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Pazuzu Large Fiend (Demon), Chaotic Evil Hero Forge Mini by Master Nemo Single mini, no kitbash Description (from 3.5e Fiendish Codex I Supplement - 2006): Although he’s a tall, well-proportioned man, this figure’s demonic features cannot be ignored. His powerful birdlike talons scrape the floor as he approaches, and four feathered wings shine with oil and writhe with smoke on his back. His head combines the features of a handsome man and a feral hawk, his cruel, hooked beak filled with a forest of needle teeth. Mighty Pazuzu is one of the oldest of the tanar’ri princes. His realm is the skies above the Abyssal layers, and he takes great delight in the corruption of purity. Servants, Enemies, and Goals: Pazuzu is a unique example of survival in the Abyss. Originally one of the more powerful obyrith lords, his independence was a constant thorn in the Queen of Chaos’s side. As it turned out, Pazuzu has since evolved with the new rule of the Abyss. While he is still an obyrith, he has been accepted by tanar’ri and represents a sort of “missing link” between the two races. Due to this duality of nature, Pazuzu’s form has taken on a less horrible appearance with the passing of eons, and his form of madness ability has transformed into his current aura of servile avians. He has also gained several tanar’ri-like qualities, including the ability to summon tanar’ri. Although Pazuzu commands the respect and loyalty of all evil things that fl y in the Abyssal skies, he is rarely forced to call upon these creatures. Perhaps alone in the Abyss, Pazuzu has no active enemies. The other demon lords seem to begrudgingly award him the skies above their realms, if only because there seems to be little there to claim. Graz’zt alone has been known to speak ill of Pazuzu, yet he has never taken direct action against him. The one demon lord that could be counted as his enemy is wretched and deformed Lamashtu, although the Queen of Monstrous Births has been imprisoned by Pazuzu on Torremor for countless ages, so she is hardly a threat to the demon prince. Pazuzu does not lust for the rule of a realm in the Abyss (although he nonetheless controls the 503rd layer of the Abyss, and his presence is nearly constant on the 1st layer), nor does he wish to rule over his fellow demons. His goals are higher—he lusts for innocence, purity, and honesty. These sweet nectars are his greatest vice, and as he consumes them, he leaves bitterness, cruelty, and wickedness in the shells of those he has corrupted. Since these qualities are so alien in the Abyss, he logically has little interest in what dwells therein and instead turns his attentions to the Material Plane. Pazuzu has tested his ability to manifest on Material Plane worlds without drawing the undue attention of the gods who protect them for some time, and in that time has mastered the art of telling mortals what they think they want to hear. Pazuzu’s cults start with a single soul who cries out to the demon prince for aid. Pazuzu gives this aid, and those who call on him grow dependent on his aid. They crave the power his touch can bring. Within a year, those who have called upon him invariably join or found a new cult dedicated to his teachings, where they seek to capture and convert new innocents to his vile worship. Clerics of Pazuzu have access to the domains of Air, Chaos, Evil, and Temptation. His symbol is a twisted bird talon. Strategy and Tactics: In a fight, Pazuzu leads with his greatsword, a murderous weapon said to have been a feather he plucked from the body of a massive demonic bird. He uses Combat Expertise to full effect, often making disarm or trip attacks with one of his natural weapons—if he fl ies, he can use his talons to slash at prey. He uses his breath weapon and spell-like abilities against other spellcasters or those who don’t dare enter into melee combat with him. Aura of Servile Avians (Su): All evil-aligned creatures with a natural fly speed feel a strange bond of attraction to Pazuzu. Before such a creature takes any hostile action against Pazuzu, it must attempt a DC 34 Will save. Failure indicates that the creature’s attack fails and its action is wasted. This aura extends to a radius of 120 feet. The save DC is Charisma-based. Breath Weapons (Su): Pazuzu has two breath weapons. The first can be used to create six swarms of locusts (all of which must be created so that each swarm is adjacent to at least one other swarm, and at least one square must be adjacent to Pazuzu). He can create these swarms so that they share the area of other creatures. The locusts attack any creatures occupying the squares and can pursue creatures that flee. Pazuzu’s second breath weapon is a 60-foot cone of poisonous acidic vapor. All creatures caught in this area take 18d6 points of acid damage (DC 35 Reflex halves) and must also succeed on a DC 35 Fortitude save or take 2d4 points of Strength damage from the poison. A minute later, a second DC 35 Fortitude save is required, this time to avoid the secondary damage of 2d4 points of Constitution damage. The save DCs are Constitution-based. Regardless of which breath weapon he uses, Pazuzu can only use this special attack once every 1d4 rounds. Summon Avians (Sp): Once per day, Pazuzu can automatically summon 2d6 elder arrowhawks, 1d6 harpy archers, or 1d6 fiendish rocs. This ability functions as a 9th-level spell (CL 20th). Summon Tanar’ri (Sp): Once per day, Pazuzu can automatically summon 2d4 succubi, 1d4+2 vrocks, or 1 balor. This ability is the equivalent of a 9th-level spell (CL 20th). Temptation (Su): If a creature utters the name “Pazuzu” three times in succession, an unholy link between the speaker and Pazuzu is immediately established. For one minute, Pazuzu can use detect good, detect law, detect thoughts (DC 22), and tongues to examine the speaker, despite any distance (physical or planar) that might separate them. He always uses Sense Motive to try to determine whether the one who calls him is trying to entrap him. If he wishes and is able, Pazuzu can use plane shift and greater teleport to travel to the speaker’s location with precise accuracy, as long as he does so before the minute is up. Once he arrives, Pazuzu asks the speaker why he called upon the Prince of the Lower Aerial Kingdoms. Pazuzu almost always agrees to provide aid, but if he does, the caller’s alignment shifts one step closer to chaotic. If the caller’s alignment is already chaotic, it instead shifts one step closer to evil. These shifts in alignment are considered voluntary. Pazuzu never provides aid to chaotic evil creatures and often punishes them for calling upon his aid rather than using the tools he has likely already granted the creature in question. Pazuzu particularly enjoys corrupting paladins and takes pains to ensure that the first time he helps a paladin, no evil comes as a result of his assistance, hoping to encourage the paladin to call on him again. Aid granted by Pazuzu is typically granted in the manner easiest for the demon prince to manifest, often in the form of his wish spell-like ability. (from 4th Edition Demonomicon - 2005): One of the oldest and most reprehensible demon lords, Pazuzu is a master manipulator and corruptor of mortal souls. The Dark Angel of the Four Winds takes great delight in offering aid that seems beneficial, but which in fact leads to great evil and suffering. Lore: Arcana DC 33: Pazuzu lusts after innocence, purity, and honesty more than anything else, and the mortal world is a perfect breeding ground for this precious fruit. The demon lord takes from his victims all that makes them pure, then fills their hollow souls with bitterness and cruelty. When not scouting the mortal world for his next conquest, Pazuzu can almost always be found on the 1st abyssal layer—the Plain of a Thousand Portals. With his attention focused outward from the chaotic scheming of the Abyss, Pazuzu has not garnered many foes among the other abyssal lords. His only true enemy is Lamashtu, Demon Queen of Monstrous Births, though Pazuzu only barely considers this former consort a threat. Long ago, she betrayed the Winged Prince. As punishment, Pazuzu ate out her eyes and imprisoned her in his former realm of Torremor, the 503rd layer of the Abyss. There, the wretched and deformed hag suffered, eventually gaining the power to seize Torremor as her own. The Prince of the Lower Aerial Kingdoms now watches in amusement as Lamashtu (still bound by his dark magic) scrapes for influence and position from that remote abyssal backwater. Encounters : Beyond his secret alliance with Asmodeus and the Queen’s Conclave, Pazuzu commands the respect and loyalty of all evil creatures that fly in the abyssal skies. Though his rule of Pazunia is unquestioned, it is said that Pazuzu’s influence extends in secret to aerial kingdoms throughout the Abyss. Pazuzu seldom travels alone. His personal guard is known as the Six Wings of Pazrael—a formidable troop of balor-led vrocks skilled at reconnaissance and assassination Pazuzu in Combat: Pazuzu rarely engages in direct combat, though his abilities make the demon lord a formidable opponent. The plague of abyssal locusts that surrounds him keeps melee and ranged attackers at bay while he spreads his pestilence across the battlefield. The demon lord delights in dominating his most powerful foes, forcing them to cut down their own allies in his name. Pazuzu Secrets: Pazuzu is secretly an obyrith lord—one of a handful of ancient entities that predate the formation of the Abyss. Trapped in the crumbling ruins of a universe he and his kind destroyed long ago, it was Pazuzu’s idea to create the shard of evil that lured Tharizdun into creating the Abyss. Pazuzu (in his incarnation as Pazrael; see “Pazuzu’s Cult” below) was also one of the generals who aided the fallen angel Asmodeus in the battle that claimed the life of his god. Pazuzu saw this as his chance to aid in the greatest corruption of all—the transformation of a faithful servant into an enemy of the gods. His aid was instrumental in Asmodeus’s victory, and it remains a secret known only to Asmodeus and the obyrith lord. Pazuzu’s support came at a cost—an as-yet unnamed boon still owed by the archdevil. Pazuzu was instrumental throughout the last age in fomenting the Blood War, using his secret alliance with Asmodeus to ensure that devils and demons remained evenly matched in that endless conflict. Both Asmodeus and the Queen’s Conclave (see “The Obyriths,” page 7) used the chaos of the Blood War as a cover for the same goal— to locate and harness the eldritch might of the seed of evil at the Abyss’s heart. Pazuzu’s Cult: Unlike most other demon lords, Pazuzu is able to manifest freely in the mortal world. Over millennia, he has perfected the craft of seducing mortals to his will without attracting the attention of the gods that protect them. In ancient texts, the names Imdugud, Pazrael, and Typhon are associated with a benevolent entity that protects against pestilence and blesses childbirth. Folk that call on this entity have their prayers consistently answered, remaining blissfully unaware that these benevolent spirits are avatars of Pazuzu. As word of his beneficence spreads, whole communities soon become unwittingly dependent on the demon lord’s aid. Invariably, folk touched by Pazuzu form new cults dedicated to his teachings. These people do not see themselves as evil, even as their search for blessings inevitably leads them to vile acts committed for the sake of their new master. As they spread the power of their dark patron by tempting others to ask for his aid, these thralls of Pazuzu never learn the demon lord’s true identity. Pazuzu Out of Combat: If a creature utters Pazuzu’s name or any of his aliases three times in succession, an unholy link between the speaker and the demon lord is estab- if lished, working over any distance and across the Ja planes. For a short time, Pazuzu can examine the P speaker’s thoughts to discern whether the caller seeks aid or is trying to trap him. If he wants to and is able to, Pazuzu can appear in the speaker’s location. The demon lord almost always agrees to provide aid, but his assistance comes at a steep price. In game terms, a typical call for aid from Pazuzu can take the form of gaining a free action point, restoring a character to life or to full hit points, recharging an expended power, or some other benefit of the DM’s choosing. In exchange for this boon, Pazuzu requires a creature to swear utter obedience for a week or more—and takes full advantage of this service. (from Planescape: For Duty & Deity - 1998): Pazrael is a huge, vrocklike tanar'ri with gold and crimson feathered wings. Pazrael is dual-minded - sometimes he is cool, controlled, and subtle, but he also has random outbursts of maniacal rage, when all that pleases him is I grasping some sentient creature in his huge taloned feet and ripping it apart with his great beak. In human terms, Pazrael has S 19, D 19, C 18, I 19, W 19, Ch 18. He has been known to mate with harpies, humans, and vrock, and some of the resulting cambion are his ministers and spies throughout his layer of Torremor. Others have turned against their father and seek to wrest his realm from him, with little success. Combat: Pazrael can use the following spell-like powers at will, one per round, at 20th level of magic use: call lightning , chain lightning (1/day), cloudkill , control weather , darkness 15-foot radius death fog , flesh to stone , fly , incendiary cloud (1/day), shape change , statue , stinking cloud , symbol (one each per day of death , hopelessness , an pain ), tongues , weather summoning , and wind walk . With a 70% chance for successful gating, Pazrael can gate in 1d4 chasme (40% chance) or 1d4 vrock (60%) twice per day, Pazrael has infravision to 200 feet and can detect invisibility within 120 feet. In melee, he can attack twice per round with a huge, 7-foot-long two-handed sword +4 that inflicts 2d8 + 4 points or damage per hit to small or medium targets and 3d8 + 4 points to anything larger. Pazrael can also attack 3 times per round with beak and claws for 1d12/2d4 + 7 (x2) points of damage. Followers and Resources: Though he rules an entire layer of the Abyss, Pazrael keeps few more possessions than he can carry. He is fond or jewelry made of rings and bracers of protection, and he always carries a set of at least six javelins of lightning . Pazrael's symbol of rulership is called the Blinding Claw of Pazrael, an enormous roe's talon that has been embossed with gold and studded with rubies the size of vulture 's eggs. The Claw has many powers, but only a few are known. Those that are include cause blindness , clairvoyance , and true seeing at will, meteor swarm , reverse gravity , and unholy word 1/day. Anyone touching it must make a saving throw versus polymorph to avoid changing into a vrock or chasme, and suffer full system shock consequences; tanar'ri are immune to this effect. The Claw can be "hung" in midair anywhere in the Abyss to provide a perch for its master. In addition to the perch or the Blinding Claw, Pazrael has a number of perches, seals of rulership where he takes on new followers, elevates some tanar'ri to greater levels of power, and punishes others. When he is gone from any perch, he leaves a minister behind, though these are notoriously unreliable. Plots and Goals: Pazrael is wary of Graz'zt and feels that the Lord of Shadows may have designs on Torremor, so Pazrael keeps tabs on what Graz'zt is doing by sending his own fiends to spy in Graz'zt's domain. Conflicts between fiendish servitors of the two lords aren't uncommon. Pazrael also checks Graz'zt's activities in the Prime because his own nabassu grow strong marauding on the Prime. Unknown to Pazrael, Graz'zt is fully aware or this. Finally, Pazrael is eager to discover the secrets of malign magical items of all kinds and his fiends are under standing orders to acquire them and learn all they can of their manufacture. Alternate Versions Button Button Button Button Button Button Button Button Home Plane Abyss (1st Layer: Pazunia and 503rd layer: Torremor) Stat Block 5th Edition: - 5etools (homebrew) - d20pfsrd.com (homebrew) 3rd Edition: - Realmshelps.net 2nd Edition: - Completecompendium.com Abilities - 2 Breath weapons: cloud of locusts, acidic vapor - Attacks with talons, bite, +3 Anarchic Greatsword of Speed - Innate spellcasting - Infectious madness - Summons demons and evil avian monsters - Legendary Actions - Legendary Resistance - Magic Resistance - Evil flying creatures cannot attack Pazuzu - Psyshic link with anyone who says 'Pazuzu' 3 times in succession potentially summons Pazuzu, who may try to corrupt the speaker and shift their alignment through aiding them - Immune to charm, lightning, poison, nonmagical attacks - Resistant to acid, cold, fire - Telepathy, Truesight - Flight Appearance Although he’s a tall, well-proportioned man, this figure’s demonic features cannot be ignored. His powerful birdlike talons scrape the floor as he approaches, and four feathered wings shine with oil and writhe with smoke on his back. His head combines the features of a handsome man and a feral hawk, his cruel, hooked beak filled with a forest of needle teeth. Size Hero Forge: 8'4" (XL) Lore: Large Suggested: Large to Gargantuan Other Monikers Pazrael, Dark Angel of the Four Winds, Prince of the Lower Aerial Kingdoms Sources - Forgotten Realms Wiki - 5etools (homebrew) - d20pfsrd.com (homebrew) - Jorphdan (youtube video) - 3.5e Fiendish Codex I Supplement (2006) - Planescape: For Duty & Deity (1998) - Completecompendium.com

Sword Archon Sword Archon Large Celestial, Lawful Good Hero Forge Mini Hero Forge Mini Double mini, no kitbash, 8 variants below Description (From Planes of Law - Monstrous Supplement - 1995): Swords carry messages from tome archons (and sometimes from the powers themselves) to all of Mount Celestia’s layers. These missives proclaim the word of the higher ranking archons – usually gems of wisdom disseminated for the benefit of lower-level archons. Thus, the arrival of a sword is always regarded with some anticipation, even if the message is of impending war. Sword archons aren’t known to consume anything, but they apparently relish battle, and often serve as elite guard for sacred sites and more powerful archons. Combat : Sword archons are rarely seen by mortal scholars, and so there's some disagreement as to their exact physiology and method of combat, but all accounts claim they are blindingly quick, and utterly terrifying to see in a fight. Scholars who believe sword archons have wings instead of arms claim they attack like beasts, inflicting powerful bites as many as four times per round. Other scholars believe the sword archons have relatively normal humanoid arms which they can transform, at will, into fiery blades. There are claims that these archons can perform what observers have coined a discorporating strike - the archon dives at least 100 feet towards a single target, striking with both fiery blades, and the enemy is apparently unmade, its body completely obliterated. More than that, scholars insist the strike captures the creature's soul, imprisoning it somewhere within Mount Celestia. Sword Archons are capable of casting spells at will from any priest sphere as if they were 15th-level clerics. Alternate Versions Button Button Button Button Button Button Button Button Home Plane Mount Celestia Stat Block 5th edition: - Monster Manual Expanded III by DM's Guild (2021) 2nd edition: - Planescape: Planes of Law Monstrous Supplement (1995) - Mojobob's website Abilities - Transform arms into flaming blades - Discorporating strike that destroys enemies and imprisons their soul - Angelic Weapons - Innate Spellcasting Appearance Sword Archons are rarely seen by mortal scholars, and aspects of their appearance are hotly debated, but all agree they are towering humanoids with glorious wings, silver hair, and eyes that glow with inner light. They wear metallic breastplates, greaves, and collars. In some descriptions, however, the sword archons have wings instead of arms. In others, their arms are normal, but can be transformed into fiery blades at will. Size Hero Forge: 7 ft. (XXL) Lore: 8 ft. Suggested: Large Other Monikers Swords Sources - Monster Manual Expanded III by DM's Guild (2021) - Forgotten Realms Wiki - Planescape: Planes of Law; Monstrous Supplelement (1995) - mojobob's website

Taskmaster Taskmaster Medium Monstrosity, Lawful Neutral Hero Forge Mini Double mini, no kitbash Description (From 3.5e Monster Manual I - 2003): Formians hail from the plane of Mechanus. They seek to colonize all that they see and incorporate all living things into their hive as workers. Expansionist in the extreme, formians are dedicated to spreading their colonies until they have taken over everything and their order is unquestioned. To further this end, they attack all other creatures, usually to put them to work building and expanding cities. Formians maintain these “conscripted” workers as well as those mentally dominated by the power of their taskmasters. A formian resembles a cross between an ant and a centaur. All formians are covered in a brownish-red carapace; size and appearance differs for each variety. Formians build fabulous hive-cities in which hundreds of the creatures dwell. They are born into their station, with no ability to progress. Workers obey orders given by warriors, myrmarchs, or the queen. Warriors carry out the will of their myrmarch commanders or the queen. Myrmarchs take orders only from the queen herself, although they have different ranks depending on services rendered. These are not positions of power but of prestige. The most prestigious of the myrmarchs guard the queen. Taskmasters are equal in rank to warriors but seldom interact with other formians. The Taskmaster: Taskmasters resemble warriors with no mandibles—no apparent mouth at all, in fact. These formians communicate only telepathically and derive sustenance from the mental energies of those they dominate. A taskmaster’s duty is to gather and control nonformians for integration into the hive. Put simply, taskmasters enslave other creatures. They do not enjoy controlling others but believe it is the only efficient way to spread the hive to all places, a desirable end for all rational creatures. If a taskmaster can manage to “conscript” a laborer without using its dominate monster ability, it will do so. Those few souls who have escaped refer to formian hivecities as “work pits.” While formians are not cruel, they are still emotionless—and pitiless. Combat : Taskmasters rely on their dominated slaves to fight for them if at all possible. If necessary, though, they can defend themselves with claws and a poison sting. A formian taskmaster’s natural weapons, as well as any weapons it wields, are treated as lawful-aligned for the purpose of overcoming damage reduction. Dominate Monster (Su): A taskmaster can use a dominate monster ability as the spell from a 10th-level caster (Will DC 17 negates), although the subject may be of any kind and may be up to Large size. Creatures that successfully save cannot be affected by the same taskmaster’s dominate monster ability for 24 hours. A single taskmaster can dominate up to four subjects at a time. The save DC is Charisma-based. Dominated Creature (Ex): A taskmaster is never encountered alone. One dominated nonformian creature always accompanies it (choose or determine randomly any creature of CR 4). Poison (Ex): Injury, Fortitude DC 15, initial and secondary damage 1d6 Str. The save DC is Constitution-based. Alternate Versions Button Button Button Button Button Button Button Button Home Plane Mechanus Stat Block 5e: Homebrew stats on dmdave.com 3.5e: Dungeons & Dragons Monster Manual I (2003) Abilities - Enslaves creatures via mental domination - Poison Stinger - Attacks with foreleg claws and held weapons Appearance This creature is about the size of a pony. It looks like an ant, but holds its head and thorax upright. It does not appear to have a mouth. The creature has humanlike shoulders and arms ending in powerful hands with sharp claws. Its abdomen bears a stinger. A taskmaster is about is about 5 feet long and about 4-1/2 feet high at the front. It weighs about 180 pounds. Size Hero Forge: 7 ft. (XXL) Lore: Medium (5 ft.) Suggested: Medium to Large Other Monikers Ant centaur, Formian Taskmaster, Taskmaster Ant Sources - Video by AJ Pickett - Forgotten Realms Wiki - Homebrew stats on dmdave.com - Dungeons & Dragons Monster Manual I (2003) - Planescape: Planes of Law Supplement (1995)

Moon Dog Medium Celestial, Neutral Good Hero Forge Mini Kitbashed, mount mini Description (from 2nd Edition Monstrous Compendium - Outer Planes Appendix - 1991): Often mistaken for baneful monsters, moon dogs are native creatures of Elysium and champions of the causes of good. They often appear in the Prime Material plane to fight evil wherever it shows itself. Moon dogs look very similar to large wolf hounds. Their strange heads are slightly human in appearance, giving the animals a very intelligent look. The creatures’ forepaws are adaptable, giving the moon dogs the ability to travel bipedally or on all fours. They are dark colored animals, ranging from dark gray to deep black. Moon dogs have amber eyes. Moon dogs speak their own language, and they can communicate with all canines and lupines as well. They can speak common using a limited form of telepathy. Combat: Woe to those who enter combat with a moon dog. These creatures of good are potent fighters and merciless against evil. Their powerful bite inflicts 3-12 points of damage. Moon dogs prefer to attack with their keening howl. This baying is harmful to evil creatures only. Any evil creature within an 80 foot radius of a baying moon dog is affected as by a fear spell cast at 12th-level of magic use. Additional moon dogs baying have a cumulative effect. The howling will also cause 5-8 points of damage per round to evil creatures within 40 feet. In addition, the howling will cause intense physical pain to extra-planar creatures of evil alignment so much that they are 5% likely per moon dog howling to return to their plane. Moon dogs can whine to dispel illusions or bark to dispel evil, once per round. The following spell-like powers (at 12th-level of use) are available to a moon dog one at a time, once per round, at will: change self , 3 times per day cure disease , by lick, 1 time per individual per day cure light wounds , by lick, 1 time per individual per day dancing lights darkness, 15’ radius detect evil , always active detect invisibility , always active detect magic , always active detect snares & pits , always active improved invisibility light mirror image , 3 times per day non-detection shades , 1 time per day slow poison , by lick, 1 time per individual per day wall of fog Moon dogs can become ethereal and have the ability to travel in the ethereal and Astral plane at will. They have superior vision equal to double normal vision, including 60' infravision. Combined with an unusually keen sense of smell and hearing, this grants moon dogs the detection abilities listed above, plus the ability to detect all illusions. Association with a moon dog for one hour or more removes charms and acts as a remove curse . When in shadowy light, a moon dog is able to move in such a way as to effectively create magic equal to a hypnotic pattern of shadows. Only evil creatures will be affected. At the same time, each creature of good within the area will effectively gain a protection from evil and remove fear spell benefit. Moon dogs may not attack or perform any other action when weaving this pattern of shadows. It requires one full round to weave and extends to a range of 50 feet. The moon dog can dispel magic , but doing so will force it back to its own plane immediately. Moon dogs may be damaged only by +2 or better magical weapons. They are never surprised (due to their keen senses) and cause opponents to subtract 3 from their surprise rolls. Moon dogs are immune to fear spells. They make all saving throws at a +2 bonus and takes half or quarter damage. Habitat/Society: Moon dogs are native to the plane of Elysium. They are champions of good and will often travel about the upper planes and the Prime Material plane to challenge evil. Moon dogs are friendly to all good and neutral races and those friendly to those races. They will not long associate with anyone because they are constantly on the move, hunting evil. Ecology: Moon dogs will often communicate with communities of men, using telepathy, in order to locate trouble spots among them. (from Book of Exalted Deeds - 2003): This man-sized mastiff strongly resembles a wolf hound with a shaggy, deep-black coat. It bears some striking humanlike characteristics, including front paws with opposable digits. Its haunting eyes resemble lustrous obsidian orbs. Often confused with the baleful yeth hound, the moon dog might be considered that creature’s good counterpart—a native of Elysium and champion of good. A moon dog is roughly the size of a large man on all fours. Its front paws have some limited capacity for manipulation, and a moon dog can stand and even walk (at half speed) on its hind legs in order to make use of the forepaws. Moon dogs speak Celestial, Common, and Infernal, but they prefer to communicate telepathically. Combat : Moon dogs are potent fighters and relentless in their pursuit of evil. They use their howl ability as soon as evil foes are within range, then use their vicious bite in melee. Bark (Su): When a moon dog barks, as a standard action, it creates a dispel evil effect as cast by a 12th-level cleric. The save DC is Charisma-based. Bay (Su): A moon dog can bay as a standard action. Its baying has the effect of a fear spell cast by a 12th-level sorcerer (Will save DC 17), but it affects only evil creatures within an 80-foot radius of the moon dog. A creature that makes a successful Will save is immune to that particular moon dog’s baying for 24 hours. This is a sonic, mind-affecting effect. The save DC is Charisma-based. Howl (Su):When a moon dog howls, evil creatures within 40 feet of the moon dog take 1d4+4 points of damage per round, in addition to the fear effect of its baying. Evil extraplanar creatures within 40 feet of a howling moon dog are targeted by a dismissal effect as cast by a 12th-level caster. If more than one moon dog is howling within 40 feet of such a creature, the creature receives only one saving throw, and the effective caster level of the dismissal effect is increased by +2 for each additional moon dog beyond the first. Soothing Ministrations (Su): By licking a wound, a moon dog can create any of the following effects, one time each per individual per day: cure light wounds, remove disease, and slow poison. The moon dog’s caster level is 12th. Spell-Like Abilities: Always active—arcane sight, blessed sight*, detect snares and pits, see invisibility; at will—astral projection (self only), dancing lights, darkness, ethereal jaunt, fog cloud, greater invisibility (DC 17), light, nondetection (DC 16); 3/day—change self, mirror image; 1/day—greater shadow conjuration (DC 20). Caster level 12th.The save DCs are Charisma-based. *New spell described in Chapter 6 of this book. Whine (Su): A moon dog can whine as a standard action to automatically dispel any illusion effect within 50 feet. Improved Evasion (Ex): When subjected to an attack that normally allows a Reflex saving throw for half damage, a moon dog takes no damage if it makes a successful saving throw and half damage if the saving throw fails. Keen Senses (Ex): A moon dog sees four times as well as a human in low-light conditions and twice as well in normal light. It also has darkvision with a range of 60 feet. Luck (Su): A moon dog receives a +2 luck bonus on all saving throws (reflected in the statistics above). Scent (Ex): A moon dog can detect approaching enemies, sniff out hidden foes, and track by sense of smell. Shadow Pattern (Su): When in shadowy light, a moon dog can move itself and manipulate the shadows around itself to create a special shadow pattern. Creating the pattern is a full-round action, and the pattern lasts only as long as the moon dog concentrates to maintain it, plus an additional 2 rounds. The pattern emanates in a 50-foot radius around the moon dog. Evil creatures within this effect are fascinated as though by a hypnotic pattern spell (Will save DC 17) cast by a 10th-level sorcerer. Good creatures within the effect are warded by a protection from evil effect and a remove fear effect for the duration of the pattern. The save DC for the hypnotic pattern effect is Charisma-based. Speak with Canines (Sp): A moon dog can use speak with animals (as cast by a 12th-level druid) to communicate with any canine animal, including dogs and wolves. This ability functions at will. Telepathy (Su): A moon dog can communicate telepathically with any creature within 50 feet that has a language. Skills: A moon dog receives a +4 racial bonus on Hide and Move Silently checks. Alternate Versions Button Button Button Button Button Button Button Button Home Plane Elysium Stat Block 5th Edition: - 5esrd.com (homebrew) 3rd Edition: - Realmshelps.net 2nd Edition: - Mojobob's website Abilities - Baying frightens, damages and potentially banishes evil creatures - Innate spellcasting - Powerful bite attack - Can plane shift to astral or ethereal plane at will - Opposable thumbs let them hold items - Can stand and walk upright - Keen senses detect all illusion, never surprised - Masters of stealth - Movement in shadowy light causes hypnotic pattern of shadows (affects evil creatures only) and casts on nearby good creatures protection from evil and remove fear spells - Immune to frightened condition and nonmagical weapons - Advantage on all saving throws and takes half damage from anything requiring a save Appearance Moon dogs look very similar to large wolf hounds. Their strange heads are slightly human in appearance, giving the animals a very intelligent look. The creatures’ forepaws are adaptable, giving the moon dogs the ability to travel bipedally or on all fours. They are dark colored animals, ranging from dark gray to deep black. Moon dogs have amber eyes. Size Hero Forge: 2'2"(XL) Lore: Medium (3' at shoulders) Suggested: Medium Other Monikers Moon hounds Sources - Forgotten Realms Wiki - 3rd Edition Book of Exalted Deeds (2003) - 2nd Edition Monstrous Manual (1993) - 2nd Edition Monstrous Compendium: Outer Planes Appendix (1991) - Mojobob's website

Harpy Medium Monstrosity, Chaotic Evil Hero Forge Mini Hero Forge Mini Kitbashed, mount mini Description (From 5th Edition Monster Manual - 1994): A harpy combines the body, legs, and wings of a vulture with the torso, arms, and head of a human female. Its sweet song has lured countless adventurers to their deaths. Taking glee in suffering and death, the sadistic harpy is always on the hunt for prey. Its sweet song has lured countless adventurers to their deaths, drawing them in close for the harpy to kill and then consume. A harpy combines the body, legs, and wings of a vulture with the torso, arms, and head of a human. Its wicked talons and bone club make it a formidable threat in combat, and its eyes reflect the absolute evil of its soul. Divine Curse. Long ago, an elf wandering a forest heard birdsong so pure and wholesome that she was moved to tears. Following the music, she came upon a clearing where stood a handsome elf youth who had also paused to hear the bird’s song. This was Fenmarel Mestarine, a reclusive elf god. His divine presence stole her heart as he fled, vanishing into the woods as if he was never there. Though the elf searched the woods and called for her stranger, she found no sign of his passage. Driven to despair by her longing, she begged the gods to help her. Aerdrie Faenya, elf goddess of the sky, heard the elf’s cries and was moved to her aid. She appeared as the bird whose song had entranced the outcast god, then taught that song of beauty and seduction to the elf. When her singing failed to draw Fenmarel Mestarine to her side, the elf cursed the gods, invoking a dreadful power and transforming her into the first harpy. The curse worked its magic on the elf’s spirit as well as her body, turning her desire for love into a hunger for flesh, even as her beautiful song continued to draw creatures to her deadly embrace. Harpy Song. To hear a harpy’s song is to hear music more beautiful than anything else in the world. A traveler that succumbs to the entrancing effect of that singing is compelled to blunder toward its source. A harpy sometimes charms victims before it attacks, but a more effective use of its song is to lure prey over cliffs, into bogs and quicksand, or into deadly pits. Creatures trapped or incapacitated then become easy targets for the harpy’s wrath. Sadistic Cowards. Harpies haunt bleak coastal cliffs and other places hazardous to non-flying creatures. Harpies have no interest in a fair fight, and they never attack unless they have a clear advantage. If a fight turns against a harpy, it lacks the cunning to adapt and will flee and go hungry rather than risk straight-up combat. When they attack, harpies play with their food, delighting in the “music” their victims make as they scream. A harpy takes its time dismembering a helpless foe and can spend days torturing a victim before the merciful end. Gruesome Collectors. Harpies take shiny baubles, valuable objects, and other trophies from their victims, sometimes fighting with each other for the right to claim the choicest prizes. When no valuable objects can be found, a harpy takes hair, bones, or body parts to line its nest. A harpy’s lair is usually hidden in remote ruins, where adventurers can discover valuable treasure and magic hidden beneath foul piles of offal. (From Monster Manual v3.5 - 2003): This creature looks like an evil-faced old human with the lower body, legs, and wings of a reptilian monster. Its hair is tangled, filthy, and crusted with blood. A more malignant and wretched creature than the harpy is difficult to imagine. Taking great glee in causing suffering and death, the sadistic harpy is always watching for new victims. A harpy’s coal-black eyes clearly reflect its evil soul, as do the wicked talons on its knotty fingers. These vile creatures wear no clothing and often wield large, heavy bones as though they were clubs. Harpies like to entrance hapless travelers with their magical songs and lead them to unspeakable torments. Only when a harpy has finished playing with its new “toys” will it release them from suffering by killing and consuming them. Combat : When a harpy engages in battle, it prefers to use Flyby Attack and strike with a melee weapon. Captivating Song (Su): The most insidious ability of the harpy is its song. When a harpy sings, all creatures (other than harpies) within a 300-foot spread must succeed on a DC 16 Will save or become captivated. This is a sonic mind-affecting charm effect. A creature that successfully saves cannot be affected again by the same harpy’s song for 24 hours. The save DC is Charisma-based. A captivated victim walks toward the harpy, taking the most direct route available. If the path leads into a dangerous area (through flame, off a cliff, or the like), that creature gets a second saving throw. Captivated creatures can take no actions other than to defend themselves. (Thus, a fighter cannot run away or attack but takes no defensive penalties.) A victim within 5 feet of the harpy stands there and offers no resistance to the monster’s attacks. The effect continues for as long as the harpy sings and for 1 round thereafter. A bard’s countersong ability allows the captivated creature to attempt a new Will save. Skills: Harpies have a +4 racial bonus on Bluff and Listen checks. Harpy Archer: A cruel hunter and roaming brigand, the harpy archer has trained as a fighter specializing in ranged combat. Harpy archers often become mercenaries, selling their services to the highest bidder. When not employed, they make ends meet as highway robbers, forcing merchant caravans to pay protection money. Combat: Captivating Song (Su): Will DC 17 negates. Possessions: +3 studded leather, +1 frost composite longbow (+1 Str bonus), 10 cold iron arrows, 10 silvered arrows, 5 +2 arrows, lesser bracers of archery, potion of cure moderate wounds, potion of cat’s grace, cloak of resistance +2, ring of protection +1. (Different harpy archers may have different possessions.) (From 2nd Edition Monstrous Manual - 1993): Harpies are wicked avian beasts that prey upon nearly all creatures but prefer the flesh of humans and demihumans. Harpies have the bodies of vultures but the upper torsos and heads of women. Their human features are youthful, but hideous, with frayed unkempt hair and decaying teeth. A foul odor surrounds all harpies and that which they touch. Harpies never bathe nor clean themselves in any way. Their dress, if anything, is limited to tattered rags and shiny trinkets taken from previous victims. The language of harpies, in contrast to their enticing song, is a horrible collection of cackles and shrieks. Although there are instances of harpies which could speak the languages of other creatures, these are few and far between. Combat: The song of the harpies has the ability to charm all humans and demihumans who hear it (elves are resistant to the charm ). Those who fail their saving throw versus spell will proceed towards the harpy with all possible speed, only to stand entranced while the harpy slays them at its leisure. This charm will last as long as the harpy continues to sing. Harpies can sing even while engaged in melee. It is impossible to fend off a harpy song simply by clasping hands over ears because the charm takes effect the moment the first note is heard. Characters making prior preparations to block out the sound, (wax in ears, etc.), are immune to the effects of the song. In addition, characters who make their saving throw are thereafter immune to its effect, until such time as they encounter a different group of harpies. If forced to fight, harpies can do so quite effectively by delivering a vicious bite and raking simultaneously with their talons. About 50% of all harpies encountered will use weapons, usually a bone club (damage 1-8) which they wield surprisingly well. The touch of a harpy upon a charmed individual has a similar, though somewhat less potent, effect. Those who are touched and miss their saving throw versus spell will stand mesmerized for 20+1d10 hours. The effect of either charm is broken if the harpy is slain. Habitat/Society: Harpies make their home upon coastlines in regions near shipping lanes and by well-traveled paths. There they use their song to lure travelers to their doom. Their lair is usually a shallow cave, which they defile until no animal dare approach it. Here they remain unless hunting. Harpies often carry victims back to their lair to devour them in more familiar surroundings. Harpies have little use for treasure, other than the shiny baubles which they often attach to their clothes. Other items, such as gold and weapons, are frequently interspersed amongst the filth and bones that litter the cave. This refuse can reach a depth of several feet in the oldest of harpy lairs. A typical harpy lair houses about a half-dozen of these wretched creatures. No male harpies have ever been seen and it seems that harpies can reproduce at will by laying a single egg every other year. Harpies take no care of their young, which live off carcasses and cave vermin until they themselves are old enough to sing and hunt. Harpies have no social structure, frequently quarreling over who gets what part of a victim and when to stop the torturing and start the feasting. Occasionally these quarrels will turn violent, so that more than one harpy feast has begun with the last minute addition of the losing harpy to the menu. Harpies will occassionally agree to cooperate in evil acts with other humanoids. Ecology: Harpies hunt all manner of beasts, remaining in an area for as long as the food supply lasts. They are despised and greatly feared by all creatures weaker than themselves. Harpies have a voracious appetite, devouring all manner of man and beast. They take great delight in torture, and frequently kill for pleasure. Slain victims which harpies do not eat are simply left to rot. Their life span is unknown but seems to be about 50 years. Alternate Versions Button Button Button Button Button Button Button Button Button Button Button Button Button Button Button Button Home Plane Arborea, Prime Material Plane Stat Block 5th Edition: - Monster Manual (2014) - Angry Golem Games - DndBeyond 3.5e: - Realmshelps.net 2nd Edition: - mojobob's website Abilities -Entrancing song lures creatures into traps, environmental hazards, etc. - Talon, club, and bow attacks - Flight Appearance A harpy combines the body, legs, and wings of a vulture with the torso, arms, and head of a human female. Its sweet song has lured countless adventurers to their deaths. Size Hero Forge: 2'5" (6 ft.)(XL) Lore: Medium to Huge (4' to 16') Suggested: Medium to Huge Other Monikers Sirens Sources - Forgotten Realms Helps - Monster Manual (2014) - 3.5e Monster Manual (2003) - 2nd Edition Monstrous Manual (1993) - mojobob's website

Hellfire Engine Huge Construct, Lawful Evil Hero Forge Mini Hero Forge Mini Kitbashed, single mini Description (From Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes - 2018): Hellfire engines are semiautonomous bringers of destruction. Amnizus and other devil ish generals hold them in reserve until they are needed to repel an incursion by demons or crusading mortals, but occasionally one of these mechanical and magical hybrids gets loose, driven berserk by its need to destroy. Many Forms, One Purpose. Hellfire engines take many forms, but all of them have one purpose: to mow down foes in waves. They are incapable of subtlety or trickery, but their destructive capability is immense. Soul Trapping . Mortal creatures slain by hellfire engines are doomed to join the infernal legions in mere hours unless powerful magic-wielders intervene on their behalf. The archdukes would like nothing better than to modify this magic so it works against demons, too, but that discovery has eluded them so far. Constructed Nature. A hellfire engine doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep. (From Fiendish Codex II: Tyrants of the Nine Hells - 2006): This automaton thunders forward, its metal plates shrieking with each step, looking like an armored giant. Through the gaps at its joints you can see the white-hot light of some inferno raging within. Its head is terrifying, wrought to appear like a bearded man with the horns of a stag, its mouth opened impossibly wide. Hellfire engines are infernal constructs constructed as artillery for use in the Blood War. Strategies and Tactics: A hellfire engine responds to the simple commands of its creator, just like a golem, although it can also be ordered to follow the commands of another creature. When ordered to fight, it opens up with its breath weapon and then ambles forward, its fists leaving fiery arcs in the air. A hellfire engine’s most notable trait is the pure hellfire it spits at its opponents. No creature in the known cosmos can resist a hellfire engine’s awful attacks. Many devils speculate that hellfire engines serve not only to annihilate legions of devils, but also to deter any of the dukes of Cania from turning against Mephistopheles. Cold Iron Body (Ex) A hellfire engine is constructed entirely out of cold iron. Its slam attacks count as cold iron for the purpose of overcoming damage reduction. Death Throes (Ex) When destroyed, a hellfire engine explodes in a 60-foot-radius burst that deals 20d10 points of damage to everything in the area (Reflex DC 32 half). The save DC is Constitution-based. Hellfire Shield (Su) A hellfire engine’s body casts of tremendous amounts of energy. Any creature that strikes or touches a hellfire engine with an armed or unarmed melee attack, or that grapples a hellfire engine, automatically takes 6d6 points of damage. A creature takes damage from this ability only once per turn. Hellfire Slams (Su) A hellfire engine deals an extra 6d6 points of hellfire damage with its slam attacks. Hellfire : Hellfire is the creation of Mephistopheles, archduke of Cania. Hotter than the hottest flames of any world, hellfire burns with a white-hot glow and is capable of burning through even the hardest of substances. Hellfire does not deal fire damage, despite its flames. Even creatures with immunity or resistance to fire take full normal damage from these hellish flames. Hellfire also deals full damage to objects, unlike normal fire damage. Sample Encounters: Hellfire engines are blessedly rare. The resources required to create them are scarce and only a master of hellfire can construct one. They are encountered individually, though squads of steel devils, orthons , and bearded devils sometimes support them. Individual (EL 19): Individual hellfire engines serve as guardians for powerful devils. Strike Force (EL 19): This group consists of a hellfire engine accompanied by a squad of either ten bearded devils, six orthons, or six steel devils. Ecology : Hellfire engines are tools of war. They anchor armies, lending impressive artillery to the ranks of devils. When not on loan to stem the flood of demon invaders, these constructs serve their creator, Mephistopheles, acting as guards or even just symbols of the devil’s power and prestige. Environment : Hellfire engines are native to the Nine Hells of Baator, but they can be found in any land or underground. Typical Physical Characteristics : A hellfire engine stands 16 feet tall and weighs 40,000 pounds. Construction : A hellfi re engine is assembled from 40,000 pounds of cold iron bathed in the blood of a dozen celestials and then polished with a rare blend of brimstone, sulfur, and acids found only in Hell, costing at least 80,000 gp. Assembling the body requires a DC 20 Craft (armorsmithing) check or a DC 20 Craft (weaponsmithing) check. CL 25th; Craft Construct (MM 303), hellfi re storm, geas/quest, limited wish, polymorph any object, caster must be at least 25th level and lawful evil; Price 320,000 gp; Cost 200,000 gp + 9,600 XP. Hellfire Engine Lore: Characters with ranks in Knowledge (arcana) or Knowledge (the planes) can research hellfire engines to learn more about them. When a character succeeds on a skill check, the following lore is revealed, including the information from lower DCs. Knowledge (Arcana): DC Result 29: This automaton is a hellfire engine, a construct created in the Nine Hells. 34: A hellfire engine spews gouts of hellfire, an energy unlike other forms of fire. These creatures are also quite hot, and their attacks burn not only the flesh but the soul. 39: As creatures of fire and steel, hellfire engines are susceptible to cold. They have a tendency to explode when they are destroyed. Knowledge (the Planes): DC Result 29: Mephistopheles is the undisputed master of hellfire. He is responsible for a number of abominations tied to this substance, but few are as as dangerous as the hellfire engine. Typical Treasure: Hellfire engines do not collect treasure, and such specialized weapons of war are rarely used simply to guard a vault or hoard. Alternate Versions Button Button Button Button Button Button Button Button Button Button Button Button Button Button Button Button Home Plane Baator (Avernus, Cania) Stat Block 5th Edition: - Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes (2018) - Angry Golem Games - DndBeyond 3.5e: - Realmshelps.net Abilities - Flesh-crushing stride steamrolls over enemies - Multiple AOE Hellfire Weapons doing fire, lightning, acid, or thunder damage - Immune to fire, poison, charmed, deafen, exhaustion, frightened, paralyzed, unconscious - Resistant to cold, psychic, nonmagical weapons that aren't silvered - Magic Resistance - Immutable form Appearance This automaton thunders forward, its metal plates shrieking with each step, looking like an armored giant. Through the gaps at its joints you can see the white-hot light of some inferno raging within. Its head is terrifying, wrought to appear like a bearded man with the horns of a stag, its mouth opened impossibly wide. Size Hero Forge: 13 ft. (XL) Lore: Huge (16 ft. tall) Suggested: Medium to Large Other Monikers None Sources - Forgotten Realms Wiki - Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes (2018) - Angry Golem Games - DndBeyond - Fiendish Codex II: Tyrants of the Nine Hells (2006)

The Lady of Pain is quite possibly the most powerful entity in Dungeons & Dragons. She's murdered greater gods. But in the Planescape setting, her influence is limited to Sigil, the City of Doors, which she "protects" usually through haunting terror alone. Anyone who annoys the Lady is instantly flayed to death by her batting eyelash, or thrown into an infinite hell labyrinth forever. Learn more of the Lady of Pain here, and download her miniature (made in Hero Forge) for use in your own game. The Lady of Pain Large Power, Unaligned Hero Forge Mini Description Ah, Her Serenity, the Lady of Pain. She's the shadowy ruler of Sigil , the City of Doors, but for even the oldest of greybeards, the Lady's a mystery wrapped in an enigma. See, she doesn't speak a word. Nobody knows what she wants, what she is, or where she came from. Sigil's an ancient burg, and the Lady's always been there, a hovering presence of dread in the streets, not governing so much as haunting the place. She's thankfully rarely seen, because when she does show, it's always bad news. All a cutter can do is try to run, but if she's come for you, running won't help. Most who get on the Lady's bad side are torn to ribbons by something unseen . The rest are reduced to screeching, gibbering barmies. On her home turf, the Lady's the deadliest creature in existence. She's been known to slay greater gods who dare to muscle in on her city. The guvner's history books are thick with harrowing tales of her massacring whole buildings of sods in an instant, wiping out city factions overnight, and sending demon princes scrambling like roaches back to the abyss . And when a berk really deserves it, she'll imprison them in a demiplane created on a whim - one of the Lady's many mazes . They're worse than a death sentence, it's said; a body can suffer many lifetimes in a maze, looking for a way out and slowly going mad. Rumor is every maze has an exit, if a blood can just find it, but anyone who claims to have escaped the Lady's clutches is either lying or barmy. The Lady controls all the city's portals, and who - or what - gets in or out. She doesn't compromise, and when she shows up to lay down the law, it is absolutely brutal, but a lot of greybeards argue that it's all for a reason. See, Sigil's a tempting strategic prize to every god, arch-devil , and planar power there is. Whoever controls the city has routes to all places in existence. If Sigil were yours, you could use it as a breach head to conquer the planes, so a lot of high-up bloods are hungry to lay siege, if they could only stand up to the Lady of Pain. Ironically, the terror of the Lady ends up protecting a lot of innocent folk. She doesn't seem to care for conquest, beyond the Cage itself. In fact, she never leaves Sigil at all, far as anyone knows. Some believe the Lady's trapped inside the City of Doors - another reason they call it the Cage - but if she is stuck in Sigil, that might be a good thing. After all, she keeps the evil gods and powers out. She's the reason why cosmic wars haven't breached the city, and why angels and devils can cross paths without bloodying the streets - the Lady keeps it civil, or you're in the dead book. Still, plenty of awful stuff goes down in the Cage, things you'd think the Lady would put a stop to - murder, crime, wretched poverty, the ugliest sorts of politics - but most of the time she doesn't seem to give a fig, and lets the city's ruling factions sort it out. And if those factions misbehave, she makes them disappear. Locals are superstitious when it comes to the Lady. Folks try not to mention her in conversation, lest she appear. And according to these frightened sods, there's a few acts Her Serenity finds especially offensive - if you do these things, she'll show up right quick, they say, and then you're a deader. Don't block the portals around town. Don't mess with the Dabus , her servants. Don't threaten the city's stability. Don't mention a particular deity she murdered, whose name shall not be repeated here. And whatever you do, do not offer the Lady your worship. Never, ever call her a god. Word is she takes it personal. Heed those warnings, berk, because you never want to meet the Lady of Pain. Alternate Versions Button Button Button Button Button Button Button Button Size Hero Forge: 11 ft. (XXL) Lore: giant-sized (15 ft.?) Suggested: Large to Gargantuan Other Monikers Her Serenity, The Lady Appearance Abilities - Gaze that inflicts wounds, kills, causes fear or insanity - Banishment to Mazes - God-like control of reality inside Sigil - Flying, invisibility Every witness is barmier than the last, but most descriptions say she's a towering robed woman hovering several feet above the ground with a wreath of blades encircling her face. Home Plane Outlands (Sigil) Stat Block None (cannot be defeated) Sources - Forgotten Realms Wiki - Torment Wiki - AJ Pickett - Dolores , a poem from 1865 that inspired the Lady - Planescape Campaign Boxed Set - In the Cage: a Guide to Sigil

Spellhaunt Medium Aberration, Chaotic Neutral Hero Forge Mini Single mini, no kitbash Description (From Planescape: Monstrous Compendium Appendix II - 1995): Who can say what’s out there if a cutter’s willing to look for it? The planes are infinite, and there’s an infinity of possibilities. If a blood looks long enough in the right places, he’ll find anything he could ever imagine. ’Course, odds are he’ll find ten things he ain’t lookin’ for first, but that’s the way the Great Wheel turns. Spellhaunts’re one of those things that just don’t seem too likely or possible, until a body understands that anything’s possible. A spellhaunt’s the remnant of a spell that was cast someplace it shouldn’t’ve been tried. It appears as a rough humanoid shape formed of glowing energy. Some bloods say that the spellhaunt’s body reflects the kind of magic that created it, so a failed enervation is a dark, cold shadow, while a cloudkill that went awry becomes a roiling mass of yellowish vapors. No one can say for sure if that’s the dark of it, but it is true that no two spellhaunts look alike. Spellhaunts’re gifted with a semblance of life that begins fading the moment they gain their independent existence. The only thing that’ll maintain their illusion of life is the consumption of magic in any form. If a basher doesn’t have any magic on ’im, he doesn’t have to worry about spellhaunts. On the other hand, cutters like wizards, incantifers, or anybody who’s got a magic trinket of some kind need to know what a spellhaunt is and what it can do to get what it needs. Combat: Spellhaunts aren’t intelligent enough to grasp tactics or strategy of any kind. They can sense magic from an amazing distance — as far away as 100 yards for each spell-level equivalent a blood’s got on his person. Magical items, spells with continuing effects, spellbooks, or even spells a wizard or priest’s got memorized can attract the attention of a spellhaunt. When a spellhaunt attacks, it heads straight for the blood with the most powerful magic on his person and strikes out with pseudopods of magical energy. The spellhaunt’s attack ignores armor and magical adjustments to Armor Class - only a cutter’s Dexterity adjustment modifies his base AC. Each hit inflicts 1d8 points of damage, and drains the same number of charges of magic that the cutter’s got on him, in the following order: Enchantments or spells with continuing effects, such as an armor , stoneskin , contingency , or any spell with a duration that is currently in effect; Continuous effects of magical items that don’t need to be activated, such as a ring of protection , bracers of defense , ioun stones , boots of the north , magical arms and armor, and the like; The potential of magical items not currently creating a effect, such as a wand, potion, scroll, or miscellaneous item on the victim’s person but not in use; Spells the character has memorized but hasn’t cast yet. One charge of magic is considered to be one “plus” of magical protection or weaponry, one function of a magical item without charges, one charge of an item with charges, or one spell level in memory. For example, say a wizard with a ring of protection +3 , a stoneskin spell in effect, a dagger +2 , a wand of fire , a potion of healing , and a normal battery of spells memorized is struck by a spellhaunt for 7 points of damage. First, the stoneskin spell is absorbed; secondly, five charges drain the ring of protection and the dagger; and last of all, one charge is drained from the wand of fire . Because they are beings of living magic, spellhaunts are immune to all spells and magical effects except absorption , antimagic shell , cancellation , dispel magic , or negation . Spellhaunts resist dispelling as if they were created by 11th-level wizards, and may attempt a saving throw versus spell to avoid being absorbed , cancelled , or negated . (Anti-magic destroys the spellhaunt with no saving throw.) Spellhaunts can also be defeated by physical damage or nonmagical fire, acid, etc. Spellhaunts automatic drain one “plus” from any magical weapon that strikes them, although they take normal damage from the blow. Spellhaunts immediately cease to attack any target that has no magic left to it, so a desperate basher could decoy the creature by tossing his magic sword to the ground and dumping his potions out of his backpack. Spellhaunts are sated after draining 11 to 20 charges (1d10+10) and drift off, oblivious to their surroundings or the harm they may have caused. Habitat/Society: Spellhaunts can be found in any place where the rules of things are strange. In fact, they can be found anyplace, since sometimes a spell that appears to fizzle in one plane creates a sympathetic reaction in a completely different part of the multiverse. It’s hard to be ret-tain, but it appears that the spell’s got to fizzle at just the right moment and under just the right conditions to turn into a spellhaunt. Many wizards’ve investigated the spellhaunt phenomena, hoping to harness the creature’s magic-draining powers for their own uses, but research in the field’s difficult and risky. Spellhaunts can’t be reasoned with and are immune to most forms of magic, so the can’t be coerced or even restrained. Ecology: Without a steady diet of magical energy, spellhaunts quickly dissipate and die. The creature’s “life” is a never-ending search for more energy to maintain its existence. It completely ignores natural ecosystems and surroundings; they mean nothing to it. All it wants to do is find the biggest source of magic it can and feed off it. It’s rumored that an Abyssal Lord has discovered a sure-fire method for creating spellhaunts and has some means of controlling the otherwise random creatures. These domesticated spellhaunts are called the Feeders. The chant is the tanar’ri lord uses the Feeders to defend his palace from his rivals and perform his personal errands. No reliable blood’s ever seen a spellhaunt taking orders from anything, but then again, no one can really say that they know that a spellhaunt wasn’t under orders when it attacked them. Alternate Versions Button Button Button Button Button Button Button Button Home Plane Any plane or realm with strange magical properties Stat Block 2nd Edition: - Planescape: Monstrous Compendium Appendix II (1995) - Mojobob's Website Abilities - Attacks drain magic from spellcasters, item charges, and magical effects - Immune to all spells except dispelling and negation magic - Flight Appearance t appears as a rough humanoid shape formed of glowing energy. Some bloods say that the spellhaunt’s body reflects the kind of magic that created it, so a failed enervation is a dark, cold shadow, while a cloudkill that went awry becomes a roiling mass of yellowish vapors. Size Hero Forge: 6' (no kitbash) Lore: Medium (6' tall) Suggested: Medium Other Monikers None Sources - Forgotten Realms Wiki - Planescape: Monstrous Compendium Appendix II (1995) - Mojobob's Website

Nathri Small Humanoid, Chaotic Neutral Hero Forge Mini Kitbashed, single mini Description (From Planescape: Monstrous Compendium Appdendix III - 1998): The nathri are 4-foot-tall humanoids with dark greenish skin and long, unruly black hair. Fierce and wild, they nevertheless wear clothes and use weapons, so they’re not totally barbaric. They normally speak only their own language, but the most intelligent nathri have learned to speak planar common as well. Combat: Nathri attack in swarms. They’re aware that they don’t amount to much alone, but their great numbers make them formidable indeed. They strike at opponents with a small but sharp barb on the backs of their right hands; the barbs inflict 1d4 points of damage and require the targeted sods to make saving throws versus poison. If they fail, the victims fall prey to the mild venom coating the barb. This poison makes them dizzy and disoriented, imposing a -1 penalty to attack rolls, ability checks, and saving throws for 2d10 rounds. Subsequent barb attacks and failed saving throws can extend the duration, but not the overall effect (the penalty is not cumulative). Despite this natural attack ability, many nathri adopt the use of weapons. These are scavenged from other cultures, and therefore vary greatly. Nathri never use weapons longer than 5 feet long, however, so (for example) a basher won’t find one wielding a polearm. Nathri are divided into essentially two types: warriors and rogues. Non-nathri can’t tell the difference between the two, but nathri warriors gain a +1 to attack and damage rolls when using weapons, while rogues have the abilities of 4th level thieves. Neither sort ever wears armor. Should they ever happen to leave the Misty Shore, nathri can see into the Ethereal Plane from its adjoining planes and the demiplanes. Additionally, these fiercely independent creatures gain a +1 to saving throws versus charm and similar spells. Habitat/Society: Nathri clans are groups linked by familial ties (although some are very distant). These bashers roam the Deep Ethereal like nomads, slipping in and out of the demiplanes by means of paths only they know. They wander through these tiny worlds scavenging food, weapons, and anything else the might need. Demiplanes with intelligent inhabitants are their favored targets. Typically, a few rogues first infiltrate an area about to be raided, scouting out the place and determining what can be taken. Rich or poorly defended areas are hit again and again by nathri raids. If the demiplane has no civilizations, the nathri take whatever they can use or eat and move on, probably not returning again. These bloods know the dark of the demiplanes. The nathri know where most of the demiplanes lie, and what can be found within them. However, this isn’t a secret that they’ll part with easily. They know the chant, but they’re not willing to lann just anybody without good reason. Negotiating with the nathri can be difficult. They would rather take things than trade for them, so offering gifts or services in exchange for information about a certain demiplane usually fails — and often provokes an attack, as the nathri attempt to seize the proffered gifts. Only nathri clans in dire need (those that are particularly hungry, beleaguered by a powerful foe, or in some other desperate circumstance) stoop to barter. Each clan has a single leader, no matter how big or small the group. This leader, called a targai, is a 3-Hit Dice nathri who often wields a magical weapon or other item that the clan has procured. Small clans (consisting of 20-30 members) are more common than the larger clans (which sometimes have well over 100 members). Not surprisingly, the lager the clan, the more power and prestige the targai possesses. Ecology: These tiny humanoids can eat virtually anything organic. This makes their scavenger lifestyle easier. However, they prefer more sophisticated foodstuffs, so nathri often steal their food from the intelligent inhabitants of various demiplanes. Within the demiplanes, the nathri are despised as thieves, scavengers, and vermin. On the Ethereal Plane, they serve as the lower end or the food chain for large predators like magran or xill . Nathri spend most of their time in the very deep Ethereal, supposedly deeper than most creatures go. Their trips to the demiplanes or even the other inhabited portions of the Ethereal Plane are brief. “Get in, take what you need, and get out” is the nathri way. Alternate Versions Button Button Button Button Button Button Button Button Home Plane Ethereal Plane Stat Block 5th Edition: - None (consider goblin stat blocks) 2nd Edition: - mojobob's website Abilities - Poisoned barb on right hand causes dizziness - Skilled with simple weapons - Can always see ethereal plane from any adjoining plane - Skilled at thievery, sneak attacks - Resistant to charmed condition Appearance The nathri are 4-foot-tall humanoids with dark greenish skin and long, unruly black hair. Fierce and wild, they nevertheless wear clothes and use weapons, so they’re not totally barbaric. Size Hero Forge: 4 feet (kitbashed) Lore: Small (4 ft. tall) Suggested: Small to Medium Other Monikers None Sources - Planescape: Monstrous Compendium Appendix III (1998) - mojobob's website

In Dungeons & Dragons, animal lords are gods (or divine spirits) of every type of beast - there's a cat lord, a beaver lord, a hippo lord, etc. In the 2024 Monster Manual, they're extremely powerful celestials. Their true form is a giant "idealized" version of the animal they represent, but they can also transform into humans or humanoids when they want to mingle with "civilized" folk. Learn more about them here, and download several Hero Forge miniatures of them for use in your own game. Animal Lord Medium Celestial, Neutral Hero Forge Mini Alternate Versions Size Hero Forge: Varies (XL) Lore: Medium (6 ft. as humanoid) Suggested: Tiny to Gargantuan Abilities - Shape shifting (humanoid, animal, hybrid forms) - Rend attack deals slashing and force damage - Summons Animal spirit that deals radiant damage and other effect according to animal lordship - Lordly presence forces wisdom save or effect according to animal lordship - Radiant Ray - Innate Spellcasting - Legendary Actions - Legendary Resistance - Magic Resistance - Immune to charmed, frightened, stunned - Resistant to cold, fire, necrotic, psychic, radiant damage - Truesight - Flight or swim speed according to animal species Stat Block 5th Edition: - D&D Monster Manual (2024) - DnDBeyond 2nd Edition: - Mojobob's website Home Plane The Beastlands Other Monikers None Appearance Animal lords can appear in humanoid or animal form. Their humanoid form encompasses the subtle features of the animal in question, and they are about 6 feet tall. In animal form, they look like the animal over which they have dominion. The tiger lord looks like a sleek tiger, the badger lord appears as a badger, and so on. Sources - Forgotten Realms Wiki - MrRhexx Beastlands VIdeo - Cat Lord video (Dungeon Dad) - D&D Monster Manual (2024) - Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix I (1994) - DnDBeyond - Mojobob's website Description (from Planescape: Monstrous Compendium Appendix I - 1994): The four animal lords listed above are only examples of the many lords who live in the Beastlands. For each variety of animal there is a corresponding animal lord. For instance, there is a fox lord, an owl lord, a horse lord, and hundreds of other animal lords. Animal lords can appear in humanoid or animal form. Their humanoid form encompasses the subtle features of the animal in question, and they are about 6 feet tall. In animal form, they look like the animal over which they have dominion. The tiger lord looks like a sleek tiger, the badger lord appears as a badger, and so on. All animal lords have a natural telepathy or ESP that is always active, making them impossible to surprise or deceive. They also have a keen danger sense that borders on precognition. In mortal danger the lord is 90% likely to have a had feeling and 25% likely to know exactly what will happen. Combat: Each of the animal lords has a unique style of combat depending on the animal over which they have dominion. Their propensity for combat differs with each lord; some are naturally more aggressive than others. For instanced, the wolf lord is obviously more assertive than the rabbit lord. As a rule, specific animal lords approach combat situations as their animal counterparts do: predators attack, whereas herbivores flee. However, some animal lords see themselves as protectors of their subject creatures. The camel lord, for instance, runs with a herd, fighting ferociously when necessary to protect the flight of the camels. Attack forms vary as widely as attitude among the animal lords. Listed below are the combat abilities of the four animal lords detailed here. They provide guidelines for the other lords. All animal lords have the spell-like abilities anti-magic shell (3 times per day), charm person on any one person affectionate to the lord’s animal, plane shift, and teleport. Animal lords are immune to all charm-related spells, including spells that compel action (for example, geas). They can summon 2 to 12 animals of the lord’s type (three times per day, 100% success). They also have superior senses according to the lord’s animal. For example, the hawk lord has excellent eyesight. Habitat/Society: Although it is incorrect to call the animal lords immoral, they are amoral, especially when dealing with outside affairs. The animal lords care little for anything but matters directly related to their business. They conduct day-to-day affairs related to the animal over which they hold dominion with little regard for the world around them. Even so, the animal lords can benefit other animals or people. If a person or animal enters a lord’s territory, the lord often aids the creature to get rid of it rather than let it die. But in other dealings an animal lord can be brutal and uncaring. There is, as they say, no such thing as animal politics. Ecology: These immortal spirits are, in a sense, gods to their respective animals. If an animal lord’s form is killed, its essence reappears in another of its animals, far away, perhaps even on another plane. The driving force of the animal lords is nature, which rules their will. For instance, although the rabbit lord seeks vengeance upon men for destroying the homeland of rabbits, he sheds no tear for a rabbit killed by natural predators. This is the way of nature. CAT LORD: The lord of cats, in her human form, looks like a dark-haired, green eyed human with a lithe form. The one trait that separates her from other humans is her catlike eyes with vertical pupils. In her cat form, she looks loke a black panther with fiery red eyes and fierce strength. Combat: In human form the cat lord wields a long sword of wounding with which she can attack twice per round. She also employs darts +2 with a +3 bonus to hit because of her Dexterity. She has ten darts at the beginning of any combat. When in cat form, the cat lord attacks with two huge paws (each does 1d4 points of damage) and a vicious bite (1d10 points of damage). If both front paws hit, the cat may rake with her two back claws for an additional 1d4 points of damage each. Habitat/Society: The cat lord tends to the affairs of felines both in the Inner and Outer Planes. She arrives whenever humans drive cats out of their natural habitat. She also leads prides of cats out of danger by assuming leadership of the pride. Though this may mean killing the current leader of a pride, the lord sees this as a necessary evil for the good of the group. Nonfelines see the cat lord in different ways according to their disposition toward cats in general. To cat lovers, the cat lord has a Charisma of 22 and seems attractive. To those indifferent to cats, she has a Charisma of 10 and seems an interesting human. To those who dislike or hate cats, the cat lord has a Charisma of 10 and seems repulsive and intimidating. Some view the cat lord as evil, others as good. Neither view is true, for the cat lord does not bother with the affairs of men. HAWK LORD: In human form, the hawk lord is a beautiful, independent-looking woman with charismatic features. She carries herself with confidence and a noble demeanor. In animal form, she is a large hawk with distinctive white markings and a tremendous wingspan. Combat : Of the four animal lords detailed here, the hawk lord fights most weakly in human form. Her THAC0 increases to 20 when human, and she has no proficiency in any weapon. She can cast charm person, as per the wizard spell, seven times per day. In animal form, the hawk lord can use her claws (ld6 points of damage) and beak (ld4 points of damage). However, she prefers a plummeting dive from 100 feet or higher. She may not attack with her beak when diving, but her claw attacks gain +2 to hit and do 2d6 points of damage apiece. Habitat/Society: The noble hawk lord, unlike most of the animal lords, finds pleasure in dealing with humans. In human form she often walks the fields and meets people. The hawk lord deals with the affairs of hawks everywhere. She appears frequently in the Upper Planes and the Prime Material Plane when hawks flee their homeland or are otherwise endangered. LIZARD LORD: The lizard lord is one of the most easily recognized animal lords. He sometimes appears as an imperious human male with the jeweled, beaded skin of a gila monster. In animal form, he appears as a huge gila monster or komodo dragon. Combat : In human form the lizard lord rarely uses weapons, preferring instead to depend on his strong hypnotism ability. Creatures meeting the lizard lord’s gaze must save vs. spell at a -3 penalty or become susceptible to the lord’s suggestions. In animal form, the lizard lord may bite for 2d6 points of damage. Any creature bitten on an attack roll of natural 20 takes double damage and is trapped in the animal lord’s jaws, thereafter taking normal damage each round until the victim escapes or dies. The lizard lord is also immune to attacks by blunt weapons in this form. Habitat/Society: The lizard lord is one of the most aloof animal lords. He rarely takes human form, and even less rarely involves himself in the affairs of nonreptile kind. Usually sedentary, he only infrequently rouses himself out of his torpor, and that only at some great calamity to his people. Once active, however, he is implacable in his anger and desire for vengeance. WOLF LORD: The lord of wolves appears more human than most animal lords, as a teenaged boy with sharp, lupine features, an intelligent face, and eyes bright with life. In animal form, the wolf lord is a gray wolf that leads huge wolf packs. Combat : In human form, the wolf lord is a weak fighter. He always transforms into a wolf when entering combat. In human form the lord wields a dagger coated with poison (class E, injected, immediate, death/20). The dagger is so enchanted that when the wolf lord wields it, it never runs dry of poison. In animal form, the wolf lord bites twice per round (2d6 points of damage). In animal form the wolf lord is immune to nonmagical weapons. Habitat/Society: Even in human form, this strange and alarming lord shows lupine characteristics: He is cunning, wily, and at times brutal.

Abyssal Drake Abyssal Drake Huge Fiend (Dragon), Chaotic Evil Button Hero Forge Mini Double mini, no kitbash Description (From 3.5e Draconomicon: The Book of Dragons - 2003): The abyssal drake is the horrific result of an ancient breeding program that combines the nastiest elements of demons , wyverns, and red dragons . Originally intended to serve as mounts for mighty demon princes, abyssal drakes proved too unruly for such service. Now they roam the wilds of the Abyss, preying on demons and visitors alike. Abyssal drakes resemble their wyvern ancestors, but their dark red, scaled hides betray their fiendish heritage. They have powerful batlike wings, a serpentine neck, and razorsharp claws. Abyssal drakes speak Abyssal and Common. Combat : An abyssal drake retains the aggressive nature of its wyvern ancestors, diving upon prey in a barely controlled descent, strafing its foes with its breath weapon and scattering them with its frightful presence, then picking off lone survivors. When using the Flyby Attack feat, an abyssal drake can attack with sting, bite, or both claws. Its claws lack the dexterity to snatch up an opponent, so it contents itself with merely rending its foe. An abyssal drake’s natural weapons, as well as any weapons it wields, are treated as chaotic-aligned and evilaligned for purpose of overcoming damage reduction. Breath Weapon (Su): 60- ft. cone, every 1d4 rounds, 10d6 special, Reflex DC 20 half. Much like a flame strike spell, half of this damage is fire damage and the remainder is unholy damage (and thus not subject to resistance to fire and similar defenses). The save DC is Constitution-based. Frightful Presence (Ex): When an abyssal drake charges, attacks, or flies overhead, it inspires terror in all creatures within 120 feet that have fewer Hit Dice or levels than it has. Each potential victim must attempt a DC 17 Will save. On a failure, a creature with 4 or fewer HD becomes panicked for 4d6 rounds, and one with 5 or more HD becomes shaken for 4d6 rounds. A successful save leaves that opponent immune to that abyssal drake’s frightful presence for 24 hours. Dragons ignore the frightful presence of an abyssal drake, as do other abyssal drakes. Poison (Ex): Sting, Fortitude DC 20; initial and secondary damage 2d6 Con. Rend (Ex): If an abyssal drake hits with both claw attacks, it latches onto the opponent’s body and tears the flesh. This rending attack automatically deals an extra 4d4+13 points of damage. Outsider Traits: An abyssal drake cannot be raised, reincarnated, or resurrected (though a limited wish, wish, miracle, or true resurrection spell can restore life). Alternate Versions Button Button Button Button Button Button Button Button Home Plane Abyss Stat Block 5th Edition: - GM Binder (homebrew) 3.5e: - Draconomicon: The Book of Dragons (2003) Abilities - Breath weapon: unholy fire - Lethal poison stinger - Immune to fire, poison - Resistant to cold, lightning, bludgeoning, piercing & slashing from nonmagical attacks - Frightful Presence - Magic resistance - Rending claw attacks do extra damage - Flight Appearance Abyssal drakes resemble their wyvern ancestors, but their dark red, scaled hides betray their fiendish heritage. They have powerful batlike wings, a serpentine neck, and razor-sharp claws. Size Hero Forge: 7'10" (XXL) Lore: Huge Suggested: Huge to Gargantuan Other Monikers None Sources - Forgotten Realms Wiki - AJ Pickett (youtube video) - Draconomicon: The Book of Dragons (2003)

Githyanki Knight Githyanki Knight Medium Humanoid (Gith), Lawful Evil Button Button Hero Forge Mini Double mini, no kitbash, 1 variant below Alternate Versions Button Button Button Button Button Button Button Button Description (from Planescape: A Guide to the Astral - 1996): KNIGHTS Knights are the greatest of the githwarriors , and therefore some of the most influential of the githyankl . These folks're warriors who have devoted themselves to the direct service af the lich-queen (before her reign, no githyanki knights existed). They serve as her eyes aid ears in all situations, so any important mission’ll have at least one knight, and all fortresses, towns, of outposts also have a knight. People both revere and fear the knights, for they know that they report directly to the queen. Failure in githyanki sociely is bad, but failure in front of a knight is usually a fatal mistake. Knights never become higb-ups in the conventional sense but are always involved in important decisions, and it is forbidden to keep secrets from them. Essentially, they function outside the normal hierarchy. In addition to serving as elite combat troops, knights monitor internal affairs and enforce the will of the queen and whatever supreme leader they are assigned to. Knights are as close to religious figures as the githyanki have, since there are no priests or clerics of any kind. The githyanki are too centered around the concept of individuality to have a formal, organized religion, but since the coming of the lich-queen, their reverence for her approaches worship. They recognize no other gods. It is difficult for a people who build their homes on the backs of dead powers to recognize such beings to be divine. As they focus so much devotion toward their mistress, the knights gain quasi-religious pawers. Each knight has the special abilities of a paladin, except that they are perverted toward evil. These reversed abilities include detect good (as the spell) at will, cause disease (as the spell) once per week for every five levels, protection from good, 10' radius (continuous), and they can cause wounds by their touch, inflicting 2 points of damage per experience level once per day. Like paladins, they’re immune 10 disease and gain a +2 bonus 10 all saving throws. Because the lich-queen's not an actual deity, they gain no power over undead and don’t receive any spells from her. The protection from good power is particularly useful against meddlesome primes or even invaders trom planes other than the Astral. Knights carry the infamous silver swords known throughout the planes. These special magical two-handed blades can sever the silver cord of a sod traveling through the Astral in an astral form (see below). These weapons are given to knights of 7th level or higher. Half of those of 5th or 6th level wield two-handed swords +1, the rest using nonmagical two-handed swords. Those of lesser status use either long swords and shields or two-handed swords. Knights always wear plate mail or plate armor — it doesn’t affect their movement on the Astral Plane at all. Some knights ride nightmares into battle, but only when the fiendish steeds' combat abilities are important, because the knights are faster unmounted. (From 5th Edition Monster Manual - 2014): The githyanki plunder countless worlds from the decks of their astral vessels and the backs of red dragons. Feathers, beads, gems, and precious metals decorate their armor and weapons—the legendary silver swords with which they cut through their foes. Since winning their freedom from the mind flayers, the githyanki have become ruthless conquerors under the rulership of their dread lich-queen, Vlaakith. Astral Raiders. The githyanki despise all other races, undertaking devastating raids that take them from their strongholds in the Astral Plane to the far-flung corners of the multiverse. War is the ultimate expression of githyanki culture, and their pitiless black eyes know no mercy. After a raid, they leave shattered survivors enough food and resources to weakly endure. Later, the githyanki return to their conquered foes, plundering them again and again. Followers of Gith. In their own language, githyanki means “followers of Gith.” Under the guidance of Gith, the githyanki stratified into a militaristic society, with a strict caste system, dedicated to the ongoing fight against the victims and sworn enemies of their race. When their leader Gith perished, she was replaced by her undead adviser, Vlaakith. The lich-queen forbade worship of all beings except herself. Of all their enemies, the githyanki most hate their former masters, the mind flayers. Their close kin, the githzerai, are second in their enmity. All other creatures are treated with simple contempt by the githyanki, whose xenophobic pride defines their view of inferior races. Silver Swords. In ancient times, gith knights created special weapons to combat their mind flayer masters. These silver swords channel the force of the wielder’s will, dealing psychic as well as physical damage. A githyanki can’t become a knight until it masters the singular discipline needed to will such a blade into existence. A silver sword is equivalent to a greatsword, and takes on the properties of a +3 greatsword in the hands of its creator. In the eyes of the githyanki, each silver sword is a priceless relic and a work of art. Githyanki knights will hunt down and destroy any non-githyanki that dares to carry or wield a silver sword, reclaiming it for their people. Red Dragon Riders. In the uprising against the illithids, Gith sought allies. Her adviser Vlaakith appealed to Tiamat, the goddess of evil dragonkind, and Gith ventured into the Nine Hells to meet with her. Only Tiamat now knows what passed between them, but Vlaakith returned to the Astral Plane with the Dragon Queen’s red dragon consort Ephelomon, who proclaimed that his kind would forever act as allies to the githyanki. Not all red dragons honor the alliance kindled so long ago, but most at least don’t consider the githyanki their enemies. Outposts in the Mortal Realm. Since creatures that dwell on the Astral Plane don’t age, the githyanki establish creches in remote areas of the Material Plane to raise their young. Doubling as military academies, these creches train young githyanki to harness their psychic and combat abilities. When a githyanki grows to adulthood and slays a mind flayer as part of a sacred rite of passage, it is permitted to rejoin its people on the Astral Plane. Home Plane Astral Plane Stat Block 5th Edition (different ages have their own stat block): - Monster Manual (2014) - Angry Golem Games - DndBeyond 2nd Edition: - mojobob's website Abilities - Silver greatswords deal psychic damage and sever silver cords, killing in one hit - Innate spellcasting (psionics) Appearance Feathers, beads, gems, and precious metals decorate their armor and weapons—the legendary silver swords with which they cut through their foes. Size Hero Forge: 8'8"-9'3" (XXL) Lore: Medium (5'1"-7') Suggested: Medium Other Monikers None Sources - Forgotten Realms Wiki - MrRhexx (youtube video) - Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes (2018) - 5th Edition Monster Manual (2014) - DndBeyond - Planescape: A Guide to the Astral (1996) - AD&D 2nd Edition Monstrous Manual (1993) - mojobob's website - Planescape: A Guide to the Astral (1996)