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A basilisk is a reptilian monster that petrifies living creatures with a mere gaze. A basilisk usually has a dull brown body with a yellowish underbelly. Some specimens sport a short, curved horn atop the nose. An adult basilisk’s body grows to about 6 feet long, not including its tail, which can reach an additional length of 5 to 7 feet. The creature weighs about 300 pounds. A basilisk relies on its gaze attack, biting only when opponents come within reach. Though it has eight legs, its slow metabolism renders it relatively sluggish, so it does not expend energy unnecessarily. Intruders who flee a basilisk rather than fight can expect, at best, a halfhearted pursuit. These creatures tend to spend most of their time lying in wait for prey, which includes small mammals, birds, reptiles, and similar creatures.













A beholder, sometimes called a sphere of many eyes or eye tyrant is a large aberration normally found in the Underdark. These large, orb-shaped beings have ten eyestalks and one central eye, each containing powerful magic. Powerful and intelligent, beholders are among the greatest threats to the world. Beholders will often try to end a battle as quickly as possible, unleashing their terrifying abilities all at once. Among the most basic of these attacks is their deadly ability to project magical power from their eyes, in varying forms such as instilling fear, charming, knocking out, petrifying, disintegrating, slowing, or killing their enemies. Any combination of these is possible, although they often use only two at a given time.













Twig blights can root themselves into normal soil and draw nutrients as a normal plant would, however they have a strong taste for blood that often forces them to waylay living creatures. Twig blights that live underground must subsist entirely upon blood, since it gets no sunlight for its photosynthesis. When it moves about its leafless branches interlock to create a humanoid shape. A twig blight attacks with its claws that deliver a strength-draining poison. Twig blights are very rarely encountered alone. They usually attack in swarms, attempting to overwhelm one creature at a time before moving onto the next. Twig blights usually stay away from any fire-wielding creatures. While they may not truly understand how vulnerable to fire they may be, they do have an instinctive fear of it.













A bulette is a heavily scaled carnivorous monster that attacks anything it regards as edible, choosing the easiest or closest prey first. The only creatures it refuses to eat are elves (and it dislikes the taste of dwarves). When burrowing underground, a landshark relies on its tremorsense ability to detect prey. When it senses something edible (that is, senses movement), it breaks to the surface, crest first, and begins its attack. When cornered or wounded, the bulette "can strike with all four feet, though they normally favor the front two." Although heavily armored, the bulette had one weak spot behind its head that became exposed when it raised its crest during fierce combat, and was also vulnerable around the eyes.













Bullywugs are a violent, marsh-dwelling, race of frog-like humanoids. They are half the size of a human, with leathery skin and webbed digits. They are very good jumpers, and can jump roughly 30 feet forward and 15 feet vertically. Bullywugs speak their own language. A bullywug can survive on land and in water. Bullywugs live in primitive groups, hunting and fishing together. The hierarchy is based on strength, with the strongest being the leaders. Bullywugs are very territorial, and mostly will attack anyone who trespasses. Oddly enough, they tend not to fight within the tribe, but rival bullywug tribes will fight with each other. Bullywugs rarely work alongside other creatures since they would rather use them for food or sacrifice. However, occasionally during hard times small groups of bullywugs will latch onto a powerful ally that can help them bring down tougher game. They respect no one but those stronger than they are.

A displacer beast resembles a sleek great cat covered in blue-black fur. However, its otherworldly origins are clear in its six legs and the two tentacles sprouting from its shoulders, both ending in pads tipped with spiked protrusions. They are usually about 9 feet long and weigh as much as 500 pounds, but the occasional mutant can be twice this size. Displacer beasts use their innate magic to bend light, making them appear to be a foot or two from their actual positions. An attacker fighting a displacer beast becomes disoriented, struggling to determine where the monster is while it counterstrikes with terrible swiftness.

A harpy is a maligned humanoid creature with an avian lower body and a pair of wings. It subdues its prey by its ability to magically sing, inducing a trance in those that hear, drawing them closer, and then tormenting them. Harpies have the appearance of female humanoids with grotesque, avian features. The hands and feet of a harpy end in long, sharp talons. Most harpies are unclean creatures, who have no regard for their appearance, though rumors even abound of beautiful harpies found in tropical lands, which boast the colorful plumage of parrots or other birds of paradise. They tend to wear little or no clothing, so as to not restrict their flying mobility, and what little they do wear usually consists of baubles and tokens stolen from the corpses of those whom they have slain.













The hydra is a many-headed dragon that lurks in swamps. Simple and bestial, it is known to prey on anything in its home terrain. Famous for its regenerative powers, some even consider it immortal. As they grow older and more powerful, they grow additional heads, becoming much more deadly in the process. Hydras attack with their multiple heads, biting in a flurry of attacks that few can defend against. Hydra posses remarkable regenerative powers, growing more heads as they take more damage: for every head chopped off, two grow in its place, enhancing the damage dramatically. The regeneration can be halted with fire, burning the stump, and preventing more heads from growing.

Nightshades are large undead creatures from the Plane of Shadow. They are a horrifying mixture of death and darkness, made more frightening by their alien intelligence and spellcasting powers. All nightshades are surrounded by an aura of desecration that can draw life from the living. Their powers are considerably enhanced in darkness, but they are also greatly weakened by natural sunlight. Nightshades communicate telepathically.