Bestiary > Cryptids
Magical beasts, colloquially known as monstrosities or cryptids, aren't constricted by the same standard of intelligence as natural animals. They are usually created by other beings for specific purposes, either magically or through genetic engineering, and are characterized by being modified animals from the material world or directly inspired by them.
Some of them show signs of humanoid-like sapience, and others are remarkably sage and lucid. Some of them are planar beings, originally at home in the outer planes in the world, and thus can be called using planar spells. Their home in that case is inferred from their alignment.
| Level | Name | Align | SCDAIWC | Notes |
| 0 | Blood Whelk | NE | 10, 11, 5, 7, 6, 9, 3 | 1d8, -2 armor. Giant carnivorous snail. |
| 0 | Dire Spider | - | 15, 14, 12, 12, 2, 10, 3 | 1d8+2, spiders claw if nat 8. Jumps 30 feet. |
| 0 | Jellyfloater | N* | 8, 10, 15, 12, 14, 14, 11 | Small, sentient floating astral jellyfish. Can't speak, but can commune telepathically. 1d4. |
| 0 | Manta Ray | CE | 12, 13, 16, 15, 12, 13, 7 | 1d6 damage. Can cast silence once per day. |
| 1 | Basilisk, Young | - | 13, 15, 8, 12, 2, 8, 7 | 1d4 bite. On a nat 4, victim must roll CON DC 12 or be petrified permanently. -1 armor. |
| 1 | Cockatrice | - | 6, 12, 12, 11, 2, 13, 5 | 1d4 damage. Nat 4 causes the victim to roll CON DC 11 or be petrified for 24 hours. |
| 1 | Giant Mite | - | 13, 13, 12, 14, 2, 13, 6 | 40 ft/rd. Nibbles metal, causing -1 per round to non-magical weapons. 1d8+1 damage. |
| 1 | Giant Worm | - | 10, 16, 13, 5, 1, 7, 3 | 1d6 bite. Can disguise itself as a stalactite. |
| 1 | Gryphon, Young | - | 12, 16, 15, 12, 2, 13, 8 | 80 ft/rd flight. 1d6 peck. |
| 1 | Hippocampus | NG* | 14, 11, 15, 13, 5, 10, 6 | 50 ft/rd swim. 2d6 ram. Can breathe water. |
| 1 | Hippogryph | - | 17, 13, 13, 11, 2, 12, 8 | 40 ft/rd run, 60 ft/rd fly. Doublestrikes 1d10. |
| 1 | Warg | NE | 16, 13, 13, 13, 7, 11, 8 | 2d6+3, stuns at STR DC 13 on nat 6. See wolf. |
| 2 | Crawler Grub | - | 14, 16, 13, 13, 1, 12, 5 | Doublestrikes 1d4, spider's claw on nat 4. |
| 2 | Ghost Hound | - | 16, 13, 14, 12, 5, 12, 5 | 2d6+3. Can truesight and stun at STR DC 13. |
| 2 | Giant Antlion | - | 17, 13, 11, 11, 1, 13, 6 | 2d6+3 bite. Casts acid shot on nat 6. -3 armor. |
| 2 | Mimic | - | 17, 15, 12, 12, 5, 13, 8 | Can polymorph itself, grapple and bite at 1d8. |
| 2 | Pegasus | LG* | 18, 16, 15, 12, 10, 15, 13 | 60 ft/rd, 90 ft/rd flight. 2d6+4 hooves. Literate. |
| 3 | Basilisk, Adult | - | 16, 15, 8, 12, 2, 8, 7 | 2d6+3. See basilisk, young. -3 armor |
| 3 | Displacer Cat | LE | 18, 16, 15, 13, 6, 12, 8 | Completely evades all damage it saves against. As long as it's awake and aware, it constantly blurs its own image. Doublestrikes 1d6+4. |
| 3 | Frost Wolf | NE* | 18, 14, 13, 13, 7, 12, 8 | 50 ft/rd speed. 2d6+4, casts numbing ice on 6. |
| 3 | Hellephant | LE* | 18, 16, 11, 11, 16, 9 | 40 ft/rd speed. See Loxodon. Additionally immune to fire. Casts dragonbreath. |
| 3 | Hellhound | LE* | 17, 14, 12, 15, 6, 13, 6 | See Warg. Can spit a fireball on a nat 6. |
| 3 | Hieralion | CG* | 19, 14, 16, 13, 6, 14, 10 | 50 ft/rd speed. Doublestrikes 1d8+4. -3 armor. Can roar to cast fear. If it resists a spell of tier 4 or lower, it is reflected on the caster. |
| 3 | Leucrotta | CE* | 18, 15, 14, 14, 9, 12, 6 | 50 ft/rd speed. Can mimic any voice it hears. Doublestrikes 1d8+4. |
| 3 | Manticore | LE | 17, 17, 16, 14, 7, 12, 8 | Flies. Triplestrikes 1d6. Can shoot spikes at a range for 1d8 up to 24 times a day. -3 armor. |
| 3 | Nightmare | NE* | 18, 16, 15, 13, 10, 13, 15 | 2d8+4 damage. Can blink with its rider. Grants fire resistance to anyone riding it. |
| 3 | Warp Spider | NE* | 15, 12, 15, 13, 6, 10, 6 | 1d10+2 spider's claw if nat 10. Can blink once. |
| 3 | Yeti | CE | 18, 16, 13, 12, 8, 12, 7 | Doublestrikes 1d6+4. Stuns on 6 at CON DC 13. Disadvantaged by the sight of fire. |
| 4 | Coatl | LG* | 16, 17, 20, 15, 18, 20, 18 | Benevolent flying snake. Literate. 1d6+5 bite, nat 6 casts spider's claw. Can cast healing, lesser restoration and protection from poison three times, and greater restoration once. Immune to non-magical damage. -4 armor. |
| 4 | Gird | - | 16, 16, 16, 13, 5, 12, 7 | Giant four-armed gorilla. Quadstrikes 1d6+3. |
| 5 | Catoblepas | - | 19, 21, 12, 12, 3, 14, 8 | A hideous boar-headed giraffe-buffalo hybrid. 5d6+4 damage. Every creature within range must roll CON DC 16 or be disadvantaged. |
| 5 | Holyphant | - | 10, 12, 11, 15, 16, 19, 16 | 120 ft/rd flight. Thunderblinks every round if upset. Can cast heroism, healing, and protection from evil once per day. Resistant to all non-magical melee. -3 armor. |
| 5 | Landshark | - | 19, 21, 11, 10, 2, 10, 5 | Burrows at 40 ft/rd. 4d12+4 damage. -5 armor. |
| 5 | Tentacle Terror | - | 18, 17, 8, 15, 7, 16, 6 | Stalagmite-shaped rock creature. -5 armor. Attempts to grab targets with its 4 tendrils each round. If one target is held and fails the 15 DC Escape roll, it is dragged 25 feet closer. If it reaches the Terror, it is bitten for 4d8+4. Each tendril can be struck, and has 20 AGI. |
| 5 | Unicorn | CG* | 18, 15, 14, 11, 17, 16 | Doublestrike 2d6+4. Can cast dispel magic, blink, and entangling roots once. The touch of its horn casts healing and greater restoration. Within the presence of a unicorn, all curses end and all good creatures being healed are healed for the maximum value of the effect. |
| 6 | Chimera | CE | 19, 19, 11, 11, 3, 14, 10 | Flies 60 ft/rd. Triplestrikes 2d6+4. -3 armor. Can cast dragonbreath once per day. |
| 8 | Hydra | - | 20, 20, 12, 12, 2, 10, 7 | Has five heads, each of which can bite for 1d10+5. One of the heads is always awake. If it takes more than 25 damage in one turn, a head falls off. Two regrow the next turn, unless it has taken fire damage. -3 armor. |
| 10 | Malephant | CE | 19, 18, 10, 11, 10, 16, 12 | Giant cave elephant demon. Triplestrikes 2d8+4, nat 8 lets it cast deathcloud. -4 armor. |
| 11 | Beithir | NE | 23, 18, 16, 12, 7, 14, 12 | 50 ft/rd. Giant serpentine centipede-dragon that lives in Whitebarrier lakes. Doublestrikes 3d10+6 and lightning bolts on nat 10. -5 armor. |
| 11 | Gynosphinx | LN* | 18, 16, 15, 13, 18, 18, 18 | 60 ft/rd flight. Doublestrikes 2d8+4. Immune to charm, fear. Casts detect magic identify, darkness, suggestion, dispel magic, remove curse, tongues and invisibility. -2 armor. |
| 11 | Roc | - | 28, 20, 10, 15, 3, 10, 9 | 120 ft/rd flight. Doublestrikes 4d8+9. Can hold 1 being in its 2 talons; DC 19 to escape. |
| 14 | Kraken, Juvenile | CE | 24, 20, 11, 13, 19, 15, 17 | 50 ft/rd swim. Ship-sized. Can commune telepathically, and is immune to fear. Doublestrikes 3d6+7, grappling on nat 6 at DC 20 to escape. Can grapple 10 victims max. |
| 17 | Androsphynx | LN* | 22, 20, 10, 15, 16, 18, 23 | See Sphynx. Doublestrikes 2d10+6. Can additionally cast greater restoration. |
| 21 | Astral Dreadnought | - | 28, 25, 7, 10, 5, 14, 18 | 80 ft/rd flight. Whale-sized reaver of the Astral Sea. Innately causes antimagic wherever it looks, as long as it can see. Triplestrikes for 4d10+9, nat 10 allows it to swallow the victim and transport them to a dimensional stomach that is physically inescapable. -10 armor. Three times per day, it can forcefully succeed one saving throw at will. |
| 23 | Kraken | CE | 30, 25, 11, 10, 22, 18, 20 | 60 ft/rd swim. The infamous scourge of the material seas. It can breathe air and water, and control weather. Triplestrikes 3d6+10, with nat 6 grappling at DC 18 to escape. -10 armor. |
| 30 | The Tarrasque | - | 30, 30, 11, 10, 3, 11, 11 | 40 ft/rd speed. Carnivorous turtle dinosaur the size of a castle. Immune to charm, fear and paralysis. If hit by a spell, roll d6: 1-5 absorbs it, and 6 reflects it on the caster. Pentastrikes 4d10. Frightens anyone who sees it WIS DC 17. -15 armor. Three times per day, it can forcefully succeed one saving throw at will. It is immortal, sleeping permanently instead. |