List of Monsters

This section will contain a comprehensive catalog of creatures and adversaries for use in System 5 campaigns.

Monster Organization

Monsters are organized by:

• Challenge Rating: From CR 0 to CR 30+
• Type: Aberration, Beast, Celestial, Construct, Dragon, Elemental, Fey, Fiend, Giant, Humanoid, Monstrosity, Ooze, Plant, Undead
• Environment: Aquatic, Arctic, Cave, Coast, Desert, Forest, Grassland, Mountain, Swamp, Underground, Urban
• Role: Brute, Skirmisher, Controller, Artillery, Defender, Support

Monster Types

Aberrations

Alien beings from beyond reality, often with bizarre anatomy and psionic powers.

Beasts

Natural animals and creatures without supernatural abilities.

Celestials

Good-aligned creatures from upper planes, including angels and other divine beings.

Constructs

Animated objects and artificial creatures, including golems and animated armor.

Dragons

Ancient, powerful reptilian creatures with breath weapons and innate magic.

Elementals

Beings of pure elemental matter from the elemental planes.

Fey

Magical creatures from the Feywild, including pixies, sprites, and hags.

Fiends

Evil creatures from the lower planes, including demons and devils.

Giants

Towering humanoids with incredible strength, including hill giants, frost giants, and more.

Humanoids

Mortals including humans, elves, orcs, and other civilized species.

Monstrosities

Frightening creatures of unnatural origin, including chimeras and manticores.

Oozes

Amorphous creatures that dissolve organic matter.

Plants

Animated vegetation and fungal creatures.

Undead

Creatures animated by necromantic energy, including zombies, skeletons, and vampires.

Quick Reference by Challenge Rating

CR 0 - CR 1/4

Awakened shrub, bat, cat, commoner, crab, deer, frog, giant fire beetle, goat, hawk, homunculus, hyena, jackal, lemure, lizard, octopus, owl, quipper, rat, raven, scorpion, sea horse, shrieker, spider, vulture, weasel

Bandit, blood hawk, camel, cultist, flying snake, giant crab, giant rat, giant weasel, guard, kobold, mastiff, merfolk, monodrone, mule, needle blight, panther, pixie, poisonous snake, pony, skeleton, smoke mephit, stirge, tribal warrior, twig blight, violet fungus, wolf, zombie

CR 1/2 - CR 1

Ape, black bear, cockatrice, crocodile, darkmantle, duodrone, dust mephit, gas spore, giant goat, giant sea horse, giant wasp, gnoll, gray ooze, hobgoblin, ice mephit, jackalwere, kenku, lizardfolk, magma mephit, magmin, myconid sprout, orc, piercer, reef shark, rust monster, sahuagin, satyr, scout, shadow, swarm of bats, swarm of rats, thug, tridrone, vine blight, worg

Animated armor, brass dragon wyrmling, brown bear, bugbear, copper dragon wyrmling, death dog, dire wolf, dryad, duergar, faerie dragon, fire snake, ghoul, giant eagle, giant hyena, giant octopus, giant spider, giant toad, giant vulture, goblin boss, half-ogre, harpy, hippogriff, imp, quadrone, quaggoth spore servant, scarecrow, specter, spy, swarm of quippers, thorny, tiger, Yuan-ti pureblood

CR 2 - CR 5

CR 2: Allosaurus, ankheg, azer, bandit captain, berserker, black dragon wyrmling, bronze dragon wyrmling, carrion crawler, cult fanatic, ettercap, gargoyle, gelatinous cube, ghast, giant boar, giant constrictor snake, giant elk, gibbering mouther, green dragon wyrmling, griffon, merrow, mimic, minotaur skeleton, ochre jelly, ogre, pentadrone, polar bear, priest, rhinoceros, rug of smothering, saber-toothed tiger, sea hag, silver dragon wyrmling, swarm of poisonous snakes, wererat, white dragon wyrmling, will-o'-wisp

CR 3-5: Basilisk, bearded devil, blue dragon wyrmling, doppelganger, giant scorpion, green hag, hell hound, knight, manticore, minotaur, mummy, nightmare, owlbear, phase spider, veteran, werewolf, wight, winter wolf

Air elemental, banshee, barbed devil, bulette, chuul, couatl, earth elemental, fire elemental, flesh golem, giant crocodile, gladiator, gorgon, half-red dragon veteran, hill giant, lamia, otyugh, red dragon wyrmling, roper, salamander, shambling mound, triceratops, troll, unicorn, vampire spawn, water elemental, wraith, xorn

Chimera, cyclops, drider, ettin, invisible stalker, mage, medusa, succubus/incubus, wyvern, young white dragon

Notable Monsters

(This section will be expanded with detailed monster statistics)

Dragons

The most iconic and powerful creatures in fantasy, dragons come in many varieties with different breath weapons and abilities.

Undead

From mindless zombies to cunning vampires, undead creatures pose varied threats.

Giants

Towering threats with immense strength and unique cultural traditions.

Demons and Devils

Fiendish creatures from the lower planes, locked in eternal conflict.

Using This List

Game Masters should select monsters appropriate to:

• Party Level: Use CR as a guideline for appropriate challenges
• Environment: Choose creatures that fit the setting
• Narrative: Select monsters that serve the story
• Variety: Mix different types for interesting encounters