Category: Best of the Bestiary

Oh, the rollercoaster that is the Monster Manual. One minute, you’re talking about the all-powerful masters of the elements. The next, you’re talking about a dead guy who stuck around because his wife fucked the mailman. You never know what you’re going to get! Lore: Hi! I’m Dead! You know how ghosts work? You know,…

The marid poured out of the flask like water and said, “Your wish is my command.” The halfling, overjoyed, wished for immortality, so the marid polymorphed him into a fish that flopped around humorously until, finally, it expired. It’s a cautionary tale that has survived through the ages, so I suppose the halfling got his…

This’ll be the #100th monster on the Best of the Bestiary! Oh my god! And we’re only one-third of the way through the Monster Manual! Which is only the first book! Good god I’m gonna be doing this for the rest of my life, aren’t I? The armies of the Grand Sultan are bolstered by…

Chances are, your image of a genie will match up with the djinni pretty accurately. That is, if you envision genies as lazy assholes and not a lovable cartoon character voiced by Robin Williams. In terms of design and abilities, it is very much what you’d expect. The question is: does that make it a…

Welcome to the Great Dismal Delve, gem of the Inner Planes. You are now slaves to the mighty and merciful Khatun Zafara Al’Yil Jin Zarain, Queen of the Mantled Depths, Pontiff of the Diamond Cathedral, Protector of the Malachite Scepter, and so on and so forth. Gargoyle Seneschal’s Standard Greeting Alright, our first proper genie.…