Creature Types

Aberrations are utterly alien beings. Many of them have innate magical abilities drawn from the creature's alien mind rather than the mystical forces of the world.

Beasts are nonhumanoid creatures that are a natural part of the fantasy ecology. They lack any inherent magical or supernatural abilities.

Celestials are creatures native to the Upper Planes. They are aligned with good and often serve as agents of the gods.

Constructs are made, not born. Some are programmed by their creators to follow a simple set of instructions, while others are imbued with sentience.

Dragons are large reptilian creatures of ancient origin and tremendous power. True dragons, including the good metallic dragons and evil chromatic dragons, are highly intelligent.

Elementals are creatures native to the elemental planes. Some are little more than animate masses of their respective elements, while others have biological forms infused with elemental energy.

Fey are magical creatures closely tied to the forces of nature. They dwell in twilight groves and misty forests, and their magic bends the natural world.

Fiends are creatures of wickedness native to the Lower Planes. Demons, devils, and other fiends embody the pure evil of these planes.

Giants tower over humans and their kind. They are humanlike in shape, though some have multiple heads or deformities.

Humanoids are the main peoples of a fantasy world, civilized and wild. They have language, culture, and few if any innate magical abilities.

Monstrosities are monsters in the strictest sense — frightening creatures that are not ordinary, not truly natural, and almost never benign.

Oozes are gelatinous creatures that rarely have a fixed shape. They are mostly subterranean, dwelling in caves, dungeons, and similar environments.

Plants in this context are vegetable creatures, not ordinary flora. Most of them are ambulatory, and some are carnivorous.

Undead are once-living creatures brought to a horrifying state of undeath through necromantic magic or some unholy curse.