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Monsters
Monster Manual
Avoidance. If the displacer beast is subjected to an effect that allows it to make a saving throw to take only half damage, it instead takes no damage if it succeeds on the save and half damage if it
fails. It can’t use this trait if it has the Incapacitated condition.
Displacement. Attack rolls against the displacer beast have Disadvantage, since it projects an illusion that makes it
Spells
Player’s Handbook
of 0. Appearing in an unoccupied space within range, the familiar has the statistics of the chosen form, though it is a Celestial, Fey, or Fiend (your choice) instead of a Beast. Your familiar acts
You gain the service of a familiar, a spirit that takes an animal form you choose: Bat, Cat, Frog, Hawk, Lizard, Octopus, Owl, Rat, Raven, Spider, Weasel, or another Beast that has a Challenge Rating
Monsters
Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. The beast has Advantage on saving throw;saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Regeneration. The beast regains 20 Hit Points at the
Amphibious (Sea Form Only). The beast breathes air and water.
Divine Immortality. If the beast dies, its body dissolves into black goo, and it gains a new body after 1d10;{"diceNotation":"1d10
Monsters
Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
Material components and using Wisdom as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 13):
At Will: Druidcraft, Speak with Animals (swan form only)
1/Day Each: Animal Friendship, Beast Sense, Spike
GrowthSwanmays are members of a reclusive order of wilderness defenders. Each bears a primal blessing that allows them to transform into a swan to watch over the lakes and woods they call home. Swanmays get
Feats
Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
Intuition. When you use the Wild Intuition benefit of your Mark of Handling feat, you can roll 1d6 instead of 1d4.
Improved Handling. While you are mounted, immediately after you hit a target within 5
, you exert command over one Beast or Monstrosity you can see within 30 feet of yourself. The target must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw (DC 8 plus your Wisdom modifier and Proficiency Bonus) or have
Monsters
Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
saving throw, she can choose to succeed instead.
Wishes. Biha Babir knows the Wish spell but can cast it only on behalf of a non-genie creature who communicates a wish in a way Biha Babir can
punished.Acid, Cold, LightningFluid Form. Biha Babir Shape-Shifting;shape-shifts into a form resembling a Beast or Humanoid that is Medium or smaller, while retaining her game statistics (other than her size), or returns to her true marid form.
Displacer Beast
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Monsters
Monster Manual (2014)
Avoidance. If the displacer beast is subjected to an effect that allows it to make a saving throw to take only half damage, it instead takes no damage if it succeeds on the saving throw, and only
half damage if it fails.
Displacement. The displacer beast projects a magical illusion that makes it appear to be standing near its actual location, causing attack rolls against it to have disadvantage
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
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 1: Spelljammer Creatures
Legendary Resistance (2/Day). If the beast fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Siege Monster. The beast deals double damage to objects and structures.Multiattack. The beast makes
","rollAction":"Tusk","rollDamageType":"slashing"} slashing damage.
Disintegration Gaze (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"recharge","rollAction":"Disintegration Gaze"}. The beast targets
Monsters
Tales from the Yawning Portal
Avoidance. If the displacer beast is subjected to an effect that allows it to make a saving throw to take only half damage, it instead takes no damage if it succeeds on the saving throw, and only
half damage if it fails.
Displacement. The displacer beast projects a magical illusion that makes it appear to be standing near its actual location, causing attack rolls against it to have disadvantage
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
Magic Resistance. The talon beast has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Sense Magic. The talon beast can detect and pinpoint the location of magic within 120 feet
of itself.Multiattack. The talon beast makes two Talon attacks or a Talon attack and a Beak attack.
Beak. Melee Weapon Attack: +9;{"diceNotation":"1d20+9", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Beak
Monsters
Locathah Rising
unoccupied space they can see.Change Shape (2/Day). Amble magically polymorphs into a beast with a challenge rating of 1 or less, and can remain in this form for up to 6 hours. Amble's equipment melds with
statistics of the beast, but they retain their alignment, personality, and Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma scores. Amble also retains all their skill and saving throw proficiencies, in addition to
Find Familiar
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Basic Rules (2014)
, spider, or weasel. Appearing in an unoccupied space within range, the familiar has the statistics of the chosen form, though it is a celestial, fey, or fiend (your choice) instead of a beast.
Your
instead cause it to adopt a new form. Choose one of the forms from the above list. Your familiar transforms into the chosen creature.
Finally, when you cast a spell with a range of touch, your
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Chromatic Awakening (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). If the greatwyrm would be reduced to 0 hit points, its current hit point total instead resets to 425 hit points, it recharges its Breath
instead.
Unusual Nature. The greatwyrm doesn’t require food or drink.Multiattack. The greatwyrm makes one Bite attack and two Claw attacks.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +18;{"diceNotation":"1d20+18
Monsters
Candlekeep Mysteries
twisting and dancing at the tip of her black horn, 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 to cross its path.Poison
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 2: Dragonlance Creatures
Legendary Resistance (2/Day). If the Forest Master fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. The Forest Master has advantage on saving throws against spells and other
magical effects.
Master of Beasts. The Forest Master can comprehend and communicate with any Beast, even if the Beast knows no languages.Multiattack. The Forest Master makes either two Hooves
Monsters
Storm King's Thunder
resentful of most kinds of magic. Seldom do they choose to become shamans. Instead, the role is thrust upon those who are born with a strong connection to the spirit world. To be a shaman is to stand
Wolf: beast sense (wolf or dire wolf only), moonbeam, speak with animals (wolf or dire wolf only)
Great Worm: crusader's mantle, hypnotic pattern
Griffon: beast sense (birds only), fly
Red Tiger
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction":"Possess Corpse"}. The dybbuk disappears into an intact corpse within 5 feet of it that belonged to a Large or smaller Beast or Humanoid. The dybbuk gains 20 temporary hit
, dybbuks appear as translucent flying jellyfish, trailing long tentacles as they move through the air. They rarely travel in this fashion, however. Instead, a dybbuk possesses a suitable corpse as a
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Chromatic Awakening (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). If the greatwyrm would be reduced to 0 hit points, its current hit point total instead resets to 425 hit points, it recharges its Breath
instead.
Unusual Nature. The greatwyrm doesn’t require food or drink.Multiattack. The greatwyrm makes one Bite attack and two Claw attacks.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +18;{"diceNotation":"1d20+18
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Chromatic Awakening (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). If the greatwyrm would be reduced to 0 hit points, its current hit point total instead resets to 425 hit points, it recharges its Breath
instead.
Unusual Nature. The greatwyrm doesn’t require food or drink.Multiattack. The greatwyrm makes one Bite attack and two Claw attacks.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +18;{"diceNotation":"1d20+18
Monsters
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
: it is a plant instead of a beast, it has an Intelligence of 6, and it understands Sylvan but can’t speak. While within 1 mile of the mount, the dryad can communicate with it telepathically
Monsters
Tales from the Yawning Portal
Amphibious. The kelpie can breathe air and water.
Seaweed Shape. The kelpie can use its action to reshape its body into the form of a humanoid or beast that is Small, Medium, or Large. Its
maintains concentration, up to 10 minutes (as if concentrating on a spell).
The charmed target is incapacitated, and instead of holding its breath underwater, it tries to breathe normally and
Conjure Fey
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You summon a fey creature of challenge rating 6 or lower, or a fey spirit that takes the form of a beast of challenge rating 6 or lower. It appears in an unoccupied space that you can see within
defends itself from hostile creatures but otherwise takes no actions.
If your concentration is broken, the fey creature doesn't disappear. Instead, you lose control of the fey creature, it becomes
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Chromatic Awakening (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). If the greatwyrm would be reduced to 0 hit points, its current hit point total instead resets to 425 hit points, it recharges its Breath
instead.
Unusual Nature. The greatwyrm doesn’t require food or drink.Multiattack. The greatwyrm makes one Bite attack and two Claw attacks.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +18;{"diceNotation":"1d20+18
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Chromatic Awakening (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). If the greatwyrm would be reduced to 0 hit points, its current hit point total instead resets to 425 hit points, it recharges its Breath
instead.
Unusual Nature. The greatwyrm doesn’t require food or drink.Multiattack. The greatwyrm makes one Bite attack and two Claw attacks.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +18;{"diceNotation":"1d20+18
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
You have served the community where you grew up, standing as its first line of defense against crime. You aren’t a soldier, directing your gaze outward at possible enemies. Instead, your
-wielding police force of the City of Splendors, protecting the common folk from thieves and rowdy nobility alike. Or you might have been one of the valiant defenders of Silverymoon, a member of the
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
+1", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Bite", "rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage.If a Beast such as a dog or a bear dies from russet mold, the result is a bestial moldy called a thorny
, instead of a bipedal vegepygmy. Thornies are less intelligent than other vegepygmies, but they are larger and more ferocious and have thorn-covered bodies.
Vegepygmies
Vegepygmies are fungus creatures
Yeenoghu
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Out of the Abyss
choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. Yeenoghu has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Magic Weapons. Yeenoghu’s weapon attacks are magical.
Rampage
5 or more, the target falls prone.
Savage (Costs 2 Actions). Yeenoghu makes a bite attack against each creature within 10 feet of him.The Beast of Butchery appears as a great battle-scarred gnoll
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Yeenoghu fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. Yeenoghu has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical
a separate Bite attack against each creature within 10 feet of him.The Beast of Butchery appears as a great scarred gnoll, towering 14 feet tall. Yeenoghu is the Gnoll Lord, and his creations are
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
level or lower, the spell has no effect on the chimera and instead targets the caster.Multiattack. The chimera makes three attacks: one with its claws, one with its head, and one with its tail. When its
the god Keranos sought to test Nylea’s favorite champion, Renata of Setessa, by creating a beast so deadly that even she would balk at trying to hunt it. When Renata slayed this lion-ram-dragon
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
":"piercing"} piercing damage. If the leucrotta scores a critical hit, it rolls the damage dice three times, instead of twice.
Hooves. Melee Weapon Attack: +6;{"diceNotation":"1d20+6","rollType":"to
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
fishing on Lake Zarovich. On the way back to town, a dire wolf attacked Izek and bit off his right arm. His father carried Izek back to town while his uncle distracted the beast. His sister ran and hid in
trouble killing them and disposing of their bodies. He was eventually caught in the act and brought to the burgomaster. Instead of punishing the boy for his crimes, Baron Vallakovich pardoned Izek and
Monsters
Tomb of Annihilation
charges; the hand is made of ice, is immune to cold damage, and deals bludgeoning damage instead of force damage as a clenched fist), cone of cold (2 charges), flesh to ice (3 charges; as flesh to stone
must be modeled after a beast with a challenge rating of 2 or less. The ice creature has the same statistics as the beast it models, with the following changes: the creature is a construct with
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
draconic beast with pale, leathery wings and emaciated skin; this mount uses the wyvern stat block, but it is an Undead instead of a Dragon. An eerie, hollow silence heralds the champion’s arrival
champions rarely agree on anything is a major check on the group’s power. Instead of the Grim Harrow acting as a unified force, each of the three champions usually pursues their own interests, seldom
Orc
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
and tenacity that can’t be matched, and the god equipped his children to be able to live above or below ground.
On some worlds, such as Eberron, orcs were among the first defenders of the natural
are of the Humanoid type. A race tells you what your character’s creature type is.
Here’s a list of the game’s creature types in alphabetical order: Aberration, Beast, Celestial






