Skip's Guide to Monsters

This guide is a conversion of various monsters from the 3e/3.5e books Monster Manual and Fiend Folio that didn't make the cut for 5e yet. I'm also converting several monsters that weren't quite faithful in their official conversions to 5e, with the intention that, if that monster was used in a 3e adventure, my conversion would be appropriate for the adventure where the official version isn't.

This isn't a proper sourcebook, homebrew or not. None of the monsters in this guide are of my own creation and reprinting the lore that others have written is impolite at best. Ideally this guide should be used in conjunction with the books that these creatures were originally printed in. In place of lore are my thoughts and justification of the conversion process.

I'm not converting everything word-for-word. There are many design conventions in 5e which do not match those of previous editions, especially concerning damage or condition immunities and resistances, nonabilities, and innate spellcasting. When converting these monsters I'll be removing those abilities where appropriate to make them feel more like 5e monsters and less like obvious conversions of ADnD/3.5e monsters.

Allip

Allip are wraith-like undead creatures spawned from creatures driven to suicide by madness. Their touch drains Wisdom like a Shadow drains Strength, and their babbling hypnotizes nearby creatures.

Angel

While the Planetar and Solar in the 5e Monster Manual might represent an average angel, some angels might have the ability to cast spells as high-level Clerics.

Additionally, angels can be of any good alignment, and do not tend towards law.

Aranea

Aranea are arachnoid shapeshifters similar to lycanthropes. They also have a small amount of sorcerous ability.

Archon

Archons are a type of celestial which exemplify the Lawful Good alignment. There are three major types of archon: the lantern archon, hound archon, and trumpet archon.

I removed a few special abilities common to archons: petrification immunity was removed from many similar creatures, such as dragons; the angels also lost their magic circle against evil; basically none of the creatures that used to have greater teleport at will have it anymore. I've simplified Aura of Menace into a Frightening Presence-style action option for Hound and Trumpet Archons; I don't see what's so menacing about a fuzzy ball of light. I've removed their innate spellcasting, since it didn't have anything very special in it.

I increased the Lantern Archon's Strength to 3, since 1 Str is basically 5e's version of a nonability. I changed their size from Small to Tiny to make them more appropriate as familiars.

I removed the Hound Archon's natural weapons, since it doesn't seem very noble for a hound archon to be biting at foes. I decided that the Hound Archon Hero would work best as a variant creature; I was a bit upset that the hero's attack and skill bonuses weren't getting increased along with its proficiency bonus, but there's a precedence for not doing so in published adventures, and doing so would make the variant too complicated.

Variant: Hound Archon Hero

Some hound archons have advanced martial training and righteous magic. These archons have a challenge rating of 8 (3,900 XP) and the following adjustments to their statblock:

• The archon has 104 (16d8 + 32) hit points.
• The archon's Charisma score is 16 (+3).
• The archon can attack three times when it uses the Multiattack action.
• The archon deals an additional 9 (2d8) radiant damage when it hits with a weapon attack.

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Spellcasting. The archon is an 8th-level spellcaster. Its spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 14, +6 to hit with spell attacks). The archon has the following paladin spells prepared:

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1st level (4 slots): cure wounds, detect evil and good, divine favor, thunderous smite
2nd level (3 slots): branding smite, lesser restoration, magic weapon

Arrowhawk

Arrowhawks are strange bird-like creatures from the Elemental Plane of Air. They have a bite attack, and can fire a ray of electricity.

Athach

Athaches are misshapen giants with a third arm extending from the center of their chest. Their bite is poisonous.

Like with ettercaps, I decided to change their type from aberration to something more appropriate; in this case, giant. If you disagree, it's a simple change to make. I reduced their Strength score from 26 to 23; they were as strong as a stone giant in 3.5e, and stone giants have 23 strength in 5e.

Their CR had to be increased by a couple points; that's just what happens with a creature with four attacks, huge weapons, and 23 Strength.

Barghest, Greater

According to 5e lore, a barghest returns to Gehenna to serve its masters when it has consumed 17 goblinoid souls. A greater barghest in this context would be a barghest that has completed this task and returned to Gehenna, which the PCs either encounter there or summoned onto the Material Plane.

Barghests were given a significant power boost upon conversion to 5e, so greater barghests likewise needed a power boost. In 3.5e barghests were Medium-sized and greater barghests were Large; since barghests are Large in 5e, it made sense to make greater barghests Huge.

You might decide to have Barghests tend towards lawful evil, as they did in 3.5e. Additionally, they did not have the Fire banishment trait; if you want more faithful Barghests, removing that trait is an option which does not affect the barghest's challenge rating. Additionally, such barghests speak Worg in addition to their other languages.

Variant: Barghest Wolf Forms

Some barghests are able to take the form of a wolf as well as a goblinoid. In this form, bargests can bite but lose their claw attack. barghests take the form of a Medium wolf, while greater barghests take the form of a Large dire wolf.

Abyssal Greater Basilisk

Large fiend, chaotic evil

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• Armor Class 15 (natural armour)
• Hit Points 209 (22d10 + 88)
• Speed 20 ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
20 (+5)	8 (−1)	18 (+4)	6 (−2)	8 (−1)	7 (−2)

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• Damage Resistances cold, fire, lightning; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical weapons
• Damage Immunities poison
• Condition Immunities poisoned
• Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 9
• Languages understands Abyssal but can't speak
• Challenge 10 (5,900 XP)

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Petrifying Gaze. If a creature starts its turn within 30 feet of the basilisk and the two of them can see each other, the basilisk can force the creature to make a DC 12 Constitution saving throw if the basilisk isn't incapacitated. On a failed save, the creature magically begins to turn to stone and is restrained. It must repeat the saving throw at the end of its next turn. On a success, the effect ends. On a failure, the creature is petrified until freed by the greater restoration spell or other magic.

A creature that isn't surprised can avert its eyes to avoid the saving throw at the start of its turn. If it does so, it can't see the basilisk until the start of its next turn, when it can avert its eyes again. If it looks at the basilisk in the meantime, it must immediately make the save.

If the basilisk sees its reflection within 30 feet of it in bright light, it mistakes itself for a rival and targets itself with its gaze.

Actions

Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +9 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 19 (4d6 + 5) piercing damage plus 14 (4d6) poison damage.

Basilisk, Greater Abyssal

Abyssal Greater Basilisks are a larger variant of the Basilisk that hail from the abyss.

Belker

Belkers are evil creatures of elemental air. Their primary attack is to be inhaled by an enemy and rip them apart from the inside.

Blink Dog

Some blink dogs might have the following trait, which is a rough emulation of the blink ability possessed by Blink Dogs in 3.5e:

Ethereal Jaunt. As a bonus action, the blink dog can magically shift from the Material Plane to the Ethereal Plane, or vice versa.

Celestial Creature

A celestial creature is like a normal creature, but is from one of the upper planes. I decided to let them retain the usual celestial damage resistances; if you don't like that (for example, because angels don't get those damage resistances anymore), you might remove all but the radiant resistance.

Chaos Beast

The chaos beast is an ever-changing creature from Limbo that transforms other creatures into more of its own.

In 3.5e the chaos beast had low HP and damage for its CR because Corporeal Instability was just so powerful. I decided to try to keep its CR at least 5 or higher, so I had to increase its physical ability scores, damage die, HP, etc.

In 3.5e getting hit with Corporeal Instability is a death sentence without a restoration spell; an affected creature can temporarily stave off the effects with a Charisma check, but there's no way to permanently remove it without a spell. This isn't the sort of thing that happens in 5e, for better or worse, so I allowed a save each round to end the effect. In addition, I decided to have the effect deal psychic damage each round, and cause a creature reduced to 0 hit points while unstable become a chaos beast.

Chimera

Some chimeras might have a dragon head of a colour other than red. The following table lists the damage types and areas for the breath weapons for the various basic chromatic dragon varieties. The damage is the same for all types. All lines are 5 feet wide.

Delver

Delvers are huge, bizzare subterranean creatures. They are covered in corrosive slime.

Demon

Many outsiders have the ability to cast greater teleport at will in 3.5e. However, in 5e not even Pit Fiends and Balors have access to unlimited teleportation, and there isn't even an equivalent to greater teleport/teleport without error. If you want to do your best to implement this into 5e, I would grant Babau, Balors, Chasme, Glabrezu, Hezrou, Mariliths, Nalfeshnee, Succubi/Incubi, Vrocks, Barbed Devils, Bearded Devils, Bone Devils, Erinyes Devils, Horned Devils, Ice Devils, Pit Fiends, Lantern Archons, Hound Archons, Trumpet Archons, and Ghaele Eladrins the following trait. If the creature already has the Innate Spellcasting trait, add teleport (self only) to its list of at-will spells. If the creature has the Teleport action, it is effectively replaced by this ability and should be removed; you don't need to be able to teleport 120 feet if you can teleport halfway across the world.

Innate Spellcasting. The creature can innately cast teleport (self only), requiring no material components. Its spellcasting ability is Charisma.

Demon, Balor

Some balors cast spells innately, and have the following trait. It does not affect the balor's challenge rating.

Innate Spellcasting. The balor's innate spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 20). It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:

At will: confusion, dispel magic, dominate monster, telekinesis

1/day each: fire storm

Demon, Bebilith

Bebiliths are huge, spider-like demons that hunt mortals and other demons. They are not tanar'ri, and thus exist outside of normal demon "society". Their bite is poisonous (and unlike that of a normal spider, it deals Constitution damage instead of Strength), and their claws can rip the armour off of opponents.

Demon, Dretch

Even some dretch have some small magical ability, and have the following trait. It does not affect the dretch's challenge rating.

Innate Spellcasting (1/Day). The dretch can innately cast stinking cloud (spell save DC 6), requiring no material components. Its spellcasting ability is Charisma.

Demon, Hezrou

Some hezrou can become gaseous in order to escape combat or sneak into fortified areas. They have the following trait, which does not affect their challenge rating:

Innate Spellcasting (3/Day). The hezrou can innately cast gaseous form (self only), requiring no material components. Its spellcasting ability is Charisma.

Demon, Marilith

Some mariliths can cast some spells, and some can even change shape. These mariliths have the following trait and/or action option, neither of which affect the marilith's challenge rating:

Innate Spellcasting. The marilith's innate spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 18). It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:

At will: blade barrier, telekinesis

1/day each: polymorph

Change Shape. The marilith polymorphs into a Small or Medium humanoid that has a challenge rating no higher than its own, or back into its true form. It reverts to its true form if it dies. Any equipment it is wearing or carrying is absorbed or borne by the new form (marilith's choice).
In its new form, the marilith retains its alignment and hit points, its Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma scores, as well as this action. Its statistics and capabilities are otherwise replaced by those of the new form, except any class features or legendary actions of that form.

Bebilith

Huge fiend, chaotic evil

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• Armor Class 17 (natural armour)
• Hit Points 195 (17d12 + 85)
• Speed 40 ft., climb 20 ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
23 (+6)	12 (+1)	21 (+5)	11 (+0)	13 (+1)	13 (+1)

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• Skills Perception +5, Stealth +5
• Damage Resistances bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical weapons
• Senses blindsight 30 ft., darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 15
• Languages understands Abyssal but can't speak, telepathy 120 ft. (works only with bebiliths)
• Challenge 11 (7,200 XP)

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Innate Spellcasting. The bebilith can innately cast plane shift (self only), requiring no material components. Its spellcasting ability is Charisma.

Rend Armour. If the bebilith hits an armour-wearing creature with two claw attacks in a single turn, it rends the creature's armour, which takes a permanent and cumulative −2 penalty to the AC it offers. The armour is destroyed if the penalty reduces its AC to 10.

Actions

Multiattack. The bebilith makes three attacks: one with its bite and two with its claws.

Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +10 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 13 (2d6 + 6) piercing damage plus 21 (6d6) poison damage.

Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +10 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 10 (1d8 + 6) slashing damage.

Web (Recharge 5-6). Ranged Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, range 30/60 ft., one target. Hit: The target is restrained by webbing. As an action, the restrained target can make a DC 17 Strength check, bursting the webbing on a success. The webbing can also be attacked and destroyed (AC 10; hp 20; vulnerability to fire damage; immunity to bludgeoning, poison, and psychic damage).

Demon, Retriever

Retrievers are demonic constructs which resemble metallic bebiliths. They shoot lasers from their fricken' eyes, man. Demon robots with eye lasers. So cool.

Glabrezu Wishes

Some glabrezu have the ability to grant wishes to mortals. When such a glabrezu grants a wish, it can't do so again for 1 month. To be granted a wish, a creature within 60 feet of the glabrezu states a desired effect to it. The glabrezu can then cast the wish spell on the creature's behalf to bring about the effect. Unless the wish is used to create pain and suffering, the glabrezu demands either terrible evil acts or great sacrifice as compensation.

Demon, Nalfeshnee

Some nalfeshnees can cast spells innately, and have the following trait which does not affect their challenge rating:

Innate Spellcasting. The Nalfeshnee's innate spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 18). It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:

At will: call lightning, dispel magic

3/day each: slow

1/day each: feeblemind

Demon, Succubus

In 3.5e, Succubi/Incubi are tanar'ri demons, not merely non-specific fiends. If you wish to keep this in 5e, it's as easy as adding (demon) to their list of subtypes, granting them immunity to poison damage and the poisoned condition, and granting them the Magic Resistance trait (I don't really need to reprint it here, do I?). And, of course, their alignment is chaotic evil, not neutral evil.

Some succubi have the ability to read minds, like a doppelganger does. All of the other Succubi spell-like abilities have already been converted, so I figured this was appropriate for bringing in the last one:

Derro: Death by Sunlight

Sunlight is poison to Derro, and being exposed to it for a long period of time is fatal. Every hour the derro is exposed to sunlight, the Derro takes 5 radiant damage that cannot be reduced by any means, and the derro's hit point maximum is reduced by an amount equal to the damage taken. This reduction lasts until the derro takes a long rest in darkness. The derro dies if this damage reduces its hit point maximum to 0.

Devils

So, CRs for devils got completely messed up in 5e, and it would be way too involved to try to bring them back in order. Just look at the following table:

Devil, Chain

Chain devils are not Baatezu and do not have a few of the traits common to that race. Chain devils are immune to cold, but not fire, poison, or the poisoned condition (nor are they resistant to acid, if you're using my variant). They can't see in magical darkness, they are not telepathic, and they speak Common in addition to Infernal.

Devil, Erinyes

This statblock represents an average Erinyes; you might decide to use the one in the Monster Manual to describe an Erinyes officer. Grant such an Erinyes the Innate Spellcasting trait from this statblock, but the spell save DC is 16. Likewise, this Erinyes can also use the Rope of Entanglement variant presented with that statblock.

Malebranche

Large fiend (devil), lawful evil

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• Armor Class 20 (natural armour)
• Hit Points 199 (19d10 + 95)
• Speed 20 ft., fly 60 ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
25 (+7)	21 (+5)	21 (+5)	12 (+1)	16 (+3)	19 (+4)

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• Saving Throws Str +12, Dex +10, Wis +8, Cha +9
• Skills Deception +9, Insight +8, Intimidation +9, Perception +8, Stealth +10
• Damage Resistances cold, bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical weapons that aren't silvered
• Damage Immunities fire, poison
• Condition Immunities poisoned
• Senses darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 18
• Languages Infernal, telepathy 120 ft.
• Challenge 15 (13,000 XP)

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Devil's Sight. Magical darkness doesn't impede the devil's darkvision.

Fear Aura. Any creature hostile to the devil that starts its turn within 5 feet of the devil must make a DC 17 Wisdom saving throw, unless the devil is incapacitated. On a failed save, the creature is frightened until the start of its next turn. If a creature's saving throw is successful, the creature is immune to the devil's Fear Aura for the next 24 hours.

Innate Spellcasting. The devil's innate spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 17). It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:

3/day each: dispel evil and good, fireball, lightning bolt, major image

Magic Resistance. The devil has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.

Regeneration. The devil regains 5 hit points at the start of its turn. If the devil takes radiant damage, this trait doesn't function at the start of the devil's next turn. The devil dies only if it starts its turn with 0 hit points and doesn't regenerate.

Actions

Multiattack. The devil makes five melee attacks: four with its spiked chain and one with its tail. It can use Hurl Flame in place of any melee attack.

Spiked Chain. Melee Weapon Attack: +12 to hit, reach 15 ft., one target. Hit: 17 (4d4 + 7) slashing damage. If thet target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 17 Constitution saving throw or be stunned until the end of the devil's next turn.

Tail. Melee Weapon Attack: +12 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 11 (1d8 + 7) piercing damage. If the target is a creature other than an undead or construct, it must succeed on a DC 18 Constitution saving throw or lose 10 (3d6) hit points at the start of each of its turns due to an infernal wound. Each time the devil hits the wounded target with this attack, the damage dealt by the wound increases by 10 (3d6). Any creature can take an action to staunch the wound with a successful DC 12 Wisdom (Medicine) check. The wound also closes if the target receives magical healing.

Hurl Flame. Ranged Spell Attack: +9 to hit, range 150 ft., one target. Hit: 21 (6d6) fire damage. If the target is a flammable object that isn't being worn or carried, it also catches fire.

Devil, Horned

Horned devils, or Malebranche, are near the top of the infernal hierarchy, second only to the Pit Fiends and their duke and archduke masters. This statblock is significantly more powerful that that in the 5e Monster Manual; maybe the official is a particularly weak horned devil or just don't exist, while this one represents the average horned devil.

Devil, Bone

Bone devils do not have wings and fly magically, at a speed of 60 ft. (hover). Some bone devils might have wings, but they would be an exception to the norm.

Some bone devils exude a frightening aura. They have the following trait. Normally, it would affect their challenge rating, but I don't think that's necessary due to the limited range:

Fear Aura. Any creature hostile to the devil that starts its turn within 5 feet of the devil must make a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw, unless the devil is incapacitated. On a failed save, the creature is frightened until the start of its next turn. If a creature's saving throw is successful, the creature is immune to the devil's Fear Aura for the next 24 hours.

Some bone devils can cast a spell number of spells innately:

Innate Spellcasting. The devil's innate spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 15). It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:

At will: fly, invisibility (self only), major image, wall of ice

Hamatula

Medium fiend (devil), lawful evil

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• Armor Class 18 (natural armour)
• Hit Points 153 (18d8 + 72)
• Speed 30 ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
18 (+4)	18 (+4)	18 (+4)	12 (+1)	14 (+2)	16 (+3)

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• Saving Throws Str +8, Con +8, Wis +6, Cha +7
• Skills Deception +7, Insight +6, Perception +10
• Damage Resistances cold, bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical weapons that aren't silvered
• Damage Immunities fire, poison
• Condition Immunities poisoned
• Senses darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 20
• Languages Infernal, telepathy 120 ft.
• Challenge 11 (7,200 XP)

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Barbed Hide. A creature that touches the devil or hits it with a melee attack while within 5 feet of it takes 5 (1d10) piercing damage. At the start of each of its turns, the devil deals 16 (3d10) piercing damage to any creature grappling it (this already includes the damage caused by touching the devil).

Devil's Sight. Magical darkness doesn't impede the devil's darkvision.

Innate Spellcasting. The devil's innate spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 15). It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:

At will: hold person, major image

Magic Resistance. The devil has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.

Actions

Multiattack. The devil makes three melee attacks: two with its claws and one with its tail. Alternatively, it can use Hurl Flame twice.

Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 13 (2d8 + 4) slashing damage plus 5 (1d10) piercing damage, and the target is grappled (escape DC 16).

Tail. Melee Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 22 (4d8 + 4) piercing damage. If thet target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 16 Wisdom saving throw or be frightened until the start of its next turn. If a creature's saving throw is successful, the creature can't be frightened by the devil's tail for the next 24 hours.

Hurl Flame. Ranged Spell Attack: +7 to hit, range 150 ft., one target. Hit: 14 (4d6) fire damage. If the target is a flammable object that isn't being worn or carried, it also catches fire.

Devil, Ice

Ice devils can fly at a speed of 60 ft. (hover).

Some ice devils regenerate hit points slowly, like a troll, and have a challenge rating of 15 (13,000 XP) and the following trait:

Regeneration. The devil regains 5 hit points at the start of its turn. If the devil takes radiant damage, this trait doesn't function at the start of the devil's next turn. The devil dies only if it starts its turn with 0 hit points and doesn't regenerate.

Some bone devils exude a frightening aura. They have the following trait:

Fear Aura. Any creature hostile to the devil that starts its turn within 10 feet of the devil must make a DC 17 Wisdom saving throw, unless the devil is incapacitated. On a failed save, the creature is frightened until the start of its next turn. If a creature's saving throw is successful, the creature is immune to the devil's Fear Aura for the next 24 hours.

Still more, some ice devils can cast a small number of spells at will:

Innate Spellcasting. The devil's innate spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 17). It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:

At will: cone of cold, ice storm, major image

Devil, Imp

Imps are not Baatezu and do not have a few of the traits common to that race. Imps are only resistant to fire, not immune, and are not resistant to cold (nor are they resistant to acid, if you're using my variant). They can't see in magical darkness. Some can magically charm others, and have the following special trait:

Innate Spellcasting (1/Day). The imp can innately cast suggestion (spell save DC 12), requiring no material components. Its spellcasting ability is Charisma.

Devil, Hellcat

Hellcats, or bezekira, are essentially the feline analogue to the hellhound. They are not baatezu, and do not have special traits common to that race. Hellcats are invisible in any light bright enough for a human to see, but give off a faint glow while in darkness.

Hellcat

Large fiend (devil), lawful evil

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• Armor Class 14
• Hit Points 85 (10d10 + 30)
• Speed 40 ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
18 (+4)	18 (+4)	17 (+3)	9 (−1)	14 (+2)	9 (−1)

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• Skills Perception +8, Stealth +7
• Damage Resistances fire; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical weapons that aren't silvered
• Senses darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 18
• Languages understands Infernal but can't speak, telepathy 120 ft.
• Challenge 5 (1,800 XP)

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Almost Invisible. The hellcat is transparant and gives off the faintest of glows. It is invisible while in any light bright enough for a human to see. In darkness, they appear as a faintly glowing outline visible up to 30 feet away.

Keen Smell. The hellcat has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on smell.

Magic Resistance. The hellcat has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.

Pounce. If the hellcat moves at least 20 feet straight toward a creature and then hits it with a claw attack on the same turn, that target must succeed on a DC 15 Strength saving throw or be knocked prone. If the target is prone, the hellcat can make one bite attack against it as a bonus action.

Actions

Multiattack. The hellcat attacks twice with its claws.

Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 8 (1d8 + 4) slashing damage.

Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 13 (2d8 + 4) piercing damage.

Devil, Pit Fiend

Pit fiends are the mightiest of the non-unique devils. For once, 5e actually kept an Innate Spellcasting trait, though it isn't quite good enough for my tastes. Some pit fiends are capable of casting more spells, and have a CR of 22 (41,000 XP) and the following trait:

Innate Spellcasting. The pit fiend's innate spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 21). It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:

At will: detect magic, dispel magic, fireball, invisibility, major image
3/day each: hold monster, wall of fire
1/day each: meteor swarm, power word stun
1/year: wish

Some pit fiends regenerate, and have the following trait. Ordinarily it would affect the pit fiend's challenge rating, but high level PCs will almost always be able to deal some amount of radiant damage every turn, and the regeneration is so little it probably wouldn't matter anyways.

Regeneration. The pit fiend regains 10 hit points at the start of its turn. If the devil takes radiant damage, this trait doesn't function at the start of the devil's next turn. The devil dies only if it starts its turn with 0 hit points and doesn't regenerate.

Devourer

Devourers were changed significantly upon conversion to 5e; this is a list of changes to make to the 5e statblock to bring it more in-line with the 3.5e version.

• The Devourer is an undead, not a fiend. However, it can be affected by spells and effects which normally only affect fiends.
• When a creature dies while imprisoned within the devourer, the devourer can convert the creature into spell energy instead of the usual benefits. The devourer gains 5 charges for each Hit Die of the devoured creature. It can only have charges from one creature at a time; when a devourer gains spell charges and still has charges remaining, it chooses which charges to keep.
• The Devourer can use its action to expend 1 or more of its charges to cast one of the following spells (spell save DC 16): chill touch (3d8 damage, 1 charge), confusion (3 charges), ray of enfeeblement (1 charge), suggstion (2 charges), true seeing (3 charges). Its spellcasting ability is Charisma.

Digester

Digesters are strange creatures which spray digestive acid out of a hose in their "head" and then slurp up the remains. They kind of look like raptors with strange-looking heads.

Dire Animal: Bear, Lion, Tiger, Wolverine

Most of the dire animals in 3.5e were converted to 5e and just dubbed "Giant" animals, but are otherwise just a name change. However, the Dire Bear, Dire Lion, Dire Tiger, and Dire Wolverine seem to be missing, for whatever reason. So here they are. They're basically just normal animals, but stronger, so there's not much commentary to be had here.

Dire Lion

Large animal, unaligned

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• Armor Class 14 (natural armor)
• Hit Points 105 (14d10 + 28)
• Speed 50 ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
20 (+5)	13 (+1)	15 (+2)	4 (−3)	12 (+1)	8 (−1)

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• Skills Perception +4, Stealth +7
• Senses passive Perception 14
• Languages —
• Challenge 5 (1,800 XP)

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Keen Smell. The lion has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on smell.

Pack Tactics. The lion has advantage on an attack roll against a creature if at least one of the lion's allies is within 5 feet of the creature and the ally isn't incapacitated.

Pounce. If the lion moves at least 20 feet straight toward a creature and then hits it with a claw attack on the same turn, that target must succeed on a DC 16 Strength saving throw or be knocked prone. If the target is prone, the lion can make one bite attack against it as a bonus action.

Running Leap. With a 10-foot running start, the lion can long jump up to 30 feet.

Actions

Multiattack. The lion makes three attacks: one with its bite and two with its claws.

Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 12 (2d6 + 5) piercing damage.

Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 9 (1d8 + 5) slashing damage.

Dire Wolverine

Large animal, unaligned

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• Armor Class 16 (natural armor)
• Hit Points 57 (6d10 + 24)
• Speed 30 ft., climb 15 ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
18 (+4)	17 (+3)	18 (+4)	3 (−4)	12 (+1)	10 (+0)

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• Skills Perception +3, Stealth +7
• Senses passive Perception 13
• Languages —
• Challenge 4 (1,100 XP)

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Keen Smell. The tiger has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on smell.

Feral Rage. Whenever the wolverine takes damage, it enters a rage at the start of its next turn. The rage lasts for 1 minute or until the wolverine is incapacitated. While raging, the wolverine gains the following benefits:

• The wolverine has advantage on Strength checks and Strength saving throws.
• When it makes a melee weapon attack, the wolverine gains a +2 bonus on the damage roll.
• The wolverine is resistant to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage.

Actions

Multiattack. The woverine makes three attacks: one with its bite and two with its claws.

Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 8 (1d8 + 4) piercing damage.

Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d6 + 4) slashing damage.

Dire Tiger

Large animal, unaligned

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• Armor Class 15 (natural armor)
• Hit Points 182 (24d10 + 50)
• Speed 40 ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
21 (+5)	15 (+2)	15 (+2)	4 (−3)	12 (+1)	10 (+0)

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• Skills Perception +4, Stealth +8
• Senses passive Perception 14
• Languages —
• Challenge 8 (3,900 XP)

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Keen Smell. The tiger has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on smell.

Pounce. If the tiger moves at least 20 feet straight toward a creature and then hits it with a claw attack on the same turn, that target must succeed on a DC 16 Strength saving throw or be knocked prone. If the target is prone, the tiger can make one bite attack against it as a bonus action.

Actions

Multiattack. The lion makes three attacks: one with its bite and two with its claws.

Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 14 (2d8 + 5) piercing damage.

Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 12 (2d6 + 5) slashing damage.

Displacer Beast, Pack Lord

Displacer beasts sometimes give birth to mutant offspring which grow to much larger sizes that ordinary displacer beasts. These mutants oftentimes lead bands of their smaller fellows. They're just like ordinary displacer beasts, but bigger and stronger.

I added two claw attacks, even though neither the 3.5e nor the 5e displacer beast has any, to increase the Pack Lord's CR.

Dragon, True

Dragons were kept relatively faithful upon their conversion to 5e (thankfully for me), but there are a few things that I'd like to tweak just to bring them a little closer and fix a few bits that might cause continuity errors in adventures and whatnot.

The first is that not all wyrmlings are Medium-sized. In fact, White, Black, Brass, and Copper Wyrmlings are all tiny-sized, and only the most powerful of dragons (Red and Gold) have Medium-sized offspring at birth. To fix this, I've introduced four "Baby Dragon" statblocks for the four weakest types of true dragon.

Also is the lack of the Great Wyrm category of dragon. Is it necessary? Probably not, but I did it anyways. Essentially they are just Ancient dragons but more powerful, just like Ancient dragons are just Adult dragons but more powerful.

And finally is a variant for dragon spellcasters which is more powerful than the Dragons as Innate Spellcasters variant in the 5e Monster Manual. That variant would be more useful for representing the dragon's spell-like abilities, while the variant in this guide is more fitting for actual dragon sorcerer spellcasting.

Dragon, Green

Green dragons are immune to acid, their breath weapon and bite attack deals acid damage instead of poison, and they are not immune to poison or the poisoned condition.

Baby Brass Dragon

Tiny dragon, chaotic good

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• Armor Class 12 (natural armor)
• Hit Points 5 (2d4)
• Speed 30 ft., burrow 15 ft., fly 60 ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
11 (+0)	10 (+0)	11 (+0)	8 (−1)	11 (+0)	11 (+0)

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• Saving Throws Dex +2, Con +2, Wis +2, Cha +2
• Skills Perception +4, Stealth +2
• Damage Immunities fire
• Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 14
• Languages —
• Challenge 1/8 (25 XP)

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Actions

Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +2 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 2 (1d4) piercing damage.

Breath Weapons (Recharge 5-6). The dragon uses one of the following breath weapons.

• Fire Breath. The dragon exhales fire on a target within 5 feet. If the target is a creature, it must make a DC 10 Dexterity saving throw, taking 7 (2d6) fire damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.
• Sleep Breath. The dragon exhales sleep gas on a target within 5 feet. If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 10 Constitution saving throw or fall unconscious for 1 minute. This effect ends for a creature if the creature takes damage or someone uses an action to wake it.

Baby Copper Dragon

Tiny dragon, chaotic good

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• Armor Class 13 (natural armor)
• Hit Points 7 (3d4)
• Speed 30 ft., climb 30 ft., fly 60 ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
11 (+0)	12 (+1)	11 (+0)	12 (+1)	11 (+0)	11 (+0)

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• Saving Throws Dex +3, Con +2, Wis +2, Cha +2
• Skills Perception +4, Stealth +3
• Damage Immunities acid
• Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 14
• Languages —
• Challenge 1/4 (50 XP)

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Actions

Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +3 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 3 (1d4 + 1) piercing damage.

Breath Weapons (Recharge 5-6). The dragon uses one of the following breath weapons.

• Acid Breath. The dragon exhales acid on a target within 5 feet. If the target is a creature, it must make a DC 10 Dexterity saving throw, taking 9 (2d8) acid damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.
• Slowing Breath. The dragon exhales gas on a target within 5 feet. If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 10 Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, the creature can't use reactions, its speed is halved, and it can't make more than one attack on its turn. In addition, the creature can use either an action or a bonus action on its turn, but not both. These effects last for 1 minute. The creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself with a successful save.

Baby White Dragon

Tiny dragon, chaotic evil

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• Armor Class 12 (natural armor)
• Hit Points 14 (4d4 + 4)
• Speed 30 ft., burrow 15 ft., fly 60 ft., swim 30 ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
10 (+0)	10 (+0)	12 (+1)	3 (−4)	10 (+0)	9 (−1)

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• Saving Throws Dex +2, Con +3, Wis +2, Cha +1
• Skills Perception +4, Stealth +4
• Damage Immunities cold
• Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 14
• Languages —
• Challenge 1/8 (25 XP)

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Actions

Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +2 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 2 (1d4) piercing damage plus 1 cold damage.

Cold Breath (Recharge 5-6). The dragon exhales an icy blast of hail on a target within 5 feet. If the target is a creature, it must make a DC 11 Dexterity saving throw, taking 9 (2d8) cold damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.

Variant: Dragons as Sorcerers

While many dragons might cast spells innately, some have even greater arcane might, casting spells as sorcerers. For the purposes of this variant, a dragon's sorcerer level depends on their Charisma modifier. More or less powerful sorcerous dragons of various types and ages might exist (there's nothing stopping a particularly charismatic brass dragon wyrmling from becoming a 20th-level sorcerer), but I think this variant supplies a good baseline. Only dragons with Charisma scores of 14 or higher can cast spells as sorcerers. You might need to re-calculate the dragon's CR to account for its higher damage output if it has spells which deal damage, protect itself, or heal. Blue, Red, and Metallic dragons can learn spells from the cleric spell list or appropriate cleric domain lists as if they were sorcerer spells.

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A Dragon with a Charisma score of 14-15 (+2) casts spells as 5th-level sorcerer. The following trait would be appropriate for a young black dragon:

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Spellcasting. The dragon is a 5th-level spellcaster. Its spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 13, +5 to hit with spell attacks). It has the following sorcerer spells prepared:

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Cantrips: acid splash, dancing lights, mage hand, minor illusion, prestidigitation
1st level (4 slots): charm person, detect magic, ray of sickness
2nd level (3 slots): darkness, invisibility
3rd level (2 slots): fear

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A dragon with a Charisma score of 16-17 (+3) casts spells as a 7th-level sorcerer. The following trait would be appropriate for an adult brass dragon:

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Spellcasting. The dragon is a 7th-level spellcaster. Its spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 16, +8 to hit with spell attacks). It has the following sorcerer spells prepared:

Cantrips: dancing lights, fire bolt, friends, message, prestidigitation
1st level (4 slots): charm person, comprehend languages, cure wounds
2nd level (3 slots): detect thoughts, hold person
3rd level (3 slots): counterspell, major image
4th level (1 slots): confusion

A dragon with a Charisma score of 18-19 (+4) casts spells as a 9th-level sorcerer. The following trait would be appropriate for an ancient green dragon:

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Spellcasting. The dragon is a 9th-level spellcaster. Its spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 19, +11 to hit with spell attacks). It has the following sorcerer spells prepared:

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Cantrips: dancing lights, friends, message, poison spray, prestidigitation
1st level (4 slots): charm person, fog cloud, sleep
2nd level (3 slots): detect thoughts, misty step
3rd level (3 slots): counterspell, stinking cloud
4th level (3 slots): blight, dominate beast
5th level (1 slots): cloudkill

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A dragon with a Charisma score of 20-21 (+5) casts spells as an 11th-level sorcerer. The following trait would be appropriate for an ancient bronze dragon:

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Spellcasting. The dragon is a 11th-level spellcaster. Its spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 20, +12 to hit with spell attacks). It has the following sorcerer spells prepared:

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Cantrips: blade ward, friends, mending, shocking grasp, spare the dying, true strike
1st level (4 slots): comprehend languages, cure wounds, witch bolt
2nd level (3 slots): see invisibility, spiritual weapon
3rd level (3 slots): call lightning, mass healing word
4th level (3 slots): death ward, polymorph
5th level (2 slots): raise dead, telekinesis
6th level (1 slots): chain lightning

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A dragon with a Charisma score of 22-23 (+6) casts spells as an 13th-level sorcerer. The following trait would be appropriate for an ancient red dragon:

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Spellcasting. The dragon is a 13th-level spellcaster. Its spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 21, +13 to hit with spell attacks). It has the following sorcerer spells prepared:

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Cantrips: blade ward, friends, mending, shocking grasp, spare the dying, true strike
1st level (4 slots): command, detect magic
2nd level (3 slots): hold person, scorching ray
3rd level (3 slots): clairvoyance, fear, fireball
4th level (3 slots): dimension door, freedom of movement
5th level (2 slots): scrying, wall of stone
6th level (1 slots): true seeing
7th level (1 slots): fire storm

Great Wyrm Black Dragon

Gargantuan dragon, chaotic evil

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• Armor Class 25 (natural armour)
• Hit Points 536 (29d20 + 232)
• Speed 40 ft., fly 80 ft., swim 40 ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
29 (+9)	14 (+2)	27 (+8)	18 (+4)	17 (+3)	21 (+5)

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• Saving Throws Dex +10, Con +16, Wis +11, Cha +13
• Skills Perception +19, Stealth +10
• Damage Immunities acid
• Senses blindsight 60 ft., darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 29
• Languages Common, Draconic
• Challenge 27 (105,000 XP)

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Amphibious. The dragon can breathe air and water.

Legendary Resistance (5/Day). If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.

Actions

Multiattack. The dragon can use its Frightful Presence. It then makes three attacks: one with its bite and two with its claws.

Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +17 to hit, reach 15 ft., one target. Hit: 25 (3d10 + 9) piercing damage plus 13 (3d8) acid damage.

Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +17 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 19 (3d6 + 9) slashing damage.

Tail. Melee Weapon Attack: +17 to hit, reach 20 ft., one target. Hit: 22 (3d8 + 9) bludgeoning damage.

Frightful Presence. Each creature of the dragon's choice that is within 120 feet of the dragon and aware of it must succeed on a DC 21 Wisdom saving throw or become frightened for 1 minute. A creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success. If a creature's saving throw is successful or the effect ends for it, the creature is immune to the dragon's Frightful Presence for the next 24 hours.

Acid Breath (Recharge 5-6). The dragon exhales acid in a 120-foot line that is 10 feet wide. Each creature in that line must make a DC 24 Dexterity saving throw, taking 81 (18d8) acid damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.

Legendary Actions

The dragon can take 5 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action option can be used at a time and only at the end of another creature's turn. The dragon regains spent legendary actions at the start of its turn.

Detect. The dragon makes a Wisdom (Perception) check.

Tail Attack. The dragon makes a tail attack.

Wing Attack (Costs 2 Actions). The dragon beats its wings. Each creature within 15 feet of the dragon must succeed on a DC 25 Dexterity saving throw or take 19 (3d6 + 9) bludgeoning damage and be knocked prone. The dragon can then fly up to half its flying speed.

Crush (Costs 3 Actions). The dragon rolls over onto side, potentially crushing creatures beneath it. The dragon moves 20 feet without provoking attacks of opportunity to a space that can contain one or more other creatures, then falls prone. Each of those creatures must succeed on a DC 25 Strength or Dexterity saving throw (target's choice) or be knocked prone, restrained, and take 30 (6d6 + 9) bludgeoning damage. A restrained creature can use its action to repeat the save, freeing itself on a success. On a successful save, the creature only takes half the damage, isn't knocked prone or restrained, and is pushed up to 10 feet out of the dragon's space into an unoccupied space of the creature's choice. If no unoccupied space is within range, the creature instead falls prone in the dragon's space.

Great Wyrm Blue Dragon

Gargantuan dragon, chaotic evil

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• Armor Class 25 (natural armour)
• Hit Points 663 (34d20 + 306)
• Speed 40 ft., burrow 40 ft., fly 80 ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
30 (+10)	10 (+0)	29 (+9)	20 (+5)	19 (+4)	23 (+6)

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• Saving Throws Dex +9, Con +18, Wis +13, Cha +15
• Skills Perception +22, Stealth +9
• Damage Immunities lightning
• Senses blindsight 60 ft., darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 32
• Languages Common, Draconic
• Challenge 29 (135,000 XP)

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Legendary Resistance (5/Day). If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.

Actions

Multiattack. The dragon can use its Frightful Presence. It then makes three attacks: one with its bite and two with its claws.

Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +19 to hit, reach 15 ft., one target. Hit: 26 (3d10 + 10) piercing damage plus 16 (3d10) lightning damage.

Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +19 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 20 (3d6 + 10) slashing damage.

Tail. Melee Weapon Attack: +19 to hit, reach 20 ft., one target. Hit: 23 (3d8 + 10) bludgeoning damage.

Frightful Presence. Each creature of the dragon's choice that is within 120 feet of the dragon and aware of it must succeed on a DC 23 Wisdom saving throw or become frightened for 1 minute. A creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success. If a creature's saving throw is successful or the effect ends for it, the creature is immune to the dragon's Frightful Presence for the next 24 hours.

Lightning Breath (Recharge 5-6). The dragon exhales lightning in a 120-foot line that is 10 feet wide. Each creature in that line must make a DC 26 Dexterity saving throw, taking 120 (20d10) lightning damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.

Legendary Actions

The dragon can take 5 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action option can be used at a time and only at the end of another creature's turn. The dragon regains spent legendary actions at the start of its turn.

Detect. The dragon makes a Wisdom (Perception) check.

Tail Attack. The dragon makes a tail attack.

Wing Attack (Costs 2 Actions). The dragon beats its wings. Each creature within 15 feet of the dragon must succeed on a DC 27 Dexterity saving throw or take 20 (3d6 + 10) bludgeoning damage and be knocked prone. The dragon can then fly up to half its flying speed.

Crush (Costs 3 Actions). The dragon rolls over onto side, potentially crushing creatures beneath it. The dragon moves 20 feet without provoking attacks of opportunity to a space that can contain one or more other creatures, then falls prone. Each of those creatures must succeed on a DC 27 Strength or Dexterity saving throw (target's choice) or be knocked prone, restrained, and take 31 (6d6 + 10) bludgeoning damage. A restrained creature can use its action to repeat the save, freeing itself on a success. On a successful save, the creature only takes half the damage, isn't knocked prone or restrained, and is pushed up to 10 feet out of the dragon's space into an unoccupied space of the creature's choice. If no unoccupied space is within range, the creature instead falls prone in the dragon's space.

Great Wyrm Green Dragon

Gargantuan dragon, lawful evil

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• Armor Class 24 (natural armour)
• Hit Points 555 (30d20 + 240)
• Speed 40 ft., fly 80 ft., swim 40 ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
29 (+9)	12 (+1)	27 (+8)	22 (+6)	19 (+4)	21 (+5)

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• Saving Throws Dex +9, Con +16, Wis +12, Cha +13
• Skills Perception +20, Stealth +9
• Damage Immunities poison
• Condition Immunities poisoned
• Senses blindsight 60 ft., darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 30
• Languages Common, Draconic
• Challenge 28 (120,000 XP)

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Amphibious. The dragon can breathe air and water.

Legendary Resistance (5/Day). If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.

Actions

Multiattack. The dragon can use its Frightful Presence. It then makes three attacks: one with its bite and two with its claws.

Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +17 to hit, reach 15 ft., one target. Hit: 25 (3d10 + 9) piercing damage plus 14 (4d6) poison damage.

Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +17 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 19 (3d6 + 9) slashing damage.

Tail. Melee Weapon Attack: +17 to hit, reach 20 ft., one target. Hit: 22 (3d8 + 9) bludgeoning damage.

Frightful Presence. Each creature of the dragon's choice that is within 120 feet of the dragon and aware of it must succeed on a DC 21 Wisdom saving throw or become frightened for 1 minute. A creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success. If a creature's saving throw is successful or the effect ends for it, the creature is immune to the dragon's Frightful Presence for the next 24 hours.

Poison Breath (Recharge 5-6). The dragon exhales poisonous gas in a 120-foot cone. Each creature in that area must make a DC 24 Constitution saving throw, taking 98 (28d6) poison damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.

Legendary Actions

The dragon can take 5 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action option can be used at a time and only at the end of another creature's turn. The dragon regains spent legendary actions at the start of its turn.

Detect. The dragon makes a Wisdom (Perception) check.

Tail Attack. The dragon makes a tail attack.

Wing Attack (Costs 2 Actions). The dragon beats its wings. Each creature within 15 feet of the dragon must succeed on a DC 25 Dexterity saving throw or take 19 (3d6 + 9) bludgeoning damage and be knocked prone. The dragon can then fly up to half its flying speed.

Crush (Costs 3 Actions). The dragon rolls over onto side, potentially crushing creatures beneath it. The dragon moves 20 feet without provoking attacks of opportunity to a space that can contain one or more other creatures, then falls prone. Each of those creatures must succeed on a DC 25 Strength or Dexterity saving throw (target's choice) or be knocked prone, restrained, and take 30 (6d6 + 9) bludgeoning damage. A restrained creature can use its action to repeat the save, freeing itself on a success. On a successful save, the creature only takes half the damage, isn't knocked prone or restrained, and is pushed up to 10 feet out of the dragon's space into an unoccupied space of the creature's choice. If no unoccupied space is within range, the creature instead falls prone in the dragon's space.

Great Wyrm Red Dragon

Gargantuan dragon, chaotic evil

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• Armor Class 25 (natural armour)
• Hit Points 738 (36d20 + 360)
• Speed 40 ft., climb 40 ft., fly 80 ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
30 (+10)	10 (+0)	30 (+10)	20 (+5)	17 (+3)	25 (+7)

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• Saving Throws Dex +9, Con +19, Wis +12, Cha +16
• Skills Perception +21, Stealth +9
• Damage Immunities fire
• Senses blindsight 60 ft., darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 31
• Languages Common, Draconic
• Challenge 30 (155,000 XP)

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Exceptional Strength. The dragon has advantage on Strength checks and Strength saving throws.

Legendary Resistance (5/Day). If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.

Actions

Multiattack. The dragon can use its Frightful Presence. It then makes three attacks: one with its bite and two with its claws.

Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +19 to hit, reach 15 ft., one target. Hit: 26 (3d10 + 10) piercing damage plus 21 (6d6) fire damage.

Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +19 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 20 (3d6 + 10) slashing damage.

Tail. Melee Weapon Attack: +19 to hit, reach 20 ft., one target. Hit: 23 (3d8 + 10) bludgeoning damage.

Frightful Presence. Each creature of the dragon's choice that is within 120 feet of the dragon and aware of it must succeed on a DC 24 Wisdom saving throw or become frightened for 1 minute. A creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success. If a creature's saving throw is successful or the effect ends for it, the creature is immune to the dragon's Frightful Presence for the next 24 hours.

Fire Breath (Recharge 5-6). The dragon exhales fire in a 120-foot cone. Each creature in that area must make a DC 27 Dexterity saving throw, taking 119 (34d6) fire damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.

Legendary Actions

The dragon can take 5 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action option can be used at a time and only at the end of another creature's turn. The dragon regains spent legendary actions at the start of its turn.

Detect. The dragon makes a Wisdom (Perception) check.

Tail Attack. The dragon makes a tail attack.

Wing Attack (Costs 2 Actions). The dragon beats its wings. Each creature within 15 feet of the dragon must succeed on a DC 27 Dexterity saving throw or take 20 (3d6 + 10) bludgeoning damage and be knocked prone. The dragon can then fly up to half its flying speed.

Crush (Costs 3 Actions). The dragon rolls over onto side, potentially crushing creatures beneath it. The dragon moves 20 feet without provoking attacks of opportunity to a space that can contain one or more other creatures, then falls prone. Each of those creatures must succeed on a DC 27 Strength or Dexterity saving throw (target's choice) or be knocked prone, restrained, and take 31 (6d6 + 10) bludgeoning damage. A restrained creature can use its action to repeat the save, freeing itself on a success. On a successful save, the creature only takes half the damage, isn't knocked prone or restrained, and is pushed up to 10 feet out of the dragon's space into an unoccupied space of the creature's choice. If no unoccupied space is within range, the creature instead falls prone in the dragon's space.

Great Wyrm White Dragon

Gargantuan dragon, chaotic evil

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• Armor Class 23 (natural armour)
• Hit Points 507 (26d20 + 234)
• Speed 40 ft., burrow 40 ft., fly 80 ft., swim 40 ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
28 (+9)	10 (+0)	28 (+9)	12 (+1)	14 (+2)	16 (+3)

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• Saving Throws Dex +8, Con +17, Wis +10, Cha +11
• Skills Perception +18, Stealth +8
• Damage Immunities cold
• Senses blindsight 60 ft., darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 28
• Languages Common, Draconic
• Challenge 26 (90,000 XP)

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Ice Walk. The dragon can move across and climb icy surfaces without needing to make an ability check. Additionally, difficult terrain composed of ice or snow doesn't cost it extra movement.

Legendary Resistance (5/Day). If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.

Actions

Multiattack. The dragon can use its Frightful Presence. It then makes three attacks: one with its bite and two with its claws.

Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +17 to hit, reach 15 ft., one target. Hit: 25 (3d10 + 9) piercing damage plus 13 (3d8) fire damage.

Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +17 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 19 (3d6 + 9) slashing damage.

Tail. Melee Weapon Attack: +17 to hit, reach 20 ft., one target. Hit: 22 (3d8 + 9) bludgeoning damage.

Frightful Presence. Each creature of the dragon's choice that is within 120 feet of the dragon and aware of it must succeed on a DC 19 Wisdom saving throw or become frightened for 1 minute. A creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success. If a creature's saving throw is successful or the effect ends for it, the creature is immune to the dragon's Frightful Presence for the next 24 hours.

Cold Breath (Recharge 5-6). The dragon exhales an icy blast in a 120-foot cone. Each creature in that area must make a DC 25 Constitution saving throw, taking 90 (20d8) cold damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.

Legendary Actions

The dragon can take 5 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action option can be used at a time and only at the end of another creature's turn. The dragon regains spent legendary actions at the start of its turn.

Detect. The dragon makes a Wisdom (Perception) check.

Tail Attack. The dragon makes a tail attack.

Wing Attack (Costs 2 Actions). The dragon beats its wings. Each creature within 15 feet of the dragon must succeed on a DC 25 Dexterity saving throw or take 19 (3d6 + 9) bludgeoning damage and be knocked prone. The dragon can then fly up to half its flying speed.

Crush (Costs 3 Actions). The dragon rolls over onto side, potentially crushing creatures beneath it. The dragon moves 20 feet without provoking attacks of opportunity to a space that can contain one or more other creatures, then falls prone. Each of those creatures must succeed on a DC 25 Strength or Dexterity saving throw (target's choice) or be knocked prone, restrained, and take 30 (6d6 + 9) bludgeoning damage. A restrained creature can use its action to repeat the save, freeing itself on a success. On a successful save, the creature only takes half the damage, isn't knocked prone or restrained, and is pushed up to 10 feet out of the dragon's space into an unoccupied space of the creature's choice. If no unoccupied space is within range, the creature instead falls prone in the dragon's space.

Great Wyrm Brass Dragon

Gargantuan dragon, chaotic good

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• Armor Class 23 (natural armour)
• Hit Points 462 (25d20 + 200)
• Speed 40 ft., burrow 40 ft., fly 80 ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
29 (+9)	10 (+0)	27 (+8)	18 (+4)	17 (+3)	21 (+5)

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• Saving Throws Dex +8, Con +16, Wis +11, Cha +13
• Skills Perception +19, Stealth +8
• Damage Immunities fire
• Senses blindsight 60 ft., darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 29
• Languages Common, Draconic
• Challenge 26 (90,000 XP)

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Legendary Resistance (5/Day). If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.

Actions

Multiattack. The dragon can use its Frightful Presence. It then makes three attacks: one with its bite and two with its claws.

Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +17 to hit, reach 15 ft., one target. Hit: 25 (3d10 + 9) piercing damage.

Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +17 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 19 (3d6 + 9) slashing damage.

Tail. Melee Weapon Attack: +17 to hit, reach 20 ft., one target. Hit: 22 (3d8 + 9) bludgeoning damage.

Frightful Presence. Each creature of the dragon's choice that is within 120 feet of the dragon and aware of it must succeed on a DC 21 Wisdom saving throw or become frightened for 1 minute. A creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success. If a creature's saving throw is successful or the effect ends for it, the creature is immune to the dragon's Frightful Presence for the next 24 hours.

Breath Weapons (Recharge 5-6). The dragon uses one of the following breath weapons:

• Fire Breath. The dragon exhales fire in a 120-foot line that is 10 feet wide. Each creature in that line must make a DC 24 Dexterity saving throw, taking 66 (19d6) fire damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.
• Sleep Breath. The dragon exhales sleep gas in a 120-foot cone. Each creature in that area must succeed on a DC 24 Constitution saving throw or fall unconscious for 10 minutes. This effect ends for a creature if the creature takes damage or someone uses an action to wake it.

Change Shape. The dragon magically polymorphs into a humanoid or beast that has a challenge rating of no higher than its own, or back into its true form. It reverts to its true form if it dies. Any equipment it is wearing or carrying is absorbed or borne by the new form (the dragon's choice).
In a new form, the dragon retains its alignment, hit points, Hit Dice, ability to speak, proficiencies, Legendary Resistance, lair actions, and Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma scores, as well as this action. Its statistics and capabilities are otherwise replaced by those of the new form, except any class features or legendary actions of that form.

Legendary Actions

The dragon can take 5 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action option can be used at a time and only at the end of another creature's turn. The dragon regains spent legendary actions at the start of its turn.

Detect. The dragon makes a Wisdom (Perception) check.

Tail Attack. The dragon makes a tail attack.

Wing Attack (Costs 2 Actions). The dragon beats its wings. Each creature within 15 feet of the dragon must succeed on a DC 25 Dexterity saving throw or take 19 (3d6 + 9) bludgeoning damage and be knocked prone. The dragon can then fly up to half its flying speed.

Crush (Costs 3 Actions). The dragon rolls over onto side, potentially crushing creatures beneath it. The dragon moves 20 feet without provoking attacks of opportunity to a space that can contain one or more other creatures, then falls prone. Each of those creatures must succeed on a DC 25 Strength or Dexterity saving throw (target's choice) or be knocked prone, restrained, and take 30 (6d6 + 9) bludgeoning damage. A restrained creature can use its action to repeat the save, freeing itself on a success. On a successful save, the creature only takes half the damage, isn't knocked prone or restrained, and is pushed up to 10 feet out of the dragon's space into an unoccupied space of the creature's choice. If no unoccupied space is within range, the creature instead falls prone in the dragon's space.

Great Wyrm Bronze Dragon

Gargantuan dragon, lawful good

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• Armor Class 25 (natural armour)
• Hit Points 624 (32d20 + 288)
• Speed 40 ft., fly 80 ft., swim 40 ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
30 (+10)	10 (+0)	29 (+9)	20 (+5)	19 (+4)	23 (+6)

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• Saving Throws Dex +8, Con +17, Wis +12, Cha +14
• Skills Perception +20, Stealth +8
• Damage Immunities lightning
• Senses blindsight 60 ft., darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 30
• Languages Common, Draconic
• Challenge 28 (120,000 XP)

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Legendary Resistance (5/Day). If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.

Actions

Multiattack. The dragon can use its Frightful Presence. It then makes three attacks: one with its bite and two with its claws.

Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +18 to hit, reach 15 ft., one target. Hit: 26 (3d10 + 10) piercing damage.

Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +18 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 20 (3d6 + 10) slashing damage.

Tail. Melee Weapon Attack: +18 to hit, reach 20 ft., one target. Hit: 23 (3d8 + 10) bludgeoning damage.

Frightful Presence. Each creature of the dragon's choice that is within 120 feet of the dragon and aware of it must succeed on a DC 22 Wisdom saving throw or become frightened for 1 minute. A creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success. If a creature's saving throw is successful or the effect ends for it, the creature is immune to the dragon's Frightful Presence for the next 24 hours.

Breath Weapons (Recharge 5-6). The dragon uses one of the following breath weapons:

• Lightning Breath. The dragon exhales lightning in a 120-foot line that is 10 feet wide. Each creature in that line must make a DC 25 Dexterity saving throw, taking 110 (20d10) lightning damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.
• Repulsion Breath. The dragon exhales repulsion energy in a 30-foot cone. Each creature in that area must succeed on a DC 25 Strength saving throw. On a failed save, the creature is pushed 60 feet away from the dragon.

Change Shape. The dragon magically polymorphs into a humanoid or beast that has a challenge rating of no higher than its own, or back into its true form. It reverts to its true form if it dies. Any equipment it is wearing or carrying is absorbed or borne by the new form (the dragon's choice).
In a new form, the dragon retains its alignment, hit points, Hit Dice, ability to speak, proficiencies, Legendary Resistance, lair actions, and Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma scores, as well as this action. Its statistics and capabilities are otherwise replaced by those of the new form, except any class features or legendary actions of that form.

Legendary Actions

The dragon can take 5 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action option can be used at a time and only at the end of another creature's turn. The dragon regains spent legendary actions at the start of its turn.

Detect. The dragon makes a Wisdom (Perception) check.

Tail Attack. The dragon makes a tail attack.

Wing Attack (Costs 2 Actions). The dragon beats its wings. Each creature within 15 feet of the dragon must succeed on a DC 26 Dexterity saving throw or take 20 (3d6 + 10) bludgeoning damage and be knocked prone. The dragon can then fly up to half its flying speed.

Crush (Costs 3 Actions). The dragon rolls over onto side, potentially crushing creatures beneath it. The dragon moves 20 feet without provoking attacks of opportunity to a space that can contain one or more other creatures, then falls prone. Each of those creatures must succeed on a DC 26 Strength or Dexterity saving throw (target's choice) or be knocked prone, restrained, and take 31 (6d6 + 10) bludgeoning damage. A restrained creature can use its action to repeat the save, freeing itself on a success. On a successful save, the creature only takes half the damage, isn't knocked prone or restrained, and is pushed up to 10 feet out of the dragon's space into an unoccupied space of the creature's choice. If no unoccupied space is within range, the creature instead falls prone in the dragon's space.

Great Wyrm Copper Dragon

Gargantuan dragon, chaotic good

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• Armor Class 24 (natural armour)
• Hit Points 518 (28d20 + 224)
• Speed 40 ft., climb 40 ft., fly 80 ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
29 (+9)	12 (+1)	27 (+8)	22 (+6)	19 (+4)	21 (+5)

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• Saving Throws Dex +8, Con +17, Wis +12, Cha +14
• Skills Perception +20, Stealth +9
• Damage Immunities acid
• Senses blindsight 60 ft., darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 30
• Languages Common, Draconic
• Challenge 27 (105,000 XP)

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Legendary Resistance (5/Day). If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.

Actions

Multiattack. The dragon can use its Frightful Presence. It then makes three attacks: one with its bite and two with its claws.

Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +17 to hit, reach 15 ft., one target. Hit: 25 (3d10 + 9) piercing damage.

Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +17 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 19 (3d6 + 9) slashing damage.

Tail. Melee Weapon Attack: +17 to hit, reach 20 ft., one target. Hit: 22 (3d8 + 9) bludgeoning damage.

Frightful Presence. Each creature of the dragon's choice that is within 120 feet of the dragon and aware of it must succeed on a DC 21 Wisdom saving throw or become frightened for 1 minute. A creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success. If a creature's saving throw is successful or the effect ends for it, the creature is immune to the dragon's Frightful Presence for the next 24 hours.

Breath Weapons (Recharge 5-6). The dragon uses one of the following breath weapons:

• Acid Breath. The dragon exhales acid in a 120-foot line that is 10 feet wide. Each creature in that line must make a DC 24 Dexterity saving throw, taking 72 (16d8) acid damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.
• Slowing Breath. The dragon exhales gas in a 120-foot cone. Each creature in that area must succeed on a DC 24 Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, the creature can't use reactions, its speed is halved, and it can't make more than one attack on its turn. In addition, the creature can use either an action ot a bonus action on its turn, but not both. These effects last for 1 minute. The creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself with a successful save.

Change Shape. The dragon magically polymorphs into a humanoid or beast that has a challenge rating of no higher than its own, or back into its true form. It reverts to its true form if it dies. Any equipment it is wearing or carrying is absorbed or borne by the new form (the dragon's choice).
In a new form, the dragon retains its alignment, hit points, Hit Dice, ability to speak, proficiencies, Legendary Resistance, lair actions, and Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma scores, as well as this action. Its statistics and capabilities are otherwise replaced by those of the new form, except any class features or legendary actions of that form.

Legendary Actions

The dragon can take 5 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action option can be used at a time and only at the end of another creature's turn. The dragon regains spent legendary actions at the start of its turn.

Detect. The dragon makes a Wisdom (Perception) check.

Tail Attack. The dragon makes a tail attack.

Wing Attack (Costs 2 Actions). The dragon beats its wings. Each creature within 15 feet of the dragon must succeed on a DC 25 Dexterity saving throw or take 19 (3d6 + 9) bludgeoning damage and be knocked prone. The dragon can then fly up to half its flying speed.

Crush (Costs 3 Actions). The dragon rolls over onto side, potentially crushing creatures beneath it. The dragon moves 20 feet without provoking attacks of opportunity to a space that can contain one or more other creatures, then falls prone. Each of those creatures must succeed on a DC 25 Strength or Dexterity saving throw (target's choice) or be knocked prone, restrained, and take 30 (6d6 + 9) bludgeoning damage. A restrained creature can use its action to repeat the save, freeing itself on a success. On a successful save, the creature only takes half the damage, isn't knocked prone or restrained, and is pushed up to 10 feet out of the dragon's space into an unoccupied space of the creature's choice. If no unoccupied space is within range, the creature instead falls prone in the dragon's space.

Great Wyrm Gold Dragon

Gargantuan dragon, lawful good

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• Armor Class 25 (natural armour)
• Hit Points 738 (36d20 + 360)
• Speed 40 ft., fly 80 ft., swim 40 ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
30 (+10)	14 (+2)	30 (+10)	20 (+5)	19 (+4)	30 (+10)

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• Saving Throws Dex +11, Con +19, Wis +13, Cha +19
• Skills Perception +22, Stealth +11
• Damage Immunities fire
• Senses blindsight 60 ft., darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 32
• Languages Common, Draconic
• Challenge 30 (155,000 XP)

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Exceptional Strength. The dragon has advantage on Strength checks and Strength saving throws.

Legendary Resistance (5/Day). If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.

Actions

Multiattack. The dragon can use its Frightful Presence. It then makes three attacks: one with its bite and two with its claws.

Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +19 to hit, reach 15 ft., one target. Hit: 26 (3d10 + 10) piercing damage.

Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +19 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 20 (3d6 + 10) slashing damage.

Tail. Melee Weapon Attack: +19 to hit, reach 20 ft., one target. Hit: 23 (3d8 + 10) bludgeoning damage.

Frightful Presence. Each creature of the dragon's choice that is within 120 feet of the dragon and aware of it must succeed on a DC 27 Wisdom saving throw or become frightened for 1 minute. A creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success. If a creature's saving throw is successful or the effect ends for it, the creature is immune to the dragon's Frightful Presence for the next 24 hours.

Breath Weapons (Recharge 5-6). The dragon uses one of the following breath weapons:

• Fire Breath. The dragon exhales fire in a 120-foot cone. Each creature in that area must make a DC 27 Dexterity saving throw, taking 82 (15d10) fire damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.
• Weakening Breath. The dragon exhales gas in a 120-foot cone. Each creature in that area must succeed on a DC 27 Strength saving throw or have disadvantage on Strength-based attack rolls, Strength checks, and Strength saving throws for 1 minute. A creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.

Change Shape. The dragon magically polymorphs into a humanoid or beast that has a challenge rating of no higher than its own, or back into its true form. It reverts to its true form if it dies. Any equipment it is wearing or carrying is absorbed or borne by the new form (the dragon's choice).
In a new form, the dragon retains its alignment, hit points, Hit Dice, ability to speak, proficiencies, Legendary Resistance, lair actions, and Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma scores, as well as this action. Its statistics and capabilities are otherwise replaced by those of the new form, except any class features or legendary actions of that form.

Legendary Actions

The dragon can take 5 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action option can be used at a time and only at the end of another creature's turn. The dragon regains spent legendary actions at the start of its turn.

Detect. The dragon makes a Wisdom (Perception) check.

Tail Attack. The dragon makes a tail attack.

Wing Attack (Costs 2 Actions). The dragon beats its wings. Each creature within 15 feet of the dragon must succeed on a DC 27 Dexterity saving throw or take 20 (3d6 + 10) bludgeoning damage and be knocked prone. The dragon can then fly up to half its flying speed.

Crush (Costs 3 Actions). The dragon rolls over onto side, potentially crushing creatures beneath it. The dragon moves 20 feet without provoking attacks of opportunity to a space that can contain one or more other creatures, then falls prone. Each of those creatures must succeed on a DC 27 Strength or Dexterity saving throw (target's choice) or be knocked prone, restrained, and take 31 (6d6 + 10) bludgeoning damage. A restrained creature can use its action to repeat the save, freeing itself on a success. On a successful save, the creature only takes half the damage, isn't knocked prone or restrained, and is pushed up to 10 feet out of the dragon's space into an unoccupied space of the creature's choice. If no unoccupied space is within range, the creature instead falls prone in the dragon's space.

Great Wyrm Silver Dragon

Gargantuan dragon, lawful good

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• Armor Class 25 (natural armour)
• Hit Points 676 (33d20 + 330)
• Speed 40 ft., fly 80 ft., swim 40 ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
30 (+10)	10 (+0)	30 (+10)	20 (+5)	17 (+3)	25 (+7)

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• Saving Throws Dex +9, Con +19, Wis +12, Cha +16
• Skills Perception +21, Stealth +9
• Damage Immunities cold
• Senses blindsight 60 ft., darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 31
• Languages Common, Draconic
• Challenge 29 (135,000 XP)

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Exceptional Strength. The dragon has advantage on Strength checks and Strength saving throws.

Legendary Resistance (5/Day). If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.

Actions

Multiattack. The dragon can use its Frightful Presence. It then makes three attacks: one with its bite and two with its claws.

Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +19 to hit, reach 15 ft., one target. Hit: 26 (3d10 + 10) piercing damage.

Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +19 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 20 (3d6 + 10) slashing damage.

Tail. Melee Weapon Attack: +19 to hit, reach 20 ft., one target. Hit: 23 (3d8 + 10) bludgeoning damage.

Frightful Presence. Each creature of the dragon's choice that is within 120 feet of the dragon and aware of it must succeed on a DC 24 Wisdom saving throw or become frightened for 1 minute. A creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success. If a creature's saving throw is successful or the effect ends for it, the creature is immune to the dragon's Frightful Presence for the next 24 hours.

Breath Weapons (Recharge 5-6). The dragon uses one of the following breath weapons:

• Cold Breath. The dragon exhales any icy blast in a 120-foot cone. Each creature in that area must make a DC 27 Consitution saving throw, taking 76 (17d8) cold damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.
• Paralyzing Breath. The dragon exhales paralyzaing gas in a 120-foot cone. Each creature in that area must succeed on a DC 27 Constitution saving throw or be paralyzed for 1 minute. A creature can repeat the save at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.

Change Shape. The dragon magically polymorphs into a humanoid or beast that has a challenge rating of no higher than its own, or back into its true form. It reverts to its true form if it dies. Any equipment it is wearing or carrying is absorbed or borne by the new form (the dragon's choice).
In a new form, the dragon retains its alignment, hit points, Hit Dice, ability to speak, proficiencies, Legendary Resistance, lair actions, and Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma scores, as well as this action. Its statistics and capabilities are otherwise replaced by those of the new form, except any class features or legendary actions of that form.

Legendary Actions

The dragon can take 5 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action option can be used at a time and only at the end of another creature's turn. The dragon regains spent legendary actions at the start of its turn.

Detect. The dragon makes a Wisdom (Perception) check.

Tail Attack. The dragon makes a tail attack.

Wing Attack (Costs 2 Actions). The dragon beats its wings. Each creature within 15 feet of the dragon must succeed on a DC 27 Dexterity saving throw or take 20 (3d6 + 10) bludgeoning damage and be knocked prone. The dragon can then fly up to half its flying speed.

Crush (Costs 3 Actions). The dragon rolls over onto side, potentially crushing creatures beneath it. The dragon moves 20 feet without provoking attacks of opportunity to a space that can contain one or more other creatures, then falls prone. Each of those creatures must succeed on a DC 27 Strength or Dexterity saving throw (target's choice) or be knocked prone, restrained, and take 31 (6d6 + 10) bludgeoning damage. A restrained creature can use its action to repeat the save, freeing itself on a success. On a successful save, the creature only takes half the damage, isn't knocked prone or restrained, and is pushed up to 10 feet out of the dragon's space into an unoccupied space of the creature's choice. If no unoccupied space is within range, the creature instead falls prone in the dragon's space.

Dragonne

The dragonne is part lion, part dragon. Its roar saps the vitality of enemies.

Eladrin, Bralani

The Eladrin are a race of chaotic good celestials, the chaotic analogue to archons. Bralani Eladrin appear as stout elves with an otherworldly air.They have a small list of spell-like abilities, and can change into a whirlwind.

Eladrin, Ghaele

Ghaele Eladrins are the knight-errants of the celestials, appearing as noble elves with a radiant aura. They have a large list of spell-like abilities and cleric spellcasting, a gaze of death, an aura that protects against evil, and they can transform into an incorporeal ball of light that can fire lasers.

Its spell-like abilities bring the brunt of its damage, with several high-power evocations.

Elementals

In 5e, there is one size of elemental: Large. In 3.5e, however, there are six stages for every elemental: Small, Medium, Large, Huge, Greater, and Elder.

Thankfully, elementals are easy to balance: They all have the same CR and the same number of Hit Dice, and elementals don't traditionally get any special abilities. These statblocks are essentially just bags of hit points of various sizes.

Huge Air Elemental

Huge elemental, unaligned

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• Armor Class 16
• Hit Points 152 (16d12 + 48)
• Speed 0 ft., fly 90 ft. (hover)

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
16 (+3)	22 (+6)	16 (+3)	6 (−2)	10 (+0)	6 (−2)

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• Damage Resistances lightning, thunder; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical weapons
• Damage Immunities poison
• Condition Immunities exhaustion, grappled, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned, prone, restrained, unconscious
• Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 10
• Languages Auran
• Challenge 9 (5,000 XP)

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Air Form. The elemental can enter a hostile creature's space and stop there. It can move through a space as narrow as 1 inch wide without squeezing.

Actions

Multiattack. The elemental makes two slam attacks.

Slam. Melee Weapon Attack: +10 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 19 (3d8 + 6) bludgeoning damage.

Whirlwind (Recharge 4-6). Each creature in the elemental's space must make a DC 15 Strength saving throw. On a failure, a target takes 21 (4d8 + 3) bludgeoning damage and is flung up to 30 feet away from the elemental in a random direction and knocked prone. If a thrown target strikes an object, such as a wall or floor, the target takes 3 (1d6) bludgeoning damage for every 10 feet it was thrown. If the target is thrown at another creature, that creature must succeed on a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw or take the same damage and be knocked prone.
If the saving throw is successful, the target takes half the bludgeoning damage and isn't flung away or knocked prone.

Greater Air Elemental

Huge elemental, unaligned

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• Armor Class 17
• Hit Points 210 (20d12 + 80)
• Speed 0 ft., fly 90 ft. (hover)

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
18 (+4)	24 (+7)	18 (+4)	6 (−2)	10 (+0)	6 (−2)

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• Damage Resistances lightning, thunder
• Damage Immunities poison; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical weapons
• Condition Immunities exhaustion, grappled, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned, prone, restrained, unconscious
• Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 10
• Languages Auran
• Challenge 13 (10,000 XP)

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Air Form. The elemental can enter a hostile creature's space and stop there. It can move through a space as narrow as 1 inch wide without squeezing.

Actions

Multiattack. The elemental makes three slam attacks.

Slam. Melee Weapon Attack: +12 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 20 (3d8 + 7) bludgeoning damage.

Whirlwind (Recharge 4-6). Each creature in the elemental's space must make a DC 17 Strength saving throw. On a failure, a target takes 22 (4d8 + 4) bludgeoning damage and is flung up to 40 feet away from the elemental in a random direction and knocked prone. If a thrown target strikes an object, such as a wall or floor, the target takes 3 (1d6) bludgeoning damage for every 10 feet it was thrown. If the target is thrown at another creature, that creature must succeed on a DC 17 Dexterity saving throw or take the same damage and be knocked prone.
If the saving throw is successful, the target takes half the bludgeoning damage and isn't flung away or knocked prone.

Elder Air Elemental

Huge elemental, unaligned

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• Armor Class 18
• Hit Points 276 (24d12 + 120)
• Speed 0 ft., fly 90 ft. (hover)

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
20 (+5)	26 (+8)	20 (+5)	6 (−2)	10 (+0)	6 (−2)

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• Damage Resistances lightning, thunder
• Damage Immunities poison; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical weapons
• Condition Immunities exhaustion, grappled, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned, prone, restrained, unconscious
• Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 10
• Languages Auran
• Challenge 17 (18,000 XP)

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Air Form. The elemental can enter a hostile creature's space and stop there. It can move through a space as narrow as 1 inch wide without squeezing.

Actions

Multiattack. The elemental makes four slam attacks.

Slam. Melee Weapon Attack: +14 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 21 (3d8 + 8) bludgeoning damage.

Whirlwind (Recharge 4-6). Each creature in the elemental's space must make a DC 19 Strength saving throw. On a failure, a target takes 23 (4d8 + 5) bludgeoning damage and is flung up to 50 feet away from the elemental in a random direction and knocked prone. If a thrown target strikes an object, such as a wall or floor, the target takes 3 (1d6) bludgeoning damage for every 10 feet it was thrown. If the target is thrown at another creature, that creature must succeed on a DC 19 Dexterity saving throw or take the same damage and be knocked prone.
If the saving throw is successful, the target takes half the bludgeoning damage and isn't flung away or knocked prone.

Small Earth Elemental

Small elemental, unaligned

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• Armor Class 13 (natural armor)
• Hit Points 19 (3d6 + 9)
• Speed 30 ft., burrow 30 ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
16 (+3)	8 (−1)	16 (+3)	3 (−4)	10 (+0)	5 (−3)

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• Damage Vulnerabilities thunder
• Damage Immunities poison
• Condition Immunities exhaustion, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned, unconscious
• Senses darkvision 60 ft., tremorsense 60 ft., passive Perception 10
• Languages Terran
• Challenge 1/2 (100 XP)

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Earth Glide. The elemental can burrow through nonmagical, unworked earth and stone. While doing so, the elemental doesn't disturb the material it moves through

Siege Monster. The elemental deals double damage to objects and structures.

Actions

Slam. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 6 (1d6 + 3) bludgeoning damage.

Medium Earth Elemental

Medium elemental, unaligned

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• Armor Class 15 (natural armor)
• Hit Points 51 (6d8 + 24)
• Speed 30 ft., burrow 30 ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
18 (+4)	8 (−1)	18 (+4)	5 (−3)	10 (+0)	5 (−3)

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• Damage Vulnerabilities thunder
• Damage Immunities poison
• Condition Immunities exhaustion, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned, unconscious
• Senses darkvision 60 ft., tremorsense 60 ft., passive Perception 10
• Languages Terran
• Challenge 1 (200 XP)

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Earth Glide. The elemental can burrow through nonmagical, unworked earth and stone. While doing so, the elemental doesn't disturb the material it moves through

Siege Monster. The elemental deals double damage to objects and structures.

Actions

Multiattack. The elemental makes two slam attacks.

Slam. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 8 (1d8 + 4) bludgeoning damage.

Huge Earth Elemental

Huge elemental, unaligned

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• Armor Class 19 (natural armor)
• Hit Points 200 (16d12 + 96)
• Speed 30 ft., burrow 30 ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
22 (+6)	8 (−1)	22 (+6)	5 (−3)	10 (+0)	5 (−3)

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• Damage Vulnerabilities thunder
• Damage Resistances bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical weapons
• Damage Immunities poison
• Condition Immunities exhaustion, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned, unconscious
• Senses darkvision 60 ft., tremorsense 60 ft., passive Perception 10
• Languages Terran
• Challenge 9 (5,000 XP)

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Earth Glide. The elemental can burrow through nonmagical, unworked earth and stone. While doing so, the elemental doesn't disturb the material it moves through

Siege Monster. The elemental deals double damage to objects and structures.

Actions

Multiattack. The elemental makes two slam attacks.

Slam. Melee Weapon Attack: +10 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 19 (3d8 + 6) bludgeoning damage.

Greater Earth Elemental

Huge elemental, unaligned

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• Armor Class 20 (natural armor)
• Hit Points 270 (20d12 + 140)
• Speed 30 ft., burrow 30 ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
24 (+7)	8 (−1)	24 (+7)	5 (−3)	10 (+0)	5 (−3)

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• Damage Vulnerabilities thunder
• Damage Immunities poison; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical weapons
• Condition Immunities exhaustion, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned, unconscious
• Senses darkvision 60 ft., tremorsense 60 ft., passive Perception 10
• Languages Terran
• Challenge 13 (10,000 XP)

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Earth Glide. The elemental can burrow through nonmagical, unworked earth and stone. While doing so, the elemental doesn't disturb the material it moves through

Siege Monster. The elemental deals double damage to objects and structures.

Actions

Multiattack. The elemental makes three slam attacks.

Slam. Melee Weapon Attack: +12 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 20 (3d8 + 7) bludgeoning damage.

Elder Earth Elemental

Huge elemental, unaligned

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• Armor Class 21 (natural armor)
• Hit Points 348 (24d12 + 192)
• Speed 30 ft., burrow 30 ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
26 (+8)	8 (−1)	26 (+8)	5 (−3)	10 (+0)	5 (−3)

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• Damage Vulnerabilities thunder
• Damage Immunities poison; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical weapons
• Condition Immunities exhaustion, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned, unconscious
• Senses darkvision 60 ft., tremorsense 60 ft., passive Perception 10
• Languages Terran
• Challenge 17 (18,000 XP)

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Earth Glide. The elemental can burrow through nonmagical, unworked earth and stone. While doing so, the elemental doesn't disturb the material it moves through

Siege Monster. The elemental deals double damage to objects and structures.

Actions

Multiattack. The elemental makes four slam attacks.

Slam. Melee Weapon Attack: +14 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 21 (3d8 + 8) bludgeoning damage.

Small Fire Elemental

Small elemental, unaligned

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• Armor Class 12
• Hit Points 13 (3d6 + 3)
• Speed 50 ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
6 (−2)	15 (+2)	12 (+1)	4 (−3)	10 (+0)	7 (−2)

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• Damage Immunities fire, poison
• Condition Immunities exhaustion, grappled, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned, prone, restrained, unconscious
• Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 10
• Languages Ignan
• Challenge 1/2 (100 XP)

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Fire Form. The elemental can move through a space as narrow as 1 inch wide without squeezing. A creature that touches the elemental or hits it with a melee attack while within 5 feet of it takes 5 (1d10) fire damage. In addition, the elemental can enter a hostile creature's space and stop there. The first time it enters a creature's space on a turn, that creature takes 5 (1d10) fire damage and catches fire; until someone takes an action to douse the fire, the creature takes 5 (1d10) fire damage at the start of each of its turns.

Illumination. The elemental sheds bright light in a 30-foot radius and dim light in an additional 30 feet.

Water Susceptibility. For every 5 feet the elemental moves in water, or for every gallon of water splashed on it, it takes 1 cold damage.

Actions

Slam. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 4 (1d4 + 2) fire damage. If the target is a creature or a flammable object, it ignites. Until a creature takes an action to douse the fire, the target takes 5 (1d10) fire damage at the start of each of its turns.

Medium Fire Elemental

Medium elemental, unaligned

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• Armor Class 13
• Hit Points 39 (6d8 + 12)
• Speed 50 ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
8 (−1)	16 (+3)	14 (+2)	6 (−2)	10 (+0)	7 (−2)

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• Damage Immunities fire, poison
• Condition Immunities exhaustion, grappled, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned, prone, restrained, unconscious
• Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 10
• Languages Ignan
• Challenge 1 (200 XP)

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Fire Form. The elemental can move through a space as narrow as 1 inch wide without squeezing. A creature that touches the elemental or hits it with a melee attack while within 5 feet of it takes 5 (1d10) fire damage. In addition, the elemental can enter a hostile creature's space and stop there. The first time it enters a creature's space on a turn, that creature takes 5 (1d10) fire damage and catches fire; until someone takes an action to douse the fire, the creature takes 5 (1d10) fire damage at the start of each of its turns.

Illumination. The elemental sheds bright light in a 30-foot radius and dim light in an additional 30 feet.

Water Susceptibility. For every 5 feet the elemental moves in water, or for every gallon of water splashed on it, it takes 1 cold damage.

Actions

Multiattack. The elemental makes two slam attacks.

Slam. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 4 (1d6 + 3) fire damage. If the target is a creature or a flammable object, it ignites. Until a creature takes an action to douse the fire, the target takes 5 (1d10) fire damage at the start of each of its turns.

Huge Fire Elemental

Huge elemental, unaligned

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• Armor Class 14
• Hit Points 168 (16d12 + 64)
• Speed 50 ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
12 (+1)	19 (+4)	18 (+4)	6 (−2)	10 (+0)	7 (−2)

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• Damage Resistances bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical weapons
• Damage Immunities fire, poison
• Condition Immunities exhaustion, grappled, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned, prone, restrained, unconscious
• Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 10
• Languages Ignan
• Challenge 9 (5,000 XP)

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Fire Form. The elemental can move through a space as narrow as 1 inch wide without squeezing. A creature that touches the elemental or hits it with a melee attack while within 5 feet of it takes 5 (1d10) fire damage. In addition, the elemental can enter a hostile creature's space and stop there. The first time it enters a creature's space on a turn, that creature takes 5 (1d10) fire damage and catches fire; until someone takes an action to douse the fire, the creature takes 5 (1d10) fire damage at the start of each of its turns.

Illumination. The elemental sheds bright light in a 30-foot radius and dim light in an additional 30 feet.

Water Susceptibility. For every 5 feet the elemental moves in water, or for every gallon of water splashed on it, it takes 1 cold damage.

Actions

Multiattack. The elemental makes two slam attacks.

Slam. Melee Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 14 (3d6 + 4) fire damage. If the target is a creature or a flammable object, it ignites. Until a creature takes an action to douse the fire, the target takes 5 (1d10) fire damage at the start of each of its turns.

Greater Fire Elemental

Huge elemental, unaligned

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• Armor Class 15
• Hit Points 230 (20d12 + 100)
• Speed 50 ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
14 (+2)	21 (+5)	20 (+5)	6 (−2)	10 (+0)	7 (−2)

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• Damage Immunities fire, poison; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical weapons
• Condition Immunities exhaustion, grappled, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned, prone, restrained, unconscious
• Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 10
• Languages Ignan
• Challenge 13 (10,000 XP)

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Fire Form. The elemental can move through a space as narrow as 1 inch wide without squeezing. A creature that touches the elemental or hits it with a melee attack while within 5 feet of it takes 5 (1d10) fire damage. In addition, the elemental can enter a hostile creature's space and stop there. The first time it enters a creature's space on a turn, that creature takes 5 (1d10) fire damage and catches fire; until someone takes an action to douse the fire, the creature takes 5 (1d10) fire damage at the start of each of its turns.

Illumination. The elemental sheds bright light in a 30-foot radius and dim light in an additional 30 feet.

Water Susceptibility. For every 5 feet the elemental moves in water, or for every gallon of water splashed on it, it takes 1 cold damage.

Actions

Multiattack. The elemental makes three slam attacks.

Slam. Melee Weapon Attack: +10 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 15 (3d6 + 5) fire damage. If the target is a creature or a flammable object, it ignites. Until a creature takes an action to douse the fire, the target takes 5 (1d10) fire damage at the start of each of its turns.

Elder Fire Elemental

Huge elemental, unaligned

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• Armor Class 16
• Hit Points 300 (24d12 + 144)
• Speed 50 ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
16 (+3)	23 (+6)	22 (+6)	6 (−2)	10 (+0)	7 (−2)

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• Damage Immunities fire, poison; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical weapons
• Condition Immunities exhaustion, grappled, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned, prone, restrained, unconscious
• Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 10
• Languages Ignan
• Challenge 17 (18,000 XP)

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Fire Form. The elemental can move through a space as narrow as 1 inch wide without squeezing. A creature that touches the elemental or hits it with a melee attack while within 5 feet of it takes 5 (1d10) fire damage. In addition, the elemental can enter a hostile creature's space and stop there. The first time it enters a creature's space on a turn, that creature takes 5 (1d10) fire damage and catches fire; until someone takes an action to douse the fire, the creature takes 5 (1d10) fire damage at the start of each of its turns.

Illumination. The elemental sheds bright light in a 30-foot radius and dim light in an additional 30 feet.

Water Susceptibility. For every 5 feet the elemental moves in water, or for every gallon of water splashed on it, it takes 1 cold damage.

Actions

Multiattack. The elemental makes four slam attacks.

Slam. Melee Weapon Attack: +12 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 16 (3d6 + 6) fire damage. If the target is a creature or a flammable object, it ignites. Until a creature takes an action to douse the fire, the target takes 5 (1d10) fire damage at the start of each of its turns.

Small Water Elemental

Small elemental, unaligned

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• Armor Class 12 (natural armor)
• Hit Points 16 (3d6 + 6)
• Speed 30 ft., swim 90 ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
14 (+2)	10 (+0)	14 (+2)	3 (−4)	10 (+0)	8 (−1)

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• Damage Resistances acid
• Damage Immunities poison
• Condition Immunities exhaustion, grappled, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned, prone, restrained, unconscious
• Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 10
• Languages Aquan
• Challenge 1/2 (100 XP)

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Water Form. The elemental can enter a hostile creature's space and stop there. It can move through a space as narrow as 1 inch wide without squeezing.

Freeze. If the elemental takes cold damage, it partially freezes; its speed is reduced by 20 feet until the end of its next turn.

Actions

Slam. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d6 + 2) bludgeoning damage.

Whelm (Recharge 4-6). Each creature in the elemental's space must make a DC 12 Strength saving throw. On a failure, a target takes 5 (1d6 + 2) bludgeoning damage. If it is Small or smaller, it is also grappled (escape DC 12). Until this grapple ends, the target is restrained and unable to breathe unless it can breathe water. If the saving throw is successful, the target is pushed out of the elemental's space.
The elemental can grapple one Small creature or up to two Tiny creatures at one time with this ability. At the start of each of the elemental's turns, each grappled target takes 5 (1d6 + 2) bludgeoning damage. As an action, a creature within 5 feet of the elemental can pull a creature or an object out of it by succeeding on a DC 12 Strength check.

Medium Water Elemental

Medium elemental, unaligned

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• Armor Class 13 (natural armor)
• Hit Points 45 (6d8 + 18)
• Speed 30 ft., swim 90 ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
16 (+3)	12 (+1)	16 (+3)	5 (−3)	10 (+0)	8 (−1)

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• Damage Resistances acid
• Damage Immunities poison
• Condition Immunities exhaustion, grappled, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned, prone, restrained, unconscious
• Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 10
• Languages Aquan
• Challenge 1 (200 XP)

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Water Form. The elemental can enter a hostile creature's space and stop there. It can move through a space as narrow as 1 inch wide without squeezing.

Freeze. If the elemental takes cold damage, it partially freezes; its speed is reduced by 20 feet until the end of its next turn.

Actions

Multiattack. The elemental makes two slam attacks.

Slam. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d8 + 3) bludgeoning damage.

Whelm (Recharge 4-6). Each creature in the elemental's space must make a DC 13 Strength saving throw. On a failure, a target takes 7 (1d8 + 3) bludgeoning damage. If it is Small or smaller, it is also grappled (escape DC 13). Until this grapple ends, the target is restrained and unable to breathe unless it can breathe water. If the saving throw is successful, the target is pushed out of the elemental's space.
The elemental can grapple one Small creature or up to two Tiny creatures at one time with this ability. At the start of each of the elemental's turns, each grappled target takes 7 (1d8 + 3) bludgeoning damage. As an action, a creature within 5 feet of the elemental can pull a creature or an object out of it by succeeding on a DC 13 Strength check.

Huge Water Elemental

Huge elemental, unaligned

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• Armor Class 15 (natural armor)
• Hit Points 184 (16d12 + 80)
• Speed 30 ft., swim 90 ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
20 (+5)	16 (+3)	20 (+5)	5 (−3)	10 (+0)	8 (−1)

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• Damage Resistances acid; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical weapons
• Damage Immunities poison
• Condition Immunities exhaustion, grappled, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned, prone, restrained, unconscious
• Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 10
• Languages Aquan
• Challenge 9 (5,000 XP)

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Water Form. The elemental can enter a hostile creature's space and stop there. It can move through a space as narrow as 1 inch wide without squeezing.

Freeze. If the elemental takes cold damage, it partially freezes; its speed is reduced by 20 feet until the end of its next turn.

Actions

Multiattack. The elemental makes two slam attacks.

Slam. Melee Weapon Attack: +9 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 18 (3d8 + 5) bludgeoning damage.

Whelm (Recharge 4-6). Each creature in the elemental's space must make a DC 17 Strength saving throw. On a failure, a target takes 18 (3d8 + 5) bludgeoning damage. If it is Small or smaller, it is also grappled (escape DC 17). Until this grapple ends, the target is restrained and unable to breathe unless it can breathe water. If the saving throw is successful, the target is pushed out of the elemental's space.
The elemental can grapple one Small creature or up to two Tiny creatures at one time with this ability. At the start of each of the elemental's turns, each grappled target takes 18 (3d8 + 5) bludgeoning damage. As an action, a creature within 5 feet of the elemental can pull a creature or an object out of it by succeeding on a DC 17 Strength check.

Greater Water Elemental

Huge elemental, unaligned

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• Armor Class 16 (natural armor)
• Hit Points 250 (20d12 + 120)
• Speed 30 ft., swim 90 ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
22 (+6)	18 (+4)	22 (+6)	5 (−3)	10 (+0)	8 (−1)

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• Damage Resistances acid
• Damage Immunities poison; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical weapons
• Condition Immunities exhaustion, grappled, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned, prone, restrained, unconscious
• Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 10
• Languages Aquan
• Challenge 13 (10,000 XP)

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Water Form. The elemental can enter a hostile creature's space and stop there. It can move through a space as narrow as 1 inch wide without squeezing.

Freeze. If the elemental takes cold damage, it partially freezes; its speed is reduced by 20 feet until the end of its next turn.

Actions

Multiattack. The elemental makes three slam attacks.

Slam. Melee Weapon Attack: +11 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 19 (3d8 + 6) bludgeoning damage.

Whelm (Recharge 4-6). Each creature in the elemental's space must make a DC 19 Strength saving throw. On a failure, a target takes 19 (3d8 + 6) bludgeoning damage. If it is Small or smaller, it is also grappled (escape DC 19). Until this grapple ends, the target is restrained and unable to breathe unless it can breathe water. If the saving throw is successful, the target is pushed out of the elemental's space.
The elemental can grapple one Small creature or up to two Tiny creatures at one time with this ability. At the start of each of the elemental's turns, each grappled target takes 19 (3d8 + 6) bludgeoning damage. As an action, a creature within 5 feet of the elemental can pull a creature or an object out of it by succeeding on a DC 19 Strength check.

Elder Water Elemental

Huge elemental, unaligned

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• Armor Class 17 (natural armor)
• Hit Points 324 (24d12 + 168)
• Speed 30 ft., swim 90 ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
24 (+7)	20 (+5)	24 (+7)	5 (−3)	10 (+0)	8 (−1)

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• Damage Resistances acid
• Damage Immunities poison; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical weapons
• Condition Immunities exhaustion, grappled, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned, prone, restrained, unconscious
• Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 10
• Languages Aquan
• Challenge 17 (18,000 XP)

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Water Form. The elemental can enter a hostile creature's space and stop there. It can move through a space as narrow as 1 inch wide without squeezing.

Freeze. If the elemental takes cold damage, it partially freezes; its speed is reduced by 20 feet until the end of its next turn.

Actions

Multiattack. The elemental makes four slam attacks.

Slam. Melee Weapon Attack: +13 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 20 (3d8 + 7) bludgeoning damage.

Whelm (Recharge 4-6). Each creature in the elemental's space must make a DC 21 Strength saving throw. On a failure, a target takes 20 (3d8 + 7) bludgeoning damage. If it is Small or smaller, it is also grappled (escape DC 21). Until this grapple ends, the target is restrained and unable to breathe unless it can breathe water. If the saving throw is successful, the target is pushed out of the elemental's space.
The elemental can grapple one Small creature or up to two Tiny creatures at one time with this ability. At the start of each of the elemental's turns, each grappled target takes 20 (3d8 + 7) bludgeoning damage. As an action, a creature within 5 feet of the elemental can pull a creature or an object out of it by succeeding on a DC 21 Strength check.

Ethereal Filcher

Ethereal Filchers are odd creatures which steal from passerby before disappearing into the ethereal plane. They can sense magic and particularly love to steal magical items.

Their CR is a bit higher than their statistics would suggest, as their primary mode of "attack" isn't hit point damage, but stealing valuable items. If for some reason encountered as a straightforward combatant and not a thief, treat the filcher's CR as 1/8 (25 XP).

Ethereal Marauder

Reptilian creatures from another dimension, Ethereal Marauders live and hunt on the ethereal plane.

In 3.5e Ethereal Marauders were Magical Beasts, which have been largely absorbed into the "Monstrosity" type. However, being extraplanar creatures, it made more sense to give them a creature type which is affected by spells such as detect evil and good.

Fiendish Creature

A fiendish creature is like a normal creature, but hails from the lower planes. This particular template is based on the fiendish spider from the Out of the Abyss adventure, and less so the actual Fiendish template from the 3.5e Monster Manual.

Formian

Formians are ant-like outsiders from the planes of law. They come in five main types: Workers, Warriors, Taskmasters, Myrmarches, and Queens. There's no really good type in 5e for lawful-aligned outsiders; formians are living creatures, not constructs, and are neither good nor evil. Ultimately, I went with monstrosity, though you might choose to have spells such as protection from evil and good affect them as if they were celestials or fiends.

Workers are useless in combat but can heal and repair when in groups.

Warriors are the common foot soldiers of the formians.

Taskmasters have mental domination powers, and are always found with at least one dominated nonformian.

Myrmarches are the elite of formian society, combining martial prowess with spell-like abilities.

Queens are the immobile center of a formian hive with potent magical abilities.

Formian Taskmaster

Medium monstrosity, lawful neutral

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• Armor Class 15 (natural armor)
• Hit Points 65 (10d8 + 20)
• Speed 40 ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
18 (+4)	16 (+3)	14 (+2)	10 (+0)	16 (+3)	18 (+4)

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• Damage Resistances fire, lightning, thunder
• Damage Immunities cold, poison
• Condition Immunities petrified, poisoned
• Senses passive Perception 13
• Languages understands Common and Formian but can't speak, telepathy 120 ft.
• Challenge 5 (1,800 XP)

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Hive Mind. If the formian is within 50 miles of a formian queen, it can communicate telepathically with any other formian within 50 miles of the same queen. Formians constantly and instantaneously communicate with each other through this hive mind. If at least one formian in a group is not surprised at the beginning of an encounter, none of them are, and if one formian can see a creature or object, all formians in that group act as if they can also see the creature.

Actions

Multiattack. The formian makes three attacks: two with its claws and one with its sting.

Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d6 + 4) piercing damage.

Sting. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 8 (1d8 + 4) piercing damage plus 7 (2d6) poison damage. If the poison damage reduces the target to 0 hit points, the target is stable but poisoned for 1 hour, even after regaining hit points, and is paralyzed while poisoned in this way.

Enlist. The formian targets one creature it can see within 30 feet of it. The target must succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw or be magically charmed by the formian until the formian dies or until it is on a different plane of existence from the target. The charmed target is under the formian's control and can't take reactions, and the formian and target can communicate telepathically with each other over any distance.
If a creature's saving throw is successful or the effect ends for it, the creature is immune to the formian's Enlist for the next 24 hours.

Formian Myrmarch

Large monstrosity, lawful neutral

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• Armor Class 16 (natural armor)
• Hit Points 152 (16d10 + 64)
• Speed 40 ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
18 (+4)	18 (+4)	18 (+4)	16 (+3)	16 (+3)	16 (+3)

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• Damage Resistances fire, lightning, thunder
• Damage Immunities cold, poison
• Condition Immunities petrified, poisoned
• Senses passive Perception 13
• Languages Common, Formian
• Challenge 7 (2,900 XP)

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Hive Mind. If the formian is within 50 miles of a formian queen, it can communicate telepathically with any other formian within 50 miles of the same queen. Formians constantly and instantaneously communicate with each other through this hive mind. If at least one formian in a group is not surprised at the beginning of an encounter, none of them are, and if one formian can see a creature or object, all formians in that group act as if they can also see the creature.

Innate Spellcasting. The formian's innate spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 14). It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:

At will: charm monster, clairvoyance, detect evil and good, detect thoughts, teleport
1/day each: divine word

Actions

Multiattack. The formian makes two attacks: one with its bite and one with its sting. It can make a javelin attack in place of any melee attack.

Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 11 (2d6 + 4) piercing damage.

Sting. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 8 (1d8 + 4) piercing damage plus 28 (8d6) poison damage. If the poison damage reduces the target to 0 hit points, the target is stable but poisoned for 1 hour, even after regaining hit points, and is paralyzed while poisoned in this way.

Javelin. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft. or range 30/120 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d6 + 4) piercing damage.

Formian Queen

Large monstrosity, lawful neutral

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• Armor Class 18 (natural armor)
• Hit Points 252 (24d10 + 120)
• Speed 0 ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
1 (−5)	1 (−5)	20 (+5)	20 (+5)	20 (+5)	20 (+5)

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• Damage Resistances fire, lightning, thunder
• Damage Immunities cold, poison
• Condition Immunities petrified, poisoned
• Senses truesight 60 ft., passive Perception 15
• Languages Common, Formian, telepathy 50 miles
• Challenge 17 (18,000 XP)

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Hive Mind. The formian queen can communicate with any formian within 50 miles. Formians constantly and instantaneously communicate with each other through this hive mind. If at least one formian in a group is not surprised at the beginning of an encounter, none of them are, and if one formian can see a creature or object, all formians in that group act as if they can also see the creature.

Innate Spellcasting. The formian's innate spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 19). It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:

At will: charm monster, clairvoyance, detect evil and good, detect thoughts
3/day each: divination, divine word, hold monster

Spellcasting. The formian is a 15th-level spellcaster. Its spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 19, +11 to hit with spell attacks). It has the following sorcerer spells prepared:

Cantrips: dancing lights, friends, mage hand, mending, minor illusion, ray of frost
1st level (4 slots): comprehend languages, identify, shield
2nd level (3 slots): invisibility, scorching ray
3rd level (3 slots): counterspell, slow
4th level (3 slots): confusion, stoneskin
5th level (2 slots): cone of cold, insect plague
6th level (1 slots): globe of invulnerability
7th level (1 slots): teleport
8th level (1 slots): power word stun

Legendary Actions

The fomorian queen can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action can be used at a time and only at the end of another creature's turn. The queen regains spent legendary actions at the start of her turn.

Cantrip. The queen casts a cantrip.

Cast Spell (Costs 1-3 Actions). The queen uses a spell slot to cast a 1st-, 2nd-, or 3rd-level spell that she has prepared. Doing so costs 1 legendary action per level of the spell.

Frost Worm

The frost worm is a giant white worm that generates intense cold. They can emit a trill that stuns prey, and also has a breath weapon of cold. When the frost worm dies, it explodes in a blast of ice shards.

Genie, Janni

Jann are the weakest of the genies, that are formed from all four elements and dwell on the material plane. They can change the size of both other creatures and themselves, can turn invisible, and can speak to animals.

Jann on Other Planes

Jann can survive the inherent hazards of an elemental plane for up to 48 hours, before they begin to wither away due to the imbalance of elemental forces. After residing on an elemental plane for 48 hours, the janni can no longer regain hit points, and the janni's hit point maximum decreases by 1 every hour.

Ghost

The 3.5e Monster Manual presents a more open-ended interpreation of the ghost. Instead of a catch-all statblock, the ghost might have any of a number of special attacks from a sort of master list.

A ghost might not have the Withering Touch, Horrifying Visage, or Possession action options, and might have any of the following attack options:

Draining Touch. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 10 (2d6 + 3) necrotic damage, and one of the target's ability scores (the ghost's choice) is reduced by 1d4. The target dies if this reduces any of their ability scores to 0. Otherwise, the reduction lasts until the target finishes a short or long rest.

Frightful Moan. The ghost emits a frightful moan. Each non-undead creature within 30 feet of the ghost must succeed on a DC 13 Wisdom saving throw or be frightened for 1 minute. A frightened target must take the Dash action and move away from the ghost by the safest available route on each of its turns. A frightened target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the frightened condition on itself on a success. If a target's saving throw is successful or the effect ends for it, the target is immune to the ghost's Frightful Moan for the next 24 hours.

Telekinetic Thrust. The ghost targets a creature or unattended objcet within 30 feet of it. A creature must be Medium or smaller to be affected by this magic, and an object can weigh up to 150 pounds.

If the target is a creature, the ghost makes a Charisma check contested by the target's Strength check. If the ghost wins the contest, the ghost hurls the target up to 30 feet in any direction, including upward. If the target then comes into contact with a hard surface or heavy object, the target takes 1d6 damage per 10 feet moved.

If the target is an object that isn't being worn or carried, the ghost hurls it up to 30 feet in any direction. The ghost can use the object as a ranged weapon, attacking one creature along the object's path (+5 to hit) and dealing 8 (2d4 + 3) bludgeoning damage on a hit.

A ghost may also have one or more of the following traits, which might affect the ghost's challenge rating:

Corrupting Gaze. If a creature starts its turn within 30 feet of the ghost and the two of them can see each other, the ghost can force the creature to make a DC 13 Constitution saving throw if the ghost isn't incapacitated. The creature takes 11 (2d10) necrotic damage on a failed save.

A creature that isn't surprised can avert its eyes to avoid the saving throw at the start of its turn. If it does so, it can't see the ghost until the start of its next turn, when it can avert its eyes again. If it looks at the ghost in the meantime, it must immediately make the save.

Spectral Deflection. The AC of the ghost includes its Charisma bonus.

Giant, Frost

Frost giants are chaotic evil, not neutral evil. Rarely, a frost giant Jarl of great martial prowess will swear dark oaths, becoming a blackguard. These wicked marshals lead frost giant tribes on great pillages and drive their peers to ever greater acts of cruelty and destruction.

Variant: Legendary Jarl

If you want the frost giant jarl to play better as a solo encounter, you might make the following adjustments to its statblock:

• The giant has a challenge rating of 19 (22,000 XP)
• When the giant uses the Multiattack action, it only attacks twice with its greataxe.
• If the giant fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead three times per day.

Legendary Actions

The giant can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action can be used at a time and only at the end of another creature's turn. The giant regains spent legendary actions at the start of its turn.

Attack. The giant makes one attack with its greataxe

Hurl Rock (Costs 2 Actions). The giant makes one attack with a rock.

Greater Stone Golem

Huge construct, unaligned

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• Armor Class 19 (natural armor)
• Hit Points 310 (23d12 + 161)
• Speed 30 ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
26 (+8)	9 (−1)	24 (+7)	3 (−4)	11 (+0)	1 (−5)

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• Damage Immunities poison, psychic; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical weapons that aren't adamantine
• Condition Immunities charmed, exhaustion, frightened, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned
• Senses darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 10
• Languages understands the languages of its creator but can't speak
• Challenge 16 (15,000 XP)

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Immutable Form. The golem is immune to any spell or effect that would alter its form.

Magic Resistance. The golem has advantage on saving throws against spells and magical effects.

Magic Weapons. The golem's weapon attacks are magical.

Actions

Multiattack. The golem makes two slam attacks.

Slam. Melee Weapon Attack: +13 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 30 (5d8 + 8) bludgeoning damage.

Slow (Recharge 5-6). The golem targets one or more creatures it can see within 10 feet of it. Each target must make a DC 20 Wisdom saving throw against this magic. On a failed save, a target can't use reactions, its speed is halved, and it can't make more than one attack on its turn. In addition, the target can take either an action or a bonus action on its turn, not both. These effects last for 1 minute. A target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.

Grey Render

Gray renders are hulking, primitive, but dimly intelligent predators. Their most iconic trait is their tendency to "adopt" other creatures or groups of creatures, protecting them with its life.

Guardinals

The guardinals are a race of zoomorphic celestials that epitomize the neutral good alignment. The two most common types of guardinals are the Avorals and the Leonals.

I cut down the Avoral's Innate Spellcasting a bit, since monsters - especially not ones of this CR - usually don't get that many spells in 5e. I also just straight dropped its fear aura; it just wasn't really all that defining of an ability, especially for such a weak monster, and fear auras and such are complicated to run.

Half-Celestial

So, there's a few directions I could have gone with this one. In 5e, Half-Dragon is a template, but the Half-Fiend, the Cambion, is a standalone creature. Ultimately I decided to go with the latter, for three main reasons. One, to serve as an opposite for the Cambion; two, because templates granting incremental bonuses isn't really a thing in 5e and Half-Celestials don't really get a big, flashy attack like a dragon's breath weapon; and three, because the half-celestial's main feature, its spell-like abilities, is mostly composed of alignment-dependent spells that were scrapped in 5e (plus, finding a way to grant only certain spells to certain power levels of half-celestials would be a pain).

Harpy Archer

Some harpies take a more martial bent, mastering the use of the bow. These harpies often serve as leaders in communities, and are significantly tougher than the average harpy.

Hell Hound, Nessian Warhound

Hell Hounds trained in the deepest pits of hell are larger and stronger than ordinary hell hounds. I tried to fit this into a "make the following changes to the hell hound's statblock..." kind of thing, but with ability score and size changes and all that a separate statblock seemed warranted.

Howler

Howlers are gaunt canine creatures covered in spines, that hail from the plane of Pandemonium. In 3.5e the number of quills used per round was 1d4, but I decided to set it to a flat 2. In 3.5e the Howler's howl slowly drains Wisdom (at a rate of 1/hour). Since ability damage is rarely used in 5e, I decided to convert to to levels of exhaustion to mimic the effect.

Hydra

In 5e, hydras work much differently mechanically than those in 3.5e but the result is mostly the same: you cut off the heads and burn the stumps or the hydra will just regenerate the damage you deal almost as fast as you can deal it. The difference is that in 3.5e you have to specifically target the heads, while in 5e a head just dies for every 25 damage dealt to the hydra. I'm not gonna argue which method is better, but what I'm also not gonna do is try to convert the 3.5e method to 5e.

Aside from that, hydras were given a significant power boost upon conversion to 5e. In 3.5e there were several hydra statblocks with increasing numbers of heads, and the one in 5e, despite having the lowest number of heads (5), has more hit points than even the largest hydra (12 heads) in 3.5e.

There's two ways to go about bringing 6- to 12-headed hydras into 5e: to make a new lower-CR five-headed hydra statblock, or to make the 6+-head statblocks 4 CR higher than they are in 3.5e. I decided to do a little bit of both: the 6+-head hydras use the 5e hydra as a baseline, but I've also introduced a CR 4 "lesser" 5-headed hydra so they can be introduced to lower-level parties; I've named it the "Lernean" Hydra, for no real reason other than it sounding cooler than just "lesser hydra". The many-headed hydras tend to be a lot more powerful than those in the 3.5e monster manual; if a conversion is ever necessary for an adventure or such, I would advise using a hydra with a similar CR rather than a similar number of heads.

The 5e MM Hydra doesn't seem to take any regeneration into account with its CR, so I didn't do it here either.

You might decide that acid damage also prevents a hydra from regenerating heads.

Six-Headed Hydra

Huge Monstrosity, unaligned

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• Armor Class 15 (natural armor)
• Hit Points 195 (17d12 + 85)
• Speed 30 ft., swim 30 ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
21 (+5)	12 (+1)	20 (+5)	2 (−4)	10 (+0)	7 (−2)

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• Skills Perception +8
• Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 18
• Languages —
• Challenge 9 (5,000 XP)

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Hold Breath. The hydra can hold its breath for 1 hour.

Multiple Heads. The hydra has six heads. While it has more than one head, the hydra has advantage on saving throws against being blinded, charmed, deafened, frightened, stunned, and knocked unconscious.
Whenever the hydra takes 25 or more damage in a single turn, one of its heads dies. If all its heads die, the hydra dies.
At the end of its turn, it grows two heads for each of its heads that died since its last turn, unless it has taken fire damage since its last turn. The hydra regains 10 hit points for each head regrown in this way.

Reactive Heads. For each head the hydra has beyond one, it gets an extra reaction that can be used only for opportunity attacks.

Wakeful. While the hydra sleeps, at least one of its heads is awake.

Actions

Multiattack. The hydra makes as many bite attacks as it has heads.

Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +9 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 10 (1d10 + 5) piercing damage.

Seven-Headed Hydra

Huge Monstrosity, unaligned

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• Armor Class 16 (natural armor)
• Hit Points 218 (19d12 + 95)
• Speed 30 ft., swim 30 ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
22 (+6)	12 (+1)	20 (+5)	2 (−4)	10 (+0)	7 (−2)

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• Skills Perception +8
• Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 18
• Languages —
• Challenge 11 (7,200 XP)

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Hold Breath. The hydra can hold its breath for 1 hour.

Multiple Heads. The hydra has seven heads. While it has more than one head, the hydra has advantage on saving throws against being blinded, charmed, deafened, frightened, stunned, and knocked unconscious.
Whenever the hydra takes 25 or more damage in a single turn, one of its heads dies. If all its heads die, the hydra dies.
At the end of its turn, it grows two heads for each of its heads that died since its last turn, unless it has taken fire damage since its last turn. The hydra regains 10 hit points for each head regrown in this way.

Reactive Heads. For each head the hydra has beyond one, it gets an extra reaction that can be used only for opportunity attacks.

Wakeful. While the hydra sleeps, at least one of its heads is awake.

Actions

Multiattack. The hydra makes as many bite attacks as it has heads.

Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +10 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 11 (1d10 + 6) piercing damage.

Eight-Headed Hydra

Huge Monstrosity, unaligned

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• Armor Class 16 (natural armor)
• Hit Points 241 (21d12 + 105)
• Speed 30 ft., swim 30 ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
23 (+6)	12 (+1)	20 (+5)	2 (−4)	10 (+0)	7 (−2)

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• Skills Perception +10
• Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 20
• Languages —
• Challenge 13 (10,000 XP)

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Hold Breath. The hydra can hold its breath for 1 hour.

Multiple Heads. The hydra has eight heads. While it has more than one head, the hydra has advantage on saving throws against being blinded, charmed, deafened, frightened, stunned, and knocked unconscious.
Whenever the hydra takes 25 or more damage in a single turn, one of its heads dies. If all its heads die, the hydra dies.
At the end of its turn, it grows two heads for each of its heads that died since its last turn, unless it has taken fire damage since its last turn. The hydra regains 10 hit points for each head regrown in this way.

Reactive Heads. For each head the hydra has beyond one, it gets an extra reaction that can be used only for opportunity attacks.

Wakeful. While the hydra sleeps, at least one of its heads is awake.

Actions

Multiattack. The hydra makes as many bite attacks as it has heads.

Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +11 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 11 (1d10 + 6) piercing damage.

Nine-Headed Hydra

Huge Monstrosity, unaligned

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• Armor Class 17 (natural armor)
• Hit Points 264 (23d12 + 115)
• Speed 30 ft., swim 30 ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
24 (+7)	12 (+1)	20 (+5)	2 (−4)	10 (+0)	7 (−2)

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• Skills Perception +10
• Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 20
• Languages —
• Challenge 15 (13,000 XP)

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Hold Breath. The hydra can hold its breath for 1 hour.

Multiple Heads. The hydra has nine heads. While it has more than one head, the hydra has advantage on saving throws against being blinded, charmed, deafened, frightened, stunned, and knocked unconscious.
Whenever the hydra takes 25 or more damage in a single turn, one of its heads dies. If all its heads die, the hydra dies.
At the end of its turn, it grows two heads for each of its heads that died since its last turn, unless it has taken fire damage since its last turn. The hydra regains 10 hit points for each head regrown in this way.

Reactive Heads. For each head the hydra has beyond one, it gets an extra reaction that can be used only for opportunity attacks.

Wakeful. While the hydra sleeps, at least one of its heads is awake.

Actions

Multiattack. The hydra makes as many bite attacks as it has heads.

Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +12 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 12 (1d10 + 7) piercing damage.

Ten-Headed Hydra

Huge Monstrosity, unaligned

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• Armor Class 17 (natural armor)
• Hit Points 287 (25d12 + 125)
• Speed 30 ft., swim 30 ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
25 (+7)	12 (+1)	20 (+5)	2 (−4)	10 (+0)	7 (−2)

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• Skills Perception +12
• Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 22
• Languages —
• Challenge 17 (18,000 XP)

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Hold Breath. The hydra can hold its breath for 1 hour.

Multiple Heads. The hydra has ten heads. While it has more than one head, the hydra has advantage on saving throws against being blinded, charmed, deafened, frightened, stunned, and knocked unconscious.
Whenever the hydra takes 25 or more damage in a single turn, one of its heads dies. If all its heads die, the hydra dies.
At the end of its turn, it grows two heads for each of its heads that died since its last turn, unless it has taken fire damage since its last turn. The hydra regains 10 hit points for each head regrown in this way.

Reactive Heads. For each head the hydra has beyond one, it gets an extra reaction that can be used only for opportunity attacks.

Wakeful. While the hydra sleeps, at least one of its heads is awake.

Actions

Multiattack. The hydra makes as many bite attacks as it has heads.

Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +13 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 12 (1d10 + 7) piercing damage.

Eleven-Headed Hydra

Huge Monstrosity, unaligned

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• Armor Class 18 (natural armor)
• Hit Points 310 (27d12 + 135)
• Speed 30 ft., swim 30 ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
26 (+8)	12 (+1)	20 (+5)	2 (−4)	10 (+0)	7 (−2)

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• Skills Perception +12
• Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 22
• Languages —
• Challenge 19 (22,000 XP)

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Hold Breath. The hydra can hold its breath for 1 hour.

Multiple Heads. The hydra has eleven heads. While it has more than one head, the hydra has advantage on saving throws against being blinded, charmed, deafened, frightened, stunned, and knocked unconscious.
Whenever the hydra takes 25 or more damage in a single turn, one of its heads dies. If all its heads die, the hydra dies.
At the end of its turn, it grows two heads for each of its heads that died since its last turn, unless it has taken fire damage since its last turn. The hydra regains 10 hit points for each head regrown in this way.

Reactive Heads. For each head the hydra has beyond one, it gets an extra reaction that can be used only for opportunity attacks.

Wakeful. While the hydra sleeps, at least one of its heads is awake.

Actions

Multiattack. The hydra makes as many bite attacks as it has heads.

Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +14 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 13 (1d10 + 8) piercing damage.

Twelve-Headed Hydra

Huge Monstrosity, unaligned

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• Armor Class 18 (natural armor)
• Hit Points 333 (29d12 + 145)
• Speed 30 ft., swim 30 ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
27 (+8)	12 (+1)	20 (+5)	2 (−4)	10 (+0)	7 (−2)

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• Skills Perception +14
• Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 24
• Languages —
• Challenge 21 (33,000 XP)

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Hold Breath. The hydra can hold its breath for 1 hour.

Multiple Heads. The hydra has twelve heads. While it has more than one head, the hydra has advantage on saving throws against being blinded, charmed, deafened, frightened, stunned, and knocked unconscious.
Whenever the hydra takes 25 or more damage in a single turn, one of its heads dies. If all its heads die, the hydra dies.
At the end of its turn, it grows two heads for each of its heads that died since its last turn, unless it has taken fire damage since its last turn. The hydra regains 10 hit points for each head regrown in this way.

Reactive Heads. For each head the hydra has beyond one, it gets an extra reaction that can be used only for opportunity attacks.

Wakeful. While the hydra sleeps, at least one of its heads is awake.

Actions

Multiattack. The hydra makes as many bite attacks as it has heads.

Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +15 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 13 (1d10 + 8) piercing damage.

Hydra, Pyro- and Cryo-

Pyro- and Cryo-Hydras are like ordinary hydras, except they are resistant to either fire or cold damage and can breathe jets of fire or frost.

A pyrohydra is resistant to fire damage and has the following action options. The save DC for the Fire Jet is equal to 13 + the hydra's proficiency bonus.

Multiattack. The hydra makes as many bite attacks as it has heads. It can use a Flame Jet in place of a bite attack.

Flame Jet (Recharge 5-6 per Head). The hydra exhales flame in a 20-foot line that is 10 feet wide. Each creature in that line must make a Dexterity saving throw, taking 10 (3d6) fire damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.

A cryohydra is resistant to cold damage and has the following action options. The save DC for the Frost Jet is equal to 13 + the hydra's proficiency bonus.

Multiattack. The hydra makes as many bite attacks as it has heads. It can use a Frost Jet in place of a bite attack.

Frost Jet (Recharge 5-6 per Head). The hydra exhales frost in a 20-foot line that is 10 feet wide. Each creature in that line must make a Constitution saving throw, taking 10 (3d6) cold damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.

Inevitable

The inevitables are constructs from the plane of Mechanus. Each variety is designed find and punish a certain kind of transgression. Kolyaruts hunt down those who break bargains and oaths; Maruts those who cheat death; and Zelekhuts those who flee justice.

Zelekhut

Large construct, lawful neutral

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• Armor Class 18 (plate barding)
• Hit Points 85 (10d10 + 30)
• Speed 60 ft., fly 60 ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
21 (+5)	11 (+0)	16 (+3)	10 (+0)	17 (+3)	15 (+2)

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• Skills Insight +6, Perception +6, Search +3
• Damage Resistances bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical weapons
• Senses truesight 60 ft., passive Perception 16
• Languages Abyssal, Celestial, Infernal, the native language of its first target
• Challenge 6 (2,300 XP)

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Innate Spellcasting. The zelekhut's innate spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 16). It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:

At will: clairvoyance, dispel magic, fear, hold person, locate creature
3/day: hold monster
1/week: geas

Magic Resistance. The zelekhut has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.

Regeneration. The zelekhut regains 5 hit points at the start of its turn if it has at least 1 hit point.

Actions

Multiattack. The zelekhut attacks twice with its spiked chains.

Spiked Chain. Melee Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 15 (4d4 + 5) slashing damage plus 3 (1d6) lightning damage.

Krenshar

Krenshar are hyena-like creatures that can pull the skin back from its head, revealing muscles and the bones of its skulls to scare enemies.

Lammasu

Lammasus are good, noble creatures that resemble winged lions with the face of a man. They have various divine abilities but otherwise fight like lions. Given their various divine abilities and the fact that celestials are so rare in 5e, I decided to give them the celestial type; if you disagree with this change, it's a simple change back to make.