DIM I R CREATURES
Alongside human and vampire spies and assassins, a va-
riety of stealthy and shadowy monsters contribute to the
work of House Oimir. Ooppelgangers and invisible stalk-
ers move unseen among the populace. Horrors-as well
as gricks, intellect devourers, and similar monsters-are
thought to be the fears of Ravnica's populace given form
by Dimir magic. And undead such as shadows. wraiths,
and Nightveil specters keep watch over secret Dimir
territories.DIMIR CREATURES
Challenge Creature Source
1/2 Shadow MM
Spy MM
l Thought spy GGR
2 Crick MM
2 Intellect devourer MM
3 Doppelganger MM
3 Flying horror GGR
4 Mind drinker vampire GGR
5 Allip MTF
5 Mind mage GGR
5 Wraith MM
6 Invisible stalker MM(^7) Crick alpha MM
8 Assassin MM
8 Cloamwing CCR
9 Shadow horror GGR
(^10) Nightveil specter GGR
(^15) Skittering horror GGR
17 Lazav GGR
GOLGAR I CREATURES
The Devkarin e lves (drow), deadly medusas, and insec-
tile kraut are the th ree most important power groups
among the Golgari S warm, vying for control over a
teeming horde of lesser (or at least less ambitious)
creatures.
ERSTWHILE
A significant shift in the Golgari balance of power be-
gan when the kraut death priest Mazirek discovered an
ancient mausoleum compound. Deep in the undercity,
beneath the layers of civilization that had built up over
millennia, Mazirek found a hidden network of vaults
called Umerilek, an enormous structure that would
have dominated a city block. Inside were hundreds of
well-preserved corpses suffused with a latent necroman-
tic power that Mazirek activated, bringing the corpses
back to a shambling semblance of life. This new race of
undead is called the Erstwhile (equivalent to the wight
in the Monster Manual).
In their time, the Erstwhile were aristocratic elves
of immense wealth and opulence. They still wear their
stately attire, despite its moldering condition, and they
lend an air of high culture to the undercity court of
the Golgari.
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FUNGUS
Golgari territory is filled with creatures composed
of fungus and detritus from the guild's rot farms.
Shriekers serve as sentries in Gotgari tunnels, and vio-
let fungus sprouts from the corpses of intruders. Amor-
phous masses of dead and decaying matter can develop
into shambling mounds in the spore-saturated environ-
ment of the undercity.
Some Golgari creatures are symbiotic fusions of
fungus and living creatures. Golgari trolls are hulking
sewer dwellers with fungus adorning their bodies like
manes, acting as extra layers for their already tough
hide and facilitating their regeneration.
INSECTS AND ARACHNIDS
Beetles, centipedes, spiders, and countless other insects
and arachnids infest Golgari warrens. These c reatures,
often associated with decay and rebirth, are prized by
the guild. Giant bugs serve as beasts of burden, compan-
ions, steeds, a nd guardians. Among the largest of t hese
is the Deadbridge goliath beetle (equivalent to the t ricer-
atops in the Monster Manual).
Piranha beetles {best represented as a swarm of in-
sects, from the Monster Manual) burrow through the
soft earth and gather into swarms to overtake their vic-
tims and strip the Resh from them. Skein spiders (as gi-
ant spiders, from the Monster Manual) are an important
part of Golgari reclamation work: fungus grows rapidly
along the silken spiderwebs, expanding to engulf archi-
tecture and hasten the Golgari annexation process.
ZOMBIES
The guild encourages the use and exploration of necro-
mancy. Fungus covers the bodies of most of the undead
that serve the guild, the majority of which are fungus
drudges (equivalent to zombies in the Monster Man-
ua/)- mindless servants animated by the fungus that
infests their bodies.
GOLCARI CREATURES
Challenge Creature Source
0 Shrieker MM
1/4 Drow MM
1/4 Fungus drudge (zombie) MM
1/4 Vegepygmy VGM
1/4 Violet fungus MM
1/2 Kraul warrior CCR
1/2 Scout MM
1/2 Piranha beetles (swarm of insects) MM
Skein spider (giant spider) MM
l Thorny VGM
2 Ankheg MM
2 Ogre zombie MM
2 Vegepygmy chief VGM
3 Erstwhile (wight) MM
4 Kraul death priest CCR
(^5) Deadbridge goliath beetle MM
(triceratops)
5 Drow elite warrior MM
5 Colgari shaman GGR