Monsters #

Monsters are any Non-Player Characters (NPCs) involved in combat. Monsters are not as mechanically fleshed out as Player Characters (PCs): they don’t have classes, don’t gain levels. They have two main traits: their hit dice (HD), and any special attacks they may have. Hit dice determine their power level, with 1HD being roughly equivalent to (or maybe slightly under-powered from) a 1st level character.

Poor rolls are activities that are awkward for that creature, or that they are not designed to do. Proficient rolls are things they are used to doing regularly, like attacks. Good rolls are for the things they specialize in or are known for being especially good at. Like a giant’s strength, or a tiger’s stealth, or a signature attack.

Dmg describes the number of damage dice across all attacks in a round. Can be all in a single attack or spread across several attacks. For example 3d8 dmg/round can be a single attack for 3d8, or an attack of 1d8 and an attack of 2d8.

The number of special abilities is just a suggestion, but try to keep them within the theme of the monster. Some abilities shouldn’t be used on monsters commonly encountered before PCs have the tools to deal with them, such as permanent ability drain.

Table 46: Monster Stats by HD #

HD	HP	Poor	Prof	Good	Dmg/Round	# Specials
1/4	1	-2	+2	+2	1d4	0-1
1/2	2	-2	+2	+2	1d6	0-1
1	4	-2	+2	+3	1d8	0-1
2	9	-2	+2	+3	1d10	0-1
3	13	-2	+2	+3	2d6	0-1
4	18	-1	+2	+4	2d8	0-1
5	23	-1	+3	+5	2d10	1-2
6	27	-1	+3	+5	3d6	1-2
7	32	-1	+3	+5	3d8	1-2
8	36	-1	+3	+5	3d8+1	1-2
9	41	0	+4	+7	3d8+2	1-3
10	45	0	+4	+7	3d8+3	1-3
11	50	0	+4	+7	3d10	1-3
12	54	0	+4	+7	3d10+1	1-3
13	59	0	+5	+8	3d10+2	2-4
14	63	+1	+5	+9	3d10+3	2-4
15	68	+1	+5	+9	4d6	2-4
16	72	+1	+5	+9	4d6+1	2-4
17	77	+1	+6	+10	4d6+2	2-5
18	81	+1	+6	+10	4d6+3	2-5
19	86	+2	+6	+11	4d8	2-5
20	90	+2	+6	+11	4d8+1	2-5
21	95	+2	+7	+12	4d8+2	2-6

Table 47: Monster Specials #

Special	Min HD	Description
Ability Drain	-	Save or temporarily lose 1d6 of that ability
Area of Effect	5	10’/2HD cone or 5’/2HD sphere or 10’/2HD line, damage 1d6/2HD, save for half
Blood Drain	-	Successfully attacked creatures in touch range lose 1 die damage per round
Charge	-	As per the combat maneuver
Condition	-	Save or get condition (poison, paralysis, confusion) on successful attack
Construct	-	Unharmed by gas; unaffected by charm, hold, and sleep spells.
Damage resistance	-	Half or no damage to certain damage types
Division	3	Attacking with edged weapons produces 2HD clones of the monster
Diseased	-	On a crit, target must Con save or be diseased
Energy Drain	3	Permanently lose several HD worth of hit points
Infravision	-	Can see in the dark short range
Lycanthrope	3	Has human form, Mundane damage immunity, Summon 1d2 animals, wolfsbane forces Cha save or flee, Losing 1/2 total HP to lycanthrope attacks contracts infection
Movement	-	Gain a fly/swim/burrow/hover, etc speed
Multiattack	3	1 extra attack per 3HD (+1 die to Dmg/Round)
Permanent Ability Drain	5	Save or permanently lose 1d6 of that ability
Regeneration	-	Regain hit points per round unless damaged by fire
Resistance	-	+2 to saving throws
Spellcasting	-	Know 2 spells
Swallow Whole	5	Swallow whole on crit, digesting is 1d4/round, daggers damage inside
Tenacious	-	Immune to morale effects
Trample	-	Advantage against creatures in touch range the the start of the turn
Undead	-	Immune to effects that affect living creatures and mind-affecting spells, curing is reversed

Table 47: Monster List A #

Monster	HD	AC	MV	Special
Acolyte	1	16	30'	Tenacious
Acolyte, Leader	3	17	30'	Spellcasting, Tenacious
Ape, White	4	12	40'

Table 49: Monster List B #

Monster	HD	AC	MV	Special
Bandit	1	12	30'
Basilisk	6	14	10'	Petrify
Bat	1/4	13	60'	Fly, Confusion
Bat, Giant	2	13	60'	Fly
Bat, Vampire	2	13	60'	Unconsciousness, Blood drain 1d4
Bear, Black	4	13	40'	Multiattack
Bear, Grizzly	5	14	40'	Multiattack
Bear, Polar	6	13	40'	Multiattack
Beetle, Fire	1	14	30'
Beetle, Oil	2	14	30'	Blistering, 10'
Beetle, Tiger	3	15	30'
Berserker	1	11	30'	Tenacious
Black Pudding	10	12	20'	Non-fire immunity, Division
Blink Dog	4	13	40'	Teleport
Boar	3	11	50'	Tenacious
Brigand, Cavalier	1	16	30'
Brigand, Footman	1	14	30'
Brigand, Leader	2	18	30'
Brigand, Commander	4	18	30'
Buccaneer	1	12	30'
Buccaneer, Bosun	2	14	30'
Buccaneer, Captain	7	14	30'
Bugbear	3	13	30'	Multiattack

Table 50: Monster List C #

Monster	HD	AC	MV	Special
Caecilia	6	12	20'	Swim, Swallow Whole
Camel	2	11	50'
Carcass Crawler	3	11	40'	Paralysis
Cat, Lion	5	12	50'
Cat, Mountain Lion	3	12	50'
Cat, Panther	4	14	70'
Cat, Sabre-Toothed Tiger	8	12	50'
Cat, Tiger	6	12	50'	Camouflage
Cave Locust	2	14	60'	Multiattack, Sickness
Centaur	4	13	60'
Centaur, young	2	13	60'
Centipede, Giant	1	10	20'	Poison
Chimera	9	14	60'	Fl 90’y, Cone of fire 3x/day
Cockatrice	5	12	60'	Fly 90’, Petrification
Crab, Giant	3	16	20'	Multiattack
Crocodile, Giant	15	17	30'	Swim, Swallow whole
Crocodile, Large	6	16	30'	Swim
Crocodile, Normal	2	13	30'	Swim
Cyclops	13	13	30'	Curse 1x/week

Table 51: Monster List D #

Monster	HD	AC	MV	Special
Dervish	1	14	30'
Djinni (Lesser)	7	13	30'	Fly 90’, Spells: Invisibilty, Gaseous form, Illusions, Conjure metals and soft goods
Doppelgänger	4	13	30'	Shape Stealing
Dragon, Black	7	16	30'	Fly 80’, 60’ Line acid, 4 arcane spells, Tenacious
Dragon, Blue	9	18	30'	Fly 80’, 100’ Line lightning, 8 arcane spells, Tenacious
Dragon, Gold	11	20	30'	Fly 80’, 90’ Cone fire or poison, 12 arcane spells, Tenacious
Dragon, Green	8	17	30'	Fly 80’, Sphere poison, 6 arcane spells, Tenacious
Dragon, Red	10	19	30'	Fly 80’, 90’ Cone of fire, 9 arcane spells, Tenacious
Dragon, Sea	8	17	-	Swim/glide 60’, 20’ sphere poison, 6 arcane spells, Tenacious
Dragon, White	6	15	30'	Fly 80’, 80’ Cone of cold, 3 arcane spells, Tenacious
Dragon Turtle	30	20	10'	Swim 30’, 90’x30’ Cylinder of steam
Driver Ant	4	15	60'
Dryad	2	13	40'	Tree meld, charm
Dwarf	1	14	20'

Table 52: Monster List E #

Monster	HD	AC	MV	Special
Efreeti (Lesser)	10	15	30'	Fly 80’, Mundane damage immunity, invisibility, illusion, wall of fire, confire metals and soft goods
Elemental, Air	12	17	-	Fly 120’, Mundane dmg immunity, Whirlwind, harm flying creatures +1d8
Elemental, Greater Air	16	20	-	Fly 120’, Mundane dmg immunity, Whirlwind, harm flying creatures +1d8
Elemental, Lesser Air	8	16	-	Fly 120’, Mundane dmg immunity, Whirlwind, harm flying creatures +1d8
Elemental, Earth	12	17	20'	Mundane dmg immunity, Blocked by water, Harm creatures on ground +1d8
Elemental, Greater Earth	16	20	20'	Mundane dmg immunity, Blocked by water, Harm creatures on ground +1d8
Elemental, Lesser Earth	8	16	20'	Mundane dmg immunity, Blocked by water, Harm creatures on ground +1d8
Elemental, Fire	12	17	40'	Mundane dmg immunity, Blocked by water, Harm cold-based creatures +1d8
Elemental, Greater Fire	16	20	40'	Mundane dmg immunity, Blocked by water, Harm cold-based creatures +1d8
Elemental, Lesser Fire	8	16	40'	Mundane dmg immunity, Blocked by water, Harm cold-based creatures +1d8
Elemental, Water	12	17	20'	Swim 60’, Mundane dmg immunity, Water-bound, Harm creatures in water +1d8
Elemental, Greater Water	16	20	20'	Swim 60’, Mundane dmg immunity, Water-bound, Harm creatures in water +1d8
Elemental, Lesser Water	8	16	20'	Swim 60’, Mundane dmg immunity, Water-bound, Harm creatures in water +1d8
Elephant	9	13	40'	Charge, Trample
Elf	1	13	30'	Spellcasting

Table 53: Monster List F #

Monster	HD	AC	MV	Special
Ferret, Giant	1	13	50'
Fish, Giant Bass	2	11	-	Swim 40'
Fish, Giant Catfish	8	14	-	Swim 30’, Swallow whole
Fish, Giant Piranha	3	12	-	Swim 50’, Swarm 8-on-1
Fish, Giant Rockfish	5	11	-	Swim 60’, Poison spines (Con Save or die)
Fish, Giant Sturgeon	10	18	-	Swim 60’, Swallow whole

Table 54: Monster List G #

Monster	HD	AC	MV	Special
Gargoyle	4	13	30'	Fly 50’, mundane damage immunity, immune to sleep & charm
Gelatinous Cube	4	10	20'	Str save or paralysis 1d4 turns, cold & lightning immunity
Ghoul	2	12	30'	Paralysis 1d4 turns, Undead
Giant, Cloud	12	14	40'	Keen senses, Long range boulder throwing 3d6
Giant, Fire	11	14	40'	Fire immunity, Long range boulder throwing 3d6
Giant, Frost	10	14	40'	Cold immunity, Long range boulder throwing 3d6
Giant, Hill	8	14	40'
Giant, Stone	9	14	40'	Long range boulder throwing 3d6
Giant, Storm	15	16	50'	Summon storm, Lightning bolt, Lightning immunity
Gnoll	2	13	30'
Gnoll, Leader	3	13	30'
Gnome	1	13	20'	Infravision
Gnome, Bodyguard	3	13	20'	Infravision
Gnome, Chieftain	4	13	20'	Infravision, +1 to damage
Gnome, Leader	2	13	20'	Infravision
Goblin	1/2	12	20'	Infravision, hate the sun
Goblin, Bodyguard	2	12	20'	Infravision
Goblin King	3	12	20'	Infravision, +1 to damage
Golem, Amber	10	12	60'	Construct, Mundane damage immunity, perfect tracking, see invisibility
Golem, Bone	8	16	40'	Construct, Mundane damage immunity, Energy immunity, Multiattack
Golem, Bronze	20	18	80'	Construct, Mundane damage immunity, Fire immunity, Flaming blood Dex save or 2d6 dmg
Golem, Wood	2	11	40'	Construct, Mundane damage immunity, flammable
Gorgon	8	16	40'	Charge, Breath: 60’x10’ petrify
Grey Ooze	3	10	3'	Energy immunity, Acid destroys touched armor + 2d8 dmg
Green Slime	2	-	1'	Acid: destroys wood and armor, consume flesh over 6 rounds, becomes green slime Cold and fire immunity
Griffon	7	13	40'	Fly 120'

Table 55: Monster List H #

Monster	HD	AC	MV	Special
Halfling	1	11	30'
Halfling, Guard	2	11	30'
Harpy	3	11	20'	Fly 50’, Charm long range, Magic resistance
Hawk, Giant	3	12	-	Fly 150’, Swoop: charge, carry prey
Hawk, Normal	1/2	10	-	Fly 160’ Swoop: charge
Hellhound	5	14	40'	Fire breath: cone 60’ recharge 5-6, Fire immunity, See invisibilty short range
Hippogriff	3	13	60'	Fly 120'
Hobgoblin	1	12	30'
Hobgoblin, Bodyguard	4	12	30'
Hobgoblin, King	5	12	30'	+1 to damage
Horse, Draft	3	11	30'
Horse, Riding	2	11	80'
Horse, War	3	11	40'	Charge
Horse, Wild	2	11	80'	Stampede
Hydra	5	13	40'	+1 HD for each additional head

Table 56: Monster List I #

Monster	HD	AC	MV	Special
Insect Swarm	2	11	10'	Fly 20’, Immunity: everything except fire, cold, sleep
Invisible Stalker	8	15	40'	Perfect tracking, Invisibility

Table 57: Monster List K #

Monster	HD	AC	MV	Special
Killer Bee	1/2	11	__	Fly 50’, Poison, lodged stinger 1 dmg/round, Tenacious
Killer Bee Queen	2	11	–	Fly 50’, Poison, Tenacious
Kobold	1/2	11	20'	Infravision, Sneak Attack +1d6
Kobold, Bodyguard	1	11	20'	Infravision, Sneak Attack +1d6
Kobold, Chieftain	2	11	20'	Infravision, Sneak Attack +1d6

Table 58: Monster List L #

Monster	HD	AC	MV	Special
Leech, Giant	6	11	30'	Blood drain 1d6, detached only on death
Living Statue, Crystal	4	14	30'	Magical, Sleep immunity
Living Statue, Iron	4	16	10'	Magical, Sleep immunity, weapons may get stuck
Living Statue, Rock	5	14	20'	Magical, Sleep immunity, 2x Magma jet 2d6
Lizard, Giant Draco	4	13	40'	Glide 70'
Lizard, Giant Gecko	3	13	40'	Climb 40'
Lizard, Giant Horned Chameleon	5	16	40'	Camouflage, Sticky tongue 2d4 dmg, tail knock down
Lizard, Giant Tuatara	6	14	40'	Infravision
Lizard Man	2	13	20'	Swim 40'
Lycanthrope, Devil Swine	9	15	60'	Lycanthrope, Charm person 3x/day
Lycanthrope, Werebear	6	16	40'	Lycanthrope, Multiattack
Lycanthrope, Wereboar	4	14	50'	Lycanthrope, Battle rage: +2 to hit
Lycanthrope, Wererat	3	11	40'	Lycanthrope, Sneak attack +1d6
Lycanthrope, Weretiger	5	15	50'	Lycanthrope, Camouflage
Lycanthrope, Werewolf	4	13	60'	Lycanthrope

Table 59: Monster List M #

Monster	HD	AC	MV	Special
Manticore	6	14	40'	Fly 120’, Poison tail spikes
Mastodon	15	15	40'	Charge, Trample
Medium	1	10	30'	Spellcasting: 3 arcane spells
Medusa	4	10	30'	Petrifying gaze, Snake bites poisonous
Merchant	1	13	30'
Merman	3	12	-	Swim 40’, Water breathing
Minotaur	6	12	40'
Mule	1	11	40'
Mummy	5	15	20'	Undead, Cha save for paralyze with terror, Mummy rot on attack, Immune to everthing but magic & fire, half damage on everything

Table 60: Monster List N #

Monster	HD	AC	MV	Special
Neanderthal (Caveman)	2	10	40'
Nixie	1	11	40'	Charm, Bestow Water breathing, Summon giant bass
Noble	3	16	20'
Nomad	1	14	40'
Normal Human	1/2	10	30'

Table 60: Monster List O #

Monster	HD	AC	MV	Special
Ochre Jelly	5	10	10'	Immune to all but ice and fire, Division
Octopus, Giant	8	11	30'	Swim 30’ Constriction +1d3 dmg, Ink cloud makes darkness
Ogre	4	13	30'
Orc	1	12	40'	Hate the sun
Owl Bear	5	13	40'	Multiattack

Table 61: Monster List P #

Monster	HD	AC	MV	Special
Pegasus	2	12	80'	Fly 160'
Pirate	1	13	30'
Pixie	1	15	30'	Fly 60’, Invisibility
Pterosaur, Pteranodon	5	12	-	Fly 80'
Pterosaur, Pterodactyl	1	11	-	Fly 60'
Purple Worm	15	12	20'	Swallow whole, Poison: Con save or die

Table 62: Monster List R #

Monster	HD	AC	MV	Special
Rat, Giant	1/2	11	40'	Swim 20’, Diseased, Afraid of fire
Rat, Normal	1/4	10	40'	Swim 20’, Diseased, Afraid of fire
Rhagodessa	4	13	50'	Multiattack, Walk on walls
Rhinoceros	6	13	40'	Charge, Trample
Rhinoceros, Wooly	8	14	40'	Charge, Trample
Robber Fly	2	12	30'	Fly 90’, Charge, Poison immunity
Roc, Giant	36	18	20'	Fly 160’, Charse, Carray away prey
Roc, Large	12	16	20'	Fly 160’, Charse, Carray away prey
Roc, Normal	6	14	20'	Fly 160’, Charse, Carray away prey
Rock Baboon	2	12	40'
Rust Monster	5	16	40'	Metal that touches it rusts away

Table 63: Monster List S #

Monster	HD	AC	MV	Special
Salamander, Flame	8	16	40'	Fire & mundane damage immunity, 20’ heat aura 1d8/round
Salamander, Frost	12	15	40'	Cold & mundane damage immunity, 20’ cold aura 1d8/round
Scorpion, Giant	4	16	50'	Poison string: Con save or die
Sea Serpent (Lesser)	6	13	50'	Swim 50’, Can cause hull damage
Shadow	2	11	30'	Str drain, Mundane dmg immunity, Immune to sleep and charm
Shark, Bull	2	14	-	Swim 60’, Ram: Str save for stunned 3 rounds , Tenacious
Shark, Great White	8	14	-	Swim 60’, Tenacious
Shark, Mako	4	14	-	Swim 60’, Tenacious
Shrew, Giant	1	14	60'	Climb 60’, Wins initiative
Shrieker	3	11	3'	No attacks, Shriek: attracts monsters if triggered by nearby light or movement
Skeleton	1	11	20'	Undead
Snake, Giant Rattler	4	13	40'	Multiattack, Poison: Con save or die in 1d6 rounds
Snake, Pit Viper	2	12	30'	Infravision, Wins initiative, Poison: Con save or die
Snake, Rock Python	5	12	30'	Multiattack (constriction)
Snake, Sea Snake	3	12	30'	Swim 30’, Poison: After 1d4+2 turns, Con save or die in 1d6 rounds
Snake, Spitting Cobra	1	11	30'	Swim 30’, Poison: Con save or die in 1d10 rounds, Spit: Con save or permanent blindness
Spectre	6	16	50'	Fly 100’, Undead, Mundane dmg immunity, Permanent Con drain
Spider, Giant Black Widow	3	12	20'	Climb 40’, Poison: Con save or die in 1 round, Web: Str save or can’t move
Spider, Giant Crab	2	11	40'	Climb 40’, Camouflage, Poison: Con save w/ Advantage or die in 1d4 rounds
Spider, Giant Tarantella	3	13	20'	Climb 40’, Poison: Con save or dance uncontrollably
Sprite	1/2	13	20'	Fly 60’, 5 sprites can curse with comical effect
Squid, Giant	6	11	40'	Swim 40’, Multiattack, Ink cloud makes darkness
Stegosaurus	11	15	20'	Trample
Stirge	1	11	10'	Fly 60’, Charge, Blood drain 1d3

Table 64: Monster List T #

Monster	HD	AC	MV	Special
Thoul	6	12	40'	Con save or paralysis 1d4 turns, Regeneration 1hp
Titanothere	12	13	40'	Trample
Toad, Giant	2	11	30'	Sticky tongue, Swallow whole
Trader	1	12	30'
Treant	8	16	20'	Animate trees short range
Triceratops	11	16	30'	Charge, Trample
Troglodyte	2	13	30'	Stench: Con save or disadvantage
Troll	6	14	40'	Regeneration 3, Weak to fire and acid
Tyrannosaurus Rex	20	15	40'

Table 65: Monster List U #

Monster	HD	AC	MV	Special
Unicorn	4	16	80'	Teleport 1/day

Table 66: Monster List V #

Monster	HD	AC	MV	Special
Vampire	8	16	40'	Undead, Mundane dmg immunity, Energy drain 2HD, Regeneration 3, Summon breasts, vampire vulnerabilities
Veteran	2	16	20'

Table 67: Monster List W #

Monster	HD	AC	MV	Special
Warp Beast	6	14	50'	Resistance, Displacement: effect of mirror image
Water Termite, Freshwater	2	12	40'
Water Termite, Saltwater	4	13	40'
Water Termite, Swamp	1	14	40'
Weasel, Giant	4	11	50'	Infravision 30’, Blood drain 2d4
Whale, Killer	6	12	80'	Swim 80’, Swallow whole
Whale, Narwhal	12	11	60'	Swim 60'
Whale, Sperm	36	12	60'	Swim 60’, Swallow whole
Wight	3	13	30'	Undead, Mundane damage immunity, Energy drain 1HD
Wolf, Dire	4	12	50'
Wolf, Normal	2	11	60'
Wraith	4	15	40'	Fly 80’, Undead, Mundane dmg immunity, Energy drain 1HD
Wyvern	7	15	30'	Fly 80’, Poison: Con save or die

Table 68: Monster List Y #

Monster	HD	AC	MV	Special
Yellow Mould	2	-	-	Dmg immunity all but fire, Spore cloud: Con save or die in 6 rounds, Wood & leather eaten away

Table 69: Monster List Z #

Monster	HD	AC	MV	Special
Zombie	2	10	20'	Undead