Monster Monday

“What the hell?” you exclaim after a rat bites your leg. You stumble a few steps ahead and then feel…

You gasp for air, but only water fills your lungs. The seaweed-like appendages of the kelpie coils around you even…

“How dare you defile our sacred lands?”, roars the voice in your head. You run, gasping for breath, daring not…

How could this happen? Everything the spellcaster throws at them is shrugged off. These devilish soldiers, the merregon, keep pushing…

You feel the ground beneath you shake. Is it adrenalin? No, the quaking is getting worse! You look around and…

You feel a weight lifted off or your belt. Someone has stolen your coin purse! You look behind you to…

You scream out as you hit the ground hard. The earth is shaking so viciously that you can’t regain your…

There it is, you’ve found it, the bounty the old wizard told you to find. A pseudodragon! As you approach…

“What’s happening to me!?” you scream as you feel your bones shift and turn. Your skin painfully twists and stretches….

You go to run the well-armored goblin boss through with your rapier. In a flash, he is nowhere to be…

A screech from above echoes throughout the volcanic valley as you desperately try to flee for cover. An enormous elemental…

You arrive just outside the entrance of the dungeon after a long and weary trek. You go to push open…

You feel a sharp pain in your back as the battleforce angel runs you through with their longsword. The stolen…

A chorus of roars echoes throughout the valley. Your blood turns to ice as you stand there petrified. Soon after,…

It’s no secret that I’m a huge fan of how combat works in D&D 5e. There are so many powerful…

You’re making quick work of this vicious beast. Two heads down, three to go. You turn to cheer at your…

You wake up restrained by tough, hempen rope. A crowd full of snake-like yuan-ti look on as a priestess uncorks…

The towering shadowy figure points a single finger at you. You quiver in fear as you feel your very soul…

You carefully make your way down the dark tunnel – ever vigilant for a kobold ambush. As you traverse deeper…

You hear the thud of the body of one of your companions behind you and the flind lifts its flail,…

Stealthily you enter the gnoll den. Bones, excrement, and rotten meat litter the floor. As you round the corner you…

You regain your senses after the torrent of frostbite subsides. Your armor is frozen and your muscles are numb but…

You hear the screams of the villager as they plead for mercy from the demon that slowly approaches them. Drool…

Darkness envelopes you as you travel through this tunnel in the middle of the Underdark. Your lit torch cannot permeate…

Out of the corner of your eye, you see two panthers dart towards you from behind the throne. They are…

You slowly walk into the damp cave with your sword drawn, unaware of the dangers present in the mound of…

You hear and see the lonely winter eladrin weeping, but you can’t look away. Her presence has distracted you and…

You hastily cast a spell on the demon-orc charging towards you. It laughs and barrels towards you even faster. The…

As you slowly clamber down the side of the volcano you come across a small cave. Finally, a safe haven…

You slow walk down dark and narrow hallway. Nervously, you round the corner and feel the hair on the back…

In this bi-weekly series, I talk about some of my favorite D&D monsters both official and homebrew. This week we…