Category: Best of the Bestiary

Lock the door, blow out the light;The hungry Oni haunts the night.Hide and tremble, little one;The Oni wants to have some fun. Hear it scratching on the door;See its shadow cross the floor.The sun won’t rise for quite a while;Till then, beware the Oni’s smile. Children’s rhyme Well. That’s… one way to start. It’s okay,…

Worst. Dancers. Ever. Riddlefiddle the Satyr, On Ogres Riddlefiddle? Sorry, I’m already getting distracted. Ogres. We’re talking about ogres… Riddlefiddle? Lore: Big Dumb Brutes Raiding. Scavenging. Killing. These are the three things ogres excel at the most. If not for their laziness, dim wits, and quick tempers, they might have been a deadly foe. Even…

Lore: Rats of the Arcane The gaze of a nothic is just as horrific as it is intelligent and unnerving. When spurned to violence, its victims will rot from the cursed eye of the beast. When a wizard dives too deep into arcane secrets, they are often struck by a curse left behind by Vecna,…

What’s this? One page? One monster? Only four paragraphs of lore? I didn’t think that was allowed anymore! Lore: Plucked From Heaven Often referred to as a ‘demon horse’ or a ‘hell horse’, the nightmare is the go-to steed for evil beings, most commonly demons, devils, death knights, liches, night hags, and a few others.…

If you destroy me, I will return, and everyone you care about will suffer for it. Explictica Defilus, Spirit Naga Damn, this monster legit just said, “Talk shit, get hit.” That’s pretty cool! Let’s see if it loves up to that! Lore: Arcane Egos Residing within the ruins of ancient civilizations, nagas live to gather…