Volo's Guide to Monsters

XVART SPEAKERS A xvart tribe has one speaker that serves as its leader. The speaker has the statistics of a normal xvart, except ...

YETH HOUND Granted by powerful fey to individuals who please them, yeth hounds serve evil masters like hunting dogs. Yeth hounds ...

YUAN-TI Yuan-ti malisons who become priestly devotees of a particular god-be it Sseth, Dendar the Night Serpent, or Merrshaulk- ...

MAKING A 8R00DGUARD Yuan-ti create broodguards from captured humanoids. Each subject is fed a special potion that immediately re ...

middle ground between two factions, and thus spend a lot of energy making sure neither of their allies learn of their conflictin ...

YUAN-TI NIGHTMARE SPEAKER Medium monstrosity (shapechanger, yuan-ti), neutral evil Armor Class 14 (natural armor) Hit Points 71 ...

Yuan-ti pit master Pit masters are yuan-ti malison priests that have made a pact with the god Merrshaulk and seek to rouse him f ...

APPENDIX A: ASSORTED BEASTS This appendix contains statistics for various beasts, ex- panding on appendix A of the Monster Manua ...

Ox An ox is mainly used for draft work rather than meat or milk. Oxen have the following additional trait: Beast of Burden. The ...

APPENDIX B: NONPLAYER CHARACTERS This appendix contains statistics for various humanoid nonplayer characters (NPCs)-whether frie ...

ARCHDRUID Archdruids watch over the natural wonders of their do- mains. They seldom interact with civilized folk unless there is ...

BARD Medium humanoid (any race); any alignment Armor Class 15 (chain shirt) Hit Points 44 (8d8 + 8) Speed 30 ft. STR 11 (+O) DEX ...

CHAMPION Medium hu,i,,anoid (any race), any alignment Armor Class 18 (plate) Hit Points 143 (22d8 +· 44) Speed 30 ft. STR 20 (+5 ...

VARIANT! FAMILIARS DtvtNER's STAFF Any spellcaster that can cast the find familiar spell (such as an apprentice, warlock, or wiz ...

EVOK.ER Medium hum'anoid (any roa}; any 11 /ignment Armor Cass 12 (15 with mage armor} Hit Points 66 (12d8 + 12) Speed 30ft. Evo ...

KRAKEN PRIEST A kraken can seem godlike to folk who have witnessed its fury. Those who mistake its might for divine power and th ...

MARTIAL ARTS ADEPT Martial arts adepts are disciplined monks with exten- sive training in hand-to-hand combat. Some protect mona ...

C NECROMANCER Necromancers are specialist wizards who study the in- teraction of life, death, and undeath. Some like to dig up c ...

TRANSMUTER Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment Armor Class 12 (15 with mage armor) Hit Points 40 (9d8) Speed 30 ft. STR 9 ...

WARLOCK OF l'HEARCHFE Warlocks of the archfey gain their powers through mag- ical pacts forged with lords of the Feywild. These ...