
The Line is equipped with blades, traps, and a flamethrower. But this monster from Battle for Beyond hides a secret ability that will leave your characters trembling. Learn all about The Line here and how to play him!
The Line is equipped with blades, traps, and a flamethrower. But this monster from Battle for Beyond hides a secret ability that will leave your characters trembling. Learn all about The Line here and how to play him!
Not all is well at Strixhaven University. Learn about the Oriq and get a sneak peek at the Oriq recruiter, found in Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos!
This Halloween, explore these horrifying creatures in your next Dungeons & Dragons game. Get tips for leveling up your gibbering zombies and tormenting your characters with simulacrums of their beloved dead.
Delight your players with a peek behind the veil at the moonstone dragon, coming October 26 in Fizban’s Treasury of Dragons!
Watch your step! Even the mushrooms in the Feywild are alive, and they sure sing an undelightful tune! Get a sneak peek at the campestri and swarm of campestris monsters from The Wild Beyond the Witchlight.
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight adventure releases on September 21 and introduces new monsters to Dungeons & Dragons. Get a sneak peek at the jabberwock, a Feywild dragon that is as peculiar as it is deadly.
Take your players on a whimsical run through the Feywild — or just torment them — with these fey creatures.
Vampiric mind flayers are the undead creation of a dying elder brain, and they have but one directive: drain humanoids of their cerebral fluids. Here's what you need to know about them — and how to bring them to your table.
What do you call monsters that explode when spells are cast nearby, or that deflect spells? A nightmare! In our final preview for Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft, we introduce the gremishka and swarm of gremishkas!
Toys come to life to slay in Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft! Get a sneak peek at carrionettes and their statistics, and find out how to bring these terrifyingly clever creatures to your game.
Werewolves and wereboars and werebears, oh my! Bring these iconic horror creatures to your kitchen table with these tips on playing as a lycanthrope and running them as NPCs. See the rules on lycanthropy and find out how you can raise the stakes for werecreatures in your game.
Just like how classic kaiju Gamera alternated between the role of destroyer and a friend to all children in his movies, there’s plenty of room for both antagonistic and helpful dragon turtles in your world...
There are few supernatural creatures more renowned than the fanged devil who gains strength from consuming blood. Known by multiple names - nosferatu, vampyr, or the more standard “vampire” - these beings are iconic predators who deserve top billing in your campaigns. Whether you’re preparing for Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft, running the classic Curse of Strahd, or looking for sophisticated ways of portraying the archetypal gothic horror villain, consider the following when utilizing these denizens of darkness...
Despite how well-rounded hags are, they’re typically just dumped at the bottom of a cave between players and treasure- or worse, put on the backburner completely by many Dungeon Masters. But with a little creativity, you can make hags unforgettable...
These fragments of the demon lord Juiblex are often overlooked by DMs in favor of enemies that actually have limbs, but they’re arguably some of the most fearsome foes a group of low-level D&D adventurers can face. Why? Because unlike a normal monster that might be satisfied with killing a character, oozes are motivated by the undiscriminating desire to consume everything in their path!
Spoiler alert! Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden pits the heroes against a fearsome foe whose evil power could spell doom for the North. Here’s how to run this deadly encounter!
Completing the evil triad of the Lower Planes are yugoloths, neutral evil fiends that willingly serve any master—for a price. How do yugoloths function in Avernus… and could a yugoloth’s services be bought by the forces of good?
Demons are terrifying beasts that would like nothing more than to tear your soul from your body and gnaw on your still-beating heart. They’re monstrous, from top to bottom. How do you play this sort of senseless evil?
Devils rejoice in spreading evil throughout the Material Plane with their malicious contracts and deceptive deals. Even in Avernus, where the Blood War rages eternal, mortals must keep their wits about them.
Learn how to play a chimera in a way worthy of its fearsome appearance, and how to make chimeras out of beasts other than the dragon-, lion-, and goat-headed version classic to D&D.