AD&D 2nd Edition Monsters
A free reference to 2,478 monsters of the second edition game, each on its own page with full game statistics and a newly written description covering appearance, combat, society and ecology. Browse A to Z or by campaign setting.
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The backbone of the game: classic dungeon and wilderness monsters from the core monster books and annuals, from humble giant rats to ancient dragons.
Natives of the Outer Planes and the spaces between them: fiends, celestials, elemental oddities and the strange folk of the great planar city.
Creatures of gothic horror from the mist-shrouded domains of dread: undead, cursed beasts, shapechangers and things that whisper in the dark.
Monsters first printed in the pages of the long-running gaming magazine, ranging from silly to truly sinister.
Survivors of a sun-scorched, magic-blighted desert world, where even the insects are psionic and most things want your water.
Monsters of a classic high-fantasy world of deep caverns, old empires, crowded cities and wild frontiers.
Creatures of the void between worlds: star whales, space-going pirates, living ships and the horrors that hunt them.
Beasts and peoples of a sprawling fantasy world with a hollow interior, sky-ships, and lost civilizations.
Genies, desert beasts and night terrors from a land of sultans, sand seas and enchanted cities.
Monsters of a war-torn world of dragons, knights, tinker gnomes and moons that shape magic.
Classic foes from one of the oldest fantasy campaign worlds, full of ancient dungeons and demon-haunted ruins.
Strange folk and cursed beasts of a wild frontier coast, where a red curse grants gifts and twists bodies.
Spirits, oriental dragons and monsters of folklore from a vast eastern empire and its island realms.
An eclectic gathering of odd, alien and hard-to-classify monsters.
Blood-corrupted abominations, shadow fey and ancient beasts of a land ruled by divine bloodlines.
Monsters of a grim, witty sword-and-sorcery world of thieves, wizards and decadent cities.
Monsters introduced in published adventure scenarios.
Jungle beasts, feathered serpents and spirits of a new world across the western ocean.
Creatures of the endless eastern steppes and the deserts that border them.
Gaslight-era horrors from a dark mirror of our own world.
A small set of science-fiction creatures.
Featured
- Aboleth A twenty-foot cavern fish with a genius intellect, the aboleth rules lightless lakes and hunts surface folk to turn them into mind-bound servants.
- Singing Tree A beautiful, chorus-voiced tree that sings passing animals to sleep in its shade, then sends its leaves down to drink their blood.
- Fire Drake [Dark Sun] The cruelest of the desert drakes, a spiny red-and-black reptile that calls up raw elemental fire and toys with its prey for sport.