is it properly dead. It is Ochre Jelly is, thankfully, one of the least dangerous forms of ooze, although that's rather akin to saying a house fire is less dangerous

...d and jealously towards living things. They yearn only to crush that spark of life from everything they can reach. ...harred, black bones cracking under the heat, as marrow boils. Their curse of immortality prevents the fire from debilitating them.

...t ruins. They are remarkably hardy, and given their size and the strength of their jaws, their limited ability to fly is a potent advantage against many ...l Evil, Pure Good, Neutral, Pure Evil, Chaotic Good, True Chaotic, Chaotic Evil -->

...riors guard the villages, patrol the hunting grounds, hunt and forage, and of course, go to war. | Alignment | Chaotic Evil

...depths of the Deep Dark, or they have been tainted with the staining touch of the Outer Madness...or maybe it means something else entirely! ...nes, mutations, un-known horrors, chaos-spawned monstrosities, the results of Alchemical or Sorcerous experiments, all these are things that can be model

..., dog; 'man's best friend'. However, on closer examination, the horrendous evil lurking in this creature is obvious. ...ere even the best things, like mankind's loyal companions, are twisted and evil.

...rasites, on the assumption that they are gaining sustenance at the expense of the Cube. The exact nature of the relationship between Gelatinous Cubes and Gelatinous Parasites is not c

...d dragons. They may be used as standalone monsters, although the presence of a Dragon improves them greatly. | Alignment | Pure Evil

...l Evil, Pure Good, Neutral, Pure Evil, Chaotic Good, True Chaotic, Chaotic Evil --> <!-- If Outsider: Air, Chaotic, Demon, Devil, Earth, Elemental, Evil, Fire, Good, Lawful, Native, Water -->

...esting ten feet underground, and even if they are on the surface, one pile of rocks and soil looks much like any other. ...nly not fixed. They can look like anything, as long as that thing is made of stone and soil.

...things such as clocks and wagons, so they are often found around the edges of towns hoping to steal something interesting when no one is looking. Their w ...ake any opportunity to play with fire, and believe fire to be the greatest of all forces in the Universe (it makes food tasty AND can destroy things!).

..., segmented body, dozens or hundreds of legs, vicious stingers at the back of their bodies, and long, hooked jaws that inject venom into prey. ...arching for food. They have surprisingly fast movement for things the size of a wagon, and their remarkable Climb speed in something so large is sure to

...rrors which mindlessly seek the flesh of the living. But a large minority of zombies develop into far worse things, their undead flesh warping and corru ...ing tissue that seeps from the wounds upon its form provide a ready supply of ammunition for its disgusting attacks.

...l Evil, Pure Good, Neutral, Pure Evil, Chaotic Good, True Chaotic, Chaotic Evil --> <!-- If Outsider: Air, Chaotic, Demon, Devil, Earth, Elemental, Evil, Fire, Good, Lawful, Native, Water -->

...eir runty modern cousins. These creatures follow the same basic behaviors of regular wolves, but are much more aggressive. Dire wolves often serve giant ...l Evil, Pure Good, Neutral, Pure Evil, Chaotic Good, True Chaotic, Chaotic Evil -->

| Description | Of the teeming masses of male Drow, many of them are rugged sorts, able and willing to draw blades and battle to the de But those are not the only kinds of Drow males.

...u have been lost in the woods, so very alone, and been bedeviled by a pack of Will-O-Wisp's, you have no idea the sheer terror will-o-wisp's evoke in the ...things, incorporeal fiends whose existence involves the torment and murder of innocents. They lurk in the wilds, attempting to lure the unwary to their

...underground passages and areas, since lanternmoss will provide a low level of illumination that many races find extremely useful. ...nergy to glow and instead uses the positive energy to create a deadly aura of positive energy.

...| Gnoll Huntmasters are the most wide-ranging, adventurous, and sneakiest of the common Gnolls. They are the ones who scout new lands, find new victims ...s, but they more than make up for that shortcoming with their skillful use of weapons.

...being a mass of water, impossibly coherent and suspended against the pull of gravity, moving with savage speed and deadly effectiveness to drag you unde ..., they are distinct, the turbulence of their motions and the deadly menace of their attention making them easy to single out.

...will inevitably be escorted by a powerful personal guard, usually composed of Drow males, Driders, or powerful undead she has made herself. ...planning attacks, feints, advances, strategic withdrawals, and all manners of maneuver.

...ing. Still others say that Shadows are a curse upon the world, the shadow of Undeath laid by some long-lost God or pantheon. Regardless of their origin, Shadows are terrible foes. They are incorporeal, can move thr

...g so. Between their eerie calls to each other, which sound like a mockery of human laughter, their fast speed and their powerful jaws, hyenas are danger Hyenas travel in packs and make use of their numbers and speed to surround and disable their foes. They are also

<!-- Use to define the range of CR's this monster may be moved up and down in the Million Monster Machine. ...l Evil, Pure Good, Neutral, Pure Evil, Chaotic Good, True Chaotic, Chaotic Evil -->

...nd by old battlefields, along ancient grave sights, in the moldering hulks of long-sunken troop transports, anywhere there was martial death in numbers. ...Although as mindless as any skeleton, Legionnaires have a ghastly remnant of their martial skill, and will fight with startling ability and skill.

...being a mass of water, impossibly coherent and suspended against the pull of gravity, moving with savage speed and deadly effectiveness to drag you unde ..., they are distinct, the turbulence of their motions and the deadly menace of their attention making them easy to single out.

...is they gather up make their location easily discerned. Air elementals are of uncertain shape and size, but striking true at their energetic core will se Medium air elementals are about the size of a grown man.

| Alignment | Pure Evil ...l Evil, Pure Good, Neutral, Pure Evil, Chaotic Good, True Chaotic, Chaotic Evil -->

...| Trolls are horrible dwellers in the outdoors, the uneasy smaller cousins of Giants, who are more tightly tied to the native world than either the Giant ...n with a stooped, hunched posture. Their faces tend to be long and narrow of feature, with filthy, rotten, but very sharp teeth, long flexible limbs, an

...prefer meat) and their slow, efficient metabolisms mean an amazing number of them can live in a given area. ...l Evil, Pure Good, Neutral, Pure Evil, Chaotic Good, True Chaotic, Chaotic Evil -->

...mdash; 'man's best friend'. However, on closer examination, the horrendous evil lurking in this creature is obvious. ...ere even the best things, like mankind's loyal companions, are twisted and evil.

...ture villagers and travelers, using them as slaves or sacrifices. Reports of encounters with Naga always include slaves being nearby and even being used ...use of their anthropomorphic upper bodies, the more powerful Naga make use of magic items stolen from their captives.

...esting ten feet underground, and even if they are on the surface, one pile of rocks and soil looks much like any other. ...nly not fixed. They can look like anything, as long as that thing is made of stone and soil.

...tributed. Gargoyles are nearly ubiquitous, and come in a dizzying variety of tribes, which are called wings. ...sult no one really knows how widely distributed they are, or even how many of them there are.

Kobold warriors are the best and most dangerous of kobolds in a fight. They hit harder, are tougher, and are much less likely | Alignment | Lawful Evil

...ease commonly called 'Filth Fever'. Filth Fever makes rats crazy, for want of a better term. ...children if they are able to. The horror of finding tiny bones in a welter of blood in a crib has bred utter revulsion for rats in afflicted communities,

...esting ten feet underground, and even if they are on the surface, one pile of rocks and soil looks much like any other. ...nly not fixed. They can look like anything, as long as that thing is made of stone and soil.

...being a mass of water, impossibly coherent and suspended against the pull of gravity, moving with savage speed and deadly effectiveness to drag you unde ..., they are distinct, the turbulence of their motions and the deadly menace of their attention making them easy to single out.

...ally). For game purposes, a zombie part is always treated as being capable of biting and clawing an enemy, and its actual features and description are pu ...flicted Zombie Part minion in its place, continuing its relentless pursuit of murder. Afflicted Zombie parts can also be encountered in small packs, perh

...unlike ghouls; they have simply adapted a ghoul-like appearance as a form of camouflage. They are undead creatures, but are not driven by relentless hu ...lay with them to their satisfaction. As a result, they prefer the company of other ghasts when possible.

...re orbs of electricity that flit around the battlefield, serving the whims of the blue dragon that created them. Given their appearance, they are someti ...fect, though there are documented cases of a dragon challenging the heroes of a town over 20 miles distant from its location using a living breath weapon

...cked eyes of adventurers, guards, and civilians who have stumbled upon one of these gigantic spiders, they all look alike: legs and eyes and fangs, scutt ...poor choice of words. It is possible to find spiders out in the bad parts of the world that are big enough to step over castle walls. Hairy spiders are

...ies, but the monstrous woolly centipede is quite distinct, due to its coat of black, spiky fur covering its chitinous body. As with all centipedes, it i ...l Evil, Pure Good, Neutral, Pure Evil, Chaotic Good, True Chaotic, Chaotic Evil -->

...bility. Even worse, Gricks can change their color, slowly, over the space of hours, to match the territory they inhabit. ...uckers extend to their pale bellies, as well. Mercifully, the suckers are of little use in combat, instead granting the horrible things a climb speed, a

...es about, staring in all directions at once and uttering a non-stop litany of curses, disturbingly violent imagery, and terrible dark secrets. ...sustenance, and no evidence of young gibbering mouthers to imply some sort of reproductive cycle. Yet their species can be found in dungeons, sewers, an

...madmen -- sort of the sandal-wearing, heavily bearded, "end is nigh" types of the kobold community. Not that kobolds can grow beards. ...heir brethren, but weaker, and lack some of the clever tricks the warriors of their community use in combat.

Fire is the first tool of civilization, that thing which defeats the night. ...mentals cast off bright light and searing heat all around them, and on top of that, they seek to kill you in a very effective manner.

| Alignment | Pure Evil ...l Evil, Pure Good, Neutral, Pure Evil, Chaotic Good, True Chaotic, Chaotic Evil -->

Seriously. How nasty of a predator do you have to be to be colored bright orange with black stripes ...ilized settings, Dire Tigers are often found as attack pets and showpieces of more civilized creatures.

...is they gather up make their location easily discerned. Air elementals are of uncertain shape and size, but striking true at their energetic core will se ...l Evil, Pure Good, Neutral, Pure Evil, Chaotic Good, True Chaotic, Chaotic Evil -->

...being a mass of water, impossibly coherent and suspended against the pull of gravity, moving with savage speed and deadly effectiveness to drag you unde ..., they are distinct, the turbulence of their motions and the deadly menace of their attention making them easy to single out.

...ack Dragons, but they may be encountered on their own as well. Regardless of how you meet them, they are potent and dangerous foes. They are often encou ...d in numbers, they are frequently troops, with all the hazards and terrors of that state.

...ck of feature, massively fanged, and naturally inclined to be horrendously evil, delighting in tormenting the weak and exploiting the timid. ...an uncomfortable level of low, mean cunning. Ogres come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes, but are uniformly large, thick, and sturdy. Ogres tend t

...is they gather up make their location easily discerned. Air elementals are of uncertain shape and size, but striking true at their energetic core will se Large air elementals are about the size of a large hut.

...se. They are loyal right down to their marrow, and live to serve the will of the house. ...y, at a minimum, and may be attached in service to a higher ranking member of their House as well. Militants are extremely capable, but having a female

...often found in clusters, as their seeds do not propagate far, and clusters of blood roses are better able to attract prey, benefiting the whole cluster. Some very successful clusters of blood roses have occurred because the seeds ended up in a location which na

...ainly not a hard rule, and there are reputed to be tribes and even nations of Lizardfolk tucked away all over the world, in every clime, wherever they fi ...e, though its allowances for brutal murder, and nearly constant resolution of problems through violence makes the code nearly incomprehensible to outside

...Drow consorts are female Drow who have been tasked with a mission outside of their homes. Often these missions are secret and subversive, as the Drow c ...es or needs. Worse, within their society, their word is law and no degree of depravity or cruelty is denied to them. Needless to say, this makes them c

...ge, emaciated chickens with extravagant wattles and large batwings instead of feathered wings. Honestly, they look a bit ridiculous. ...ckatrice, however, ensure that no matter how silly it looks, it gets a lot of respect.

...utonomy. As such, they are allowed to operate under the close supervision of a Consort or higher ranking Drow female, but they do not require her presen :Subjugators are fiercely proud of their independence, and they will work aggressively to fulfill their missio

...t things which infest the world, thrown up by the natural background magic of the universe. ...s of the Outer Madness, which are sewn upon the world by the dark agencies of The Without.

Fire is the first tool of civilization, that thing which defeats the night. ...mentals cast off bright light and searing heat all around them, and on top of that, they seek to kill you in a very effective manner.

...Orc Battle-Ragers are recognizable by their incredible ferocity but lack of martial precision. | Alignment | Chaotic Evil

...reat speed, and in temperate forests where they can exploit the wide range of forage available. ...l Evil, Pure Good, Neutral, Pure Evil, Chaotic Good, True Chaotic, Chaotic Evil -->

...scavenging animals, to the point of keeping them as pets, and reflect many of the lesser creatures' behaviors. ...to go out and track down prey. This laziness impels them to acquire slaves of whatever type is available, whom they force to dig warrens, gather supplies

...t to the upper realms on scouting missions, raids, minor diplomacy, or any of a thousand other make-work assignments to get the useless mouths out of the way of more serious business in the Unterwelt. Occasionally, those low-importance

<!-- Use to define the range of CR's this monster may be moved up and down in the Million Monster Machine. ...ess soul, until they have distilled it down to only two urges: The Will to Evil, and The Urge to Obey.

...golems, flesh golems are constructs, made things, despite the vile nature of the material used in the construction process. ...ing tainted by necromantic energies, and when this occurs, there is no end of the terrible things that can come about.

Fire is the first tool of civilization, that thing which defeats the night. ...mentals cast off bright light and searing heat all around them, and on top of that, they seek to kill you in a very effective manner.

...ers, they are a deadly peril for the less martially inclined. Any sighting of a stirge nest close to a community is cause for every adventurer to go and ...l Evil, Pure Good, Neutral, Pure Evil, Chaotic Good, True Chaotic, Chaotic Evil -->

...ong, well equipped with biting mandibles, gripping legs, and acidic sprays of clinging glue. Even for their size, ankhegs are enormously strong. ...l Evil, Pure Good, Neutral, Pure Evil, Chaotic Good, True Chaotic, Chaotic Evil -->

...rained in the arts of the blade for various purposes. Over the long years of their immortal lives, Drow Fencers have gained incredible skill with their ...and baubles than as significant additions to their martial forces, a state of affairs which quietly irks every Fencer ever born.

...ing great distances to find new prey. They locate their prey by the smell of their blood. Once located, they descend and feast with hedonic abandon. ...l Evil, Pure Good, Neutral, Pure Evil, Chaotic Good, True Chaotic, Chaotic Evil -->

...(besides all the extra heads) is a decidedly sub-par intellect, and a kind of cautious anti-social behavior that dragons completely lack. While it could ...n published, most scholars believe the hydra's brain isn't actually in any of the heads at all.

| Description | The basilisk, often called the "King of Serpents," is not really a serpent at all, but rather a two-legged semi-sli ...l Evil, Pure Good, Neutral, Pure Evil, Chaotic Good, True Chaotic, Chaotic Evil -->

...ainly not a hard rule, and there are reputed to be tribes and even nations of Lizardfolk tucked away all over the world, in every clime, wherever they fi ...g rumor, innuendo and poisons to degrade their fellow acolytes in the eyes of the gods.

...ng with a higher ranking Doppelganger, and are the disposable heavy troops of the War, used by all factions and sides in that inscrutable conflict. | Alignment | Pure Evil

...ents before the wraith appears. Even less sensitive animals are terrified of wraiths, becoming uncontrollably afraid and fleeing at the first opportunit | Alignment | Chaotic Evil

...y hazard to be avoided, managed, or destroyed, depending upon the strength of the heroes that are confronting them. ...s, seeking life to devour. But most horde zombies are encountered as part of a zombie horde.

...ainly not a hard rule, and there are reputed to be tribes and even nations of Lizardfolk tucked away all over the world, in every clime, wherever they fi ...Lizardfolk society is safe from judgement; even the occasional high priest of the Blood Acolytes has been executed for corruption by the Coldbloods at va

...s, their physical power exceeding the strength of far more dangerous clans of giants, such as Cloud giants, who are frail weaklings compared to Hill gian ...t rudimentary of social structures, like family, or language. The actions of most other races are incomprehensible to a Hill giant, who is too limited t

...being a mass of water, impossibly coherent and suspended against the pull of gravity, moving with savage speed and deadly effectiveness to drag you unde ..., they are distinct, the turbulence of their motions and the deadly menace of their attention making them easy to single out.

...sand, trees, or whatever else happens to be to hand. Indeed, a sure sign of a chuul incursion is weird alien patterns showing up in unlikely places. ...ves and tunnels, dark mountain lakes, sewers in cities, ruins and dungeons of all kinds, clear forest streams, crashing rocky surf, fens and marshes, mud

...s are scavengers and plague-carriers. They infest areas where a great deal of death has occurred, often corrupting or killing the more natural scavengers ...leshy things, covered in sores. Their chaotic origins offer them a variety of appearances beyond that, with some rot flies bearing trunk-like ovipositors

<!-- Use to define the range of CR's this monster may be moved up and down in the Million Monster Machine. ...ess soul, until they have distilled it down to only two urges: The Will to Evil, and The Urge to Obey.

...inhabit the wilds, ruins, and dungeons of the world, violet fungus is one of the most feared and hated. ...res infest the area around them whenever they are disturbed, and the touch of their bilious flesh is anathema. Their heavy vine-tentacles are long, cove

...ct with reality wherever they turn up. They look like translucent spiders of dire mien, beautiful in their limpid translucence and awful in their fanged ...l Evil, Pure Good, Neutral, Pure Evil, Chaotic Good, True Chaotic, Chaotic Evil -->

...vorous. They will vigorously defend their nests, but also send out patrols of a few wasps at a time in the nearby area to hunt for food. One clue that a ...e and black stripes. Notably, they are quite large, approximately the size of a humanoid head. They are rarely found alone, and more often, when you see

...uspected of being intrusions into the prime material plane from some plane of Earth, or a demi-plane close to it. ...rain, and even in finished stone structures are easily mistaken for mounds of debris, trash, and rubble. Until they go active, that is.

...manship. Needless to say, few orcs need more than three or four reminders of why you don't pick on the runty orc in robes. (It's not that the average o | Alignment | Chaotic Evil

| Description | This vile bug features a long segmented body with a pair of legs on each body segment and a pincer-like jaw that can inject venom into ...or filled with glowing energies from beyond the veil of time and the vault of heavens. Powerful Centipedes can appear very exotic indeed.

...y with muscle and fur and hard, protective fat. They frequently wear bits of scavenged armor, and unlike their more agile and more excitable brethren, t ...of War Fangs is a serious threat, and will often provoke the organization of a heavily-armed posse from any civilized settlements nearby.

...esting ten feet underground, and even if they are on the surface, one pile of rocks and soil looks much like any other. ...nly not fixed. They can look like anything, as long as that thing is made of stone and soil.

...esting ten feet underground, and even if they are on the surface, one pile of rocks and soil looks much like any other. ...nly not fixed. They can look like anything, as long as that thing is made of stone and soil.

...any communities not able to establish a vigorous defense are at high risk of being annihilated. ...It is thought that colossal spiders actually originate from the fey courts of the First World, and that this origin is the reason for their unusual abili

...use ambushes, diversions and hit-and-run tactics to deprive their targets of their wealth. ...try to intimidate them, feeling like such a show of cowardice in the eyes of their allies would cause them trouble later.

...ainly, minotaurs seem to have an unnatural ease within the confined spaces of a dungeon (or other maze-like structure), and there are no stories about mi ...quiet peaceful lives, and believe minotaurs to be peaceful, gentle beasts of the wilds. They would, however, be dead wrong.

<!-- Use to define the range of CR's this monster may be moved up and down in the Million Monster Machine. ...tish religion of truly astonishing horror. They use crude clubs and spears of stone and bone and wood to fight, they are weirdly fearless and will defend

...is they gather up make their location easily discerned. Air elementals are of uncertain shape and size, but striking true at their energetic core will se ...l Evil, Pure Good, Neutral, Pure Evil, Chaotic Good, True Chaotic, Chaotic Evil -->

...is they gather up make their location easily discerned. Air elementals are of uncertain shape and size, but striking true at their energetic core will se ...l Evil, Pure Good, Neutral, Pure Evil, Chaotic Good, True Chaotic, Chaotic Evil -->

...ck of feature, massively fanged, and naturally inclined to be horrendously evil, delighting in tormenting the weak and exploiting the timid. ...an uncomfortable level of low, mean cunning. Ogres come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes, but are uniformly large, thick, and sturdy. Ogres tend t

...ed to the Prime Material by some magical simpleton, perhaps the same sorts of folks who thought that creating Owlbears and Bulettes was a great idea. ...ed up (carefully and quietly) and then burned to the ground, as an example of the methods used to contain them. Many an adventuring company has been hir

| Description | A Fetid Mound is a massive pile of dead and decaying vegetable matter, similar to a compost heap, that has bec ...ring. Few indeed are the heroes mighty enough to escape from the interior of a Mound before they are killed by the heat and debris!

...ries after a full night's rest, even regrowing lost limbs. This odd power of regeneration requires sleep, however, and gives them no advantage in combat ...ghoul came from, and if it is still around. The ghoul race's requirement of living humanoid victims to "reproduce" doesn't appear to have hampered thei

| Description | Owlbears are maddened creations of lunatic wizards and alchemists who have Gone Too Far. They escaped into th ...bears, and more varieties besides, every one more terrible than the last. Of them all, the 'common' owlbear is the most widespread and most often seen.

...decades of work they created the Driders. No one can argue with the power of the Driders, and usually their loyalty is without peer. The houses that dev However, not all was perfect for the Drow, even with the incredible might of the Driders at their side.

...dead that resemble zombies, but like Mohrgs, Wights have the burning light of intelligence in their eyesockets. Indeed, one way of identifying Wights is that dreadful spark of hatred that lights their sockets as they regard the living. However, being

...d With in a manner similar to Owlbears, although given the sheer nastiness of Green Slime, it is hoped that its creators died in the process. ...eed. As a result, one method of containing it is to ensure a steady supply of rats and other vermin live in the area with it, so it stays indolent. Unfo

| Caption | The personal guards of Chairman Regent Pascale Durand ...ir ferocity and tenacity in battle. Their culture celebrates the excision of weakness from the body and from the people as a whole, often through litera

...are not stupid. They are as intelligent as any Gnoll, and are fully aware of their degenerate state compared to other Gnolls. ...Fighters are not exactly revered, but they are certainly respected. Part of that might have to do with their absolute savagery in combat, which, combin

Fire is the first tool of civilization, that thing which defeats the night. ...mentals cast off bright light and searing heat all around them, and on top of that, they seek to kill you in a very effective manner.

...power attacks, staying on your feet can be a real challenge with five tons of angry bear smashing you. Even worse, if it knocks an enemy down, Dire Bear ...speculated that there are more Dire Bears living as pets and attack beasts of the various Giant clans than live in all the wild. In the wild, Dire Bears

...ifting spiders, raised up by a group of deities as worshipers. Over aeons of time, many such races came to be, until the Gods decreed a Great Contest, t The Aranea were one of the many, many losers of that contest.

...foes in combat. Behirs are highly territorial and often claim large swaths of land as their own, even when they can't necessarily hold it against all nea Behirs are also notorious for their ability to fire blasts of lightning from their mouths, causing many to speculate that they might be r

...terrible defensive magics steeped into them, which act to break the bones of any creature unlucky enough to damage them. Appearance-wise, bloody bones ...outlive their creators, guarding secret laboratories long after the point of the defense has been forgotten.

...le hatred of the living. Once a Skeleton Soldier has sensed the existence of the living, they are completely unwavering in their assault. Nothing will ...capable of using deceptive attacks, tricks, and feints. They are killers of the highest order, unhesitating, remorseless, and tireless.

...l Evil, Pure Good, Neutral, Pure Evil, Chaotic Good, True Chaotic, Chaotic Evil --> If Outsider: Air, Chaotic, Demon, Devil, Earth, Elemental, Evil, Fire, Good, Lawful, Native, Water

...prefer meat) and their slow, efficient metabolisms mean an amazing number of them can live in a given area. An attack by a pack of Rage Drakes is a serious threat, even to a town garrison, and must be faced

Fire is the first tool of civilization, that thing which defeats the night. ...mentals cast off bright light and searing heat all around them, and on top of that, they seek to kill you in a very effective manner.

...Orc Warlords are incredibly mighty, beings who have fought among the ranks of the centurions and shown a heroic aptitude for butchery. They are fierce, ..., and given the best armors and weapons. They are expected to live a life of debauchery and leisure, with no responsibilities except to fight when there

...rial in large numbers, their enclaves generally isolated. By the measures of more 'normal' races, the Hobgoblins, like all fey, are quite insane. Their ...ns are far more interested in their byzantine social lives and the torment of their slaves than they are about worrying over living space, to be honest.

...prefer meat) and their slow, efficient metabolisms mean an amazing number of them can live in a given area. ...l Evil, Pure Good, Neutral, Pure Evil, Chaotic Good, True Chaotic, Chaotic Evil -->

...egetable menaces in the wide world is no less awful because it is also one of the smallest. ...s of razor grass are incredibly deadly, and can be found in a wide variety of locations, even including as cultivated lawns in cities!

...are scavengers and plague-carriers. They infest areas where a great deal of death has occurred, often corrupting or killing the more natural scavengers ...eshy things, covered in sores. Their chaotic origins offer them a variety of appearances beyond that, with some rot flies bearing trunk-like ovipositors

...ity of their males are a matter of some pride, not to mention a great deal of deadly serious competition. And while Blademasters are wonderfully loyal, ...rfully muscled Drow Aggressor was perfected, to the delight of the leaders of the Great Houses. Finally, a male with enough sheer brute force to stand up

<!-- Use to define the range of CR's this monster may be moved up and down in the Million Monster Machine. ...ence versus the black nothing of oblivion, or far worse, the ministrations of a Hell....

...y alive, nor are they safely dead. They merely exist, in a mindless state of eternal hunger, forever seeking their next meal. ...in in the cube's thick, transparent substance, leaving an eerie impression of the unfortunate departed.

...or agenda, they lash out at whatever living things pass nearby, regardless of the target's size, sentience, or potential deadliness. ...in length, and reaches up about twenty feet and loops over to connect both of the massive wooden bulbo-tubers together, the whole being surrounded by bus

...s, their physical power exceeding the strength of far more dangerous clans of giants, such as Cloud giants, who are frail weaklings compared to Hill gian ...t rudimentary of social structures, like family, or language. The actions of most other races are incomprehensible to a Hill giant, who is too limited t

...s, their physical power exceeding the strength of far more dangerous clans of giants, such as Cloud giants, who are frail weaklings compared to Hill gian ...t rudimentary of social structures, like family, or language. The actions of most other races are incomprehensible to a Hill giant, who is too limited t

| Caption | The personal guards of Chairman Regent Pascale Durand ...ir ferocity and tenacity in battle. Their culture celebrates the excision of weakness from the body and from the people as a whole, often through litera

<!-- Use to define the range of CR's this monster may be moved up and down in the Million Monster Machine. ...of bone and chipped rock, and have uniformly gray skin with a liberal dose of dirt and rock dust. Surprisingly, grimlocks have very little smell.

...erely one. This is a surprisingly common mutation, occurring in about 10% of all hill giant births. Also surprising is the fact that the mutated head, ...e they reach maturity, or they club themselves to death as a result of one of their many arguments with their stupider head.

...an be found far too easily in cities. Enormous Scorpions come in a variety of colors, and seem to grow such that they blend in with their environment. Sc ...tting stumps, or in a city, curled up in barrels (and finding a half-dozen of these awful things in an old well is a nightmare indeed).

...merely one. This is a surprisingly common mutation, occurring in about 10% of all hill giant births. Also surprising is the fact that the mutated head, n ...e they reach maturity, or they club themselves to death as a result of one of their many arguments with their stupider head.

...s, their physical power exceeding the strength of far more dangerous clans of giants, such as Cloud giants, who are frail weaklings compared to Hill gian ...st rudimentary of social structures, like family, or language. The actions of most other races are incomprehensible to a Hill giant, who is too limited t

...It is the incredible hordes of orc centurions that occasionally boil out of the wilderness that remind the world that orcs are not to be taken lightly. ...g parties, until they prove their skills are worthy of joining the legions of the tribe.

...arrior spirit that animates it, a Deathknight always has some recollection of the person whose bony frame it now animates. ...ribly. Such a rare and awful state is surely a delight to the worst sorts of Demons, Devils, and Gods.

...elgangers may exactly and perfectly mimic anyone they have had a chance to touch for a few seconds. ...creatures, and they are all parasites that subsist upon the civilizations of others, but the Doppelgangers do not care very much about that at all.

...ng, knobby arms, and ineffectual stumpy legs, dretches are the lowest type of demonic thing. ...power to realize its need to brutalize others in its native realm. The lot of the dretch's existence is to serve more powerful demons as victims, and onl

...ck of feature, massively fanged, and naturally inclined to be horrendously evil, delighting in tormenting the weak and exploiting the timid. ...an uncomfortable level of low, mean cunning. Ogres come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes, but are uniformly large, thick, and sturdy. Ogres tend t

...Butchers will show up, exterminate every 'enemy' Doppelganger in a night of horror, and move on, leaving the infested community shaken and wondering wh ...ally leaving a trail of corpses behind them. If a Butcher discovers a nest of vampires, it will notify another Doppelganger (an Overseer, a Dictator, or

...ving behind either smooth tunnels roughly ten feet in diameter or a myriad of tiny channels a few inches across, as the whim takes them. ...look like ragged masses of gas, and may or may not emit incredible amounts of heat. They can also turn solid, and when they do their strength is unwordl

Perhaps worst of all is the fact that something so big and terrible frequently hunts in grou ...l Evil, Pure Good, Neutral, Pure Evil, Chaotic Good, True Chaotic, Chaotic Evil -->

...| Trolls are horrible dwellers in the outdoors, the uneasy smaller cousins of Giants, who are more tightly tied to the native world than either the Giant ...en with a stooped, hunched posture. Their faces tend to be long and narrow of feature, with filthy, rotten, but very sharp teeth, long flexible limbs, an

Polar Bears are shambling walls of fluffy white fur that would seem adorable if they weren't so incredibly dan ...as their massive coats render them highly resistant to all the best sorts of energy damage, and you should just forget about using Cold.

<!-- Use to define the range of CR's this monster may be moved up and down in the Million Monster Machine. ...power to realize its need to brutalize others in its native realm. The lot of the dretch's existence is to serve more powerful demons as victims, and onl

...hallenge a group of players, but never fear, there always seems to be more of these wretched murderers lurking around. ...nd our world, allowing them to draw upon their power and call forth shades of their true forms, to fight at their side and defend them from everyone else

...erial in large numbers, their enclaves generally isolated. By the measures of more 'normal' races, the Hobgoblins, like all fey, are quite insane. Their ...ns are far more interested in their byzantine social lives and the torment of their slaves than they are about worrying over living space, to be honest.

...erial in large numbers, their enclaves generally isolated. By the measures of more 'normal' races, the Hobgoblins, like all fey, are quite insane. Their ...ns are far more interested in their byzantine social lives and the torment of their slaves than they are about worrying over living space, to be honest.

| Description | Otyughs are monsters that live on the wastes of other monsters. ...ogical function in lairs and dungeons, disposing of the wastes of the rest of the inhabitants, but it certainly doesn't improve their breath.

...hallenge a group of players, but never fear, there always seems to be more of these wretched murderers lurking around. ...are often discovered in association with Bandits, to allow a wider variety of awful behaviors.

...r dry, charred bones cracking under the heat, as marrow boils. Their curse of immortality prevents the fire from debilitating them. ...stench of charred meat they emanate, is the fact that unlike lesser breeds of Skeletons, Inferno Skeletons are sentient. If you look into the black, char

...ead, Hell has a plan. Actually, hundreds of plans. Thousands. The devils of Hell are organized, methodical and patient. ...A discerning eye, though, can always detect the immutable, terrible, Evil of the Devilish Urge. Legion devils almost always look like soldierly commoner

<!-- Use to define the range of CR's this monster may be moved up and down in the Million Monster Machine. ...rial in large numbers, their enclaves generally isolated. By the measures of more 'normal' races, the Hobgoblins, like all fey, are quite insane. Their

Solitary monstrosities, Bulettes are burrowing fiends created many thousands of years ago by some mad fool. They have escaped into the wild, and their mag Bulettes are maddened murderers, the sort of beast who will lay beneath the surface and follow you to your home and eat

...prefer meat) and their slow, efficient metabolisms mean an amazing number of them can live in a given area. Thunder Drakes are the largest and most dangerous sorts of common drakes. They are large, frightening creatures, liberally equipped wi

<!-- Use to define the range of CR's this monster may be moved up and down in the Million Monster Machine. It is almost certain that they are not Shadows, or any other sort of Undead. They do not seem to be mindless vermin, either. They seem to have n

<!-- Use to define the range of CR's this monster may be moved up and down in the Million Monster Machine. ...sts are the smallest and by far the most terrestrial of the various clades of these aquatic monsters. Sahaugin are often called 'fish men' by the uniniti

...stead, Hell has a plan. Actually, hundreds of plans. Thousands. The devils of Hell are organized, methodical and patient. ...ppearance, though they have horns and long tails, and most notably, a mass of snake-like tendrils dangling from their chins, which look like a horrible,

...s, their physical power exceeding the strength of far more dangerous clans of giants, such as Cloud giants, who are frail weaklings compared to Hill gian ...t rudimentary of social structures, like family, or language. The actions of most other races are incomprehensible to a Hill giant, who is too limited t

...odd, so it is entirely possible that they are some variant species or race of Elves, or, some other Fey race. ...Wildling Assassins are encountered, they are usually involved in some sort of a stealthy assault with one or more targets for assassination. While they a

..., and decided he'd rather be the loudest, most obvious target on the field of battle, because LET THEM COME! ...roudly wearing scars or even missing eyes or limbs. They've chosen a path of tremendous honor and almost certain death, but a death that comes from faci

..., leathery leaves, thick sturdy stems and branches, and copious assortment of poisonous thorns. ...l Evil, Pure Good, Neutral, Pure Evil, Chaotic Good, True Chaotic, Chaotic Evil -->

...ck of feature, massively fanged, and naturally inclined to be horrendously evil, delighting in tormenting the weak and exploiting the timid. ...an uncomfortable level of low, mean cunning. Ogres come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes, but are uniformly large, thick, and sturdy. Ogres tend t

...they may corrupt it into ever more Undeath. As a result, the motivations of Vampires are more complex than the Destroying Undead or the Eaters. ...d living alike. Vampires want to make more Vampires, it is an erotic part of their existence that they would be greatly diminished by losing.

<!-- Use to define the range of CR's this monster may be moved up and down in the Million Monster Machine. | Description | Animated Objects are the 'least' of the constructed wardens that are commonly available, and Tiny Animated Obje

...Wizard as a Player Character takes a loooong time. If you just need a gang of street toughs in a hurry, what do you do? Remember, in Epic Path, Monsters ...ween Challenge Rating 1 and Challenge Rating 5. Constituents are available of any level, though!

...eat houses could not have been more pleased. Finally, the Drow had a form of loyal trooper that could stand toe-to-toe with the toughest enemies out the ...d. Indeed, over the millennia since they were created, entire populations of Harvesters have broken off into the wild and live as free-roaming beasts.

...stead create true abominations, monsters who exist only to serve the glory of the Great Houses. ...Driders have no weakness to cold iron, an unexpected but very welcome turn of events. Even better, they are...usually...as loyal as any Drow male created

<!-- Use to define the range of CR's this monster may be moved up and down in the Million Monster Machine. ...and up to 7 feet high. They feature eight legs, and two claws, for a total of 10 limbs. Their hardened carapace makes them challenging foes to face, as

...on their backs. In all cases, they are strongly associated with the powers of electricity. Blue dragons can be found nearly anywhere, though they seem to ...en if they've only recently moved into it, and taking umbrage at the least of slights. Blue dragons rarely occupy territory near civilization, either bec

...s, their physical power exceeding the strength of far more dangerous clans of giants, such as Cloud giants, who are frail weaklings compared to Hill gian ...t rudimentary of social structures, like family, or language. The actions of most other races are incomprehensible to a Hill giant, who is too limited t

| MonsterName | Sho, Master of Locusts ...a grace and agility that rivaled many of his much-older peers. By the age of 5, he had won a children's tournament, defeating other fighters as old as 1

...ivine Intervention to cleanse the taint of the Void off them. As a result of this xenophobic agoraphobia, any Duergar you encounter above ground is not ...lmost like they are angry all the time, contrary to the way other denizens of the Unterwelt would speak the tongue.

...ver the eons, to form a structure, a Celestial Cascade, with the multitude of deities able to interact with one another and their worshipers in a way tha ...ucracy can be found in almost every world, even ones that have never heard of the Bureaucracy, or even the Cascade!

...This lingering stain is often evidenced by the fact t hat bits and shards of zombies may persist, long, long after the principal beast is long-ago destr ...till drives even these scraps on a restless quest for the warmth and vitae of the living.

...derstand that a strong culture of lesser creatures makes for a strong race of Doppelgangers within them. ...s annals of Doppelganger 'society', the absolute and undisputed commanders of the War are the Consuls. Doppelganger Consuls are never encountered alone,

<!-- Use to define the range of CR's this monster may be moved up and down in the Million Monster Machine. | Description | Ellours are one of the myriad of terrible things that afflict the world, often at seeming random times and p

...at all similar to humanoids in appearance, looking like a terrible hybrid of an ape and a crocodile, and have no relation to giants. ...hey delight in hurling victims around the battlefield, exhibiting a degree of cruelty and delight in their victims that would put most housecats to shame

<!-- Use to define the range of CR's this monster may be moved up and down in the Million Monster Machine. ...ankfully, not actually size gargantuan, they are rarely more than a couple of feet long...but for an ant, that's absolutely enormous. Gargants otherwise

...elgangers may exactly and perfectly mimic anyone they have had a chance to touch for a few seconds. ...creatures, and they are all parasites that subsist upon the civilizations of others, but the Doppelgangers do not care very much about that at all.

...ving. Still others say that Shadows are a curse upon the world, the shadow of Undeath laid by some long-lost God or pantheon. Regardless of their origin, Shadows are terrible foes. They are incorporeal, and can move

...ndom spots and spatters scattered in the battle will slowly grow into more of the vile things. ...heavy, gelid consistency, in their resting state they form a heaping mound of midnight semi-liquid matter about ten feet across and easily seven or eight

...ictor whip its mass across open ground by literally throwing massive loops of its huge body ahead and then pulling itself forward is eerily unnatural, an ...g tongues, which give them Keen Scent ability, to hunt prey even when line of sight is restricted, though they also use their normal vision and hearing t

...blank quality that is frankly off-putting to many other races. On the face of it, Xeph are a handsome people, with long, fine-featured faces and finely-f ...ands almost anywhere, sometimes in wilderness camps, sometimes in caravans of giant spiders bearing fanciful howdahs on their backs. By far the most like

...on, and so it survives just fine despite leaving behind gallon upon gallon of its disgusting muck. From even close range an Aboleth Mite looks like a large mound of glistening ooze, and indeed, it is possible to mistake one for an ooze unti

<!-- Use to define the range of CR's this monster may be moved up and down in the Million Monster Machine. ...tity is easy to understand, as all of the aquatic-based races, to the eyes of the shore-dwelling, tend to look alike. The fact that most land-living bein

...and the occasional strings of trophies, usually collected from the corpse of a defeated foe. The average adult girallon stands approximately 6 feet tal ...o club someone with, or gain some additional reach, but rarely as any sort of pre-planned improvement to their own natural attacks.

<!-- Use to define the range of CR's this monster may be moved up and down in the Million Monster Machine. ...Eater is one of the oddest and most hated of all monsters. They appear out of nothing, surrounded by a wavy distortion in the air as if they are surround

...ck of feature, massively fanged, and naturally inclined to be horrendously evil, delighting in tormenting the weak and exploiting the timid. ...an uncomfortable level of low, mean cunning. Ogres come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes, but are uniformly large, thick, and sturdy. Ogres tend t

...e. They are totally loyal to their creators, or in some cases, the bearer of their key. Not all golems are created with control keys, but those that ar ...le are not explicitly allowed to pass by the golem. They are also capable of understanding emotional reactions in others, particularly their master, whi

...ful, so 'out of left field' that they are real, but simply unknown to most of the civilized world? If they truly exist, Cawtrids are surely some form of aberration. Fringe lunatics speculate the Cawtrids inundate the small extra

...y trained in warfare, medicine, tracking and intrigue to ensure the safety of their consorts. ...njury. Those that survive learn to treat the blades as literal extensions of their arms.

...he smiling face of The Hunger, while Mohrgs are the bitter, hateful scions of Corruption. Mohrgs certainly hate their existence, but they hate the livin ...deeply upon the terror and agony of their victims as they assemble a horde of zombies to do their darkest murder.

...Wizard as a Player Character takes a loooong time. If you just need a gang of street toughs in a hurry, what do you do? Remember, in Epic Path, Monsters ...ween Challenge Rating 1 and Challenge Rating 5. Constituents are available of any level, though!

...Wizard as a Player Character takes a loooong time. If you just need a gang of street toughs in a hurry, what do you do? Remember, in Epic Path, Monsters ...ween Challenge Rating 1 and Challenge Rating 5. Constituents are available of any level, though!

<!-- Use to define the range of CR's this monster may be moved up and down in the Million Monster Machine. ...ing mass of deadly hunger and vile intentions. Mimics are ambush predators of incredibly capable means, using their ability to change shape and textures

...y violent and demonstrate little wit or cunning, except through techniques of aggression. ...licked fingers into the boils and burst them, revealing yellow-black darts of solidifed corruption they then throw at enemies to vile effect.

...Wizard as a Player Character takes a loooong time. If you just need a gang of street toughs in a hurry, what do you do? Remember, in Epic Path, Monsters ...ween Challenge Rating 1 and Challenge Rating 5. Constituents are available of any level, though!

...f its components being flimsy, broken junk. How this mish-mash collection of shattered barrels, frayed ropes, decaying leaves, severed goblin bits, dent ...tself into a comfortable gait due to its uneven legs. Furthermore, pieces of the golem shift around as it moves. Watching it move leads one to conclude

...Wizard as a Player Character takes a loooong time. If you just need a gang of street toughs in a hurry, what do you do? Remember, in Epic Path, Monsters ...ween Challenge Rating 1 and Challenge Rating 5. Constituents are available of any level, though!

<!-- Use to define the range of CR's this monster may be moved up and down in the Million Monster Machine. Jade Scarabs are a sort of large beetle, easily big enough to cover the palm of your average civilized humanoid. Jade Scarabs are dangerous, magically pote

...be agents of ascendance and instruction, but only through the instruments of pain and anguish. ...ligious zeal of the Duergar, and to ruthlessly execute some twisted notion of penitence upon those they deem unfit to join their brotherhood.

...Wizard as a Player Character takes a loooong time. If you just need a gang of street toughs in a hurry, what do you do? Remember, in Epic Path, Monsters ...ween Challenge Rating 1 and Challenge Rating 5. Constituents are available of any level, though!

...s, their physical power exceeding the strength of far more dangerous clans of giants, such as Cloud giants, who are frail weaklings compared to Hill gian ...st rudimentary of social structures, like family, or language. The actions of most other races are incomprehensible to a Hill giant, who is too limited t

...Wizard as a Player Character takes a loooong time. If you just need a gang of street toughs in a hurry, what do you do? Remember, in Epic Path, Monsters ...ween Challenge Rating 1 and Challenge Rating 5. Constituents are available of any level, though!

...d destroy important foes. Of course, since Eliminators serve on all sides of that weird, ineffable conflict, they frequently come into conflict with one ...y, dragons. Eliminators are perfectly capable of slaying the lesser ranks of dragons, and will take their place without hesitation if they can arrange s

...lsive Ochre Jellies are ochre jellies which have grown nearly to the point of this meiosis, and will split any day now. ...ls which glisten wetly and seem on the brink of popping with the slightest touch.

...a razor-sharp point and a cutting edge along the length of the final joint of the leg. Blade spiders prefer fresh prey, rarely killing more than they ca ...isible. Blade spiders sometimes litter acres of forest with webs as a way of being alerted to activity in their territory.

...-impossible to determine when this is happening, due to the sophistication of their instruction sets. ...nd a bunch of heat. They are also not as efficient at creating alloys out of these same components, requiring considerably more raw materials and time t

<!-- Use to define the range of CR's this monster may be moved up and down in the Million Monster Machine. ...ck teeth and salt eyes. The message of pain and woe are the meat and drink of the Bahairim Missionaries, and these terrible things are tireless in their

...st people, Demons, Devils, Aberrations, and most 'weird' monsters are part of this terrifying background reality. ...who attempt this foolish act are consumed utterly by their very first sup of that dark well, their lives, essence, souls, and flesh consumed entire.

...from other Animated Objects due to their advanced instructions and the use of alchemical elements to allow them to self-replicate, which is...a dangerous Even worse, Agents can be found as single devices of varying abilities, but they are frequently found assembled into Swarms, whi

...ver the eons, to form a structure, a Celestial Cascade, with the multitude of deities able to interact with one another and their worshipers in a way tha ...ucracy can be found in almost every world, even ones that have never heard of the Bureaucracy, or even the Cascade!

...they may corrupt it into ever more Undeath. As a result, the motivations of Vampires are more complex than the Destroying Undead or the Eaters. ...d living alike. Vampires want to make more Vampires, it is an erotic part of their existence that they would be greatly diminished by losing.

...elgangers may exactly and perfectly mimic anyone they have had a chance to touch for a few seconds. ...creatures, and they are all parasites that subsist upon the civilizations of others, but the Doppelgangers do not care very much about that at all.

...f the Nascent Seed, closely tied to the Fount, and as a result, their view of the world is different from other beings. ...e viewed as fire and axe, the groan of toppling trees and the gnawing bite of saws.

<!-- Use to define the range of CR's this monster may be moved up and down in the Million Monster Machine. ...Eater is one of the oddest and most hated of all monsters. They appear out of nothing, surrounded by a wavy distortion in the air as if they are surround

...they may corrupt it into ever more Undeath. As a result, the motivations of Vampires are more complex than the Destroying Undead or the Eaters. ...d living alike. Vampires want to make more Vampires, it is an erotic part of their existence that they would be greatly diminished by losing.

...ture, nor does it breathe, eat, or sleep. Chaos beasts are tiny fragments of elemental chaos, injected into the Prime Material. ...always congregate with other chaos beasts. Of course, due to the hazards of observing chaos beasts in their natural environment, it is possible that, r

...over the long centuries, the creators of Golems had noticed one great lack of all Golems, no matter how sophisticated: Golems are not subtle. ...to handle. As a first effort to handle this perceived lack in the design of Golems, Animated Objects were conceived and constructed in great numbers.

...ption | Canker Beasts are vile abominations which look like walking masses of oozing, infected flesh. Their appearance is horrifying in the extreme, and ...o leave Canker Beasts to adventurers of that sort, or mobilize many squads of Town Watch with siege weapons to beard them in their lairs.

...blank quality that is frankly off-putting to many other races. On the face of it, Xeph are a handsome people, with long, fine-featured faces and finely-f Xeph tend to be quiet and polite, fairly good neighbors, but there is a core of darkness in them. If a Xeph feels they can rightfully use or exploit others

...at maintain the peace in organized settlements, typically, but not always, of Civilization. It is possible, but rare, for monsters to have a Town Guard. ...nstituents also acting as elite Guards of any level required, but the bulk of their forces are likely to be highly-trained more-or-less 'normal' watchmen

<!-- Use to define the range of CR's this monster may be moved up and down in the Million Monster Machine. ...much like something almost aquatic, being roughly cone-shaped, with drapes of leathery hide between strong tentacles, and they move with eerie, unnatural

...oibles and personalities, made all the more terrible by their utter hatred of life. ...Like all skeletons, Janissaries are driven by a coldly implacable hatred of the living.

<!-- Use to define the range of CR's this monster may be moved up and down in the Million Monster Machine. ...power to realize its need to brutalize others in its native realm. The lot of the dretch's existence is to serve more powerful demons as victims, and onl

...elgangers may exactly and perfectly mimic anyone they have had a chance to touch for a few seconds. ...creatures, and they are all parasites that subsist upon the civilizations of others, but the Doppelgangers do not care very much about that at all.

<!-- Use to define the range of CR's this monster may be moved up and down in the Million Monster Machine. ...ronger skeletons are ridden by their murderous spirits, but have no memory of their fleshly existence.

...ifting spiders, raised up by a group of deities as worshipers. Over aeons of time, many such races came to be, until the Gods decreed a Great Contest, t The Aranea were one of the many, many losers of that contest.

<!-- Use to define the range of CR's this monster may be moved up and down in the Million Monster Machine. ...st people, Demons, Devils, Aberrations, and most 'weird' monsters are part of this terrifying background reality.

<!-- Use to define the range of CR's this monster may be moved up and down in the Million Monster Machine. ...tity is easy to understand, as all of the aquatic-based races, to the eyes of the shore-dwelling, tend to look alike. The fact that most land-living bein

<!-- Use to define the range of CR's this monster may be moved up and down in the Million Monster Machine. ...pt suddenness that would be talked about more if there were more survivors of their prowess.

...decades of work they created the Driders. No one can argue with the power of the Driders, and usually their loyalty is without peer. The houses that dev However, not all was perfect for the Drow, even with the incredible might of the Driders at their side.

<!-- Use to define the range of CR's this monster may be moved up and down in the Million Monster Machine. Fire is the first tool of civilization, that thing which defeats the night.

<!-- Use to define the range of CR's this monster may be moved up and down in the Million Monster Machine. ...h legs. They have no evident heads or eyes, no muscles or ribs or evidence of breath. It is obvious that they are very alien indeed.

...they may corrupt it into ever more Undeath. As a result, the motivations of Vampires are more complex than the Destroying Undead or the Eaters. ...d living alike. Vampires want to make more Vampires, it is an erotic part of their existence that they would be greatly diminished by losing.

<!-- Use to define the range of CR's this monster may be moved up and down in the Million Monster Machine. Fire is the first tool of civilization, that thing which defeats the night.

<!-- Use to define the range of CR's this monster may be moved up and down in the Million Monster Machine. ...warves, all these races and more, born and raised in the gentle refinement of the 'Civil', can fall until they are little more than beasts wearing a skin

...of animals, and far more frequently prey on small groups on the outskirts of civilization. ...an digest stone and metals as easily as flesh, though it is unclear if one of these things provides more nutrition than another.

Assassin Trees are thankfully rare compared to other sorts of trees, but that still means they are uncomfortably common. They can be fou ...though thankfully, these wooden beasts seem to be less active in the hours of darkness.

<!-- Use to define the range of CR's this monster may be moved up and down in the Million Monster Machine. ...hemselves. Regardless, imps are the least powerful, and most common, form of actual devil.

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...grow their own power and make themselves even more immune to the erosions of time and emotion, and often become quite twisted indeed. ...grandiose furnishings, and as convenient fodder for their random outbursts of sadism.

<!-- Use to define the range of CR's this monster may be moved up and down in the Million Monster Machine. ...st people, Demons, Devils, Aberrations, and most 'weird' monsters are part of this terrifying background reality.

...lbeit limited, form of intelligence. Given the massive stone construction of a Stone Golem, you might expect these deadly devices to be slow and ungainl ...appearance and behavior. Most Stone Golems are given a comprehensive list of orders, and they are able to sort through these varied commands to perform

...st people, Demons, Devils, Aberrations, and most 'weird' monsters are part of this terrifying background reality. ...who attempt this foolish act are consumed utterly by their very first sup of that dark well, their lives, essence, souls, and flesh consumed entire.

<!-- Use to define the range of CR's this monster may be moved up and down in the Million Monster Machine. ...h legs. They have no evident heads or eyes, no muscles or ribs or evidence of breath. It is obvious that they are very alien indeed.

<!-- Use to define the range of CR's this monster may be moved up and down in the Million Monster Machine. ...ture villagers and travelers, using them as slaves or sacrifices. Reports of encounters with Naga always include slaves being nearby and even being used

...nvironments, such as the lava of active volcanoes, or within caustic pools of boiling acid. ..., using trickery, traps, or other subterfuge to make diving into that pool of water seem like a good idea.

<!-- Use to define the range of CR's this monster may be moved up and down in the Million Monster Machine. ...roaner' or 'Growler' in an ancient toungue, and this is an apt description of these aberrant entities.

<!-- Use to define the range of CR's this monster may be moved up and down in the Million Monster Machine. ...warves, all these races and more, born and raised in the gentle refinement of the 'Civil', can fall until they are little more than beasts wearing a skin

| Description | Among male Drow, there are many that are completely enamored of the Dark Maidens, as is right and proper. ...e lower ranked Drow Ladies are generally not very pleased by the existence of the Conspirators, and frequently lobby to have them expunged.

...st people, Demons, Devils, Aberrations, and most 'weird' monsters are part of this terrifying background reality. ...who attempt this foolish act are consumed utterly by their very first sup of that dark well, their lives, essence, souls, and flesh consumed entire.

...they may corrupt it into ever more Undeath. As a result, the motivations of Vampires are more complex than the Destroying Undead or the Eaters. ...d living alike. Vampires want to make more Vampires, it is an erotic part of their existence that they would be greatly diminished by losing.

...st people, Demons, Devils, Aberrations, and most 'weird' monsters are part of this terrifying background reality. ...who attempt this foolish act are consumed utterly by their very first sup of that dark well, their lives, essence, souls, and flesh consumed entire.

...olcanic Skeleton is a bitter enemy of All Life. Like a discouraging number of more potent Skeletons, this flaming horror is uncomfortably aware. Volcani ...racking under their layer of congealed magma, as marrow boils. Their curse of immortality prevents the fire from debilitating them.

...they may corrupt it into ever more Undeath. As a result, the motivations of Vampires are more complex than the Destroying Undead or the Eaters. ...d living alike. Vampires want to make more Vampires, it is an erotic part of their existence that they would be greatly diminished by losing.

<!-- Use to define the range of CR's this monster may be moved up and down in the Million Monster Machine. ...it, looking like a pile of sand, and then bite you. Hitting a massive pile of soft, wet sand with a sword isn't much use, either.

<!-- Use to define the range of CR's this monster may be moved up and down in the Million Monster Machine. ...h legs. They have no evident heads or eyes, no muscles or ribs or evidence of breath. It is obvious that they are very alien indeed.

...st people, Demons, Devils, Aberrations, and most 'weird' monsters are part of this terrifying background reality. ...who attempt this foolish act are consumed utterly by their very first sup of that dark well, their lives, essence, souls, and flesh consumed entire.

...ked in eternal winter, there are high, bright deserts where the utter cold of the Unterwelt has settled into the world's bones permanently. ...ing Dwarves, and the well-furred Gata, Kitsune, Nagdyr and Tengu. Humans, of course, live everywhere, and thrive.

<!-- Use to define the range of CR's this monster may be moved up and down in the Million Monster Machine. ...rrors which mindlessly seek the flesh of the living. But a large minority of zombies develop into far worse things, their undead flesh warping and corru

...ked in eternal winter, there are high, bright deserts where the utter cold of the Deep Dark has settled into the world's bones permanently. ...ing Dwarves, and the well-furred Gata, Kitsune, Nagdyr and Tengu. Humans, of course, live everywhere, and thrive.

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...iciously entrap their souls. This entrapment leaves the spirit in a state of eternal torment and agony. As a result, all mummies possess a rage that ri ...ugate masses of new followers and worshipers, preferably after turning all of these followers into undead. Their need to command and rule outlives their

...st people, Demons, Devils, Aberrations, and most 'weird' monsters are part of this terrifying background reality. ...who attempt this foolish act are consumed utterly by their very first sup of that dark well, their lives, essence, souls, and flesh consumed entire.

...Earth, the furnace of the Earth is well known, and there are vast regions of the Unterwelt that are choked with flames and lava. ...the Unterwelt are wastelands, uninhabitable by any of the 'usual' denizens of that dark, bleak realm.

...they may corrupt it into ever more Undeath. As a result, the motivations of Vampires are more complex than the Destroying Undead or the Eaters. ...d living alike. Vampires want to make more Vampires, it is an erotic part of their existence that they would be greatly diminished by losing.

...st people, Demons, Devils, Aberrations, and most 'weird' monsters are part of this terrifying background reality. ...who attempt this foolish act are consumed utterly by their very first sup of that dark well, their lives, essence, souls, and flesh consumed entire.

| Description | Zombies are corpses of the (fairly-)recent dead, brought back to unlife through necromantic ritual ...this horrid strain of monstrosity. They can be created by powerful workers of death by modifying the standard zombie creation rituals. Alternatively, th

Common White Dragons are the least of all dragons. But do not take comfort from that. Being the 'least' dragon ...s a dragon hanging from a branch is a sight you will remember for the rest of your life, however long that might be.

Dwarves like to say that they are the True Scions of the Stone, but that is a lie. There are many creatures that are far more attuned to the mysteries of the Solid Dark than mere dwarves. Even the Dwarven cousins, the Duergar, a

<!-- Use to define the range of CR's this monster may be moved up and down in the Million Monster Machine. ...orrors which mindlessly seek the flesh of the living. But a large minority of zombies develop into far worse things, their undead flesh warping and corru

While the physical appearance of the dragon is the easiest means of distinguishing them from one another, a dragon's coloration isn't a drab mo | Alignment | Pure Evil

...as easily as rending flesh off bones. Red dragons are a calamitous force of nature, and if one decides to inhabit a spot near your town, you would be w ...able light. But in all cases, they are strongly associated with the powers of fire.

...st people, Demons, Devils, Aberrations, and most 'weird' monsters are part of this terrifying background reality. ...who attempt this foolish act are consumed utterly by their very first sup of that dark well, their lives, essence, souls, and flesh consumed entire.

<!-- Use to define the range of CR's this monster may be moved up and down in the Million Monster Machine. ...Eater is one of the oddest and most hated of all monsters. They appear out of nothing, surrounded by a wavy distortion in the air as if they are surround

...droning terrors have been encountered. Even worse, there have been reports of other monsters encouraging these Wasps to nest in inconvenient places, whic ...stronger!) monsters, various types of minerals, ores, and gems, and worst of all, people. Being near a Rhapsody Wasp nest is always a gamble. They migh

...| Trolls are horrible dwellers in the outdoors, the uneasy smaller cousins of Giants, who are more tightly tied to the native world than either the Giant ...en with a stooped, hunched posture. Their faces tend to be long and narrow of feature, with filthy, rotten, but very sharp teeth, long flexible limbs, an

...ense potters clay, frequently embedded with grit, stones, and even cobbles of stone, arranged in pleasing patterns or simply random, depending upon the s ...gly random 'orbits', so that it surveys its activities with first one pair of eyes, then another, while the eye opposite the work seems to peer about in

<!-- Use to define the range of CR's this monster may be moved up and down in the Million Monster Machine. ...st people, Demons, Devils, Aberrations, and most 'weird' monsters are part of this terrifying background reality.

<!-- Use to define the range of CR's this monster may be moved up and down in the Million Monster Machine. Dwarves like to say that they are the True Scions of the Stone, but that is a lie.

<!-- Use to define the range of CR's this monster may be moved up and down in the Million Monster Machine. ...warves, all these races and more, born and raised in the gentle refinement of the 'Civil', can fall until they are little more than beasts wearing a skin

<!-- Use to define the range of CR's this monster may be moved up and down in the Million Monster Machine. ...erial in large numbers, their enclaves generally isolated. By the measures of more 'normal' races, the Hobgoblins, like all fey, are quite insane. Their

...Earth, the furnace of the Earth is well known, and there are vast regions of the Unterwelt that are choked with flames and lava. ...the Unterwelt are wastelands, uninhabitable by any of the 'usual' denizens of that dark, bleak realm.

<!-- Use to define the range of CR's this monster may be moved up and down in the Million Monster Machine. ...st people, Demons, Devils, Aberrations, and most 'weird' monsters are part of this terrifying background reality.

<!-- Use to define the range of CR's this monster may be moved up and down in the Million Monster Machine. ...st people, Demons, Devils, Aberrations, and most 'weird' monsters are part of this terrifying background reality.

...s a dragon hanging from a branch is a sight you will remember for the rest of your life, however long that might be. ...o be horrifically picky eaters, and have been known to kill an entire herd of cows to find the tastiest one, or rampage through an entire town looking fo

...ked in eternal winter, there are high, bright deserts where the utter cold of the Deep Dark has settled into the world's bones permanently. ...ing Dwarves, and the well-furred Gata, Kitsune, Nagdyr and Tengu. Humans, of course, live everywhere, and thrive.

...st people, Demons, Devils, Aberrations, and most 'weird' monsters are part of this terrifying background reality. ...who attempt this foolish act are consumed utterly by their very first sup of that dark well, their lives, essence, souls, and flesh consumed entire.

...st people, Demons, Devils, Aberrations, and most 'weird' monsters are part of this terrifying background reality. ...who attempt this foolish act are consumed utterly by their very first sup of that dark well, their lives, essence, souls, and flesh consumed entire.

<!-- Use to define the range of CR's this monster may be moved up and down in the Million Monster Machine. ...Eater is one of the oddest and most hated of all monsters. They appear out of nothing, surrounded by a wavy distortion in the air as if they are surround

<!-- Use to define the range of CR's this monster may be moved up and down in the Million Monster Machine. ...warves, all these races and more, born and raised in the gentle refinement of the 'Civil', can fall until they are little more than beasts wearing a skin

...r, Steel Golems produce a fine, clear tone, while Iron Golems produce more of a dull, muddier sound. ...n the way of predictable actions, and are likely to switch from one course of actions to another with no easily predictable pattern.

...st people, Demons, Devils, Aberrations, and most 'weird' monsters are part of this terrifying background reality. ...who attempt this foolish act are consumed utterly by their very first sup of that dark well, their lives, essence, souls, and flesh consumed entire.

...Earth, the furnace of the Earth is well known, and there are vast regions of the Unterwelt that are choked with flames and lava. ...the Unterwelt are wastelands, uninhabitable by any of the 'usual' denizens of that dark, bleak realm.

<!-- Use to define the range of CR's this monster may be moved up and down in the Million Monster Machine. ...st people, Demons, Devils, Aberrations, and most 'weird' monsters are part of this terrifying background reality.

...Earth, the furnace of the Earth is well known, and there are vast regions of the Unterwelt that are choked with flames and lava. ...the Unterwelt are wastelands, uninhabitable by any of the 'usual' denizens of that dark, bleak realm.

<!-- Use to define the range of CR's this monster may be moved up and down in the Million Monster Machine. ...h legs. They have no evident heads or eyes, no muscles or ribs or evidence of breath. It is obvious that they are very alien indeed.

<!-- Use to define the range of CR's this monster may be moved up and down in the Million Monster Machine. ...st people, Demons, Devils, Aberrations, and most 'weird' monsters are part of this terrifying background reality.

<!-- Use to define the range of CR's this monster may be moved up and down in the Million Monster Machine. ...are not truly aware or sentient, but they always have a comprehensive set of instructions that allows them to perform their function with admirable effi

...ption | An Atropal, in flight, surrounded by its Azoic Aura, a tiny bubble of its dead reality. ...ime Plane. There are many sorts of abominations out in the Deep Dark, and of those, the Atropal are among the most terrible.

<!-- Use to define the range of CR's this monster may be moved up and down in the Million Monster Machine. ...exist in the Outer Planes, notably the Wards of the Will, where the dreams of Deities provide them with sufficient Reality to thrive.

<!-- Use to define the range of CR's this monster may be moved up and down in the Million Monster Machine. ...erial in large numbers, their enclaves generally isolated. By the measures of more 'normal' races, the Hobgoblins, like all fey, are quite insane. Their

<!-- Use to define the range of CR's this monster may be moved up and down in the Million Monster Machine. ...h legs. They have no evident heads or eyes, no muscles or ribs or evidence of breath. It is obvious that they are very alien indeed.

<!-- Use to define the range of CR's this monster may be moved up and down in the Million Monster Machine. ...st people, Demons, Devils, Aberrations, and most 'weird' monsters are part of this terrifying background reality.

<!-- Use to define the range of CR's this monster may be moved up and down in the Million Monster Machine. ...erial in large numbers, their enclaves generally isolated. By the measures of more 'normal' races, the Hobgoblins, like all fey, are quite insane. Their

<!-- Use to define the range of CR's this monster may be moved up and down in the Million Monster Machine. ...ked in eternal winter, there are high, bright deserts where the utter cold of the Deep Dark has settled into the world's bones permanently.

<!-- Use to define the range of CR's this monster may be moved up and down in the Million Monster Machine. ...h legs. They have no evident heads or eyes, no muscles or ribs or evidence of breath. It is obvious that they are very alien indeed.

<!-- Use to define the range of CR's this monster may be moved up and down in the Million Monster Machine. ...ked in eternal winter, there are high, bright deserts where the utter cold of the Deep Dark has settled into the world's bones permanently.

<!-- Use to define the range of CR's this monster may be moved up and down in the Million Monster Machine. ...ked in eternal winter, there are high, bright deserts where the utter cold of the Deep Dark has settled into the world's bones permanently.

<!-- Use to define the range of CR's this monster may be moved up and down in the Million Monster Machine. ...h legs. They have no evident heads or eyes, no muscles or ribs or evidence of breath. It is obvious that they are very alien indeed.

<!-- Use to define the range of CR's this monster may be moved up and down in the Million Monster Machine. ...least, a vaguely spherical bulk of knotted roots, trunks, seething plasms of greens and yellows, all covered with knots, lumps, scars, eyes, and tentacl

<!-- Use to define the range of CR's this monster may be moved up and down in the Million Monster Machine. ...st people, Demons, Devils, Aberrations, and most 'weird' monsters are part of this terrifying background reality.

Image:Bad-paladin.jpg|Lawful Evil Paladin ...just as common and just as valid in their beliefs as holders to the tenets of goodness. So long as a warrior professes, and truly utterly believes down

...s lost her volcanic temper and looks impressive as she 'fires up' her Aura of Fire. Things are about to get hot!]] ...eatures at all, but rather a race of fire beings, pure elementals, no more evil and wicked than Sylphs or Oreads.

...reen is mighty indeed, and other credos with devout followers show no sign of anything similar. ...ing godhood? Still others say that the Green is the unthinking dream-state of all plants, used to trick the druids into fighting in the plant's eternal W

...ort of a game effect. "Spells' in all their flavors can have a vast array of effects. Some classes have Spells and Spellcasting as a class feature, som ...witches were incanting, 'Bubble, bubble; toil and trouble' to the delight of rapt audiences centuries ago.

...t cyphers and magic are two aspects of a deeper understanding of the flows of energy in the world, an underlying Science that governs everything. This is ...y other class, but they don't cast spells in any conventional way. Instead of spells, they are able to mix up potion-like 'extracts' that behave suspicio