Some nothics, driven by an overwhelming compulsion to reconnect to magic–even if they aren’t quite sure why–take to desperate measures. Usually, this results in a lot of dead nothics. But sometimes, it creates potent aberrants, more horrible and weirder than the original nothic ever was. Nothic ingesters are created when a nothic consumes a great […]
Not all followers of Jesucristo are good. There are those who believe that their God’s true power lies within his resurrection and that he is more of a spirit of vengeance than a benevolent martyr. Of course, an entire religion cannot be villainized because of the actions of a few extreme outliers. Regardless, the members […]
Phaerimm are powerful magic-using beings that move by natural levitation. They resemble upright cones, the widest part uppermost, and the point ending in a barbed stinger-tail. They are intelligent, inimical, and highly dangerous. The phaerimm like to live near others of their own kind (for mutual protection and the social satisfaction of vying with each […]
It’s not uncommon for a necromancer to have a whole bunch of spare parts lying around after building its army of skeletons. Instead of wasting these extra bits, the necromancer gets creative. And one product of their twisted sense of art are skullbats. A skullbat is exactly what it sounds like: a humanoid skull with […]
You’ve got to hand it to the drow; if there’s a way to mix in spiders with something perfectly normal, they’ll do it. Case in point: inkizimu, or spider cats. Okay, sure, us surface dwellers love our domesticated feline companions, too. But would any of us want an eight-eyed, eight-legged version of one that binds […]
The carrion crawler is a classic Dungeons & Dragons monster. Today, I’m going to be creating a few variants for this crawling critter. What is a carrion crawler? Originally appearing in the 1975 Grey Hawk supplement, carrion crawlers are basically giant centipedes with poisonous tentacles. And, well… that’s it. Ha! Not to knock them, but […]
Lammasus are noble creatures that are concerned with the welfare and safety of good beings. They usually take residence in abandoned temples and ruins in remote areas. Good folks that visit them are often treated to assistance, especially if their visitors are combating evil. However, they are no fans of evil beings and will attack those on sight.
My six-year-old son Jack helps me come up with cool monster ideas. Here’s 5 I love: a room-sized mimic, a giant snake that golins can ride, a haunted book that creates ghosts from its pages, and a swarm of blood-sucking worms. Check ’em out!
The desmodus are a race of large, bat-like humanoids that live underground. They’re covered in reddish fur and have long arms and short legs, kind of like a big bat-gorilla-man. Notably, desmodus have a sonic scream attack that comes in two flavors: a targeted ray and a wave effect that stuns everyone within 30 feet.
Looking for new humanoid races for your 5th edition Dungeons & Dragons campaigns? Here’s 3, FREE to use, including baboon-people, badgerfolk, and bat-monsters.
