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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Clever Beast When a roll on the Lake Events table indicates that the lake monster takes an interest in the characters, read: Ripples disrupt the surface of the lake, causing your boat to bob from
must do my part to help the Frostmaiden, who wants the people of Bremen to suffer.” “I don’t want to be a stupid beast again.” (The plesiosaurus doesn’t know enough about druidic magic to know that its
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
) for up to 12 hours and can be ridden as a mount. Once it has been used, it can’t be used again until 2 days have passed.
Giant Fly
Large Beast, Unaligned
AC 11 Initiative +1 (11)
HP 19
to 24 hours. The nightmare fights only to defend itself. Once it has been used, it can’t be used again until 5 days have passed.
The figurine has a 10 percent chance each time you use it to
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Ice Sickle","rollDamageType":"cold"} cold damage.
Maul (Beast Form Only). Melee Weapon Attack: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Maul"} to hit
into a beast form—fox, mountain goat, owl, or wolf—or back into its humanoid form. Any equipment it is wearing or carrying is absorbed or borne by the beast form (the druid’s choice
Conjure Animals
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Spells
Basic Rules (2014)
You summon fey spirits that take the form of beasts and appear in unoccupied spaces that you can see within range. Choose one of the following options for what appears:
One beast of challenge
rating 2 or lower
Two beasts of challenge rating 1 or lower
Four beasts of challenge rating 1/2 or lower
Eight beasts of challenge rating 1/4 or lower
Each beast is also considered fey, and it
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
ally, using it to defend their people or enact Thassa’s wishes. While dire threats from the land might bring them to coastal shallows, most masters of waves keep to the ocean’s depths
offerings to Thassa might defuse the tritons’ ire—that is, if they survive the deadly winds and waves that typically herald these sea guardians’ appearance.
Clever, far-ranging people
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Mimicry. The leucrotta can mimic Beast sounds and Humanoid voices. A creature that hears the sounds can tell they are imitations only with a successful DC 14 Wisdom (Insight) check.
Stench. Any
kills transformed into gnolls, others underwent more bizarre changes; leucrottas were the most numerous of these.
As clever as it is cruel, a leucrotta loves to deceive, torture, and kill. Creatures who
Figurine of Wondrous Power
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Magic Items
Basic Rules (2014)
A figurine of wondrous power is a statuette of a beast small enough to fit in a pocket. If you use an action to speak the command word and throw the figurine to a point on the ground within 60 feet
portion thereof it spends in beast form costs 1 charge. While it has charges, you can use it as often as you wish. When it runs out of charges, it reverts to a figurine and can't be used again until 7
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
populate it with their Humanoid followers, a clever dragon fled to the Feywild to hide a clutch of eggs. The magic of that faerie realm suffused the eggs, which hatched into the first moonstone
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A young moonstone dragon on the cusp of adulthood refuses to settle down and build a lair. To protect the local populace from the dragon’s chaotic activities, a minor deity sends a deva
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
and tail to mirror the dragon’s mood.
Clever Concealment
The shyest of the gem dragons, emerald dragons are also the most curious. They love to observe local settlements and peoples, using
must be convinced to defend the school in a contest against a rival college.
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An emerald dragon invisibly tails a party of adventurers, causing trouble for the heroes so the dragon can watch how
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
the back and tail to mirror the dragon’s mood.
Clever Concealment
The shyest of the gem dragons, emerald dragons are also the most curious. They love to observe local settlements and peoples
and must be convinced to defend the school in a contest against a rival college.
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An emerald dragon invisibly tails a party of adventurers, causing trouble for the heroes so the dragon can
Species
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
dangerous those dragons can be and help others defend against draconic destruction.
Whatever their relationship to dragons, kobold scales tend to be rust colored, although the occasional kobold sports
, Beast, Celestial, Construct, Dragon, Elemental, Fey, Fiend, Giant, Humanoid, Monstrosity, Ooze, Plant, Undead. These types don’t have rules themselves, but some rules in the game affect creatures
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Dolphin Dolphins are clever, social marine mammals that feed on small fish and squid. An adult specimen is between 5 and 6 feet long. Dolphin
Medium beast, unaligned
Armor Class 12 (natural armor
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Flying Monkey Flying monkeys are slightly more clever and curious than common monkeys, and they can be domesticated and taught to obey simple commands. They come in many colors and varieties, with
feathered wings that have a span of about 5 feet. With the DM’s permission, the find familiar spell can summon a flying monkey. Flying Monkey
Small beast, unaligned
Armor Class 12
Hit Points 3
Kobold
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
roles that protect and sustain the tribe. The strongest kobolds are trained to be hunters and warriors, the most clever are crafters and strategists, the toughest are miners and beast-wranglers, and so
strong social structure that stresses devotion to the tribe, are clever with their hands, and viciously work together in order to overcome their physical limitations.
In the kobolds’ version of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
unoccupied spaces that you can see within range. Choose one of the following options for what appears: One beast of challenge rating 2 or lower Two beasts of challenge rating 1 or lower Four beasts of
challenge rating 1/2 or lower Eight beasts of challenge rating 1/4 or lower Each beast is also considered fey, and it disappears when it drops to 0 hit points or when the spell ends. The summoned
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
unoccupied spaces that you can see within range. Choose one of the following options for what appears: One beast of challenge rating 2 or lower Two beasts of challenge rating 1 or lower Four beasts of
challenge rating 1/2 or lower Eight beasts of challenge rating 1/4 or lower Each beast is also considered fey, and it disappears when it drops to 0 hit points or when the spell ends. The summoned
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Salty Beard 2 Ol’ Eye 3 Silver Copper 4 Golden Fish 5 Black Whale 6 Blue Dog 7 Silky Cur 8 Heartless Fingers 9 Drizzly Patches 10 Thirsty Hook 11 Rum Salt 12 Gloomy Rat 13 Handsome Charm 14 Wee Beast 15 Clever Devil 16 Ugly Liar 17 Pretty Angel 18 Lost Blood 19 Mad Maps 20 Poor Mast
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
dungeon, a pall of smoke and the sound of its heavy breathing filling the chambers near its lair. Clever characters will do their utmost to avoid the dragon, even as the party’s brave thief makes off
adventurers. Characters might be able to appease a hungry beast by offering it food, and smarter creatures have complex motivations. The Monster Motivation table lets you use a monster’s goals to define its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Reach, searching for the answer to a riddle that leads to the Misty Vale (in this chapter). The giant has hired and tricked creatures from the Giant Kin Encounters table (see chapter 3) to defend the
giants who seek omens from the dream world. The patrol refuses to leave, and the giants and creatures from the Stone Giant Encounters table (see chapter 3) fight to keep the patrol here if necessary.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
path. Each patrols its territory in the guise of an arctic fox, a mountain goat, a snowy owl, or a wolf, reverting to human form only when it attacks. Clever ambushers, they use hallucinatory terrain
darkvision 60 ft. (beast form only), passive Perception 16
Languages Common, Druidic
Challenge 5 (1,800 XP)
Spellcasting (Humanoid Form Only). The druid is a 9th-level spellcaster. Its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
leave. None of the garden’s denizens are inherently malicious, but they defend their own. Wits, clever words, and compassion are more effective weapons here than swords or spells. The paramours’ families
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
, and bards and rogues certainly have a place on the plains. Outlander is a logical background, but you could easily be a bold folk hero, a dashing entertainer, or a clever charlatan. You could even be an
the form of dinosaurs. However, you could reflect a strong bond to spirits by playing an Archfey warlock, Nature cleric, Oath of the Ancients paladin, or a Beast Totem or Ancestral Guardian barbarian
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
fish and can use its reaction to make an opportunity attack against it or try to grapple the fish as it dives back into the water.
16–20 The awakened plesiosaurus makes its presence known. Run the “Clever Beast” encounter.
Adventurers encounter the monster of Maer Dualdon
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
to mirror the dragon’s mood.
Clever Concealment
The shyest of the gem dragons, emerald dragons are also the most curious. They love to observe local settlements and peoples, using their psionic
convinced to defend the school in a contest against a rival college.
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An emerald dragon invisibly tails a party of adventurers, causing trouble for the heroes so the dragon can watch how they respond
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
dragon’s mood.
Clever Concealment
The shyest of the gem dragons, emerald dragons are also the most curious. They love to observe local settlements and peoples, using their psionic abilities to
dragon are terrorizing a nearby halfling settlement. One solution is to get rid of the dragon.
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An emerald dragon is the headmaster in absentia of a bardic college and must be convinced to defend
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
law to register with the Watchful Order of Magists and Protectors, so that they can be called on to defend the city with their magic in times of need. Waterdeep’s most prominent guilds appear on the
independent business owners, up to and including driving them out of business. A baker who refuses to join the Bakers’ Guild might find her flour supply cut off, while a wizard who refuses to join the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
intelligence to ally itself with other creatures, others that understand an ooze’s need to feed might lure it into a location where it can be of use to them. Clever monsters keep oozes around to defend
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
. Kindori Pod An hour after the events of the previous chapter, the characters encounter a pod of six kindori (see Boo’s Astral Menagerie) flying across space along a migration route. The kindori defend
communicate with the kindori (telepathy, for example). If the check fails, the kindori refuses to alter course. If the check fails by 5 or more, the kindori also dislodges the character, who is pushed 10
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
include druids and paladins who fight to defend the world from demons and aberrations. The Valenar elves are fierce warriors, and the Talenta halflings are brave nomads who cross the plains on dinosaur
are clever shapeshifters that can disguise themselves as members of other races. Exceptional spies and rogues, they live in the shadows of humanity. Kalashtar are humans bound to spirits from the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
, this corrupted avatar of Lurue is instead a nightmare come to life. While tainted by the influence of Malar, the avatar of Lurue carries out the Beast Lord’s will: to slaughter anything that dares
enemies who deal grievous injuries to it and attacks them without mercy. The cult members, briefly transfixed by the spectacle they have just witnessed, are not immediately hostile, though they defend
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
large, fierce bovine with jutting horns. In many lands, herds of aurochs roam free, while elsewhere orcs and humans train them from an early age to carry riders into combat. Aurochs
Large Beast (Cattle
slowly transforms everything. Deep Rothé
Medium Beast (Cattle), Unaligned
Armor Class 10
Hit Points 13 (2d8 + 4)
Speed 30 ft.
STR
18 (+4)
DEX
10 (+0)
CON
14 (+2
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
Represents Artifact The importance of some physical object that must be obtained, protected, or destroyed at all costs Beast Great rage or passion; something bestial or malevolent hiding in plain sight
event, the outcome of which will hinge on a clever mind Tempter One who has been compromised or led astray by temptation or foolishness; one who tempts others for evil ends
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
nature. Nylea might instruct the characters to defend a corner of the Nessian Wood, pitting them against poachers, sport hunters, unnatural abominations, and ordinary people who want to develop the
Nylea’s own servants— such as hydras—to beat back the more powerful threats. At the beginning of the campaign, the heroes might help defend Setessa from an attack that also threatens all of the Nessian
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
to borrow or use her conch of teleportation, she demands to know why but ultimately refuses to help them, even if they offer to buy it or trade for it. Simply put, she doesn’t trust “puny folk” and
update her maps of the lands below. If the characters ask about the dragon, Sansuri replies coldly, “It’s not your concern.” Clever characters might claim to possess knowledge useful to Sansuri, such as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
villagers beseech the party to defend their families in court.
5 The eligible noble Vladimir Nobriskov hosts a contest for his affections. Participants turn up murdered, victims of Nobriskov’s
power of their shadow.
7 The Ocrotire family offers a sizable bounty for anyone who can capture the Lake Balaur Beast, which has escaped from the estate’s oceanarium.
8 Members of the






