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List of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd edition monsters
This is a list of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd edition monsters, an important element of that role-playing game.[1][2][3] This list only includes monsters from official Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd Edition supplements published by TSR, Inc. or Wizards of the Coast, not licensed or unlicensed third-party products such as video games or unlicensed Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd Edition manuals.
Monsters in the 2nd edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Edit
The second edition of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons game featured both a higher number of books of monsters[4] - "many tied to their growing stable of campaign worlds"[5]: 221 - and more extensive monster descriptions than both earlier[1] and later editions, with usually one page in length.[6][7][8][9][10]: 106–107 Next to a description, monster entries in this edition contained standardized sections covering combat, their habit and society, and their role in the eco-system.[6][7][11] While later editions gave the various creatures all the attributes which player characters had,[9][12] 2nd edition only listed intelligence[6][7] as a characteristic important for creating challenging encounters in the game.[13]
The 2nd edition also used a unique format in the form of Monstrous Compendiums of loose sheets that could be collected in a folder, and allowed the combination of monster books together with individual monster pages from boxed sets.[6][10]: 106–107 [1] This "unruly" format was abandoned again in 1993 in favor of bound books.[5]: 247 [7][14]: 83 In parallel with this change, the 2nd edition introduced colored images for each monster, which became standard in later editions of the game.[15]: 24 [7][9][16] Referencing Wizards of the Coast art director Dawn Murin, GameSpy author Allan Rausch found that until the 2nd edition the artwork depicting monsters was influenced by the popular culture of the late 1970s. As a result, creatures that were fearsome by description were not taken seriously due to ill-suited visuals. Likewise, humanoid monsters too closely resembled humans to be compelling. In the view of Rausch as well as Backstab reviewer Michaël Croitoriu, the Planescape setting marked a turning point for these shortcomings, which also had a significant impact on the presentation of the 3rd edition.[17][18]
The second edition's monsters were based on original inventions, fantasy literature, and mythologies from various cultures.[1][14]: 27, 29 Many monsters were updated from earlier editions, but the 2nd edition also introduced a great number of new creatures.[7][8]
Some types, such as devils and demons, were initially removed by TSR in response to a moral panic promoted by Patricia Pulling's advocacy group Bothered About Dungeons and Dragons (BADD).[19]: 129–130 [20][5]: 223 These were later reintroduced, sometimes with different names to avoid complaints.[14]: 83–84 [21]
TSR 2102 – MC1 – Monstrous Compendium Volume One (1989) Edit
| TSR 2102 – MC1 – Monstrous Compendium Volume One (1989) – ISBN 0-88038-738-6 | ||||
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This was the initial volume in the Monstrous Compendium series, for the second edition of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons game, published in 1989. Most of the monsters for Volume One were taken from previous first edition AD&D books; the monster entries were greatly expanded and in most cases each monster now filled an entire page and had an all-new illustration. The Monstrous Compendium series consisted of a pack of 5-hole punched loose-leaf pages rather than an actual book, designed to be arranged to the player's preference. Volume One of the Monstrous Compendium was packaged in a box, which contained the pack of monster sheets as well as a binder intended to store the sheets for Volumes One, Two, and Three. The pack consisted of 144 pages, unnumbered, and included a "How To Use This Book" page, with an alphabetical index to Volume One on the back, four pages of monster summoning and random encounter charts, and a blank monster sheet to be photocopied, with the remainder consisting of the monster descriptions. Also included were eight full-page illustrations on heavier card stock.
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| Creature | Other appearances | Variants | Description | |
| Aerial servant | Monster Manual (1977), Guide to the Ethereal Plane (1998) | A form of invisible air elemental that can be summoned by a cleric; it is very strong and usually attacks by strangling an opponent | ||
| Animal, herd | Camel, Cattle, Buffalo, Antelope and Sheep | |||
| Bat | Common, Large (Giant) and Huge Bat (mobat) | The giant bat is exactly what its name would suggest—a giant form of bat with a 6' wingspan. White Dwarf reviewer Jamie Thomson commented on the giant bat, noting that it "seems an obvious choice for D&D".[22] | ||
| Bear | Black, Brown, Cave and Polar | |||
| Behir | The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth (1982), Monster Manual II (1983), Monster Manual (2000), Monster Manual (2003) | A snake-like reptilian monster which can move quickly and climb thanks to its dozen legs; it can discharge a stroke of lightning, squeeze opponents with its long body, and swallow creatures whole | ||
| Beholder | Supplement I: Greyhawk (1975), Monster Manual (1977), Monster Manual (2000), Monster Manual (2003), Monster Manual (2008) | A large orb protected by chitinous plates,[23]: 137 dominated by a central eye and a large toothy maw, with 10 smaller eyes on stalks sprouting from the top of the orb; the large eye negates all magic and the smaller eyes cause a variety of magical effects. A "creature that looks at you and is destroying you by the power of its magical eyes".[24] A terrible beast, but depicted as "a cuddly rosy ball with too many eyes".[25] Designed to counter magic-using characters while being a formidable opponent for a whole party due to its versatility.[1] Considered one of "the game's signature monsters" by Philip J. Clements.[26]: 133 A "classic" monster of the game.[27] | ||
| Boar | Wild Boar, Giant Boar (Elothere) and Warthog | |||
| Bookworm | Monster Manual II (1983) | A worm that inhabits libraries and eats books, it can change its normal gray color to match its surroundings | ||
| Brownie | Monster Manual (1977) | A 2-foot-tall (0.61 m), benign humanoid relative of the halfling that is difficult to surprise, and can blend into its surroundings. The brownie was written up as a player character race in White Dwarf #29 (Feb. 1982) for AD&D 1st Edition by Bob Lock in 1982.[28] | ||
| Bugbear | Supplement I: Greyhawk (1975), Monster Manual (1977), Monster Manual (2000), Monster Manual (2003), Monster Manual (2008) | A 7-foot-tall (2.1 m), hairy cousin of the goblin,[29] with a nose like that of a bear, which prefer to attack foes by ambush | ||
| Carrion crawler | Supplement I: Greyhawk (1975), Monster Manual (1977), Monster Manual (2000), Monster Manual (2003), Monster Manual (2008) | A worm-like cephalopod that scavenges subterranean areas, feeding primarily upon carrion, whose tentacles paralyze creatures | ||
| Catoblepas | Strategic Review v2 #2 (1976),[14]: 22 Supplement III: Eldritch Wizardry (1976), Monster Manual (1977), Monster Manual II (2002) | A bizarre creature that inhabits swamps, the large bloodshot eyes of its unusually heavy head emanate a ray that causes other creatures to simply die. David M. Ewalt described it as "an overweight buffalo with stumpy legs, a giraffe-like neck, and a warthog's head".[23]: 138 An "old personal favorite" of reviewer Mark Theurer.[30] | ||
| Cats, great | Cheetah, Jaguar, Leopard, Common Lion, Mountain Lion, Spotted Lion, Giant Lynx, Wild Tiger and Smilodon | |||
| Cave fisher | In the Dungeons of the Slave Lords (1981), Monster Manual II (1983), Dragon No. 355 (May 2007) | A large insectoid with characteristics of a spider and lobster, it catches foes with its sticky filament by firing it from a distance | ||
| Centaur, sylvan | Dungeons & Dragons set (1974), Monster Manual (1977), Monster Manual (2000), Monster Manual (2003) | A woodland being with the upper half of a human and the lower body of a large powerful horse, it is a sociable tribal creature. Based on the creature from Greek mythology.[1][3][31] | ||
| Centipede | Giant centipede, Huge centipede and Megalocentipede | Giant centipedes are "low-level monsters", one-foot long red many-legged creatures.[23]: 212–213 | ||
| Chimera | Dungeons & Dragons set (1974), Monster Manual (1977), Monster Manual (2000), Monster Manual (2003), Monster Manual (2008), Monster Manual (2014) | Chimera and Gorgimera | The chimera is based on the chimera of Greek mythology as found in the Iliad by Homer,[32][33] "stronger than a centaur but weaker than a sphinx".[31] | |
| Cockatrice | Supplement III: Eldritch Wizardry (1976), Monster Manual (1977), Monster Manual (2000), Monster Manual (2003) | Cockatrice and Pyrolisk | Based on the creature from medieval bestiaries.[1] | |
| Couatl | Supplement III: Eldritch Wizardry (1976), Monster Manual (1977), Monster Manual (2000), Monster Manual (2003) | A 12-foot-long (3.7 m) feathered serpent native to jungle regions, of lawful good alignment, with great magical and psionic power. Based on the creature from Mesoamerican religion.[34] | ||
| Displacer beast | Supplement I: Greyhawk (1975), Monster Manual (1977), Monster Manual (2000), Monster Manual (2003), Monster Manual (2008) | A magical creature resembling a puma with a tentacle growing from each shoulder, it hates all forms of life, and always appears 3 feet from its actual position. Based on the alien Coeurl from the short story Black Destroyer by A. E. van Vogt.[1][5]: 71 David M. Ewalt, in his book Of Dice and Men, discussed several monsters appearing in the original Monster Manual, describing displacer beasts as looking like "pumas with thorn-covered tentacles growing out of their shoulders".[23]: 138 Rob Bricken from io9 named the displacer beast as the 2nd most memorable D&D monster.[35] | ||
| Dogs | Wild, War, Blink and Death Dogs | White Dwarf reviewer Jamie Thomson commented on the death dog, which is "rumored to be a descendant of Cerberus".[22] | ||
| Dragons | Powerful and intelligent, usually winged reptiles with magical abilities and breath weapon.[36] The different subraces, distinguished by their colouring, vary in power.[37] The dragon has been referred to as the "iconic creature for D&D adventurers to conquer".[38]: 34 [39] | |||
| -- Dragon, Black | Dungeons & Dragons set (1974), D&D Basic Set (1977, 1981, 1983), Monster Manual (1977), D&D Companion Rules (1984), Dungeons & Dragons Rules Cyclopedia (1991), Monster Manual (2000), Monster Manual v.3.5 (2003), D&D Miniatures: Dragoneye set #44 (2004), D&D Icons: Gargantuan Black Dragon (2006), D&D Miniatures: Unhallowed set #55 (2007) | Evil[40] chaotic-aligned dragons that spit acid.[36] They have horns projecting forward, a long body and thin tail.[25] | ||
| -- Dragon, Blue | Dungeons & Dragons set (1974), Monster Manual (1977), D&D Basic Set (1981, 1983), D&D Companion Rules (1984), Dungeons & Dragons Rules Cyclopedia (1991), Monster Manual (2000), Monster Manual v.3.5 (2003), D&D Miniatures: Deathknell set #38 (2005), D&D Icons: Gargantuan Blue Dragon (2007) | Evil[40] lawful-aligned dragons that discharge a bolt of lightning.[36] They have a distinctive horn on their snout.[25] | ||
| -- Dragon, Brass | Greyhawk set (1974), Monster Manual (1977), D&D Basic Set (1997), Monster Manual (2000), Monster Manual v.3.5 (2003), D&D Miniatures: Dragoneye set #14 (2004), D&D Miniatures: Unhallowed set #19 (2007) | Benevolent and talkative good-aligned[40] desert-dwelling dragons that can breathe sleep gas[36] or fear-causing gas. An example of content misrepresented by the game's detractors.[19]: xii | ||
| -- Dragon, Bronze | Greyhawk set (1974), Monster Manual (1977), Monster Manual (2000), Monster Manual v.3.5 (2003), D&D Miniatures: War Drums set #7 (2006) | Good[40] and lawful-aligned dragons that breathe a bolt of lightning or a repulsion gas cloud.[36] | ||
| -- Dragon, Copper | Greyhawk set (1974), Monster Manual (1977), Monster Manual (2000), Monster Manual v.3.5 (2003), D&D Miniatures: Angelfire set #21 (2005), D&D Miniatures: Desert of Desolation #23 (2007) | Good[40] and chaotic-aligned dragons that breathe a discharge of acid or a cloud of gas that slows creatures.[36] | ||
| -- Dragon, Gold | Dungeons & Dragons set (1974), Monster Manual (1977), D&D Basic Set (1981, 1983), D&D Companion Rules (1984), Dungeons & Dragons Rules Cyclopedia (1991), Monster Manual (2000), Monster Manual v.3.5 (2003), D&D Miniatures: Giants of Legend set #61 (2004), D&D Miniatures: Deathknell set #7 (2005) | Good[40] and lawful-aligned dragons that breathe fire[36] or chlorine gas. | ||
| -- Dragon, Green | Dungeons & Dragons set (1974), Monster Manual (1977), D&D Basic Set (1981, 1983), D&D Companion Rules (1984), Dungeons & Dragons Rules Cyclopedia (1991), Monster Manual (2000), Monster Manual v.3.5 (2003). D&D Miniatures: War of the Dragon Queen set #38 (2005) | Evil[40] lawful-aligned dragons that breathe a cloud of poisonous[36] chlorine gas.[41] | ||
| -- Dragon, Red | Dungeons & Dragons set (1974), D&D Basic Set (1977, 1981, 1983), Monster Manual (1977), D&D Companion Rules (1984), Dragon No. 134 "The Ecology of the Red Dragon" (1988), Dungeons & Dragons Rules Cyclopedia (1991), Monster Manual (2000), Monster Manual v.3.5 (2003), D&D Miniatures: Dragoneye set #55 (2004), D&D Miniatures: Giants of Legend set #71 (2004), D&D Icons: Colossal Red Dragon (2006) | Evil[40] chaotic-aligned dragons that breathe a cone of fire.[36] According to Dant et al. "one of the most fearsome and classic monsters" in role-playing games.[42] | ||
| -- Dragon, Silver | Greyhawk set (1974), Monster Manual (1977), Monster Manual (2000), Monster Manual v.3.5 (2003), D&D Miniatures: Archfiends set #5 (2004) | Good[40] and lawful-aligned dragons that breathe a cone of frost or a cloud of paralyzing gas.[36] | ||
| -- Dragon, White | Dungeons & Dragons set (1974), D&D Basic Set (1977, 1981, 1983), Monster Manual (1977), D&D Companion Rules (1984), Dungeons & Dragons Rules Cyclopedia (1991), Monster Manual (2000), Monster Manual v.3.5 (2003), D&D Miniatures: Night Below #58 (2007), D&D Icons: Legend of Drizzt Scenario Pack (2007) ("Icingdeath, Gargantuan White Dragon") | Evil[40] chaotic-aligned dragons that breathe a cone of cold.[36] | ||
| Dragon turtle | ||||
| Dragonfish | ||||
| Elemental | Air, Earth, Fire and Water Elementals | Powerful creatures in the game;[43] a characteristic of the air elemental is the ability of rapid movement.[23]: 141 | ||
| Elephant | African elephant, Mammoth, Mastodon and Oliphant | |||
| Elf | High elf, Grey elf (Faerie), Wood elf, Half-elf | Based on Tolkien's version of the elf,[3] "quick but fragile", with senses surpassing a human's, often depicted as "effeminate" and "predisposed towards a "good" moral alignment".[26]: 14, 26, 68 | ||
| Genie | Al-Qadim – Land of Fate | Djinn, Dao and Efreeti | Based on notions from Middle Eastern culture,[2] genies in the game are powerful elemental spirits from the Inner Planes, each of the four classical elements having its own subspecies of genie: djinn for air, dao for earth, efreet for fire. The djinn and efreet have namesakes from Arabic folklore also associated with air and fire, respectively. The dao were newly invented for the game altogether to fill the gap for the remaining element.[44]: 485–493 | |
| Ghost | Inspired by Gothic fiction, a typical denizen of the Ravenloft setting.[34] | |||
| Ghoul | Ghoul, Lacedon and Ghast | Undead with "terrible claws".[23]: 175 | ||
| Giant | Cloud, Fire, Frost, Hill, Stone and Storm Giant | Overlarge powerful humanoids with a self-involved social focus,[44]: 8 usually presented as the "bad guys".[45] Based on mythological figures and Tolkien, their stone-throwing ability indicates their creative roots in wargaming.[32][1] | ||
| Gnoll | Gnoll and Flind | Vicious humanoids with hyena-like heads. Richard W. Forest assumed them to be inspired from but not resembling the gnoles conceived by Lord Dunsany,[1] while Gary Gygax himself stated that although Dunsany's "gnole" is close", he came up with the name as "a cross between a gnome and a troll", and the description was his original creation. He wanted to create a humanoid opponent in the game to fit in between the hobgoblin and bugbear in power.[46] Gnolls were considered one of the "five main "humanoid" races" in AD&D by Paul Karczag and Lawrence Schick.[10]: 92 | ||
| Gnome | Player character race "often stereotyped as buffoons, illusionists, mad inventors, and many characters play them as intentionally "wacky" or anachronistic"; often conforms to the trickster archetype. "predisposed towards a "good" moral alignment".[26]: 23, 31, 67 | |||
| Goblin | Based primarily on the goblins portrayed in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-Earth.[47] Considered one of the "five main "humanoid" races" in AD&D by Paul Karczag and Lawrence Schick.[10]: 92 Presented as "evil" and "predisposed towards a society of brutal regimes where the strongest rule" in the game.[26]: 48, 66, 134 Suitable oponent for characters of lowest level.[48] | |||
| Golem, lesser | Strategic Review #4[14]: 22 (Clay) | Flesh and Clay | The clay golem is based on the golem of Medieval Jewish folklore, though changed from "a cherished defender to an unthinking hulk"[49][32] while the flesh golem is related to Frankenstein's monster as Universal's 1931 film, seen in e.g. being empowered by electricity,[1] as well as Gothic fiction more generally; a typical denizen of the Ravenloft setting,[34] and "classic" monster of the game.[27] | |
| Golem, greater | Stone and Iron | Inspired by Gothic fiction, a typical denizen of the Ravenloft setting,[34] and "classic" monster of the game.[27] | ||
| Halfling | Hairfoot, Tallfellow and Stout | Based on and renamed from the hobbit in J.R.R. Tolkien's works.[1][14]: 27 The hobbit first appeared as a player character class in the original 1974 edition of Dungeons & Dragons.[50]: 62 Later the game began using the name "halfling" as an alternative to "hobbit" for legal reasons.[51] The "halfling" appeared as a player character race in the original Player's Handbook (1978).[10]: 84–85 | ||
| Harpy | Based on the creature from Greek mythology.[3] | |||
| Hobgoblin | Muscular humanoids somewhat taller than humans with reddish skin and canine teeth.[23]: 215 | |||
| Homonculous | ||||
| Hornet, giant | Hornet and Wasp | |||
| Horse | Draft horse, Heavy Warhorse, Medium Warhorse, Light Warhorse, Pony, Wild horse, Riding horse and Mule | |||
| Hydra | Hydra, Lernaean Hydra, Pyrohydra and Cryohydra | Based on the creature from classical sources,[1][33] with Heracles' famed method of slaying it adapted into a vulnerability against fire, but not with the less well-known venomous bite, showing how the game mostly focusses on the well-known traits of mythological creatures.[31] | ||
| Hyena | Hyena and Hyaenodon | |||
| Imp | Imp and Quasit | Minor fiends which could be created from larvae.[52] Reviewer Philippe Tessier found the quasit "very nice" and interesting when made available as a familiar.[27] | ||
| Invisible stalker | ||||
| Jackal | ||||
| Jackalwere | ||||
| Kobold | "[S]hort subterranean lizard-men",[23]: 66 considered one of the "five main "humanoid" races" in AD&D by Paul Karczag and Lawrence Schick,[10]: 92 and ranked among the weakest monsters in the game by Scott Baird from Screen Rant.[53] | |||
| Korred | ||||
| Lich | Demilich: The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth, Monster Manual II (1983), Monstrous Compendium Volume One (1989), Monstrous Manual (1993), Epic Level Handbook (2002), Monster Manual (2014) | Lich and Demilich | Lich: Emaciated[27] undead spellcaster,[54] a "classic" monster of the game.[27] Demilich: Evolved beyond status as a lich. Creature of enormous powers, where only the skull remains.[55] Tyler Linn of Cracked.com identified the demi-lich as one of "15 Idiotic Dungeons and Dragons Monsters" in 2009, stating: "Besides looking like a Pirates of the Caribbean alarm clock, the Demi-lich seems to possess no tactical advantages of any kind. It just kind of floats around, waiting for a party of heroes to smack it out of the air like a pinata. We suppose it could try to bite you, but the illustration above kind of makes it look like the jaw is fused in place. Man, now we just feel sorry for it."[56] Ranked among the strongest in Screen Rant's "10 Most Powerful (And 10 Weakest) Monsters, Ranked", saying "You might think that a floating skull would be easy to smash to pieces, but you would be wrong, as demiliches are some of the most resilient creatures in the game."[53] | |
| Lizard | Fire, Giant, Minotaur and Subterranean lizards | |||
| Lizard man | Greyhawk, Monster Manual (1977), Fiend Folio (1981), Dungeons & Dragons Basic Set, Dungeons & Dragons Game, Dungeons & Dragons Rules Cyclopedia (1991), Classic Dungeons & Dragons Game (1994), Dungeons & Dragons Adventure Game (1999), Hollow World Campaign Set, Monstrous Manual, Dragonlance Monstrous Compendium, The Complete Spacefarer's Handbook, The Complete Book of Humanoids, Player's Option: Skills & Powers, Mind Lords of the Last Sea, Polyhedron No. 121 (1996), Monster Manual (2000) (from here on as lizardfolk), Races of Faerûn, Monster Manual (2003), Dragon No. 318 (2004), Serpent Kingdoms, Eberron Campaign Setting, Monster Manual III (2004), Dragon No. 335 (2005), Monster Manual IV (2006), Monster Manual (2008), Monster Vault: Threats to the Nentir Vale, Monster Manual (2014), Volo's Guide to Monsters | Lizard Man, Lizard King | Lizardfolk are primitive reptilian humanoids typically standing from six to seven feet tall. A player character race in some settings.[57][58] Reviewer Chris Gigoux described them by saying "Lizard Men aren't bad, [...] they're just a simple folks, struggling to survive."[59] In 2020, Comic Book Resources counted the lizardfolk as # 1 on the list of "10 Powerful Monster Species That You Should Play As", stating that "Along with the ability to manufacture their own weapons from the natural environment around them, they provide an excellent role-playing experience and have some pretty awesome tricks up their sleeve."[60] | |
| Lycanthrope | Werewolf: Dungeons & Dragons "white box" set (1974), Monster Manual (1977), Dragon, Dungeons & Dragons Basic Set (1977, 1981, 1983), Dungeons & Dragons Rules Cyclopedia (1991), Night Howlers (1992), Monstrous Manual, Monster Manual (2000), Monster Manual (2003), Dragon No. 313, Monster Manual (2008) | Werebear, Wererat, Lesser and greater Seawolf, Weretiger and Werewolf | Afflicted shapechangers, whose condition could be transmitted like a disease;[61] some available as player character races. Depiction of the werewolf is related to those in 1930s and 1940s Hollywood movies like The Wolf Man.[1] Ranked sixth among the ten best low-level monsters by the authors of Dungeons & Dragons For Dummies: "a classic monster", interesting due to shapechanging because "players can never be entirely sure whether that surly villager might indeed be the great black wolf who attacked their characters out in the forest."[62]: 373 The presence of lycanthropes in the gaming system is one of the elements that has led Christian fundamentalists to condemn Dungeons & Dragons and to associate it with the occult.[63] Screen Rant has described the operation of lycanthropy in the game as an aspect that "makes no sense" because it is often a positive development for a character. "It is possible for a character to be infected with lycanthropy in Dungeons & Dragons and it comes highly recommended, as the benefits outweigh the negatives". It notes that "[i]n exchange for learning how to control your condition, you gain Damage Reduction, +2 to your Wisdom stat, the Scent ability, Low-Light Vision, a new Hit Dice, the Iron Will feat, and the ability to transform into a more powerful form".[64] An illustration in one edition of the Monster Manual implied that the beast in Disney's Beauty and the Beast was a lycanthrope, with a creature having a resemblance to the Beast attacking a human resembling that film's antagonist, Gaston.[65] | |
| Manticore | Based on its mythological counterpart, including the barbed tail, the manticore appeared in the game from its earliest edition.[66]: 44 [67]: 268 | |||
| Medusa | Normal and Greater | Based on the creature from classical sources[1][3] but translated into species of monsters[29][33] originated from "humans seeking eternal youth".[31] Reviewer Allan Rausch found their portrayal as "a woman with snakes for hair" up to 2nd edition less compelling than their less human-like depiction in 3rd edition.[17] | ||
| Men | Aborigines/Cavemen, Adventurers, Bandits/Brigands, Barbarians/Nomads, Berserkers/Dervishes, Farmers/Herders, Gentry, Knights, Mercenary Soldiers, Merchant Sailors/Fishermen, Merchants/Traders, Middle Class, Peasantry (serfs), Pilgrims, Pirates/Buccaneers, Police/Constabulary, Priests, Sailors, Slavers, Soldiers, Thieves/Thugs, Tradesmen/Craftsmen, Tribesmen, and Wizards | The game aims to present humans with the same diversity found in the real world and more, but in most cases they are statistically comparatively homogeneous, and depictions have often suffered from Eurocentrism. As the players are humans, in the game humans are the standard against which other playable races are compared,[12] and often promoted "as the best or most versatile characters".[68] Berserkers are based on the berserkir, "men of Odin, whom the god made strong like wild beasts", from Icelandic sagas and Snorri Sturluson's history of the kings of Norway.[69] | ||
| Mind flayer | Strategic Review #1[14]: 22 | "Squid-headed humanoids", considered one of "the game's signature monsters" by Philip J. Clements.[26]: 133 Reviewer Julien Blondel described them as vile brain-eating creatures full of psionic energy. He found them delightful creatures for a sadistic Dungeon Master to use, and a useful bridge between classic game worlds and the planes, as illithids abound in both.[70] | ||
| Minotaur | Based on the creature from Greek mythology,[1][3][31][71] but translated from a singular creature into a species.[33] In 2021, Comic Book Resources counted the minotaur as one of the "7 Underused Monster Races in Dungeons & Dragons", stating that "far from just brutal monsters. Many are lawful by nature, which means, surprisingly, Minotaurs make for some good Paladins. They also, obviously, make for some good Barbarians, Monks and Fighters. There's a lot of potential with Minotaurs. People hate and fear them, but you might be able to play that to your advantage...or fight against the stereotypes."[72] | |||
| Mud-man | Screen Rant compiled a list of the game's "10 Most Powerful (And 10 Weakest) Monsters, Ranked" in 2018, calling this one of the weakest, saying "The mudmen are magically bound to their pool of mud, which means that the only way they can defeat an enemy is if they walk right into the middle of a dirty puddle. They will then have to score numerous hits in order to prevent the enemy from running away."[53] | |||
| Mummy | Powerful undead usually from desert areas, wrapped in bandages. Based on the creature from Gothic fiction and appearances in more contemporary entertainment, a typical denizen of the Ravenloft setting.[34][73] In his review of the Monster Manual in the British magazine White Dwarf #8 (August/September 1978), Don Turnbull noted that the mummy was revised from its previous statistics, and could now cause paralysis on sight (as a result of fear).[74] | |||
| Nixie | ||||
| Nymph | Based on the nymph from Greek mythology,[1][3] also an instance of the sexist tropes the game draws on which presented female sexuality as inherently dangerous.[26]: 94 Appeared in the movie Futurama: Bender's Game.[75] | |||
| Ogre | Ogre, Ogre mage and Merrow | Large, powerful humanoid creatures, with slightly below average intelligence.[44]: 249, 257 [76] Typical bad guys in the game,[45] who can be used to teach "players about fighting big, powerful, stupid monsters, which is an iconic D&D experience".[62]: 356 | ||
| Oozes/slimes/jellies | Ochre Jelly, Gray Ooze, Crystal Ooze, Gelatinous cube and Green Slime | "D&D's large variety of monstrous oozes and slimes took their original inspiration from Irvin S. Yeathworth Jr's The Blob" movie. In the artificial dungeon environment of the game, they function as a "clean up crew". The gelatinous cube, "a living mound of gelatinous jelly",[23]: 138 was considered especially suited for that role, as it fi exactly in the standard grid for tactical combat. Considered an "iconic monster".[1] | ||
| Orc | Orc and Orog | Directly adapted from the orc in J.R.R. Tolkien's works.[1] Considered one of the "five main "humanoid" races" in AD&D by Paul Karczag and Lawrence Schick.[10]: 92 Presented as "evil" and "savage raiders" in the game.[26]: 48, 95 | ||
| Owl | Normal, Giant and Talking | |||
| Owlbear | ||||
| Pegasus | Winged horse. Taken from greek mythology, an example of the diverse cultures amalgamated into D&D.[31][77] | |||
| Piercer | Strategic Review #3[14]: 22 | |||
| Pseudodragon | "a miniature dragon that also has a tail stinger"[36] Reviewer Philippe Tessier found it "very nice" and interesting when made available as a familiar.[27] | |||
| Puddings, deadly | Black, White, Dun and Brown | "D&D's large variety of monstrous oozes and slimes took their original inspiration from Irvin S. Yeathworth Jr's The Blob" movie.[1] | ||
| Rakshasa | Strategic Review #3[14]: 22 | Normal and Greater | Based on the creature from Hindu mythology.[34] | |
| Rat | Common and Giant | Example of a monster posing little threat to the characters in the game,[23]: 22 suitable for play at lowest level.[48] | ||
| Ray | Manta, Pungi and Sting Rays, Ixitxachitl | |||
| Remorhaz | ||||
| Satyr | Based on the satyr from classical sources.[1] | |||
| Scorpion | Large, Huge and Giant | Scorpions have the distinction of having been the very first combat encounter in the first playtest, run by Gary Gygax, of the original version of the game.[23]: 65–66 Giant: Scorpion the size of a horse, its stinger carries a deadly poison.[38]: 148–149 | ||
| Selkie | ||||
| Shadow | In his review of the Monster Manual in the British magazine White Dwarf #8 (August/September 1978), Don Turnbull noted his disappointment that the shadow is of the undead class and thus subject to a cleric's turn undead ability. Turnbull commented, "I used to enjoy seeing clerics vainly trying to turn what wouldn't turn, when Shadows were first met".[74] Rob Bricken of io9 identified the shadow as one of "The 12 Most Obnoxious Dungeons & Dragons Monsters".[78] | |||
| Skeleton | Dungeons & Dragons "white box" set (1974), Monster Manual (1977), Dragon No. 66, Monster Manual II (1983), Dragon No. 138, Dungeons & Dragons Basic Set (1977, 1981, 1983), Dungeons & Dragons Game set (1991), Dungeons & Dragons Rules Cyclopedia (1991), Dungeons & Dragons Rules Cyclopedia (1991), Dungeons & Dragons Adventure Game (1999), Monstrous Compendium Volume One, Monstrous Manual, Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium Appendix III: Creatures of Darkness (1994), Monster Manual (2000), Monster Manual (2003), Libris Mortis: The Book of Undead, Monster Manual (2008) | Normal, Animal skeleton and Monster skeleton | Skeleton of a deceased creature animated as an undead. The skeleton was ranked second among the ten best low-level monsters by the authors of Dungeons & Dragons For Dummies: "introduces players to the special advantages and weaknesses of undead monsters". They also thank Ray Harryhausen for people knowing what fighting skeletons ought to look like.[62] Screen Rant ranked the tiny skeleton one of the weakest D&D creatures, saying "[skeletons] go all the way down to Tiny-sized creatures, which means that it is possible for your party of adventurers to fight a group of skeletons that are the same size as action figures."[53] | |
| Skunk | Normal and Giant | |||
| Snake | Constrictor (Normal and Giant), Poisonous (Normal and Giant), Giant Sea and Giant Spitting Snakes | |||
| Spectre | Inspired by Gothic fiction, a typical denizen of the Ravenloft setting.[34] | |||
| Spider | Large, Huge, Giant, Giant Water, Giant Marine and Phase Spiders | Phase spider: Arachnid as big as a medium-large dog that can shift between dimensions and bite with fangs of deadly poison.[38]: 148–149 | ||
| Sprite | ||||
| Toad, giant | Giant, Fire, Ice and Poisonous Toads | |||
| Treant | Based on the Ent by J. R. R. Tolkien.[1][14]: 27 | |||
| Troll | Troll, Two-Headed Troll, Freshwater and Saltwater Scrag | Tall green-skinned[42] evil gaunt humanoids. A characteristic denizen of AD&D worlds.[2] Their appearance and powerful regenerative ability is taken from Three Hearts and Three Lions by Poul Anderson rather than from their mythological or Tolkienesque counterparts.[1][32][69] Considered one of the "five main "humanoid" races" in AD&D by Paul Karczag and Lawrence Schick.[10]: 92 | ||
| Umber hulk | Umber Hulk and Vodyanoi | They are a type of humanoid insect. They have long mandible arms with powerful claws. Anyone looking into their eyes can be driven mad. | ||
| Unicorn | Based on the creature from medieval bestiaries.[1][34] The Dungeons & Dragons animated series featured Uni the unicorn as well-received "mascot" and "cute animal sidekick".[79] | |||
| Vampire | Depiction is related to those in 1930s and 1940s Hollywood Dracula movies,[1] as well as folklore[73] and Gothic fiction; a typical denizen of the Ravenloft setting[34][2] and "classic" monster of the game.[27] | |||
| Wight | Thin humanoid undead.[80] Directly adapted from the barrow-wight in Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings,[1][14]: 27 while the concept is inspired Icelandic sagas.[69] Rob Bricken of io9 identified the wight as one of "The 12 Most Obnoxious Dungeons & Dragons Monsters".[78] | |||
| Will o'wisp | ||||
| Wolf | Wolf, Dire Wolf (Worg), Winter wolf | Worgs are giant wolves inspired by the wargs in the works of J.R.R. Tolkien; the name was changed for legal reasons, while both word an concept ultimately go back to Old Norse idea of varg, which can refer to wolves in their violent aspect.[69] | ||
| Wolfwere | A reverse of a werewolf, that transforms from a wolf to either a humanoid or an humanoid-wolf hybrid instead of from a human to a humanoid wolf. | |||
| Wraith | Inspired by Gothic fiction, a typical denizen of the Ravenloft setting.[34] | |||
| Wyvern | Dragon-like in overall appearance, the wyvern features a serpentine head, wings, scales, but only two legs and no breath weapon. Its tail is equipped with a poisonous tail stinger.[36] | |||
| Yeti | ||||
| Yuan-ti | A species of "cult-like snake people".[81] The original yuan-ti castes were the abominations, the halfbreeds, and the purebloods, which first appeared in the module Dwellers of the Forbidden City (1981),[82][83][84] In the adventure, the characters are hired to find an object taken to a lost oriental-style city, which has been taken over by a cult of snake-worshipers, the yuan-ti, and their servants, the mongrelmen and tasloi.[10]: 101 Snakes and snake-worship used in fiction have been criticized as characteristic of Orientalism.[85] The publication history, digital and print, of yuan-ti falls into this pattern as they serve as uncomplicated antagonists in "exotic" settings.[44][86][87] Graeme Barber, a game designer noted for his critique of racism in Dungeons & Dragons,[88] used yuan-ti in his contribution to the book Candlekeep Mysteries. Controversy arose after Wizards of the Coast, according to Barber, altered his depiction of yuan-ti.[89] Summarizing his critique of the simplistic portrayal, Barber wrote, "Yuan-ti are evil because evil."[90] Keith Ammann, in his 2019 book The Monsters Know What They're Doing, commented of the yuan-ti purebloods that "Yuan-ti have had hundreds of generations to live and adapt on their own, so they'll have the same self-preservation instinct as any evolved species."[44] TheGamer.com in April 2021 listed the yuan-ti pureblood as #2 on their list of "10 Most Underrated Races That Are Better Than You Think".[91] CBR.com listed the yuan-ti pure blood as #5 on their list of "Top 10 Playable Species In D&D".[92] | |||
| Zombie | Common, Monster and Ju-Ju Zombie | Based on the zombie from folklore as well as more contemporary entertainment.[73] | ||
TSR 2103 – MC2 – Monstrous Compendium Volume Two (1989) Edit
| TSR 2103 – MC2 – Monstrous Compendium Volume Two (1989) – ISBN 0-88038-753-X | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
This was the second volume in the Monstrous Compendium series, for the second edition of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, published in 1989. As with Volume One, most of the monsters for Volume Two were taken from previous first edition AD&D books, with greatly expanded entries that now filled an entire page and had an all-new illustration. Volume Two was packaged in a wraparound cover, and the pages were designed to fit in the binder that came with Volume One of the Monstrous Compendium. The pack consisted of 144 pages, unnumbered, and included a 2-page alphabetical index to Volume One and Volume Two, 10 pages of monster summoning and random encounter charts, and a blank monster sheet to be photocopied with a sheet of instructions for the blank monster form, with the remainder consisting of the monster descriptions. Also included were 8 full-page illustrations on heavier card stock.
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| Creature | Other appearances | Variants | Description | |
| Aarakocra | In 2020, Comic Book Resources counted the aarakocra as # 9 on the list of "10 Powerful Monster Species That You Should Play As", stating that "As long as they're not wearing heavy or medium armor you have a flying sniper, essentially."[60] | |||
| Aboleth | ||||
| Ankheg | ||||
| Ant | Giant ant and Ant Swarm | |||
| Ant lion, giant | ||||
| Ape, carnivorous | ||||
| Baboon | Wild Baboon and Banderlog | |||
| Badger | Common and giant | |||
| Barracuda | ||||
| Basilisk | Lesser, greater and Dracolisk | Based on the creature from medieval bestiaries.[1] In the original Monster Manual it is described as a reptilian monster whose gaze can turn creatures to stone.[93] | ||
| Beetle | Bombardier, Boring, Fire, Rhinoceros, Stag and Water | |||
| Bulette | Also called land shark, inspired by a plastic toy from Hong Kong.[1] In his 2019 book The Monsters Know What They're Doing, author Keith Ammann called bulettes "brutes tailor-made to give your players jump scares" and found its preferences and aversions for the meat of different humanoid races "ludicrous".[44]: 157–158 | |||
| Bullywug | ||||
| Crocodile | Normal and giant | |||
| Crustacean, giant | Giant Crab and Giant Crayfish | |||
| Dolphin | ||||
| Doppleganger | ||||
| Dragonne | Lion-headed dragon-like creature, it was "Originally described as 'a weird cross between a brass dragon and a giant lion'". Present "in every edition of the game", James Wyatt stated it was "probably the oldest manifestation in the game of the idea of a half-dragon". Renamed to liondrake in 5th edition.[94] | |||
| Dryad | Based on the dryad from classical sources.[1] The dryad appears as a player character class in Tall Tales of the Wee Folk in the "DM's booklet" (1989).[10]: 146 | |||
| Dwarf | Hill and Mountain | Based on Tolkien's version of the dwarf.[3][26]: 78 Often depicted as "short, stout, and fond of ale", "bearded masters of metalworking" and "predisposed towards a "good" moral alignment", "tend to embody an extreme vision of masculinity".[26]: 58, 67, 78, 165 | ||
| Dwarf, duergar | Duergar and Steeder (Giant Spider) | An "evil and avaricious" dwarven subrace,[95]: 152 Backstab reviewer Michaël Croitoriu found them interesting as a player character option.[45] | ||
| Eagle | Wild and giant | |||
| Eel | Electric, Giant, Marine and Weed | |||
| Elf, Drow | Drow and Drider | Made famous by R. A. Salvatore's Drizzt novels, these dark elves from the game influenced subsequent works of fantasy.[1] Drow have a gender-based caste system that says "a great deal about attitures towards gender roles in the real world".[26]: 34 | ||
| Ettercap | ||||
| Ettin | ||||
| Fish, giant | Giant Catfish, Giant Gar and Giant Pike | |||
| Frog | Giant, killer and poisonous | |||
| Fungus | Strategic Review #3[14]: 22 (Shrieker) | Violet Fungus, Shrieker, Phycomid, Ascomoid and Gas Spore | Author Ben Woodard called D&D's fungi horrific in their variety, not only due to their poisonous nature but their creepy ability to move.[96] Scott Baird from Screen Rant ranked the man-sized shrieker among the weakest monsters in the game, at "the bottom of the mushroom monster food chain": They "can be used as cheap alarm systems for Underdark societies, but they possess no combat abilities of their own. The only thing a shrieker can do is shriek".[53] | |
| Galeb duhr | ||||
| Gargoyle | Gargoyle and Margoyle | |||
| Genie | Al-Qadim – Land of Fate | Jann and Marid | Based on notions from Middle Eastern culture,[2] genies in the game are powerful elemental spirits from the Inner Planes, each of the four classical elements having its own subspecies of genie. Marids were largely changed from their mythological namesakes to fit to the element of water. Keith Ammann assumes the game's creators were inspired by the syllable mar- meaning "sea" in Latin, even though there is no such connection in Arabic.[44]: 485–493 | |
| Giant-kin, Cyclops | Dungeons & Dragons "white box" set (1974), Gods, Demi-gods & Heroes (1976)m Deities & Demigods Cyclopedia (1980) (Greater and lesser), Legends & Lore (1985), Monster Manual II (1983) (Cyclopskin), Dungeons & Dragons Expert Set (1981 & 1983), Dungeons & Dragons Game, Dungeons & Dragons Rules Cyclopedia (1991), Classic Dungeons & Dragons Game (1994), Dungeons & Dragons Adventure Game (1999), Monstrous Manual (1993), Legends & Lore (1990), Deities and Demigods (2002), Shining South (2004), Monster Manual (2008), Monster Manual 2 (2009) Monster Manual (2014) | One-eyed giants[97] based on Greek mythology.[32] Ranked tenth among the ten best mid-level 4th Edition monsters by the authors of Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition For Dummies.[97] | ||
| Giant-kin, firbolg | In 2021, Comic Book Resources counted the firbolg as one of the "7 Underused Monster Races in Dungeons & Dragons", stating that "Firbolgs are a blend of strength and magic, making them useful for classes that blend the two. Firbolgs work well as Clerics and Druids, but they can also make for a good Ranger. Your harmony with nature will leave you definitely wanting to have a nature focus, but you'll also stand out in a crowd. As a naturally shy race, be sure to consider that when playing your character. Typically speaking, Firbolgs aren't aggressive."[72] | |||
| Giant-kin, fomorian | ||||
| Giant-kin, verbeeg | ||||
| Gorgon | "iron plated bull", based on early modern bestiaries, with only the name being derived from the Classical counterpart.[31][32] | |||
| Griffin | ||||
| Groaning spirit (banshee) | Inspired by Gothic fiction, a typical denizen of the Ravenloft setting.[34] | |||
| Guardian daemon | Least, lesser and greater | |||
| Hag | Annis, Greenhag and Sea Hag | Immortal wicked and ugly powerful females with magical abilities for deception. Based on the pervasive figure from folklore, with "different interpretations of the monster around the world" being worked into different variants in the game, allowing each "a little more personality".[73] In the view of Stag and Trammel, hags in D&D represent misogynistic and ageist tendencies in their authors.[52][98] SyFy Wire in 2018 called it one of "The 9 Scariest, Most Unforgettable Monsters From Dungeons & Dragons", saying that "There are endless horrific possibilities when it comes to hags."[99] | ||
| Haunt | ||||
| Hawk | Large (hawk), Small (falcon) and Blood Hawk | |||
| Hell hound | In his review of the Monster Manual, Don Turnbull noted in the British magazine White Dwarf #8 (August/September 1978) that the breath weapon of the "much-feared" hell hound had been altered from its previous appearance.[74] | |||
| Heucuva | Monstrous Manual; as Huecuva: Fiend Folio (1981), Dungeon No. 86, Dungeon No. 94, Fiend Folio (2003), Dragon No. 364 | Undead created from divine or oathbound creatures who have failed in their vows. | ||
| Hippocampus | Based on medieval bestiaries. "Depicted as the front half of a horse and the rear half of a fish or sea-serpent."[32] Tyler Linn of Cracked.com listed it among the "15 Most Idiotic Monsters In Dungeons & Dragons History". He did not think " it would pose much of a threat" "and was intended to be one of the good guys", but found the depiction "douchey".[56] | |||
| Hippogriff | Originally based on the creature from Persian mythology[34] the adapted hippogriff "was among the earliest fantasy beasts introduced into the Dungeons & Dragons universe".[66] Gary Gygax used a story in which he received a letter asking how many eggs a Hippogriff could lay as an example of the encyclopedic knowledge which fans expected him to have over every detail of gameplay.[100] | |||
| Jermlaine | ||||
| Kelpie | ||||
| Kenku | Crow-like humanoids with a tendency for thievery, loosely based on the Japanese tengu.[101][44]: 56–58 | |||
| Ki-rin | Golden-scaled flying equine exemplar of good with one horn. Based on the kirin from Japanese mythology,[3] an example of the diverse cultures amalgamated into D&D.[77] | |||
| Killmoulis | ||||
| Kuo-toa | "evil fish-men"[10]: 89 | |||
| Lamia | Lamia and Lamia Noble | |||
| Lammasu | Lesser and greater | |||
| Lamprey | Normal, giant and land | |||
| Leech | Leech Swarm, Giant Leech and Throat leech | |||
| Leprechaun | ||||
| Leucrotta | ||||
| Locathah | ||||
| Lurker above | Strategic Review #3 (lurker), Strategic Review #5 (trapper)[14]: 22 | Lurker, Trapper, and Forest Trapper | An original creation for the game's artificial underground environment, this monster was designed as a trap for unwary player characters; the trapper camouflages as a piece of floor, engulfing a victim stepping on it.[1] Rob Bricken of io9 identified the lurker and the trapper as two of "The 12 Most Obnoxious Dungeons & Dragons Monsters".[78] | |
| Lycanthrope | Wereboar and Werefox (Foxwoman) | |||
| Mammal, minimal | The minimal (a contraction of "miniature animal") is a magically reduced version of a normal animal. | |||
| Mammal, small | Beaver, Cat (house), Chipmunk, Ermine, Ferret, Fox, Gopher, Hedgehog, Mink, Mole, Monkey, Mouse, Muskrat, Opossum, Otter, Otter (sea), Otter (giant), Pig (domestic), Pig (wild), Rabbit, Raccoon, Squirrel (flying), Squirrel (giant black) and Woodchuck | Reviewer Philippe Tessier described the rabbit, when made available as a familiar, as little and "doesn't look like much", but valued it as cute, interesting and useful for detecting traps.[27] | ||
| Merman | ||||
| Mimic | An original creation for the game's artificial underground environment, this "iconic monster" looks like a treasure chest and is designed as a trap for unwary player characters.[1] | |||
| Mold | Brown, Russet and Yellow | In the artificial dungeon environment of the game, molds function as a "clean up crew".[1] | ||
| Mongrelman | ||||
| Morkoth | ||||
| Muckdweller | ||||
| Myconid (fungus man) | A "race of [man-sized] sentient fungus creatures", "some of which pack a mean punch", and which have the "ability to spray poisons that can disable their foes".[53] | |||
| Naga | Strategic Review #3[14]: 22 | Guardian, Spirit and Water | Snake-like magical creatures with humanoid head. Based on the nāga from Indian mythology.[3] | |
| Nereid | ||||
| Obliviax (memory moss) | The obliviax (memory moss) appeared on Geek.com's list of "The most underrated monsters of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons".[102] | |||
| Octopus, giant | ||||
| Osquip | ||||
| Otyugh | Otyugh and Neo-otyugh | Game designer Don Turnbull rated the otyugh as a "most interesting creation".[74] | ||
| Piranha | Normal and giant | |||
| Pixie | The pixie appeared as a player character class in Tall Tales of the Wee Folk (1989).[10]: 146 | |||
| Plant, carnivorous | Choke Creeper, Hangman tree, Mantrap, Strangleweed, Giant Sundew and Tri-flower Frond | |||
| Poltergeist | ||||
| Porcupine | Black, brown and giant | |||
| Roc | Dungeons & Dragons set (1974), Monster Manual (1977), Monster Manual (2000), Monster Manual (2003), Monster Manual (2008), Monster Manual (2014) | An enormous bird, based on a mythological creature probably of Persian origin, known from Sindbad the Sailor.[32] | ||
| Roper | Strategic Review #2[14]: 22 | A dangerous inhabitant of the Underdark[103] with "murderous behavior".[104] | ||
| Rot grub | An original creation for the game's artificial underground environment, this monster was designed as a trap for unwary player characters: living in corpses, they infect those who disturb these dead searching for riches.[1] | |||
| Rust monster | Large armored tick-like monster which devours metals. An original invention for the game and its artificial underground world, the appearance of the rust monster was inspired by a plastic toy from Hong Kong.[105] It was ranked among the most memorable as well as obnoxious creatures in the game, terrifying to certain characters and their players not due to their ability to fight but to destroy their items.[1][35][78][5][23]: 138 Chris Sims of the on-line magazine Comics Alliance referred to the rust monster as "the most feared D&D monster".[106] | |||
| Sahuagin | ||||
| Salamander | Salamander and Fire Snake | |||
| Sandling | ||||
| Sea horse, giant | ||||
| Sea lion | Monster Manual (1977), Monster Manual (2000) and Monster Manual (2003) (as Sea cat) | |||
| Shambling mound | Strategic Review #3[14]: 22 | Plant-like creature resembling a heap of rotting vegetation. Ben Woodard considered its ability to move "the base creepiness of the creep".[96] | ||
| Shark | Common and giant (megalodon) | |||
| Slithering tracker | ||||
| Slug, giant | ||||
| Sphinx | Androsphinx, Criosphinx, Gynosphinx and Hieracosphinx | Based on Egyptian and Classical mythology, an example of the diverse cultures amalgamated into D&D.[31][77] | ||
| Squid, giant | Giant squid and Kraken | |||
| Stirge | Flying and blood-sucking[29] bird-like creatures. | |||
| Swanmay | Swanmay and Swan | Inspired by a character from Three Hearts and Three Lions by Poul Anderson rather than their mythological counterparts.[1][32] | ||
| Sylph | ||||
| Tarrasque | Ranked among the strongest monsters in the game by Scott Baird from Screen Rant, "the ultimate challenge for many players".[53] Rob Bricken from io9 named the tarrasque as the 10th most memorable D&D monster.[35] The tarrasque appeared on the 2018 Screen Rant top list at No. 5 on " Dungeons & Dragons: The 20 Most Powerful Creatures, Ranked", and Scott Baird highlighted that "The tarrasque is currently the most powerful creature in the 5th edition of Dungeons & Dragons, where it is matched only by Tiamat in terms of its combat prowess."[107] | |||
| Tasloi | ||||
| Triton | ||||
| Troglodyte | Based on the stock character of the primitive caveman, Gary Gygax portrayed the troglodyte in the game as more monstrous, with chaotic and evil behaviour, offensive smell and lizard-like characteristics.[108] | |||
| Urchin | Black, Green, Red, Silver, Yellow and Land | First published in White Dwarf #9 (October/November 1978), submitted by Nick Louth.[109] It was voted among the top ten monsters from the magazine's "Fiend Factory" column and reprinted in Best of White Dwarf Articles (1980).[110][111][112] | ||
| Urd | ||||
| Water weird | An "old personal favorite" of reviewer Mark Theurer.[30] | |||
| Weasel | Wild and giant | |||
| Whale | Common, Giant, Leviathan, Killer and Narwhal | The leviathan is based on the creature from Hebrew mythology.[34] | ||
| Wolverine | Normal and giant | |||
| Worm | Purple worm, Tenebrous worm and Tunnel worm | The "dread purple worm" attacks with both ends,[67]: 268 maw and stinger. | ||
| Xorn | ||||
| Yellow musk creeper & zombie | Creeping plant that drains the intelligence of its victims, possibly turning them into "zombies" under the plant's control. Ben Woodard found it an expression of the "seemingly endless morphology of fungal creep and toxicological capacity" within the game.[96] | |||
TSR 2104 – MC3 – Monstrous Compendium – Forgotten Realms Appendix (1989) Edit
| TSR 2104 – MC3 – Monstrous Compendium – Forgotten Realms Appendix (1989) – ISBN 0-88038-769-6 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| This appendix to the Monstrous Compendium series was designed for use with the Forgotten Realms campaign setting for the second edition of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons game. The pack consisted of 64 5-hole punched unnumbered loose-leaf pages. | ||||
| Creature | Other appearances | Variants | Description | |
| Ascallion | Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Four (1998) (as Fish, Ascallion) | Adult Female, Young, Adult Male | ||
| Asperii | Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Four (1998) | |||
| Beholder-kin | Monstrous Manual (1993) | Spectator, Gauth | ||
| Belabra (Tangler) | ||||
| Berbalang | ||||
| Bhaergala | Monstrous Manual (1993) (as Mammal) | |||
| Bichir (Lungfish, Giant) | ||||
| Bunyip | Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Three (1996) | |||
| Burbur | Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Three (1996) | |||
| Claw, Crawling | Monstrous Manual (1993) | Screen Rant ranked the crawling claw among the 10 weakest monsters in 2018: "At best, you can use a bunch of them to act as a distraction or as a screen while another villain prepares a spell or trap."[53] | ||
| Cloaker | Monstrous Manual (1993) | An original creation for the game's artificial underground environment, this monster was designed as a trap for unwary player characters; it looks like a living cloak with teeth.[1] | ||
| Darkenbeast | ||||
| Death, Crimson | Monstrous Manual (1993) (as Mist, Crimson Death) | |||
| Dinosaur | Monstrous Manual (1993) (Ankylosaurus, Deinonychus, Diplodocus, Elasmosaurus, Lambeosaurus, Pteranodon, Stegosaurus, Triceratops and Tyrannosaurus rex) | Allosaurus, Anchisaurus, Ankylosaurus, Paleocinthus, Archelon, Brachiosaurus, Brontosaurus, Camarasaurus, Camptosaurus, Ceratosaurus, Cetiosaurus, Compsognathus, Deinonychus, Dilophosaurus, Dimetrodon, Dinichthys, Temnodontosaurus, Diplodocus, Elasmosaurus, Euparkeria, Gorgosaurus, Iguanodon, Lambeosaurus, Mamenchisaurus, Massospondylus, Megalosaurus, Monoclonius, Mosasaurus, Nothosaurus, Ornitholestes, Pentaceratops, Plateosaurus, Plesiosaurus, Podokesaurus, Pteranodon, Pterosaurus, Stegosaurus, Dacentrurus, Kentrosaurus, Struthiomimus, Styracosaurus, Tanystropheus, Teratosaurus, Trachodon, Triceratops, Tyrannosaurus rex | Considered among the "standard repertoire of "Monsters"",[3] and among the 12 most underrated monsters, "a creature as large and fearsome as a dragon but without all the hype".[102] | |
| Dracolich | Monstrous Manual (1993) | A dragon made even more powerful by transforming into an undead version of itself, which can only be destroyed if "its phylactery is taken to another dimension". Ranked among the strongest monsters in the game by Scott Baird from Screen Rant.[53] It was also one of the first new creatures introduced for the Forgotten Realms campaign setting.[40] | ||
| Dragon, Faerie | Monstrous Manual (1993) (as Dragonet, Faerie Dragon) | |||
| Oriental Dragons (General) | ||||
| Lung Wang (Sea Dragon) | ||||
| Pan Lung (Coiled Dragon) | ||||
| Shen Lung (Spirit Dragon) | ||||
| T'ien Lung (Celestial Dragon) | ||||
| Tun Mi Lung (Typhoon Dragon) | ||||
| Yu Lung (Carp Dragon) | ||||
| Chiang Ling (River Dragon) | ||||
| Li Lung (Earth Dragon) | ||||
| Firenewt | Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Three (1996) | |||
| Firestar | Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Four (1998) | |||
| Maedar | Monstrous Manual (1993) (as Medusa, Maedar) | Maedar, Glyptar | Male version of the medusa, a consequence of turning the singular monster from classic mythology into a species in the game.[29][33] | |
| Meazel | Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Three (1996) | |||
| Pleistocene Animals | Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Two (1995) (as Pleistocene Animal; all; White Rhinoceros as Wooly Rhinoceros) | Axebeak, Baluchitherium, Megatherium, Phororacos, White Rhinoceros, Titanothere | ||
| Revenant | Monstrous Manual (1993) | |||
| Rhaumbusun | ||||
| Strider, Giant | Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Three (1996) | |||
| Sull | ||||
| Svirfneblin (Deep Gnome) | Monstrous Manual (1993) (Gnome) | |||
| Thessalmonster | Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Three (1996) | Thessalhydra, Thessalmera, Thessalgorgon, Thessaltrice | ||
| Thri-kreen (Mantis Warrior) | Monstrous Manual (1993) | "Praying mantis man" with four arms and a poisonous bite,[113] an "old personal favorite" of reviewer Mark Theurer.[30] With their additional limbs and specialized chatkcha and gythka weapons, thri-kreen were infamous as player characters optimized to do extreme amounts of damage. J.R. Zambrano found them "an interesting race" and preferred their "2nd Edition aesthetic" to others.[114] | ||
| Thylacine | ||||
| Vulture | Monstrous Manual (1993) (as Bird) | Common, Giant, Condor | ||
| Vurgens | Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Four (1998) (as Fish, Vurgens) | |||
| Web, Living | Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Three (1996) | Living, Memory | ||
| Wemic | Monstrous Manual (1993) | |||
TSR 2105 – MC4 – Monstrous Compendium – Dragonlance Appendix (1990) Edit
| TSR 2105 – MC4 – Monstrous Compendium – Dragonlance Appendix (1990) – ISBN 0-88038-822-6 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| This appendix to the Monstrous Compendium series was designed for use with the Dragonlance campaign setting for the second edition of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons game. The pack consisted of 96 5-hole punched loose-leaf pages, unnumbered, and included a "How To Use This Book" page, a page with alphabetical index, 4 pages of random encounter charts, and 2 pages with the compiled game statistics, with the remainder consisting of the descriptions of the fictional monsters. Also included were 4 full-page illustrations on heavier card stock. | ||||
| Creature | Other appearances | Variants | Description | |
| Anemone, Giant | Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Four (1998) (as Anemone, Giant Sea) | |||
| Avian | Monstrous Manual (1993) (as Bird) | Emre, Kingfisher, Skyfisher and 'wari | ||
| Bear, Ice | ||||
| Beast, Undead | Stahnk and Gholor | |||
| Centaur, Abanasinian | ||||
| Centaur, Crystalmir | ||||
| Centaur, Endscape | ||||
| Centaur, Wendle | ||||
| Disir | Time of the Dragon (1989) | |||
| Draconian (proto-), Traag | Time of the Dragon (1989) | |||
| Draconians | A "dragon-like humanoid species",[115]: 167 born from embryos of good dragons corrupted by evil magic, are "cast as beings of pure horror".[116] | |||
| -- Draconian, Aurak | ||||
| -- Draconian, Baaz | ||||
| -- Draconian, Bozak | Barton and Stacks described this draconian as the "ever-popular bozak whose bones explode upon death".[115]: 166 | |||
| -- Draconian, Kapak | ||||
| -- Draconian, Sivak | ||||
| Dragons of Krynn | Powerful and intelligent, usually winged reptiles with magical abilities and breath weapon. | |||
| -- Dragon, Amphi | ||||
| -- Dragon, Astral | Unmated Astral Dragon and Mated Pair | |||
| -- Dragon, Kodragon | Dragon Magic (1989) | |||
| -- Dragon, Othlorx | Time of the Dragon (1989) | Black, Blue, Brass, Bronze, Copper, Green, Red, Silver and White Othlorx | ||
| -- Dragon, Sea | ||||
| Dreamshadow | ||||
| Dreamwraith | ||||
| Dwarf, Daergar | ||||
| Dwarf, Gully | A "tiny, dirty, unorganized folk", but having heart;[117] known for their limited ability to count.[118] Gully dwarves could be used as player characters in the D&D game. They were by design weaker than other character options, and so only appealing to few players who "enjoy the underdog status" they provided.[119] | |||
| Dwarf, Hill (Neidar) | ||||
| Dwarf, Mountain (Hylar) | ||||
| Dwarf, Theiwar | ||||
| Dwarf, Zakhar | ||||
| Elf, High – Qualinesti | ||||
| Elf, High – Silvanesti | ||||
| Elf, Wild – Kagonesti | ||||
| Elf, Half | ||||
| Elf, Sea – Dargonesti | ||||
| Elf, Sea – Dimernesti | ||||
| Eyewing | Dragon Magic (1989), Monstrous Manual (1993) | |||
| Fetch | Inspired by Gothic fiction, a typical denizen of the Ravenloft setting.[34] | |||
| Fire Minion | Time of the Dragon (1989) | |||
| Fireshadow | ||||
| Gnome, Tinker (Minoi) | ||||
| Gurik Cha'ahl | Time of the Dragon (1989) | |||
| Hatori | Monstrous Manual (1993) | Lesser and Greater | ||
| Haunt, Knight | ||||
| Horax | Time of the Dragon (1989) | |||
| Imp, Blood Sea | ||||
| Insect Swarm | Monstrous Manual (1993) | Velvet Ants, Grasshoppers and Locusts | ||
| Kalothagh (Prickleback) | ||||
| Kani Doll | Dragon Magic (1989) | |||
| Kender | A "diminutive and highly playful race that resembles Tolkien's hobbit", with the ability to drive enemies into a rage by taunting them.[115]: 166 | |||
| Knight, Death | Monstrous Manual (1993) | A "powerful undead warrior",[115]: 167 Shannon Applecline considered this creature created by Charles Stross one of the game's especially notable monsters.[14]: 38 | ||
| Kyrie | ||||
| Lizard Man (of Krynn) | Jarak-sinn and Bakali | |||
| Man (of Krynn) | Ice Folk, Knights of Solamnia, Plainsmen and Rebels | |||
| Minotaur (of Krynn) | Blood Sea Minotaur | |||
| Ogre (of Krynn) | Ogre and Orughi | |||
| Ogre, High (Irda) | ||||
| Phaethon | Phaethon and Elder Phaethon | |||
| Shadowperson | Shadowperson and Revered Ancient One | |||
| Shimmerweed | ||||
| Skrit | Time of the Dragon (1989) | |||
| Slig | ||||
| Spectral Minion | "nasties" also appearing the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes of the Lance computer game.[120] | |||
| Spider (of Krynn) | Whisper Spider and Giant Trap Door Spider | |||
| Stag | Wild Stag, Giant Stag and the White Stag | |||
| Tayling | Tayling and Tayland | |||
| Thanoi (Walrus Man) | ||||
| Tylor | ||||
| Warrior, Skeleton | Monstrous Manual (1993) | |||
| Wichtlin | ||||
| Wyndlass | ||||
| Yaggol | Time of the Dragon (1989) | |||
| Yeti-kin, Saqualaminoi | Time of the Dragon (1989) | |||
TSR 2107 – MC5 – Monstrous Compendium – Greyhawk Appendix (1990) Edit
| TSR 2107 – MC5 – Monstrous Compendium – Greyhawk Appendix (1990) – ISBN 0-88038-836-6 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| This appendix to the Monstrous Compendium series was designed for use with the Greyhawk campaign setting for the second edition of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons game. The pack consisted of 64 5-hole punched loose-leaf pages, unnumbered, and included a "How To Use This Book" page with an alphabetical index, 4 pages of random encounter charts, with the remainder consisting of the descriptions of the fictional monsters. Also included were 4 full-page illustrations on heavier card stock. | ||||
| Creature | Other appearances | Variants | Description | |
| Aspis | Monstrous Manual (1993) (as Insect) | Drone, Larva and Cow | ||
| Beastman | ||||
| Beetle | Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Three (1996) | Death watch beetle and Slicer Beetle | ||
| Bonesnapper | ||||
| Booka | ||||
| Brownie, Buckawn | ||||
| Brownie, Quickling | Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Two (1995) | Small, intelligent, chaotic and speedy, it appeared on Geek.com's list of "The most underrated monsters of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons".[102] | ||
| Crypt thing | Monstrous Manual (1993) | |||
| Crystalmist | ||||
| Dragons | Powerful and intelligent, usually winged reptiles with magical abilities and breath weapon. | |||
| -- Dragon, Cloud | Monstrous Manual (1993) | |||
| -- Dragon, Greyhawk | ||||
| -- Dragon, Mist | Monstrous Manual (1993) | |||
| -- Dragon, Shadow | Monstrous Manual (1993) | Reviewer Philippe Tessier found the shadow dragon a very dangerous foe in frontal assault.[27] | ||
| Dragonfly, Giant | Monstrous Manual (1993) (as Insect) | Adult and Larva (Nymph) | ||
| Dragonnel | ||||
| Elf, Grugach | ||||
| Elf, Valley | ||||
| Giant-kin, Voadkyn | Monstrous Manual (1993) (as Giant, Wood) | |||
| Giant-kin, Spriggan | Monstrous Manual (1993) (as Gnome, Spriggan) | |||
| Grell | Monstrous Compendium – Spelljammer Appendix (1991) (as Soldier/Worker), Monstrous Manual (1993) (as Soldier/Worker) | "terrifying beaked, tentacled monsters that populate the realm of Underdark".[54] Tyler Linn of Cracked.com listed the grell among the "15 Most Idiotic Monsters In Dungeons & Dragons History" and found that it's movement by floating contributed to it looking ridiculous.[56] | ||
| Gremlin | Monstrous Manual (1993) | Gremlin, Fremlin and Galltrit | ||
| Grippli | Monstrous Manual (1993) | "humanoid tree-frogs" forming "a society of "uncommonly intelligent" humanoid amphibians who were quick to adapt and acquire new skills"; J.R. Zambrano thought of them as a good choice to create a player character race.[121] | ||
| Grung | "selfish, simple-minded frog people"[81] based on poisonous frogs[121] | |||
| Hobgoblin, Norker | ||||
| Hook horror | Monstrous Manual (1993) | A bipedal, subterranean monster that looks like a vulture-like humanoid with bony hooks in place of hands. The hook horror was first published in White Dwarf #12 (April–May 1979), and was originally submitted by Ian Livingstone.[122] It was voted among the top ten monsters from the magazine's "Fiend Factory" column and reprinted in Best of White Dwarf Articles (1980).[110][111][112] Ed Greenwood, in his review of the Fiend Folio for Dragon magazine, considered the hook horror as one of the creatures with "strange appearances and little else; there is no depth to their listings" and that it was one of the creatures which "seem incomplete".[123] | ||
| Horgar | ||||
| Hound, Yeth | Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1994) | |||
| Iguana, Giant | ||||
| Ingundi | ||||
| Kech | ||||
| Kyuss, Son of | Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Three (1996) | |||
| Mist, Vampiric | Monstrous Manual (1993) | |||
| Mite | Monstrous Manual (1993) | Mite and Snyad (Pestie) | ||
| Necrophidius | Monstrous Manual (1993) (as Golem, Necrophidius) | Undead consisting of a humanoid skull and giant snake vertebrae, "looks like the skeleton of a Guardian Naga", with venomous bite and mesmerizing powers; first published in White Dwarf #7 (June/July 1978), submitted by Simon Tilbrook.[124] In 1980 it was voted the best monster from the magazine's "Fiend Factory" column.[110] | ||
| Needleman | Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Three (1996) | First published in White Dwarf #6 (April 1978), submitted by Trevor Graver.[125] It was voted among the top ten monsters from the magazine's "Fiend Factory" column and reprinted in Best of White Dwarf Articles (1980).[110][111][112] | ||
| Plant, Carnivorous | Vampire Cactus, Kampfult and Giant Polyp | |||
| Rat | Camprat and Vapor Rat | |||
| Raven (Crow) | Monstrous Manual (1993) (as Bird; Raven variants only) | Ordinary, Huge and Giant Raven and Crow | ||
| Scarecrow | Monstrous Manual (1993) (as Golem, Scarecrow) | |||
| Shadow, Slow | ||||
| Skulk | ||||
| Snail | Flail and Sea Snail | Shannon Applecline considered the flail snail one of the "silly monsters" of the game.[14]: 38 CJ Miozzi included the flail snail on The Escapist's list of "The Dumbest Dungeons & Dragons Monsters Ever (And How To Use Them)".[126] | ||
| Sprite | Monstrous Manual (1993) | Atomie, Grig and Sea Sprite | ||
| Taer | Monstrous Manual (1993) (as Mammal) | |||
| Tentamort | ||||
| Turtle | Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Two (1995) (as Turtle, Giant) | Giant Sea and Giant Snapping Turtle | ||
| Tyrg | Monstrous Manual (1993) (as Mammal) | |||
| Wolf, Mist | ||||
| Wraith | Swordwraith and Soul Beckoner | |||
| Zombie, Sea | Monstrous Manual (1993) | |||
| Zygom | ||||
TSR 2116 – MC6 – Monstrous Compendium – Kara-Tur Appendix (1990) Edit
| TSR 2116 – MC6 – Monstrous Compendium – Kara-Tur Appendix (1990) – ISBN 0-88038-851-X | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| This appendix to the Monstrous Compendium series was designed for use with the Oriental Adventures campaign setting called Kara-Tur for the second edition of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons game. The pack consisted of 64 5-hole punched loose-leaf pages, unnumbered, and included a "How To Use This Book" page with an alphabetical index and 4 pages of random encounter charts, with the remainder consisting of the descriptions of the fictional monsters. Also included were 4 full-page illustrations on heavier card stock. | ||||
| Creature | Other appearances | Variants | Description | |
| Bajang | ||||
| Bakemono | ||||
| Bisan | Fey connected to a tree that can transform into flying insects, such as honey bees or fruit flies. | |||
| Buso | Tigbanua Buso and Tagamaling Buso | |||
| Carp, Giant | Monstrous Manual (1993) (as Fish) | |||
| Centipede, Spirit | Greater, Lesser and Least | |||
| Chu-u | Legless ghosts deemed neither good or evil enough to enter the afterlife. | |||
| Con-tinh | Ghosts of women who died young. Their laugh could drive listeners to insanity. | |||
| Doc cu'o'c | Axe-wielding spirits that hunt evil ghosts. They have the appearance of a man cut perfectly in half. | |||
| Duruch'i-lin | Ch'i-lin and Duru | |||
| Flame Spirit | Greater, Lesser and Least | |||
| Foo Creature | Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1994) | Foo Dog and Foo Lion | ||
| Gaki | Jiki-ketsu-gaki, Jiki-niku-gaki, Shikki-gaki and Shinen-gaki | |||
| Gargantua | Monstrous Manual (1993) | Reptilian, Humanoid and Insectoid Gargantua | ||
| Goblin Rat | Goblinoid wererats unable to transmit lycanthropy. | |||
| Goblin Spider | Giant spider that can mimic voices. | |||
| Hai Nu | Sentient aquatic humanoids. | |||
| Hannya | ||||
| Hengeyokai | Race of sentient shapeshifting animals able to adopt humanoid, beast, and hybrid forms. | |||
| Hsing-sing | Ape-like creatures naturally peaceful outside of "war-season", during which they become more aggressive. | |||
| Hu Hsien | Appears to be an oriental female human with long fox tail. These are magically enchanted, evil women with spell-abilities and an endless hunger for human life energy. They are type vampire capable of shapeshifting. | |||
| Ikiryo | ||||
| Jishin Mushi | Giant beetles able to create earthquakes. | |||
| Kala | Cave and Earth Kala | Primitive, cone-headed humanoids. Cave kala could inject paralyzing venom by biting enemies and Earth kala could infect creatures with diseases through their breath. | ||
| Kaluk | Humanoid elephants with an insatiable greed for wealth. | |||
| Kappa | Common Kappa, Kappa-ti and Vampiric Kappa | |||
| Korobokuru | Common Korobokuru and Ishikorobokuru | Dwarf-like race. | ||
| Krakentua | Kraken-headed humanoids that wielded weapons in their tentacles. Reviewer Michael Mullen described the krakentua as "a really nasty new monster" in its first appearance in Night of the Seven Swords.[127] | |||
| Kuei | Ghosts of those killed before fulfilling a goal or purpose, similar to a revenant. | |||
| Memedi | Gendruwo and Common Memedi | Incorporeal spirits. | ||
| Men | Wako (sea pirate) and Frost Barbarians | |||
| Men-shen | ||||
| Nat | Einsaung Nat, Hkum Yeng Nat and Lu Nat | Malicious, brightly colored fey. | ||
| Ningyo | ||||
| Oni | Common Oni, Go-zu-oni and Me-zu-oni | |||
| P'oh | Gohei P'oh | Small bronze humanoids capable of causing harm with their touch. | ||
| Shan Sao | Short humanoids that live in bamboo huts and can summon tigers. | |||
| Shirokinukatsukami | ||||
| Spirit, Nature | Least, Lesser and Greater | |||
| Spirit, Stone | Small, Medium and Large | |||
| Spirit Folk | Bamboo, River and Sea Spirit Folk | |||
| Tako | Monstrous Manual (1993) | Male and Female | A race of sentient, intelligent octopus. The name comes from the Japanese word for octopus. | |
| Tengu | Crow and Humanoid Tengu | |||
| Wang-Liang | ||||
| Yuan-ti, Histachii | Monstrous Manual (1993) | |||
| Yuki-on-na | ||||
TSR 2109 – MC7 – Monstrous Compendium – Spelljammer Appendix (1990) Edit
| TSR 2109 – MC7 – Monstrous Compendium – Spelljammer Appendix (1990) – ISBN 0-88038-871-4 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| This appendix to the Monstrous Compendium series was designed for use with the Spelljammer campaign setting for the second edition of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons game. The pack consisted of 64 5-hole punched loose-leaf pages, unnumbered, providing the descriptions of the fictional monsters. Also included were 4 full-page illustrations on heavier card stock. | ||||
| Creature | Other appearances | Variants | Description | |
| Aartuk | ||||
| Albari | ||||
| Ancient Mariner | ||||
| Argos | Monstrous Manual (1993) | |||
| Astereater | Monstrous Manual (1993) (under Beholder; reference only) | |||
| Beholder-kin | Monstrous Manual (1993) | Director, Examiner, Overseer, Lensman and Watcher | Reviewer Alex Lucard counted the beholder-kin among the "cool monsters" in MC7.[128] | |
| Blazozoid | ||||
| Chattur | Monstrous Manual (1993) (as Mammal) | |||
| Clockwork Horror | 1993 Trading Card No. 222, Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Four (1998), Monster Manual II (2002) (Adamantine, Electrum, Gold, Platinum), Dragon No. 350 "The Ecology of the Clockwork Horror" (2006) (Copper) | Copper, Silver, Electrum, Gold, Platinum and Adamantite | ||
| Colossus | ||||
| Delphinid | ||||
| Dizantar | ||||
| Esthetic | ||||
| Focoid | ||||
| Fractine | ||||
| Giant, Spacesea | ||||
| Golem, Furnace | Reviewer Alex Lucard considered the furnace golem one of the "cool monsters" in MC7.[128] | |||
| Golem, Radiant | ||||
| Gravislayer | ||||
| Grommam | ||||
| Hadozee | Critically described by Aaron Trammell as "a simian race of humanoids reminiscent of old minstrel shows", subject of criticism when translated into 5th edition.[68][129] | |||
| Hamster, Giant Space | Subterranean, Sabre-Toothed, Rather Wild, Invisible, Sylvan, Jungle, Miniature, Armor-Plated, Yellow Musk, Ethereal, Carnivorous Flying, Two-Headed Lernaean Bombardier, Fire-Breathing Phase Doppelganger, Great Horned, Abominable, Tyrannohamsterus Rex, and Giant Space Hamster of Ill-Omen | Reviewer Alex Lucard considered the various giant space hamsters "the most infamous race of creatures TSR ever put out" and "enough to make the curious pick this [the Spelljammer Monstrous Compendium MC7] up". He found the concept of a tyrannohamsterus rex laughable – until one had to fight one.[128] | ||
| Jammer Leech | ||||
| Lakshu | ||||
| Lumineaux | ||||
| Lutum (Mud-Woman) | ||||
| Mimic, Space | ||||
| Misi | ||||
| Moon, Rogue | ||||
| Mortiss | ||||
| Murderoid | ||||
| Nay-Churr | ||||
| Phlog-Crawler | ||||
| Pirate of Gith | Monstrous Manual (1993) (as Gith, Pirate) | |||
| Plasman | ||||
| Plasmoid, General | ||||
| Plasmoid, DeGleash | ||||
| Plasmoid, DelNoric | ||||
| Plasmoid, Ontalak | ||||
| Puffer | ||||
| Q'nidar | ||||
| Rastipede | Reviewer Alex Lucard liked the rastipede and considered it awesome that it later became a player character race.[128] | |||
| Reigar | ||||
| Rock Hopper | ||||
| Slinker | ||||
| Spider, Asteroid | ||||
| Spiritjam | ||||
| Survivor | ||||
| Syllix | ||||
| Symbiont | ||||
| Vine, Infinity | Reviewer Alex Lucard considered the infinity vine one of the "cool monsters" in MC7.[128] | |||
| Wiggle (Hurwaet) | Hurwaet, Swamp Wiggle, Salt Wiggle | |||
| Wizshade | Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Four (1998) | |||
| Wryback | ||||
| Zard | ||||
| Zodar | The zodar appeared on the 2018 Screen Rant top list at No. 13 on " Dungeons & Dragons: The 20 Most Powerful Creatures, Ranked", and Scott Baird highlighted that "One of the most mysterious and powerful creatures in the Spelljammer universe are the Zodar, who resemble giant suits of armor. In their Advanced Dungeons & Dragons appearance, they had the maximum Strength score that was allowed in the game and they were immune to almost all forms of damage."[107] | |||
TSR 2118 – MC8 – Monstrous Compendium – Outer Planes Appendix (1991) Edit
| TSR 2118 – MC8 – Monstrous Compendium – Outer Planes Appendix (1991) – ISBN 1-56076-055-9 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| This appendix to the Monstrous Compendium series for the second edition of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons game added additional creatures from the Outer Planes. The pack consisted of 96 double-sided, 5-hole-punched loose-leaf pages, unnumbered, providing the descriptions of the fictional monsters, as well as a 2-page "How to use this book" section, and a 4-page section providing background information on the Outer Planes. | ||||
| Creature | Other appearances | Variants | Description | |
| Aasimon | Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1994) | Celestials from the Outer Planes, "charming creatures protecting the universe against evil".[130] | ||
| Aasimon, Agathinon | Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1994) | |||
| Aasimon, Deva | Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1994) | Astral, Monadic and Movanic | ||
| Aasimon, Light | Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1994) | |||
| Aasimon, Planetar | Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1994) | |||
| Aasimon, Solar | Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1994) | Very powerful winged angelic humanoids. Backstab reviewer Michaël Croitoriu thought them truly interesting for powergamers when made available as player characters.[45] | ||
| Air Sentinel | ||||
| Animal Lord | Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1994) | Cat Lord, Wolf Lord and Hawk Lord | ||
| Archon | Planes of Law (1995) | Lantern, Hound, Warden, Sword and Tome | ||
| Baatezu | Monstrous Manual (1993), Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1994) | Don Turnbull considered the devils the most prominent among the new monsters introduced in the Monster Manual: "they are all pretty strong and compare not unfavourably in this respect with the Demons we already know".[74] Renamed from devils in response to moral panic.[14]: 83–84 [21] Many were based on figures from Christian demonology.[131] | ||
| Baatezu – Lemure | Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1994) | Among lowest of fiends, these "living piles of rotting flesh that look like puddles of pink skin" are one initial incarnation of evil souls when arriving at the lower planes. Screen Rant reviewer Scott Baird ranked them among the weakest monsters in the game.[53] | ||
| Baatezu, Greater – Amnizu | Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1994) | |||
| Baatezu, Greater – Cornugon | Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1994) | |||
| Baatezu, Greater – Gelugon | Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1994) | |||
| Baatezu, Greater – Pit Fiend | Monstrous Manual (1993), Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1994) | |||
| Baatezu, Least – Nupperibo | Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1994) | |||
| Baatezu, Least – Spinagon | Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1994) | |||
| Baatezu, Lesser – Abishai | Monstrous Manual (1993), Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1994) | Black, Green and Red | ||
| Baatezu, Lesser – Barbazu | Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1994) | |||
| Baatezu, Lesser – Erinyes | Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1994) | Based on the figures from Greek mythology.[3] | ||
| Baatezu, Lesser – Hamatula | Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1994) | |||
| Baatezu, Lesser – Osyluth | Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1994) | |||
| Balaena | Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix II (1995) | |||
| Bariaur | Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1994) | Centaur-like creature, a player character race in the Planescape setting, where reviewer Johnny L. Wilson found they fill a similar niche than dwarves. They are "fierce fighters and congenial sojourners - as long as you don't serve meat or befriend any giants".[132] | ||
| Bebilith | Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1994) | |||
| Bodak | Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1994) | |||
| Celestial Lammasu | ||||
| Dragon, Adamantite | ||||
| Einheriar | Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1994) | Based on the "Einheriar" of Norse mythology but expanded from their cultural background to mean "any humanoid spirit employed by the powers or deities of the outer planes as servants, warriors, patrollers or guards", not only by the fictionalized version of the Norse pantheon; thus an example how "game authors and designers transform and adapt references from various sources, not hesitating to articulate or even merge them into new forms."[69] | ||
| Gehreleth | Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1994) | Farastu, Kelubar and Shator | ||
| Githyanki | Monstrous Manual (1993), Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1994) | Xenophobic humanoids[26]: 20–21 with gaunt stature, leathery yellow skin and fangs. Inhabitants of the Astral Plane, and ancient enemies of the githzerai, githyanki are considered to "boast some excellent twists" as non-player characters, but " little more than dextrous, not to mention ugly, egg layers" as PCs by reviewer Trenton Webb[133][132] Introduced by Charles Stross[131][14]: 38 in White Dwarf No. 12, who borrowed the name from a fictional race in George R. R. Martin's Dying of the Light. The githyanki/illithid relationship was inspired by Larry Niven's World of Ptavvs.[134][122] The githyanki were voted among the top ten best monsters from that White Dwarf's "Fiend Factory" column.[110] Shannon Applecline considered the githyanki one of the game's especially notable monsters.[14]: 38 Scott Baird of the website TheGamer commented on the nature of the relationship of the githyanki to the mind flayers: "Despite their wicked reputation, the Githyanki have an important role to play in protecting the Prime Material Plane. The Githyanki despise Mind Flayers and their armies might be the only thing holding them back. The trailer for Baldur's Gate 3 shows just how scary a single Mind Flayer ship can be, and that could happen a thousand times over if the Githyanki aren't around."[135] | ||
| Githzerai | Monstrous Manual (1993), Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1994) | Designed by Charles Stross,[131][14]: 38 these humanoids are the ancient and fervent enemies of mind flayers and githyanki, based on the plane of Limbo. A playable species in the Planescape campaign setting, reviewer Johnny L. Wilson found them a new take on the niche usually occupied by elves.[132][136] Shannon Applecline considered the githzerai one of the game's especially notable monsters.[14]: 38 | ||
| Hordling | Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1994) | |||
| Larva | Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1994) | Evil mortal transformed into comparatively harmless larva-like creature by a night hag and used as a currency on the lower planes.[52][26]: 69 | ||
| Maelephant | Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1994) | |||
| Marut | Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1994) | |||
| Mediator | Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1994) | |||
| Moon Dog | Monstrous Manual (1993) (as Dog, Moon), Monster Manual II (1983) | Also called black hound or night crawler | ||
| Mortai | Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix II (1995) | |||
| Night Hag | Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1994) (as Nighthag) | Powerful hag from Hades, propagating evil by creating larvae.[52] Don Turnbull referred to the night hag as "splendid" and notes that the illustration of the night hag is the best drawing in the book.[74] It has been described as comparable to the Alp of folklore, although "considered a more Judeo-Christian demonic influence".[50]: 33 | ||
| Nightmare | Monstrous Manual (1993), Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1994) | |||
| Noctral | Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix II (1995) | |||
| Per | Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1994) | |||
| Phoenix | Monstrous Manual (1993) | |||
| Slaad | Monstrous Manual (1993) (Gray and Death by reference only), Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1994) | Red, Blue, Green, Gray and Death | Ed Greenwood considered the slaadi "worthy additions to any campaign".[123] GameSpy author Allan Rausch described the slaadi as "remorseless reptilian killing machines", but "For many years, slaad were a joke -- because of their artwork", which showed them as "six-foot tall carnivorous frogs". With the Planescape setting they "were reinterpreted artistically to be less frog-like and much more fearsome".[17] Shannon Applecline considered the slaad one of the game's especially notable monsters.[14]: 38 | |
| Tanar'ri | Monstrous Manual (1993), Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1994) | Renamed from demons in response to moral panic,[14]: 83–84 [21] many were based on figures from Christian demonology.[131] Considered among the "standard repertoire of "Monsters"" by Fabian Perlini-Pfister.[3] In a review of Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix II for Arcane magazine, the reviewer cites the culture of the tanar'ri as helping "give the Planes a solid base of peoples".[137] | ||
| Tanar'ri, Greater – Babau | Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1994) | |||
| Tanar'ri, Greater – Chasme | Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1994) | |||
| Tanar'ri, Greater – Nabassu | Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1994) | |||
| Tanar'ri, Guardian – Molydeus | Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1994) | |||
| Tanar'ri, Least – Dretch | Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1994) | |||
| Tanar'ri, Least – Manes | Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1994) | |||
| Tanar'ri, Least – Rutterkin | Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1994) | |||
| Tanar'ri, Lesser – Alu-Fiend | Monster Manual II (1983, as alu-demon), Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1994) | |||
| Tanar'ri, Lesser – Bar-Lgura | Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1994) | |||
| Tanar'ri, Lesser – Cambion | Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1994) | |||
| Tanar'ri, Lesser – Succubus | Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1994) | Typical example of a demon, belonging to the "standard repertoire of "Monsters""[3] and one of those contributing to the moral panic;[23]: 106 [14]: 83–84 also an instance of the sexist tropes the game draws on which presented female sexuality as inherently dangerous.[26]: 17, 94 Rob Bricken of io9 identified the succubus as one of "The 12 Most Obnoxious Dungeons & Dragons Monsters".[78] | ||
| Tanar'ri, True – Balor | Monstrous Manual (1993), Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1994) | Based on and renamed from the Balrog from J.R.R. Tolkien's legendarium,[1] also called type VI demon due to copyright reasons.[67]: 271 | ||
| Tanar'ri, True – Glabrezu | Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1994) | |||
| Tanar'ri, True – Hezrou | Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1994) | |||
| Tanar'ri, True – Marilith | Monstrous Manual (1993), Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1994) | |||
| Tanar'ri, True – Nalfeshnee | Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1994) | |||
| Tanar'ri, True – Vrock | Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1994) | |||
| Titan | Monstrous Manual (1993) | Based on the powerful beings from Greek mythology.[3] Ranked among the strongest creatures in the game by Scott Baird from Screen Rant, as they "stand above giants and possess even more power in terms of their physical and magical capabilities".[53] Backstab reviewer Michaël Croitoriu thought them truly interesting for powergamers when made available as player characters.[45] | ||
| Translator | Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1994) (under Mediator) | |||
| T'uen-rin | Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix II (1995) | |||
| Vaporighu | Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix II (1995) | |||
| Warden Beast | Planes of Conflict (1995) | |||
| Yugoloth | Monstrous Manual (1993) (as Yugoloth, Guardian), Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1994) | "fiend for hire native to the plane of Gehenna"[23]: 213 | ||
| Yugoloth, Greater – Arcanaloth | Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1994) | |||
| Yugoloth, Greater – Nycaloth | Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1994) | |||
| Yugoloth, Greater – Ultroloth | Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1994) | |||
| Yugoloth, Lesser – Dergholoth | Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1994) | |||
| Yugoloth, Lesser – Hydroloth | Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1994) | |||
| Yugoloth, Lesser – Mezzoloth | Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1994) | |||
| Yugoloth, Lesser – Piscoloth | Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1994) | |||
| Yugoloth, Lesser – Yagnoloth | Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1994) | |||
| Zoveri | Planes of Law (1995) | |||
TSR 2119 – MC9 – Monstrous Compendium – Spelljammer Appendix (1991) Edit
| TSR 2119 – MC9 – Monstrous Compendium – Spelljammer Appendix (1991) – ISBN 1-56076-071-0 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| This appendix to the Monstrous Compendium series was designed for use with the Spelljammer campaign setting for the second edition of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons game. The pack consisted of 64 5-hole punched loose-leaf pages, unnumbered, providing the descriptions of the fictional monsters, and a single-page index of the creatures in the Spelljammer campaign setting (including sources). | ||||
| Creature | Other appearances | Variants | Description | |
| Alchemy Plant | ||||
| Allura | ||||
| Aperusa | ||||
| Autognome | ||||
| Bionoid | ||||
| Bloodsac | ||||
| Buzzjewel | ||||
| Constellate | ||||
| Contemplator | ||||
| Dohwar | ||||
| Dragon, Moon | ||||
| Dragon, Sun | ||||
| Dragon, Stellar | ||||
| Dreamslayer | ||||
| Dweomerborn | ||||
| Fal | ||||
| Feesu | ||||
| Firebird | ||||
| Firelich | ||||
| Flowfiend | ||||
| Gadabout | ||||
| Gammaroid | ||||
| Gonn | ||||
| Gossamer | ||||
| Grav | ||||
| Great Dreamer | ||||
| Greatswan | ||||
| Grell, Colonial | Monstrous Compendium – Greyhawk Appendix (1990) (Soldier/Worker), Monstrous Manual (1993) (as Grell) | Soldier/Worker, philosopher, Patriarch | ||
| Gullion | ||||
| Insectare | ||||
| Lhee | Common, Lesser, Greater | |||
| Mercurial Slime | ||||
| Meteorspawn | ||||
| Monitor | ||||
| Owl, Space | ||||
| Pristatic | ||||
| Scro | ||||
| Selkie, Star | ||||
| Silatic | Platinum, Gold, Iron | |||
| Skullbird | ||||
| Sleek | Monstrous Manual (1993) (as Mammal) | |||
| Sluk | ||||
| Space Swine | ||||
| Spirit Warrior | Spirit Warrior, Zwarth | |||
| Sphinx, Astro | ||||
| Starfly Plant | ||||
| Stargazer | ||||
| Undead, Stellar | ||||
| Witchlight Marauders | Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, Space and Remote | |||
| Xixchil | Monstrous Manual (1993) (as Thri-Kreen variant) | Intelligent insectoid creatures, xixchil are a variant of thri-kreen for the Spelljammer setting. "They are spacefarers and innovaters and masterful surgeons" willing to "upgrade" individuals by modification of body-parts. For J.R. Zambrano they have a cyberpunk feel to them: "So, cybernetically augmented insectmen. In space."[114] | ||
| Yitsan | ||||
| Zurchin | ||||
TSR 2122 – MC10 – Monstrous Compendium – Ravenloft Appendix (1991) Edit
| TSR 2122 – MC10 – Monstrous Compendium – Ravenloft Appendix (1991) – ISBN 1-56076-108-3 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| This appendix to the Monstrous Compendium series was designed for use with the Ravenloft campaign setting for the second edition of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons game. The pack consisted of 32 5-hole punched loose-leaf pages, unnumbered, and included a 1-page "How To Use This Book" section, a 1-page set of tables for Ravenloft random encounters, and a 2-page section on developing and describing encounters to fit the Ravenloft genre, with the remainder of the set consisting of the descriptions of the fictional monsters. Also included were 4 full-page illustrations on heavier card stock. All of the fictional creatures described in this set are included in the Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium Appendices I & II section, below, and are not reproduced here. |
TSR 2125 – MC11 – Monstrous Compendium – Forgotten Realms Appendix II (1991) Edit
| TSR 2125 – MC11 – Monstrous Compendium – Forgotten Realms Appendix II (1991) – ISBN 1-56076-111-3 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| This appendix to the Monstrous Compendium series was designed for use with the Forgotten Realms campaign setting for the second edition of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons game. The pack consisted of 32 5-hole punched unnumbered loose-leaf pages, and 4 full-page illustrations on heavier card stock. It included a single-page table of contents but did not incorporate the usual "How to Use this Book" section or random encounter charts. Page numbers below are taken from the table of contents. | ||||
| Creature | Other appearances | Variants | Description | |
| Alaghi | Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Three (1996) | |||
| Alguduir | ||||
| Avian | Monstrous Manual (1993) | Flightless, Boobrie and Eblis | ||
| Bat, Deep | Dragon No. 90 (1984), D&D Master Rules (1985) (Werebat), Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft Appendix (1991) (Werebat), Dungeons & Dragons Rules Cyclopedia (1991) (Werebat), Drow of the Underdark (1991), 1991 Trading Cards Set No. 383 (Werebat), Night Howlers (1992) (Werebat), Monstrous Manual (1993), Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium Appendices I & II (1996) (Werebat), Monsters of Faerûn (2001) (Night Hunter, Sinister) | Azmyth, Night Hunter, Sinister and Werebat | ||
| Beguiler | ||||
| Cantobele | ||||
| Cat | Monstrous Manual (1993) (Domestic, Wild, Elven) | Domestic, Wild, Elven, Luck Eater and Change Cat | ||
| Chitine | Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume One (1994), Dragon No. 223 "The Ecology of the Chitine" (1995), Monsters of Faerûn (2001), Underdark (2003), D&D Miniatures: Dragoneye set #47 (2004) | |||
| Cildabrin | Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Three (1996) | |||
| Dimensional Warper | ||||
| Dragon, Deep | Drow of the Underdark (1991), Monstrous Manual (1993), Monsters of Faerûn (2001), D&D Miniatures: Underdark set #52 (2005), Drow of the Underdark (2007), Draconomicon (2008) (as "Purple Dragon") | |||
| Elf, Aquatic | Monstrous Manual (1993) | |||
| Fachan | Savage Coast Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1996) | |||
| Feyr | Monstrous Manual (1993) | Normal and Great | ||
| Firetail | Lesser and Tshala | |||
| Frost | ||||
| Gaund | Frost Gaund | |||
| Giant, Mountain | Monstrous Manual (1993) | |||
| Gloomwing | Monstrous Manual (1993) | |||
| Golden Ammonite | Dragon No. 48 (1981), Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Four (1998) | |||
| Golem, Lightning | ||||
| Hamadryad | Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Three (1996) | |||
| Harrier | Harrier and Larvae | |||
| Harrla | ||||
| Haun | ||||
| Haundar | ||||
| Hendar | ||||
| Inquisitor | Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Four (1998), Dragon No. 352 (2007) | |||
| Lhiannan Shee | ||||
| Loxo | Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume One (1994), Monster Manual II (2002), Savage Species (2003), Shining South (2004) | |||
| Manni | Dragon No. 163 (1990) | |||
| Mara ("Great Walker") | ||||
| Morin | Dragon No. 163 (1990) | |||
| Naga, Dark | Dragon No. 89 (1984), Anauroch (1991), Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting (1993), Monstrous Manual (1993), Dragon No. 261 "The Ecology of the Dark Naga: Fool Me Twice" (1999), Monster Manual (2000, 2003), D&D Miniatures: Underdark set #33 (2005), Monster Manual (2008) | |||
| Orpsu | Anauroch (1991) | |||
| Peryton | Monstrous Manual (1993) | |||
| Phantom | Monstrous Manual (1993) | Inspired by Gothic fiction, a typical denizen of the Ravenloft setting.[34] | ||
| Plant, Carnivorous | Monstrous Manual (1993) (Retch Plant, Snapper-Saw, Thornslinger) | Retch Plant, Snapper-Saw, Thornslinger, Viper Vine, Whip-Weed, Wither-Weed and Black Willow | ||
| Ringworm | ||||
| Rohch | Wood, Killer, Swamp and Dark | |||
| Sand Cat | Dragon No. 163 (1990) | |||
| Saurial | Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Three (1996) | Finhead, Bladeback, Flyer and Hornhead | ||
| Sha'az | ||||
| Silver Dog | ||||
| Simpathetic | ||||
| Skuz | ||||
| Spider, Monkey | ||||
| Tempest | Monstrous Manual (1993) (under Elemental, Composite) | |||
| Tlincalli | Monstrous Manual (1993) (as Manscorpion) | |||
| Tren | ||||
TSR 2405 – MC12 – Monstrous Compendium – Dark Sun Appendix: Terrors of the Desert (1992) Edit
| TSR 2405 – MC12 – Monstrous Compendium – Dark Sun Appendix: Terrors of the Desert (1992) – ISBN 1-56076-272-1 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| This appendix to the Monstrous Compendium series was designed for use with the Dark Sun campaign setting for the second edition of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons game. The pack consisted of 96 5-hole punched loose-leaf pages, unnumbered, and included a 4-page "How To Use This Book" section with random encounter charts, with the remainder consisting of the descriptions of the fictional monsters. Also included were 4 full-page illustrations on heavier card stock. | ||||
| Creature | Other appearances | Variants | Description | |
| Animal, Household | Hurrum, critic, Renk and Ock'n | |||
| Animal, Herd | Kip, Z'tal and Jankz | |||
| Antloid, Desert | Dynamis, soldier, Queen and Worker | |||
| B'rohg | ||||
| Banshee, Dwarf | ||||
| Beetle, Agony | ||||
| Bog Wader | ||||
| Brambleweed | Brambleweed and Bramble Tree | |||
| Burnflower | ||||
| Cat, Psionic | Tagster and Tigone | |||
| Cha'thrang | ||||
| Cistern Fiend | ||||
| Cloud Ray | ||||
| Drake, Athasian – General Information | ||||
| -- Drake, Air | ||||
| -- Drake, Earth | ||||
| -- Drake, Fire | ||||
| -- Drake, Water | ||||
| Dune Runner | ||||
| Dune Trapper | ||||
| Elemental, Athasian – General Information | ||||
| -- Elemental, Greater Air | ||||
| -- Elemental, Greater Earth | ||||
| -- Elemental, Greater Fire | ||||
| -- Elemental, Greater Water | ||||
| -- Elemental, Lesser Air/Earth | Leasser Air and Lesser Earth Elemental | |||
| -- Elemental, Lesser Fire/Water | Lesser Fire and Lesser Water Elemental | |||
| Erdland | ||||
| Esperweed | ||||
| Flailer | ||||
| Floater | ||||
| Giant, Athasian | Dark Sun Campaign Setting (1995) | Desert, Plains and Beasthead Giant | Desert: 25ft-tall giant living on desert islands; 25ft-tall giant raising herds on islands with scrub plains terrain; beasthead: 20ft-tall hostile giant with an animal head | |
| Golem, Athasian – General Information | ||||
| -- Golem, Ash/Chitin | Ash and Chitin Golem | |||
| -- Golem, Obsidian/Rock | Obsidian and Rock Golem | |||
| -- Golem, Sand/Wood | Sand and Wood Golem | |||
| Halfling, Renegade | ||||
| Hej-kin | ||||
| Id Fiend | ||||
| Insect Swarm, Athasian | Locusts and Mini-kanks | |||
| Kank, Wild | ||||
| Kirre | Monstrous Manual (1993) | |||
| Megapede | ||||
| Mul, Wild | Human-dwarf descended sterile warriors.[113] | |||
| Nightmare Beast | ||||
| Plant, Carnivorous | Blossomkiller, Dew Fronds, Poisonweed and Strangling Vines | |||
| Pterran | ||||
| Pterrax | ||||
| Pulp Bee | ||||
| Pyreen (Peace-bringers) | ||||
| Rasclinn | ||||
| Razorwing | ||||
| Roc, Athasian | ||||
| Sand Bride | Sand Bride and Sand Mother | |||
| Sand Cactus | ||||
| Sand Vortex | ||||
| Scrab | ||||
| Silt Horror | White, Brown and Gray Horror | |||
| Silt Runner | ||||
| Sink Worm | ||||
| Sloth, Athasian | ||||
| So-ut (Rampager) | ||||
| Spider Cactus | ||||
| Spider, Crystal | ||||
| Spirit of the Land | Air, Earth, Fire and Water Spirits | |||
| T'Chowb | ||||
| Thrax | ||||
| Tohr-kreen (Mantis Noble) | Monstrous Manual (1993) | "The tohr-kreen are larger, more cultured, civilized version of the thri-kreen", they are also "more intelligent and deadly" and "have a taste for the finer things in live". They "make excellent allies".[114] | ||
| Villichi | ||||
| Zhackal | ||||
| Zombie Plant | ||||
TSR 2129 – MC13 – Monstrous Compendium – Al-Qadim Appendix (1992) Edit
| TSR 2129 – MC13 – Monstrous Compendium – Al-Qadim Appendix (1992) – ISBN 1-56076-370-1 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| This appendix to the Monstrous Compendium series was designed for use with the Arabian Nights-themed Al-Qadim campaign setting for the second edition of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons game. The pack consisted of 64 5-hole punched loose-leaf pages, unnumbered, and included a "How To Use This Book" page with an alphabetical index, a one-page index of appropriate monsters for the Al-Qadim setting from other books of the Monstrous Compendium-series, 2 pages of random encounter charts, and a sheet with the compiled game statistics, with the remainder consisting of the descriptions of the fictional monsters. Also included were 4 full-page illustrations on heavier card stock. | ||||
| Creature | Other appearances | Variants | Description | |
| Ammut | ||||
| Ashira | ||||
| Asuras | Planescape – Planes of Conflict (1995) | |||
| Black Cloud of Vengeance | ||||
| Buraq | Planescape – Planes of Conflict (1995) | |||
| Camel | Desert, Mountain, Racing and War camel | |||
| Camel of the Pearl | ||||
| Centaur, Desert | ||||
| Copper Automaton | ||||
| Debbi | ||||
| Elephant Bird | ||||
| Gen | Air, Fire, Sand and Water Gen | |||
| Genie, Noble Dao | ||||
| Genie, Noble Djinni | ||||
| Genie, Noble Efreeti | Al-Qadim – Caravans (1994) | |||
| Genie, Noble Marid | ||||
| Genie, Tasked | ||||
| -- Genie, Tasked, Architect/Builder | ||||
| -- Genie, Tasked, artist | ||||
| -- Genie, Tasked, Guardian | ||||
| -- Genie, Tasked, Herdsman | ||||
| -- Genie, Tasked, Slayer | ||||
| -- Genie, Tasked, Warmonger | ||||
| -- Genie, Tasked, Winemaker | ||||
| Ghost Mount | ||||
| Ghul, Great | Al-Qadim – Caravans (1994) | |||
| Giants, Zakharan | ||||
| -- Giant, Desert | ||||
| -- Giant, Jungle | ||||
| -- Giant, Reef | ||||
| Hama | ||||
| Heway | ||||
| Living Idol | Animal, Death, Elemental and Healing Living Idol | |||
| Lycanthrope, Werehyena | ||||
| Lycanthrope, Werelion | ||||
| Markeen | ||||
| Maskhi | ||||
| Mason-Wasp, Giant | ||||
| Nasnas | Monster that appears like only one half (left or right) of a human; first published in White Dwarf #9 (October/November 1978), submitted by Roger Musson.[109] Already suggested to be used humorously by editor Don Turnbull then, it was voted as the worst of monsters from the magazine's "Fiend Factory" column.[110] | |||
| Pahari | ||||
| Rom | ||||
| Sabu Lords | ||||
| Sakina | ||||
| Serpent Lord | ||||
| Serpent, Winged | ||||
| Silats | Young, Adult and Matriarch | |||
| Simurgh | ||||
| Stone Maidens | ||||
| Vishap | ||||
| Zaratan | Monstrous Manual (1993) | |||
| Zin | ||||
TSR 2132 – MC14 – Monstrous Compendium – Fiend Folio Appendix (1992) Edit
| TSR 2132 – MC14 – Monstrous Compendium – Fiend Folio Appendix (1992) – ISBN 1-56076-428-7 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| This appendix to the Monstrous Compendium series updated and reprinted creatures from the first edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Fiend Folio published in 1981. It contained 64 unnumbered loose leaf pages and 4 pages of illustrations on heavier card stock. | ||||
| Creature | Other appearances | Variants | Description | |
| Aballin | Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting (1993), Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume One (1994), Monsters of Faerûn (2001) | |||
| Achaierai | Planes of Law (1995) | CJ Miozzi included the achaierai on The Escapist's list of "The Dumbest Dungeons & Dragons Monsters Ever (And How To Use Them)".[126] | ||
| Adherer | ||||
| Algoid | Purple Algoid | |||
| Al-mi'raj | Based on Al-mi'raj "in Islamic poetry, a yellow hare with a single black horn on its head."[32] Counted among the saddest, lamest creatures in Fiend Folio by artist Sean McCarthy, a hybrid creature with physiology resulting from maladaptation rather than evil.[138] | |||
| Apparition | ||||
| Caterwaul | ||||
| Coffer Corpse | Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Three (1996) | |||
| Crabman | Monstrous Manual (1993) | |||
| Dark Creeper | ||||
| Dark Stalker | ||||
| Darter | ||||
| Denzelian | ||||
| Dragon, Gem | Dragons of neutral alignment.[139] Reviewer Mark Theurer remarked that "They have some interesting breath weapons".[30] | |||
| Dragon, Amethyst | Monstrous Manual (1993) | |||
| Dragon, Crystal | Monstrous Manual (1993) | |||
| Dragon, Emerald | Monstrous Manual (1993) | |||
| Dragon, Sapphire | Monstrous Manual (1993) | |||
| Dragon, Topaz | Monstrous Manual (1993) | |||
| Dune Stalker | ||||
| Falcon, Fire | ||||
| Faux Faerie | ||||
| Firedrake | Monstrous Manual (1993) (as Dragonet, Firedrake) | |||
| Flawder | ||||
| Fyrefly | Monstrous Manual (1993) (under Insect) | |||
| Gambado | Fiend Folio (1981), Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting (1993), Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume One (1994), Tome of Horrors (2002) | |||
| Garbug | Fiend Folio (1981), Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume One (1994) | |||
| Giant, Fog | Monstrous Manual (1993) | |||
| Gibberling | Fiend Folio (1981), Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting (1993), Monstrous Manual (1993), Dragon No. 265 (1999), Monsters of Faerûn (2001) | Humanoid "hairy screaming monsters that attack in large groups and seek to devour everything in their path", "little more than mindless beasts". Screen Rant reviewer Scott Baird ranked them among the weakest monsters in the game, which have a scary description, but lack the stats to back up this impression.[53] | ||
| Gorbel | Monstrous Manual (1993) (under Beholder; by reference only) | |||
| Grimlock | Monstrous Manual (1993) | |||
| Hellcat | Planes of Law (1995) (as Bezekira) | |||
| Ice Lizard | ||||
| Iron Cobra | ||||
| Khargra | Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix III (1998) | |||
| Mantari | ||||
| Mephit | Monstrous Manual (1993), Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1994) (Lava as Magma) | Fire, Ice, Lava, Mist, Smoke and Steam | First published in White Dwarf #13 (June/July 1979) under the names of fire imp, molten imp, smoke imp and steam imp, respectively (not including ice and mist mephits), originally submitted by M. Stollery.[140] These "imps" were voted among the top ten monsters from the magazine's "Fiend Factory" column in 1980.[110] | |
| Penanggalan | ||||
| Pernicon | Monstrous Manual (1993) (under Insect) | |||
| Phantom Stalker | ||||
| Quaggoth | Fiend Folio (1981), Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting (1993), Monstrous Manual (1993), Dragon No. 265 (1999), Monsters of Faerûn (2001), D&D Miniatures: War Drums set #57 (2006), Drow of the Underdark (2007) | |||
| Retriever | Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix II (1995) | |||
| Ruve | ||||
| Scathe | Scathe and Larvae | |||
| Sheet Ghoul, Sheet Phantom | ||||
| Shocker | Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix III (1998) | |||
| Spanner | ||||
| Stwinger | Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume One (1994) (under Faerie, Petty), Savage Coast Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1996) (under Na‰ruk) | As a fairy creature considered among the "standard repertoire of "Monsters"" by Fabian Perlini-Pfister.[3] | ||
| Sussurus | ||||
| Symbiotic Jelly | ||||
| Terithran | Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix III (1998) | |||
| Thunder Children | ||||
| Troll, Ice | Monstrous Manual (1993) | |||
| Tween | ||||
| Umpleby | Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Two (1995) | Trenton Webb, in his review of Monstrous Compendium Annual Two for British RPG magazine Arcane, called the shambling umpleby "without a shadow of a doubt" the star of the book: "Effectively a Bigfoot whose wooly hair generates shocking levels of static electricity, these hulking eccentric simpletons will test any parties patience and ability to save against cuteness." Webb also added that even without the umpleby the book "would be a necessary resource for all mainstream refs. With the shaggy-haired one, though, it rapidly approaches the essential."[141] | ||
| Urdunnir | Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Three (1996) (as Dwarf, Urdunnir) | |||
| Volt | First published in White Dwarf #7 (June/July 1978), originally submitted by Jonathan Jones.[124] The volt was voted among the top ten monsters from the magazine's "Fiend Factory" column in 1980.[110] | |||
| Xill | Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix III (1998) | |||
| Xvart | Bald, blue-skinned humanoids with orange eyes that stand only 3 feet tall. First published in White Dwarf #9 (October/November 1978) under the name of "svart", submitted by Cricky Hitchcock and "taken from The Weirdstone of Brisingamon by Alan Garner",[109] who in turn took inspiration from the Norse myth of the svartálfar.[123] It was voted among the top ten monsters from the magazine's "Fiend Factory" column and reprinted in Best of White Dwarf Articles (1980).[110][111][112] Forgotten Realms author Ed Greenwood considered xvarts to be redundant creatures with no unique or interesting characteristics.[123] | |||
| Zygraat | ||||
TSR 2139 – MC15 – Monstrous Compendium – Ravenloft Appendix II: Children of the Night (1993) Edit
| TSR 2139 – MC15 – Monstrous Compendium – Ravenloft Appendix II: Children of the Night (1993) – ISBN 1-56076-586-0 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| This appendix to the Monstrous Compendium series was designed for use with the Ravenloft campaign setting for the second edition of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons game. The pack consisted of 32 5-hole punched loose-leaf pages, unnumbered, and included a 2-page "How To Use This Book" section, a 1-page description of the purpose of the "Children of the Night" supplement, a 1-page set of tables for Ravenloft random encounters, and a 1-page section updating the tables for calculation of experience points awarded for defeating any given creature. The remainder of the set consisted of the descriptions of specific fictional monsters and personalities in the Ravenloft campaign setting. Also included were 4 full-page illustrations on heavier card stock. All of the fictional creatures described in this set are included in the Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium Appendices I & II section, below, and are not reproduced here. |
TSR 2140 – Monstrous Manual (1993) Edit
| TSR 2140 – Monstrous Manual (1993) – ISBN 1-56076-619-0 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Monstrous Manual was printed after the completion of the loose-leaf Monstrous Compendium series, in 1993. This book was "created in response to the many requests to gather monsters into a single, durable volume which would be convenient to carry." The Monstrous Manual compiled all of the monsters from Monstrous Compendium Volumes One and Two, as well as many creatures from subsequent volumes, and revised and updated the entries; however, some entries were condensed from previous Monstrous Compendium entries. The book is 384 pages. | ||||
| Creature | Other appearances | Variants | Description | |
| Aarakocra | Monstrous Compendium Volume Two (1989) | |||
| Aboleth | Monstrous Compendium Volume Two (1989) | |||
| Ankheg | Monstrous Compendium Volume Two (1989) | |||
| Arcane | Spelljammer: AD&D Adventures In Space (1989) | |||
| Argos | Monstrous Compendium – Spelljammer Appendix (1990) | |||
| Aurumvorax | Also named golden gorger, this creature "looks like an evil, eight-legged badger". Rob Bricken of io9 identified the aurumvorax as one of "The 12 Most Obnoxious Dungeons & Dragons Monsters", being "a particularly terrifying monster in that it eats that gold the players have so carefully accrued".[78] | |||
| Baatezu | Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix | Pit Fiend and Black, Green and Red Abishai | ||
| Banshee | Inspired by Gothic fiction, a typical denizen of the Ravenloft setting.[34] | |||
| Basilisk | Monstrous Compendium Volume Two (1989) | Lesser and Greater Basilisk and Dracolisk | Based on the creature from medieval bestiaries.[1] | |
| Bat | Monstrous Compendium Volume One (1989) (Common, Large and Huge), Drow of the Underdark (1991) (Azmyth, Night Hunter, Sinister), Forgotten Realms Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1991) (Azmyth, Night Hunter, Sinister) | Common, Large, Huge (Mobat), Azmyth, Night Hunter and Sinister | ||
| Bear | Monster Manual (1977) (Black, brown, cave bear), Monster Manual II (1983) (Polar bear as Northern bear), Monstrous Compendium Volume One (1989) | Black, Brown, Cave and Polar Bear | ||
| Beetle | Monstrous Compendium Volume Two (1989) | Bombardier, Boring, Fire, Rhinoceros, Stag and Water Beetle | ||
| Behir | Monstrous Compendium Volume One (1989) | |||
| Beholder and beholder-kin | Monstrous Compendium Volume One (1989) (Beholder), Spelljammer: AD&D Adventures In Space (1989) (Beholder, Hive Mother and Orbus), Monstrous Compendium – Spelljammer Appendix (1990) (Astereater, Director, Examiner, Overseer, Lensman and Watcher), Lost Ships (1990) (Undead Beholder), The Legend of Spelljammer (1991) (Kasharin), Forgotten Realms – Ruins of Undermountain (1991) (Death Kiss, Elder Orb), Monstrous Compendium – Fiend Folio Appendix (1992) (Gorbel), Forgotten Realms – Ruins of Myth Drannor (1993) (Doomsphere) | Beholder, Death Kiss, Eye of the deep, Gauth, Spectator, Undead Beholder, Hive Mother, director, Examiner, Lensman, Overseer and Watcher; also Beholder Mage, Elder Orb, Orbus, Doomsphere, Kasharin, Astereater and Gorbel by reference only | ||
| Bird | Monstrous Compendium – Greyhawk Appendix (1990) (Normal, Huge and Giant Raven), Dragonlance Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1990) (Emre, Kingfisher, Skyfisher and 'Wari), Forgotten Realms Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1991) (Flightless, Boobrie, Eblis) | Blood Hawk, Boobrie, Condor, Giant Eagle, Wild Eagle, Eblis, Emre, Falcon, Flightless Bird, Large Hawk, Kingfisher, Owl, Giant Owl, Talking Owl, Raven, Huge Raven, Giant Raven, Skyfisher, Swan, Vulture, Giant Vulture and 'Wari | ||
| Brain mole | ||||
| Broken one | Monstrous Compendium – Ravenloft Appendix | Common and Greater | ||
| Brownie | Monstrous Compendium Volume One (1989) (Brownie) | Brownie and Killmoulis | ||
| Bugbear | Monstrous Compendium Volume One (1989) | |||
| Bulette | Monstrous Compendium Volume Two (1989) | |||
| Bullywug | Monstrous Compendium Volume Two (1989) | |||
| Carrion crawler | Monstrous Compendium Volume One (1989) | |||
| Cat, great | Monstrous Compendium Volume One (1989) | Cheetah, Jaguar, Leopard, Common Lion, Mountain Lion, Spotted Lion, Giant Lynx, Wild Tiger, Smilodon | ||
| Cat, small | Forgotten Realms Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1991) (Domestic, Wild, Elven) | Domestic, Wild and Elven | ||
| Catoblepas | Strategic Review v2 #2,[14]: 22 Monstrous Compendium Volume One (1989) | |||
| Cave fisher | Monstrous Compendium Volume One (1989) | |||
| Centaur | Monstrous Compendium Volume One (1989) | Based on the creature from classical sources.[1] | ||
| Centipede | Monstrous Compendium Volume One (1989) (Giant, Huge and Megalocentipede), Monstrous Compendium Volume Two (1989) (Tunnel Worm) | Giant Centipede, Huge Centipede, Megalocentipede, and Tunnel Worm | ||
| Chimera | Monstrous Compendium Volume One (1989) | Chimera and Gorgimera | The chimera is based on the chimera of Greek mythology as found in the Iliad by Homer.[31][32][33] | |
| Cloaker | ||||
| Cockatrice | Monstrous Compendium Volume One (1989) | Cockatrice and Pyrolisk | Based on the creature from medieval bestiaries.[1] | |
| Couatl | Monstrous Compendium Volume One (1989) | |||
| Crabman | ||||
| Crawling claw | Screen Rant ranked the crawling claw among the 10 weakest monsters in 2018: "At best, you can use a bunch of them to act as a distraction or as a screen while another villain prepares a spell or trap."[53] | |||
| Crocodile | Normal and Giant | |||
| Crustacean, giant | Giant Crab and Giant Crayfish | |||
| Crypt thing | Monstrous Compendium – Greyhawk Appendix (1990) | |||
| Death knight | Monstrous Compendium – Dragonlance Appendix (1990) | A "powerful undead warrior",[115]: 167 Shannon Applecline considered this creature created by Charles Stross one of the game's especially notable monsters.[14]: 38 | ||
| Deepspawn | Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting | |||
| Dinosaur | Ankylosaurus, Deinonychus, Diplodocus, Elasmosaurus, Lambeosaurus, Pteranodon, Stegosaurus, Triceratops and Tyrannosaurus | Considered among the "standard repertoire of "Monsters"",[3] and among the 12 most underrated monsters, "a creature as large and fearsome as a dragon but without all the hype".[102] | ||
| Displacer beast | Monstrous Compendium Volume One (1989) | |||
| Dog | Monstrous Compendium Volume One (1989) | Wild, War, Blink and Death Dog | ||
| Dog, moon | ||||
| Dolphin | ||||
| Doppleganger | ||||
| Dracolich | Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting | |||
| Dragon | Monstrous Compendium Volume One (1989) | Powerful and intelligent, usually winged reptiles with magical abilities and breath weapon. | ||
| Dragon, chromatic: black dragon | Dungeons & Dragons set (1974), D&D Basic Set (1977, 1981, 1983), Monster Manual (1977), D&D Companion Rules (1984), Monstrous Compendium Volume One (1989), Dungeons & Dragons Rules Cyclopedia (1991), Monster Manual (2000), Monster Manual v.3.5 (2003), D&D Miniatures: Dragoneye set #44 (2004), D&D Icons: Gargantuan Black Dragon (2006), D&D Miniatures: Unhallowed set #55 (2007) | Evil[40] chaotic-aligned dragons that spit acid. They have horns projecting forward, a long body and thin tail.[25] | ||
| Dragon, chromatic: blue dragon | Dungeons & Dragons set (1974), Monster Manual (1977), D&D Basic Set (1981, 1983), D&D Companion Rules (1984), Monstrous Compendium Volume One (1989), Dungeons & Dragons Rules Cyclopedia (1991), Monster Manual (2000), Monster Manual v.3.5 (2003), D&D Miniatures: Deathknell set #38 (2005), D&D Icons: Gargantuan Blue Dragon (2007) | Evil[40] lawful-aligned dragons that discharge a bolt of lightning. They have a distinctive horn on their snout.[25] | ||
| Dragon, chromatic: green dragon | Dungeons & Dragons set (1974), Monster Manual (1977), D&D Basic Set (1981, 1983), D&D Companion Rules (1984), Monstrous Compendium Volume One (1989), Dungeons & Dragons Rules Cyclopedia (1991), Monster Manual (2000), Monster Manual v.3.5 (2003). D&D Miniatures: War of the Dragon Queen set #38 (2005) | Evil[40] lawful-aligned dragons that breathe a cloud of poisonous[36] chlorine gas.[41] | ||
| Dragon, chromatic: red dragon | Dungeons & Dragons set (1974), D&D Basic Set (1977, 1981, 1983), Monster Manual (1977), D&D Companion Rules (1984), Dragon No. 134 "The Ecology of the Red Dragon" (1988), Monstrous Compendium Volume One (1989), Dungeons & Dragons Rules Cyclopedia (1991), Monster Manual (2000), Monster Manual v.3.5 (2003), D&D Miniatures: Dragoneye set #55 (2004), D&D Miniatures: Giants of Legend set #71 (2004), D&D Icons: Colossal Red Dragon (2006) | Evil[40] chaotic-aligned dragons that breathe a cone of fire | ||
| Dragon, chromatic: white dragon | Dungeons & Dragons set (1974), D&D Basic Set (1977, 1981, 1983), Monster Manual (1977), D&D Companion Rules (1984), Monstrous Compendium Volume One (1989), Dungeons & Dragons Rules Cyclopedia (1991), Monster Manual (2000), Monster Manual v.3.5 (2003), D&D Miniatures: Night Below #58 (2007), D&D Icons: Legend of Drizzt Scenario Pack (2007) ("Icingdeath, Gargantuan White Dragon") | Evil[40] chaotic-aligned dragons that breathe a cone of cold | ||
| Dragon, gem: amethyst dragon | ||||
| Dragon, gem: crystal dragon | ||||
| Dragon, gem: emerald dragon | ||||
| Dragon, gem: sapphire dragon | ||||
| Dragon, gem: topaz dragon | ||||
| Dragon, metallic: brass dragon | Greyhawk set (1974), Monster Manual (1977), Monstrous Compendium Volume One (1989), D&D Basic Set (1997), Monster Manual (2000), Monster Manual v.3.5 (2003), D&D Miniatures: Dragoneye set #14 (2004), D&D Miniatures: Unhallowed set #19 (2007) | Benevolent and talkative good-aligned[40] desert-dwelling dragons that can breathe sleep gas or fear-causing gas. An example of content misrepresented by the game's detractors.[19]: xii | ||
| Dragon, metallic: bronze dragon | Greyhawk set (1974), Monster Manual (1977), Monstrous Compendium Volume One (1989), Monster Manual (2000), Monster Manual v.3.5 (2003), D&D Miniatures: War Drums set #7 (2006) | Good[40] and lawful-aligned dragons that breathe a bolt of lightning or a repulsion gas cloud | ||
| Dragon, metallic: copper dragon | Greyhawk set (1974), Monster Manual (1977), Monstrous Compendium Volume One (1989), Monster Manual (2000), Monster Manual v.3.5 (2003), D&D Miniatures: Angelfire set #21 (2005), D&D Miniatures: Desert of Desolation #23 (2007) | Good[40] and chaotic-aligned dragons that breathe a discharge of acid or a cloud of gas that slows creatures | ||
| Dragon, metallic: gold dragon | Dungeons & Dragons set (1974), Monster Manual (1977), D&D Basic Set (1981, 1983), D&D Companion Rules (1984), Monstrous Compendium Volume One (1989), Dungeons & Dragons Rules Cyclopedia (1991), Monster Manual (2000), Monster Manual v.3.5 (2003), D&D Miniatures: Giants of Legend set #61 (2004), D&D Miniatures: Deathknell set #7 (2005) | Good[40] and lawful aligned dragons that breathe fire or chlorine gas | ||
| Dragon, metallic: silver dragon | Greyhawk set (1974), Monster Manual (1977), Monstrous Compendium Volume One (1989), Monster Manual (2000), Monster Manual v.3.5 (2003), D&D Miniatures: Archfiends set #5 (2004) | Good[40] and lawful-aligned dragons that breathe a cone of frost or a cloud of paralyzing gas | ||
| Brown dragon | ||||
| Cloud dragon | Monstrous Compendium – Greyhawk Appendix (1990) | |||
| Deep dragon | Drow of the Underdark | |||
| Mercury dragon | ||||
| Mist dragon | Monstrous Compendium – Greyhawk Appendix (1990) | |||
| Shadow dragon | Monstrous Compendium – Greyhawk Appendix (1990) | |||
| Steel dragon | ||||
| Yellow dragon | ||||
| Dragon turtle | Monstrous Compendium Volume One (1989) | |||
| Dragonet, faerie dragon | ||||
| Dragonet, firedrake | ||||
| Dragonet, pseudodragon | ||||
| Dragonne | ||||
| Dryad | Based on the dryad from classical sources.[1] | |||
| Dwarf | Hill and Mountain | |||
| Dwarf | Derro and Duergar | |||
| Elemental | Air, Earth, Water and Fire | |||
| Elemental, air kin | Sylph and Aerial Servant | |||
| Elemental, earth kin | Pech and Sandling | See Outsider | ||
| Elemental, fire-kin | Salamander and Fire Snake | |||
| Elemental, water kin | Monstrous Compendium Volume Two (1989) (Water Weird) | Nereid and Water Weird | ||
| Elemental, composite | Tempest and Skriaxit | |||
| Elephant | African Elephant, Mammoth, Mastodon and Oliphant | |||
| Elf | ||||
| Elf, aquatic | Forgotten Realms Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1991) | Malenti | Malenti are actually sahuaghin but through a mutation "born with the appearance of a Sea-Elf", their "ancient enemies"; while despised by their kin, they are "raised by the clan's leadership to serve as spies inside Sea-Elf society."[142] | |
| Elf, drow | ||||
| Ettercap | ||||
| Eyewing | Dragon Magic (1989), Monstrous Compendium – Dragonlance Appendix (1990) | |||
| Feyr | Forgotten Realms Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1991) | Normal and Great | ||
| Fish | Barracuda, Giant Carp, Giant Catfish, Dragonfish, Electric Eel, Giant Eel, Marine Eel, Weed Eel, Giant Gar, Ixitxachitl, Lamprey, Giant Lamprey, Land Lamprey, Manta Ray, Giant Pike, Piranha, Giant Piranha, Pungi Ray, Quipper, Giant Sea Horse, Shark, Giant Shark and Sting Ray | |||
| Frog | Giant, Killer and Poisonous | |||
| Fungus | Violet Fungus, Shrieker, Phycomid, Ascomoid, and Gas Spore | |||
| Galeb duhr | ||||
| Gargantua | Reptilian, Humanoid and Insectoid | |||
| Gargoyle | Gargoyle and Margoyle | |||
| Genie | Al-Qadim – Land of Fate | Djinni, Dao, Efreeti, Marid and Jann | Powerful humanoid elemental spirits. Based on notions from Middle Eastern culture.[2] | |
| Ghost | Inspired by Gothic fiction, a typical denizen of the Ravenloft setting.[34] | |||
| Ghoul | Ghoul, Lacedon and Ghast | |||
| Giant, cloud | ||||
| Giant, cyclops | ||||
| Giant, desert | ||||
| Giant, ettin | ||||
| Giant, firbolg | ||||
| Giant, fire | ||||
| Giant, fog | ||||
| Giant, formorian | ||||
| Giant, frost | ||||
| Giant, hill | ||||
| Giant, jungle | ||||
| Giant, mountain | Forgotten Realms Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1991) | |||
| Giant, reef | ||||
| Giant, stone | Based on mythological figures and Tolkien, their stone-throwing ability indicates their creative roots in wargaming.[32][1] | |||
| Giant, storm | ||||
| Giant, verbeeg | ||||
| Giant, wood | ||||
| Gibberling | Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting | |||
| Giff | Spelljammer: AD&D Adventures In Space (1989) | |||
| Gith | ||||
| Gith, Pirate | Monstrous Compendium – Spelljammer Appendix (1990) | |||
| Githyanki | Xenophobic humanoids[26]: 20–21 with gaunt stature, leathery yellow skin and fangs. Inhabitants of the Astral Plane, and ancient enemies of the githzerai, githyanki are considered to "boast some excellent twists" as non-player characters, but " little more than dextrous, not to mention ugly, egg layers" as PCs by reviewer Trenton Webb[133][132] Introduced by Charles Stross[131] in White Dwarf No. 12, who borrowed the name from a fictional race in George R. R. Martin's Dying of the Light. The githyanki/illithid relationship was inspired by Larry Niven's World of Ptavvs.[134][122] The githyanki were voted among the top ten best monsters from that White Dwarf's "Fiend Factory" column.[110] | |||
| Githzerai | Zerth, Rrakkma band | Designed by Charles Stross,[131] these humanoids are the ancient and fervent enemies of mind flayers and githyanki. A playable species in the Planescape campaign setting, reviewer Johnny L. Wilson found them a new take on the niche usually occupied by elves.[132] | ||
| Gloomwing | Monstrous Compendium Volume Two (1989) (Tenebrous Worm), Forgotten Realms Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1991) | Gloomwing Moth and Tenebrous Worm | ||
| Gnoll | Gnoll and Flind | |||
| Gnome | Rock Gnome, Svirfneblin, Thinker Gnome and Forest Gnome | |||
| Gnome, spriggan | Monstrous Compendium – Greyhawk Appendix (1990) | |||
| Goblin | ||||
| Golem | Monstrous Compendium – Greyhawk Appendix (1990), Monstrous Compendium – Ravenloft Appendix | Greater Golem (stone, iron), Lesser Golem (flesh, clay), Bone golem, Doll golem, Gargoyle golem, Glass golem, Necrophidus, Scarecrow and Stone variants (caryatid column, juggernaut, and stone guardian) | The clay golem is based on the golem of Medieval Jewish folklore, though changed from "a cherished defender to an unthinking hulk"[49][32] while the flesh golem is related to Frankenstein's monster as Universal's 1931 film, seen in e.g. being empowered by electricity,[1] as well as Gothic fiction more generally; a typical denizen of the Ravenloft setting.[34] The influence of Dungeons & Dragons has led to the inclusion of golems in other tabletop role-playing as well as in video games.[143] | |
| Gorgon | "iron plated bull", based on early modern bestiaries, with only the name being derived from the Classical counterpart.[31][32] | |||
| Grell | Monstrous Compendium – Greyhawk Appendix (1990) (Soldier/Worker), Monstrous Compendium – Spelljammer Appendix (1991) | Worker, Philosopher and Patriarch | ||
| Gremlin | Monstrous Compendium – Greyhawk Appendix (1990) | Gremlin, Fremlin, Galltrit, Mite and Snyad | ||
| Gremlin, jermlaine | ||||
| Griffon | Originally based on the creature from Persian mythology.[34] | |||
| Grimlock | ||||
| Grippli | Monstrous Compendium – Greyhawk Appendix (1990) | |||
| Hag | Annis, Green Hag and Sea Hag | |||
| Halfling | Hairfoot, Tallfellow and Stout | Based on and renamed from the hobbit in J.R.R. Tolkien's works.[1][14]: 27 | ||
| Harpy | ||||
| Hatori | Monstrous Compendium – Dragonlance Appendix (1990) | Lesser and greater | ||
| Haunt | ||||
| Hell hound | ||||
| Heucuva | Monstrous Compendium Volume Two; as Huecuva: Fiend Folio (1981), Dungeon No. 86, Dungeon No. 94, Fiend Folio (2003), Dragon No. 364 | Undead created from divine or oathbound creatures who have failed in their vows. | ||
| Hippocampus | ||||
| Hippogriff | ||||
| Hobgoblin | Koalinth | Koalinth are an undersea variation of the hobgoblin in the game.[144] Reviewer Declan Lowthian included them among the "15 Best Monsters For Coastal D&D Adventures", because the provide a more organized and tactical opponent than most other coastal creatures of the game, and also could be negotiated with rather than providing purely combat encounters.[145] | ||
| Homonculus | ||||
| Hook horror | Monstrous Compendium – Greyhawk Appendix (1990) | |||
| Horses | Draft, Heavy, Medium, Light, Wild and Riding Horses, Pony and Mule | |||
| Human | Aborigine/caveman, Adventurer, Bandit/brigand, Barbarian/nomad, Berserker/dervish, Farmer/herder, Gentry, Knight, Mercenary, Merchant sailor/fisherman, Merchant/trader, Middle class, Peasant/serf, Pilgrim, Pirate/buccaneer, Police/constabulary, priest, sailor, Slaver, soldier, Thief/thug, Tradesman/craftsman, Tribesman and Wizard | Human variants. | ||
| Hydra | Hydra, Lernaean Hydra, Pyrohydra and Cryohydra | Based on the creature from classical sources,[1][33] adapted to be vulnerable to fire-damage, but with no poisonous bite.[31] | ||
| Imp | Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix | Imp and Quasit | ||
| Imp, mephit | Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix | Fire, Ice, Lava, Mist, Smoke and Steam Mephit | ||
| Insect | Monstrous Compendium – Greyhawk Appendix (1990) (Aspis Cow, Drone and Larva; Giant Dragonfly and larva), Forgotten Realms – Ruins of Myth Drannor (Aratha) | Giant ant, Giant ant lion, Aratha, Aspis cow, Aspis drone, Aspis larva, Assassin bug, Worker bee, Soldier bee, Bumblebee, Cave cricket, Giant dragonfly, Dragonfly larva, Ear seeker, Firefriend (giant firefly), Giant bluebottle fly, Giant horsefly, Fyrefly, Horax, Giant hornet, Pernicon, Gargantuan praying mantis, Giant harvester termite (king, queen, soldier, worker), Giant tick and Giant wasp | Giant-sized versions of insects | |
| Insect swarm | Monstrous Compendium – Dragonlance Appendix (1990) | Velvet ants, Grasshoppers and Locust swarms | ||
| Intellect devourer | Adult (intellect devourer) and larva (ustilagor) | SyFy Wire in 2018 called it one of "The 9 Scariest, Most Unforgettable Monsters From Dungeons & Dragons", saying that "The idea of having your brain consumed and just becoming an evil puppet is truly terrible."[99] | ||
| Invisible stalker | ||||
| Ixitxachitl | An "old personal favorite" of reviewer Mark Theurer.[30] | |||
| Jackalwere | ||||
| Kenku | Crow-like humanoids with a tendency for thievery, loosely based on the Japanese tengu.[101][44]: 56–58 | |||
| Ki-rin | Golden-scaled flying equine exemplar of good with one horn. Based on the kirin from Japanese mythology,[3] an example of the diverse cultures amalgamated into D&D.[77] | |||
| Kirre | Monstrous Compendium – Dark Sun Appendix: Terrors of the Desert | |||
| Kobold | Monstrous Compendium Volume Two (1989) (Urd) | Kobold and Urd | ||
| Kuo-toa | "evil fish-men"[10]: 89 | |||
| Lamia | Lamia and Lamia Noble | |||
| Lammasu | Lesser and greater | |||
| Leech | Giant Leech, Throat Leech and Leech swarm | |||
| Leprechaun | ||||
| Leucrotta | ||||
| Lich | Lich and Demilich | |||
| Living wall | Book of Crypts (1991), Dragon No. 343 (May 2006) | Created by a powerful wizard, a living wall is built from living beings, which are absorbed into the surface of the wall itself, helping to enhance its collective powers. The living wall appeared on Geek.com's list of "The most underrated monsters of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons".[102] | ||
| Lizard | Fire, Giant, Minotaur and Subterranean lizard | |||
| Lizard man | Lizard man and Lizard king | |||
| Locathah | ||||
| Lurker | Strategic Review #3 (lurker), Strategic Review #5 (trapper)[14]: 22 | Lurker, Trapper and Forest trapper (miner) | ||
| Lycanthrope | ||||
| Lycanthrope, seawolf | Lesser and Greater | |||
| Lycanthrope, werebat | Monstrous Compendium – Ravenloft Appendix, Drow of the Underdark | |||
| Lycanthrope, werebear | ||||
| Lycanthrope, wereboar | ||||
| Lycanthrope, werefox | ||||
| Lycanthrope, wererat | ||||
| Lycanthrope, wereraven | Monstrous Compendium – Ravenloft Appendix | |||
| Lycanthrope, weretiger | ||||
| Lycanthrope, werewolf | Depiction of the werewolf is related to those in 1930s and 1940s Hollywood movies.[1] | |||
| Mammal | Monstrous Compendium Volume Two (1989) (Weasel, Wolverine), Monstrous Compendium – Spelljammer Appendix (1990) (Chattur) | Carnivorous Ape, Wild Baboon, Badger, Banderlog, Bhaergala, Wild Boar, Chattur, Cooshee, Dakon, Debbi, Goat, Gorilla, Hsing-sing, Hyena, Jackal, Losel, Monkey Spider, Osquip, Black Porcupine, Brown Porcupine, Rothe, Skunk, Sleek, Wild Stag, Stench Kow, Taer, Tyrg, Warthog, Weasel, Wolverine, Minimal mammals and Giant mammals | Lawrence Schick described the stench kow as "a monstrous bison that smells real bad".[10]: 106–107 CJ Miozzi included the stench kow on The Escapist's list of "The Dumbest Dungeons & Dragons Monsters Ever (And How To Use Them)".[126] | |
| Mammal, herd | Camel, Cattle, Buffalo, Antelope and Sheep | |||
| Mammal, small | Beaver, Chipmunk, Ermine, Ferret, Fox, Gopher, Hedgehog, Mink, Mole, Monkey, Mouse, Muskrat, Opossum, Otter, Otter (sea), Otter (giant), Pig (domestic), Pig (wild), Rabbit, Raccoon, Squirrel (flying), Squirrel (giant black) and Woodchuck | |||
| Manscorpion | Forgotten Realms Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1991) (as Tlincalli) | |||
| Manticore | ||||
| Medusa | Normal and Greater | Based on the creature from classical sources[1][3][33] but translated into species of monsters[29] originated from "humans seeking eternal youth".[31] Reviewer Allan Rausch found their portrayal as "a woman with snakes for hair" up to 2nd edition less compelling than their less human-like depiction in 3rd edition.[17] | ||
| Medusa, maedar | Maedar and Glyptar | Male version of the medusa, a consequence of turning the singular monster from classic mythology into a species in the game.[29][33] | ||
| Merman | ||||
| Mimic | Common and Killer | |||
| Mind flayer (illithid) | Strategic Review #1[14]: 22 | |||
| Minotaur | Based on the creature from Greek mythology,[1][3] but translated from a singular creature into a species.[33] | |||
| Mist, crimson death | ||||
| Mist, vampiric | Monstrous Compendium – Greyhawk Appendix (1990) | |||
| Mold | Brown, Russet and Yellow | In the artificial dungeon environment of the game, molds function as a "clean up crew".[1] | ||
| Mold man (vegepygmy) | CJ Miozzi included the vegepygmy on The Escapist's list of "The Dumbest Dungeons & Dragons Monsters Ever (And How To Use Them)".[126] | |||
| Mongrelman | ||||
| Morkoth | ||||
| Muckdweller | ||||
| Mudman | Vaguely humanoid creature bound to and formed from a puddle of mud. Ranked among the weakest monsters in the game by Scott Baird from Screen Rant, as it can only attack by preventing a closeby creature from running away.[53] | |||
| Mummy | Powerful undead usually from desert areas, wrapped in bandages. Based on the creature from Gothic fiction, a typical denizen of the Ravenloft setting.[34] | |||
| Mummy, greater | Monstrous Compendium – Ravenloft Appendix | Mummy with additional priestly powers. Based on the creature from Gothic fiction, a typical denizen of the Ravenloft setting.[34] | ||
| Myconid (fungus man) | ||||
| Naga | Strategic Review #3[14]: 22 | Guardian, Spirit and Water | Snake-like magical creatures with humanoid head. Based on the nāga from Indian mythology.[3] | |
| Naga, dark | Dragon No. 89 (1984), Anauroch (1991), Monstrous Compendium Forgotten Realms Appendix (1991), Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting (1993), Monstrous Manual (1993), Dragon No. 261 "The Ecology of the Dark Naga: Fool Me Twice" (1999), Monster Manual (2000, 2003), D&D Miniatures: Underdark set #33 (2005), Monster Manual (2008) | |||
| Neogi | Spelljammer: AD&D Adventures In Space (1989) | Neogi and Great Old Master | Large red spider-like carnivorous humanoids with reptilian heads. | |
| Nightmare | Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix | |||
| Nymph | Based on the nymph from Greek mythology.[1][3] Appeared in the movie Futurama: Bender's Game.[75] | |||
| Octopus, giant | ||||
| Ogre | Ogre, Ogre Mage and Merrow | |||
| Ogre, half- | Half-ogre and Ogrillion | |||
| Ooze/slime/jelly | Olive Slime, Olive Slime Creature, Mustard Jelly, Stunjelly, Ochre Jelly, Gray Ooze, Crystal Ooze, Gelatinous Cube, Green Slime and Slithering Tracker | "D&D's large variety of monstrous oozes and slimes took their original inspiration from Irvin S. Yeathworth Jr's The Blob" movie. In the artificial dungeon environment of the game, they function as a "clean up crew".[1] | ||
| Orc | Orc and Orog | Directly adapted from the orc in J.R.R. Tolkien's works.[1][14]: 27 | ||
| Otyugh | Otyugh and Neo-Otyugh | |||
| Owlbear | ||||
| Pegasus | Winged horse. Taken from greek mythology, an example of the diverse cultures amalgamated into D&D.[77] | |||
| Peryton | Forgotten Realms Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1991) | |||
| Phantom | Forgotten Realms Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1991) | Inspired by Gothic fiction, a typical denizen of the Ravenloft setting.[34] | ||
| Phoenix | ||||
| Piercer | Strategic Review #3[14]: 22 | |||
| Plant, dangerous | Monstrous Compendium Volume Two (1989) (Yellow Musk Creeper and Zombie), Forgotten Realms Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1991) (Retch Plant, Snapper-Saw and Thornslinger) | Choke Creeper, Mantrap, Retch Plant, Snapper-Saw, Thornslinger, Tri-Flower Frond, Yellow musk creeper and Yellow Musk Zombie | Author and gardener Charles Elliott considered D&D's plant species numerous but "not-very-ingenious".[146] | |
| Plant, intelligent | Hangman Tree, Kelpie, Obliviax, Quickwood, Shambling mound, Strangleweed, Giant Sundew and Thorny | |||
| Poltergeist | ||||
| Pudding, deadly | Black, White, Brown and Dun | |||
| Quaggoth | Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting | |||
| Rakshasa | Strategic Review #3[14]: 22 | Normal and Greater | ||
| Rat | Giant Rat and Osquip | |||
| Remorhaz | ||||
| Revenant | ||||
| Roc | Dungeons & Dragons set (1974), Monster Manual (1977), Monster Manual (2000), Monster Manual (2003), Monster Manual (2008), Monster Manual (2014) | An enormous bird, based on a mythological creature probably of Persian origin, known from Sindbad the Sailor stories.[32] | ||
| Roper | Strategic Review #2[14]: 22 | Storoper | ||
| Rust monster | ||||
| Sahuagin | ||||
| Satyr | Satyr and Korred | Based on the satyr from classical[1] and the korred from Breton mythology.[147] | ||
| Scorpion | Large, Huge and Giant | |||
| Sea lion | Monster Manual (1977), Monster Manual (2000) and Monster Manual (2003) (as Sea cat) | |||
| Selkie | ||||
| Shadow | ||||
| Shedu | Savage Coast Monstrous Compendium Appendix | Lesser and Greater | Lawful good winged equine with human-like head. Based on a creature from Mesopotamian mythology.[3] | |
| Sirine | Al-Qadim – City of Delights | Based on the mythological Siren, the Sirine is a type of Fey. | ||
| Skeleton | Skeleton, Animal and Monster Skeleton | |||
| Skeleton, giant | Monstrous Compendium – Ravenloft Appendix | |||
| Skeleton warrior | Monstrous Compendium – Dragonlance Appendix (1990) | Reviewer Jamie Thomson found the skeleton warriors "beings similar to Tolkien's ringwraiths".[22] | ||
| Slaad | Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix | Red and Blue | ||
| Slug, giant | ||||
| Snake | Amphisbaena, Boalisk, Constrictor and Giant Constrictor Snake, Heway, Normal and Giant Poisonous Snake, Giant Sea Snake and Spitting Snake | |||
| Snake, winged | ||||
| Spectre | ||||
| Sphinx | Androsphinx, Criosphinx, Gynosphinx, and Hieracosphinx | Based on Egyptian and Classical mythology, an example of the diverse cultures amalgamated into D&D.[31][77] | ||
| Spider | Hairy, Large, Huge, Giant, Phase, Sword and Gargantuan | |||
| Sprite | Monstrous Compendium – Greyhawk Appendix (1990) | Sprite, Sea Sprite, Pixie, Nixie, Atomie, and Grig | ||
| Squid, giant | Giant Squid and Kraken | |||
| Stirge | ||||
| Su-monster | ||||
| Swanmay | Swanmay and Bird Maiden | |||
| Tabaxi | Tabaxi and Tabaxi Lord | In 2020, Comic Book Resources counted the tabaxi as # 4 on the list of "10 Powerful Monster Species That You Should Play As", stating that "a Tabaxi monk with Boots of Speed and a few other speed buffs can in theory cover anywhere between 320ft per round to 253,440ft per round. Your ability to do this and break the sound barrier in-game entirely depends on how much time and leniency the DM grants you though."[60] | ||
| Tako | Male and Female | |||
| Tanar'ri | Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix | Balor and Marilith | Renamed from demons in response to moral panic.[14]: 83–84 [21] Considered among the "standard repertoire of "Monsters"" by Fabian Perlini-Pfister.[3] The balor is based on and renamed from the Balrog from J.R.R. Tolkien's legendarium,[1] also called type VI demon due to copyright reasons.[67]: 271 | |
| Tarrasque | ||||
| Tasloi | ||||
| Thought-eater | ||||
| Thri-kreen | Monstrous Compendium – Spelljammer Appendix (1991) (Xixchil), Monstrous Compendium – Dark Sun Appendix: Terrors of the Desert (1992) (Tohr-kreen) | Thri-kreen, Tohr-kreen and Xixchil | "Praying mantis man" with four arms and a poisonous bite.[113] An "old personal favorite" of reviewer Mark Theurer.[30] | |
| Titan | Based on the powerful beings from Greek mythology.[3] Ranked among the strongest creatures in the game by Scott Baird from Screen Rant, as they "stand above giants and possess even more power in terms of their physical and magical capabilities".[53] Backstab reviewer Michaël Croitoriu thought them truly interesting for powergamers when made available as player characters.[45] | |||
| Toad | Giant, Fire, Ice and Poisonous | |||
| Treant | ||||
| Triton | ||||
| Troglodyte | ||||
| Troll | Normal, Two-Headed, Freshwater (Scrag), Saltwater (Marine Scrag), Desert, Spectral (Troll Wraith), Giant, Ice and Spirit Troll | Tall gaunt humanoids with powerful regenerative ability. A characteristic denizen of AD&D worlds.[2] | ||
| Umber hulk | Monstrous Compendium Volume One (1989) | Umber Hulk and Vodyanoi | ||
| Unicorn | Monstrous Compendium Volume One (1989) | Based on the creature from medieval bestiaries.[1][34] The Dungeons & Dragons animated series featured Uni the unicorn as well-received "mascot" and "cute animal sidekick".[79] | ||
| Urchin | Monstrous Compendium Volume Two (1989) | Black, Green, Red, Silver, Yellow, and Land | ||
| Vampire | Monstrous Compendium Volume One (1989) | Depiction is related to those in 1930s and 1940s Hollywood Dracula movies,[1] as well as Gothic fiction; a typical denizen of the Ravenloft setting.[34][2] | ||
| Wemic | ||||
| Whale | Monstrous Compendium Volume Two (1989) | Common Whale, Giant Whale, Leviathan, Killer Whale and Narwhal | ||
| Wight | Monstrous Compendium Volume One (1989) | Thin humanoid undead.[80] Directly adapted from the barrow-wight in Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings,[1][14]: 27 while the concept is inspired Icelandic sagas.[69] | ||
| Will o'wisp | Monstrous Compendium Volume One (1989) | |||
| Wolf | Monstrous Compendium Volume One (1989) | Wolf, Worg, Dire Wolf and Winter Wolf | ||
| Wolfwere | Monstrous Compendium Volume One (1989) | |||
| Worm | Monstrous Compendium Volume Two (1989) (Purple Worm) | Purple Worm, Mottled Worm, Thunderherder, Giant Bloodworm, Bookworm, and Rot Grub | ||
| Wraith | Monstrous Compendium Volume One (1989) | Inspired by Gothic fiction, a typical denizen of the Ravenloft setting.[34] | ||
| Wyvern | Monstrous Compendium Volume One (1989) | |||
| Xorn | Monstrous Compendium Volume Two (1989) (Xorn) | Xorn and Xaren | ||
| Yeti | Monstrous Compendium Volume One (1989) | |||
| Yuan-ti | Monstrous Compendium Volume One (1989) | |||
| Yuan-ti, histachii | ||||
| Yugoloth, guardian | Least, Lesser and Greater | |||
| Zaratan | Monstrous Compendium – Al-Qadim Appendix (1992) | |||
| Zombie | Monstrous Compendium Volume One (1989) (Common, Monster and Ju-ju Zombie) | Common, Monster, Ju-ju and Sea Zombie, and Zombie Lord | ||
TSR 2602 – Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1994) Edit
| TSR 2602 – Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1994) – ISBN 1-56076-862-2 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| This appendix to the Monstrous Compendium series was designed for use with the Planescape campaign setting for the second edition of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons game. The 128-page soft-bound book contains a two pages of explanation about the various entries and a page with a list of monsters from this and other sources by plane, with the remainder consisting of the descriptions of the fictional monsters. | ||||
| Creature | Other appearances | Variants | Description | |
| Aasimon | Monstrous Compendium – Outer Planes Appendix (1991) | |||
| Aasimon – Agathinon | Monstrous Compendium – Outer Planes Appendix (1991) | |||
| Aasimon – Deva | Monstrous Compendium – Outer Planes Appendix (1991) | Astral, Monadic and Movanic Deva | ||
| Aasimon – Light | Monstrous Compendium – Outer Planes Appendix (1991) | |||
| Aasimon – Planetar | Monstrous Compendium – Outer Planes Appendix (1991) | |||
| Aasimon – Solar | Monstrous Compendium – Outer Planes Appendix (1991) | |||
| Animal Lord | Monstrous Compendium – Outer Planes Appendix (1991) (Cat Lord, Hawk Lord and Wolf Lord) | Cat Lord, Hawk Lord, Lizard Lord and Wolf Lord | ||
| Baatezu | Monstrous Compendium – Outer Planes Appendix (1991), Monstrous Manual (1993) | Renamed from devils in response to moral panic.[14]: 83–84 [21] Many were based on figures from Christian demonology.[131] | ||
| Baatezu, Lesser – Abishai | Monstrous Compendium – Outer Planes Appendix (1991), Monstrous Manual (1993) | Black, Green and Red Abishai | ||
| Baatezu, Greater – Amnizu | Monstrous Compendium – Outer Planes Appendix (1991) | |||
| Baatezu, Lesser – Barbazu | Monstrous Compendium – Outer Planes Appendix (1991) | |||
| Baatezu, Greater – Cornugon | Monstrous Compendium – Outer Planes Appendix (1991) | |||
| Baatezu, Lesser – Erinyes | Monstrous Compendium – Outer Planes Appendix (1991) | Based on the figures from Greek mythology.[3] | ||
| Baatezu, Greater – Gelugon | Monstrous Compendium – Outer Planes Appendix (1991) | |||
| Baatezu, Lesser – Hamatula | Monstrous Compendium – Outer Planes Appendix (1991) | |||
| Baatezu – Lemure | Monstrous Compendium – Outer Planes Appendix (1991) | |||
| Baatezu, Least – Nupperibo | Monstrous Compendium – Outer Planes Appendix (1991) | |||
| Baatezu, Lesser – Osyluth | Monstrous Compendium – Outer Planes Appendix (1991) | |||
| Baatezu, Greater – Pit Fiend | Monstrous Compendium – Outer Planes Appendix (1991), Monstrous Manual (1993) | |||
| Baatezu, Least – Spinagon | Monstrous Compendium – Outer Planes Appendix (1991) | |||
| Baku | ||||
| Bariaur | Monstrous Compendium – Outer Planes Appendix (1991) | Centaur-like creature, a player character race in the Planescape setting, where reviewer Johnny L. Wilson found they fill a similar niche than dwarves. They are "fierce fighters and congenial sojourners - as long as you don't serve meat or befriend any giants".[132] | ||
| Bebilith | Monstrous Compendium – Outer Planes Appendix (1991) | |||
| Bodak | Monstrous Compendium – Outer Planes Appendix (1991) | |||
| Einheriar | Monstrous Compendium – Outer Planes Appendix (1991) | |||
| Foo Creature | Monstrous Compendium Kara-Tur Appendix (1990) | Foo Dog and Foo Lion | ||
| Gehreleth | Monstrous Compendium – Outer Planes Appendix (1991) | Farastu, Kelubar and Shator | ||
| Githyanki | Monstrous Compendium – Outer Planes Appendix (1991), Monstrous Manual (1993) | Xenophobic humanoids[26]: 20–21 with gaunt stature, leathery yellow skin and fangs. Inhabitants of the Astral Plane, and ancient enemies of the githzerai, githyanki are considered to "boast some excellent twists" as non-player characters, but " little more than dextrous, not to mention ugly, egg layers" as PCs by reviewer Trenton Webb[133][132] Introduced by Charles Stross[131] in White Dwarf No. 12, who borrowed the name from a fictional race in George R. R. Martin's Dying of the Light. The githyanki/illithid relationship was inspired by Larry Niven's World of Ptavvs.[134][122] The githyanki were voted among the top ten best monsters from that White Dwarf's "Fiend Factory" column.[110] | ||
| Githzerai | Monstrous Compendium – Outer Planes Appendix (1991), Monstrous Manual (1993) | Designed by Charles Stross,[131] these humanoids are the ancient and fervent enemies of mind flayers and githyanki. A playable species in the Planescape campaign setting, reviewer Johnny L. Wilson found them a new take on the niche usually occupied by elves.[132] | ||
| Grue – Earth/Fire | Al-Qadim – Secrets of the Lamp (1993) | Chaggrin (Soil beast) and Harginn (Flame horror) | White Dwarf reviewer Megan C. Evans referred to the grues as "a collection of terrifying beasties from the Elemental Planes".[22] | |
| Grue – Air/Water | Al-Qadim – Secrets of the Lamp (1993) | Ildriss (Wind terror) and Varrdig (Fluid brute) | White Dwarf reviewer Megan C. Evans referred to the grues as "a collection of terrifying beasties from the Elemental Planes".[22] | |
| Hordling | Monstrous Compendium – Outer Planes Appendix (1991) | |||
| Imp | Monstrous Manual (1993) | Imp and Quasit | ||
| Incarnates | ||||
| Larva | Monstrous Compendium – Outer Planes Appendix (1991) | |||
| Maelephant | Monstrous Compendium – Outer Planes Appendix (1991) | |||
| Marut | Monstrous Compendium – Outer Planes Appendix (1991) | |||
| Mediator | Monstrous Compendium – Outer Planes Appendix (1991) (as Mediator and Translator) | Mechanus Mediator and translator | ||
| Mephit | Monstrous Manual (1993) (as Imp, Mephit) | |||
| Mephit, Air/Smoke | Monstrous Compendium – Fiend Folio Appendix (1992) (Smoke Mephit), Monstrous Manual (1993) (Smoke Mephit) | Air and Smoke Mephit | ||
| Mephit, Earth/Ooze | Earth and Ooze Mephit | |||
| Mephit, Fire/Radiant | Monstrous Compendium – Fiend Folio Appendix (1992) (Fire Mephit), Monstrous Manual (1993) (Fire Mephit) | Fire and Radiant Mephit | ||
| Mephit, Water/Ice | Monstrous Compendium – Fiend Folio Appendix (1992) (Ice Mephit), Monstrous Manual (1993) (Ice Mephit) | Water and Ice Mephit | ||
| Mephit, Dust/Salt | Dust and Salt Mephit | |||
| Mephit, Lightning/Mineral | Lightning and Mineral Mephit | |||
| Mephit, Magma/Ash | Monstrous Compendium – Fiend Folio Appendix (1992) (Magma as Lava Mephit), Monstrous Manual (1993) (Magma as Lava Mephit) | Magma and Ash Mephit | ||
| Mephit, Mist/Steam | Monstrous Compendium – Fiend Folio Appendix (1992), Monstrous Manual (1993) (as Imp, Mephit) | Mist and Steam Mephit | ||
| Nighthag | Monstrous Compendium – Outer Planes Appendix (1991) (as Night Hag) | |||
| Nightmare | Monstrous Compendium – Outer Planes Appendix (1991), Monstrous Manual (1993) | |||
| Per | Monstrous Compendium – Outer Planes Appendix (1991) | |||
| Shadow Fiend | Monstrous Compendium – Ravenloft Appendix I (1991), Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium Appendices I & II (1996) | |||
| Slaad | Monstrous Compendium – Outer Planes Appendix (1991), Monstrous Manual (1993) (Gray and Death by reference only) | Red, Blue, Green, Gray and Death Slaad | ||
| Tanar'ri | Monstrous Compendium – Outer Planes Appendix (1991), Monstrous Manual (1993) | Renamed from demons in response to moral panic,[14]: 83–84 [21] many were based on figures from Christian demonology.[131] Considered among the "standard repertoire of "Monsters"" by Fabian Perlini-Pfister.[3] | ||
| Tanar'ri, Lesser – Alu-Fiend | Monster Manual II (1983, as alu-demon), Monstrous Compendium – Outer Planes Appendix (1991) | |||
| Tanar'ri, Greater – Babau | Monstrous Compendium – Outer Planes Appendix (1991) | |||
| Tanar'ri, True – Balor | Monstrous Compendium – Outer Planes Appendix (1991), Monstrous Manual (1993) | Based on and renamed from the Balrog from J.R.R. Tolkien's legendarium,[1] also called type VI demon due to copyright reasons.[67]: 271 | ||
| Tanar'ri, Lesser – Bar-Lgura | Monstrous Compendium – Outer Planes Appendix (1991) | |||
| Tanar'ri, Lesser – Cambion | Monstrous Compendium – Outer Planes Appendix (1991) | |||
| Tanar'ri, Greater – Chasme | Monstrous Compendium – Outer Planes Appendix (1991) | |||
| Tanar'ri, Least – Dretch | Monstrous Compendium – Outer Planes Appendix (1991) | |||
| Tanar'ri, True – Glabrezu | Monstrous Compendium – Outer Planes Appendix (1991) | |||
| Tanar'ri, True – Hezrou | Monstrous Compendium – Outer Planes Appendix (1991) | |||
| Tanar'ri, Least – Manes | Monstrous Compendium – Outer Planes Appendix (1991) | |||
| Tanar'ri, True – Marilith | Monstrous Compendium – Outer Planes Appendix (1991), Monstrous Manual (1993) | |||
| Tanar'ri, Guardian – Molydeus | Monstrous Compendium – Outer Planes Appendix (1991) | |||
| Tanar'ri, Greater – Nabassu | Monstrous Compendium – Outer Planes Appendix (1991) | |||
| Tanar'ri, True – Nalfeshnee | Monstrous Compendium – Outer Planes Appendix (1991) | |||
| Tanar'ri, Least – Rutterkin | Monstrous Compendium – Outer Planes Appendix (1991) | |||
| Tanar'ri, Lesser – Succubus | Monstrous Compendium – Outer Planes Appendix (1991) | Typical example of a demon, belonging to the "standard repertoire of "Monsters"",[3] also an instance of the sexist tropes the game draws on which presented female sexuality as inherently dangerous.[26]: 17, 94 | ||
| Tanar'ri, True – Vrock | Monstrous Compendium – Outer Planes Appendix (1991) | |||
| Tanar'ri, Greater – Wastrilith | ||||
| Tiefling | Descendants of a union between a human and a demon or devil; popular as player characters, as they allow for "identity tourism" of a racial outsider.[26]: 35 Johnny L. Wilson called tieflings "the paranoid, loner obverse" of halflings, who "believe that life is out to get them". In the game they are "suited to be great thieves" and "point persons" due to favourable saving throw bonuses.[132] | |||
| Vargouille | Al-Qadim – City of Delights (1993) | |||
| Yeth hound | Monstrous Compendium – Greyhawk Appendix (1990) (as Hound, Yeth) | |||
| Yugoloth | Monstrous Compendium – Outer Planes Appendix (1991), Monstrous Manual (1993) (as Yugoloth, Guardian) | |||
| Yugoloth, Greater – Arcanaloth | Monstrous Compendium – Outer Planes Appendix (1991) | |||
| Yugoloth, Lesser – Dergholoth | Monstrous Compendium – Outer Planes Appendix (1991) | |||
| Yugoloth, Lesser – Hydroloth | Monstrous Compendium – Outer Planes Appendix (1991) | |||
| Yugoloth, Lesser – Mezzoloth | Monstrous Compendium – Outer Planes Appendix (1991) | |||
| Yugoloth, Greater – Nycaloth | Monstrous Compendium – Outer Planes Appendix (1991) | |||
| Yugoloth, Lesser – Piscoloth | Monstrous Compendium – Outer Planes Appendix (1991) | |||
| Yugoloth, Greater – Ultroloth | Monstrous Compendium – Outer Planes Appendix (1991) | |||
| Yugoloth, Lesser – Yagnoloth | Monstrous Compendium – Outer Planes Appendix (1991) | |||
TSR 2501 – Monstrous Compendium – Mystara Appendix (1994) Edit
| TSR 2501 – Monstrous Compendium – Mystara Appendix (1994) – ISBN 1-56076-875-4 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| This appendix to the Monstrous Compendium series was designed for use with the Mystara campaign setting for the second edition of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons game. The 128-page soft-bound book contains a two-pages content list, a 4-pages "How To Use This Book" section and 5 pages of random encounter charts, with the remainder consisting of the descriptions of the fictional monsters. The Mystara campaign setting began as the "Known World" in the D&D Basic and Expert rules, and as a result many of the entries below originated in the D&D Basic, Expert, Companion or Masters rulebooks, and the modules associated with them. | ||||
| Creature | Other appearances | Variants | Description | |
| Actaeon | D&D Master Rules (1985), D&D Rules Cyclopedia (1991) | |||
| Agarat | D&D Expert Module X8 Drums on Fire Mountain (1984), Creature Catalogue (1986) | |||
| Ash Crawler | D&D Companion Module CM5 Mystery of the Snow Pearls (1985), Creature Catalogue (1986), Creature Catalog (1993) | |||
| Baldandar | Creature Catalogue (1986), Creature Catalog (1993) | |||
| Bargda | Creature Catalogue (1986), Creature Catalog (1993) | |||
| Bhut | D&D Expert Module X4 Master of the Desert Nomads (1985), Creature Catalogue (1986), Creature Catalog (1993), Fiend Folio (2003) | |||
| Bird | Creature Catalogue (Magpie, Piranha Bird) (1986), Creature Catalog (Magpie, Piranha Bird) (1993), D&D Expert Module B5 Horror on the Hill (Piranha Bird) (1983), D&D Expert Module X6 Quagmire! (Piranha Bird) (1984), D&D Basic Module B1-9 "In Search of Adventure" (Piranha Bird) (1987), Wrath of the Immortals (Sprackle) (1992) | Magpie (common and giant), Piranha Bird (lesser and greater), and Sprackle (lesser and greater) | ||
| Blackball | D&D Master Rules (1985), D&D Rules Cyclopedia (1991) | |||
| Brain Collector | D&D Expert Module X2 Castle Amber (1981), Creature Catalogue (1986), Creature Catalog (1993), Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Four (1998), Epic Level Handbook (2002), Dungeon No. 144 (2007) | Also known as the Neh-Thallgu in later sources. | ||
| Chevall | Creature Catalogue (1986), GAZ1: Grand Duchy of Karameikos (1987), GAZ5: Elves of Alfheim (1988), PC4: Night Howlers (1992), Creature Catalog (1993) | |||
| Choker | GAZ6: Dwarves of Rockholm(1988), Creature Catalog (1993), Monster Manual (2000), Monster Manual (2003) | |||
| Coltpixy | PC1: Tall Tales of the Wee Folk (1991), Creature Catalog (1993) | |||
| Crone of Chaos | D&D Basic Module B8 Journey to the Rock (1984), Creature Catalogue (1986), D&D Expert Module B1-9 "In Search of Adventure" (1987), Creature Catalog (1993) | |||
| Darkhood | Creature Catalogue (1986), Creature Catalog (1993) | |||
| Darkwing | ||||
| Decapus | D&D Basic Module B3 Palace of the Silver Princess (1981), D&D Expert Module X9 Savage Coast (1985), Creature Catalogue (1986), D&D Expert Module B1-9 "In Search of Adventure" (1987), Creature Catalog (1993) | |||
| Deep Glaurant | GAZ8: Five Shires (1988), Creature Catalog (1993) | |||
| Diabolus | D&D Immortals Set (1986), Wrath of the Immortals (1992), Terrors from Above (1998) | |||
| Dragon, General | Powerful and intelligent, usually winged reptiles with magical abilities and breath weapon. | |||
| -- Dragon, Crystalline | D&D Master Rules (1985), D&D Rules Cyclopedia (1991) | |||
| -- Dragon, Jade | D&D Master Rules (1985), D&D Rules Cyclopedia (1991) | Not to be confused with the Jade Dragon detailed in Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume One (1994). | ||
| -- Dragon, Onyx | D&D Master Rules (1985), D&D Rules Cyclopedia (1991) | |||
| -- Dragon, Ruby | D&D Master Rules (1985), D&D Rules Cyclopedia (1991) | |||
| Dragonfly | D&D Expert Module XL1 Quest for the Heartstone (1984), Creature Catalogue (1986), Creature Catalog (1993) | White, Black, Green, Blue and Red | ||
| Drake, Mystaran | Mandrake, Wooddrake, Colddrake and Elemental Drake | D&D Master Rules (1985), D&D Rules Cyclopedia (1991) | ||
| Dusanu | D&D Expert Module X5 Temple of Death (1983), Creature Catalogue (1986), Creature Catalog (1993), Dragon No. 339 (2006) | |||
| Elemental of Chaos, Air/Earth | D&D Companion Rules (1984), D&D Rules Cyclopedia (1991) | Eolian and Erdeen | ||
| Elemental of Chaos, Fire/Water | D&D Companion Rules (1984), D&D Rules Cyclopedia (1991) | Pyrophor and Undine | ||
| Elemental of Law, Air/Earth | D&D Companion Rules (1984), D&D Rules Cyclopedia (1991) | Anemo and Kryst | ||
| Elemental of Law, Fire/Water | D&D Companion Rules (1984), D&D Rules Cyclopedia (1991) | Helion and Hydrax | ||
| Familiar | Creature Catalogue (1986), Creature Catalog (1993) | Aryth, Bogan, Fylgar, Gretch and Ulzaq | ||
| Frost Salamander | D&D Expert Rules (1981, 1983), D&D Rules Cyclopedia (1991), Planescape – Monstrous Compendium Appendix III (1998), Monster Manual II (2002) | Frost Salamander and Ice Crab | ||
| Fundamental, Air/Earth | D&D Expert Module X8 Drums on Fire Mountain (1984), Creature Catalogue (1986), Creature Catalog (1993), Planescape – Monstrous Compendium Appendix III (1998) | Air and Earth Fundamentals | ||
| Fundamental, Fire/Water | Expert Module X8 Drums on Fire Mountain (1984), Creature Catalogue (1986), Creature Catalog (1993), Planescape – Monstrous Compendium Appendix III (1998) | Fire and Water Fundamentals | ||
| Gargantua | D&D Companion Rules, D&D Rules Cyclopedia (1991)(carrion crawler and troll) | Gargantuan Carrion Crawler and Gargantuan Troll | ||
| Geonid | Expert Module X5 Temple of Death (1983), Creature Catalogue (1986), DA3: City of the Gods (1987), Creature Catalog (1993) | |||
| Ghostly Horde | D&D Basic Module B8 Journey to the Rock (1984), Creature Catalogue (1986), Creature Catalog (1993) | |||
| Giant, Athach | D&D Master Rules (1985), D&D Rules Cyclopedia (1991), Monster Manual (2000), Monster Manual (2003) | |||
| Giant, Hephaeston | D&D Companion Module CM6 Where Chaos Reigns (1986), Creature Catalogue (1986), Creature Catalog (1993) | |||
| Golem, Amber/Skeletal | D&D Expert Rules (as Amber and Bone Golem) (1981, 1983), D&D Rules Cyclopedia (1991), D&D Game (1991), Classic D&D Game (1994) | Amber and Skeletal Golem | ||
| Golem, Drolem | D&D Companion Rules, D&D Rules Cyclopedia (1991) | |||
| Golem, Iron Gargoyle/Mud | D&D Expert Module X2 Castle Amber (1981) (Mud Golem), D&D Companion Rules (1984) (Mud Golem), Creature Catalogue (1986) (Iron Gargoyle), D&D Rules Cyclopedia (1991)(Mud Golem), Creature Catalog (1993) (Iron Gargoyle), Monster Manual III (2004) (Mud Golem) | Iron Gargoyle and Mud Golem | ||
| Golem, Rock/Silver | Creature Catalogue (1986) (Rock, Silver Golem), Monstrous Compendium Dark Sun Appendix: Terrors of the Desert (1992), (Rock Golem) Creature Catalog (1993) (Rock, Silver Golem) | Rock and Silver Golem | ||
| Gray Philosopher | Creature Catalogue (1986), Creature Catalog (1993) | Gray Philosopher and Malice | ||
| Guardian Warrior | Creature Catalogue (1986), Creature Catalog (1993) | Guardian Warrior and Guardian Horse | ||
| Gyerian | D&D Companion Module CM5 Mystery of the Snow Pearls (1985), Creature Catalogue (1986), Creature Catalog (1993) | |||
| Herex | Creature Catalogue (1986), DA3: City of the Gods (1987), Creature Catalog (1993) | Larval and Adult Herex | ||
| Hivebrood | Creature Catalogue (1986), Creature Catalog (1993) | Broodling, soldier, Lieutenant, Mother and Controller | ||
| Horde | D&D Companion Rules (1984), D&D Rules Cyclopedia (1991) | |||
| Hsiao | D&D Master Rules (1985) | |||
| Huptzeen | Creature Catalogue (1986) | |||
| Hutaakan | Creature Catalogue (1986), Creature Catalog (1993) | Priest, Warrior and Other Hutaakan | ||
| Imp | Creature Catalogue (1986)(Wood Imp), PC1: Tall Tales of the Wee Folk (1991)(Wood Imp), Creature Catalog (1993)(Wood Imp) | Wood, Bog and Garden Imp | ||
| Jellyfish, Giant | Creature Catalogue (1986) (Marauder), Creature Catalog (1993) (Marauder) | Marauder, Death's Head and Galley | ||
| Kna | Creature Catalogue (1986), PC3: Sea Peoples (1990), Creature Catalog (1993) | |||
| Kopru | D&D Expert Module X1 Isle of Dread (1981), Creature Catalogue (1986), Creature Catalog (1993), Monster Manual II (2002) | |||
| Lizard | D&D Basic Rules (Draco, Gecko, Horned Chameleon, Tuatara), Rules Companion (1991) | Draco Lizard, Footpad (giant), Gecko (giant), Horned Chameleon, Lava Lizard, Rockhome Lizard, Tuatara (giant) and Xytar | ||
| Lizard-kin | D&D Basic Module B8 Journey to the Rock (1984) (Chamelon Man), Creature Catalogue (1986) (Chamelon Man, Gator Man, Sis'thik), DA4: Duchy of Ten (1987) (Gator Man), D&D Expert Module B1-9 "In Search of Adventure" (1987) (Chamelon Man), Creature Catalog (1993) (Chamelon Man, Gator Man, Sis'thik), Savage Coast Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1996) (Cayman) | Cayman, Chameleon Man, Gator Man and Sis'thik | ||
| Lupin | D&D Expert Module X2 Castle Amber (1982), D&D Expert Module X9 Savage Coast (1985), Creature Catalogue (1986), PC4: Night Howlers (1992), Creature Catalog (1993), Red Steel (1994), Savage Coast Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1996), Dragon No. 325 (2004) | |||
| Lycanthrope, Werejaguar | HWR1: Sons of Azca (1991), PC4: Night Howlers (1992), Creature Catalog (1993) | |||
| Lycanthrope, Wereswine | D&D Expert Rules (1981, 1983), D&D Rules Cyclopedia (1991) | Called "Devil Swine" in earlier appearances | ||
| Magen | D&D Expert Module X2 Castle Amber (1981), Creature Catalogue (1986), D&D Basic Adventure B12: Queen's Harvest (1989) (Caldron only), Creature Catalog (1993) | Demos, Caldron, Galvan and Hypnos | ||
| Manikin | GAZ3: Principalities of Glantri (1987) | |||
| Mek | D&D Master Rules (1985), D&D Rules Cyclopedia (1991) | |||
| Mujina | D&D Companion Rules, D&D Expert Module X5 Temple of Death (1983), D&D Companion Rules (1984), D&D Rules Cyclopedia (1991), Rokugan Campaign Setting (2001) | |||
| Nagpa | D&D Expert Module X4 Master of the Desert Nomads (1985), Creature Catalogue (1986), PC2: Top Ballista (1989), Creature Catalog (1993) | |||
| Nightshade | D&D Master Rules (1985), D&D Rules Cyclopedia (1991), Monster Manual (2000), Monster Manual (2003) | Nightcrawler, Nightwalker and Nightwing | ||
| Nuckalavee | D&D Master Rules (1985), D&D Rules Cyclopedia (1991), Dragon No. 343 (2006) | |||
| Pegataur | Creature Catalogue (1986), Dawn of the Emperors (1989), PC2: Top Ballista (1991), M2: Vengeance of Alphaks (1991), Creature Catalog (1993), Monstrous Compendium Annual V3 (1996) | |||
| Phanaton | D&D Expert Module X1 Isle of Dread (1981), Creature Catalogue (1986), D&D Master Module M5 Talons of Night (1987), Creature Catalog (1993), Dragon No. 339 (2006) | |||
| Plant, Dangerous | D&D Basic Module B3 Palace of the Silver Princess (Archer Bush), D&D Expert Module X2 Castle Amber (1981) (Amber Lotus, Grab Grass, Vampire Rose), D&D Companion Rules (Grab Grass) | Amber Lotus, Archer Bush, Grab Grass and Vampire Rose | ||
| Plasm | D&D Companion Rules (1984), D&D Rules Cyclopedia (1991) | |||
| Rakasta | Savage Coast Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1996), D&D Expert Module X1 Isle of Dread (1981), D&D Expert Module X2 Castle Amber (1981), Creature Catalogue (1986), Champions of Mystara: Heroes of the Princess Ark (1993), Creature Catalog (1993), Rage of the Rakasta (1993), Red Steel (1994) | |||
| Rock Man | D&D Expert Module B8 Journey to the Rock (1984), Creature Catalogue (1986), Creature Catalog (1993) | |||
| Saberclaw | D&D Companion Module C3 Sabre River (1984), Creature Catalogue (1986), Creature Catalog (1993) | |||
| Sacrol | D&D Master Module M2 Maze of the Riddling Minotaur (1983), D&D Expert Module X9 Savage Coast (1985), Creature Catalogue (1986), Creature Catalog (1993) | |||
| Scamille | Creature Catalogue (1986), Creature Catalog (1993) | |||
| Shapeshifter | D&D Basic Module B4 The Lost City (Polymar) (1982), D&D Master Rules (Adaptor, Metamorph) (1985), Creature Catalogue (Polymar, Randara) (1986), D&D Basic Module B1-9 "In Search of Adventure" (Polymar) (1987), D&D Rules Cyclopedia (Adaptor, Metamorph) (1991), Creature Catalog (Polymar, Randara) (1993) | Adaptor, Metamorph, Polymar and Randara | ||
| Shargugh | D&D Expert Module O2 Blade of Vengeance (1984), Creature Catalogue (1986), Creature Catalog (1993) | |||
| Shark-kin | Creature Catalogue (1986), PC3: Sea Peoples (1990), Creature Catalog (1993) | |||
| Sollux | D&D Expert Module X2 Castle Amber (as Sun Brother) (1981), Creature Catalogue (1986), DA4: Duchy of Ten (1987), Creature Catalog (1993) | |||
| Spectral Death | ||||
| Spectral Hound | D&D Expert Module X5 Temple of Death (1983), D&D Companion Rules, D&D Rules Cyclopedia (1991) | |||
| Spider-kin | D&D Expert Module X1 Isle of Dread (Aranea) (1981), D&D Expert Module X2 Castle Amber (Aranea) (1981), D&D Expert Rules (Rhagodessa) (1981, 1983), D&D Master Rules (Planar Spider),(1985), Creature Catalogue (1986), D&D Master Module M5 Talons of Night (1987), Rules Cyclopedia (Planar Spider, Rhagodessa) (1991), Wrath of the Immortals (Ploppéd) (1992), Champions of Mystara: Heroes of the Princess Ark (Aranea) (1993), Red Steel (Aranea) (1994), Monster Manual (Aranea) (2003) | Aranea, Planar Spider, Ploppéd and Rhagodessa | Aranea not to be confused with similar creature defined in Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Three (1996), Savage Coast Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1996) | |
| Spirit | D&D Companion Rules (Druj and Odic) (1984), D&D Rules Cyclopedia (Druj and Odic) (1991) | Druj and Odic | ||
| Statue, Living | D&D Basic Rules (Crystal, Iron, Rock) (1981, 1983), D&D Basic Module B10 Night's Dark Terror (Jade, Ooze, Silver, Steel) (1986), Creature Catalogue (Jade, Ooze, Silver, Steel) (1986), D&D Rules Cyclopedia (Crystal, Iron, Rock) (1991), Creature Catalog (Jade, Ooze, Silver, Steel) (1993) | Crystal, Iron, Jade, Rock, Ooze, Silver and Steel | ||
| Surtaki | Creature Catalogue (1986), Creature Catalog (1993) | |||
| Tabi | D&D Expert Module X4 Master of the Desert Nomads (1983), D&D Expert Module X10 Red Arrow, Black Shield (1985), Creature Catalogue (1986), PC2: Top Ballista (1989), Creature Catalog (1993) | |||
| Thoul | D&D Basic Rules (1981, 1983), D&D Rules Cyclopedia (1991), D&D Game (1991), Classic D&D Game (1993) | Cross between ghoul, troll and hobgoblin. Originally conceived by Gary Gygax, he thought it "a fun and nasty beastie".[46] | ||
| Thunderhead | Creature Catalogue (1986), Creature Catalog (1993) | |||
| Tiger, Ebon | Rage of the Rakasta (1993) | |||
| Topi | D&D Expert Module X8 Drums on Fire Mountain (1984), Creature Catalogue (1986) | |||
| Tortle | D&D Expert Module X9 Savage Coast (1985), Creature Catalogue (1986), Creature Catalog (1993), Red Steel (1994), Savage Coast Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1996), Dragon No. 315 (2004) | Tortle and Snapper | ||
| Vampire, Velya | D&D Expert Module X7 War Rafts of Kron (1984), Creature Catalogue (1986), D&D Companion Module CM9 Legacy of Blood (as Swamp Velya) (1987), Creature Catalog (1993) | |||
| White Fang | Creature Catalogue (1986), Creature Catalog (1993) | |||
| Worm | D&D Expert Rules (Caecilia) (1981,1983), D&D Expert Module X2 Castle Amber (Slime Worm) (1981), Creature Catalogue (Fyrsnaca, Red Worm) (1986), D&D Expert Adventure XS2: Thunderdelve Mountain (Fyrsnaca, Red Worm) (1989), D&D Basic Adventure B11: King's Festival (Red Worm) (1989), HWA1: Nightwail (Great Annelid) (1990), HWA2: Nightrage (Great Annelid) (1990), D&D Rules Cyclopedia (Caecilia) (1991), Creature Catalog (yrsnaca, Great Annelid, Red Worm) (1993) | Great Annelid, Caecilia, Fyrsnaca, Desert Leviathan, Marine Leviathan, Red Worm and Slime Worm | ||
| Wyrd | D&D Basic Module B10 Night's Dark Terror (1986), Creature Catalogue (Greater) (1986), GAZ5: Elves of Alfheim (Greater) (1988), Creature Catalog (Greater) (1993) | Lesser and Greater | ||
| Yowler | Creature Catalogue (1986), Creature Catalog (1993) | |||
| Zombie, Lightning | Wrath of the Immortals (1992) | Lesser and Greater | ||
TSR 2153 – Monstrous Compendium – Ravenloft Appendix III: Creatures of Darkness (1994) Edit
| TSR 2153 – Monstrous Compendium – Ravenloft Appendix III: Creatures of Darkness (1994) – ISBN 1-56076-914-9 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| This 126-page soft-bound book contains additional creatures for the Ravenloft campaign setting for the second edition of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons game. The book also contains an introduction page, a 2-page "How to Use This Book" section, an updated table for the calculation of experience points awarded for new or modified creatures, and a single page listing of creatures from other sources appropriate to the Ravenloft setting. Luis Javier Flores Arvizu named the continuous presence of supernatural beings as one of the factors that made Ravenloft a very well received role-playing game setting during the 33 years of its existence.[34] | ||||
| Creature | Other appearances | Variants | Description | |
| Akikage | Akikage and Anasasshia | |||
| Animator, General Information | ||||
| --Animator, Minor | ||||
| --Animator, Common | ||||
| --Animator, Greater | ||||
| Bakhna Rakhna | ||||
| Baobhan Sith | ||||
| Beetle, Scarab | Grave, Giant and Monstrous | |||
| Boneless | ||||
| Boowray | ||||
| Bruja | ||||
| Carrion Stalker | ||||
| Carrionette | The Created (1993), Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume One (1994), Denizens of Darkness (2002), Denizens of Dread (2004), Dragon No. 339 (2006) | |||
| Cat, Midnight | ||||
| Cat, Skeletal | ||||
| Cloaker, Shadow | ||||
| Cloaker, Resplendent | ||||
| Cloaker, Undead | ||||
| Corpse Candle | ||||
| Death's Head Tree | Castles Forlorn (1993), Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume One (1994), Dragon No. 292 (2002), Denizens of Darkness (2002), Denizens of Dread (2004), Dragon No. 339 (2006) | |||
| Doppleganger, Ravenloft | ||||
| Furies | Alecto, Tisiphone and Megarea | |||
| Familiar, Pseudo- | ||||
| Familiar, Undead | ||||
| Feathered Serpent | ||||
| Fenhound | ||||
| Figurine, General Information | ||||
| --Figurine, Ceramic | ||||
| --Figurine, Crystal | Crystal and Diamond | |||
| --Figurine, Ivory | ||||
| --Figurine, Obsidian | Smoothed | |||
| --Figurine, Porcelain | ||||
| Flea of Madness | ||||
| Geist | Intangible undead spirit of a person that died traumatically. Inspired by Gothic fiction, a fitting monster for the nightmarish domains of Ravenloft.[34][2] | |||
| Ghost, Animal | Bear, Wild Boar, Wild Horse, Mountain Lion, Stag and Wolf | Spirit of an animal turned to a malevolent undead. A characteristic monster for the horror-setting of Ravenloft.[2] | ||
| Golem, Flesh | Monstrous Manual (1993) | More powerful version of the Monstrous Manual flesh golem. Inspired by Gothic fiction, a typical denizen of the Ravenloft setting.[34] | ||
| Golem, Mist | Inspired by Gothic fiction, a typical denizen of the Ravenloft setting.[34] | |||
| Golem, Snow | Inspired by Gothic fiction, a typical denizen of the Ravenloft setting.[34] | |||
| Golem, Wax | Inspired by Gothic fiction, a typical denizen of the Ravenloft setting.[34] | |||
| Gremishka | ||||
| Hag, Spectral | ||||
| Head Hunter | ||||
| Hebi-No-Onna | ||||
| Hearth Fiend | ||||
| Hound, Phantom | ||||
| Hound, Skeletal | ||||
| Imp, Wishing | ||||
| Ivy, Crawling | ||||
| Jack Frost | ||||
| Jolly Roger | ||||
| Kizoku | ||||
| Lashweed | ||||
| Leech, Magical | ||||
| Leech, Psionic | ||||
| Lich, Defiler | ||||
| Lich, Drow | Drow and Drider | |||
| Lich, Elemental | ||||
| Lich, Psionic | Dragon No. 174 (1991), Van Richten's Guide to the Lich (1993), Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume One (1994), Van Richten's Monster Hunter's Compendium, Volume Two (1999), Ravenloft Dungeon Master's Guide (2003) (as "Psilich") | |||
| Living Tattoo | Dark Man, Living Spear, Panther, Raven and Winged Snake | |||
| Lycanthrope, Loup-Garou | Lowland and Mountain | An especially powerful version of a werewolf. The werewolf was considered a typical monster for the horror-setting of Ravenloft.[2] | ||
| Lycanthrope, Werejackal | ||||
| Lycanthrope, Werejaguar | Dragon No. 40 (1980), Dragon No. 70 (1983), Imagine No. 28 (1985), Sons of Azca (1991), Night Howlers (1992), Creature Catalog (1993), Van Richten's Guide to Werebeasts (1993), Mystara Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1994), Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume One (1994), Denizens of Darkness (2002), Denizens of Dread (2004) | |||
| Lycanthrope, Wereleopard | ||||
| Lycanthrope, Wereray | ||||
| Mist Ferryman | ||||
| Moor Man | ||||
| Obedient | ||||
| Odem | ||||
| Paka | ||||
| Plant, Bloodrose | ||||
| Plant, Fearweed | ||||
| Radiant Spirit | ||||
| Recluse | ||||
| Remnant, Aquatic | ||||
| Rushlight | ||||
| Sea Spawn, Master | ||||
| Sea Spawn, Minion | ||||
| Shadow Asp | ||||
| Shattered Brethren | ||||
| Skeleton, Archer | ||||
| (Skeleton), Insectoid | Giant Ant, Giant Tick and Stag Beetle | |||
| Skeleton, Strahd | ||||
| Skin Thieves | ||||
| Spirit, Psionic | ||||
| Unicorn, Shadow | ||||
| Vampire, Drow | ||||
| Vampire, Nosferatu | ||||
| Vampire, Oriental | ||||
| Virus, General Information | ||||
| --Virus, Combustion and Crystal | Combustion and Crystal | |||
| --Virus, Petrification and Phobia | Petrification and Phobia | |||
| --Virus, Psionic and Shadow | Psionic and Shadow | |||
| Vorlog | ||||
| Will O'Dawn | ||||
| Will O'Deep | ||||
| Will O'Mist | ||||
| Will O'Sea | ||||
| Zombie, Cannibal | ||||
| Zombie, Desert | ||||
| Zombie Fog | Zombie Fog and Cadaver | |||
| Zombie, Strahd | ||||
| Zombie, Wolf | Castles Forlorn (1993), Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume One (1994), Ravenloft Gazetteer: Volume I (2002), Libris Mortis (2004) | |||
Monstrous Compendium Annuals Edit
| TSR 2145 – Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume One (1994) – ISBN 1-56076-838-X | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| This 128-page unnumbered soft-bound book primarily contains monster descriptions published in TSR's products for the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons second edition game in 1993, as well as fictional monsters of the same year from magazines affiliated with the game. There are also a number of creatures from earlier sources included. The book also contains a two-page How to Use This Book section, a revised table for calculating experience points, and two pages of tips on how to use monsters in the game in the section Beyond Random Encounters. | ||||
| Creature | Other appearances | Variants | Description | |
| Aballin | Monstrous Compendium Fiend Folio Appendix (1992), Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting (1993), Monsters of Faerûn (2001) | |||
| Abyss Ants | Dragon No. 193 (1993), Fiend Folio (2003) | |||
| Afanc | Monster Manual II (1983), City of Delights (1993) | Young afanc | ||
| Al-Jahar (Dazzle) | City of Delights (1993) | |||
| Baelnorn | Ruins of Myth Drannor (1993), Cormanthyr: Empire of Elves (1998), Monsters of Faerûn (2001) | |||
| Baneguard | Shadowdale (1989), Ruins of Undermountain (1991), Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting (1993), Monsters of Faerûn (2001), Lost Empires of Faerûn (2005) | Direguard | ||
| Banelar | Dragon No. 197 (1993), Monsters of Faerûn (2001), Serpent Kingdoms (2004), Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide (2008) | |||
| Bird, Talking | City of Delights (1993) | |||
| Blazing Bones | Ruins of Myth Drannor (1993) | |||
| Campestri | Dungeon No. 41 (1993) | A "singing mushroom", considered a fun and whimsy creature in the game by Chris Perkins.[148] | ||
| Carrionette | The Created (1993), Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium Appendix III: Creatures of Darkness (1994), Denizens of Darkness (2002), Denizens of Dread (2004), Dragon #339 (2006) | |||
| Cat, Winged | Haunted Halls of Evening Star (1992) (Tressym), City of Delights (1993) (Greater and Lesser), Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting (1993) (Tressym), Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting (2001) (Tressym), Lost Empires of Faerûn (2005) (Tressym) | Lesser and Greater Winged Cats and Tressym | ||
| Chitine | Monstrous Compendium Forgotten Realms Appendix (1991), Dragon No. 223 "The Ecology of the Chitine" (1995), Monsters of Faerûn (2001), Underdark (2003), D&D Miniatures: Dragoneye set #47 (2004) | |||
| Crypt Servant | City of Delights (1993), Priest's Spell Compendium, Volume One (1999) | |||
| Dog, Saluqi | Assassin Mountain (1993) | |||
| Dragon, Fang (Draco Dentus Terribilus) | Dragon No. 134 (1988), Ruins of Myth Drannor (1993), Monsters of Faerûn (2001), Draconomicon (2003), D&D Miniatures: War of the Dragon Queen set #48 (2006), Draconomicon (2008) (as "Gray Dragon") | |||
| Dragon, Electrum | Dragon No. 74 (1983), Ruins of Myth Drannor (1993) | |||
| Dragon, Linnorm, Corpse Tearer | Dragon No. 183 (1992), Monster Manual II (2002) | Reviewer Mark Theurer remarked about Linnorm dragons that these giant "dragon-like beings that might best be described as feral dragons" really piqued his interest, and characterized the Corpse Tearer as "old, smart, and vicious".[30] | ||
| Dragon, Linnorm, Dread | Dragon No. 182 (1992), Monster Manual II (2002) | The "largest [of the Linnorms] and has two frickin' heads".[30] | ||
| Dragon, Linnorm, Flame | Dragon No. 183 (1992) | |||
| Dragon, Linnorm, Forest | Dragon No. 182 (1992) | |||
| Dragon, Linnorm, Frost | Dragon No. 182 (1992) | |||
| Dragon, Linnorm, Gray | Dragon No. 183 (1992), Monster Manual II (2002) | "small [for a Linnorm dragon], that means HUGE, and very aggressive".[30] | ||
| Dragon, Linnorm, Land | Dragon No. 182 (1992) | |||
| Dragon, Linnorm, Midgard | Dragon No. 183 (1992) | |||
| Dragon, Linnorm, Rain | Dragon No. 183 (1992) | |||
| Dragon, Linnorm, Sea | Dragon No. 182 (1992), Dragon No. 356 (2007) | |||
| Dragon, Neutral, Jacinth | Dragon No. 158 (1990) | |||
| Dragon, Neutral, Jade | Dragon No. 158 (1990) | Note that this is not the same dragon as the Mystaran Jade Dragon. | ||
| Dragon, Neutral, Pearl | Dragon No. 158 (1990) | |||
| Dragon-kin | Dragon Mountain (1993), Cult of the Dragon (1998), Pool of Radiance: Attack on Myth Drannor (2000), Monsters of Faerûn (2001), Draconomicon (2003) | |||
| Dread | Ruins of Myth Drannor (1993), Lost Empires of Faerûn (2005) | Vampiric Dread | ||
| Elemental, Earth Weird | Dragon Mountain (1993), Monster Manual II (2002) | |||
| Elemental, Sandman | White Dwarf No. 10 (1978), Fiend Folio (1981), Assassin Mountain (1993), Tome of Horrors (2002) | |||
| Elemental, Wind Walker | Strategic Review No. 3 (1975), Monster Manual (1977), Monster Cards, Set 4 (1982), Assassin Mountain (1993), Tome of Horrors (2002) | |||
| Elemental Kin, Earth, Crysmal | Monster Manual II (1983), Secrets of the Lamp (1993), Psionics Handbook (2001), Expanded Psionics Handbook (2004) | |||
| Elemental Kin, Fire, Azer | Monster Manual II (1983), Practical Planetology (1991), Secrets of the Lamp (1993), Monster Manual (2000, 2003), Savage Species (2003), D&D Miniatures: Harbinger set #32 (2003) ("Azer Raider"), D&D Miniatures: War of the Dragon Queen set #19 (2006) ("Azer Fighter"), Monster Manual (2008), Draconomicon (2008) ("Azer Beastmaster") | Amaimon, Nobles | ||
| Elemental Vermin | City of Delights (1993) | Air (duster), Earth (crawler), Fire (flameling) and Water (spitter) | ||
| Faerie, Petty | Monstrous Compendium Fiend Folio Appendix (1992), Dragon Mountain (1993) (Squeaker) | Squeaker and Stwinger | Fairy creatures were considered among the "standard repertoire of "Monsters"" by Fabian Perlini-Pfister.[3] | |
| Feystag | Dragon No. 89 (1989) (as "Calygraunt"), Ruins of Myth Drannor (1993) | |||
| Flameskull | Dragon No. 197 (1993), Lost Empires of Faerûn (2004), D&D Miniatures: War Drums set #29 (2006), Monster Manual (2008) | |||
| Foulwing | Menzoberranzan (1992), Dragon No. 197 (1993), Lost Empires of Faerûn (2005) | Foulwing and Foulvern | ||
| Gambado | Fiend Folio (1981), Monstrous Compendium Fiend Folio Appendix (1992), Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting (1993), Tome of Horrors (2002) | |||
| Garbug | Fiend Folio (1981), Monstrous Compendium Fiend Folio Appendix (1992) | Black and Violet Garbug | ||
| Genie, Tasked, General | ||||
| -- Genie, Tasked, Administrator | City of Delights (1993) | |||
| -- Genie, Tasked, Deceiver | Assassin Mountain (1993) | |||
| -- Genie, Tasked, Harim Servant | City of Delights (1993) | |||
| -- Genie, Tasked, Messenger | Secrets of the Lamp (1993) | |||
| -- Genie, Tasked, Miner | Secrets of the Lamp (1993) | |||
| -- Genie, Tasked, Oathbinder | Assassin Mountain (1993) | |||
| Gibbering mouther | Lost Tamoachan (1979), Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan (1979), Monster Manual II (1983), Dragon No. 160 "The Ecology of the Gibbering Mouther" (1990), Assassin Mountain (1993), Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting (1993), Monster Manual (2000, 2003), D&D Miniatures: Aberrations set #50 (2004), Lords of Madness (2005), Monster Manual (2008) | |||
| Gnasher | Dragon Mountain (1993) | Normal and Winged Gnasher | ||
| Golem, Brain | Dragon No. 193 (1993), The Illithiad (1998), Fiend Folio (2003) | |||
| Golem, Hammer | Dragon No. 193 (1993) | |||
| Golem, Metagolem | Dragon No. 159 (1990), Dungeon No. 36 (1992) | Copper, Tin, Bronze, Iron, Steel, Silver, Electrum, Gold and Platinum Metagolem | ||
| Golem, Spiderstone | Dragon No. 193 (1993), City of the Spider Queen (2002) | |||
| Gorynych | Dragon No. 158 (1990), Lost Empires of Faerûn (2005) | |||
| Greelox | Dungeon No. 35 (1992) | |||
| Helmed horror | Halls of the High King (1990), Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting (1993), Priest's Spell Compendium, Volume Three (2000), Monsters of Faerûn (2001), Dragon No. 302 (2002), Lost Empires of Faerûn (2005), D&D Miniatures: Underdark set #37 (2005), Monster Manual (2008) | |||
| Jarbo | Dungeon No. 35 (1992) | |||
| Laraken | Shining South (1993), Shining South (2004) | |||
| Lich, Psionic | Dragon No. 174 (1991), Van Richten's Guide to the Lich (1993), Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium Appendix III: Creatures of Darkness (1994), Van Richten's Monster Hunter's Compendium, Volume Two (1999), Ravenloft Dungeon Master's Guide (2003) (as "Psilich") | |||
| Living Steel | Dragon Mountain (1993) | |||
| Lock Lurker | Dragon No. 139 (1988), Haunted Halls of Evening Star (1992), Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting (1993), Priest's Spell Compendium, Volume Three (2000) | |||
| Loxo | Monstrous Compendium Forgotten Realms Appendix (1991), Monster Manual II (2002), Savage Species (2003), Shining South (2004) | |||
| Lycanthrope, Loup du Noir | Dark of the Moon (1993) | |||
| Lycanthrope, Werebadger | Dragon No. 40 (1980), Van Richten's Guide to Werebeasts (1993), Van Richten's Monster Hunter's Compendium, Volume One (1999), Denizens of Darkness (2002), Denizens of Dread (2004) | |||
| Lycanthrope, Werejaguar | Dragon No. 40 (1980), Dragon No. 70 (1983), Imagine No. 28 (1985), Sons of Azca (1991), Night Howlers (1992), Creature Catalog (1993), Van Richten's Guide to Werebeasts (1993), Mystara Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1994), Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium Appendix III: Creatures of Darkness (1994), Denizens of Darkness (2002), Denizens of Dread (2004) | |||
| Lythlyx | Dragon No. 43 (1980), Ruins of Myth Drannor (1993) | |||
| Magebane | Dragon No. 140 (1988), Ruins of Myth Drannor (1993) | |||
| Marrashi | Assassin Mountain (1993) | |||
| Metalmaster (Sword Slug) | Dragon No. 139 (1988), Ruins of Myth Drannor (1993), Lost Empires of Faerûn (2005) | |||
| Mimic, House Hunter | Dungeon No. 19 (1989) | Young, Adult and Ancient House Hunter | Rob Bricken of io9 identified the house hunter as one of "The 12 Most Obnoxious Dungeons & Dragons Monsters".[78] | |
| Naga, Bone | Ruins of Myth Drannor (1993), Monster Manual II (2002), Serpent Kingdoms (2004), D&D Miniatures: Unhallowed set #34, Monster Manual (2008) | |||
| Nautilus, Giant | Dragon No. 193 (1993) | |||
| Nightshade | Doom of Daggerdale (1993) | Also called a wood wose; not to be confused with the various Nightshades from the Plane of Shadow. | ||
| Nishruu | Halls of the High King (1990), Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting (1993), Monsters of Faerûn (2001), Lost Empires of Faerûn (2005) | |||
| Noran | Dragon Mountain (1993) | |||
| Ophidian | Monster Manual II (1983), Dragon Mountain (1993), Fiend Folio (2003), Serpent Kingdoms (2004), D&D Miniatures: Angelfire set #57 (2005) | |||
| Opinicus | Monster Manual II (1983), City of Delights (1993) | |||
| Ormyrr | Ruins of Myth Drannor (1993), Monster Manual II (2002) | |||
| Parasite | Monster Manual (1977) (Ear Seeker), Fiend Folio (1981) (Goldbug), City of Delights (1993), Monstrous Manual (1993) (Ear Seeker) | Bloodring, Ear Seeker, Goldbug, Wizard Lice and Vilirij | ||
| Pasari-Niml | City of Delights (1993) | Warrior, Noble and Calipha Pasari-Niml | ||
| Plant, Vampire Moss | Dungeon No. 41 (1993) | |||
| Pteraman | Jungles of Chult (1993), Villains' Lorebook (1998), Monsters of Faerûn (2001) (from here on as pterafolk), Serpent Kingdoms (2004) | A flying saurian folk[81] | ||
| Rautym | Dragon Mountain (1993) | |||
| Shadeling | Dungeon No. 35 (1992) | |||
| Skum | Polyhedron No. 67 (1992), Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting (1993), Monster Manual (2000, 2003) | |||
| Snake, Giant Cobra | Assassin Mountain (1993) | Elder Giant Cobra | ||
| Snake, Stone | Dragon Mountain (1993) | |||
| Spectral Wizard | Wizard's Challenge (1992), Wizard's Spell Compendium, Volume One (1996) | |||
| Spell Weaver | Dragon No. 163 (1990), Monster Manual II (2002), Dragon No. 338 "The Ecology of the Spell Weaver" (2005), Dragon: Monster Ecologies (2007) | |||
| Spider, Brain | Dragon Mountain (1993) | |||
| Suwyze | Dragon Mountain (1993) | |||
| Tatalla | City of Delights (1993) | |||
| Tick, Heart | None | |||
| Tree, Dark | Shining South (1993), Monsters of Faerûn (2001), Shining South (2004) | |||
| Tree, Death's Head | Castles Forlorn (1993), Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium Appendix III: Creatures of Darkness (1994), Dragon #292 (2002), Denizens of Darkness (2002), Denizens of Dread (2004), Dragon #339 (2006) | |||
| Tree, Singing | City of Delights (1993) | |||
| Troll, Snow | Dungeon No. 43 (1993) | |||
| Tuyewera | Dungeon No. 22 (1990) | |||
| Ulitharid (Noble Illithid) | Dungeon No. 24 (1990), The Illithiad (1998), Lords of Madness (2005) | |||
| Undead Dwarf | Dragon Mountain (1993) | |||
| Undead Lake Monster | Castles Forlorn (1993), Ravenloft Gazetteer: Volume I (2002) | |||
| Whipsting | Dragon No. 197 (1993) | Stingwings | ||
| Windghost | Ruins of Myth Drannor (1993), Monster Manual II (2002) | |||
| Wolf, Dread | Dragon No. 174 (1991) | |||
| Wolf, Stone | Dragon No. 174 (1991) | |||
| Wolf, Vampiric | Dragon No. 174 (1991) | |||
| Wolf, Zombie | Castles Forlorn (1993), Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium Appendix III: Creatures of Darkness (1994), Ravenloft Gazetteer: Volume I (2002), Libris Mortis (2004) | |||
| Wraith, Shimmering | Dungeon No. 26 (1990) | |||
| Xantravar (Stinging Horror) | Dragon No. 140 (1988), Ruins of Myth Drannor (1993) | |||
| Xaver | Dragon No. 94 (1985), Ruins of Myth Drannor (1993) | |||
| TSR 2158 – Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Two (1995) – ISBN 0-7869-0199-3 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| This 128-page soft-bound book contains creatures appearing in various TSR publications (magazines, game accessories, etc.) in the year 1994. It contains a 2-page "How to Use This Book" section, and a 1-page section updating the calculation of experience points awarded for defeating various creatures (including tables updating those in the AD&D Dungeon Master's Guide). The final 10 pages of the book provide tables for generating random encounters, summoned creatures and NPC parties. | ||||
| Creature | Other appearances | Variants | Description | |
| Aboleth, Savant | Night Below (1995) | |||
| Addazahr | Corsairs of the Great Sea (1994) (as Addazhar (Backbiter)) | Thin, blood-drinking flying insect that can cause disease. | ||
| Amiq Rasol | Corsairs of the Great Sea (1994) | Energy-draining undead corsairs. | ||
| Arch-Shadow | The Secret of Spiderhaunt (1995), The Return of Randal Morn (1995) | Arch-Shadow and Demi-Shade | ||
| Automaton, Scaladar | Ruins of Undermountain (1991) (Scaladar), Ruins of Undermountain 2 (1994) Enhanced Scaladr) City of Splendors: Waterdeep (2005) (Scaladar) | Scaladar and Enhanced Scaladar | ||
| Automaton, Triobriand's | Ruins of Undermountain 2 (1994) | Ferragam, Silversann and Thanatar | ||
| Bat, Sporebat | ||||
| Beetle, Dragon | City by the Silt Sea (1994) | 1-foot-long (0.30 m) horned beetle living in groups with a poison dangerous to drakes, dragons and dray | ||
| Bi-nou | Ruins of Undermountain 2 (1994) | Bi-nou, Rockworm and Rocklord | ||
| Boggle | ||||
| Brownie, Dobie | Dragon No. 206 (1994) | |||
| Brownie, Quickling | Monstrous Compendium – Greyhawk Appendix (1990) | Small, intelligent, chaotic and speedy, it appeared on Geek.com's list of "The most underrated monsters of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons".[102] | ||
| Cat, Great (Cath Shee) | Elves of Evermeet (1994) | |||
| Cat, Crypt | The Awakening (1994) | Normal and Large | ||
| Centaur-Kin, Dorvesh | Polyhedron No. 95 (1994) | |||
| Centaur-Kin, Gnoat | Polyhedron No. 95 (1994) | |||
| Centaur-Kin, Ha'pony | Polyhedron No. 95 (1994) | |||
| Centaur-Kin, Zebranaur | Polyhedron No. 95 (1994) | |||
| Chronolily | Dragon's Rest (1990) | Immense sentient flower whose nectar reveals images of the past, present and future. | ||
| Curst | The Dragon #30 (1979),[14]: 72 City of Splendors (1994) | The curst had the distinction of being the first piece of publication with references to the immensely detailed Forgotten Realms setting.[14]: 72–73 | ||
| Darktentacles | Ruins of Undermountain (1991), Monster Manual II (2002) | |||
| Dinosaur | Monstrous Compendium – Forgotten Realms Appendix (1989) | Allosaurus, Brontosaurus, Ceratosaurus, Compsognathus, Dimetrodon, Euparkeria, Gorgosaurus, Iguanodon, Monoclonius, Plateosaurus, Struthiomimus, Tanystropheus, Teratosaurus and Trachodon | Considered among the "standard repertoire of "Monsters"",[3] and among the 12 most underrated monsters, "a creature as large and fearsome as a dragon but without all the hype".[102] | |
| Dinosaur, Aquatic | Monstrous Compendium – Forgotten Realms Appendix (1989) (as Dinosaur) | Archelon, Dinichthys, Mosasaurus, Nothosaurus, Plesiosaurus and Temnodontosaurus | ||
| Dog, Bog Hound | Howls in the Night (1994) | |||
| Doppelganger, Greater | City of Splendors (1994) | |||
| Dragon, Brine | Otherlands (1990) | Ocean-going dragon with plesiosaur-like body and corrosive alkaline breath weapon. | ||
| Dragon, Half-Dragon | Council of Wyrms (1994) (as race) | |||
| Dragon-kin, Sea Wyrm | Corsairs of the Great Sea (1994) | Large, usually non-aggressive sea serpent with sleep gas as a breath weapon. | ||
| Dwarf, Wild | FR11: Dwarves Deep (1990) | |||
| Ekimmu | Dragon No. 210 (1994) | |||
| Elemental, Nature | Ruins of Zhentil Keep (1995) | |||
| Elf, Winged (Avariel) | Dragon No. 51 (1981), Complete Elves Handbook (1992) | |||
| Fish | Flames of the Falcon (1990) | Floating Eye, Hetfish, Masher and Verme | ||
| Fish, Subterranean | Ruins of Undermountain 2 (1994) | Wattley, Lemon Fish and Iridescent Plecoe | ||
| Flareater | Ruins of Undermountain 2 (1994) | |||
| Flumph | Fiend Folio (1981) | Common and Monastic | "A flumph looks like a large jellyfish that propels itself through the air by sucking air into its body and expelling it." Ranked among the weakest monsters in the game by Scott Baird from Screen Rant: It only attacks with a stinking liquid, and helpless when turned on its back.[53] Shannon Applecline considered "the much-satirized flumph" one of the silly monsters introduced in Fiend Folio.[14]: 38 | |
| Froghemoth | Monster Manual II (1983), Dungeon No. 56 (1995) | |||
| Ghost, Casura | Dragon No. 210 (1994) | |||
| Ghost, Ker | Dragon No. 210 (1994) | |||
| Ghul, Great | Caravans (1994) | |||
| Ghul-Kin | Corsairs of the Great Sea (1994) | Soultaker and Witherer | Evil undead jann with shapechanging powers. | |
| Giant, Half-giant (Athasian) | Terrors Beyond Tyr (1995) | |||
| Golem, Burning Man | Dragon No. 209 (1994) | |||
| Golem, Phantom Flyer | Dragon No. 209 (1994) | |||
| Gulguthhydra | City of Splendors (1994) | |||
| Hakeashar | City of Splendors (1994) | |||
| Horse, Moon-horse | Elves of Evermeet (1994) | |||
| Human, Dragon Slayer | NPC variant | |||
| Human, Vistana | A "group of strange, nomadic people with great mystical power, especially in the areas of curses and prophecy" from the Ravenloft setting, matching harmful stereotypes of Romani people in a problematic way.[26]: 103–104 [34] | |||
| Jellyfish, Giant (Portuguese Man-o-War) | ||||
| Kalin | City by the Silt Sea (1994) | 12-foot-long (3.7 m) aggressive insectoid creatures used as mounts by kalin riders. | ||
| Kholiathra | Elves of Evermeet (1994) | |||
| Laerti | Anauroch (1991) | Laerti and Stingtail | ||
| Leucrotta, Greater | City of Splendors (1994) | |||
| Lich, Suel | Polyhedron No. 101 (1994) | |||
| Lurker, Shadow | Ruins of Undermountain 2 (1994) | |||
| Lycanthrope, Werepanther | ||||
| Lycanthrope, Wereshark | City of Splendors (1994) | Prior to 2E, weresharks were created by Dr. John Eric Holmes, based on a Hawaiian legend of the shark man.[149][150][151] | ||
| Mammal, Giant | City of Splendors (1994) | Badger, Beaver, Boar, Hyena (Hyenadon), Porcupine, Otter, Skunk, Weasel and Wolverine | ||
| Mammal, Herd | Bull (Wild Ox), Caribou, Giant Goat, Hippopotamus, Llama, Giant Ram, Rhinoceros, Wild Stag and Giant Stag | |||
| Marl | ||||
| Meenlock | Fiend Folio (1981), Flames of the Falcon (1990) | |||
| Mimic, Greater | Ruins of Undermountain 2 (1994) | |||
| Mold | Ruins of Undermountain 2 (1994) | Deep, Gray and Death | In the artificial dungeon environment of the game, molds function as a "clean up crew".[1] | |
| Mummy, Creature | Animal and Monster | Based on the creature from Gothic fiction, a typical denizen of the Ravenloft setting.[34] | ||
| Nyth | City of Splendors (1994) | |||
| Ooze, Slime, Jelly – Ghaunadan | City of Splendors (1994) | "D&D's large variety of monstrous oozes and slimes took their original inspiration from Irvin S. Yeathworth Jr's The Blob" movie.[1] | ||
| Palimpsest | City of Splendors (1994) | |||
| Peltast | City of Splendors (1994) | Normal and Greater | ||
| Plant, Dangerous | Bloodthorn, Twilight Bloom and Boring Grass | |||
| Plant, Dangerous – Firethorn | Corsairs of the Great Sea (1994) (as Firethorn (Sea Rose)) | Poisonous rose-like plant that emits heat a night. | ||
| Pleistocene Animal | Monstrous Compendium – Forgotten Realms Appendix (1989) (as Pleistocene Animals; all except Irish Deer; Wooly Rhinoceros as White Rhinoceros) | Axebeak, Balucitherium, Irish Deer, Megatherium, Phororacos, Wooly Rhino and Titanothere | ||
| Pudding, Subterranean | Ruins of Undermountain 2 (1994) | Stone, Gray and Dense | ||
| Raggamoffyn | City of Splendors (1994) | Tatterdemanimal, Common Raggomoffyn, Gutterspite and Shrapnyl | CJ Miozzi included the raggamoffyn on The Escapist's list of "The Dumbest Dungeons & Dragons Monsters Ever (And How To Use Them)".[126] | |
| Snake, Serpent | Ruined Kingdoms (1994) | Herald and Teak | ||
| Snake, Serpent Vine | Ruins of Undermountain 2 (1994) | |||
| Sphinx, Draco- | Old Empires (1990) | |||
| Sprite, Seelie Faerie | Spellbound (1995) | Fairy creatures were considered among the "standard repertoire of "Monsters"" by Fabian Perlini-Pfister.[3] | ||
| Sprite, Unseelie Faerie | Spellbound (1995) | Fairy creatures were considered among the "standard repertoire of "Monsters"" by Fabian Perlini-Pfister.[3] | ||
| Squealer | Monster Manual II (1983) | |||
| Turtle, Giant | Monstrous Compendium – Greyhawk Appendix (1990) (as Turtle) | Sea and Snapping | ||
| Umpleby | Fiend Folio (1981), Monstrous Compendium – Fiend Folio Appendix (1992) | |||
| Vizier's Turban | Corsairs of the Great Sea (1994) | Symbiotic creature that looks like a turban and draws hit points while enhancing magical abilities of a spellcaster. | ||
| Wall-Walker | City by the Silt Sea (1994) | 5-foot-long (1.5 m), scaled, spider-like subterranean creature using chameleon-like powers and paralytic poison to torment its victims | ||
| Webbird | Monster Manual II (1983) | |||
| Wraith-Spider | Ruins of Undermountain 2 (1994) | |||
| Yak-Man (Yikaria) | Land of Fate (1992) | |||
| Zorbo | Monster Manual II (1983) | |||
| TSR 2166 – Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Three (1996) – ISBN 0-7869-0449-6 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| This 128-page soft-bound book contains creatures appearing in various TSR publications (magazines, game accessories, etc.) in the year 1995. It contains a 3-page "How to Use This Book" section, which includes an updated table for the calculation of experience points awarded for defeating various creatures. The final 8 pages of the book contain an index of the creatures presented in the Monstrous Manual and the first three Monstrous Compendium Annuals. | ||||
| Creature | Other appearances | Variants | Description | |
| Alaghi | Monstrous Compendium – Forgotten Realms Appendix II (1991) | Normal, Sedentary and Hermetic | ||
| Alhoon (Illithilich) | Menzoberranzan (1992) | Undead mind flayer. Even more powerful than other illithids because it has developed "powerful sorcery to augment their already fearsome psionic powers".[152] | ||
| Aranea | Savage Coast Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1996) | Not to be confused with similar creature defined in Monstrous Compendium – Mystara Appendix, D&D Expert Module X1 Isle of Dread, D&D Expert Module X2 Castle Amber | ||
| Banedead | Ruins of Zhentil Keep (1995) | |||
| Banelich | Ruins of Zhentil Keep (1995) | |||
| Bat, Bonebat | Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting (1993) | |||
| Beetle | Monstrous Compendium – Greyhawk Appendix (1990) (Deathwatch and Slicer) | Deathwatch, Slicer and Stink | ||
| Belgoi | Dark Sun Boxed Set (1991) | |||
| Bladeling | Planes of Law (1995) | |||
| Braxat | Dark Sun Boxed Set (1991) | |||
| Bunyip | Fiend Folio (1981), Monstrous Compendium – Forgotten Realms Appendix (1989) | |||
| Burbur | Monstrous Compendium – Forgotten Realms Appendix (1989) | |||
| Bvanen | The Wanderer's Chronicle: Windriders of the Jagged Cliffs (1995) | |||
| Cat, Great, Snow Tiger | Spellbound (1995) | |||
| Chosen One | Spellbound (1995), Wizard's Spell Companion Volume I (1996) | |||
| Chronovoid | Chronomancer (1995) | Communal organism that looks like an ovoid blob of gelatinous matter. | ||
| Cildabrin | Monstrous Compendium – Forgotten Realms Appendix II (1991) | |||
| Coffer Corpse | Fiend Folio (1981), Monstrous Compendium – Fiend Folio Appendix (1992) | |||
| Disenchanter | Fiend Folio (1981), Pages from the Mages (1995) | |||
| Dog, Temporal | Chronomancer (1995) | Intelligent dogs with the ability to slip between Temporal Prime and other planes. | ||
| Dragon, Cerilian | Birthright Campaign Setting (1995) | |||
| Dragon, Ghost Dragon | Polyhedron No. 76 (1992), Cult of the Dragon (1998) | A "dragon that lingers after its death because it has such a deep attachment to its hoard".[94] | ||
| Dragon, Neutral – Amber | ||||
| Dread Warrior | Spellbound (1995) | |||
| Dream Spawn, General | The Nightmare Lands (1995) | |||
| Dream Spawn, Greater – Ennui | The Nightmare Lands (1995) | |||
| Dream Spawn, Lesser – Morph | The Nightmare Lands (1995) | Gray and Shadow | ||
| Dreamweaver | The Nightmare Lands (1995) | |||
| Dryad, Hamadryad | Monstrous Compendium – Forgotten Realms Appendix II (1991) | |||
| Dwarf, Arctic – Inugaakalikurit | Great Glacier (1992) | |||
| Dwarf, Urdunnir | Monstrous Compendium – Fiend Folio Appendix (1992) (as Urdunnir) | |||
| Eel, Giant Moray | Night Below (1995) | |||
| Elemental Fire-Kin – Tome Guardian | Pages from the Mages (1995) | |||
| Elf, Rockseer | Night Below (1995) | |||
| Ethyk | Planes of Conflict (1995) | |||
| Faerie, Faerie Fiddler | Dragon No. 206 (1994) | Fairy creatures were considered among the "standard repertoire of "Monsters"" by Fabian Perlini-Pfister.[3] | ||
| Faerie, Petty – Bramble | Dragon No. 206 (1994) | Fairy creatures were considered among the "standard repertoire of "Monsters"" by Fabian Perlini-Pfister.[3] | ||
| Faerie, Petty – Gorse | Dragon No. 180 (1992) | Fairy creatures were considered among the "standard repertoire of "Monsters"" by Fabian Perlini-Pfister.[3] | ||
| Firenewt | Fiend Folio (1981), Monstrous Compendium – Forgotten Realms Appendix (1989) | |||
| Firetail | Monstrous Compendium – Forgotten Realms Appendix (1989) | Lesser and Tshaia | ||
| Formian | Planes of Law (1995) | Worker, Warrior, Myrmarch and Queen | ||
| Gargoyle | Dragon No. 223 (1995) | Archer, Spouter, Stone Lion and Grandfather Plaque | ||
| Giant, Cerilian | Birthright Campaign Setting (1995) | Forest and Ice | ||
| Goblin, Cerilian | Birthright Campaign Setting (1995) | |||
| Golem, Magic | Ruins of Zhentil Keep (1995) | |||
| Golem, Shaboath | Night Below (1995) | |||
| Hag, Bheur | Spellbound (1995) | |||
| Head, Arcane | The Nightmare Lands (1995) | |||
| Hound of Ill-Omen | Fiend Folio (1981) | |||
| Human, Cerilian | Anurien (Knight), Brecht (Tradesman), Khinasi (Soldier), Rjurik (Berserker) and Vos (Mercenary) | |||
| Hybsil | Ruins of Zhentil Keep (1995) | |||
| Ibrandlin | Ruins of Undermountain (1991) | |||
| Imp, Chaos | Planes of Chaos (1994) | |||
| Ixitxachitl, Ixzan | Night Below (1995) | |||
| Jabberwock | ||||
| Kyton | Planes of Law (1995) | |||
| Kyuss, Son of | Monstrous Compendium – Greyhawk Appendix (1990) | |||
| Life-Shaped Creations: Guardians | The Wanderer's Chronicle: Windriders of the Jagged Cliffs (1995) | Climbdog, Darkstrike, Protector, Shieldbug and Watcher | ||
| Life-Shaped Creations: Transport | The Wanderer's Chronicle: Windriders of the Jagged Cliffs (1995) | Ber-ethern, Yihn-eflan, Gon-evauth and Dhev-sahr | ||
| Lillend | Planes of Chaos (1994) | |||
| Lycanthrope, Werecrocodile | Old Empires (1990) | |||
| Lycanthrope, Werespider | ||||
| Magedoom | Ruins of Zhentil Keep (1995) | |||
| Manotaur | Greyhawk Ruins (1990) | |||
| Mastiff, Shadow | Tales of the Lance (1992) | |||
| Meazel | Monstrous Compendium – Forgotten Realms Appendix (1989) | |||
| Mist, Scarlet Dancer | Ruins of Zhentil Keep (1995) | |||
| Needleman | Fiend Folio (1981), Monstrous Compendium Greyhawk Appendix (1990) | |||
| Orc, Neo-orog | Spellbound (1995) | Red and Black | ||
| Orc, Ondonti | Ruins of Zhentil Keep (1995) | |||
| Owlbear | Dragon No. 215 (1995) | Arctic and Winged | ||
| Pegataur | Mystara Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1994) | |||
| Phaerimm | Anauroch (1991), Netheril: Empire of Magic (1996) | |||
| Reggelid | The Wanderer's Chronicle: Windriders of the Jagged Cliffs (1995) | |||
| Render | Ruins of Zhentil Keep (1995) | |||
| Saurial | Monstrous Compendium – Forgotten Realms Appendix II (1991) | Finhead, Bladeback, Flyer and Hornhead | ||
| Scalamagdrion | Pages from the Mages (1995) | |||
| Sharn | Ruins of Undermountain (1991), Netheril: Empire of Magic (1996) | Also named blackclaws, fhaorn'quessir, shiftshades, simmershadows, or skulkingdeaths | ||
| Snake, Messenger | Ruins of Zhentil Keep (1995) | |||
| Spirit, Forest – Uthraki | Spellbound (1995) | |||
| Spirit, Forest – Wood Man | Spellbound (1995) | |||
| Spirit, Ice – Orglash | Spellbound (1995) | |||
| Spirit, Rock – Thomil | Spellbound (1995) | |||
| Strider, Giant | Fiend Folio (1981), Monstrous Compendium – Forgotten Realms Appendix (1989) | |||
| Tanar'ri, Greater – Goristo | Planes of Chaos (1994) | |||
| Tanar'ri, Lesser – Armanite | Planes of Chaos (1994) | |||
| Tembo | Dark Sun Boxed Set (1991) | |||
| Temporal Glider | Chronomancer (1995) | Ray-like creature that glides freely on Temporal Prime. | ||
| Temporal Stalker | Chronomancer (1995) | Undead trying to destroy creatures not native to Temporal Prime. | ||
| Tether Beast | Chronomancer (1995) | Fierce, intelligent and evil predator that resembles a behir. | ||
| Thessalmonster | Monstrous Compendium – Forgotten Realms Appendix (1989) | Thessalhydra, Thessalmera, Thessalgorgon and Thessaltrice | ||
| Time Dimensional | Monster Manual II (1983) (as Time elemental), Chronomancer (1995) | Common, Noble and Royal | Highly intelligent being composed of the essence of time and appearing as a sphere of silver light. | |
| Tomb Tapper – Thaalud | Anauroch (1991), Netheril: Empire of Magic (1996) | |||
| Undead Dragon Slayer | Dragon No. 205 (1994) | |||
| Unicorn, Black | Spellbound (1995) | |||
| Vaath | Planes of Conflict (1995) | |||
| Vortex Spider | Chronomancer (1995) | 12-feet long spider spinning invisible webs of temporal energy. | ||
| Web, Living | Monstrous Compendium – Forgotten Realms Appendix (1989) | Living and Memory | ||
| Weredragon | ||||
| Zhentarim Spirit | Ruins of Zhentil Keep (1995) | |||
| TSR 2173 – Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Four (1998) – ISBN 0-7869-1212-X | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| This 96-page soft-bound book contains creatures appearing in various TSR publications (magazines, game accessories, etc.). Unlike the previous annuals, the included monsters are not primarily drawn from the previous year's publications, but span a wide variety of years, possibly because TSR's financial woes resulted in very few products being produced in 1997. Also in a departure from the first three annuals, Volume Four includes a reference to the original appearance of the creature on each page. The Annual also contains a 3-page "How to Use This Book" section, which includes updated tables for the calculation of experience points awarded for defeating various creatures, and a 2-page index. | ||||
| Creature | Other appearances | Variants | Description | |
| Ammonite, Golden | Dragon No. 48 (1981), Monstrous Compendium Forgotten Realms Appendix (1991) | |||
| Anemone, Giant Sea | Dragon No. 116 (1986), Monstrous Compendium Dragonlance Appendix (1990), Tales of the Lance (1992), Dungeon No. 79 (2000) | |||
| Asperii | Dragon No. 89 (1984), Monstrous Compendium Volume Three: Forgotten Realms Appendix (1989), 1991 Trading Card #622, Monster Manual II (2002) | |||
| Bainligor | Dragon No. 227 (1996) | Young, Adult, Middle-aged, Elderly, Revered | ||
| Beast of Chaos | The Rod of Seven Parts (1996) | |||
| Blindheim | Fiend Folio (1981), Dragon No. 339 (2006) | Normal and Advanced | ||
| Bloodsipper (Far Realm) | The Gates of Firestorm Peak (1996) | |||
| Bulette, Gohlbrorn | Dragon Annual No. 1 (1996), The Illithiad (1998) | Subterranean predator, a smaller, more intelligent relative of the bulette. | ||
| Carapace | Dragon No. 227 (1996) | An "aggressive, mobile fungus", reviewer Philippe Tessier counted the carapace among those critters which never stopped moving him.[153] | ||
| Children of the Sea | Taladas: The Minotaurs (1991), Bestiary of Krynn (2004), Bestiary of Krynn, Revised (2007) | Child of the Sea and Accantus | Human-like aquatic race that reproduces with humans. Accanta are wild and aggressive versions of the children of the sea that possess additional powers. | |
| Clam, Giant | Dragon No. 116 (1986), Dragon No. 190 (1993), Tome of Horrors (2002) | Giant Clam (Oyster) and Carnivorous Scallop | ||
| Clockwork Horror | Monstrous Compendium Spelljammer Appendix (1990), 1993 Trading Card No. 222, Monster Manual II (2002) (Adamantine, Electrum, Gold, Platinum), Dragon No. 350 "The Ecology of the Clockwork Horror" (2006) (Copper) | Copper, Silver, Electrum, Gold, Platinum and Adamantite | ||
| Clockwork Swordsman | Dungeon No. 62 (1996), Savage Coast Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1996) | Clockwork Swordsman and Rogue Automaton | ||
| Coral | Dragon No. 116 (1986) (Brain Coral), Nehwon (1990) (Death Coral and Giant Coral) | Brain Coral and Coral Worm | ||
| Darklore | Hellbound: The Blood War (1996) | |||
| Dharculus (Far Realm) | The Gates of Firestorm Peak (1996), A Guide to the Ethereal Plane (1998), Planar Handbook (2004) | |||
| Dolphin, Athasian | Wanderer's Chronicle: Mind Lords of the Last Sea (1996) | |||
| Dragon, Neutral – Moonstone | None | |||
| Dragon, Prismatic | Dungeon No. 51 (1995) | Ranked among the strongest monsters in the game by Scott Baird from Screen Rant: In its eldest version it "represents the ultimate challenge for any party of adventurers, though it would easily dispose of all but the most insanely overleveled groups."[53] | ||
| Dragon-Kin, Albino Wyrm | Dragon No. 227 (1996) | |||
| Dream Stalker | Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft Appendix (1991), Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium Appendices I & II (1996), Requiem: The Grim Harvest (1996), Denizens of Darkness (2002), Denizens of Dread (2004) | |||
| Firestar | Dragon No. 94 (1985), Monstrous Compendium Volume Three: Forgotten Realms Appendix (1989), 1991 Trading Card #686, Sword of the Dales (1995) | |||
| Fish, Ascallion | Dragon No. 89 (1984), Monstrous Compendium Volume Three: Forgotten Realms Appendix (1989) | Young, Adult Female and Adult Male (Shadow) | ||
| Fish, Athasian | Wanderer's Chronicle: Mind Lords of the Last Sea (1996) | Kreel, Puddingfish, Skyfish and Athasian Shark | ||
| Fish, Deep Ocean | Dragon No. 235 (1996) | Angler Fish, Death Minnow, Gulper and Viperfish | ||
| Fish, Tropical | Dragon No. 116 (1986) | Giant Grouper, Morena, Porcupine Fish and Electric Ray | ||
| Fish, Vurgens (Giant Gulper Eel) | Dragon No. 89 (1984), Monstrous Compendium Volume Three: Forgotten Realms Appendix (1989) | |||
| Fogwarden | Dungeon No. 54 (1995), Tome of Horrors (2002) | |||
| Fraal | Alternity Player's Handbook (1998), Alien Compendium: Creatures of the Verge (1998), d20 Future (2004) | |||
| Giant – Crag Giant, Fhoimorien | Warlock of the Stonecrowns (1995) (Fhoimorien), Wanderer's Chronicle: Mind Lords of the Last Sea (1996) (Crag Giant) | Crag Giant and Fhoimorien | ||
| Gibberling, Brood (Far Realm) | The Gates of Firestorm Peak (1996) | |||
| Golem, Brass Minotaur | Dragon No. 209 (1994), Monster Manual II (2002), D&D Miniatures: Night Below #2 (2007) | |||
| Golem, Gemstone | Spellbound (1995), Monsters of Faerûn (2001) | Ruby, Emerald and Diamond | ||
| Golem, Maggot | Requiem: The Grim Harvest (1996), Dragon #339 (2006) | |||
| Groundling | Polyhedron No. 93 (1994), Monsters of Faerûn (2001) | |||
| Hound of Law | The Rod of Seven Parts (1996) | |||
| Human, Amazon | Dragon No. 43 (1980), Polyhedron No. 22 (1985) | Demihuman Amazons | NPC variant. | |
| Human, Pygmy | Dungeon No. 56 (1995) | NPC variant. | ||
| Inquisitor | Monstrous Compendium Forgotten Realms Appendix (1991), Dragon No. 352 (2007) | |||
| Kercpa | Dragon No. 214 (1995) | |||
| Lycanthrope, Lythari | Elves of Evermeet (1994), Monsters of Faerûn (2001) | |||
| Mercurial | Doors to the Unknown (1996) | |||
| Mold, Chromatic | Dragon Annual No. 1 (1996) | Chromatic and Sonic Mold | In the artificial dungeon environment of the game, molds function as a "clean up crew".[1] | |
| Mummy, Bog | Requiem: The Grim Harvest (1996), Dragon #238 (1997), Dragon #300 (2002), Dragon Compendium, Volume 1 (2005) | |||
| Neh-thalggu (Brain Collector – Far Realm) | Castle Amber (1981), Creature Catalogue (1986), Creature Catalog (1993), Monstrous Compendium Mystara Appendix (1994), Epic Level Handbook (2002), Dungeon No. 144 (2007) | |||
| Nymph, Grain | Taladas: The Minotaurs (1991) | Cultivated relatives of the nymph associated with farmland | ||
| Nymph, Unseelie | None | |||
| Octopus, Octo-jelly | Dragon No. 235 (1996) | Octo-jelly and Octo-Hide | ||
| Sea Demon | Dragon No. 48 (1981) | Lesser and Greater | ||
| Sea Hermit | Savage Coast Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1996) | A giant hermit crab that has mage spells, reviewer Philippe Tessier counted this monster among those critters which never stopped moving him.[153] | ||
| Sea Serpent (Sea Glutton) | Savage Coast Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1996) | |||
| Sea Worm (Echyan) | Savage Coast Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1996) | |||
| Shade | Monster Manual II (1983), Dragon No. 126 "The Ecology of the Shade" (1987), Dragon No. 213 (1995), Powers & Pantheons (1997), Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting (2001), Races of Faerûn (2003), Dragon No. 307 (2003), Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide (2008) | Humans or demihumans imbued with the essence of the Plane of Shadow. For reviewer Philippe Tessier a monster in the spirit of Fiend Folio.[153] | ||
| Shadow, Slow | Mordenkainen's Fantastic Adventure (1984), Monstrous Compendium Greyhawk Appendix (1990), Dungeon No. 112 (2004) | |||
| Shadowrath | City of Splendors (1994) | Lesser and Greater | ||
| Siren, Ravenloft | Requiem: The Grim Harvest (1996) | A decomposed species of mermaid, reviewer Philippe Tessier counted the Ravenloft siren among those critters which never stopped moving him.[153] | ||
| Skeleton, Variant | Dragon No. 234 (1996) | Dust, Spike and Obsidian Skeletons | ||
| Snake – Sewerm, Mahogany Constrictor | City of Splendors (1994) (Sewerm), The Sword of Roele (1996) (Mahogany Constrictor), Serpent Kingdoms (2004) (Sewerm) | Sewerm and Mahogany Constrictor | ||
| Spectral Scion | The Rjurik Highlands (1996) | |||
| Spyder-Fiend | The Rod of Seven Parts (1996) | Kakkuu, Spithriku, Phisarazu, Lycosidilith and Raklupis | ||
| Squid, Shark | Wanderer's Chronicle: Mind Lords of the Last Sea (1996) | |||
| Starfish, Giant – Giant Sunstar | Ship of Horror (1991) | |||
| Tanar'ri, Lesser – Uridezu (Rat-Fiend) | Marco Volo: Departure (1994), Manual of the Planes (2001) | |||
| Troll Mutate (Far Realm) | The Gates of Firestorm Peak (1996) | Troll Mutate and Matriarch Mutate | ||
| Vaati (Wind Duke) | Dragon No. 224 (1995), The Rod of Seven Parts (1996) | |||
| Vampire, Cerebral | Bleak House: The Death of Rudolph van Richten (1996), Denizens of Darkness (2002) | |||
| Varkha | Dragon Annual No. 1 (1996) | |||
| Wizshade | Monstrous Compendium Spelljammer Appendix (1990), Volo's Guide to All Things Magical (1996) | |||
| Worm, Lukhorn | Dragon Annual No. 1 (1996) | |||
| Wyste (Far Realm) | The Gates of Firestorm Peak (1996), Speaker in Dreams (2001), Monster Manual II (2002) | |||
| Yugoloth, Lesser – Gacholoth | Dungeon No. 49 (1994) | |||
| Zombie, Mud | Death Ascendant (1996), Denizens of Dread (2004) | |||
TSR 2433 – Dark Sun Monstrous Compendium Appendix II: Terrors Beyond Tyr (1995) Edit
| TSR 2433 – Dark Sun Monstrous Compendium Appendix II: Terrors Beyond Tyr (1995) – ISBN 0-7869-0097-0 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| This 128-page soft-bound book is the second appendix to the Monstrous Compendium series designed for use with the Dark Sun campaign setting for the second edition of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons game. It contains a page with a table of content, a 2-pages "How To Use This Book" section and 3 pages of random encounter charts, with the remainder consisting of the descriptions of the fictional monsters. Some entries also contain the descriptions of individual members of these monster types. | ||||
| Creature | Other appearances | Variants | Description | |
| Aarakocra, Athasian | ||||
| Animal, Domestic | Aprig, Carru, Mulworm and Sygra | |||
| Aviarag | ||||
| Baazrag | ||||
| Baazrag, Boneclaw | ||||
| Bloodgrass | ||||
| Cactus, Hunting | ||||
| Cactus, Rock | ||||
| Cilops | ||||
| Crodlu | Dune Trader (1992) | Cordlu and Heavy Crodlu | ||
| Dagorran | ||||
| Dhaot | ||||
| Drake (Lesser), General | ||||
| -- Drake, Magma | ||||
| -- Drake, Rain | ||||
| -- Drake, Silt | ||||
| -- Drake, Sun | ||||
| Dray | City by the Silt Sea (1994) | Dray, Kalin Riders and Kalin Mount | Race of tall, lean, draconic humanoids created from humans by Dregoth, the Undead Dragon King; kalin riders: elite templar troops of Dregoth; kalin mount: 12-foot-long (3.7 m) aggressive insectoid creatures used as mounts by kalin riders | |
| Drik | Drik and High Drik | |||
| Dune Reaper | Drone, Warrior and Matron | |||
| Dwarf, Athasian | ||||
| Elemental Beast, General | ||||
| -- Elemental Beast, Air | ||||
| -- Elemental Beast, Earth | ||||
| -- Elemental Beast, Fire | ||||
| -- Elemental Beast, Water | ||||
| Elf | Elf and Half-Elf of Athas | In the post-apocalyptic setting of Athas, elves are nomadic desert runners rather than the more common image of forest-dwellers.[69] | ||
| Fael | ||||
| Feylaar | ||||
| Fordorran | ||||
| Giant, Shadow | ||||
| Golem, General | ||||
| -- Golem, Magma | ||||
| -- Golem, Salt | ||||
| Gorak | Gorak and Giant Gorak | |||
| Half-giant | ||||
| Halfling | ||||
| Human | Ex-slaves, Herdsmen, Dune Traders, Ex-gladiators, Nobles and Templars | |||
| Jhakar | ||||
| Kaisharga | ||||
| Kes'trekel | ||||
| Klar | ||||
| Krag | City by the Silt Sea (1994) | Undead with special powers related to the element or paraelement that killed it | ||
| Kragling | City by the Silt Sea (1994) | Skeletal Undead created and controlled by a krag and associated with that krag's element | ||
| Lirr | Lirr and Mountain Lirr | |||
| Mastyrial | Desert and Black Mastyrial | |||
| Meorty | ||||
| Mul | Human-dwarf descended sterile warriors.[113] | |||
| Nikal | ||||
| Pakubrazi | ||||
| Paraelemental Beast, General | ||||
| -- Paraelemental Beast, Magma | ||||
| -- Paraelemental Beast, Rain | ||||
| -- Paraelemental Beast, Silt | ||||
| -- Paraelemental Beast, Sun | ||||
| Psionocus | ||||
| Psurlon | Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix III | Psurlon, Psurlon Adept and Giant Psurlon | ||
| Raaig | ||||
| Racked Spirit | ||||
| Retriever, Obsidian | ||||
| Ruktoi | ||||
| Ruvkova | Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix III | Brajeti, Ethilum, Kaltori, Zathosi | ||
| Sand Howler | ||||
| Scorpion | Barbed and Gold Scorpion | |||
| Seed, Brain | ||||
| Silt Horror, Black | ||||
| Silt Horror, Magma | ||||
| Silt Horror, Red | ||||
| Silt Spawn | City by the Silt Sea (1994) | The young of a Silt Horror, this tentacled creature lives in groups in the shallows of the Sea of Silt | ||
| Slig | ||||
| Spider | Dark, Mountain and Silt Spider | |||
| Spinewyrm | ||||
| Ssurran | ||||
| Stalking Horror | ||||
| Tarek | Tarek and Tarek Shaman | |||
| Tari | Tari, Tari Warrior and Tari Chieftain | |||
| Thri-kreen | "Praying mantis man" with four arms and a poisonous bite[113] | |||
| Tohr-kreen | J'ez, J'hol, T'keech and Tondi Tohr-kreen | |||
| Trin | Thri-Kreen of Athas (1995) | 9-foot-long (2.7 m) moderately intelligent insectoid creatures with four legs and two clawed arms, primitive relatives to thri-kreen | ||
| Tul'k | ||||
| T'liz | ||||
| Undead | ||||
| Wraith, Athasian | ||||
| Xerichon | ||||
| Zombie, Thinking | ||||
TSR 2613 – Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix II (1995) Edit
| TSR 2613 – Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix II (1995) – ISBN 0-7869-0173-X | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| This was the second appendix to the Monstrous Compendium series designed for use with the Planescape campaign setting for the second edition of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons game. The 128-page soft-bound book contains a two-page "How to use this book" section, two pages of encounter tables for the different planes of the game and a one-page alphabetical for all monsters entries published for the setting, with the remainder consisting of the descriptions of the fictional monsters. | ||||
| Creature | Other appearances | Variants | Description | |
| Aasimar | Celestials from the Outer Planes, "charming creatures protecting the universe against evil".[130] | |||
| Abrian | ||||
| Arcane | Spelljammer: AD&D Adventures In Space (1989), Monstrous Manual (1993) | |||
| Astral dreadnought | Manual of the Planes (1987), Manual of the Planes (2001), Manual of the Planes (2008), Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes (2018) | Gargantuan creature with a single black eye, gaping maw, muscular forearms, which end in pincer-like claws and serpentine lower body. Arcane considered these monsters to "populate their periphery with true terror".[137] | ||
| Balaena | Monstrous Compendium – Outer Planes Appendix (1991) | |||
| Bloodthorn | ||||
| Bonespear | ||||
| Darkweaver | ||||
| Demarax | ||||
| Dhour | ||||
| Eater of Knowledge | ||||
| Eladrin | Celestials from the Outer Planes, "charming creatures protecting the universe against evil".[130] | |||
| Eladrin, Bralani (Lesser) | ||||
| Eladring, Coure (Lesser) | ||||
| Eladrin, Firre (Greater) | ||||
| Eladrin, Ghaele (Greater) | ||||
| Eladrin, Noviere (Lesser) | ||||
| Eladrin, Shiere (Lesser) | ||||
| Eladrin, Tulani (Greater) | ||||
| Fhorge | ||||
| Ghostlight | ||||
| Guardinal | Powerful neutral good celestials[154] from Elysium, each a humanoid with some animalistic characteristics. Arcane magazine cites the culture of the guardinals as helping "give the Planes a solid base of peoples".[137] | |||
| Guardinal, Avoral | Blood Wars Card Game (1995), Warriors of Heaven (1999), Monster Manual (2000), Savage Species (2003), Monster Manual (2003), Planar Handbook (2004) | |||
| Guardinal, Cervidal | Blood Wars Card Game (1995), Warriors of Heaven (1999), Monster Manual II (2002) | |||
| Guardinal, Equinal | Blood Wars Card Game (1995), Warriors of Heaven (1999), Book of Exalted Deeds (2003) | |||
| Guardinal, Leonal | Blood Wars Card Game (1995), Warriors of Heaven (1999), Manual of the Planes (2001), Monster Manual (2003) | |||
| Guardinal, Lupinal | Blood Wars Card Game (1995), Warriors of Heaven (1999), Monster Manual II (2002) | |||
| Guardinal, Ursinal | Blood Wars Card Game (1995), Warriors of Heaven (1999), Book of Exalted Deeds (2003) | |||
| Hollyphant | In a review of Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix II for Arcane magazine, the reviewer described hollyphants as "mutant killer elephants with wings" and felt that they were introduced to "ensure that the planes maintain their very necessary bizarre flavour".[137] | |||
| Incantifer (Sect) | ||||
| Ironmaw | ||||
| Keeper | ||||
| Khaasta | Normal, Chieftain and Wise One | |||
| Leomarh | ||||
| Merkhant (Sect) | ||||
| Monster of Legend | ||||
| Mortai | Monstrous Compendium – Outer Planes Appendix (1991) | |||
| Noctral | Monstrous Compendium – Outer Planes Appendix (1991) | |||
| Observer | ||||
| Prolonger | ||||
| Quill | ||||
| Rager (Sect) | ||||
| Razorvine | ||||
| Reave | ||||
| Retriever | Monstrous Compendium – Fiend Folio Appendix (1992) | |||
| Rilmani | ||||
| Rilmani, Abiorach | ||||
| Rilmani, Argenach | ||||
| Rilmani, Aurumach | ||||
| Rilmani, Cuprilach | ||||
| Rilmani, Ferrumach | ||||
| Rilmani, Plumach | ||||
| Shadowdrake | ||||
| Sympathetic | ||||
| Spellhaunt | ||||
| Spider, Hook | ||||
| Sunfly | ||||
| Sword Spirit | ||||
| T'uen-Rin | Monstrous Compendium – Outer Planes Appendix (1991) | |||
| Tanar'ri, Alkilith (True) | ||||
| Tanar'ri, Bulezau (Lesser) | ||||
| Tanar'ri, Maurezhi (Lesser) | ||||
| Tanar'ri, Yochlol (Lesser) | The Drow of the Underdark (1991) (as Yochlol) | |||
| Terlen | ||||
| Tso | ||||
| Vaporighu | Monstrous Compendium – Outer Planes Appendix (1991) | |||
| Vorr | Normal and Shaman | |||
| Wastrel | ||||
| Wraithworm | ||||
| Yugoloth, Canoloth | Fiend distinguished by its sticky barbed tongue.[132] | |||
TSR 2162 - Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium Appendices I & II (1996) Edit
| TSR 2162 – Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium Appendices I & II (1996) – ISBN 0-7869-0392-9 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| This 128-page soft-bound book is a reprint of the loose-leaf Monstrous Compendium appendices MC10 and MC15 (Children of the Night), both designed for use with the Ravenloft campaign setting for the second edition of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons game with a new foreword. It also includes a two-page "How to use this book" section, revised rules for calculating experience points and two pages about encounters in Ravenloft. Appendix I consists of the descriptions of the fictional monsters. Appendix II varies the Monstrous Compendium format to describe individuals of already published monster races and includes a two-page introduction with a list of monsters from other sources suitable for the Ravenloft setting. Luis Javier Flores Arvizu named the continuous presence of supernatural beings as one of the factors that made Ravenloft a very well received role-playing game setting during the 33 years of its existence.[34] | ||||
| Creature | Other appearances | Variants | Description | |
| Bastellus | Monstrous Compendium – Ravenloft Appendix (1991) | |||
| Bat, Ravenloft | Monstrous Compendium – Ravenloft Appendix (1991) | Sentinel and Skeletal Bat | ||
| Bowlyn | Monstrous Compendium – Ravenloft Appendix (1991) | |||
| Broken Ones | Monstrous Manual (1993), Monstrous Compendium – Ravenloft Appendix (1991) | Common and Greater | ||
| Bussengeist | Monstrous Compendium – Ravenloft Appendix (1991) | |||
| Darkling | Monstrous Compendium – Ravenloft Appendix (1991) | |||
| Doom Guard | Monstrous Compendium – Ravenloft Appendix (1991) | |||
| Doppelganger Plant | Monstrous Compendium – Ravenloft Appendix (1991) | Doppelganger Plant and Podling | ||
| Elemental, Ravenloft | Monstrous Compendium – Ravenloft Appendix (1991) | Blood, Grave, Mist and Pyre | ||
| Ermordenung | Monstrous Compendium – Ravenloft Appendix (1991) | |||
| Ghoul Lord | Monstrous Compendium – Ravenloft Appendix (1991) | |||
| Goblyn | Monstrous Compendium – Ravenloft Appendix (1991) | |||
| Golem, Ravenloft | Monstrous Compendium – Ravenloft Appendix (1991), Monstrous Manual (1993) | Bone, Doll, Gargoyle, Glass, Mechanical and Zombie | ||
| Grim Reaper | Monstrous Compendium – Ravenloft Appendix (1991) | |||
| Imp, Assassin | Monstrous Compendium – Ravenloft Appendix (1991) | |||
| Impersonator | Monstrous Compendium – Ravenloft Appendix (1991) | |||
| Lycanthrope, Werebat | Monstrous Compendium – Ravenloft Appendix (1991), Monstrous Manual (1993) | |||
| Lycanthrope, Wereraven | Monstrous Compendium – Ravenloft Appendix (1991), Monstrous Manual (1993) | |||
| Men (Abber Nomads) | Monstrous Compendium – Ravenloft Appendix (1991) | |||
| Men (Lost Ones, Madmen) | Monstrous Compendium – Ravenloft Appendix (1991) | Lost Ones and Madmen | ||
| Mist Horror | Monstrous Compendium – Ravenloft Appendix (1991) | Common, Wandering and Pseudo | ||
| Mummy, Greater | Monstrous Compendium – Ravenloft Appendix (1991), Monstrous Manual (1993) | Mummy with additional priestly powers. Based on the creature from Gothic fiction, a typical denizen of the Ravenloft setting.[34] | ||
| Quevari | Monstrous Compendium – Ravenloft Appendix (1991) | |||
| Quickwood (Spy Tree) | Monstrous Compendium – Ravenloft Appendix (1991) | |||
| Ravenkin | Monstrous Compendium – Ravenloft Appendix (1991) | |||
| Reaver | Monstrous Compendium – Ravenloft Appendix (1991) | |||
| Scarecrow | Monstrous Compendium – Ravenloft Appendix (1991) | |||
| Shadow Fiend | Monstrous Compendium – Ravenloft Appendix (1991), Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix | |||
| Skeleton, Giant | Monstrous Compendium – Ravenloft Appendix (1991), Monstrous Manual (1993) | |||
| Strahd's Skeletal Steeds | Monstrous Compendium – Ravenloft Appendix (1991) | |||
| Treant, Evil | Monstrous Compendium – Ravenloft Appendix (1991) | |||
| Treant, Undead | Monstrous Compendium – Ravenloft Appendix (1991) | |||
| Valpurgeist | Monstrous Compendium – Ravenloft Appendix (1991) | |||
| Vampire, General Information | Monstrous Compendium – Ravenloft Appendix (1991) | Powerful and subtle undead sustained by drinking blood or draining life force. Inspired by Bram Stoker, as well as Gothic fiction more generally, a typical monster for the horror-setting of Ravenloft.[2][34] | ||
| -- Vampire, Dwarf | Monstrous Compendium – Ravenloft Appendix (1991) | |||
| -- Vampire, Elf | Monstrous Compendium – Ravenloft Appendix (1991) | |||
| -- Vampire, Gnome | Monstrous Compendium – Ravenloft Appendix (1991) | |||
| -- Vampire, Halfling | Monstrous Compendium – Ravenloft Appendix (1991) | |||
| -- Vampire, Kender | Monstrous Compendium – Ravenloft Appendix (1991) | |||
| Vampyre | Monstrous Compendium – Ravenloft Appendix (1991) | |||
| Widow, Red | Monstrous Compendium – Ravenloft Appendix (1991) | |||
| Wolfwere, Greater | Monstrous Compendium – Ravenloft Appendix (1991) | |||
| Zombie Lord | Monstrous Compendium – Ravenloft Appendix (1991) | |||
| Brain, Living (Rudolph Von Aubrecker) | Monstrous Compendium – Ravenloft Appendix II: Children of the Night (1993) | AD&D's version of a brain in a vat, a functioning and aware brain removed from its body. Tyler Linn of Cracked.com included the idea among the "15 Most Idiotic Monsters In Dungeons & Dragons History", humorously commenting: "just kick it over, who's going to know?"[56] | ||
| Ermordenung (Nostalia Romaine) | Monstrous Compendium – Ravenloft Appendix II: Children of the Night (1993) | |||
| Ghoul, Ghast (Jugo Hesketh) | Monstrous Compendium – Ravenloft Appendix II: Children of the Night (1993) | |||
| Golem, Half (Desmond LaRouce) | Monstrous Compendium – Ravenloft Appendix II: Children of the Night (1993) | Inspired by Gothic fiction.[34] | ||
| Golem, Mechanical (Ahmi Vanjuko) | Monstrous Compendium – Ravenloft Appendix II: Children of the Night (1993) | Inspired by Gothic fiction.[34] | ||
| Human, Cursed (Jacqueline Montarri) | Monstrous Compendium – Ravenloft Appendix II: Children of the Night (1993) | Inspired by Gothic fiction, cursed creatures are a typical example for the denizens of the Ravenloft setting.[34] | ||
| Human, Madman (The Midnight Slasher) | Monstrous Compendium – Ravenloft Appendix II: Children of the Night (1993) | |||
| Human, Voodan (Chicken Bone) | Monstrous Compendium – Ravenloft Appendix II: Children of the Night (1993) | |||
| Lich, Bardic (Andres Duvall) | Monstrous Compendium – Ravenloft Appendix II: Children of the Night (1993) | |||
| Lycanthrope, Weretiger (Jahed) | Monstrous Compendium – Ravenloft Appendix II: Children of the Night (1993) | |||
| Meazel (Salizarr) | Monstrous Compendium – Ravenloft Appendix II: Children of the Night (1993) | |||
| Medusa (Althea) | Monstrous Compendium – Ravenloft Appendix II: Children of the Night (1993) | |||
| Mummy, Greater (Senmet) | Monstrous Compendium – Ravenloft Appendix II: Children of the Night (1993) | |||
| Night Hag (Styrix) | Monstrous Compendium – Ravenloft Appendix II: Children of the Night (1993) | |||
| Spectre (Jezar Wagner, The Ice Queen) | Monstrous Compendium – Ravenloft Appendix II: Children of the Night (1993) | |||
| Thrax (Palik) | Monstrous Compendium – Ravenloft Appendix II: Children of the Night (1993) | |||
| Treant, Evil (Blackroot) | Monstrous Compendium – Ravenloft Appendix II: Children of the Night (1993) | |||
| Vampire, Illithid (Athaekeetha) | Monstrous Compendium – Ravenloft Appendix II: Children of the Night (1993) | |||
| Vampire, Eastern (Mayónaka) | Monstrous Compendium – Ravenloft Appendix II: Children of the Night (1993) | |||
| Vampyre (Vladimir Ludzig) | Monstrous Compendium – Ravenloft Appendix II: Children of the Night (1993) | |||
TSR 2524 – Savage Coast Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1996) Edit
| TSR 2524 – Savage Coast Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1996) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| This monstrous compendium was released as a fully online product as part of the revised Savage Coast campaign setting for the second edition of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons game. It was made freely available by Wizards of the Coast here[155] in two variants, as a rtf-file and a text file, with images presented as separate files. Several characters are misrepresented in these files, they are presented here as given. The monstrous compendium contains a table of contents, an introduction with explanations of the monster statistics and special rules and considerations for the Savage Coast setting. | ||||
| Creature | Other appearances | Variants | Description | |
| Aranea | Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Three (1996) | Not to be confused with similar creature defined in Monstrous Compendium – Mystara Appendix (1994), D&D Expert Module X1 Isle of Dread, D&D Expert Module X2 Castle Amber | ||
| Arashaeem | ||||
| Batracine | ||||
| Caniquine | ||||
| Cat, Marine | ||||
| Cinnavixen | ||||
| Critter, Temple | ||||
| Cursed One | ||||
| Deathmare | ||||
| Dragon, Introduction | Powerful and intelligent, usually winged reptiles with magical abilities and breath weapon. | |||
| -- Dragon, Crimson | ||||
| -- Dragon, Red Hawk | ||||
| Echyan | ||||
| Ee'aar | ||||
| Enduk | ||||
| Fachan | ||||
| Feliquine | ||||
| Fiend, Narvaezan | ||||
| Frelôn | ||||
| Ghriest | ||||
| Glutton, Sea | ||||
| Goatman | ||||
| Golem | Aelder (lesser), Glassine Horror (lesser), Red (greater) and Hulean Juggernaut (greater) | |||
| Grudgling | ||||
| Heraldic Servant | Aurochs, Bear, Bee, Dolphin, Dragon, Eagle, Griffon, Horse, Lion, Phoenix, Ram, Rooster, Sea Horse, Sea Lion, Stag, Black Swan, Talbot, Tyger, Unicorn and Wyvern | |||
| Hermit, Sea | Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Four | A giant hermit crab that has mage spells, reviewer Philippe Tessier counted this monster among those critters which never stopped moving him.[153] | ||
| Jorri | ||||
| Juhrion | ||||
| Kla'a-Tah | Kla'a-tah and clŠu-rin | |||
| Leech, Legacy | ||||
| Lich, Inheritor | ||||
| Lizard Kin | Cayma, Gurrash, Krolli and Shazak | |||
| Lupasus | ||||
| Lupin | Monstrous Compendium – Mystara Appendix (1994), D&D Expert Module X2 Castle Amber | |||
| Lyra Bird, Sarag—n | ||||
| Malfera | ||||
| Manscorpion, Nimmurian | ||||
| Mythu'nn Folk | ||||
| Na‰ruk | Monstrous Compendium – Fiend Folio Appendix (1992) (Stwinger), Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume One (1994) (as Faerie, Petty) | Squeaker and Stwinger | As a fairy creature considered among the "standard repertoire of "Monsters"" by Fabian Perlini-Pfister.[3] | |
| Neshezu | ||||
| Nikt'oo | ||||
| Nosferatu | ||||
| Omm-wa | ||||
| Omshirim | ||||
| Parasite | Inheritor Lice, Powder Moth, Jibarœ Pest, Lupin Plague, Cardinal Tick and Vermilia | |||
| Phanaton, Jibarœ | ||||
| Plant | Monstrous Compendium – Mystara Appendix (1994) (Amber Lotus), D&D Expert Module X2 Castle Amber (Amber Lotus) | Amber Lotus, Eyeweed, Vermeil Fungus, Scarlet Pimpernel and Gargo—an Rose | ||
| Pudding, Vermilion | ||||
| Rakasta | Monstrous Compendium – Mystara Appendix (1994), D&D Expert Module X1 Isle of Dread, D&D Expert Module X2 Castle Amber | |||
| Ray, Forest | ||||
| Shedu, Greater | Monstrous Manual (1993) | Lawful good winged equine with human-like head. Based on a creature from Mesopotamian mythology.[3] | ||
| Shimmerfish | ||||
| Skinwing | ||||
| Spawn of Nimmur | Spawn of Nimmur and Ziggurat Horror | |||
| Spider-spy | ||||
| Spirit, Heroic | ||||
| Spirit, Wallaran | Kangaroo, Koala and Kookaburra | |||
| Succulus | ||||
| Swampmare | ||||
| Swordsman, Clockwork | Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Four (1998) | |||
| Symbiont, Shadow | ||||
| Tortle | Monstrous Compendium – Mystara Appendix (1994) | Tortle and Snapper | ||
| Troll, Legacy | ||||
| Trosip | ||||
| Tyminid | ||||
| Utukku | ||||
| Voat | ||||
| Voat, Herathian | ||||
| Vulturehound | ||||
| Wallara | ||||
| Wurmling | ||||
| Wynzet | ||||
| Yeshom | ||||
| Zombie, Red | ||||
TSR 2635 – Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix III (1998) Edit
| TSR 2635 – Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix III (1998) – ISBN 0-7869-0751-7 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The third appendix to the Monstrous Compendium series designed for use with the Planescape campaign setting for the second edition of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons focuses mainly on inhabitants of the inner planes in the game. The 128-page soft-bound book contains a two-page "How to use this book" section, ten pages about the fictional principles governing those planes and their ecology, a 3-page appendix about animal-like creatures there, a 3-page index with all second edition monsters suitable for the Planescape setting, with the remainder consisting of the descriptions of the fictional monsters. | ||||
| Creature | Other appearances | Variants | Description | |
| Animental | ||||
| Archomental (evil) | Imix, Ogremoch, Olhydra, Yan-C-Bin and Cryonax | Bosses on their respective planes,[156] Ed Greenwood considered the Elemental Princes of Evil "worthy additions to any campaign".[123] | ||
| Archomental (good) | Ben-Hadar, Chan, Sunnis and Zaaman Rul | Bosses on their respective planes.[156] | ||
| Belker | ||||
| Bzastra | ||||
| Chososion | ||||
| Darklight | ||||
| Devete | ||||
| Devourer | A giant skeleton that is holding a small figure prisoner in their ribcage, this creature is highlighted by reviewer Kaneda for characters to steer away from.[156] | |||
| Dharum suhn | ||||
| Egarus | ||||
| Entrope | Monsters crazy enough to gradually destroy the borders between the different planes.[156] | |||
| Facet | ||||
| Fire bat | ||||
| Frost salamander | Monstrous Compendium – Mystara Appendix (1994) | |||
| Fundamental | D&D Expert Module X8 Drums on Fire Mountain, Creature Catalogue, Monstrous Compendium – Mystara Appendix (1994) | |||
| Gamorm | Reviewer Kaneda called the gamorm a curiosity not to be disturbed under any circumstances, a "pretty little worm" [8' long] that lives in the Astral plane and feeds on the spirit of living beings it meets; a horror all the more dangerous because it can use the powers of the people it has devoured.[156] | |||
| Homunculous, elemental | Breather and Skin | |||
| Immoth | ||||
| Khargra | Monstrous Compendium – Fiend Folio Appendix (1992) | |||
| Klyndes | ||||
| Magran | ||||
| Menglis | ||||
| Nathri | ||||
| Ooze sprite | ||||
| Opposition | ||||
| Paraelemental | Ice, Magma, Ooze and Smoke | |||
| Phirblas | ||||
| Quill | ||||
| Primal | ||||
| Psurlon | Dark Sun Monstrous Compendium Appendix II: Terrors Beyond Tyr (1995) | Normal, Adept and Giant | ||
| Quasielemental, negative | Ash, Dust, Salt and Vacuum | |||
| Quasielemental, positive | Lightning, Mineral, Radiance and Steam | |||
| Rast | ||||
| Ravid | ||||
| Ruvkova | Dark Sun Monstrous Compendium Appendix II: Terrors Beyond Tyr (1995) | |||
| Salamander noble | Lesser and Noble | |||
| Scile | Scile and Ravager of Colour | |||
| Shad | ||||
| Shocker | Monstrous Compendium – Fiend Folio Appendix (1992) | Contended One and Sojourner | ||
| Sislan | ||||
| Suisseen | ||||
| Terithran | Monstrous Compendium – Fiend Folio Appendix (1992) | |||
| Thoqqua | ||||
| Trilloch | ||||
| Tsnng | ||||
| Ungulosin | ||||
| Vacuous | ||||
| Wavefire | ||||
| Xag-ya/xeg-yi | ||||
| Xill | Monstrous Compendium – Fiend Folio Appendix (1992) | |||
TSR 3140 – Birthright – Blood Spawn: Creatures of Light and Shadow (2000) Edit
| TSR 3140 – Birthright – Blood Spawn: Creatures of Light and Shadow (2000) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| This bestiary was planned for use with the Birthright campaign setting for the second edition of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons game. The Birthright product line was suspended in 1998 before its completion, so Blood Spawn was later published as an 83-page PDF-file and made freely available here.[157] The supplement focused mainly on monsters of the Shadow World, the fictional dark twin dimension of the setting's world. It contained a table of contents, a 10-page introduction with an explanation of the monster statistics and special rules for the Shadow World, descriptions of the fictional monsters which included tips for their use in a roleplaying campaign, two roleplaying adventures and a 4-page appendix listing monsters from other sources fitting into the Shadow World. | ||||
| Creature | Other appearances | Variants | Description | |
| Blood Hound | ||||
| Changeling | Farie, Adult human and Child human changeling | |||
| Cwn Annwn | ||||
| The Dispossessed | ||||
| Faerie, Seelie | Seelie Faerie, Faerie Queen, Deceiver, Innocent, Helper, Protector and Trickster | Fairy creatures were considered among the "standard repertoire of "Monsters"" by Fabian Perlini-Pfister.[3] | ||
| Faerie, Unseelie | Dark Queen, Living Evil Faerie and Undead Faerie | Fairy creatures were considered among the "standard repertoire of "Monsters"" by Fabian Perlini-Pfister.[3] | ||
| Halfling, Shadow World | Domain Lord, Slave, and Freedom Fighter | |||
| Minion of the Lost | Halfling Spawn, Masetian Spawn and Orog Spawn | |||
| Seemer | ||||
| Seeming Walker | ||||
| Shade | ||||
| Shadow Steed | ||||
| Shadow Warrior | ||||
| The Sluagh | ||||
| Spectral Awnshegh | ||||
| Waff | ||||
| Wild Hunt | ||||
| Will O'Shadow | ||||
Other sources Edit
This section lists fictional creatures for AD&D 2nd Edition from various sources not explicitly dedicated to presenting monsters. Primarily, these are the separate sourcebooks and expansions for the Forgotten Realms, Al-Qadim and other campaign settings produced by TSR.
Spelljammer Edit
| TSR1049 – Spelljammer: AD&D Adventures In Space (1989) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Spelljammer: AD&D Adventures in Space Spelljammer campaign setting boxed set contained 11 new creatures in the standard Monstrous Compendium format, on pages 67–86 of the Lorebook of the Void.
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| TSR9280 – Lost Ships (1990) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Spelljammer game accessory Lost Ships, by Ed Greenwood, contained several new creatures on pages 84–96.
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| TSR1065 – The Legend of Spelljammer (1991) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Legend of Spelljammer boxed set added four new creatures on pages 60–64 of The Grand Tour sourcebook.
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| TSR9409 – Krynnspace (1993) | ||||||||||||||||
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The Spelljammer game accessory Krynnspace, by Jean Rabe, contained two new creatures.
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Forgotten Realms Edit
TSR1060 – Ruins of Undermountain (1991) Edit
The Forgotten Realms Ruins of Undermountain boxed set included 8 unnumbered 5-hole punched loose-leaf pages of creature descriptions in Monstrous Compendium format.
| Creature | Other appearances | Variants | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beholder (Elder Orb) | Monstrous Manual (1993), Black Spine (1994), I, Tyrant (1996), Lords of Madness (2005) | ||
| Beholder-kin (Death Kiss) | Monstrous Manual (1993), Black Spine (1994), I, Tyrant (1996), Monsters of Faerûn (2001), Lords of Madness (2005), Dragon Compendium, Volume 1 (2005) | ||
| Darktentacles | Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Two (1995), Monster Manual II (2002) | ||
| Ibrandlin | Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Three (1996), Priest's Spell Compendium, Volume One (1999), Monsters of Faerûn (2001) | ||
| Scaladar | Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Two (1995), City of Splendors: Waterdeep (2005) | ||
| Sharn | Netheril: Empire of Magic (1996), Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Three (1996), Monsters of Faerûn (2001), Anauroch: The Empire of the Shade (2007), Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide (2008) | ||
| Slithermorph | None | ||
| Snakes, Flying | Races of Faerûn (2003) | Flying Fang and Deathfang | |
| Steel Shadow | None | ||
| Watchghost | Wizard's Spell C list, advanced, dungeons, dragons, edition, monsters, this, list, advanced, dungeons, dragons, edition, monsters, important, element, that, role, playing, game, this, list, only, includes, monsters, from, official, advanced, dungeons, dragons, edition, supplem. This is a list of Advanced Dungeons amp Dragons 2nd edition monsters an important element of that role playing game 1 2 3 This list only includes monsters from official Advanced Dungeons amp Dragons 2nd Edition supplements published by TSR Inc or Wizards of the Coast not licensed or unlicensed third party products such as video games or unlicensed Advanced Dungeons amp Dragons 2nd Edition manuals Contents 1 Monsters in the 2nd edition Advanced Dungeons amp Dragons 2 TSR 2102 MC1 Monstrous Compendium Volume One 1989 3 TSR 2103 MC2 Monstrous Compendium Volume Two 1989 4 TSR 2104 MC3 Monstrous Compendium Forgotten Realms Appendix 1989 5 TSR 2105 MC4 Monstrous Compendium Dragonlance Appendix 1990 6 TSR 2107 MC5 Monstrous Compendium Greyhawk Appendix 1990 7 TSR 2116 MC6 Monstrous Compendium Kara Tur Appendix 1990 8 TSR 2109 MC7 Monstrous Compendium Spelljammer Appendix 1990 9 TSR 2118 MC8 Monstrous Compendium Outer Planes Appendix 1991 10 TSR 2119 MC9 Monstrous Compendium Spelljammer Appendix 1991 11 TSR 2122 MC10 Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft Appendix 1991 12 TSR 2125 MC11 Monstrous Compendium Forgotten Realms Appendix II 1991 13 TSR 2405 MC12 Monstrous Compendium Dark Sun Appendix Terrors of the Desert 1992 14 TSR 2129 MC13 Monstrous Compendium Al Qadim Appendix 1992 15 TSR 2132 MC14 Monstrous Compendium Fiend Folio Appendix 1992 16 TSR 2139 MC15 Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft Appendix II Children of the Night 1993 17 TSR 2140 Monstrous Manual 1993 18 TSR 2602 Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1994 19 TSR 2501 Monstrous Compendium Mystara Appendix 1994 20 TSR 2153 Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft Appendix III Creatures of Darkness 1994 21 Monstrous Compendium Annuals 22 TSR 2433 Dark Sun Monstrous Compendium Appendix II Terrors Beyond Tyr 1995 23 TSR 2613 Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix II 1995 24 TSR 2162 Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium Appendices I amp II 1996 25 TSR 2524 Savage Coast Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1996 26 TSR 2635 Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix III 1998 27 TSR 3140 Birthright Blood Spawn Creatures of Light and Shadow 2000 28 Other sources 28 1 Spelljammer 28 2 Forgotten Realms 28 2 1 TSR1060 Ruins of Undermountain 1991 28 2 2 TSR1066 Maztica Campaign Set 1991 28 2 3 TSR9326 The Drow of the Underdark 1991 28 2 4 TSR9333 Fires of Zatal 1991 28 2 5 TSR1083 Menzoberranzan 1992 28 2 6 TSR1084 Ruins of Myth Drannor 1993 28 2 7 TSR1085 Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 1993 28 2 8 TSR1109 City of Splendors 1994 28 2 9 TSR9563 Powers and Pantheons 1997 28 3 Dragonlance 28 3 1 TSR9294 Dragon s Rest 1990 28 3 2 TSR9334 Wild Elves 1991 28 3 3 TSR9344 Taladas The Minotaurs 1991 28 3 4 TSR9382 Flint s Axe 1992 28 4 Al Qadim 28 4 1 TSR1077 Land of Fate 1992 28 4 2 TSR9366 Golden Voyages 1992 28 4 3 TSR1091 City of Delights 1993 28 4 4 TSR9431 Assassin Mountain 1993 28 4 5 TSR9433 Secrets of the Lamp 1993 28 4 6 TSR9440 Ruined Kingdoms 1994 28 4 7 TSR9449 Corsairs of the Great Sea 1994 28 5 Planescape 28 5 1 TSR2600 Planescape Campaign Setting 1994 28 5 2 TSR2603 Planes of Chaos 1994 28 5 3 TSR2607 Planes of Law 1995 28 5 4 TSR2615 Planes of Conflict 1995 28 6 Dark Sun 28 6 1 TSR2400 Dark Sun Campaign Setting 1991 28 6 2 TSR2432 City by the Silt Sea 1994 28 6 3 TSR2437 Thri Kreen of Athas 1995 28 6 4 TSR2438 Dark Sun Campaign Setting 1995 28 6 5 TSR2444 The Wanderer s Chronicle Mind Lords of the Last Sea 1996 28 7 Birthright 28 7 1 TSR3100 Birthright Campaign Setting 1995 28 8 Greyhawk 28 8 1 TSR11374 The Scarlet Brotherhood 1999 28 9 Core AD amp D sources 28 9 1 TSR9506 Chronomancer 1995 28 9 2 TSR9539 The Sea Devils 1997 28 9 3 TSR9569 The Illithiad 1998 28 10 Dragon Magazine 29 ReferencesMonsters in the 2nd edition Advanced Dungeons amp Dragons EditThe second edition of the Advanced Dungeons amp Dragons game featured both a higher number of books of monsters 4 many tied to their growing stable of campaign worlds 5 221 and more extensive monster descriptions than both earlier 1 and later editions with usually one page in length 6 7 8 9 10 106 107 Next to a description monster entries in this edition contained standardized sections covering combat their habit and society and their role in the eco system 6 7 11 While later editions gave the various creatures all the attributes which player characters had 9 12 2nd edition only listed intelligence 6 7 as a characteristic important for creating challenging encounters in the game 13 The 2nd edition also used a unique format in the form of Monstrous Compendiums of loose sheets that could be collected in a folder and allowed the combination of monster books together with individual monster pages from boxed sets 6 10 106 107 1 This unruly format was abandoned again in 1993 in favor of bound books 5 247 7 14 83 In parallel with this change the 2nd edition introduced colored images for each monster which became standard in later editions of the game 15 24 7 9 16 Referencing Wizards of the Coast art director Dawn Murin GameSpy author Allan Rausch found that until the 2nd edition the artwork depicting monsters was influenced by the popular culture of the late 1970s As a result creatures that were fearsome by description were not taken seriously due to ill suited visuals Likewise humanoid monsters too closely resembled humans to be compelling In the view of Rausch as well as Backstab reviewer Michael Croitoriu the Planescape setting marked a turning point for these shortcomings which also had a significant impact on the presentation of the 3rd edition 17 18 The second edition s monsters were based on original inventions fantasy literature and mythologies from various cultures 1 14 27 29 Many monsters were updated from earlier editions but the 2nd edition also introduced a great number of new creatures 7 8 Some types such as devils and demons were initially removed by TSR in response to a moral panic promoted by Patricia Pulling s advocacy group Bothered About Dungeons and Dragons BADD 19 129 130 20 5 223 These were later reintroduced sometimes with different names to avoid complaints 14 83 84 21 TSR 2102 MC1 Monstrous Compendium Volume One 1989 EditTSR 2102 MC1 Monstrous Compendium Volume One 1989 ISBN 0 88038 738 6This was the initial volume in the Monstrous Compendium series for the second edition of the Advanced Dungeons amp Dragons game published in 1989 Most of the monsters for Volume One were taken from previous first edition AD amp D books the monster entries were greatly expanded and in most cases each monster now filled an entire page and had an all new illustration The Monstrous Compendium series consisted of a pack of 5 hole punched loose leaf pages rather than an actual book designed to be arranged to the player s preference Volume One of the Monstrous Compendium was packaged in a box which contained the pack of monster sheets as well as a binder intended to store the sheets for Volumes One Two and Three The pack consisted of 144 pages unnumbered and included a How To Use This Book page with an alphabetical index to Volume One on the back four pages of monster summoning and random encounter charts and a blank monster sheet to be photocopied with the remainder consisting of the monster descriptions Also included were eight full page illustrations on heavier card stock Note All monsters from MC1 appeared in the Monstrous Manual 1993 though some had slightly altered headings Creature Other appearances Variants DescriptionAerial servant Monster Manual 1977 Guide to the Ethereal Plane 1998 A form of invisible air elemental that can be summoned by a cleric it is very strong and usually attacks by strangling an opponentAnimal herd Camel Cattle Buffalo Antelope and SheepBat Common Large Giant and Huge Bat mobat The giant bat is exactly what its name would suggest a giant form of bat with a 6 wingspan White Dwarf reviewer Jamie Thomson commented on the giant bat noting that it seems an obvious choice for D amp D 22 Bear Black Brown Cave and PolarBehir The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth 1982 Monster Manual II 1983 Monster Manual 2000 Monster Manual 2003 A snake like reptilian monster which can move quickly and climb thanks to its dozen legs it can discharge a stroke of lightning squeeze opponents with its long body and swallow creatures wholeBeholder Supplement I Greyhawk 1975 Monster Manual 1977 Monster Manual 2000 Monster Manual 2003 Monster Manual 2008 A large orb protected by chitinous plates 23 137 dominated by a central eye and a large toothy maw with 10 smaller eyes on stalks sprouting from the top of the orb the large eye negates all magic and the smaller eyes cause a variety of magical effects A creature that looks at you and is destroying you by the power of its magical eyes 24 A terrible beast but depicted as a cuddly rosy ball with too many eyes 25 Designed to counter magic using characters while being a formidable opponent for a whole party due to its versatility 1 Considered one of the game s signature monsters by Philip J Clements 26 133 A classic monster of the game 27 Boar Wild Boar Giant Boar Elothere and WarthogBookworm Monster Manual II 1983 A worm that inhabits libraries and eats books it can change its normal gray color to match its surroundingsBrownie Monster Manual 1977 A 2 foot tall 0 61 m benign humanoid relative of the halfling that is difficult to surprise and can blend into its surroundings The brownie was written up as a player character race in White Dwarf 29 Feb 1982 for AD amp D 1st Edition by Bob Lock in 1982 28 Bugbear Supplement I Greyhawk 1975 Monster Manual 1977 Monster Manual 2000 Monster Manual 2003 Monster Manual 2008 A 7 foot tall 2 1 m hairy cousin of the goblin 29 with a nose like that of a bear which prefer to attack foes by ambushCarrion crawler Supplement I Greyhawk 1975 Monster Manual 1977 Monster Manual 2000 Monster Manual 2003 Monster Manual 2008 A worm like cephalopod that scavenges subterranean areas feeding primarily upon carrion whose tentacles paralyze creaturesCatoblepas Strategic Review v2 2 1976 14 22 Supplement III Eldritch Wizardry 1976 Monster Manual 1977 Monster Manual II 2002 A bizarre creature that inhabits swamps the large bloodshot eyes of its unusually heavy head emanate a ray that causes other creatures to simply die David M Ewalt described it as an overweight buffalo with stumpy legs a giraffe like neck and a warthog s head 23 138 An old personal favorite of reviewer Mark Theurer 30 Cats great Cheetah Jaguar Leopard Common Lion Mountain Lion Spotted Lion Giant Lynx Wild Tiger and SmilodonCave fisher In the Dungeons of the Slave Lords 1981 Monster Manual II 1983 Dragon No 355 May 2007 A large insectoid with characteristics of a spider and lobster it catches foes with its sticky filament by firing it from a distanceCentaur sylvan Dungeons amp Dragons set 1974 Monster Manual 1977 Monster Manual 2000 Monster Manual 2003 A woodland being with the upper half of a human and the lower body of a large powerful horse it is a sociable tribal creature Based on the creature from Greek mythology 1 3 31 Centipede Giant centipede Huge centipede and Megalocentipede Giant centipedes are low level monsters one foot long red many legged creatures 23 212 213 Chimera Dungeons amp Dragons set 1974 Monster Manual 1977 Monster Manual 2000 Monster Manual 2003 Monster Manual 2008 Monster Manual 2014 Chimera and Gorgimera The chimera is based on the chimera of Greek mythology as found in the Iliad by Homer 32 33 stronger than a centaur but weaker than a sphinx 31 Cockatrice Supplement III Eldritch Wizardry 1976 Monster Manual 1977 Monster Manual 2000 Monster Manual 2003 Cockatrice and Pyrolisk Based on the creature from medieval bestiaries 1 Couatl Supplement III Eldritch Wizardry 1976 Monster Manual 1977 Monster Manual 2000 Monster Manual 2003 A 12 foot long 3 7 m feathered serpent native to jungle regions of lawful good alignment with great magical and psionic power Based on the creature from Mesoamerican religion 34 Displacer beast Supplement I Greyhawk 1975 Monster Manual 1977 Monster Manual 2000 Monster Manual 2003 Monster Manual 2008 A magical creature resembling a puma with a tentacle growing from each shoulder it hates all forms of life and always appears 3 feet from its actual position Based on the alien Coeurl from the short story Black Destroyer by A E van Vogt 1 5 71 David M Ewalt in his book Of Dice and Men discussed several monsters appearing in the original Monster Manual describing displacer beasts as looking like pumas with thorn covered tentacles growing out of their shoulders 23 138 Rob Bricken from io9 named the displacer beast as the 2nd most memorable D amp D monster 35 Dogs Wild War Blink and Death Dogs White Dwarf reviewer Jamie Thomson commented on the death dog which is rumored to be a descendant of Cerberus 22 Dragons Powerful and intelligent usually winged reptiles with magical abilities and breath weapon 36 The different subraces distinguished by their colouring vary in power 37 The dragon has been referred to as the iconic creature for D amp D adventurers to conquer 38 34 39 Dragon Black Dungeons amp Dragons set 1974 D amp D Basic Set 1977 1981 1983 Monster Manual 1977 D amp D Companion Rules 1984 Dungeons amp Dragons Rules Cyclopedia 1991 Monster Manual 2000 Monster Manual v 3 5 2003 D amp D Miniatures Dragoneye set 44 2004 D amp D Icons Gargantuan Black Dragon 2006 D amp D Miniatures Unhallowed set 55 2007 Evil 40 chaotic aligned dragons that spit acid 36 They have horns projecting forward a long body and thin tail 25 Dragon Blue Dungeons amp Dragons set 1974 Monster Manual 1977 D amp D Basic Set 1981 1983 D amp D Companion Rules 1984 Dungeons amp Dragons Rules Cyclopedia 1991 Monster Manual 2000 Monster Manual v 3 5 2003 D amp D Miniatures Deathknell set 38 2005 D amp D Icons Gargantuan Blue Dragon 2007 Evil 40 lawful aligned dragons that discharge a bolt of lightning 36 They have a distinctive horn on their snout 25 Dragon Brass Greyhawk set 1974 Monster Manual 1977 D amp D Basic Set 1997 Monster Manual 2000 Monster Manual v 3 5 2003 D amp D Miniatures Dragoneye set 14 2004 D amp D Miniatures Unhallowed set 19 2007 Benevolent and talkative good aligned 40 desert dwelling dragons that can breathe sleep gas 36 or fear causing gas An example of content misrepresented by the game s detractors 19 xii Dragon Bronze Greyhawk set 1974 Monster Manual 1977 Monster Manual 2000 Monster Manual v 3 5 2003 D amp D Miniatures War Drums set 7 2006 Good 40 and lawful aligned dragons that breathe a bolt of lightning or a repulsion gas cloud 36 Dragon Copper Greyhawk set 1974 Monster Manual 1977 Monster Manual 2000 Monster Manual v 3 5 2003 D amp D Miniatures Angelfire set 21 2005 D amp D Miniatures Desert of Desolation 23 2007 Good 40 and chaotic aligned dragons that breathe a discharge of acid or a cloud of gas that slows creatures 36 Dragon Gold Dungeons amp Dragons set 1974 Monster Manual 1977 D amp D Basic Set 1981 1983 D amp D Companion Rules 1984 Dungeons amp Dragons Rules Cyclopedia 1991 Monster Manual 2000 Monster Manual v 3 5 2003 D amp D Miniatures Giants of Legend set 61 2004 D amp D Miniatures Deathknell set 7 2005 Good 40 and lawful aligned dragons that breathe fire 36 or chlorine gas Dragon Green Dungeons amp Dragons set 1974 Monster Manual 1977 D amp D Basic Set 1981 1983 D amp D Companion Rules 1984 Dungeons amp Dragons Rules Cyclopedia 1991 Monster Manual 2000 Monster Manual v 3 5 2003 D amp D Miniatures War of the Dragon Queen set 38 2005 Evil 40 lawful aligned dragons that breathe a cloud of poisonous 36 chlorine gas 41 Dragon Red Dungeons amp Dragons set 1974 D amp D Basic Set 1977 1981 1983 Monster Manual 1977 D amp D Companion Rules 1984 Dragon No 134 The Ecology of the Red Dragon 1988 Dungeons amp Dragons Rules Cyclopedia 1991 Monster Manual 2000 Monster Manual v 3 5 2003 D amp D Miniatures Dragoneye set 55 2004 D amp D Miniatures Giants of Legend set 71 2004 D amp D Icons Colossal Red Dragon 2006 Evil 40 chaotic aligned dragons that breathe a cone of fire 36 According to Dant et al one of the most fearsome and classic monsters in role playing games 42 Dragon Silver Greyhawk set 1974 Monster Manual 1977 Monster Manual 2000 Monster Manual v 3 5 2003 D amp D Miniatures Archfiends set 5 2004 Good 40 and lawful aligned dragons that breathe a cone of frost or a cloud of paralyzing gas 36 Dragon White Dungeons amp Dragons set 1974 D amp D Basic Set 1977 1981 1983 Monster Manual 1977 D amp D Companion Rules 1984 Dungeons amp Dragons Rules Cyclopedia 1991 Monster Manual 2000 Monster Manual v 3 5 2003 D amp D Miniatures Night Below 58 2007 D amp D Icons Legend of Drizzt Scenario Pack 2007 Icingdeath Gargantuan White Dragon Evil 40 chaotic aligned dragons that breathe a cone of cold 36 Dragon turtleDragonfishElemental Air Earth Fire and Water Elementals Powerful creatures in the game 43 a characteristic of the air elemental is the ability of rapid movement 23 141 Elephant African elephant Mammoth Mastodon and OliphantElf High elf Grey elf Faerie Wood elf Half elf Based on Tolkien s version of the elf 3 quick but fragile with senses surpassing a human s often depicted as effeminate and predisposed towards a good moral alignment 26 14 26 68 Genie Al Qadim Land of Fate Djinn Dao and Efreeti Based on notions from Middle Eastern culture 2 genies in the game are powerful elemental spirits from the Inner Planes each of the four classical elements having its own subspecies of genie djinn for air dao for earth efreet for fire The djinn and efreet have namesakes from Arabic folklore also associated with air and fire respectively The dao were newly invented for the game altogether to fill the gap for the remaining element 44 485 493 Ghost Inspired by Gothic fiction a typical denizen of the Ravenloft setting 34 Ghoul Ghoul Lacedon and Ghast Undead with terrible claws 23 175 Giant Cloud Fire Frost Hill Stone and Storm Giant Overlarge powerful humanoids with a self involved social focus 44 8 usually presented as the bad guys 45 Based on mythological figures and Tolkien their stone throwing ability indicates their creative roots in wargaming 32 1 Gnoll Gnoll and Flind Vicious humanoids with hyena like heads Richard W Forest assumed them to be inspired from but not resembling the gnoles conceived by Lord Dunsany 1 while Gary Gygax himself stated that although Dunsany s gnole is close he came up with the name as a cross between a gnome and a troll and the description was his original creation He wanted to create a humanoid opponent in the game to fit in between the hobgoblin and bugbear in power 46 Gnolls were considered one of the five main humanoid races in AD amp D by Paul Karczag and Lawrence Schick 10 92 Gnome Player character race often stereotyped as buffoons illusionists mad inventors and many characters play them as intentionally wacky or anachronistic often conforms to the trickster archetype predisposed towards a good moral alignment 26 23 31 67 Goblin Based primarily on the goblins portrayed in J R R Tolkien s Middle Earth 47 Considered one of the five main humanoid races in AD amp D by Paul Karczag and Lawrence Schick 10 92 Presented as evil and predisposed towards a society of brutal regimes where the strongest rule in the game 26 48 66 134 Suitable oponent for characters of lowest level 48 Golem lesser Strategic Review 4 14 22 Clay Flesh and Clay The clay golem is based on the golem of Medieval Jewish folklore though changed from a cherished defender to an unthinking hulk 49 32 while the flesh golem is related to Frankenstein s monster as Universal s 1931 film seen in e g being empowered by electricity 1 as well as Gothic fiction more generally a typical denizen of the Ravenloft setting 34 and classic monster of the game 27 Golem greater Stone and Iron Inspired by Gothic fiction a typical denizen of the Ravenloft setting 34 and classic monster of the game 27 Halfling Hairfoot Tallfellow and Stout Based on and renamed from the hobbit in J R R Tolkien s works 1 14 27 The hobbit first appeared as a player character class in the original 1974 edition of Dungeons amp Dragons 50 62 Later the game began using the name halfling as an alternative to hobbit for legal reasons 51 The halfling appeared as a player character race in the original Player s Handbook 1978 10 84 85 Harpy Based on the creature from Greek mythology 3 Hobgoblin Muscular humanoids somewhat taller than humans with reddish skin and canine teeth 23 215 HomonculousHornet giant Hornet and WaspHorse Draft horse Heavy Warhorse Medium Warhorse Light Warhorse Pony Wild horse Riding horse and MuleHydra Hydra Lernaean Hydra Pyrohydra and Cryohydra Based on the creature from classical sources 1 33 with Heracles famed method of slaying it adapted into a vulnerability against fire but not with the less well known venomous bite showing how the game mostly focusses on the well known traits of mythological creatures 31 Hyena Hyena and HyaenodonImp Imp and Quasit Minor fiends which could be created from larvae 52 Reviewer Philippe Tessier found the quasit very nice and interesting when made available as a familiar 27 Invisible stalkerJackalJackalwereKobold S hort subterranean lizard men 23 66 considered one of the five main humanoid races in AD amp D by Paul Karczag and Lawrence Schick 10 92 and ranked among the weakest monsters in the game by Scott Baird from Screen Rant 53 KorredLich Demilich The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth Monster Manual II 1983 Monstrous Compendium Volume One 1989 Monstrous Manual 1993 Epic Level Handbook 2002 Monster Manual 2014 Lich and Demilich Lich Emaciated 27 undead spellcaster 54 a classic monster of the game 27 Demilich Evolved beyond status as a lich Creature of enormous powers where only the skull remains 55 Tyler Linn of Cracked com identified the demi lich as one of 15 Idiotic Dungeons and Dragons Monsters in 2009 stating Besides looking like a Pirates of the Caribbean alarm clock the Demi lich seems to possess no tactical advantages of any kind It just kind of floats around waiting for a party of heroes to smack it out of the air like a pinata We suppose it could try to bite you but the illustration above kind of makes it look like the jaw is fused in place Man now we just feel sorry for it 56 Ranked among the strongest in Screen Rant s 10 Most Powerful And 10 Weakest Monsters Ranked saying You might think that a floating skull would be easy to smash to pieces but you would be wrong as demiliches are some of the most resilient creatures in the game 53 Lizard Fire Giant Minotaur and Subterranean lizardsLizard man Greyhawk Monster Manual 1977 Fiend Folio 1981 Dungeons amp Dragons Basic Set Dungeons amp Dragons Game Dungeons amp Dragons Rules Cyclopedia 1991 Classic Dungeons amp Dragons Game 1994 Dungeons amp Dragons Adventure Game 1999 Hollow World Campaign Set Monstrous Manual Dragonlance Monstrous Compendium The Complete Spacefarer s Handbook The Complete Book of Humanoids Player s Option Skills amp Powers Mind Lords of the Last Sea Polyhedron No 121 1996 Monster Manual 2000 from here on as lizardfolk Races of Faerun Monster Manual 2003 Dragon No 318 2004 Serpent Kingdoms Eberron Campaign Setting Monster Manual III 2004 Dragon No 335 2005 Monster Manual IV 2006 Monster Manual 2008 Monster Vault Threats to the Nentir Vale Monster Manual 2014 Volo s Guide to Monsters Lizard Man Lizard King Lizardfolk are primitive reptilian humanoids typically standing from six to seven feet tall A player character race in some settings 57 58 Reviewer Chris Gigoux described them by saying Lizard Men aren t bad they re just a simple folks struggling to survive 59 In 2020 Comic Book Resources counted the lizardfolk as 1 on the list of 10 Powerful Monster Species That You Should Play As stating that Along with the ability to manufacture their own weapons from the natural environment around them they provide an excellent role playing experience and have some pretty awesome tricks up their sleeve 60 Lycanthrope Werewolf Dungeons amp Dragons white box set 1974 Monster Manual 1977 Dragon Dungeons amp Dragons Basic Set 1977 1981 1983 Dungeons amp Dragons Rules Cyclopedia 1991 Night Howlers 1992 Monstrous Manual Monster Manual 2000 Monster Manual 2003 Dragon No 313 Monster Manual 2008 Werebear Wererat Lesser and greater Seawolf Weretiger and Werewolf Afflicted shapechangers whose condition could be transmitted like a disease 61 some available as player character races Depiction of the werewolf is related to those in 1930s and 1940s Hollywood movies like The Wolf Man 1 Ranked sixth among the ten best low level monsters by the authors of Dungeons amp Dragons For Dummies a classic monster interesting due to shapechanging because players can never be entirely sure whether that surly villager might indeed be the great black wolf who attacked their characters out in the forest 62 373 The presence of lycanthropes in the gaming system is one of the elements that has led Christian fundamentalists to condemn Dungeons amp Dragons and to associate it with the occult 63 Screen Rant has described the operation of lycanthropy in the game as an aspect that makes no sense because it is often a positive development for a character It is possible for a character to be infected with lycanthropy in Dungeons amp Dragons and it comes highly recommended as the benefits outweigh the negatives It notes that i n exchange for learning how to control your condition you gain Damage Reduction 2 to your Wisdom stat the Scent ability Low Light Vision a new Hit Dice the Iron Will feat and the ability to transform into a more powerful form 64 An illustration in one edition of the Monster Manual implied that the beast in Disney s Beauty and the Beast was a lycanthrope with a creature having a resemblance to the Beast attacking a human resembling that film s antagonist Gaston 65 Manticore Based on its mythological counterpart including the barbed tail the manticore appeared in the game from its earliest edition 66 44 67 268 Medusa Normal and Greater Based on the creature from classical sources 1 3 but translated into species of monsters 29 33 originated from humans seeking eternal youth 31 Reviewer Allan Rausch found their portrayal as a woman with snakes for hair up to 2nd edition less compelling than their less human like depiction in 3rd edition 17 Men Aborigines Cavemen Adventurers Bandits Brigands Barbarians Nomads Berserkers Dervishes Farmers Herders Gentry Knights Mercenary Soldiers Merchant Sailors Fishermen Merchants Traders Middle Class Peasantry serfs Pilgrims Pirates Buccaneers Police Constabulary Priests Sailors Slavers Soldiers Thieves Thugs Tradesmen Craftsmen Tribesmen and Wizards The game aims to present humans with the same diversity found in the real world and more but in most cases they are statistically comparatively homogeneous and depictions have often suffered from Eurocentrism As the players are humans in the game humans are the standard against which other playable races are compared 12 and often promoted as the best or most versatile characters 68 Berserkers are based on the berserkir men of Odin whom the god made strong like wild beasts from Icelandic sagas and Snorri Sturluson s history of the kings of Norway 69 Mind flayer Strategic Review 1 14 22 Squid headed humanoids considered one of the game s signature monsters by Philip J Clements 26 133 Reviewer Julien Blondel described them as vile brain eating creatures full of psionic energy He found them delightful creatures for a sadistic Dungeon Master to use and a useful bridge between classic game worlds and the planes as illithids abound in both 70 Minotaur Based on the creature from Greek mythology 1 3 31 71 but translated from a singular creature into a species 33 In 2021 Comic Book Resources counted the minotaur as one of the 7 Underused Monster Races in Dungeons amp Dragons stating that far from just brutal monsters Many are lawful by nature which means surprisingly Minotaurs make for some good Paladins They also obviously make for some good Barbarians Monks and Fighters There s a lot of potential with Minotaurs People hate and fear them but you might be able to play that to your advantage or fight against the stereotypes 72 Mud man Screen Rant compiled a list of the game s 10 Most Powerful And 10 Weakest Monsters Ranked in 2018 calling this one of the weakest saying The mudmen are magically bound to their pool of mud which means that the only way they can defeat an enemy is if they walk right into the middle of a dirty puddle They will then have to score numerous hits in order to prevent the enemy from running away 53 Mummy Powerful undead usually from desert areas wrapped in bandages Based on the creature from Gothic fiction and appearances in more contemporary entertainment a typical denizen of the Ravenloft setting 34 73 In his review of the Monster Manual in the British magazine White Dwarf 8 August September 1978 Don Turnbull noted that the mummy was revised from its previous statistics and could now cause paralysis on sight as a result of fear 74 NixieNymph Based on the nymph from Greek mythology 1 3 also an instance of the sexist tropes the game draws on which presented female sexuality as inherently dangerous 26 94 Appeared in the movie Futurama Bender s Game 75 Ogre Ogre Ogre mage and Merrow Large powerful humanoid creatures with slightly below average intelligence 44 249 257 76 Typical bad guys in the game 45 who can be used to teach players about fighting big powerful stupid monsters which is an iconic D amp D experience 62 356 Oozes slimes jellies Ochre Jelly Gray Ooze Crystal Ooze Gelatinous cube and Green Slime D amp D s large variety of monstrous oozes and slimes took their original inspiration from Irvin S Yeathworth Jr s The Blob movie In the artificial dungeon environment of the game they function as a clean up crew The gelatinous cube a living mound of gelatinous jelly 23 138 was considered especially suited for that role as it fi exactly in the standard grid for tactical combat Considered an iconic monster 1 Orc Orc and Orog Directly adapted from the orc in J R R Tolkien s works 1 Considered one of the five main humanoid races in AD amp D by Paul Karczag and Lawrence Schick 10 92 Presented as evil and savage raiders in the game 26 48 95 Owl Normal Giant and TalkingOwlbearPegasus Winged horse Taken from greek mythology an example of the diverse cultures amalgamated into D amp D 31 77 Piercer Strategic Review 3 14 22 Pseudodragon a miniature dragon that also has a tail stinger 36 Reviewer Philippe Tessier found it very nice and interesting when made available as a familiar 27 Puddings deadly Black White Dun and Brown D amp D s large variety of monstrous oozes and slimes took their original inspiration from Irvin S Yeathworth Jr s The Blob movie 1 Rakshasa Strategic Review 3 14 22 Normal and Greater Based on the creature from Hindu mythology 34 Rat Common and Giant Example of a monster posing little threat to the characters in the game 23 22 suitable for play at lowest level 48 Ray Manta Pungi and Sting Rays IxitxachitlRemorhazSatyr Based on the satyr from classical sources 1 Scorpion Large Huge and Giant Scorpions have the distinction of having been the very first combat encounter in the first playtest run by Gary Gygax of the original version of the game 23 65 66 Giant Scorpion the size of a horse its stinger carries a deadly poison 38 148 149 SelkieShadow In his review of the Monster Manual in the British magazine White Dwarf 8 August September 1978 Don Turnbull noted his disappointment that the shadow is of the undead class and thus subject to a cleric s turn undead ability Turnbull commented I used to enjoy seeing clerics vainly trying to turn what wouldn t turn when Shadows were first met 74 Rob Bricken of io9 identified the shadow as one of The 12 Most Obnoxious Dungeons amp Dragons Monsters 78 Skeleton Dungeons amp Dragons white box set 1974 Monster Manual 1977 Dragon No 66 Monster Manual II 1983 Dragon No 138 Dungeons amp Dragons Basic Set 1977 1981 1983 Dungeons amp Dragons Game set 1991 Dungeons amp Dragons Rules Cyclopedia 1991 Dungeons amp Dragons Rules Cyclopedia 1991 Dungeons amp Dragons Adventure Game 1999 Monstrous Compendium Volume One Monstrous Manual Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium Appendix III Creatures of Darkness 1994 Monster Manual 2000 Monster Manual 2003 Libris Mortis The Book of Undead Monster Manual 2008 Normal Animal skeleton and Monster skeleton Skeleton of a deceased creature animated as an undead The skeleton was ranked second among the ten best low level monsters by the authors of Dungeons amp Dragons For Dummies introduces players to the special advantages and weaknesses of undead monsters They also thank Ray Harryhausen for people knowing what fighting skeletons ought to look like 62 Screen Rant ranked the tiny skeleton one of the weakest D amp D creatures saying skeletons go all the way down to Tiny sized creatures which means that it is possible for your party of adventurers to fight a group of skeletons that are the same size as action figures 53 Skunk Normal and GiantSnake Constrictor Normal and Giant Poisonous Normal and Giant Giant Sea and Giant Spitting SnakesSpectre Inspired by Gothic fiction a typical denizen of the Ravenloft setting 34 Spider Large Huge Giant Giant Water Giant Marine and Phase Spiders Phase spider Arachnid as big as a medium large dog that can shift between dimensions and bite with fangs of deadly poison 38 148 149 SpriteToad giant Giant Fire Ice and Poisonous ToadsTreant Based on the Ent by J R R Tolkien 1 14 27 Troll Troll Two Headed Troll Freshwater and Saltwater Scrag Tall green skinned 42 evil gaunt humanoids A characteristic denizen of AD amp D worlds 2 Their appearance and powerful regenerative ability is taken from Three Hearts and Three Lions by Poul Anderson rather than from their mythological or Tolkienesque counterparts 1 32 69 Considered one of the five main humanoid races in AD amp D by Paul Karczag and Lawrence Schick 10 92 Umber hulk Umber Hulk and Vodyanoi They are a type of humanoid insect They have long mandible arms with powerful claws Anyone looking into their eyes can be driven mad Unicorn Based on the creature from medieval bestiaries 1 34 The Dungeons amp Dragons animated series featured Uni the unicorn as well received mascot and cute animal sidekick 79 Vampire Depiction is related to those in 1930s and 1940s Hollywood Dracula movies 1 as well as folklore 73 and Gothic fiction a typical denizen of the Ravenloft setting 34 2 and classic monster of the game 27 Wight Thin humanoid undead 80 Directly adapted from the barrow wight in Tolkien s The Lord of the Rings 1 14 27 while the concept is inspired Icelandic sagas 69 Rob Bricken of io9 identified the wight as one of The 12 Most Obnoxious Dungeons amp Dragons Monsters 78 Will o wispWolf Wolf Dire Wolf Worg Winter wolf Worgs are giant wolves inspired by the wargs in the works of J R R Tolkien the name was changed for legal reasons while both word an concept ultimately go back to Old Norse idea of varg which can refer to wolves in their violent aspect 69 Wolfwere A reverse of a werewolf that transforms from a wolf to either a humanoid or an humanoid wolf hybrid instead of from a human to a humanoid wolf Wraith Inspired by Gothic fiction a typical denizen of the Ravenloft setting 34 Wyvern Dragon like in overall appearance the wyvern features a serpentine head wings scales but only two legs and no breath weapon Its tail is equipped with a poisonous tail stinger 36 YetiYuan ti A species of cult like snake people 81 The original yuan ti castes were the abominations the halfbreeds and the purebloods which first appeared in the module Dwellers of the Forbidden City 1981 82 83 84 In the adventure the characters are hired to find an object taken to a lost oriental style city which has been taken over by a cult of snake worshipers the yuan ti and their servants the mongrelmen and tasloi 10 101 Snakes and snake worship used in fiction have been criticized as characteristic of Orientalism 85 The publication history digital and print of yuan ti falls into this pattern as they serve as uncomplicated antagonists in exotic settings 44 86 87 Graeme Barber a game designer noted for his critique of racism in Dungeons amp Dragons 88 used yuan ti in his contribution to the book Candlekeep Mysteries Controversy arose after Wizards of the Coast according to Barber altered his depiction of yuan ti 89 Summarizing his critique of the simplistic portrayal Barber wrote Yuan ti are evil because evil 90 Keith Ammann in his 2019 book The Monsters Know What They re Doing commented of the yuan ti purebloods that Yuan ti have had hundreds of generations to live and adapt on their own so they ll have the same self preservation instinct as any evolved species 44 TheGamer com in April 2021 listed the yuan ti pureblood as 2 on their list of 10 Most Underrated Races That Are Better Than You Think 91 CBR com listed the yuan ti pure blood as 5 on their list of Top 10 Playable Species In D amp D 92 Zombie Common Monster and Ju Ju Zombie Based on the zombie from folklore as well as more contemporary entertainment 73 TSR 2103 MC2 Monstrous Compendium Volume Two 1989 EditTSR 2103 MC2 Monstrous Compendium Volume Two 1989 ISBN 0 88038 753 XThis was the second volume in the Monstrous Compendium series for the second edition of Advanced Dungeons amp Dragons published in 1989 As with Volume One most of the monsters for Volume Two were taken from previous first edition AD amp D books with greatly expanded entries that now filled an entire page and had an all new illustration Volume Two was packaged in a wraparound cover and the pages were designed to fit in the binder that came with Volume One of the Monstrous Compendium The pack consisted of 144 pages unnumbered and included a 2 page alphabetical index to Volume One and Volume Two 10 pages of monster summoning and random encounter charts and a blank monster sheet to be photocopied with a sheet of instructions for the blank monster form with the remainder consisting of the monster descriptions Also included were 8 full page illustrations on heavier card stock Note All monsters from MC2 appeared in the Monstrous Manual 1993 though some had slightly altered headings Creature Other appearances Variants DescriptionAarakocra In 2020 Comic Book Resources counted the aarakocra as 9 on the list of 10 Powerful Monster Species That You Should Play As stating that As long as they re not wearing heavy or medium armor you have a flying sniper essentially 60 AbolethAnkhegAnt Giant ant and Ant SwarmAnt lion giantApe carnivorousBaboon Wild Baboon and BanderlogBadger Common and giantBarracudaBasilisk Lesser greater and Dracolisk Based on the creature from medieval bestiaries 1 In the original Monster Manual it is described as a reptilian monster whose gaze can turn creatures to stone 93 Beetle Bombardier Boring Fire Rhinoceros Stag and WaterBulette Also called land shark inspired by a plastic toy from Hong Kong 1 In his 2019 book The Monsters Know What They re Doing author Keith Ammann called bulettes brutes tailor made to give your players jump scares and found its preferences and aversions for the meat of different humanoid races ludicrous 44 157 158 BullywugCrocodile Normal and giantCrustacean giant Giant Crab and Giant CrayfishDolphinDopplegangerDragonne Lion headed dragon like creature it was Originally described as a weird cross between a brass dragon and a giant lion Present in every edition of the game James Wyatt stated it was probably the oldest manifestation in the game of the idea of a half dragon Renamed to liondrake in 5th edition 94 Dryad Based on the dryad from classical sources 1 The dryad appears as a player character class in Tall Tales of the Wee Folk in the DM s booklet 1989 10 146 Dwarf Hill and Mountain Based on Tolkien s version of the dwarf 3 26 78 Often depicted as short stout and fond of ale bearded masters of metalworking and predisposed towards a good moral alignment tend to embody an extreme vision of masculinity 26 58 67 78 165 Dwarf duergar Duergar and Steeder Giant Spider An evil and avaricious dwarven subrace 95 152 Backstab reviewer Michael Croitoriu found them interesting as a player character option 45 Eagle Wild and giantEel Electric Giant Marine and WeedElf Drow Drow and Drider Made famous by R A Salvatore s Drizzt novels these dark elves from the game influenced subsequent works of fantasy 1 Drow have a gender based caste system that says a great deal about attitures towards gender roles in the real world 26 34 EttercapEttinFish giant Giant Catfish Giant Gar and Giant PikeFrog Giant killer and poisonousFungus Strategic Review 3 14 22 Shrieker Violet Fungus Shrieker Phycomid Ascomoid and Gas Spore Author Ben Woodard called D amp D s fungi horrific in their variety not only due to their poisonous nature but their creepy ability to move 96 Scott Baird from Screen Rant ranked the man sized shrieker among the weakest monsters in the game at the bottom of the mushroom monster food chain They can be used as cheap alarm systems for Underdark societies but they possess no combat abilities of their own The only thing a shrieker can do is shriek 53 Galeb duhrGargoyle Gargoyle and MargoyleGenie Al Qadim Land of Fate Jann and Marid Based on notions from Middle Eastern culture 2 genies in the game are powerful elemental spirits from the Inner Planes each of the four classical elements having its own subspecies of genie Marids were largely changed from their mythological namesakes to fit to the element of water Keith Ammann assumes the game s creators were inspired by the syllable mar meaning sea in Latin even though there is no such connection in Arabic 44 485 493 Giant kin Cyclops Dungeons amp Dragons white box set 1974 Gods Demi gods amp Heroes 1976 m Deities amp Demigods Cyclopedia 1980 Greater and lesser Legends amp Lore 1985 Monster Manual II 1983 Cyclopskin Dungeons amp Dragons Expert Set 1981 amp 1983 Dungeons amp Dragons Game Dungeons amp Dragons Rules Cyclopedia 1991 Classic Dungeons amp Dragons Game 1994 Dungeons amp Dragons Adventure Game 1999 Monstrous Manual 1993 Legends amp Lore 1990 Deities and Demigods 2002 Shining South 2004 Monster Manual 2008 Monster Manual 2 2009 Monster Manual 2014 One eyed giants 97 based on Greek mythology 32 Ranked tenth among the ten best mid level 4th Edition monsters by the authors of Dungeons amp Dragons 4th Edition For Dummies 97 Giant kin firbolg In 2021 Comic Book Resources counted the firbolg as one of the 7 Underused Monster Races in Dungeons amp Dragons stating that Firbolgs are a blend of strength and magic making them useful for classes that blend the two Firbolgs work well as Clerics and Druids but they can also make for a good Ranger Your harmony with nature will leave you definitely wanting to have a nature focus but you ll also stand out in a crowd As a naturally shy race be sure to consider that when playing your character Typically speaking Firbolgs aren t aggressive 72 Giant kin fomorianGiant kin verbeegGorgon iron plated bull based on early modern bestiaries with only the name being derived from the Classical counterpart 31 32 GriffinGroaning spirit banshee Inspired by Gothic fiction a typical denizen of the Ravenloft setting 34 Guardian daemon Least lesser and greaterHag Annis Greenhag and Sea Hag Immortal wicked and ugly powerful females with magical abilities for deception Based on the pervasive figure from folklore with different interpretations of the monster around the world being worked into different variants in the game allowing each a little more personality 73 In the view of Stag and Trammel hags in D amp D represent misogynistic and ageist tendencies in their authors 52 98 SyFy Wire in 2018 called it one of The 9 Scariest Most Unforgettable Monsters From Dungeons amp Dragons saying that There are endless horrific possibilities when it comes to hags 99 HauntHawk Large hawk Small falcon and Blood HawkHell hound In his review of the Monster Manual Don Turnbull noted in the British magazine White Dwarf 8 August September 1978 that the breath weapon of the much feared hell hound had been altered from its previous appearance 74 Heucuva Monstrous Manual as Huecuva Fiend Folio 1981 Dungeon No 86 Dungeon No 94 Fiend Folio 2003 Dragon No 364 Undead created from divine or oathbound creatures who have failed in their vows Hippocampus Based on medieval bestiaries Depicted as the front half of a horse and the rear half of a fish or sea serpent 32 Tyler Linn of Cracked com listed it among the 15 Most Idiotic Monsters In Dungeons amp Dragons History He did not think it would pose much of a threat and was intended to be one of the good guys but found the depiction douchey 56 Hippogriff Originally based on the creature from Persian mythology 34 the adapted hippogriff was among the earliest fantasy beasts introduced into the Dungeons amp Dragons universe 66 Gary Gygax used a story in which he received a letter asking how many eggs a Hippogriff could lay as an example of the encyclopedic knowledge which fans expected him to have over every detail of gameplay 100 JermlaineKelpieKenku Crow like humanoids with a tendency for thievery loosely based on the Japanese tengu 101 44 56 58 Ki rin Golden scaled flying equine exemplar of good with one horn Based on the kirin from Japanese mythology 3 an example of the diverse cultures amalgamated into D amp D 77 KillmoulisKuo toa evil fish men 10 89 Lamia Lamia and Lamia NobleLammasu Lesser and greaterLamprey Normal giant and landLeech Leech Swarm Giant Leech and Throat leechLeprechaunLeucrottaLocathahLurker above Strategic Review 3 lurker Strategic Review 5 trapper 14 22 Lurker Trapper and Forest Trapper An original creation for the game s artificial underground environment this monster was designed as a trap for unwary player characters the trapper camouflages as a piece of floor engulfing a victim stepping on it 1 Rob Bricken of io9 identified the lurker and the trapper as two of The 12 Most Obnoxious Dungeons amp Dragons Monsters 78 Lycanthrope Wereboar and Werefox Foxwoman Mammal minimal The minimal a contraction of miniature animal is a magically reduced version of a normal animal Mammal small Beaver Cat house Chipmunk Ermine Ferret Fox Gopher Hedgehog Mink Mole Monkey Mouse Muskrat Opossum Otter Otter sea Otter giant Pig domestic Pig wild Rabbit Raccoon Squirrel flying Squirrel giant black and Woodchuck Reviewer Philippe Tessier described the rabbit when made available as a familiar as little and doesn t look like much but valued it as cute interesting and useful for detecting traps 27 MermanMimic An original creation for the game s artificial underground environment this iconic monster looks like a treasure chest and is designed as a trap for unwary player characters 1 Mold Brown Russet and Yellow In the artificial dungeon environment of the game molds function as a clean up crew 1 MongrelmanMorkothMuckdwellerMyconid fungus man A race of man sized sentient fungus creatures some of which pack a mean punch and which have the ability to spray poisons that can disable their foes 53 Naga Strategic Review 3 14 22 Guardian Spirit and Water Snake like magical creatures with humanoid head Based on the naga from Indian mythology 3 NereidObliviax memory moss The obliviax memory moss appeared on Geek com s list of The most underrated monsters of Advanced Dungeons amp Dragons 102 Octopus giantOsquipOtyugh Otyugh and Neo otyugh Game designer Don Turnbull rated the otyugh as a most interesting creation 74 Piranha Normal and giantPixie The pixie appeared as a player character class in Tall Tales of the Wee Folk 1989 10 146 Plant carnivorous Choke Creeper Hangman tree Mantrap Strangleweed Giant Sundew and Tri flower FrondPoltergeistPorcupine Black brown and giantRoc Dungeons amp Dragons set 1974 Monster Manual 1977 Monster Manual 2000 Monster Manual 2003 Monster Manual 2008 Monster Manual 2014 An enormous bird based on a mythological creature probably of Persian origin known from Sindbad the Sailor 32 Roper Strategic Review 2 14 22 A dangerous inhabitant of the Underdark 103 with murderous behavior 104 Rot grub An original creation for the game s artificial underground environment this monster was designed as a trap for unwary player characters living in corpses they infect those who disturb these dead searching for riches 1 Rust monster Large armored tick like monster which devours metals An original invention for the game and its artificial underground world the appearance of the rust monster was inspired by a plastic toy from Hong Kong 105 It was ranked among the most memorable as well as obnoxious creatures in the game terrifying to certain characters and their players not due to their ability to fight but to destroy their items 1 35 78 5 23 138 Chris Sims of the on line magazine Comics Alliance referred to the rust monster as the most feared D amp D monster 106 SahuaginSalamander Salamander and Fire SnakeSandlingSea horse giantSea lion Monster Manual 1977 Monster Manual 2000 and Monster Manual 2003 as Sea cat Shambling mound Strategic Review 3 14 22 Plant like creature resembling a heap of rotting vegetation Ben Woodard considered its ability to move the base creepiness of the creep 96 Shark Common and giant megalodon Slithering trackerSlug giantSphinx Androsphinx Criosphinx Gynosphinx and Hieracosphinx Based on Egyptian and Classical mythology an example of the diverse cultures amalgamated into D amp D 31 77 Squid giant Giant squid and KrakenStirge Flying and blood sucking 29 bird like creatures Swanmay Swanmay and Swan Inspired by a character from Three Hearts and Three Lions by Poul Anderson rather than their mythological counterparts 1 32 SylphTarrasque Ranked among the strongest monsters in the game by Scott Baird from Screen Rant the ultimate challenge for many players 53 Rob Bricken from io9 named the tarrasque as the 10th most memorable D amp D monster 35 The tarrasque appeared on the 2018 Screen Rant top list at No 5 on Dungeons amp Dragons The 20 Most Powerful Creatures Ranked and Scott Baird highlighted that The tarrasque is currently the most powerful creature in the 5th edition of Dungeons amp Dragons where it is matched only by Tiamat in terms of its combat prowess 107 TasloiTritonTroglodyte Based on the stock character of the primitive caveman Gary Gygax portrayed the troglodyte in the game as more monstrous with chaotic and evil behaviour offensive smell and lizard like characteristics 108 Urchin Black Green Red Silver Yellow and Land First published in White Dwarf 9 October November 1978 submitted by Nick Louth 109 It was voted among the top ten monsters from the magazine s Fiend Factory column and reprinted in Best of White Dwarf Articles 1980 110 111 112 UrdWater weird An old personal favorite of reviewer Mark Theurer 30 Weasel Wild and giantWhale Common Giant Leviathan Killer and Narwhal The leviathan is based on the creature from Hebrew mythology 34 Wolverine Normal and giantWorm Purple worm Tenebrous worm and Tunnel worm The dread purple worm attacks with both ends 67 268 maw and stinger XornYellow musk creeper amp zombie Creeping plant that drains the intelligence of its victims possibly turning them into zombies under the plant s control Ben Woodard found it an expression of the seemingly endless morphology of fungal creep and toxicological capacity within the game 96 TSR 2104 MC3 Monstrous Compendium Forgotten Realms Appendix 1989 EditTSR 2104 MC3 Monstrous Compendium Forgotten Realms Appendix 1989 ISBN 0 88038 769 6This appendix to the Monstrous Compendium series was designed for use with the Forgotten Realms campaign setting for the second edition of the Advanced Dungeons amp Dragons game The pack consisted of 64 5 hole punched unnumbered loose leaf pages Creature Other appearances Variants DescriptionAscallion Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Four 1998 as Fish Ascallion Adult Female Young Adult MaleAsperii Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Four 1998 Beholder kin Monstrous Manual 1993 Spectator GauthBelabra Tangler BerbalangBhaergala Monstrous Manual 1993 as Mammal Bichir Lungfish Giant Bunyip Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Three 1996 Burbur Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Three 1996 Claw Crawling Monstrous Manual 1993 Screen Rant ranked the crawling claw among the 10 weakest monsters in 2018 At best you can use a bunch of them to act as a distraction or as a screen while another villain prepares a spell or trap 53 Cloaker Monstrous Manual 1993 An original creation for the game s artificial underground environment this monster was designed as a trap for unwary player characters it looks like a living cloak with teeth 1 DarkenbeastDeath Crimson Monstrous Manual 1993 as Mist Crimson Death Dinosaur Monstrous Manual 1993 Ankylosaurus Deinonychus Diplodocus Elasmosaurus Lambeosaurus Pteranodon Stegosaurus Triceratops and Tyrannosaurus rex Allosaurus Anchisaurus Ankylosaurus Paleocinthus Archelon Brachiosaurus Brontosaurus Camarasaurus Camptosaurus Ceratosaurus Cetiosaurus Compsognathus Deinonychus Dilophosaurus Dimetrodon Dinichthys Temnodontosaurus Diplodocus Elasmosaurus Euparkeria Gorgosaurus Iguanodon Lambeosaurus Mamenchisaurus Massospondylus Megalosaurus Monoclonius Mosasaurus Nothosaurus Ornitholestes Pentaceratops Plateosaurus Plesiosaurus Podokesaurus Pteranodon Pterosaurus Stegosaurus Dacentrurus Kentrosaurus Struthiomimus Styracosaurus Tanystropheus Teratosaurus Trachodon Triceratops Tyrannosaurus rex Considered among the standard repertoire of Monsters 3 and among the 12 most underrated monsters a creature as large and fearsome as a dragon but without all the hype 102 Dracolich Monstrous Manual 1993 A dragon made even more powerful by transforming into an undead version of itself which can only be destroyed if its phylactery is taken to another dimension Ranked among the strongest monsters in the game by Scott Baird from Screen Rant 53 It was also one of the first new creatures introduced for the Forgotten Realms campaign setting 40 Dragon Faerie Monstrous Manual 1993 as Dragonet Faerie Dragon Oriental Dragons General Lung Wang Sea Dragon Pan Lung Coiled Dragon Shen Lung Spirit Dragon T ien Lung Celestial Dragon Tun Mi Lung Typhoon Dragon Yu Lung Carp Dragon Chiang Ling River Dragon Li Lung Earth Dragon Firenewt Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Three 1996 Firestar Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Four 1998 Maedar Monstrous Manual 1993 as Medusa Maedar Maedar Glyptar Male version of the medusa a consequence of turning the singular monster from classic mythology into a species in the game 29 33 Meazel Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Three 1996 Pleistocene Animals Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Two 1995 as Pleistocene Animal all White Rhinoceros as Wooly Rhinoceros Axebeak Baluchitherium Megatherium Phororacos White Rhinoceros TitanothereRevenant Monstrous Manual 1993 RhaumbusunStrider Giant Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Three 1996 SullSvirfneblin Deep Gnome Monstrous Manual 1993 Gnome Thessalmonster Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Three 1996 Thessalhydra Thessalmera Thessalgorgon ThessaltriceThri kreen Mantis Warrior Monstrous Manual 1993 Praying mantis man with four arms and a poisonous bite 113 an old personal favorite of reviewer Mark Theurer 30 With their additional limbs and specialized chatkcha and gythka weapons thri kreen were infamous as player characters optimized to do extreme amounts of damage J R Zambrano found them an interesting race and preferred their 2nd Edition aesthetic to others 114 ThylacineVulture Monstrous Manual 1993 as Bird Common Giant CondorVurgens Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Four 1998 as Fish Vurgens Web Living Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Three 1996 Living MemoryWemic Monstrous Manual 1993 TSR 2105 MC4 Monstrous Compendium Dragonlance Appendix 1990 EditTSR 2105 MC4 Monstrous Compendium Dragonlance Appendix 1990 ISBN 0 88038 822 6This appendix to the Monstrous Compendium series was designed for use with the Dragonlance campaign setting for the second edition of the Advanced Dungeons amp Dragons game The pack consisted of 96 5 hole punched loose leaf pages unnumbered and included a How To Use This Book page a page with alphabetical index 4 pages of random encounter charts and 2 pages with the compiled game statistics with the remainder consisting of the descriptions of the fictional monsters Also included were 4 full page illustrations on heavier card stock Creature Other appearances Variants DescriptionAnemone Giant Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Four 1998 as Anemone Giant Sea Avian Monstrous Manual 1993 as Bird Emre Kingfisher Skyfisher and wariBear IceBeast Undead Stahnk and GholorCentaur AbanasinianCentaur CrystalmirCentaur EndscapeCentaur WendleDisir Time of the Dragon 1989 Draconian proto Traag Time of the Dragon 1989 Draconians A dragon like humanoid species 115 167 born from embryos of good dragons corrupted by evil magic are cast as beings of pure horror 116 Draconian Aurak Draconian Baaz Draconian Bozak Barton and Stacks described this draconian as the ever popular bozak whose bones explode upon death 115 166 Draconian Kapak Draconian SivakDragons of Krynn Powerful and intelligent usually winged reptiles with magical abilities and breath weapon Dragon Amphi Dragon Astral Unmated Astral Dragon and Mated Pair Dragon Kodragon Dragon Magic 1989 Dragon Othlorx Time of the Dragon 1989 Black Blue Brass Bronze Copper Green Red Silver and White Othlorx Dragon SeaDreamshadowDreamwraithDwarf DaergarDwarf Gully A tiny dirty unorganized folk but having heart 117 known for their limited ability to count 118 Gully dwarves could be used as player characters in the D amp D game They were by design weaker than other character options and so only appealing to few players who enjoy the underdog status they provided 119 Dwarf Hill Neidar Dwarf Mountain Hylar Dwarf TheiwarDwarf ZakharElf High QualinestiElf High SilvanestiElf Wild KagonestiElf HalfElf Sea DargonestiElf Sea DimernestiEyewing Dragon Magic 1989 Monstrous Manual 1993 Fetch Inspired by Gothic fiction a typical denizen of the Ravenloft setting 34 Fire Minion Time of the Dragon 1989 FireshadowGnome Tinker Minoi Gurik Cha ahl Time of the Dragon 1989 Hatori Monstrous Manual 1993 Lesser and GreaterHaunt KnightHorax Time of the Dragon 1989 Imp Blood SeaInsect Swarm Monstrous Manual 1993 Velvet Ants Grasshoppers and LocustsKalothagh Prickleback Kani Doll Dragon Magic 1989 Kender A diminutive and highly playful race that resembles Tolkien s hobbit with the ability to drive enemies into a rage by taunting them 115 166 Knight Death Monstrous Manual 1993 A powerful undead warrior 115 167 Shannon Applecline considered this creature created by Charles Stross one of the game s especially notable monsters 14 38 KyrieLizard Man of Krynn Jarak sinn and BakaliMan of Krynn Ice Folk Knights of Solamnia Plainsmen and RebelsMinotaur of Krynn Blood Sea MinotaurOgre of Krynn Ogre and OrughiOgre High Irda Phaethon Phaethon and Elder PhaethonShadowperson Shadowperson and Revered Ancient OneShimmerweedSkrit Time of the Dragon 1989 SligSpectral Minion nasties also appearing the Advanced Dungeons amp Dragons Heroes of the Lance computer game 120 Spider of Krynn Whisper Spider and Giant Trap Door SpiderStag Wild Stag Giant Stag and the White StagTayling Tayling and TaylandThanoi Walrus Man TylorWarrior Skeleton Monstrous Manual 1993 WichtlinWyndlassYaggol Time of the Dragon 1989 Yeti kin Saqualaminoi Time of the Dragon 1989 TSR 2107 MC5 Monstrous Compendium Greyhawk Appendix 1990 EditTSR 2107 MC5 Monstrous Compendium Greyhawk Appendix 1990 ISBN 0 88038 836 6This appendix to the Monstrous Compendium series was designed for use with the Greyhawk campaign setting for the second edition of the Advanced Dungeons amp Dragons game The pack consisted of 64 5 hole punched loose leaf pages unnumbered and included a How To Use This Book page with an alphabetical index 4 pages of random encounter charts with the remainder consisting of the descriptions of the fictional monsters Also included were 4 full page illustrations on heavier card stock Creature Other appearances Variants DescriptionAspis Monstrous Manual 1993 as Insect Drone Larva and CowBeastmanBeetle Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Three 1996 Death watch beetle and Slicer BeetleBonesnapperBookaBrownie BuckawnBrownie Quickling Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Two 1995 Small intelligent chaotic and speedy it appeared on Geek com s list of The most underrated monsters of Advanced Dungeons amp Dragons 102 Crypt thing Monstrous Manual 1993 CrystalmistDragons Powerful and intelligent usually winged reptiles with magical abilities and breath weapon Dragon Cloud Monstrous Manual 1993 Dragon Greyhawk Dragon Mist Monstrous Manual 1993 Dragon Shadow Monstrous Manual 1993 Reviewer Philippe Tessier found the shadow dragon a very dangerous foe in frontal assault 27 Dragonfly Giant Monstrous Manual 1993 as Insect Adult and Larva Nymph DragonnelElf GrugachElf ValleyGiant kin Voadkyn Monstrous Manual 1993 as Giant Wood Giant kin Spriggan Monstrous Manual 1993 as Gnome Spriggan Grell Monstrous Compendium Spelljammer Appendix 1991 as Soldier Worker Monstrous Manual 1993 as Soldier Worker terrifying beaked tentacled monsters that populate the realm of Underdark 54 Tyler Linn of Cracked com listed the grell among the 15 Most Idiotic Monsters In Dungeons amp Dragons History and found that it s movement by floating contributed to it looking ridiculous 56 Gremlin Monstrous Manual 1993 Gremlin Fremlin and GalltritGrippli Monstrous Manual 1993 humanoid tree frogs forming a society of uncommonly intelligent humanoid amphibians who were quick to adapt and acquire new skills J R Zambrano thought of them as a good choice to create a player character race 121 Grung selfish simple minded frog people 81 based on poisonous frogs 121 Hobgoblin NorkerHook horror Monstrous Manual 1993 A bipedal subterranean monster that looks like a vulture like humanoid with bony hooks in place of hands The hook horror was first published in White Dwarf 12 April May 1979 and was originally submitted by Ian Livingstone 122 It was voted among the top ten monsters from the magazine s Fiend Factory column and reprinted in Best of White Dwarf Articles 1980 110 111 112 Ed Greenwood in his review of the Fiend Folio for Dragon magazine considered the hook horror as one of the creatures with strange appearances and little else there is no depth to their listings and that it was one of the creatures which seem incomplete 123 HorgarHound Yeth Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1994 Iguana GiantIngundiKechKyuss Son of Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Three 1996 Mist Vampiric Monstrous Manual 1993 Mite Monstrous Manual 1993 Mite and Snyad Pestie Necrophidius Monstrous Manual 1993 as Golem Necrophidius Undead consisting of a humanoid skull and giant snake vertebrae looks like the skeleton of a Guardian Naga with venomous bite and mesmerizing powers first published in White Dwarf 7 June July 1978 submitted by Simon Tilbrook 124 In 1980 it was voted the best monster from the magazine s Fiend Factory column 110 Needleman Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Three 1996 First published in White Dwarf 6 April 1978 submitted by Trevor Graver 125 It was voted among the top ten monsters from the magazine s Fiend Factory column and reprinted in Best of White Dwarf Articles 1980 110 111 112 Plant Carnivorous Vampire Cactus Kampfult and Giant PolypRat Camprat and Vapor RatRaven Crow Monstrous Manual 1993 as Bird Raven variants only Ordinary Huge and Giant Raven and CrowScarecrow Monstrous Manual 1993 as Golem Scarecrow Shadow SlowSkulkSnail Flail and Sea Snail Shannon Applecline considered the flail snail one of the silly monsters of the game 14 38 CJ Miozzi included the flail snail on The Escapist s list of The Dumbest Dungeons amp Dragons Monsters Ever And How To Use Them 126 Sprite Monstrous Manual 1993 Atomie Grig and Sea SpriteTaer Monstrous Manual 1993 as Mammal TentamortTurtle Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Two 1995 as Turtle Giant Giant Sea and Giant Snapping TurtleTyrg Monstrous Manual 1993 as Mammal Wolf MistWraith Swordwraith and Soul BeckonerZombie Sea Monstrous Manual 1993 ZygomTSR 2116 MC6 Monstrous Compendium Kara Tur Appendix 1990 EditTSR 2116 MC6 Monstrous Compendium Kara Tur Appendix 1990 ISBN 0 88038 851 XThis appendix to the Monstrous Compendium series was designed for use with the Oriental Adventures campaign setting called Kara Tur for the second edition of the Advanced Dungeons amp Dragons game The pack consisted of 64 5 hole punched loose leaf pages unnumbered and included a How To Use This Book page with an alphabetical index and 4 pages of random encounter charts with the remainder consisting of the descriptions of the fictional monsters Also included were 4 full page illustrations on heavier card stock Creature Other appearances Variants DescriptionBajangBakemonoBisan Fey connected to a tree that can transform into flying insects such as honey bees or fruit flies Buso Tigbanua Buso and Tagamaling BusoCarp Giant Monstrous Manual 1993 as Fish Centipede Spirit Greater Lesser and LeastChu u Legless ghosts deemed neither good or evil enough to enter the afterlife Con tinh Ghosts of women who died young Their laugh could drive listeners to insanity Doc cu o c Axe wielding spirits that hunt evil ghosts They have the appearance of a man cut perfectly in half Duruch i lin Ch i lin and DuruFlame Spirit Greater Lesser and LeastFoo Creature Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1994 Foo Dog and Foo LionGaki Jiki ketsu gaki Jiki niku gaki Shikki gaki and Shinen gakiGargantua Monstrous Manual 1993 Reptilian Humanoid and Insectoid GargantuaGoblin Rat Goblinoid wererats unable to transmit lycanthropy Goblin Spider Giant spider that can mimic voices Hai Nu Sentient aquatic humanoids HannyaHengeyokai Race of sentient shapeshifting animals able to adopt humanoid beast and hybrid forms Hsing sing Ape like creatures naturally peaceful outside of war season during which they become more aggressive Hu Hsien Appears to be an oriental female human with long fox tail These are magically enchanted evil women with spell abilities and an endless hunger for human life energy They are type vampire capable of shapeshifting IkiryoJishin Mushi Giant beetles able to create earthquakes Kala Cave and Earth Kala Primitive cone headed humanoids Cave kala could inject paralyzing venom by biting enemies and Earth kala could infect creatures with diseases through their breath Kaluk Humanoid elephants with an insatiable greed for wealth Kappa Common Kappa Kappa ti and Vampiric KappaKorobokuru Common Korobokuru and Ishikorobokuru Dwarf like race Krakentua Kraken headed humanoids that wielded weapons in their tentacles Reviewer Michael Mullen described the krakentua as a really nasty new monster in its first appearance in Night of the Seven Swords 127 Kuei Ghosts of those killed before fulfilling a goal or purpose similar to a revenant Memedi Gendruwo and Common Memedi Incorporeal spirits Men Wako sea pirate and Frost BarbariansMen shenNat Einsaung Nat Hkum Yeng Nat and Lu Nat Malicious brightly colored fey NingyoOni Common Oni Go zu oni and Me zu oniP oh Gohei P oh Small bronze humanoids capable of causing harm with their touch Shan Sao Short humanoids that live in bamboo huts and can summon tigers ShirokinukatsukamiSpirit Nature Least Lesser and GreaterSpirit Stone Small Medium and LargeSpirit Folk Bamboo River and Sea Spirit FolkTako Monstrous Manual 1993 Male and Female A race of sentient intelligent octopus The name comes from the Japanese word for octopus Tengu Crow and Humanoid TenguWang LiangYuan ti Histachii Monstrous Manual 1993 Yuki on naTSR 2109 MC7 Monstrous Compendium Spelljammer Appendix 1990 EditTSR 2109 MC7 Monstrous Compendium Spelljammer Appendix 1990 ISBN 0 88038 871 4This appendix to the Monstrous Compendium series was designed for use with the Spelljammer campaign setting for the second edition of the Advanced Dungeons amp Dragons game The pack consisted of 64 5 hole punched loose leaf pages unnumbered providing the descriptions of the fictional monsters Also included were 4 full page illustrations on heavier card stock Creature Other appearances Variants DescriptionAartukAlbariAncient MarinerArgos Monstrous Manual 1993 Astereater Monstrous Manual 1993 under Beholder reference only Beholder kin Monstrous Manual 1993 Director Examiner Overseer Lensman and Watcher Reviewer Alex Lucard counted the beholder kin among the cool monsters in MC7 128 BlazozoidChattur Monstrous Manual 1993 as Mammal Clockwork Horror 1993 Trading Card No 222 Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Four 1998 Monster Manual II 2002 Adamantine Electrum Gold Platinum Dragon No 350 The Ecology of the Clockwork Horror 2006 Copper Copper Silver Electrum Gold Platinum and AdamantiteColossusDelphinidDizantarEstheticFocoidFractineGiant SpaceseaGolem Furnace Reviewer Alex Lucard considered the furnace golem one of the cool monsters in MC7 128 Golem RadiantGravislayerGrommamHadozee Critically described by Aaron Trammell as a simian race of humanoids reminiscent of old minstrel shows subject of criticism when translated into 5th edition 68 129 Hamster Giant Space Subterranean Sabre Toothed Rather Wild Invisible Sylvan Jungle Miniature Armor Plated Yellow Musk Ethereal Carnivorous Flying Two Headed Lernaean Bombardier Fire Breathing Phase Doppelganger Great Horned Abominable Tyrannohamsterus Rex and Giant Space Hamster of Ill Omen Reviewer Alex Lucard considered the various giant space hamsters the most infamous race of creatures TSR ever put out and enough to make the curious pick this the Spelljammer Monstrous Compendium MC7 up He found the concept of a tyrannohamsterus rex laughable until one had to fight one 128 Jammer LeechLakshuLumineauxLutum Mud Woman Mimic SpaceMisiMoon RogueMortissMurderoidNay ChurrPhlog CrawlerPirate of Gith Monstrous Manual 1993 as Gith Pirate PlasmanPlasmoid GeneralPlasmoid DeGleashPlasmoid DelNoricPlasmoid OntalakPufferQ nidarRastipede Reviewer Alex Lucard liked the rastipede and considered it awesome that it later became a player character race 128 ReigarRock HopperSlinkerSpider AsteroidSpiritjamSurvivorSyllixSymbiontVine Infinity Reviewer Alex Lucard considered the infinity vine one of the cool monsters in MC7 128 Wiggle Hurwaet Hurwaet Swamp Wiggle Salt WiggleWizshade Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Four 1998 WrybackZardZodar The zodar appeared on the 2018 Screen Rant top list at No 13 on Dungeons amp Dragons The 20 Most Powerful Creatures Ranked and Scott Baird highlighted that One of the most mysterious and powerful creatures in the Spelljammer universe are the Zodar who resemble giant suits of armor In their Advanced Dungeons amp Dragons appearance they had the maximum Strength score that was allowed in the game and they were immune to almost all forms of damage 107 TSR 2118 MC8 Monstrous Compendium Outer Planes Appendix 1991 EditTSR 2118 MC8 Monstrous Compendium Outer Planes Appendix 1991 ISBN 1 56076 055 9This appendix to the Monstrous Compendium series for the second edition of the Advanced Dungeons amp Dragons game added additional creatures from the Outer Planes The pack consisted of 96 double sided 5 hole punched loose leaf pages unnumbered providing the descriptions of the fictional monsters as well as a 2 page How to use this book section and a 4 page section providing background information on the Outer Planes Creature Other appearances Variants DescriptionAasimon Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1994 Celestials from the Outer Planes charming creatures protecting the universe against evil 130 Aasimon Agathinon Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1994 Aasimon Deva Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1994 Astral Monadic and MovanicAasimon Light Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1994 Aasimon Planetar Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1994 Aasimon Solar Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1994 Very powerful winged angelic humanoids Backstab reviewer Michael Croitoriu thought them truly interesting for powergamers when made available as player characters 45 Air SentinelAnimal Lord Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1994 Cat Lord Wolf Lord and Hawk LordArchon Planes of Law 1995 Lantern Hound Warden Sword and TomeBaatezu Monstrous Manual 1993 Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1994 Don Turnbull considered the devils the most prominent among the new monsters introduced in the Monster Manual they are all pretty strong and compare not unfavourably in this respect with the Demons we already know 74 Renamed from devils in response to moral panic 14 83 84 21 Many were based on figures from Christian demonology 131 Baatezu Lemure Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1994 Among lowest of fiends these living piles of rotting flesh that look like puddles of pink skin are one initial incarnation of evil souls when arriving at the lower planes Screen Rant reviewer Scott Baird ranked them among the weakest monsters in the game 53 Baatezu Greater Amnizu Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1994 Baatezu Greater Cornugon Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1994 Baatezu Greater Gelugon Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1994 Baatezu Greater Pit Fiend Monstrous Manual 1993 Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1994 Baatezu Least Nupperibo Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1994 Baatezu Least Spinagon Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1994 Baatezu Lesser Abishai Monstrous Manual 1993 Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1994 Black Green and RedBaatezu Lesser Barbazu Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1994 Baatezu Lesser Erinyes Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1994 Based on the figures from Greek mythology 3 Baatezu Lesser Hamatula Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1994 Baatezu Lesser Osyluth Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1994 Balaena Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix II 1995 Bariaur Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1994 Centaur like creature a player character race in the Planescape setting where reviewer Johnny L Wilson found they fill a similar niche than dwarves They are fierce fighters and congenial sojourners as long as you don t serve meat or befriend any giants 132 Bebilith Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1994 Bodak Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1994 Celestial LammasuDragon AdamantiteEinheriar Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1994 Based on the Einheriar of Norse mythology but expanded from their cultural background to mean any humanoid spirit employed by the powers or deities of the outer planes as servants warriors patrollers or guards not only by the fictionalized version of the Norse pantheon thus an example how game authors and designers transform and adapt references from various sources not hesitating to articulate or even merge them into new forms 69 Gehreleth Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1994 Farastu Kelubar and ShatorGithyanki Monstrous Manual 1993 Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1994 Xenophobic humanoids 26 20 21 with gaunt stature leathery yellow skin and fangs Inhabitants of the Astral Plane and ancient enemies of the githzerai githyanki are considered to boast some excellent twists as non player characters but little more than dextrous not to mention ugly egg layers as PCs by reviewer Trenton Webb 133 132 Introduced by Charles Stross 131 14 38 in White Dwarf No 12 who borrowed the name from a fictional race in George R R Martin s Dying of the Light The githyanki illithid relationship was inspired by Larry Niven s World of Ptavvs 134 122 The githyanki were voted among the top ten best monsters from that White Dwarf s Fiend Factory column 110 Shannon Applecline considered the githyanki one of the game s especially notable monsters 14 38 Scott Baird of the website TheGamer commented on the nature of the relationship of the githyanki to the mind flayers Despite their wicked reputation the Githyanki have an important role to play in protecting the Prime Material Plane The Githyanki despise Mind Flayers and their armies might be the only thing holding them back The trailer for Baldur s Gate 3 shows just how scary a single Mind Flayer ship can be and that could happen a thousand times over if the Githyanki aren t around 135 Githzerai Monstrous Manual 1993 Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1994 Designed by Charles Stross 131 14 38 these humanoids are the ancient and fervent enemies of mind flayers and githyanki based on the plane of Limbo A playable species in the Planescape campaign setting reviewer Johnny L Wilson found them a new take on the niche usually occupied by elves 132 136 Shannon Applecline considered the githzerai one of the game s especially notable monsters 14 38 Hordling Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1994 Larva Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1994 Evil mortal transformed into comparatively harmless larva like creature by a night hag and used as a currency on the lower planes 52 26 69 Maelephant Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1994 Marut Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1994 Mediator Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1994 Moon Dog Monstrous Manual 1993 as Dog Moon Monster Manual II 1983 Also called black hound or night crawlerMortai Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix II 1995 Night Hag Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1994 as Nighthag Powerful hag from Hades propagating evil by creating larvae 52 Don Turnbull referred to the night hag as splendid and notes that the illustration of the night hag is the best drawing in the book 74 It has been described as comparable to the Alp of folklore although considered a more Judeo Christian demonic influence 50 33 Nightmare Monstrous Manual 1993 Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1994 Noctral Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix II 1995 Per Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1994 Phoenix Monstrous Manual 1993 Slaad Monstrous Manual 1993 Gray and Death by reference only Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1994 Red Blue Green Gray and Death Ed Greenwood considered the slaadi worthy additions to any campaign 123 GameSpy author Allan Rausch described the slaadi as remorseless reptilian killing machines but For many years slaad were a joke because of their artwork which showed them as six foot tall carnivorous frogs With the Planescape setting they were reinterpreted artistically to be less frog like and much more fearsome 17 Shannon Applecline considered the slaad one of the game s especially notable monsters 14 38 Tanar ri Monstrous Manual 1993 Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1994 Renamed from demons in response to moral panic 14 83 84 21 many were based on figures from Christian demonology 131 Considered among the standard repertoire of Monsters by Fabian Perlini Pfister 3 In a review of Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix II for Arcane magazine the reviewer cites the culture of the tanar ri as helping give the Planes a solid base of peoples 137 Tanar ri Greater Babau Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1994 Tanar ri Greater Chasme Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1994 Tanar ri Greater Nabassu Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1994 Tanar ri Guardian Molydeus Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1994 Tanar ri Least Dretch Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1994 Tanar ri Least Manes Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1994 Tanar ri Least Rutterkin Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1994 Tanar ri Lesser Alu Fiend Monster Manual II 1983 as alu demon Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1994 Tanar ri Lesser Bar Lgura Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1994 Tanar ri Lesser Cambion Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1994 Tanar ri Lesser Succubus Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1994 Typical example of a demon belonging to the standard repertoire of Monsters 3 and one of those contributing to the moral panic 23 106 14 83 84 also an instance of the sexist tropes the game draws on which presented female sexuality as inherently dangerous 26 17 94 Rob Bricken of io9 identified the succubus as one of The 12 Most Obnoxious Dungeons amp Dragons Monsters 78 Tanar ri True Balor Monstrous Manual 1993 Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1994 Based on and renamed from the Balrog from J R R Tolkien s legendarium 1 also called type VI demon due to copyright reasons 67 271 Tanar ri True Glabrezu Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1994 Tanar ri True Hezrou Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1994 Tanar ri True Marilith Monstrous Manual 1993 Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1994 Tanar ri True Nalfeshnee Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1994 Tanar ri True Vrock Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1994 Titan Monstrous Manual 1993 Based on the powerful beings from Greek mythology 3 Ranked among the strongest creatures in the game by Scott Baird from Screen Rant as they stand above giants and possess even more power in terms of their physical and magical capabilities 53 Backstab reviewer Michael Croitoriu thought them truly interesting for powergamers when made available as player characters 45 Translator Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1994 under Mediator T uen rin Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix II 1995 Vaporighu Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix II 1995 Warden Beast Planes of Conflict 1995 Yugoloth Monstrous Manual 1993 as Yugoloth Guardian Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1994 fiend for hire native to the plane of Gehenna 23 213 Yugoloth Greater Arcanaloth Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1994 Yugoloth Greater Nycaloth Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1994 Yugoloth Greater Ultroloth Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1994 Yugoloth Lesser Dergholoth Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1994 Yugoloth Lesser Hydroloth Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1994 Yugoloth Lesser Mezzoloth Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1994 Yugoloth Lesser Piscoloth Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1994 Yugoloth Lesser Yagnoloth Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1994 Zoveri Planes of Law 1995 TSR 2119 MC9 Monstrous Compendium Spelljammer Appendix 1991 EditTSR 2119 MC9 Monstrous Compendium Spelljammer Appendix 1991 ISBN 1 56076 071 0This appendix to the Monstrous Compendium series was designed for use with the Spelljammer campaign setting for the second edition of the Advanced Dungeons amp Dragons game The pack consisted of 64 5 hole punched loose leaf pages unnumbered providing the descriptions of the fictional monsters and a single page index of the creatures in the Spelljammer campaign setting including sources Creature Other appearances Variants DescriptionAlchemy PlantAlluraAperusaAutognomeBionoidBloodsacBuzzjewelConstellateContemplatorDohwarDragon MoonDragon SunDragon StellarDreamslayerDweomerbornFalFeesuFirebirdFirelichFlowfiendGadaboutGammaroidGonnGossamerGravGreat DreamerGreatswanGrell Colonial Monstrous Compendium Greyhawk Appendix 1990 Soldier Worker Monstrous Manual 1993 as Grell Soldier Worker philosopher PatriarchGullionInsectareLhee Common Lesser GreaterMercurial SlimeMeteorspawnMonitorOwl SpacePristaticScroSelkie StarSilatic Platinum Gold IronSkullbirdSleek Monstrous Manual 1993 as Mammal SlukSpace SwineSpirit Warrior Spirit Warrior ZwarthSphinx AstroStarfly PlantStargazerUndead StellarWitchlight Marauders Primary Secondary Tertiary Space and RemoteXixchil Monstrous Manual 1993 as Thri Kreen variant Intelligent insectoid creatures xixchil are a variant of thri kreen for the Spelljammer setting They are spacefarers and innovaters and masterful surgeons willing to upgrade individuals by modification of body parts For J R Zambrano they have a cyberpunk feel to them So cybernetically augmented insectmen In space 114 YitsanZurchinTSR 2122 MC10 Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft Appendix 1991 EditTSR 2122 MC10 Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft Appendix 1991 ISBN 1 56076 108 3This appendix to the Monstrous Compendium series was designed for use with the Ravenloft campaign setting for the second edition of the Advanced Dungeons amp Dragons game The pack consisted of 32 5 hole punched loose leaf pages unnumbered and included a 1 page How To Use This Book section a 1 page set of tables for Ravenloft random encounters and a 2 page section on developing and describing encounters to fit the Ravenloft genre with the remainder of the set consisting of the descriptions of the fictional monsters Also included were 4 full page illustrations on heavier card stock All of the fictional creatures described in this set are included in the Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium Appendices I amp II section below and are not reproduced here TSR 2125 MC11 Monstrous Compendium Forgotten Realms Appendix II 1991 EditTSR 2125 MC11 Monstrous Compendium Forgotten Realms Appendix II 1991 ISBN 1 56076 111 3This appendix to the Monstrous Compendium series was designed for use with the Forgotten Realms campaign setting for the second edition of the Advanced Dungeons amp Dragons game The pack consisted of 32 5 hole punched unnumbered loose leaf pages and 4 full page illustrations on heavier card stock It included a single page table of contents but did not incorporate the usual How to Use this Book section or random encounter charts Page numbers below are taken from the table of contents Creature Other appearances Variants DescriptionAlaghi Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Three 1996 AlguduirAvian Monstrous Manual 1993 Flightless Boobrie and EblisBat Deep Dragon No 90 1984 D amp D Master Rules 1985 Werebat Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft Appendix 1991 Werebat Dungeons amp Dragons Rules Cyclopedia 1991 Werebat Drow of the Underdark 1991 1991 Trading Cards Set No 383 Werebat Night Howlers 1992 Werebat Monstrous Manual 1993 Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium Appendices I amp II 1996 Werebat Monsters of Faerun 2001 Night Hunter Sinister Azmyth Night Hunter Sinister and WerebatBeguilerCantobeleCat Monstrous Manual 1993 Domestic Wild Elven Domestic Wild Elven Luck Eater and Change CatChitine Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume One 1994 Dragon No 223 The Ecology of the Chitine 1995 Monsters of Faerun 2001 Underdark 2003 D amp D Miniatures Dragoneye set 47 2004 Cildabrin Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Three 1996 Dimensional WarperDragon Deep Drow of the Underdark 1991 Monstrous Manual 1993 Monsters of Faerun 2001 D amp D Miniatures Underdark set 52 2005 Drow of the Underdark 2007 Draconomicon 2008 as Purple Dragon Elf Aquatic Monstrous Manual 1993 Fachan Savage Coast Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1996 Feyr Monstrous Manual 1993 Normal and GreatFiretail Lesser and TshalaFrostGaund Frost GaundGiant Mountain Monstrous Manual 1993 Gloomwing Monstrous Manual 1993 Golden Ammonite Dragon No 48 1981 Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Four 1998 Golem LightningHamadryad Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Three 1996 Harrier Harrier and LarvaeHarrlaHaunHaundarHendarInquisitor Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Four 1998 Dragon No 352 2007 Lhiannan SheeLoxo Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume One 1994 Monster Manual II 2002 Savage Species 2003 Shining South 2004 Manni Dragon No 163 1990 Mara Great Walker Morin Dragon No 163 1990 Naga Dark Dragon No 89 1984 Anauroch 1991 Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 1993 Monstrous Manual 1993 Dragon No 261 The Ecology of the Dark Naga Fool Me Twice 1999 Monster Manual 2000 2003 D amp D Miniatures Underdark set 33 2005 Monster Manual 2008 Orpsu Anauroch 1991 Peryton Monstrous Manual 1993 Phantom Monstrous Manual 1993 Inspired by Gothic fiction a typical denizen of the Ravenloft setting 34 Plant Carnivorous Monstrous Manual 1993 Retch Plant Snapper Saw Thornslinger Retch Plant Snapper Saw Thornslinger Viper Vine Whip Weed Wither Weed and Black WillowRingwormRohch Wood Killer Swamp and DarkSand Cat Dragon No 163 1990 Saurial Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Three 1996 Finhead Bladeback Flyer and HornheadSha azSilver DogSimpatheticSkuzSpider MonkeyTempest Monstrous Manual 1993 under Elemental Composite Tlincalli Monstrous Manual 1993 as Manscorpion TrenTSR 2405 MC12 Monstrous Compendium Dark Sun Appendix Terrors of the Desert 1992 EditTSR 2405 MC12 Monstrous Compendium Dark Sun Appendix Terrors of the Desert 1992 ISBN 1 56076 272 1This appendix to the Monstrous Compendium series was designed for use with the Dark Sun campaign setting for the second edition of the Advanced Dungeons amp Dragons game The pack consisted of 96 5 hole punched loose leaf pages unnumbered and included a 4 page How To Use This Book section with random encounter charts with the remainder consisting of the descriptions of the fictional monsters Also included were 4 full page illustrations on heavier card stock Creature Other appearances Variants DescriptionAnimal Household Hurrum critic Renk and Ock nAnimal Herd Kip Z tal and JankzAntloid Desert Dynamis soldier Queen and WorkerB rohgBanshee DwarfBeetle AgonyBog WaderBrambleweed Brambleweed and Bramble TreeBurnflowerCat Psionic Tagster and TigoneCha thrangCistern FiendCloud RayDrake Athasian General Information Drake Air Drake Earth Drake Fire Drake WaterDune RunnerDune TrapperElemental Athasian General Information Elemental Greater Air Elemental Greater Earth Elemental Greater Fire Elemental Greater Water Elemental Lesser Air Earth Leasser Air and Lesser Earth Elemental Elemental Lesser Fire Water Lesser Fire and Lesser Water ElementalErdlandEsperweedFlailerFloaterGiant Athasian Dark Sun Campaign Setting 1995 Desert Plains and Beasthead Giant Desert 25ft tall giant living on desert islands 25ft tall giant raising herds on islands with scrub plains terrain beasthead 20ft tall hostile giant with an animal headGolem Athasian General Information Golem Ash Chitin Ash and Chitin Golem Golem Obsidian Rock Obsidian and Rock Golem Golem Sand Wood Sand and Wood GolemHalfling RenegadeHej kinId FiendInsect Swarm Athasian Locusts and Mini kanksKank WildKirre Monstrous Manual 1993 MegapedeMul Wild Human dwarf descended sterile warriors 113 Nightmare BeastPlant Carnivorous Blossomkiller Dew Fronds Poisonweed and Strangling VinesPterranPterraxPulp BeePyreen Peace bringers RasclinnRazorwingRoc AthasianSand Bride Sand Bride and Sand MotherSand CactusSand VortexScrabSilt Horror White Brown and Gray HorrorSilt RunnerSink WormSloth AthasianSo ut Rampager Spider CactusSpider CrystalSpirit of the Land Air Earth Fire and Water SpiritsT ChowbThraxTohr kreen Mantis Noble Monstrous Manual 1993 The tohr kreen are larger more cultured civilized version of the thri kreen they are also more intelligent and deadly and have a taste for the finer things in live They make excellent allies 114 VillichiZhackalZombie PlantTSR 2129 MC13 Monstrous Compendium Al Qadim Appendix 1992 EditTSR 2129 MC13 Monstrous Compendium Al Qadim Appendix 1992 ISBN 1 56076 370 1This appendix to the Monstrous Compendium series was designed for use with the Arabian Nights themed Al Qadim campaign setting for the second edition of the Advanced Dungeons amp Dragons game The pack consisted of 64 5 hole punched loose leaf pages unnumbered and included a How To Use This Book page with an alphabetical index a one page index of appropriate monsters for the Al Qadim setting from other books of the Monstrous Compendium series 2 pages of random encounter charts and a sheet with the compiled game statistics with the remainder consisting of the descriptions of the fictional monsters Also included were 4 full page illustrations on heavier card stock Creature Other appearances Variants DescriptionAmmutAshiraAsuras Planescape Planes of Conflict 1995 Black Cloud of VengeanceBuraq Planescape Planes of Conflict 1995 Camel Desert Mountain Racing and War camelCamel of the PearlCentaur DesertCopper AutomatonDebbiElephant BirdGen Air Fire Sand and Water GenGenie Noble DaoGenie Noble DjinniGenie Noble Efreeti Al Qadim Caravans 1994 Genie Noble MaridGenie Tasked Genie Tasked Architect Builder Genie Tasked artist Genie Tasked Guardian Genie Tasked Herdsman Genie Tasked Slayer Genie Tasked Warmonger Genie Tasked WinemakerGhost MountGhul Great Al Qadim Caravans 1994 Giants Zakharan Giant Desert Giant Jungle Giant ReefHamaHewayLiving Idol Animal Death Elemental and Healing Living IdolLycanthrope WerehyenaLycanthrope WerelionMarkeenMaskhiMason Wasp GiantNasnas Monster that appears like only one half left or right of a human first published in White Dwarf 9 October November 1978 submitted by Roger Musson 109 Already suggested to be used humorously by editor Don Turnbull then it was voted as the worst of monsters from the magazine s Fiend Factory column 110 PahariRomSabu LordsSakinaSerpent LordSerpent WingedSilats Young Adult and MatriarchSimurghStone MaidensVishapZaratan Monstrous Manual 1993 ZinTSR 2132 MC14 Monstrous Compendium Fiend Folio Appendix 1992 EditTSR 2132 MC14 Monstrous Compendium Fiend Folio Appendix 1992 ISBN 1 56076 428 7This appendix to the Monstrous Compendium series updated and reprinted creatures from the first edition Advanced Dungeons amp Dragons Fiend Folio published in 1981 It contained 64 unnumbered loose leaf pages and 4 pages of illustrations on heavier card stock Creature Other appearances Variants DescriptionAballin Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 1993 Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume One 1994 Monsters of Faerun 2001 Achaierai Planes of Law 1995 CJ Miozzi included the achaierai on The Escapist s list of The Dumbest Dungeons amp Dragons Monsters Ever And How To Use Them 126 AdhererAlgoid Purple AlgoidAl mi raj Based on Al mi raj in Islamic poetry a yellow hare with a single black horn on its head 32 Counted among the saddest lamest creatures in Fiend Folio by artist Sean McCarthy a hybrid creature with physiology resulting from maladaptation rather than evil 138 ApparitionCaterwaulCoffer Corpse Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Three 1996 Crabman Monstrous Manual 1993 Dark CreeperDark StalkerDarterDenzelianDragon Gem Dragons of neutral alignment 139 Reviewer Mark Theurer remarked that They have some interesting breath weapons 30 Dragon Amethyst Monstrous Manual 1993 Dragon Crystal Monstrous Manual 1993 Dragon Emerald Monstrous Manual 1993 Dragon Sapphire Monstrous Manual 1993 Dragon Topaz Monstrous Manual 1993 Dune StalkerFalcon FireFaux FaerieFiredrake Monstrous Manual 1993 as Dragonet Firedrake FlawderFyrefly Monstrous Manual 1993 under Insect Gambado Fiend Folio 1981 Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 1993 Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume One 1994 Tome of Horrors 2002 Garbug Fiend Folio 1981 Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume One 1994 Giant Fog Monstrous Manual 1993 Gibberling Fiend Folio 1981 Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 1993 Monstrous Manual 1993 Dragon No 265 1999 Monsters of Faerun 2001 Humanoid hairy screaming monsters that attack in large groups and seek to devour everything in their path little more than mindless beasts Screen Rant reviewer Scott Baird ranked them among the weakest monsters in the game which have a scary description but lack the stats to back up this impression 53 Gorbel Monstrous Manual 1993 under Beholder by reference only Grimlock Monstrous Manual 1993 Hellcat Planes of Law 1995 as Bezekira Ice LizardIron CobraKhargra Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix III 1998 MantariMephit Monstrous Manual 1993 Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1994 Lava as Magma Fire Ice Lava Mist Smoke and Steam First published in White Dwarf 13 June July 1979 under the names of fire imp molten imp smoke imp and steam imp respectively not including ice and mist mephits originally submitted by M Stollery 140 These imps were voted among the top ten monsters from the magazine s Fiend Factory column in 1980 110 PenanggalanPernicon Monstrous Manual 1993 under Insect Phantom StalkerQuaggoth Fiend Folio 1981 Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 1993 Monstrous Manual 1993 Dragon No 265 1999 Monsters of Faerun 2001 D amp D Miniatures War Drums set 57 2006 Drow of the Underdark 2007 Retriever Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix II 1995 RuveScathe Scathe and LarvaeSheet Ghoul Sheet PhantomShocker Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix III 1998 SpannerStwinger Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume One 1994 under Faerie Petty Savage Coast Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1996 under Na ruk As a fairy creature considered among the standard repertoire of Monsters by Fabian Perlini Pfister 3 SussurusSymbiotic JellyTerithran Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix III 1998 Thunder ChildrenTroll Ice Monstrous Manual 1993 TweenUmpleby Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Two 1995 Trenton Webb in his review of Monstrous Compendium Annual Two for British RPG magazine Arcane called the shambling umpleby without a shadow of a doubt the star of the book Effectively a Bigfoot whose wooly hair generates shocking levels of static electricity these hulking eccentric simpletons will test any parties patience and ability to save against cuteness Webb also added that even without the umpleby the book would be a necessary resource for all mainstream refs With the shaggy haired one though it rapidly approaches the essential 141 Urdunnir Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Three 1996 as Dwarf Urdunnir Volt First published in White Dwarf 7 June July 1978 originally submitted by Jonathan Jones 124 The volt was voted among the top ten monsters from the magazine s Fiend Factory column in 1980 110 Xill Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix III 1998 Xvart Bald blue skinned humanoids with orange eyes that stand only 3 feet tall First published in White Dwarf 9 October November 1978 under the name of svart submitted by Cricky Hitchcock and taken from The Weirdstone of Brisingamon by Alan Garner 109 who in turn took inspiration from the Norse myth of the svartalfar 123 It was voted among the top ten monsters from the magazine s Fiend Factory column and reprinted in Best of White Dwarf Articles 1980 110 111 112 Forgotten Realms author Ed Greenwood considered xvarts to be redundant creatures with no unique or interesting characteristics 123 ZygraatTSR 2139 MC15 Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft Appendix II Children of the Night 1993 EditTSR 2139 MC15 Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft Appendix II Children of the Night 1993 ISBN 1 56076 586 0This appendix to the Monstrous Compendium series was designed for use with the Ravenloft campaign setting for the second edition of the Advanced Dungeons amp Dragons game The pack consisted of 32 5 hole punched loose leaf pages unnumbered and included a 2 page How To Use This Book section a 1 page description of the purpose of the Children of the Night supplement a 1 page set of tables for Ravenloft random encounters and a 1 page section updating the tables for calculation of experience points awarded for defeating any given creature The remainder of the set consisted of the descriptions of specific fictional monsters and personalities in the Ravenloft campaign setting Also included were 4 full page illustrations on heavier card stock All of the fictional creatures described in this set are included in the Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium Appendices I amp II section below and are not reproduced here TSR 2140 Monstrous Manual 1993 EditTSR 2140 Monstrous Manual 1993 ISBN 1 56076 619 0The Monstrous Manual was printed after the completion of the loose leaf Monstrous Compendium series in 1993 This book was created in response to the many requests to gather monsters into a single durable volume which would be convenient to carry The Monstrous Manual compiled all of the monsters from Monstrous Compendium Volumes One and Two as well as many creatures from subsequent volumes and revised and updated the entries however some entries were condensed from previous Monstrous Compendium entries The book is 384 pages Creature Other appearances Variants DescriptionAarakocra Monstrous Compendium Volume Two 1989 Aboleth Monstrous Compendium Volume Two 1989 Ankheg Monstrous Compendium Volume Two 1989 Arcane Spelljammer AD amp D Adventures In Space 1989 Argos Monstrous Compendium Spelljammer Appendix 1990 Aurumvorax Also named golden gorger this creature looks like an evil eight legged badger Rob Bricken of io9 identified the aurumvorax as one of The 12 Most Obnoxious Dungeons amp Dragons Monsters being a particularly terrifying monster in that it eats that gold the players have so carefully accrued 78 Baatezu Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix Pit Fiend and Black Green and Red AbishaiBanshee Inspired by Gothic fiction a typical denizen of the Ravenloft setting 34 Basilisk Monstrous Compendium Volume Two 1989 Lesser and Greater Basilisk and Dracolisk Based on the creature from medieval bestiaries 1 Bat Monstrous Compendium Volume One 1989 Common Large and Huge Drow of the Underdark 1991 Azmyth Night Hunter Sinister Forgotten Realms Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1991 Azmyth Night Hunter Sinister Common Large Huge Mobat Azmyth Night Hunter and SinisterBear Monster Manual 1977 Black brown cave bear Monster Manual II 1983 Polar bear as Northern bear Monstrous Compendium Volume One 1989 Black Brown Cave and Polar BearBeetle Monstrous Compendium Volume Two 1989 Bombardier Boring Fire Rhinoceros Stag and Water BeetleBehir Monstrous Compendium Volume One 1989 Beholder and beholder kin Monstrous Compendium Volume One 1989 Beholder Spelljammer AD amp D Adventures In Space 1989 Beholder Hive Mother and Orbus Monstrous Compendium Spelljammer Appendix 1990 Astereater Director Examiner Overseer Lensman and Watcher Lost Ships 1990 Undead Beholder The Legend of Spelljammer 1991 Kasharin Forgotten Realms Ruins of Undermountain 1991 Death Kiss Elder Orb Monstrous Compendium Fiend Folio Appendix 1992 Gorbel Forgotten Realms Ruins of Myth Drannor 1993 Doomsphere Beholder Death Kiss Eye of the deep Gauth Spectator Undead Beholder Hive Mother director Examiner Lensman Overseer and Watcher also Beholder Mage Elder Orb Orbus Doomsphere Kasharin Astereater and Gorbel by reference onlyBird Monstrous Compendium Greyhawk Appendix 1990 Normal Huge and Giant Raven Dragonlance Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1990 Emre Kingfisher Skyfisher and Wari Forgotten Realms Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1991 Flightless Boobrie Eblis Blood Hawk Boobrie Condor Giant Eagle Wild Eagle Eblis Emre Falcon Flightless Bird Large Hawk Kingfisher Owl Giant Owl Talking Owl Raven Huge Raven Giant Raven Skyfisher Swan Vulture Giant Vulture and WariBrain moleBroken one Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft Appendix Common and GreaterBrownie Monstrous Compendium Volume One 1989 Brownie Brownie and KillmoulisBugbear Monstrous Compendium Volume One 1989 Bulette Monstrous Compendium Volume Two 1989 Bullywug Monstrous Compendium Volume Two 1989 Carrion crawler Monstrous Compendium Volume One 1989 Cat great Monstrous Compendium Volume One 1989 Cheetah Jaguar Leopard Common Lion Mountain Lion Spotted Lion Giant Lynx Wild Tiger SmilodonCat small Forgotten Realms Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1991 Domestic Wild Elven Domestic Wild and ElvenCatoblepas Strategic Review v2 2 14 22 Monstrous Compendium Volume One 1989 Cave fisher Monstrous Compendium Volume One 1989 Centaur Monstrous Compendium Volume One 1989 Based on the creature from classical sources 1 Centipede Monstrous Compendium Volume One 1989 Giant Huge and Megalocentipede Monstrous Compendium Volume Two 1989 Tunnel Worm Giant Centipede Huge Centipede Megalocentipede and Tunnel WormChimera Monstrous Compendium Volume One 1989 Chimera and Gorgimera The chimera is based on the chimera of Greek mythology as found in the Iliad by Homer 31 32 33 CloakerCockatrice Monstrous Compendium Volume One 1989 Cockatrice and Pyrolisk Based on the creature from medieval bestiaries 1 Couatl Monstrous Compendium Volume One 1989 CrabmanCrawling claw Screen Rant ranked the crawling claw among the 10 weakest monsters in 2018 At best you can use a bunch of them to act as a distraction or as a screen while another villain prepares a spell or trap 53 Crocodile Normal and GiantCrustacean giant Giant Crab and Giant CrayfishCrypt thing Monstrous Compendium Greyhawk Appendix 1990 Death knight Monstrous Compendium Dragonlance Appendix 1990 A powerful undead warrior 115 167 Shannon Applecline considered this creature created by Charles Stross one of the game s especially notable monsters 14 38 Deepspawn Forgotten Realms Campaign SettingDinosaur Ankylosaurus Deinonychus Diplodocus Elasmosaurus Lambeosaurus Pteranodon Stegosaurus Triceratops and Tyrannosaurus Considered among the standard repertoire of Monsters 3 and among the 12 most underrated monsters a creature as large and fearsome as a dragon but without all the hype 102 Displacer beast Monstrous Compendium Volume One 1989 Dog Monstrous Compendium Volume One 1989 Wild War Blink and Death DogDog moonDolphinDopplegangerDracolich Forgotten Realms Campaign SettingDragon Monstrous Compendium Volume One 1989 Powerful and intelligent usually winged reptiles with magical abilities and breath weapon Dragon chromatic black dragon Dungeons amp Dragons set 1974 D amp D Basic Set 1977 1981 1983 Monster Manual 1977 D amp D Companion Rules 1984 Monstrous Compendium Volume One 1989 Dungeons amp Dragons Rules Cyclopedia 1991 Monster Manual 2000 Monster Manual v 3 5 2003 D amp D Miniatures Dragoneye set 44 2004 D amp D Icons Gargantuan Black Dragon 2006 D amp D Miniatures Unhallowed set 55 2007 Evil 40 chaotic aligned dragons that spit acid They have horns projecting forward a long body and thin tail 25 Dragon chromatic blue dragon Dungeons amp Dragons set 1974 Monster Manual 1977 D amp D Basic Set 1981 1983 D amp D Companion Rules 1984 Monstrous Compendium Volume One 1989 Dungeons amp Dragons Rules Cyclopedia 1991 Monster Manual 2000 Monster Manual v 3 5 2003 D amp D Miniatures Deathknell set 38 2005 D amp D Icons Gargantuan Blue Dragon 2007 Evil 40 lawful aligned dragons that discharge a bolt of lightning They have a distinctive horn on their snout 25 Dragon chromatic green dragon Dungeons amp Dragons set 1974 Monster Manual 1977 D amp D Basic Set 1981 1983 D amp D Companion Rules 1984 Monstrous Compendium Volume One 1989 Dungeons amp Dragons Rules Cyclopedia 1991 Monster Manual 2000 Monster Manual v 3 5 2003 D amp D Miniatures War of the Dragon Queen set 38 2005 Evil 40 lawful aligned dragons that breathe a cloud of poisonous 36 chlorine gas 41 Dragon chromatic red dragon Dungeons amp Dragons set 1974 D amp D Basic Set 1977 1981 1983 Monster Manual 1977 D amp D Companion Rules 1984 Dragon No 134 The Ecology of the Red Dragon 1988 Monstrous Compendium Volume One 1989 Dungeons amp Dragons Rules Cyclopedia 1991 Monster Manual 2000 Monster Manual v 3 5 2003 D amp D Miniatures Dragoneye set 55 2004 D amp D Miniatures Giants of Legend set 71 2004 D amp D Icons Colossal Red Dragon 2006 Evil 40 chaotic aligned dragons that breathe a cone of fireDragon chromatic white dragon Dungeons amp Dragons set 1974 D amp D Basic Set 1977 1981 1983 Monster Manual 1977 D amp D Companion Rules 1984 Monstrous Compendium Volume One 1989 Dungeons amp Dragons Rules Cyclopedia 1991 Monster Manual 2000 Monster Manual v 3 5 2003 D amp D Miniatures Night Below 58 2007 D amp D Icons Legend of Drizzt Scenario Pack 2007 Icingdeath Gargantuan White Dragon Evil 40 chaotic aligned dragons that breathe a cone of coldDragon gem amethyst dragonDragon gem crystal dragonDragon gem emerald dragonDragon gem sapphire dragonDragon gem topaz dragonDragon metallic brass dragon Greyhawk set 1974 Monster Manual 1977 Monstrous Compendium Volume One 1989 D amp D Basic Set 1997 Monster Manual 2000 Monster Manual v 3 5 2003 D amp D Miniatures Dragoneye set 14 2004 D amp D Miniatures Unhallowed set 19 2007 Benevolent and talkative good aligned 40 desert dwelling dragons that can breathe sleep gas or fear causing gas An example of content misrepresented by the game s detractors 19 xii Dragon metallic bronze dragon Greyhawk set 1974 Monster Manual 1977 Monstrous Compendium Volume One 1989 Monster Manual 2000 Monster Manual v 3 5 2003 D amp D Miniatures War Drums set 7 2006 Good 40 and lawful aligned dragons that breathe a bolt of lightning or a repulsion gas cloudDragon metallic copper dragon Greyhawk set 1974 Monster Manual 1977 Monstrous Compendium Volume One 1989 Monster Manual 2000 Monster Manual v 3 5 2003 D amp D Miniatures Angelfire set 21 2005 D amp D Miniatures Desert of Desolation 23 2007 Good 40 and chaotic aligned dragons that breathe a discharge of acid or a cloud of gas that slows creaturesDragon metallic gold dragon Dungeons amp Dragons set 1974 Monster Manual 1977 D amp D Basic Set 1981 1983 D amp D Companion Rules 1984 Monstrous Compendium Volume One 1989 Dungeons amp Dragons Rules Cyclopedia 1991 Monster Manual 2000 Monster Manual v 3 5 2003 D amp D Miniatures Giants of Legend set 61 2004 D amp D Miniatures Deathknell set 7 2005 Good 40 and lawful aligned dragons that breathe fire or chlorine gasDragon metallic silver dragon Greyhawk set 1974 Monster Manual 1977 Monstrous Compendium Volume One 1989 Monster Manual 2000 Monster Manual v 3 5 2003 D amp D Miniatures Archfiends set 5 2004 Good 40 and lawful aligned dragons that breathe a cone of frost or a cloud of paralyzing gasBrown dragonCloud dragon Monstrous Compendium Greyhawk Appendix 1990 Deep dragon Drow of the UnderdarkMercury dragonMist dragon Monstrous Compendium Greyhawk Appendix 1990 Shadow dragon Monstrous Compendium Greyhawk Appendix 1990 Steel dragonYellow dragonDragon turtle Monstrous Compendium Volume One 1989 Dragonet faerie dragonDragonet firedrakeDragonet pseudodragonDragonneDryad Based on the dryad from classical sources 1 Dwarf Hill and MountainDwarf Derro and DuergarElemental Air Earth Water and FireElemental air kin Sylph and Aerial ServantElemental earth kin Pech and Sandling See OutsiderElemental fire kin Salamander and Fire SnakeElemental water kin Monstrous Compendium Volume Two 1989 Water Weird Nereid and Water WeirdElemental composite Tempest and SkriaxitElephant African Elephant Mammoth Mastodon and OliphantElfElf aquatic Forgotten Realms Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1991 Malenti Malenti are actually sahuaghin but through a mutation born with the appearance of a Sea Elf their ancient enemies while despised by their kin they are raised by the clan s leadership to serve as spies inside Sea Elf society 142 Elf drowEttercapEyewing Dragon Magic 1989 Monstrous Compendium Dragonlance Appendix 1990 Feyr Forgotten Realms Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1991 Normal and GreatFish Barracuda Giant Carp Giant Catfish Dragonfish Electric Eel Giant Eel Marine Eel Weed Eel Giant Gar Ixitxachitl Lamprey Giant Lamprey Land Lamprey Manta Ray Giant Pike Piranha Giant Piranha Pungi Ray Quipper Giant Sea Horse Shark Giant Shark and Sting RayFrog Giant Killer and PoisonousFungus Violet Fungus Shrieker Phycomid Ascomoid and Gas SporeGaleb duhrGargantua Reptilian Humanoid and InsectoidGargoyle Gargoyle and MargoyleGenie Al Qadim Land of Fate Djinni Dao Efreeti Marid and Jann Powerful humanoid elemental spirits Based on notions from Middle Eastern culture 2 Ghost Inspired by Gothic fiction a typical denizen of the Ravenloft setting 34 Ghoul Ghoul Lacedon and GhastGiant cloudGiant cyclopsGiant desertGiant ettinGiant firbolgGiant fireGiant fogGiant formorianGiant frostGiant hillGiant jungleGiant mountain Forgotten Realms Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1991 Giant reefGiant stone Based on mythological figures and Tolkien their stone throwing ability indicates their creative roots in wargaming 32 1 Giant stormGiant verbeegGiant woodGibberling Forgotten Realms Campaign SettingGiff Spelljammer AD amp D Adventures In Space 1989 GithGith Pirate Monstrous Compendium Spelljammer Appendix 1990 Githyanki Xenophobic humanoids 26 20 21 with gaunt stature leathery yellow skin and fangs Inhabitants of the Astral Plane and ancient enemies of the githzerai githyanki are considered to boast some excellent twists as non player characters but little more than dextrous not to mention ugly egg layers as PCs by reviewer Trenton Webb 133 132 Introduced by Charles Stross 131 in White Dwarf No 12 who borrowed the name from a fictional race in George R R Martin s Dying of the Light The githyanki illithid relationship was inspired by Larry Niven s World of Ptavvs 134 122 The githyanki were voted among the top ten best monsters from that White Dwarf s Fiend Factory column 110 Githzerai Zerth Rrakkma band Designed by Charles Stross 131 these humanoids are the ancient and fervent enemies of mind flayers and githyanki A playable species in the Planescape campaign setting reviewer Johnny L Wilson found them a new take on the niche usually occupied by elves 132 Gloomwing Monstrous Compendium Volume Two 1989 Tenebrous Worm Forgotten Realms Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1991 Gloomwing Moth and Tenebrous WormGnoll Gnoll and FlindGnome Rock Gnome Svirfneblin Thinker Gnome and Forest GnomeGnome spriggan Monstrous Compendium Greyhawk Appendix 1990 GoblinGolem Monstrous Compendium Greyhawk Appendix 1990 Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft Appendix Greater Golem stone iron Lesser Golem flesh clay Bone golem Doll golem Gargoyle golem Glass golem Necrophidus Scarecrow and Stone variants caryatid column juggernaut and stone guardian The clay golem is based on the golem of Medieval Jewish folklore though changed from a cherished defender to an unthinking hulk 49 32 while the flesh golem is related to Frankenstein s monster as Universal s 1931 film seen in e g being empowered by electricity 1 as well as Gothic fiction more generally a typical denizen of the Ravenloft setting 34 The influence of Dungeons amp Dragons has led to the inclusion of golems in other tabletop role playing as well as in video games 143 Gorgon iron plated bull based on early modern bestiaries with only the name being derived from the Classical counterpart 31 32 Grell Monstrous Compendium Greyhawk Appendix 1990 Soldier Worker Monstrous Compendium Spelljammer Appendix 1991 Worker Philosopher and PatriarchGremlin Monstrous Compendium Greyhawk Appendix 1990 Gremlin Fremlin Galltrit Mite and SnyadGremlin jermlaineGriffon Originally based on the creature from Persian mythology 34 GrimlockGrippli Monstrous Compendium Greyhawk Appendix 1990 Hag Annis Green Hag and Sea HagHalfling Hairfoot Tallfellow and Stout Based on and renamed from the hobbit in J R R Tolkien s works 1 14 27 HarpyHatori Monstrous Compendium Dragonlance Appendix 1990 Lesser and greaterHauntHell houndHeucuva Monstrous Compendium Volume Two as Huecuva Fiend Folio 1981 Dungeon No 86 Dungeon No 94 Fiend Folio 2003 Dragon No 364 Undead created from divine or oathbound creatures who have failed in their vows HippocampusHippogriffHobgoblin Koalinth Koalinth are an undersea variation of the hobgoblin in the game 144 Reviewer Declan Lowthian included them among the 15 Best Monsters For Coastal D amp D Adventures because the provide a more organized and tactical opponent than most other coastal creatures of the game and also could be negotiated with rather than providing purely combat encounters 145 HomonculusHook horror Monstrous Compendium Greyhawk Appendix 1990 Horses Draft Heavy Medium Light Wild and Riding Horses Pony and MuleHuman Aborigine caveman Adventurer Bandit brigand Barbarian nomad Berserker dervish Farmer herder Gentry Knight Mercenary Merchant sailor fisherman Merchant trader Middle class Peasant serf Pilgrim Pirate buccaneer Police constabulary priest sailor Slaver soldier Thief thug Tradesman craftsman Tribesman and Wizard Human variants Hydra Hydra Lernaean Hydra Pyrohydra and Cryohydra Based on the creature from classical sources 1 33 adapted to be vulnerable to fire damage but with no poisonous bite 31 Imp Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix Imp and QuasitImp mephit Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix Fire Ice Lava Mist Smoke and Steam MephitInsect Monstrous Compendium Greyhawk Appendix 1990 Aspis Cow Drone and Larva Giant Dragonfly and larva Forgotten Realms Ruins of Myth Drannor Aratha Giant ant Giant ant lion Aratha Aspis cow Aspis drone Aspis larva Assassin bug Worker bee Soldier bee Bumblebee Cave cricket Giant dragonfly Dragonfly larva Ear seeker Firefriend giant firefly Giant bluebottle fly Giant horsefly Fyrefly Horax Giant hornet Pernicon Gargantuan praying mantis Giant harvester termite king queen soldier worker Giant tick and Giant wasp Giant sized versions of insectsInsect swarm Monstrous Compendium Dragonlance Appendix 1990 Velvet ants Grasshoppers and Locust swarmsIntellect devourer Adult intellect devourer and larva ustilagor SyFy Wire in 2018 called it one of The 9 Scariest Most Unforgettable Monsters From Dungeons amp Dragons saying that The idea of having your brain consumed and just becoming an evil puppet is truly terrible 99 Invisible stalkerIxitxachitl An old personal favorite of reviewer Mark Theurer 30 JackalwereKenku Crow like humanoids with a tendency for thievery loosely based on the Japanese tengu 101 44 56 58 Ki rin Golden scaled flying equine exemplar of good with one horn Based on the kirin from Japanese mythology 3 an example of the diverse cultures amalgamated into D amp D 77 Kirre Monstrous Compendium Dark Sun Appendix Terrors of the DesertKobold Monstrous Compendium Volume Two 1989 Urd Kobold and UrdKuo toa evil fish men 10 89 Lamia Lamia and Lamia NobleLammasu Lesser and greaterLeech Giant Leech Throat Leech and Leech swarmLeprechaunLeucrottaLich Lich and DemilichLiving wall Book of Crypts 1991 Dragon No 343 May 2006 Created by a powerful wizard a living wall is built from living beings which are absorbed into the surface of the wall itself helping to enhance its collective powers The living wall appeared on Geek com s list of The most underrated monsters of Advanced Dungeons amp Dragons 102 Lizard Fire Giant Minotaur and Subterranean lizardLizard man Lizard man and Lizard kingLocathahLurker Strategic Review 3 lurker Strategic Review 5 trapper 14 22 Lurker Trapper and Forest trapper miner LycanthropeLycanthrope seawolf Lesser and GreaterLycanthrope werebat Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft Appendix Drow of the UnderdarkLycanthrope werebearLycanthrope wereboarLycanthrope werefoxLycanthrope wereratLycanthrope wereraven Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft AppendixLycanthrope weretigerLycanthrope werewolf Depiction of the werewolf is related to those in 1930s and 1940s Hollywood movies 1 Mammal Monstrous Compendium Volume Two 1989 Weasel Wolverine Monstrous Compendium Spelljammer Appendix 1990 Chattur Carnivorous Ape Wild Baboon Badger Banderlog Bhaergala Wild Boar Chattur Cooshee Dakon Debbi Goat Gorilla Hsing sing Hyena Jackal Losel Monkey Spider Osquip Black Porcupine Brown Porcupine Rothe Skunk Sleek Wild Stag Stench Kow Taer Tyrg Warthog Weasel Wolverine Minimal mammals and Giant mammals Lawrence Schick described the stench kow as a monstrous bison that smells real bad 10 106 107 CJ Miozzi included the stench kow on The Escapist s list of The Dumbest Dungeons amp Dragons Monsters Ever And How To Use Them 126 Mammal herd Camel Cattle Buffalo Antelope and SheepMammal small Beaver Chipmunk Ermine Ferret Fox Gopher Hedgehog Mink Mole Monkey Mouse Muskrat Opossum Otter Otter sea Otter giant Pig domestic Pig wild Rabbit Raccoon Squirrel flying Squirrel giant black and WoodchuckManscorpion Forgotten Realms Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1991 as Tlincalli ManticoreMedusa Normal and Greater Based on the creature from classical sources 1 3 33 but translated into species of monsters 29 originated from humans seeking eternal youth 31 Reviewer Allan Rausch found their portrayal as a woman with snakes for hair up to 2nd edition less compelling than their less human like depiction in 3rd edition 17 Medusa maedar Maedar and Glyptar Male version of the medusa a consequence of turning the singular monster from classic mythology into a species in the game 29 33 MermanMimic Common and KillerMind flayer illithid Strategic Review 1 14 22 Minotaur Based on the creature from Greek mythology 1 3 but translated from a singular creature into a species 33 Mist crimson deathMist vampiric Monstrous Compendium Greyhawk Appendix 1990 Mold Brown Russet and Yellow In the artificial dungeon environment of the game molds function as a clean up crew 1 Mold man vegepygmy CJ Miozzi included the vegepygmy on The Escapist s list of The Dumbest Dungeons amp Dragons Monsters Ever And How To Use Them 126 MongrelmanMorkothMuckdwellerMudman Vaguely humanoid creature bound to and formed from a puddle of mud Ranked among the weakest monsters in the game by Scott Baird from Screen Rant as it can only attack by preventing a closeby creature from running away 53 Mummy Powerful undead usually from desert areas wrapped in bandages Based on the creature from Gothic fiction a typical denizen of the Ravenloft setting 34 Mummy greater Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft Appendix Mummy with additional priestly powers Based on the creature from Gothic fiction a typical denizen of the Ravenloft setting 34 Myconid fungus man Naga Strategic Review 3 14 22 Guardian Spirit and Water Snake like magical creatures with humanoid head Based on the naga from Indian mythology 3 Naga dark Dragon No 89 1984 Anauroch 1991 Monstrous Compendium Forgotten Realms Appendix 1991 Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 1993 Monstrous Manual 1993 Dragon No 261 The Ecology of the Dark Naga Fool Me Twice 1999 Monster Manual 2000 2003 D amp D Miniatures Underdark set 33 2005 Monster Manual 2008 Neogi Spelljammer AD amp D Adventures In Space 1989 Neogi and Great Old Master Large red spider like carnivorous humanoids with reptilian heads Nightmare Planescape Monstrous Compendium AppendixNymph Based on the nymph from Greek mythology 1 3 Appeared in the movie Futurama Bender s Game 75 Octopus giantOgre Ogre Ogre Mage and MerrowOgre half Half ogre and OgrillionOoze slime jelly Olive Slime Olive Slime Creature Mustard Jelly Stunjelly Ochre Jelly Gray Ooze Crystal Ooze Gelatinous Cube Green Slime and Slithering Tracker D amp D s large variety of monstrous oozes and slimes took their original inspiration from Irvin S Yeathworth Jr s The Blob movie In the artificial dungeon environment of the game they function as a clean up crew 1 Orc Orc and Orog Directly adapted from the orc in J R R Tolkien s works 1 14 27 Otyugh Otyugh and Neo OtyughOwlbearPegasus Winged horse Taken from greek mythology an example of the diverse cultures amalgamated into D amp D 77 Peryton Forgotten Realms Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1991 Phantom Forgotten Realms Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1991 Inspired by Gothic fiction a typical denizen of the Ravenloft setting 34 PhoenixPiercer Strategic Review 3 14 22 Plant dangerous Monstrous Compendium Volume Two 1989 Yellow Musk Creeper and Zombie Forgotten Realms Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1991 Retch Plant Snapper Saw and Thornslinger Choke Creeper Mantrap Retch Plant Snapper Saw Thornslinger Tri Flower Frond Yellow musk creeper and Yellow Musk Zombie Author and gardener Charles Elliott considered D amp D s plant species numerous but not very ingenious 146 Plant intelligent Hangman Tree Kelpie Obliviax Quickwood Shambling mound Strangleweed Giant Sundew and ThornyPoltergeistPudding deadly Black White Brown and DunQuaggoth Forgotten Realms Campaign SettingRakshasa Strategic Review 3 14 22 Normal and GreaterRat Giant Rat and OsquipRemorhazRevenantRoc Dungeons amp Dragons set 1974 Monster Manual 1977 Monster Manual 2000 Monster Manual 2003 Monster Manual 2008 Monster Manual 2014 An enormous bird based on a mythological creature probably of Persian origin known from Sindbad the Sailor stories 32 Roper Strategic Review 2 14 22 StoroperRust monsterSahuaginSatyr Satyr and Korred Based on the satyr from classical 1 and the korred from Breton mythology 147 Scorpion Large Huge and GiantSea lion Monster Manual 1977 Monster Manual 2000 and Monster Manual 2003 as Sea cat SelkieShadowShedu Savage Coast Monstrous Compendium Appendix Lesser and Greater Lawful good winged equine with human like head Based on a creature from Mesopotamian mythology 3 Sirine Al Qadim City of Delights Based on the mythological Siren the Sirine is a type of Fey Skeleton Skeleton Animal and Monster SkeletonSkeleton giant Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft AppendixSkeleton warrior Monstrous Compendium Dragonlance Appendix 1990 Reviewer Jamie Thomson found the skeleton warriors beings similar to Tolkien s ringwraiths 22 Slaad Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix Red and BlueSlug giantSnake Amphisbaena Boalisk Constrictor and Giant Constrictor Snake Heway Normal and Giant Poisonous Snake Giant Sea Snake and Spitting SnakeSnake wingedSpectreSphinx Androsphinx Criosphinx Gynosphinx and Hieracosphinx Based on Egyptian and Classical mythology an example of the diverse cultures amalgamated into D amp D 31 77 Spider Hairy Large Huge Giant Phase Sword and GargantuanSprite Monstrous Compendium Greyhawk Appendix 1990 Sprite Sea Sprite Pixie Nixie Atomie and GrigSquid giant Giant Squid and KrakenStirgeSu monsterSwanmay Swanmay and Bird MaidenTabaxi Tabaxi and Tabaxi Lord In 2020 Comic Book Resources counted the tabaxi as 4 on the list of 10 Powerful Monster Species That You Should Play As stating that a Tabaxi monk with Boots of Speed and a few other speed buffs can in theory cover anywhere between 320ft per round to 253 440ft per round Your ability to do this and break the sound barrier in game entirely depends on how much time and leniency the DM grants you though 60 Tako Male and FemaleTanar ri Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix Balor and Marilith Renamed from demons in response to moral panic 14 83 84 21 Considered among the standard repertoire of Monsters by Fabian Perlini Pfister 3 The balor is based on and renamed from the Balrog from J R R Tolkien s legendarium 1 also called type VI demon due to copyright reasons 67 271 TarrasqueTasloiThought eaterThri kreen Monstrous Compendium Spelljammer Appendix 1991 Xixchil Monstrous Compendium Dark Sun Appendix Terrors of the Desert 1992 Tohr kreen Thri kreen Tohr kreen and Xixchil Praying mantis man with four arms and a poisonous bite 113 An old personal favorite of reviewer Mark Theurer 30 Titan Based on the powerful beings from Greek mythology 3 Ranked among the strongest creatures in the game by Scott Baird from Screen Rant as they stand above giants and possess even more power in terms of their physical and magical capabilities 53 Backstab reviewer Michael Croitoriu thought them truly interesting for powergamers when made available as player characters 45 Toad Giant Fire Ice and PoisonousTreantTritonTroglodyteTroll Normal Two Headed Freshwater Scrag Saltwater Marine Scrag Desert Spectral Troll Wraith Giant Ice and Spirit Troll Tall gaunt humanoids with powerful regenerative ability A characteristic denizen of AD amp D worlds 2 Umber hulk Monstrous Compendium Volume One 1989 Umber Hulk and VodyanoiUnicorn Monstrous Compendium Volume One 1989 Based on the creature from medieval bestiaries 1 34 The Dungeons amp Dragons animated series featured Uni the unicorn as well received mascot and cute animal sidekick 79 Urchin Monstrous Compendium Volume Two 1989 Black Green Red Silver Yellow and LandVampire Monstrous Compendium Volume One 1989 Depiction is related to those in 1930s and 1940s Hollywood Dracula movies 1 as well as Gothic fiction a typical denizen of the Ravenloft setting 34 2 WemicWhale Monstrous Compendium Volume Two 1989 Common Whale Giant Whale Leviathan Killer Whale and NarwhalWight Monstrous Compendium Volume One 1989 Thin humanoid undead 80 Directly adapted from the barrow wight in Tolkien s The Lord of the Rings 1 14 27 while the concept is inspired Icelandic sagas 69 Will o wisp Monstrous Compendium Volume One 1989 Wolf Monstrous Compendium Volume One 1989 Wolf Worg Dire Wolf and Winter WolfWolfwere Monstrous Compendium Volume One 1989 Worm Monstrous Compendium Volume Two 1989 Purple Worm Purple Worm Mottled Worm Thunderherder Giant Bloodworm Bookworm and Rot GrubWraith Monstrous Compendium Volume One 1989 Inspired by Gothic fiction a typical denizen of the Ravenloft setting 34 Wyvern Monstrous Compendium Volume One 1989 Xorn Monstrous Compendium Volume Two 1989 Xorn Xorn and XarenYeti Monstrous Compendium Volume One 1989 Yuan ti Monstrous Compendium Volume One 1989 Yuan ti histachiiYugoloth guardian Least Lesser and GreaterZaratan Monstrous Compendium Al Qadim Appendix 1992 Zombie Monstrous Compendium Volume One 1989 Common Monster and Ju ju Zombie Common Monster Ju ju and Sea Zombie and Zombie LordTSR 2602 Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1994 EditTSR 2602 Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1994 ISBN 1 56076 862 2This appendix to the Monstrous Compendium series was designed for use with the Planescape campaign setting for the second edition of the Advanced Dungeons amp Dragons game The 128 page soft bound book contains a two pages of explanation about the various entries and a page with a list of monsters from this and other sources by plane with the remainder consisting of the descriptions of the fictional monsters Creature Other appearances Variants DescriptionAasimon Monstrous Compendium Outer Planes Appendix 1991 Aasimon Agathinon Monstrous Compendium Outer Planes Appendix 1991 Aasimon Deva Monstrous Compendium Outer Planes Appendix 1991 Astral Monadic and Movanic DevaAasimon Light Monstrous Compendium Outer Planes Appendix 1991 Aasimon Planetar Monstrous Compendium Outer Planes Appendix 1991 Aasimon Solar Monstrous Compendium Outer Planes Appendix 1991 Animal Lord Monstrous Compendium Outer Planes Appendix 1991 Cat Lord Hawk Lord and Wolf Lord Cat Lord Hawk Lord Lizard Lord and Wolf LordBaatezu Monstrous Compendium Outer Planes Appendix 1991 Monstrous Manual 1993 Renamed from devils in response to moral panic 14 83 84 21 Many were based on figures from Christian demonology 131 Baatezu Lesser Abishai Monstrous Compendium Outer Planes Appendix 1991 Monstrous Manual 1993 Black Green and Red AbishaiBaatezu Greater Amnizu Monstrous Compendium Outer Planes Appendix 1991 Baatezu Lesser Barbazu Monstrous Compendium Outer Planes Appendix 1991 Baatezu Greater Cornugon Monstrous Compendium Outer Planes Appendix 1991 Baatezu Lesser Erinyes Monstrous Compendium Outer Planes Appendix 1991 Based on the figures from Greek mythology 3 Baatezu Greater Gelugon Monstrous Compendium Outer Planes Appendix 1991 Baatezu Lesser Hamatula Monstrous Compendium Outer Planes Appendix 1991 Baatezu Lemure Monstrous Compendium Outer Planes Appendix 1991 Baatezu Least Nupperibo Monstrous Compendium Outer Planes Appendix 1991 Baatezu Lesser Osyluth Monstrous Compendium Outer Planes Appendix 1991 Baatezu Greater Pit Fiend Monstrous Compendium Outer Planes Appendix 1991 Monstrous Manual 1993 Baatezu Least Spinagon Monstrous Compendium Outer Planes Appendix 1991 BakuBariaur Monstrous Compendium Outer Planes Appendix 1991 Centaur like creature a player character race in the Planescape setting where reviewer Johnny L Wilson found they fill a similar niche than dwarves They are fierce fighters and congenial sojourners as long as you don t serve meat or befriend any giants 132 Bebilith Monstrous Compendium Outer Planes Appendix 1991 Bodak Monstrous Compendium Outer Planes Appendix 1991 Einheriar Monstrous Compendium Outer Planes Appendix 1991 Foo Creature Monstrous Compendium Kara Tur Appendix 1990 Foo Dog and Foo LionGehreleth Monstrous Compendium Outer Planes Appendix 1991 Farastu Kelubar and ShatorGithyanki Monstrous Compendium Outer Planes Appendix 1991 Monstrous Manual 1993 Xenophobic humanoids 26 20 21 with gaunt stature leathery yellow skin and fangs Inhabitants of the Astral Plane and ancient enemies of the githzerai githyanki are considered to boast some excellent twists as non player characters but little more than dextrous not to mention ugly egg layers as PCs by reviewer Trenton Webb 133 132 Introduced by Charles Stross 131 in White Dwarf No 12 who borrowed the name from a fictional race in George R R Martin s Dying of the Light The githyanki illithid relationship was inspired by Larry Niven s World of Ptavvs 134 122 The githyanki were voted among the top ten best monsters from that White Dwarf s Fiend Factory column 110 Githzerai Monstrous Compendium Outer Planes Appendix 1991 Monstrous Manual 1993 Designed by Charles Stross 131 these humanoids are the ancient and fervent enemies of mind flayers and githyanki A playable species in the Planescape campaign setting reviewer Johnny L Wilson found them a new take on the niche usually occupied by elves 132 Grue Earth Fire Al Qadim Secrets of the Lamp 1993 Chaggrin Soil beast and Harginn Flame horror White Dwarf reviewer Megan C Evans referred to the grues as a collection of terrifying beasties from the Elemental Planes 22 Grue Air Water Al Qadim Secrets of the Lamp 1993 Ildriss Wind terror and Varrdig Fluid brute White Dwarf reviewer Megan C Evans referred to the grues as a collection of terrifying beasties from the Elemental Planes 22 Hordling Monstrous Compendium Outer Planes Appendix 1991 Imp Monstrous Manual 1993 Imp and QuasitIncarnatesLarva Monstrous Compendium Outer Planes Appendix 1991 Maelephant Monstrous Compendium Outer Planes Appendix 1991 Marut Monstrous Compendium Outer Planes Appendix 1991 Mediator Monstrous Compendium Outer Planes Appendix 1991 as Mediator and Translator Mechanus Mediator and translatorMephit Monstrous Manual 1993 as Imp Mephit Mephit Air Smoke Monstrous Compendium Fiend Folio Appendix 1992 Smoke Mephit Monstrous Manual 1993 Smoke Mephit Air and Smoke MephitMephit Earth Ooze Earth and Ooze MephitMephit Fire Radiant Monstrous Compendium Fiend Folio Appendix 1992 Fire Mephit Monstrous Manual 1993 Fire Mephit Fire and Radiant MephitMephit Water Ice Monstrous Compendium Fiend Folio Appendix 1992 Ice Mephit Monstrous Manual 1993 Ice Mephit Water and Ice MephitMephit Dust Salt Dust and Salt MephitMephit Lightning Mineral Lightning and Mineral MephitMephit Magma Ash Monstrous Compendium Fiend Folio Appendix 1992 Magma as Lava Mephit Monstrous Manual 1993 Magma as Lava Mephit Magma and Ash MephitMephit Mist Steam Monstrous Compendium Fiend Folio Appendix 1992 Monstrous Manual 1993 as Imp Mephit Mist and Steam MephitNighthag Monstrous Compendium Outer Planes Appendix 1991 as Night Hag Nightmare Monstrous Compendium Outer Planes Appendix 1991 Monstrous Manual 1993 Per Monstrous Compendium Outer Planes Appendix 1991 Shadow Fiend Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft Appendix I 1991 Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium Appendices I amp II 1996 Slaad Monstrous Compendium Outer Planes Appendix 1991 Monstrous Manual 1993 Gray and Death by reference only Red Blue Green Gray and Death SlaadTanar ri Monstrous Compendium Outer Planes Appendix 1991 Monstrous Manual 1993 Renamed from demons in response to moral panic 14 83 84 21 many were based on figures from Christian demonology 131 Considered among the standard repertoire of Monsters by Fabian Perlini Pfister 3 Tanar ri Lesser Alu Fiend Monster Manual II 1983 as alu demon Monstrous Compendium Outer Planes Appendix 1991 Tanar ri Greater Babau Monstrous Compendium Outer Planes Appendix 1991 Tanar ri True Balor Monstrous Compendium Outer Planes Appendix 1991 Monstrous Manual 1993 Based on and renamed from the Balrog from J R R Tolkien s legendarium 1 also called type VI demon due to copyright reasons 67 271 Tanar ri Lesser Bar Lgura Monstrous Compendium Outer Planes Appendix 1991 Tanar ri Lesser Cambion Monstrous Compendium Outer Planes Appendix 1991 Tanar ri Greater Chasme Monstrous Compendium Outer Planes Appendix 1991 Tanar ri Least Dretch Monstrous Compendium Outer Planes Appendix 1991 Tanar ri True Glabrezu Monstrous Compendium Outer Planes Appendix 1991 Tanar ri True Hezrou Monstrous Compendium Outer Planes Appendix 1991 Tanar ri Least Manes Monstrous Compendium Outer Planes Appendix 1991 Tanar ri True Marilith Monstrous Compendium Outer Planes Appendix 1991 Monstrous Manual 1993 Tanar ri Guardian Molydeus Monstrous Compendium Outer Planes Appendix 1991 Tanar ri Greater Nabassu Monstrous Compendium Outer Planes Appendix 1991 Tanar ri True Nalfeshnee Monstrous Compendium Outer Planes Appendix 1991 Tanar ri Least Rutterkin Monstrous Compendium Outer Planes Appendix 1991 Tanar ri Lesser Succubus Monstrous Compendium Outer Planes Appendix 1991 Typical example of a demon belonging to the standard repertoire of Monsters 3 also an instance of the sexist tropes the game draws on which presented female sexuality as inherently dangerous 26 17 94 Tanar ri True Vrock Monstrous Compendium Outer Planes Appendix 1991 Tanar ri Greater WastrilithTiefling Descendants of a union between a human and a demon or devil popular as player characters as they allow for identity tourism of a racial outsider 26 35 Johnny L Wilson called tieflings the paranoid loner obverse of halflings who believe that life is out to get them In the game they are suited to be great thieves and point persons due to favourable saving throw bonuses 132 Vargouille Al Qadim City of Delights 1993 Yeth hound Monstrous Compendium Greyhawk Appendix 1990 as Hound Yeth Yugoloth Monstrous Compendium Outer Planes Appendix 1991 Monstrous Manual 1993 as Yugoloth Guardian Yugoloth Greater Arcanaloth Monstrous Compendium Outer Planes Appendix 1991 Yugoloth Lesser Dergholoth Monstrous Compendium Outer Planes Appendix 1991 Yugoloth Lesser Hydroloth Monstrous Compendium Outer Planes Appendix 1991 Yugoloth Lesser Mezzoloth Monstrous Compendium Outer Planes Appendix 1991 Yugoloth Greater Nycaloth Monstrous Compendium Outer Planes Appendix 1991 Yugoloth Lesser Piscoloth Monstrous Compendium Outer Planes Appendix 1991 Yugoloth Greater Ultroloth Monstrous Compendium Outer Planes Appendix 1991 Yugoloth Lesser Yagnoloth Monstrous Compendium Outer Planes Appendix 1991 TSR 2501 Monstrous Compendium Mystara Appendix 1994 EditTSR 2501 Monstrous Compendium Mystara Appendix 1994 ISBN 1 56076 875 4This appendix to the Monstrous Compendium series was designed for use with the Mystara campaign setting for the second edition of the Advanced Dungeons amp Dragons game The 128 page soft bound book contains a two pages content list a 4 pages How To Use This Book section and 5 pages of random encounter charts with the remainder consisting of the descriptions of the fictional monsters The Mystara campaign setting began as the Known World in the D amp D Basic and Expert rules and as a result many of the entries below originated in the D amp D Basic Expert Companion or Masters rulebooks and the modules associated with them Creature Other appearances Variants DescriptionActaeon D amp D Master Rules 1985 D amp D Rules Cyclopedia 1991 Agarat D amp D Expert Module X8 Drums on Fire Mountain 1984 Creature Catalogue 1986 Ash Crawler D amp D Companion Module CM5 Mystery of the Snow Pearls 1985 Creature Catalogue 1986 Creature Catalog 1993 Baldandar Creature Catalogue 1986 Creature Catalog 1993 Bargda Creature Catalogue 1986 Creature Catalog 1993 Bhut D amp D Expert Module X4 Master of the Desert Nomads 1985 Creature Catalogue 1986 Creature Catalog 1993 Fiend Folio 2003 Bird Creature Catalogue Magpie Piranha Bird 1986 Creature Catalog Magpie Piranha Bird 1993 D amp D Expert Module B5 Horror on the Hill Piranha Bird 1983 D amp D Expert Module X6 Quagmire Piranha Bird 1984 D amp D Basic Module B1 9 In Search of Adventure Piranha Bird 1987 Wrath of the Immortals Sprackle 1992 Magpie common and giant Piranha Bird lesser and greater and Sprackle lesser and greater Blackball D amp D Master Rules 1985 D amp D Rules Cyclopedia 1991 Brain Collector D amp D Expert Module X2 Castle Amber 1981 Creature Catalogue 1986 Creature Catalog 1993 Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Four 1998 Epic Level Handbook 2002 Dungeon No 144 2007 Also known as the Neh Thallgu in later sources Chevall Creature Catalogue 1986 GAZ1 Grand Duchy of Karameikos 1987 GAZ5 Elves of Alfheim 1988 PC4 Night Howlers 1992 Creature Catalog 1993 Choker GAZ6 Dwarves of Rockholm 1988 Creature Catalog 1993 Monster Manual 2000 Monster Manual 2003 Coltpixy PC1 Tall Tales of the Wee Folk 1991 Creature Catalog 1993 Crone of Chaos D amp D Basic Module B8 Journey to the Rock 1984 Creature Catalogue 1986 D amp D Expert Module B1 9 In Search of Adventure 1987 Creature Catalog 1993 Darkhood Creature Catalogue 1986 Creature Catalog 1993 DarkwingDecapus D amp D Basic Module B3 Palace of the Silver Princess 1981 D amp D Expert Module X9 Savage Coast 1985 Creature Catalogue 1986 D amp D Expert Module B1 9 In Search of Adventure 1987 Creature Catalog 1993 Deep Glaurant GAZ8 Five Shires 1988 Creature Catalog 1993 Diabolus D amp D Immortals Set 1986 Wrath of the Immortals 1992 Terrors from Above 1998 Dragon General Powerful and intelligent usually winged reptiles with magical abilities and breath weapon Dragon Crystalline D amp D Master Rules 1985 D amp D Rules Cyclopedia 1991 Dragon Jade D amp D Master Rules 1985 D amp D Rules Cyclopedia 1991 Not to be confused with the Jade Dragon detailed in Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume One 1994 Dragon Onyx D amp D Master Rules 1985 D amp D Rules Cyclopedia 1991 Dragon Ruby D amp D Master Rules 1985 D amp D Rules Cyclopedia 1991 Dragonfly D amp D Expert Module XL1 Quest for the Heartstone 1984 Creature Catalogue 1986 Creature Catalog 1993 White Black Green Blue and RedDrake Mystaran Mandrake Wooddrake Colddrake and Elemental Drake D amp D Master Rules 1985 D amp D Rules Cyclopedia 1991 Dusanu D amp D Expert Module X5 Temple of Death 1983 Creature Catalogue 1986 Creature Catalog 1993 Dragon No 339 2006 Elemental of Chaos Air Earth D amp D Companion Rules 1984 D amp D Rules Cyclopedia 1991 Eolian and ErdeenElemental of Chaos Fire Water D amp D Companion Rules 1984 D amp D Rules Cyclopedia 1991 Pyrophor and UndineElemental of Law Air Earth D amp D Companion Rules 1984 D amp D Rules Cyclopedia 1991 Anemo and KrystElemental of Law Fire Water D amp D Companion Rules 1984 D amp D Rules Cyclopedia 1991 Helion and HydraxFamiliar Creature Catalogue 1986 Creature Catalog 1993 Aryth Bogan Fylgar Gretch and UlzaqFrost Salamander D amp D Expert Rules 1981 1983 D amp D Rules Cyclopedia 1991 Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix III 1998 Monster Manual II 2002 Frost Salamander and Ice CrabFundamental Air Earth D amp D Expert Module X8 Drums on Fire Mountain 1984 Creature Catalogue 1986 Creature Catalog 1993 Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix III 1998 Air and Earth FundamentalsFundamental Fire Water Expert Module X8 Drums on Fire Mountain 1984 Creature Catalogue 1986 Creature Catalog 1993 Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix III 1998 Fire and Water FundamentalsGargantua D amp D Companion Rules D amp D Rules Cyclopedia 1991 carrion crawler and troll Gargantuan Carrion Crawler and Gargantuan TrollGeonid Expert Module X5 Temple of Death 1983 Creature Catalogue 1986 DA3 City of the Gods 1987 Creature Catalog 1993 Ghostly Horde D amp D Basic Module B8 Journey to the Rock 1984 Creature Catalogue 1986 Creature Catalog 1993 Giant Athach D amp D Master Rules 1985 D amp D Rules Cyclopedia 1991 Monster Manual 2000 Monster Manual 2003 Giant Hephaeston D amp D Companion Module CM6 Where Chaos Reigns 1986 Creature Catalogue 1986 Creature Catalog 1993 Golem Amber Skeletal D amp D Expert Rules as Amber and Bone Golem 1981 1983 D amp D Rules Cyclopedia 1991 D amp D Game 1991 Classic D amp D Game 1994 Amber and Skeletal GolemGolem Drolem D amp D Companion Rules D amp D Rules Cyclopedia 1991 Golem Iron Gargoyle Mud D amp D Expert Module X2 Castle Amber 1981 Mud Golem D amp D Companion Rules 1984 Mud Golem Creature Catalogue 1986 Iron Gargoyle D amp D Rules Cyclopedia 1991 Mud Golem Creature Catalog 1993 Iron Gargoyle Monster Manual III 2004 Mud Golem Iron Gargoyle and Mud GolemGolem Rock Silver Creature Catalogue 1986 Rock Silver Golem Monstrous Compendium Dark Sun Appendix Terrors of the Desert 1992 Rock Golem Creature Catalog 1993 Rock Silver Golem Rock and Silver GolemGray Philosopher Creature Catalogue 1986 Creature Catalog 1993 Gray Philosopher and MaliceGuardian Warrior Creature Catalogue 1986 Creature Catalog 1993 Guardian Warrior and Guardian HorseGyerian D amp D Companion Module CM5 Mystery of the Snow Pearls 1985 Creature Catalogue 1986 Creature Catalog 1993 Herex Creature Catalogue 1986 DA3 City of the Gods 1987 Creature Catalog 1993 Larval and Adult HerexHivebrood Creature Catalogue 1986 Creature Catalog 1993 Broodling soldier Lieutenant Mother and ControllerHorde D amp D Companion Rules 1984 D amp D Rules Cyclopedia 1991 Hsiao D amp D Master Rules 1985 Huptzeen Creature Catalogue 1986 Hutaakan Creature Catalogue 1986 Creature Catalog 1993 Priest Warrior and Other HutaakanImp Creature Catalogue 1986 Wood Imp PC1 Tall Tales of the Wee Folk 1991 Wood Imp Creature Catalog 1993 Wood Imp Wood Bog and Garden ImpJellyfish Giant Creature Catalogue 1986 Marauder Creature Catalog 1993 Marauder Marauder Death s Head and GalleyKna Creature Catalogue 1986 PC3 Sea Peoples 1990 Creature Catalog 1993 Kopru D amp D Expert Module X1 Isle of Dread 1981 Creature Catalogue 1986 Creature Catalog 1993 Monster Manual II 2002 Lizard D amp D Basic Rules Draco Gecko Horned Chameleon Tuatara Rules Companion 1991 Draco Lizard Footpad giant Gecko giant Horned Chameleon Lava Lizard Rockhome Lizard Tuatara giant and XytarLizard kin D amp D Basic Module B8 Journey to the Rock 1984 Chamelon Man Creature Catalogue 1986 Chamelon Man Gator Man Sis thik DA4 Duchy of Ten 1987 Gator Man D amp D Expert Module B1 9 In Search of Adventure 1987 Chamelon Man Creature Catalog 1993 Chamelon Man Gator Man Sis thik Savage Coast Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1996 Cayman Cayman Chameleon Man Gator Man and Sis thikLupin D amp D Expert Module X2 Castle Amber 1982 D amp D Expert Module X9 Savage Coast 1985 Creature Catalogue 1986 PC4 Night Howlers 1992 Creature Catalog 1993 Red Steel 1994 Savage Coast Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1996 Dragon No 325 2004 Lycanthrope Werejaguar HWR1 Sons of Azca 1991 PC4 Night Howlers 1992 Creature Catalog 1993 Lycanthrope Wereswine D amp D Expert Rules 1981 1983 D amp D Rules Cyclopedia 1991 Called Devil Swine in earlier appearancesMagen D amp D Expert Module X2 Castle Amber 1981 Creature Catalogue 1986 D amp D Basic Adventure B12 Queen s Harvest 1989 Caldron only Creature Catalog 1993 Demos Caldron Galvan and HypnosManikin GAZ3 Principalities of Glantri 1987 Mek D amp D Master Rules 1985 D amp D Rules Cyclopedia 1991 Mujina D amp D Companion Rules D amp D Expert Module X5 Temple of Death 1983 D amp D Companion Rules 1984 D amp D Rules Cyclopedia 1991 Rokugan Campaign Setting 2001 Nagpa D amp D Expert Module X4 Master of the Desert Nomads 1985 Creature Catalogue 1986 PC2 Top Ballista 1989 Creature Catalog 1993 Nightshade D amp D Master Rules 1985 D amp D Rules Cyclopedia 1991 Monster Manual 2000 Monster Manual 2003 Nightcrawler Nightwalker and NightwingNuckalavee D amp D Master Rules 1985 D amp D Rules Cyclopedia 1991 Dragon No 343 2006 Pegataur Creature Catalogue 1986 Dawn of the Emperors 1989 PC2 Top Ballista 1991 M2 Vengeance of Alphaks 1991 Creature Catalog 1993 Monstrous Compendium Annual V3 1996 Phanaton D amp D Expert Module X1 Isle of Dread 1981 Creature Catalogue 1986 D amp D Master Module M5 Talons of Night 1987 Creature Catalog 1993 Dragon No 339 2006 Plant Dangerous D amp D Basic Module B3 Palace of the Silver Princess Archer Bush D amp D Expert Module X2 Castle Amber 1981 Amber Lotus Grab Grass Vampire Rose D amp D Companion Rules Grab Grass Amber Lotus Archer Bush Grab Grass and Vampire RosePlasm D amp D Companion Rules 1984 D amp D Rules Cyclopedia 1991 Rakasta Savage Coast Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1996 D amp D Expert Module X1 Isle of Dread 1981 D amp D Expert Module X2 Castle Amber 1981 Creature Catalogue 1986 Champions of Mystara Heroes of the Princess Ark 1993 Creature Catalog 1993 Rage of the Rakasta 1993 Red Steel 1994 Rock Man D amp D Expert Module B8 Journey to the Rock 1984 Creature Catalogue 1986 Creature Catalog 1993 Saberclaw D amp D Companion Module C3 Sabre River 1984 Creature Catalogue 1986 Creature Catalog 1993 Sacrol D amp D Master Module M2 Maze of the Riddling Minotaur 1983 D amp D Expert Module X9 Savage Coast 1985 Creature Catalogue 1986 Creature Catalog 1993 Scamille Creature Catalogue 1986 Creature Catalog 1993 Shapeshifter D amp D Basic Module B4 The Lost City Polymar 1982 D amp D Master Rules Adaptor Metamorph 1985 Creature Catalogue Polymar Randara 1986 D amp D Basic Module B1 9 In Search of Adventure Polymar 1987 D amp D Rules Cyclopedia Adaptor Metamorph 1991 Creature Catalog Polymar Randara 1993 Adaptor Metamorph Polymar and RandaraShargugh D amp D Expert Module O2 Blade of Vengeance 1984 Creature Catalogue 1986 Creature Catalog 1993 Shark kin Creature Catalogue 1986 PC3 Sea Peoples 1990 Creature Catalog 1993 Sollux D amp D Expert Module X2 Castle Amber as Sun Brother 1981 Creature Catalogue 1986 DA4 Duchy of Ten 1987 Creature Catalog 1993 Spectral DeathSpectral Hound D amp D Expert Module X5 Temple of Death 1983 D amp D Companion Rules D amp D Rules Cyclopedia 1991 Spider kin D amp D Expert Module X1 Isle of Dread Aranea 1981 D amp D Expert Module X2 Castle Amber Aranea 1981 D amp D Expert Rules Rhagodessa 1981 1983 D amp D Master Rules Planar Spider 1985 Creature Catalogue 1986 D amp D Master Module M5 Talons of Night 1987 Rules Cyclopedia Planar Spider Rhagodessa 1991 Wrath of the Immortals Plopped 1992 Champions of Mystara Heroes of the Princess Ark Aranea 1993 Red Steel Aranea 1994 Monster Manual Aranea 2003 Aranea Planar Spider Plopped and Rhagodessa Aranea not to be confused with similar creature defined in Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Three 1996 Savage Coast Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1996 Spirit D amp D Companion Rules Druj and Odic 1984 D amp D Rules Cyclopedia Druj and Odic 1991 Druj and OdicStatue Living D amp D Basic Rules Crystal Iron Rock 1981 1983 D amp D Basic Module B10 Night s Dark Terror Jade Ooze Silver Steel 1986 Creature Catalogue Jade Ooze Silver Steel 1986 D amp D Rules Cyclopedia Crystal Iron Rock 1991 Creature Catalog Jade Ooze Silver Steel 1993 Crystal Iron Jade Rock Ooze Silver and SteelSurtaki Creature Catalogue 1986 Creature Catalog 1993 Tabi D amp D Expert Module X4 Master of the Desert Nomads 1983 D amp D Expert Module X10 Red Arrow Black Shield 1985 Creature Catalogue 1986 PC2 Top Ballista 1989 Creature Catalog 1993 Thoul D amp D Basic Rules 1981 1983 D amp D Rules Cyclopedia 1991 D amp D Game 1991 Classic D amp D Game 1993 Cross between ghoul troll and hobgoblin Originally conceived by Gary Gygax he thought it a fun and nasty beastie 46 Thunderhead Creature Catalogue 1986 Creature Catalog 1993 Tiger Ebon Rage of the Rakasta 1993 Topi D amp D Expert Module X8 Drums on Fire Mountain 1984 Creature Catalogue 1986 Tortle D amp D Expert Module X9 Savage Coast 1985 Creature Catalogue 1986 Creature Catalog 1993 Red Steel 1994 Savage Coast Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1996 Dragon No 315 2004 Tortle and SnapperVampire Velya D amp D Expert Module X7 War Rafts of Kron 1984 Creature Catalogue 1986 D amp D Companion Module CM9 Legacy of Blood as Swamp Velya 1987 Creature Catalog 1993 White Fang Creature Catalogue 1986 Creature Catalog 1993 Worm D amp D Expert Rules Caecilia 1981 1983 D amp D Expert Module X2 Castle Amber Slime Worm 1981 Creature Catalogue Fyrsnaca Red Worm 1986 D amp D Expert Adventure XS2 Thunderdelve Mountain Fyrsnaca Red Worm 1989 D amp D Basic Adventure B11 King s Festival Red Worm 1989 HWA1 Nightwail Great Annelid 1990 HWA2 Nightrage Great Annelid 1990 D amp D Rules Cyclopedia Caecilia 1991 Creature Catalog yrsnaca Great Annelid Red Worm 1993 Great Annelid Caecilia Fyrsnaca Desert Leviathan Marine Leviathan Red Worm and Slime WormWyrd D amp D Basic Module B10 Night s Dark Terror 1986 Creature Catalogue Greater 1986 GAZ5 Elves of Alfheim Greater 1988 Creature Catalog Greater 1993 Lesser and GreaterYowler Creature Catalogue 1986 Creature Catalog 1993 Zombie Lightning Wrath of the Immortals 1992 Lesser and GreaterTSR 2153 Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft Appendix III Creatures of Darkness 1994 EditTSR 2153 Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft Appendix III Creatures of Darkness 1994 ISBN 1 56076 914 9This 126 page soft bound book contains additional creatures for the Ravenloft campaign setting for the second edition of the Advanced Dungeons amp Dragons game The book also contains an introduction page a 2 page How to Use This Book section an updated table for the calculation of experience points awarded for new or modified creatures and a single page listing of creatures from other sources appropriate to the Ravenloft setting Luis Javier Flores Arvizu named the continuous presence of supernatural beings as one of the factors that made Ravenloft a very well received role playing game setting during the 33 years of its existence 34 Creature Other appearances Variants DescriptionAkikage Akikage and AnasasshiaAnimator General Information Animator Minor Animator Common Animator GreaterBakhna RakhnaBaobhan SithBeetle Scarab Grave Giant and MonstrousBonelessBoowrayBrujaCarrion StalkerCarrionette The Created 1993 Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume One 1994 Denizens of Darkness 2002 Denizens of Dread 2004 Dragon No 339 2006 Cat MidnightCat SkeletalCloaker ShadowCloaker ResplendentCloaker UndeadCorpse CandleDeath s Head Tree Castles Forlorn 1993 Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume One 1994 Dragon No 292 2002 Denizens of Darkness 2002 Denizens of Dread 2004 Dragon No 339 2006 Doppleganger RavenloftFuries Alecto Tisiphone and MegareaFamiliar Pseudo Familiar UndeadFeathered SerpentFenhoundFigurine General Information Figurine Ceramic Figurine Crystal Crystal and Diamond Figurine Ivory Figurine Obsidian Smoothed Figurine PorcelainFlea of MadnessGeist Intangible undead spirit of a person that died traumatically Inspired by Gothic fiction a fitting monster for the nightmarish domains of Ravenloft 34 2 Ghost Animal Bear Wild Boar Wild Horse Mountain Lion Stag and Wolf Spirit of an animal turned to a malevolent undead A characteristic monster for the horror setting of Ravenloft 2 Golem Flesh Monstrous Manual 1993 More powerful version of the Monstrous Manual flesh golem Inspired by Gothic fiction a typical denizen of the Ravenloft setting 34 Golem Mist Inspired by Gothic fiction a typical denizen of the Ravenloft setting 34 Golem Snow Inspired by Gothic fiction a typical denizen of the Ravenloft setting 34 Golem Wax Inspired by Gothic fiction a typical denizen of the Ravenloft setting 34 GremishkaHag SpectralHead HunterHebi No OnnaHearth FiendHound PhantomHound SkeletalImp WishingIvy CrawlingJack FrostJolly RogerKizokuLashweedLeech MagicalLeech PsionicLich DefilerLich Drow Drow and DriderLich ElementalLich Psionic Dragon No 174 1991 Van Richten s Guide to the Lich 1993 Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume One 1994 Van Richten s Monster Hunter s Compendium Volume Two 1999 Ravenloft Dungeon Master s Guide 2003 as Psilich Living Tattoo Dark Man Living Spear Panther Raven and Winged SnakeLycanthrope Loup Garou Lowland and Mountain An especially powerful version of a werewolf The werewolf was considered a typical monster for the horror setting of Ravenloft 2 Lycanthrope WerejackalLycanthrope Werejaguar Dragon No 40 1980 Dragon No 70 1983 Imagine No 28 1985 Sons of Azca 1991 Night Howlers 1992 Creature Catalog 1993 Van Richten s Guide to Werebeasts 1993 Mystara Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1994 Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume One 1994 Denizens of Darkness 2002 Denizens of Dread 2004 Lycanthrope WereleopardLycanthrope WererayMist FerrymanMoor ManObedientOdemPakaPlant BloodrosePlant FearweedRadiant SpiritRecluseRemnant AquaticRushlightSea Spawn MasterSea Spawn MinionShadow AspShattered BrethrenSkeleton Archer Skeleton Insectoid Giant Ant Giant Tick and Stag BeetleSkeleton StrahdSkin ThievesSpirit PsionicUnicorn ShadowVampire DrowVampire NosferatuVampire OrientalVirus General Information Virus Combustion and Crystal Combustion and Crystal Virus Petrification and Phobia Petrification and Phobia Virus Psionic and Shadow Psionic and ShadowVorlogWill O DawnWill O DeepWill O MistWill O SeaZombie CannibalZombie DesertZombie Fog Zombie Fog and CadaverZombie StrahdZombie Wolf Castles Forlorn 1993 Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume One 1994 Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume I 2002 Libris Mortis 2004 Monstrous Compendium Annuals EditTSR 2145 Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume One 1994 ISBN 1 56076 838 XThis 128 page unnumbered soft bound book primarily contains monster descriptions published in TSR s products for the Advanced Dungeons amp Dragons second edition game in 1993 as well as fictional monsters of the same year from magazines affiliated with the game There are also a number of creatures from earlier sources included The book also contains a two page How to Use This Book section a revised table for calculating experience points and two pages of tips on how to use monsters in the game in the section Beyond Random Encounters Creature Other appearances Variants DescriptionAballin Monstrous Compendium Fiend Folio Appendix 1992 Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 1993 Monsters of Faerun 2001 Abyss Ants Dragon No 193 1993 Fiend Folio 2003 Afanc Monster Manual II 1983 City of Delights 1993 Young afancAl Jahar Dazzle City of Delights 1993 Baelnorn Ruins of Myth Drannor 1993 Cormanthyr Empire of Elves 1998 Monsters of Faerun 2001 Baneguard Shadowdale 1989 Ruins of Undermountain 1991 Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 1993 Monsters of Faerun 2001 Lost Empires of Faerun 2005 DireguardBanelar Dragon No 197 1993 Monsters of Faerun 2001 Serpent Kingdoms 2004 Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide 2008 Bird Talking City of Delights 1993 Blazing Bones Ruins of Myth Drannor 1993 Campestri Dungeon No 41 1993 A singing mushroom considered a fun and whimsy creature in the game by Chris Perkins 148 Carrionette The Created 1993 Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium Appendix III Creatures of Darkness 1994 Denizens of Darkness 2002 Denizens of Dread 2004 Dragon 339 2006 Cat Winged Haunted Halls of Evening Star 1992 Tressym City of Delights 1993 Greater and Lesser Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 1993 Tressym Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 2001 Tressym Lost Empires of Faerun 2005 Tressym Lesser and Greater Winged Cats and TressymChitine Monstrous Compendium Forgotten Realms Appendix 1991 Dragon No 223 The Ecology of the Chitine 1995 Monsters of Faerun 2001 Underdark 2003 D amp D Miniatures Dragoneye set 47 2004 Crypt Servant City of Delights 1993 Priest s Spell Compendium Volume One 1999 Dog Saluqi Assassin Mountain 1993 Dragon Fang Draco Dentus Terribilus Dragon No 134 1988 Ruins of Myth Drannor 1993 Monsters of Faerun 2001 Draconomicon 2003 D amp D Miniatures War of the Dragon Queen set 48 2006 Draconomicon 2008 as Gray Dragon Dragon Electrum Dragon No 74 1983 Ruins of Myth Drannor 1993 Dragon Linnorm Corpse Tearer Dragon No 183 1992 Monster Manual II 2002 Reviewer Mark Theurer remarked about Linnorm dragons that these giant dragon like beings that might best be described as feral dragons really piqued his interest and characterized the Corpse Tearer as old smart and vicious 30 Dragon Linnorm Dread Dragon No 182 1992 Monster Manual II 2002 The largest of the Linnorms and has two frickin heads 30 Dragon Linnorm Flame Dragon No 183 1992 Dragon Linnorm Forest Dragon No 182 1992 Dragon Linnorm Frost Dragon No 182 1992 Dragon Linnorm Gray Dragon No 183 1992 Monster Manual II 2002 small for a Linnorm dragon that means HUGE and very aggressive 30 Dragon Linnorm Land Dragon No 182 1992 Dragon Linnorm Midgard Dragon No 183 1992 Dragon Linnorm Rain Dragon No 183 1992 Dragon Linnorm Sea Dragon No 182 1992 Dragon No 356 2007 Dragon Neutral Jacinth Dragon No 158 1990 Dragon Neutral Jade Dragon No 158 1990 Note that this is not the same dragon as the Mystaran Jade Dragon Dragon Neutral Pearl Dragon No 158 1990 Dragon kin Dragon Mountain 1993 Cult of the Dragon 1998 Pool of Radiance Attack on Myth Drannor 2000 Monsters of Faerun 2001 Draconomicon 2003 Dread Ruins of Myth Drannor 1993 Lost Empires of Faerun 2005 Vampiric DreadElemental Earth Weird Dragon Mountain 1993 Monster Manual II 2002 Elemental Sandman White Dwarf No 10 1978 Fiend Folio 1981 Assassin Mountain 1993 Tome of Horrors 2002 Elemental Wind Walker Strategic Review No 3 1975 Monster Manual 1977 Monster Cards Set 4 1982 Assassin Mountain 1993 Tome of Horrors 2002 Elemental Kin Earth Crysmal Monster Manual II 1983 Secrets of the Lamp 1993 Psionics Handbook 2001 Expanded Psionics Handbook 2004 Elemental Kin Fire Azer Monster Manual II 1983 Practical Planetology 1991 Secrets of the Lamp 1993 Monster Manual 2000 2003 Savage Species 2003 D amp D Miniatures Harbinger set 32 2003 Azer Raider D amp D Miniatures War of the Dragon Queen set 19 2006 Azer Fighter Monster Manual 2008 Draconomicon 2008 Azer Beastmaster Amaimon NoblesElemental Vermin City of Delights 1993 Air duster Earth crawler Fire flameling and Water spitter Faerie Petty Monstrous Compendium Fiend Folio Appendix 1992 Dragon Mountain 1993 Squeaker Squeaker and Stwinger Fairy creatures were considered among the standard repertoire of Monsters by Fabian Perlini Pfister 3 Feystag Dragon No 89 1989 as Calygraunt Ruins of Myth Drannor 1993 Flameskull Dragon No 197 1993 Lost Empires of Faerun 2004 D amp D Miniatures War Drums set 29 2006 Monster Manual 2008 Foulwing Menzoberranzan 1992 Dragon No 197 1993 Lost Empires of Faerun 2005 Foulwing and FoulvernGambado Fiend Folio 1981 Monstrous Compendium Fiend Folio Appendix 1992 Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 1993 Tome of Horrors 2002 Garbug Fiend Folio 1981 Monstrous Compendium Fiend Folio Appendix 1992 Black and Violet GarbugGenie Tasked General Genie Tasked Administrator City of Delights 1993 Genie Tasked Deceiver Assassin Mountain 1993 Genie Tasked Harim Servant City of Delights 1993 Genie Tasked Messenger Secrets of the Lamp 1993 Genie Tasked Miner Secrets of the Lamp 1993 Genie Tasked Oathbinder Assassin Mountain 1993 Gibbering mouther Lost Tamoachan 1979 Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan 1979 Monster Manual II 1983 Dragon No 160 The Ecology of the Gibbering Mouther 1990 Assassin Mountain 1993 Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 1993 Monster Manual 2000 2003 D amp D Miniatures Aberrations set 50 2004 Lords of Madness 2005 Monster Manual 2008 Gnasher Dragon Mountain 1993 Normal and Winged GnasherGolem Brain Dragon No 193 1993 The Illithiad 1998 Fiend Folio 2003 Golem Hammer Dragon No 193 1993 Golem Metagolem Dragon No 159 1990 Dungeon No 36 1992 Copper Tin Bronze Iron Steel Silver Electrum Gold and Platinum MetagolemGolem Spiderstone Dragon No 193 1993 City of the Spider Queen 2002 Gorynych Dragon No 158 1990 Lost Empires of Faerun 2005 Greelox Dungeon No 35 1992 Helmed horror Halls of the High King 1990 Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 1993 Priest s Spell Compendium Volume Three 2000 Monsters of Faerun 2001 Dragon No 302 2002 Lost Empires of Faerun 2005 D amp D Miniatures Underdark set 37 2005 Monster Manual 2008 Jarbo Dungeon No 35 1992 Laraken Shining South 1993 Shining South 2004 Lich Psionic Dragon No 174 1991 Van Richten s Guide to the Lich 1993 Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium Appendix III Creatures of Darkness 1994 Van Richten s Monster Hunter s Compendium Volume Two 1999 Ravenloft Dungeon Master s Guide 2003 as Psilich Living Steel Dragon Mountain 1993 Lock Lurker Dragon No 139 1988 Haunted Halls of Evening Star 1992 Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 1993 Priest s Spell Compendium Volume Three 2000 Loxo Monstrous Compendium Forgotten Realms Appendix 1991 Monster Manual II 2002 Savage Species 2003 Shining South 2004 Lycanthrope Loup du Noir Dark of the Moon 1993 Lycanthrope Werebadger Dragon No 40 1980 Van Richten s Guide to Werebeasts 1993 Van Richten s Monster Hunter s Compendium Volume One 1999 Denizens of Darkness 2002 Denizens of Dread 2004 Lycanthrope Werejaguar Dragon No 40 1980 Dragon No 70 1983 Imagine No 28 1985 Sons of Azca 1991 Night Howlers 1992 Creature Catalog 1993 Van Richten s Guide to Werebeasts 1993 Mystara Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1994 Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium Appendix III Creatures of Darkness 1994 Denizens of Darkness 2002 Denizens of Dread 2004 Lythlyx Dragon No 43 1980 Ruins of Myth Drannor 1993 Magebane Dragon No 140 1988 Ruins of Myth Drannor 1993 Marrashi Assassin Mountain 1993 Metalmaster Sword Slug Dragon No 139 1988 Ruins of Myth Drannor 1993 Lost Empires of Faerun 2005 Mimic House Hunter Dungeon No 19 1989 Young Adult and Ancient House Hunter Rob Bricken of io9 identified the house hunter as one of The 12 Most Obnoxious Dungeons amp Dragons Monsters 78 Naga Bone Ruins of Myth Drannor 1993 Monster Manual II 2002 Serpent Kingdoms 2004 D amp D Miniatures Unhallowed set 34 Monster Manual 2008 Nautilus Giant Dragon No 193 1993 Nightshade Doom of Daggerdale 1993 Also called a wood wose not to be confused with the various Nightshades from the Plane of Shadow Nishruu Halls of the High King 1990 Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 1993 Monsters of Faerun 2001 Lost Empires of Faerun 2005 Noran Dragon Mountain 1993 Ophidian Monster Manual II 1983 Dragon Mountain 1993 Fiend Folio 2003 Serpent Kingdoms 2004 D amp D Miniatures Angelfire set 57 2005 Opinicus Monster Manual II 1983 City of Delights 1993 Ormyrr Ruins of Myth Drannor 1993 Monster Manual II 2002 Parasite Monster Manual 1977 Ear Seeker Fiend Folio 1981 Goldbug City of Delights 1993 Monstrous Manual 1993 Ear Seeker Bloodring Ear Seeker Goldbug Wizard Lice and VilirijPasari Niml City of Delights 1993 Warrior Noble and Calipha Pasari NimlPlant Vampire Moss Dungeon No 41 1993 Pteraman Jungles of Chult 1993 Villains Lorebook 1998 Monsters of Faerun 2001 from here on as pterafolk Serpent Kingdoms 2004 A flying saurian folk 81 Rautym Dragon Mountain 1993 Shadeling Dungeon No 35 1992 Skum Polyhedron No 67 1992 Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 1993 Monster Manual 2000 2003 Snake Giant Cobra Assassin Mountain 1993 Elder Giant CobraSnake Stone Dragon Mountain 1993 Spectral Wizard Wizard s Challenge 1992 Wizard s Spell Compendium Volume One 1996 Spell Weaver Dragon No 163 1990 Monster Manual II 2002 Dragon No 338 The Ecology of the Spell Weaver 2005 Dragon Monster Ecologies 2007 Spider Brain Dragon Mountain 1993 Suwyze Dragon Mountain 1993 Tatalla City of Delights 1993 Tick Heart NoneTree Dark Shining South 1993 Monsters of Faerun 2001 Shining South 2004 Tree Death s Head Castles Forlorn 1993 Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium Appendix III Creatures of Darkness 1994 Dragon 292 2002 Denizens of Darkness 2002 Denizens of Dread 2004 Dragon 339 2006 Tree Singing City of Delights 1993 Troll Snow Dungeon No 43 1993 Tuyewera Dungeon No 22 1990 Ulitharid Noble Illithid Dungeon No 24 1990 The Illithiad 1998 Lords of Madness 2005 Undead Dwarf Dragon Mountain 1993 Undead Lake Monster Castles Forlorn 1993 Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume I 2002 Whipsting Dragon No 197 1993 StingwingsWindghost Ruins of Myth Drannor 1993 Monster Manual II 2002 Wolf Dread Dragon No 174 1991 Wolf Stone Dragon No 174 1991 Wolf Vampiric Dragon No 174 1991 Wolf Zombie Castles Forlorn 1993 Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium Appendix III Creatures of Darkness 1994 Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume I 2002 Libris Mortis 2004 Wraith Shimmering Dungeon No 26 1990 Xantravar Stinging Horror Dragon No 140 1988 Ruins of Myth Drannor 1993 Xaver Dragon No 94 1985 Ruins of Myth Drannor 1993 TSR 2158 Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Two 1995 ISBN 0 7869 0199 3This 128 page soft bound book contains creatures appearing in various TSR publications magazines game accessories etc in the year 1994 It contains a 2 page How to Use This Book section and a 1 page section updating the calculation of experience points awarded for defeating various creatures including tables updating those in the AD amp D Dungeon Master s Guide The final 10 pages of the book provide tables for generating random encounters summoned creatures and NPC parties Creature Other appearances Variants DescriptionAboleth Savant Night Below 1995 Addazahr Corsairs of the Great Sea 1994 as Addazhar Backbiter Thin blood drinking flying insect that can cause disease Amiq Rasol Corsairs of the Great Sea 1994 Energy draining undead corsairs Arch Shadow The Secret of Spiderhaunt 1995 The Return of Randal Morn 1995 Arch Shadow and Demi ShadeAutomaton Scaladar Ruins of Undermountain 1991 Scaladar Ruins of Undermountain 2 1994 Enhanced Scaladr City of Splendors Waterdeep 2005 Scaladar Scaladar and Enhanced ScaladarAutomaton Triobriand s Ruins of Undermountain 2 1994 Ferragam Silversann and ThanatarBat SporebatBeetle Dragon City by the Silt Sea 1994 1 foot long 0 30 m horned beetle living in groups with a poison dangerous to drakes dragons and drayBi nou Ruins of Undermountain 2 1994 Bi nou Rockworm and RocklordBoggleBrownie Dobie Dragon No 206 1994 Brownie Quickling Monstrous Compendium Greyhawk Appendix 1990 Small intelligent chaotic and speedy it appeared on Geek com s list of The most underrated monsters of Advanced Dungeons amp Dragons 102 Cat Great Cath Shee Elves of Evermeet 1994 Cat Crypt The Awakening 1994 Normal and LargeCentaur Kin Dorvesh Polyhedron No 95 1994 Centaur Kin Gnoat Polyhedron No 95 1994 Centaur Kin Ha pony Polyhedron No 95 1994 Centaur Kin Zebranaur Polyhedron No 95 1994 Chronolily Dragon s Rest 1990 Immense sentient flower whose nectar reveals images of the past present and future Curst The Dragon 30 1979 14 72 City of Splendors 1994 The curst had the distinction of being the first piece of publication with references to the immensely detailed Forgotten Realms setting 14 72 73 Darktentacles Ruins of Undermountain 1991 Monster Manual II 2002 Dinosaur Monstrous Compendium Forgotten Realms Appendix 1989 Allosaurus Brontosaurus Ceratosaurus Compsognathus Dimetrodon Euparkeria Gorgosaurus Iguanodon Monoclonius Plateosaurus Struthiomimus Tanystropheus Teratosaurus and Trachodon Considered among the standard repertoire of Monsters 3 and among the 12 most underrated monsters a creature as large and fearsome as a dragon but without all the hype 102 Dinosaur Aquatic Monstrous Compendium Forgotten Realms Appendix 1989 as Dinosaur Archelon Dinichthys Mosasaurus Nothosaurus Plesiosaurus and TemnodontosaurusDog Bog Hound Howls in the Night 1994 Doppelganger Greater City of Splendors 1994 Dragon Brine Otherlands 1990 Ocean going dragon with plesiosaur like body and corrosive alkaline breath weapon Dragon Half Dragon Council of Wyrms 1994 as race Dragon kin Sea Wyrm Corsairs of the Great Sea 1994 Large usually non aggressive sea serpent with sleep gas as a breath weapon Dwarf Wild FR11 Dwarves Deep 1990 Ekimmu Dragon No 210 1994 Elemental Nature Ruins of Zhentil Keep 1995 Elf Winged Avariel Dragon No 51 1981 Complete Elves Handbook 1992 Fish Flames of the Falcon 1990 Floating Eye Hetfish Masher and VermeFish Subterranean Ruins of Undermountain 2 1994 Wattley Lemon Fish and Iridescent PlecoeFlareater Ruins of Undermountain 2 1994 Flumph Fiend Folio 1981 Common and Monastic A flumph looks like a large jellyfish that propels itself through the air by sucking air into its body and expelling it Ranked among the weakest monsters in the game by Scott Baird from Screen Rant It only attacks with a stinking liquid and helpless when turned on its back 53 Shannon Applecline considered the much satirized flumph one of the silly monsters introduced in Fiend Folio 14 38 Froghemoth Monster Manual II 1983 Dungeon No 56 1995 Ghost Casura Dragon No 210 1994 Ghost Ker Dragon No 210 1994 Ghul Great Caravans 1994 Ghul Kin Corsairs of the Great Sea 1994 Soultaker and Witherer Evil undead jann with shapechanging powers Giant Half giant Athasian Terrors Beyond Tyr 1995 Golem Burning Man Dragon No 209 1994 Golem Phantom Flyer Dragon No 209 1994 Gulguthhydra City of Splendors 1994 Hakeashar City of Splendors 1994 Horse Moon horse Elves of Evermeet 1994 Human Dragon Slayer NPC variantHuman Vistana A group of strange nomadic people with great mystical power especially in the areas of curses and prophecy from the Ravenloft setting matching harmful stereotypes of Romani people in a problematic way 26 103 104 34 Jellyfish Giant Portuguese Man o War Kalin City by the Silt Sea 1994 12 foot long 3 7 m aggressive insectoid creatures used as mounts by kalin riders Kholiathra Elves of Evermeet 1994 Laerti Anauroch 1991 Laerti and StingtailLeucrotta Greater City of Splendors 1994 Lich Suel Polyhedron No 101 1994 Lurker Shadow Ruins of Undermountain 2 1994 Lycanthrope WerepantherLycanthrope Wereshark City of Splendors 1994 Prior to 2E weresharks were created by Dr John Eric Holmes based on a Hawaiian legend of the shark man 149 150 151 Mammal Giant City of Splendors 1994 Badger Beaver Boar Hyena Hyenadon Porcupine Otter Skunk Weasel and WolverineMammal Herd Bull Wild Ox Caribou Giant Goat Hippopotamus Llama Giant Ram Rhinoceros Wild Stag and Giant StagMarlMeenlock Fiend Folio 1981 Flames of the Falcon 1990 Mimic Greater Ruins of Undermountain 2 1994 Mold Ruins of Undermountain 2 1994 Deep Gray and Death In the artificial dungeon environment of the game molds function as a clean up crew 1 Mummy Creature Animal and Monster Based on the creature from Gothic fiction a typical denizen of the Ravenloft setting 34 Nyth City of Splendors 1994 Ooze Slime Jelly Ghaunadan City of Splendors 1994 D amp D s large variety of monstrous oozes and slimes took their original inspiration from Irvin S Yeathworth Jr s The Blob movie 1 Palimpsest City of Splendors 1994 Peltast City of Splendors 1994 Normal and GreaterPlant Dangerous Bloodthorn Twilight Bloom and Boring GrassPlant Dangerous Firethorn Corsairs of the Great Sea 1994 as Firethorn Sea Rose Poisonous rose like plant that emits heat a night Pleistocene Animal Monstrous Compendium Forgotten Realms Appendix 1989 as Pleistocene Animals all except Irish Deer Wooly Rhinoceros as White Rhinoceros Axebeak Balucitherium Irish Deer Megatherium Phororacos Wooly Rhino and TitanotherePudding Subterranean Ruins of Undermountain 2 1994 Stone Gray and DenseRaggamoffyn City of Splendors 1994 Tatterdemanimal Common Raggomoffyn Gutterspite and Shrapnyl CJ Miozzi included the raggamoffyn on The Escapist s list of The Dumbest Dungeons amp Dragons Monsters Ever And How To Use Them 126 Snake Serpent Ruined Kingdoms 1994 Herald and TeakSnake Serpent Vine Ruins of Undermountain 2 1994 Sphinx Draco Old Empires 1990 Sprite Seelie Faerie Spellbound 1995 Fairy creatures were considered among the standard repertoire of Monsters by Fabian Perlini Pfister 3 Sprite Unseelie Faerie Spellbound 1995 Fairy creatures were considered among the standard repertoire of Monsters by Fabian Perlini Pfister 3 Squealer Monster Manual II 1983 Turtle Giant Monstrous Compendium Greyhawk Appendix 1990 as Turtle Sea and SnappingUmpleby Fiend Folio 1981 Monstrous Compendium Fiend Folio Appendix 1992 Vizier s Turban Corsairs of the Great Sea 1994 Symbiotic creature that looks like a turban and draws hit points while enhancing magical abilities of a spellcaster Wall Walker City by the Silt Sea 1994 5 foot long 1 5 m scaled spider like subterranean creature using chameleon like powers and paralytic poison to torment its victimsWebbird Monster Manual II 1983 Wraith Spider Ruins of Undermountain 2 1994 Yak Man Yikaria Land of Fate 1992 Zorbo Monster Manual II 1983 TSR 2166 Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Three 1996 ISBN 0 7869 0449 6This 128 page soft bound book contains creatures appearing in various TSR publications magazines game accessories etc in the year 1995 It contains a 3 page How to Use This Book section which includes an updated table for the calculation of experience points awarded for defeating various creatures The final 8 pages of the book contain an index of the creatures presented in the Monstrous Manual and the first three Monstrous Compendium Annuals Creature Other appearances Variants DescriptionAlaghi Monstrous Compendium Forgotten Realms Appendix II 1991 Normal Sedentary and HermeticAlhoon Illithilich Menzoberranzan 1992 Undead mind flayer Even more powerful than other illithids because it has developed powerful sorcery to augment their already fearsome psionic powers 152 Aranea Savage Coast Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1996 Not to be confused with similar creature defined in Monstrous Compendium Mystara Appendix D amp D Expert Module X1 Isle of Dread D amp D Expert Module X2 Castle AmberBanedead Ruins of Zhentil Keep 1995 Banelich Ruins of Zhentil Keep 1995 Bat Bonebat Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 1993 Beetle Monstrous Compendium Greyhawk Appendix 1990 Deathwatch and Slicer Deathwatch Slicer and StinkBelgoi Dark Sun Boxed Set 1991 Bladeling Planes of Law 1995 Braxat Dark Sun Boxed Set 1991 Bunyip Fiend Folio 1981 Monstrous Compendium Forgotten Realms Appendix 1989 Burbur Monstrous Compendium Forgotten Realms Appendix 1989 Bvanen The Wanderer s Chronicle Windriders of the Jagged Cliffs 1995 Cat Great Snow Tiger Spellbound 1995 Chosen One Spellbound 1995 Wizard s Spell Companion Volume I 1996 Chronovoid Chronomancer 1995 Communal organism that looks like an ovoid blob of gelatinous matter Cildabrin Monstrous Compendium Forgotten Realms Appendix II 1991 Coffer Corpse Fiend Folio 1981 Monstrous Compendium Fiend Folio Appendix 1992 Disenchanter Fiend Folio 1981 Pages from the Mages 1995 Dog Temporal Chronomancer 1995 Intelligent dogs with the ability to slip between Temporal Prime and other planes Dragon Cerilian Birthright Campaign Setting 1995 Dragon Ghost Dragon Polyhedron No 76 1992 Cult of the Dragon 1998 A dragon that lingers after its death because it has such a deep attachment to its hoard 94 Dragon Neutral AmberDread Warrior Spellbound 1995 Dream Spawn General The Nightmare Lands 1995 Dream Spawn Greater Ennui The Nightmare Lands 1995 Dream Spawn Lesser Morph The Nightmare Lands 1995 Gray and ShadowDreamweaver The Nightmare Lands 1995 Dryad Hamadryad Monstrous Compendium Forgotten Realms Appendix II 1991 Dwarf Arctic Inugaakalikurit Great Glacier 1992 Dwarf Urdunnir Monstrous Compendium Fiend Folio Appendix 1992 as Urdunnir Eel Giant Moray Night Below 1995 Elemental Fire Kin Tome Guardian Pages from the Mages 1995 Elf Rockseer Night Below 1995 Ethyk Planes of Conflict 1995 Faerie Faerie Fiddler Dragon No 206 1994 Fairy creatures were considered among the standard repertoire of Monsters by Fabian Perlini Pfister 3 Faerie Petty Bramble Dragon No 206 1994 Fairy creatures were considered among the standard repertoire of Monsters by Fabian Perlini Pfister 3 Faerie Petty Gorse Dragon No 180 1992 Fairy creatures were considered among the standard repertoire of Monsters by Fabian Perlini Pfister 3 Firenewt Fiend Folio 1981 Monstrous Compendium Forgotten Realms Appendix 1989 Firetail Monstrous Compendium Forgotten Realms Appendix 1989 Lesser and TshaiaFormian Planes of Law 1995 Worker Warrior Myrmarch and QueenGargoyle Dragon No 223 1995 Archer Spouter Stone Lion and Grandfather PlaqueGiant Cerilian Birthright Campaign Setting 1995 Forest and IceGoblin Cerilian Birthright Campaign Setting 1995 Golem Magic Ruins of Zhentil Keep 1995 Golem Shaboath Night Below 1995 Hag Bheur Spellbound 1995 Head Arcane The Nightmare Lands 1995 Hound of Ill Omen Fiend Folio 1981 Human Cerilian Anurien Knight Brecht Tradesman Khinasi Soldier Rjurik Berserker and Vos Mercenary Hybsil Ruins of Zhentil Keep 1995 Ibrandlin Ruins of Undermountain 1991 Imp Chaos Planes of Chaos 1994 Ixitxachitl Ixzan Night Below 1995 JabberwockKyton Planes of Law 1995 Kyuss Son of Monstrous Compendium Greyhawk Appendix 1990 Life Shaped Creations Guardians The Wanderer s Chronicle Windriders of the Jagged Cliffs 1995 Climbdog Darkstrike Protector Shieldbug and WatcherLife Shaped Creations Transport The Wanderer s Chronicle Windriders of the Jagged Cliffs 1995 Ber ethern Yihn eflan Gon evauth and Dhev sahrLillend Planes of Chaos 1994 Lycanthrope Werecrocodile Old Empires 1990 Lycanthrope WerespiderMagedoom Ruins of Zhentil Keep 1995 Manotaur Greyhawk Ruins 1990 Mastiff Shadow Tales of the Lance 1992 Meazel Monstrous Compendium Forgotten Realms Appendix 1989 Mist Scarlet Dancer Ruins of Zhentil Keep 1995 Needleman Fiend Folio 1981 Monstrous Compendium Greyhawk Appendix 1990 Orc Neo orog Spellbound 1995 Red and BlackOrc Ondonti Ruins of Zhentil Keep 1995 Owlbear Dragon No 215 1995 Arctic and WingedPegataur Mystara Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1994 Phaerimm Anauroch 1991 Netheril Empire of Magic 1996 Reggelid The Wanderer s Chronicle Windriders of the Jagged Cliffs 1995 Render Ruins of Zhentil Keep 1995 Saurial Monstrous Compendium Forgotten Realms Appendix II 1991 Finhead Bladeback Flyer and HornheadScalamagdrion Pages from the Mages 1995 Sharn Ruins of Undermountain 1991 Netheril Empire of Magic 1996 Also named blackclaws fhaorn quessir shiftshades simmershadows or skulkingdeathsSnake Messenger Ruins of Zhentil Keep 1995 Spirit Forest Uthraki Spellbound 1995 Spirit Forest Wood Man Spellbound 1995 Spirit Ice Orglash Spellbound 1995 Spirit Rock Thomil Spellbound 1995 Strider Giant Fiend Folio 1981 Monstrous Compendium Forgotten Realms Appendix 1989 Tanar ri Greater Goristo Planes of Chaos 1994 Tanar ri Lesser Armanite Planes of Chaos 1994 Tembo Dark Sun Boxed Set 1991 Temporal Glider Chronomancer 1995 Ray like creature that glides freely on Temporal Prime Temporal Stalker Chronomancer 1995 Undead trying to destroy creatures not native to Temporal Prime Tether Beast Chronomancer 1995 Fierce intelligent and evil predator that resembles a behir Thessalmonster Monstrous Compendium Forgotten Realms Appendix 1989 Thessalhydra Thessalmera Thessalgorgon and ThessaltriceTime Dimensional Monster Manual II 1983 as Time elemental Chronomancer 1995 Common Noble and Royal Highly intelligent being composed of the essence of time and appearing as a sphere of silver light Tomb Tapper Thaalud Anauroch 1991 Netheril Empire of Magic 1996 Undead Dragon Slayer Dragon No 205 1994 Unicorn Black Spellbound 1995 Vaath Planes of Conflict 1995 Vortex Spider Chronomancer 1995 12 feet long spider spinning invisible webs of temporal energy Web Living Monstrous Compendium Forgotten Realms Appendix 1989 Living and MemoryWeredragonZhentarim Spirit Ruins of Zhentil Keep 1995 TSR 2173 Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Four 1998 ISBN 0 7869 1212 XThis 96 page soft bound book contains creatures appearing in various TSR publications magazines game accessories etc Unlike the previous annuals the included monsters are not primarily drawn from the previous year s publications but span a wide variety of years possibly because TSR s financial woes resulted in very few products being produced in 1997 Also in a departure from the first three annuals Volume Four includes a reference to the original appearance of the creature on each page The Annual also contains a 3 page How to Use This Book section which includes updated tables for the calculation of experience points awarded for defeating various creatures and a 2 page index Creature Other appearances Variants DescriptionAmmonite Golden Dragon No 48 1981 Monstrous Compendium Forgotten Realms Appendix 1991 Anemone Giant Sea Dragon No 116 1986 Monstrous Compendium Dragonlance Appendix 1990 Tales of the Lance 1992 Dungeon No 79 2000 Asperii Dragon No 89 1984 Monstrous Compendium Volume Three Forgotten Realms Appendix 1989 1991 Trading Card 622 Monster Manual II 2002 Bainligor Dragon No 227 1996 Young Adult Middle aged Elderly ReveredBeast of Chaos The Rod of Seven Parts 1996 Blindheim Fiend Folio 1981 Dragon No 339 2006 Normal and AdvancedBloodsipper Far Realm The Gates of Firestorm Peak 1996 Bulette Gohlbrorn Dragon Annual No 1 1996 The Illithiad 1998 Subterranean predator a smaller more intelligent relative of the bulette Carapace Dragon No 227 1996 An aggressive mobile fungus reviewer Philippe Tessier counted the carapace among those critters which never stopped moving him 153 Children of the Sea Taladas The Minotaurs 1991 Bestiary of Krynn 2004 Bestiary of Krynn Revised 2007 Child of the Sea and Accantus Human like aquatic race that reproduces with humans Accanta are wild and aggressive versions of the children of the sea that possess additional powers Clam Giant Dragon No 116 1986 Dragon No 190 1993 Tome of Horrors 2002 Giant Clam Oyster and Carnivorous ScallopClockwork Horror Monstrous Compendium Spelljammer Appendix 1990 1993 Trading Card No 222 Monster Manual II 2002 Adamantine Electrum Gold Platinum Dragon No 350 The Ecology of the Clockwork Horror 2006 Copper Copper Silver Electrum Gold Platinum and AdamantiteClockwork Swordsman Dungeon No 62 1996 Savage Coast Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1996 Clockwork Swordsman and Rogue AutomatonCoral Dragon No 116 1986 Brain Coral Nehwon 1990 Death Coral and Giant Coral Brain Coral and Coral WormDarklore Hellbound The Blood War 1996 Dharculus Far Realm The Gates of Firestorm Peak 1996 A Guide to the Ethereal Plane 1998 Planar Handbook 2004 Dolphin Athasian Wanderer s Chronicle Mind Lords of the Last Sea 1996 Dragon Neutral Moonstone NoneDragon Prismatic Dungeon No 51 1995 Ranked among the strongest monsters in the game by Scott Baird from Screen Rant In its eldest version it represents the ultimate challenge for any party of adventurers though it would easily dispose of all but the most insanely overleveled groups 53 Dragon Kin Albino Wyrm Dragon No 227 1996 Dream Stalker Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft Appendix 1991 Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium Appendices I amp II 1996 Requiem The Grim Harvest 1996 Denizens of Darkness 2002 Denizens of Dread 2004 Firestar Dragon No 94 1985 Monstrous Compendium Volume Three Forgotten Realms Appendix 1989 1991 Trading Card 686 Sword of the Dales 1995 Fish Ascallion Dragon No 89 1984 Monstrous Compendium Volume Three Forgotten Realms Appendix 1989 Young Adult Female and Adult Male Shadow Fish Athasian Wanderer s Chronicle Mind Lords of the Last Sea 1996 Kreel Puddingfish Skyfish and Athasian SharkFish Deep Ocean Dragon No 235 1996 Angler Fish Death Minnow Gulper and ViperfishFish Tropical Dragon No 116 1986 Giant Grouper Morena Porcupine Fish and Electric RayFish Vurgens Giant Gulper Eel Dragon No 89 1984 Monstrous Compendium Volume Three Forgotten Realms Appendix 1989 Fogwarden Dungeon No 54 1995 Tome of Horrors 2002 Fraal Alternity Player s Handbook 1998 Alien Compendium Creatures of the Verge 1998 d20 Future 2004 Giant Crag Giant Fhoimorien Warlock of the Stonecrowns 1995 Fhoimorien Wanderer s Chronicle Mind Lords of the Last Sea 1996 Crag Giant Crag Giant and FhoimorienGibberling Brood Far Realm The Gates of Firestorm Peak 1996 Golem Brass Minotaur Dragon No 209 1994 Monster Manual II 2002 D amp D Miniatures Night Below 2 2007 Golem Gemstone Spellbound 1995 Monsters of Faerun 2001 Ruby Emerald and DiamondGolem Maggot Requiem The Grim Harvest 1996 Dragon 339 2006 Groundling Polyhedron No 93 1994 Monsters of Faerun 2001 Hound of Law The Rod of Seven Parts 1996 Human Amazon Dragon No 43 1980 Polyhedron No 22 1985 Demihuman Amazons NPC variant Human Pygmy Dungeon No 56 1995 NPC variant Inquisitor Monstrous Compendium Forgotten Realms Appendix 1991 Dragon No 352 2007 Kercpa Dragon No 214 1995 Lycanthrope Lythari Elves of Evermeet 1994 Monsters of Faerun 2001 Mercurial Doors to the Unknown 1996 Mold Chromatic Dragon Annual No 1 1996 Chromatic and Sonic Mold In the artificial dungeon environment of the game molds function as a clean up crew 1 Mummy Bog Requiem The Grim Harvest 1996 Dragon 238 1997 Dragon 300 2002 Dragon Compendium Volume 1 2005 Neh thalggu Brain Collector Far Realm Castle Amber 1981 Creature Catalogue 1986 Creature Catalog 1993 Monstrous Compendium Mystara Appendix 1994 Epic Level Handbook 2002 Dungeon No 144 2007 Nymph Grain Taladas The Minotaurs 1991 Cultivated relatives of the nymph associated with farmlandNymph Unseelie NoneOctopus Octo jelly Dragon No 235 1996 Octo jelly and Octo HideSea Demon Dragon No 48 1981 Lesser and GreaterSea Hermit Savage Coast Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1996 A giant hermit crab that has mage spells reviewer Philippe Tessier counted this monster among those critters which never stopped moving him 153 Sea Serpent Sea Glutton Savage Coast Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1996 Sea Worm Echyan Savage Coast Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1996 Shade Monster Manual II 1983 Dragon No 126 The Ecology of the Shade 1987 Dragon No 213 1995 Powers amp Pantheons 1997 Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 2001 Races of Faerun 2003 Dragon No 307 2003 Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide 2008 Humans or demihumans imbued with the essence of the Plane of Shadow For reviewer Philippe Tessier a monster in the spirit of Fiend Folio 153 Shadow Slow Mordenkainen s Fantastic Adventure 1984 Monstrous Compendium Greyhawk Appendix 1990 Dungeon No 112 2004 Shadowrath City of Splendors 1994 Lesser and GreaterSiren Ravenloft Requiem The Grim Harvest 1996 A decomposed species of mermaid reviewer Philippe Tessier counted the Ravenloft siren among those critters which never stopped moving him 153 Skeleton Variant Dragon No 234 1996 Dust Spike and Obsidian SkeletonsSnake Sewerm Mahogany Constrictor City of Splendors 1994 Sewerm The Sword of Roele 1996 Mahogany Constrictor Serpent Kingdoms 2004 Sewerm Sewerm and Mahogany ConstrictorSpectral Scion The Rjurik Highlands 1996 Spyder Fiend The Rod of Seven Parts 1996 Kakkuu Spithriku Phisarazu Lycosidilith and RaklupisSquid Shark Wanderer s Chronicle Mind Lords of the Last Sea 1996 Starfish Giant Giant Sunstar Ship of Horror 1991 Tanar ri Lesser Uridezu Rat Fiend Marco Volo Departure 1994 Manual of the Planes 2001 Troll Mutate Far Realm The Gates of Firestorm Peak 1996 Troll Mutate and Matriarch MutateVaati Wind Duke Dragon No 224 1995 The Rod of Seven Parts 1996 Vampire Cerebral Bleak House The Death of Rudolph van Richten 1996 Denizens of Darkness 2002 Varkha Dragon Annual No 1 1996 Wizshade Monstrous Compendium Spelljammer Appendix 1990 Volo s Guide to All Things Magical 1996 Worm Lukhorn Dragon Annual No 1 1996 Wyste Far Realm The Gates of Firestorm Peak 1996 Speaker in Dreams 2001 Monster Manual II 2002 Yugoloth Lesser Gacholoth Dungeon No 49 1994 Zombie Mud Death Ascendant 1996 Denizens of Dread 2004 TSR 2433 Dark Sun Monstrous Compendium Appendix II Terrors Beyond Tyr 1995 EditTSR 2433 Dark Sun Monstrous Compendium Appendix II Terrors Beyond Tyr 1995 ISBN 0 7869 0097 0This 128 page soft bound book is the second appendix to the Monstrous Compendium series designed for use with the Dark Sun campaign setting for the second edition of the Advanced Dungeons amp Dragons game It contains a page with a table of content a 2 pages How To Use This Book section and 3 pages of random encounter charts with the remainder consisting of the descriptions of the fictional monsters Some entries also contain the descriptions of individual members of these monster types Creature Other appearances Variants DescriptionAarakocra AthasianAnimal Domestic Aprig Carru Mulworm and SygraAviaragBaazragBaazrag BoneclawBloodgrassCactus HuntingCactus RockCilopsCrodlu Dune Trader 1992 Cordlu and Heavy CrodluDagorranDhaotDrake Lesser General Drake Magma Drake Rain Drake Silt Drake SunDray City by the Silt Sea 1994 Dray Kalin Riders and Kalin Mount Race of tall lean draconic humanoids created from humans by Dregoth the Undead Dragon King kalin riders elite templar troops of Dregoth kalin mount 12 foot long 3 7 m aggressive insectoid creatures used as mounts by kalin ridersDrik Drik and High DrikDune Reaper Drone Warrior and MatronDwarf AthasianElemental Beast General Elemental Beast Air Elemental Beast Earth Elemental Beast Fire Elemental Beast WaterElf Elf and Half Elf of Athas In the post apocalyptic setting of Athas elves are nomadic desert runners rather than the more common image of forest dwellers 69 FaelFeylaarFordorranGiant ShadowGolem General Golem Magma Golem SaltGorak Gorak and Giant GorakHalf giantHalflingHuman Ex slaves Herdsmen Dune Traders Ex gladiators Nobles and TemplarsJhakarKaishargaKes trekelKlarKrag City by the Silt Sea 1994 Undead with special powers related to the element or paraelement that killed itKragling City by the Silt Sea 1994 Skeletal Undead created and controlled by a krag and associated with that krag s elementLirr Lirr and Mountain LirrMastyrial Desert and Black MastyrialMeortyMul Human dwarf descended sterile warriors 113 NikalPakubraziParaelemental Beast General Paraelemental Beast Magma Paraelemental Beast Rain Paraelemental Beast Silt Paraelemental Beast SunPsionocusPsurlon Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix III Psurlon Psurlon Adept and Giant PsurlonRaaigRacked SpiritRetriever ObsidianRuktoiRuvkova Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix III Brajeti Ethilum Kaltori ZathosiSand HowlerScorpion Barbed and Gold ScorpionSeed BrainSilt Horror BlackSilt Horror MagmaSilt Horror RedSilt Spawn City by the Silt Sea 1994 The young of a Silt Horror this tentacled creature lives in groups in the shallows of the Sea of SiltSligSpider Dark Mountain and Silt SpiderSpinewyrmSsurranStalking HorrorTarek Tarek and Tarek ShamanTari Tari Tari Warrior and Tari ChieftainThri kreen Praying mantis man with four arms and a poisonous bite 113 Tohr kreen J ez J hol T keech and Tondi Tohr kreenTrin Thri Kreen of Athas 1995 9 foot long 2 7 m moderately intelligent insectoid creatures with four legs and two clawed arms primitive relatives to thri kreenTul kT lizUndeadWraith AthasianXerichonZombie ThinkingTSR 2613 Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix II 1995 EditTSR 2613 Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix II 1995 ISBN 0 7869 0173 XThis was the second appendix to the Monstrous Compendium series designed for use with the Planescape campaign setting for the second edition of the Advanced Dungeons amp Dragons game The 128 page soft bound book contains a two page How to use this book section two pages of encounter tables for the different planes of the game and a one page alphabetical for all monsters entries published for the setting with the remainder consisting of the descriptions of the fictional monsters Creature Other appearances Variants DescriptionAasimar Celestials from the Outer Planes charming creatures protecting the universe against evil 130 AbrianArcane Spelljammer AD amp D Adventures In Space 1989 Monstrous Manual 1993 Astral dreadnought Manual of the Planes 1987 Manual of the Planes 2001 Manual of the Planes 2008 Mordenkainen s Tome of Foes 2018 Gargantuan creature with a single black eye gaping maw muscular forearms which end in pincer like claws and serpentine lower body Arcane considered these monsters to populate their periphery with true terror 137 Balaena Monstrous Compendium Outer Planes Appendix 1991 BloodthornBonespearDarkweaverDemaraxDhourEater of KnowledgeEladrin Celestials from the Outer Planes charming creatures protecting the universe against evil 130 Eladrin Bralani Lesser Eladring Coure Lesser Eladrin Firre Greater Eladrin Ghaele Greater Eladrin Noviere Lesser Eladrin Shiere Lesser Eladrin Tulani Greater FhorgeGhostlightGuardinal Powerful neutral good celestials 154 from Elysium each a humanoid with some animalistic characteristics Arcane magazine cites the culture of the guardinals as helping give the Planes a solid base of peoples 137 Guardinal Avoral Blood Wars Card Game 1995 Warriors of Heaven 1999 Monster Manual 2000 Savage Species 2003 Monster Manual 2003 Planar Handbook 2004 Guardinal Cervidal Blood Wars Card Game 1995 Warriors of Heaven 1999 Monster Manual II 2002 Guardinal Equinal Blood Wars Card Game 1995 Warriors of Heaven 1999 Book of Exalted Deeds 2003 Guardinal Leonal Blood Wars Card Game 1995 Warriors of Heaven 1999 Manual of the Planes 2001 Monster Manual 2003 Guardinal Lupinal Blood Wars Card Game 1995 Warriors of Heaven 1999 Monster Manual II 2002 Guardinal Ursinal Blood Wars Card Game 1995 Warriors of Heaven 1999 Book of Exalted Deeds 2003 Hollyphant In a review of Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix II for Arcane magazine the reviewer described hollyphants as mutant killer elephants with wings and felt that they were introduced to ensure that the planes maintain their very necessary bizarre flavour 137 Incantifer Sect IronmawKeeperKhaasta Normal Chieftain and Wise OneLeomarhMerkhant Sect Monster of LegendMortai Monstrous Compendium Outer Planes Appendix 1991 Noctral Monstrous Compendium Outer Planes Appendix 1991 ObserverProlongerQuillRager Sect RazorvineReaveRetriever Monstrous Compendium Fiend Folio Appendix 1992 RilmaniRilmani AbiorachRilmani ArgenachRilmani AurumachRilmani CuprilachRilmani FerrumachRilmani PlumachShadowdrakeSympatheticSpellhauntSpider HookSunflySword SpiritT uen Rin Monstrous Compendium Outer Planes Appendix 1991 Tanar ri Alkilith True Tanar ri Bulezau Lesser Tanar ri Maurezhi Lesser Tanar ri Yochlol Lesser The Drow of the Underdark 1991 as Yochlol TerlenTsoVaporighu Monstrous Compendium Outer Planes Appendix 1991 Vorr Normal and ShamanWastrelWraithwormYugoloth Canoloth Fiend distinguished by its sticky barbed tongue 132 TSR 2162 Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium Appendices I amp II 1996 EditTSR 2162 Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium Appendices I amp II 1996 ISBN 0 7869 0392 9This 128 page soft bound book is a reprint of the loose leaf Monstrous Compendium appendices MC10 and MC15 Children of the Night both designed for use with the Ravenloft campaign setting for the second edition of Advanced Dungeons amp Dragons game with a new foreword It also includes a two page How to use this book section revised rules for calculating experience points and two pages about encounters in Ravenloft Appendix I consists of the descriptions of the fictional monsters Appendix II varies the Monstrous Compendium format to describe individuals of already published monster races and includes a two page introduction with a list of monsters from other sources suitable for the Ravenloft setting Luis Javier Flores Arvizu named the continuous presence of supernatural beings as one of the factors that made Ravenloft a very well received role playing game setting during the 33 years of its existence 34 Creature Other appearances Variants DescriptionBastellus Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft Appendix 1991 Bat Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft Appendix 1991 Sentinel and Skeletal BatBowlyn Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft Appendix 1991 Broken Ones Monstrous Manual 1993 Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft Appendix 1991 Common and GreaterBussengeist Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft Appendix 1991 Darkling Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft Appendix 1991 Doom Guard Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft Appendix 1991 Doppelganger Plant Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft Appendix 1991 Doppelganger Plant and PodlingElemental Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft Appendix 1991 Blood Grave Mist and PyreErmordenung Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft Appendix 1991 Ghoul Lord Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft Appendix 1991 Goblyn Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft Appendix 1991 Golem Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft Appendix 1991 Monstrous Manual 1993 Bone Doll Gargoyle Glass Mechanical and ZombieGrim Reaper Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft Appendix 1991 Imp Assassin Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft Appendix 1991 Impersonator Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft Appendix 1991 Lycanthrope Werebat Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft Appendix 1991 Monstrous Manual 1993 Lycanthrope Wereraven Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft Appendix 1991 Monstrous Manual 1993 Men Abber Nomads Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft Appendix 1991 Men Lost Ones Madmen Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft Appendix 1991 Lost Ones and MadmenMist Horror Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft Appendix 1991 Common Wandering and PseudoMummy Greater Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft Appendix 1991 Monstrous Manual 1993 Mummy with additional priestly powers Based on the creature from Gothic fiction a typical denizen of the Ravenloft setting 34 Quevari Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft Appendix 1991 Quickwood Spy Tree Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft Appendix 1991 Ravenkin Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft Appendix 1991 Reaver Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft Appendix 1991 Scarecrow Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft Appendix 1991 Shadow Fiend Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft Appendix 1991 Planescape Monstrous Compendium AppendixSkeleton Giant Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft Appendix 1991 Monstrous Manual 1993 Strahd s Skeletal Steeds Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft Appendix 1991 Treant Evil Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft Appendix 1991 Treant Undead Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft Appendix 1991 Valpurgeist Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft Appendix 1991 Vampire General Information Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft Appendix 1991 Powerful and subtle undead sustained by drinking blood or draining life force Inspired by Bram Stoker as well as Gothic fiction more generally a typical monster for the horror setting of Ravenloft 2 34 Vampire Dwarf Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft Appendix 1991 Vampire Elf Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft Appendix 1991 Vampire Gnome Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft Appendix 1991 Vampire Halfling Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft Appendix 1991 Vampire Kender Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft Appendix 1991 Vampyre Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft Appendix 1991 Widow Red Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft Appendix 1991 Wolfwere Greater Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft Appendix 1991 Zombie Lord Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft Appendix 1991 Brain Living Rudolph Von Aubrecker Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft Appendix II Children of the Night 1993 AD amp D s version of a brain in a vat a functioning and aware brain removed from its body Tyler Linn of Cracked com included the idea among the 15 Most Idiotic Monsters In Dungeons amp Dragons History humorously commenting just kick it over who s going to know 56 Ermordenung Nostalia Romaine Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft Appendix II Children of the Night 1993 Ghoul Ghast Jugo Hesketh Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft Appendix II Children of the Night 1993 Golem Half Desmond LaRouce Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft Appendix II Children of the Night 1993 Inspired by Gothic fiction 34 Golem Mechanical Ahmi Vanjuko Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft Appendix II Children of the Night 1993 Inspired by Gothic fiction 34 Human Cursed Jacqueline Montarri Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft Appendix II Children of the Night 1993 Inspired by Gothic fiction cursed creatures are a typical example for the denizens of the Ravenloft setting 34 Human Madman The Midnight Slasher Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft Appendix II Children of the Night 1993 Human Voodan Chicken Bone Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft Appendix II Children of the Night 1993 Lich Bardic Andres Duvall Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft Appendix II Children of the Night 1993 Lycanthrope Weretiger Jahed Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft Appendix II Children of the Night 1993 Meazel Salizarr Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft Appendix II Children of the Night 1993 Medusa Althea Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft Appendix II Children of the Night 1993 Mummy Greater Senmet Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft Appendix II Children of the Night 1993 Night Hag Styrix Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft Appendix II Children of the Night 1993 Spectre Jezar Wagner The Ice Queen Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft Appendix II Children of the Night 1993 Thrax Palik Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft Appendix II Children of the Night 1993 Treant Evil Blackroot Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft Appendix II Children of the Night 1993 Vampire Illithid Athaekeetha Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft Appendix II Children of the Night 1993 Vampire Eastern Mayonaka Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft Appendix II Children of the Night 1993 Vampyre Vladimir Ludzig Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft Appendix II Children of the Night 1993 TSR 2524 Savage Coast Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1996 EditTSR 2524 Savage Coast Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1996 This monstrous compendium was released as a fully online product as part of the revised Savage Coast campaign setting for the second edition of the Advanced Dungeons amp Dragons game It was made freely available by Wizards of the Coast here 155 in two variants as a rtf file and a text file with images presented as separate files Several characters are misrepresented in these files they are presented here as given The monstrous compendium contains a table of contents an introduction with explanations of the monster statistics and special rules and considerations for the Savage Coast setting Creature Other appearances Variants DescriptionAranea Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Three 1996 Not to be confused with similar creature defined in Monstrous Compendium Mystara Appendix 1994 D amp D Expert Module X1 Isle of Dread D amp D Expert Module X2 Castle AmberArashaeemBatracineCaniquineCat MarineCinnavixenCritter TempleCursed OneDeathmareDragon Introduction Powerful and intelligent usually winged reptiles with magical abilities and breath weapon Dragon Crimson Dragon Red HawkEchyanEe aarEndukFachanFeliquineFiend NarvaezanFrelonGhriestGlutton SeaGoatmanGolem Aelder lesser Glassine Horror lesser Red greater and Hulean Juggernaut greater GrudglingHeraldic Servant Aurochs Bear Bee Dolphin Dragon Eagle Griffon Horse Lion Phoenix Ram Rooster Sea Horse Sea Lion Stag Black Swan Talbot Tyger Unicorn and WyvernHermit Sea Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Four A giant hermit crab that has mage spells reviewer Philippe Tessier counted this monster among those critters which never stopped moving him 153 JorriJuhrionKla a Tah Kla a tah and clSu rinLeech LegacyLich InheritorLizard Kin Cayma Gurrash Krolli and ShazakLupasusLupin Monstrous Compendium Mystara Appendix 1994 D amp D Expert Module X2 Castle AmberLyra Bird Sarag nMalferaManscorpion NimmurianMythu nn FolkNa ruk Monstrous Compendium Fiend Folio Appendix 1992 Stwinger Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume One 1994 as Faerie Petty Squeaker and Stwinger As a fairy creature considered among the standard repertoire of Monsters by Fabian Perlini Pfister 3 NeshezuNikt ooNosferatuOmm waOmshirimParasite Inheritor Lice Powder Moth Jibarœ Pest Lupin Plague Cardinal Tick and VermiliaPhanaton JibarœPlant Monstrous Compendium Mystara Appendix 1994 Amber Lotus D amp D Expert Module X2 Castle Amber Amber Lotus Amber Lotus Eyeweed Vermeil Fungus Scarlet Pimpernel and Gargo an RosePudding VermilionRakasta Monstrous Compendium Mystara Appendix 1994 D amp D Expert Module X1 Isle of Dread D amp D Expert Module X2 Castle AmberRay ForestShedu Greater Monstrous Manual 1993 Lawful good winged equine with human like head Based on a creature from Mesopotamian mythology 3 ShimmerfishSkinwingSpawn of Nimmur Spawn of Nimmur and Ziggurat HorrorSpider spySpirit HeroicSpirit Wallaran Kangaroo Koala and KookaburraSucculusSwampmareSwordsman Clockwork Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Four 1998 Symbiont ShadowTortle Monstrous Compendium Mystara Appendix 1994 Tortle and SnapperTroll LegacyTrosipTyminidUtukkuVoatVoat HerathianVulturehoundWallaraWurmlingWynzetYeshomZombie RedTSR 2635 Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix III 1998 EditTSR 2635 Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix III 1998 ISBN 0 7869 0751 7The third appendix to the Monstrous Compendium series designed for use with the Planescape campaign setting for the second edition of Advanced Dungeons amp Dragons focuses mainly on inhabitants of the inner planes in the game The 128 page soft bound book contains a two page How to use this book section ten pages about the fictional principles governing those planes and their ecology a 3 page appendix about animal like creatures there a 3 page index with all second edition monsters suitable for the Planescape setting with the remainder consisting of the descriptions of the fictional monsters Creature Other appearances Variants DescriptionAnimentalArchomental evil Imix Ogremoch Olhydra Yan C Bin and Cryonax Bosses on their respective planes 156 Ed Greenwood considered the Elemental Princes of Evil worthy additions to any campaign 123 Archomental good Ben Hadar Chan Sunnis and Zaaman Rul Bosses on their respective planes 156 BelkerBzastraChososionDarklightDeveteDevourer A giant skeleton that is holding a small figure prisoner in their ribcage this creature is highlighted by reviewer Kaneda for characters to steer away from 156 Dharum suhnEgarusEntrope Monsters crazy enough to gradually destroy the borders between the different planes 156 FacetFire batFrost salamander Monstrous Compendium Mystara Appendix 1994 Fundamental D amp D Expert Module X8 Drums on Fire Mountain Creature Catalogue Monstrous Compendium Mystara Appendix 1994 Gamorm Reviewer Kaneda called the gamorm a curiosity not to be disturbed under any circumstances a pretty little worm 8 long that lives in the Astral plane and feeds on the spirit of living beings it meets a horror all the more dangerous because it can use the powers of the people it has devoured 156 Homunculous elemental Breather and SkinImmothKhargra Monstrous Compendium Fiend Folio Appendix 1992 KlyndesMagranMenglisNathriOoze spriteOppositionParaelemental Ice Magma Ooze and SmokePhirblasQuillPrimalPsurlon Dark Sun Monstrous Compendium Appendix II Terrors Beyond Tyr 1995 Normal Adept and GiantQuasielemental negative Ash Dust Salt and VacuumQuasielemental positive Lightning Mineral Radiance and SteamRastRavidRuvkova Dark Sun Monstrous Compendium Appendix II Terrors Beyond Tyr 1995 Salamander noble Lesser and NobleScile Scile and Ravager of ColourShadShocker Monstrous Compendium Fiend Folio Appendix 1992 Contended One and SojournerSislanSuisseenTerithran Monstrous Compendium Fiend Folio Appendix 1992 ThoqquaTrillochTsnngUngulosinVacuousWavefireXag ya xeg yiXill Monstrous Compendium Fiend Folio Appendix 1992 TSR 3140 Birthright Blood Spawn Creatures of Light and Shadow 2000 EditTSR 3140 Birthright Blood Spawn Creatures of Light and Shadow 2000 This bestiary was planned for use with the Birthright campaign setting for the second edition of the Advanced Dungeons amp Dragons game The Birthright product line was suspended in 1998 before its completion so Blood Spawn was later published as an 83 page PDF file and made freely available here 157 The supplement focused mainly on monsters of the Shadow World the fictional dark twin dimension of the setting s world It contained a table of contents a 10 page introduction with an explanation of the monster statistics and special rules for the Shadow World descriptions of the fictional monsters which included tips for their use in a roleplaying campaign two roleplaying adventures and a 4 page appendix listing monsters from other sources fitting into the Shadow World Creature Other appearances Variants DescriptionBlood HoundChangeling Farie Adult human and Child human changelingCwn AnnwnThe DispossessedFaerie Seelie Seelie Faerie Faerie Queen Deceiver Innocent Helper Protector and Trickster Fairy creatures were considered among the standard repertoire of Monsters by Fabian Perlini Pfister 3 Faerie Unseelie Dark Queen Living Evil Faerie and Undead Faerie Fairy creatures were considered among the standard repertoire of Monsters by Fabian Perlini Pfister 3 Halfling Shadow World Domain Lord Slave and Freedom FighterMinion of the Lost Halfling Spawn Masetian Spawn and Orog SpawnSeemerSeeming WalkerShadeShadow SteedShadow WarriorThe SluaghSpectral AwnsheghWaffWild HuntWill O ShadowOther sources EditThis section lists fictional creatures for AD amp D 2nd Edition from various sources not explicitly dedicated to presenting monsters Primarily these are the separate sourcebooks and expansions for the Forgotten Realms Al Qadim and other campaign settings produced by TSR Spelljammer Edit TSR1049 Spelljammer AD amp D Adventures In Space 1989 The Spelljammer AD amp D Adventures in Space Spelljammer campaign setting boxed set contained 11 new creatures in the standard Monstrous Compendium format on pages 67 86 of the Lorebook of the Void ISBN 0 88038 762 9 Creature Other appearances Variants DescriptionArcane The Monstrous Manual 1993 as Arcane Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix II 1995 as Arcane Beholder Monstrous Manual 1993 Beholder and Hive Mother Orbus by reference only Beholder Orbus and Hive Mother A large orb dominated by a central eye and a large toothy maw with 10 smaller eyes on tops sprouting from the top of the orb the large eye negates all magic and the smaller eyes cause a variety of magical effects A creature that looks at you and is destroying you by the power of its magical eyes 24 A terrible beast but depicted as a cuddly rosy ball with too many eyes 25 DraconDragon Radiant Celestial ElmarinEphemeral Ephemeral HostGiff Monstrous Manual 1993 Kindori Space Whale Krajen Immature and AdultNeogi Monstrous Manual 1993 Neogi Great Old Master and ReaverScavver Gray Brown Night and VoidTSR9280 Lost Ships 1990 The Spelljammer game accessory Lost Ships by Ed Greenwood contained several new creatures on pages 84 96 ISBN 0 88038 831 5 Creature Other appearances Variants DescriptionBeholder Undead Death Tyrant Monstrous Manual 1993 Beholder Eater Thagar Grimmgobbler Flow BarnacleLich Arch Monsters of Faerun 2001 Men WonderseekerNeogi Undead Old MasterSarphardin Watcher Shadowsponge Air Stealer SpacewormTinkerer Giant Bubble TSR1065 The Legend of Spelljammer 1991 The Legend of Spelljammer boxed set added four new creatures on pages 60 64 of The Grand Tour sourcebook ISBN 1 56076 083 4 Creature Other appearances Variants DescriptionKasharin Monstrous Manual 1993 as Beholder reference only K r r rLich MasterShivak Common and GuardianTSR9409 Krynnspace 1993 The Spelljammer game accessory Krynnspace by Jean Rabe contained two new creatures ISBN 1 56076 560 7 Creature Other appearances Variants DescriptionGiant Bosk Savage 19 foot tall 5 8 m giants native to the bogs of the fictional planet Chislev Giant Swamp 16 foot tall 4 9 m giants living in hunter gatherer villages in the swamps of Chislev Forgotten Realms Edit TSR1060 Ruins of Undermountain 1991 Edit The Forgotten Realms Ruins of Undermountain boxed set included 8 unnumbered 5 hole punched loose leaf pages of creature descriptions in Monstrous Compendium format ISBN 1 56076 061 3 Creature Other appearances Variants DescriptionBeholder Elder Orb Monstrous Manual 1993 Black Spine 1994 I Tyrant 1996 Lords of Madness 2005 Beholder kin Death Kiss Monstrous Manual 1993 Black Spine 1994 I Tyrant 1996 Monsters of Faerun 2001 Lords of Madness 2005 Dragon Compendium Volume 1 2005 Darktentacles Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Two 1995 Monster Manual II 2002 Ibrandlin Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Three 1996 Priest s Spell Compendium Volume One 1999 Monsters of Faerun 2001 Scaladar Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Two 1995 City of Splendors Waterdeep 2005 Sharn Netheril Empire of Magic 1996 Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Three 1996 Monsters of Faerun 2001 Anauroch The Empire of the Shade 2007 Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide 2008 Slithermorph NoneSnakes Flying Races of Faerun 2003 Flying Fang and DeathfangSteel Shadow NoneWatchghost Wizard s Spell C, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library, article, read, download, free, free download, mp3, video, mp4, 3gp, jpg, jpeg, gif, png, picture, music, song, movie, book, game, games. |