Wyvern: Not-Dragon

Lore: Bird of Prey Ultimate Edition

A cousin to the mighty dragons, wyverns are deadly skyward hunters. They’re relentless and cunning, only ever retreating from a hunt if it sustains potentially deadly injury. It can even be tamed, making for a deadly mount indeed.

And… yeah, that’s it. No, I’m not messing with you. That’s all we’ve got to work with.

I trust I don’t need to explain who disappointing this is.

Design: No Feathers? Bipedal? This is a Man.

What was the rule again? If it has two legs it’s a wyvern, if it has four it’s a dragon? Was that it?

This is a solid look. I mean, it’s a dragon. Two legs, four, who cares? It just looks cool simply because it is what it is!

With that said: it’s probably the weakest of the dragons. If the others were typed like Pokémon, then this would be a normal type. Simple. Bland. Boring. Like white bread.

Speaking of Pokémon…

Stats: Normal Type Dragon

You call this thing a dragon?! It can’t even breath fire! Or lighting. Or acid. Or anything!

Killing it is fairly straight-forward. It’s AC is low enough that hitting it isn’t a problem. Though its higher HP makes up for that a bit. The only real challenge in fighting is in its ability to fly.

Beyond that, it’s an incredibly simple slugfest. It can bite you, rake you with its claws, or stab you with its stinger, which can do extra poison damage. There’s really nothing else to it. It hits you and you hit it until one party drops dead.

Placement

This one is honestly really dull. The lore is just about non-existent. The design is alright, if a bit bland and boring. The stats make for an exceptionally simple fight. This is the D&D equivalent of eating an untoasted slice of white bread.

With all that in mind, the Wyvern is going to #175 on the Best of the Bestiary!

1. Beholder
2. Death Tyrant
3. Mind Flayer
4. Dragon Turtle
5. Tarrasque
6. Mummy/Mummy Lord
7. Nagas (all three of ’em)
8. Green Dragons
9. Red Dragons
10. Blue Dragons
11. Black Dragons
12. White Dragons
13. Silver Dragons
14. Couatl
15. Behir
16. Aboleth
17. Sea Hag
18. Slaadi (all six of ’em)
19. Lamia
20. Bronze Dragons
21. Brass Dragons
22. Copper Dragons
23. Gold Dragons
24. Chuul
25. Vampire/Vampire Spawn
26. Kuo-Toa
27. Gibbering Mouther
28. Kraken
29. Intellect Devourer
30. Thri-Kreen
31. Shadow
32. Chimera
33. Sphinxes
34. Death Knight
35. Fomorian
36. Bone Devil
37. Dracolich
38. Faerie Dragon
39. Gelatinous Cube
40. Lich
41. Treant
42. Peryton
43. Troglodyte
44. Remorhaz
45. Unicorn
46. Orcs (all four of ’em)
47. Magmin
48. Shield Guardian
49. Kobold
50. Kenku
51. Hobgoblins
52. Night Hag
53. Green Hag
54. Black Pudding
55. Ankheg
56. Hook Horror
57. Succubus/Incubus
58. Oni
59. Purple Worm
60. Wraith
61. Storm Giant
62. Hill Giant
63. Empyrean
64. Efreeti
65. Grimlock
66. Umber Hulk
67. Minotaur
68. Dao
69. Cloud Giant
70. Manticore
71. Scarecrow
72. Drow (all four of ’em)
73. Shadow Demon
74. Modrons (all five of ’em)
75. Marilith
76. Drider
77. Aarackockra
78. Azer
79. Demilich
80. Spectator
81. Gray Ooze
82. Ochre Jelly
83. Hydra
84. Rakshasa
85. Marid
86. Salamander
87. Harpy
88. Werejackal
89. Otyugh
90. Satyr
91. Half-Dragon
92. Cambion
93. Fire Giant
94. Nothic
95. Pixie
96. Animated Armor
97. Roper
98. Banshee
99. Basilisk
100. Yochlol
101. Bulette
102. Cloaker
103. Darkmantle
104. Doppelganger
105. Revenant
106. Ghoul and Ghast
107. Sahuagin (all three)
108. Ettin
109. Sprite
110. Medusa
111. Pit Fiend
112. Erinyes
113. Chain Devil
114. Bearded Devil
115. Barbed Devil
116. Spined Devil
117. Ice Devil
118. Mimic
119. Djinni
120. Troll
121. Merrow
122. Nalfeshnee
123. Wight
124. Glabrezu
125. Chasme
126. Grell
127. Barlgura
128. Horned Devil
129. Balor
130. Water Weird
131. Skeletons
132. Shadow Dragon
133. Myconids (all four of ’em)
134. Piercer
135. Werebear
136. Lizardfolk
137. Vrock
138. Dretch
139. Pseudodragon
140. Gnolls (all three)
141. Goristro
142. Hezrou
143. Manes
144. Quaggoth
145. Frost Giant
146. Weretiger
147. Werewolf
148. Duergar
149. Quasit
150. Dryad
151. Shambling Mound
152. Flumph
153. Goblin
154. Nightmare
155. Rust Monster
156. Wereboar
157. Wererat
158. Githyanki
159. Owlbear
160. Planetar
161. Imp
162. Ogres/Half-ogres
163. Roc
164. Clay Golem
165. Flameskull
166. Displacer Beast
167. Carrion Crawler
168. Githzerai
169. Grick
170. Invisible Stalker
171. Rug of Smothering
172. Bugbear Chief
173. Bugbear
174. Flesh Golem
175. Wyvern <————————–
176. Vine Blight
177. Twig Blight
178. Needle Blight
179. Mephits (all six of ’em)
180. Bullywug
181. Hellhound
182. Ettercap
183. Gas Spore
184. Cockatrice
185. Lemure
186. Homonculus
187. Merfolk
188. Solar
189. Deva
190. Gorgon
191. Hippogriff
192. Griffon
193. Will-O’-Wisp
194. Cyclops
195. Centaur
196. Ghost
197. Pegasus
198. Fire Elemental
199. Water Elemental
200. Air Elemental
201. Stone Giant
202. Deep Gnome
203. Dinosaurs (All six of them)
204. Stirge
205. Specter
206. Iron Golem
207. Stone Golem
208. Earth Elemental
209. Galeb Duhr
210. Helmed Horror
211. Flying Sword
212. Crawling Claw
213. Violet Fungus
214. Shrieker
215. Gargoyle