Category: Best of the Bestiary

If you want soldiers or thugs, hire hobgoblins. If you want someone clubbed to death in their sleep, hire bugbears. If you want mean little fools, hire goblins. Stalman Klim, slave lord Weird question: what’s your default goblin sound? Is it odd cackling? Or a sort of high-pitched grunting? I always make a weird ‘hyegh-hyegh’…

Gnomes. One of the most frequently forgotten races in Dungeons and Dragons. Because how many people in the world want to play as a gnome? You can be a dragon man, a cat girl, a turtle, or even a robot! Why be a tiny little smart guy? And for that matter: why make your players…

Ah, gnolls. Another fantasy classic. Maybe they’re not as beloved as creatures like dragons. But they’re still a welcome addition to any fantastical setting. Question is: do they deserve to be in yours? Lore: Hounds of the Demon Lord If you’re familiar with fantasy, you’ve probably got a general idea of what gnolls are about.…

Lore: Chillin’ in Limbo While the githyanki are war-mongers, the githzerai are philosophers. They spend their days in Limbo, dwelling on islands and within fortresses of order within the chaos. Using their psychic powers to maintain their homes and defend them in battle, they are a mighty but mostly peaceful people. The hierarchy of the…

There are nine paragraphs of lore to these guys. Surely one of them must be interesting, right? They can’t all be boring! Right? Lore: Plunderers of the Multiverse Githyanki ride astral vessels and red dragons to plunder worlds across the plains. Ever since they won their freedom, their sole purpose has been conquest. All because…