Birthright Monsters
Blood-corrupted abominations, shadow fey and ancient beasts of a land ruled by divine bloodlines. 42 monsters, grouped by the book they come from.
- Blood Spawn: Creatures of Light and Shadow (18)
- Book of Magecraft (9)
- Other sources (7)
- Monstrous Compendium, 1996 Annual, Volume 3 (4)
- Monstrous Compendium, 1997 Annual, Volume 4 (2)
- Warlock of the Stonecrowns (2)
Blood Spawn: Creatures of Light and Shadow
- Blood Hound War dogs carrying a trace of divine blood, blood hounds sniff out god-touched heirs across miles of country and serve a master of matching lineage to the death.
- Changeling [Birthright] Stolen human children raised as pets in the faerie court, and the ancient faeries left behind in their cradles, each a ready-made mystery for an adventure.
- Cwn Annwn Huge, fire-breathing shadow hounds whose baying freezes listeners with terror, bred long ago as elven hunting dogs and now driven by ancient hatred to hunt and devour elves.
- Glamour Walker A shy, unseen eavesdropper that wades through the illusions of the shadowy faerie realm, quietly stoking every tense encounter so the glamour never fades.
- Minion of the Forsaken [Birthright] Bred and twisted in the shadowy faerie realm by twelve exiled dark sorcerers, these slave races include tree-swinging halfling stranglers, cat-headed spies and lizard-bodied orog cavalry.
- Seelie Faerie Capricious, glamour-wrapped fair folk of the shadowy faerie realm who repay kindness tenfold, punish insults just as generously, and bind travelers with their own careless words.
- Seemer A living knot of shadow-realm glamour that wears whatever its observer fears most, from a hated rival to a tide of blood, and fights with that nightmare's own tricks.
- Shade [Birthright] Humans hollowed out and filled with shadowstuff by evil wizards, these deathless slaves cross from the shadowy faerie realm to spy, steal and kill for their masters.
- Shadow Realm Halfling Halflings who stayed behind in the shadowy faerie realm have split into cruel tyrant lords, broken slaves, and the defiant freedom fighters who slip through shadows to set them free.
- Shadow Steed A war stallion shaped from twilight and mist, the shadow steed carries the lords of the shadowy faerie realm, kicks like living horseflesh, and sees through fey glamour.
- Shadow Warrior Ghostly knights who died holding back the darkness, shadow warriors fight on inside the shadowy faerie realm, appearing from the twilight to rescue the good when all seems lost.
- Spectral Abomination The ghost of a slain blood-corrupted abomination, snatched at death by the Frost Horseman and returned from the shadowy faerie realm stronger, crueler and draining life with every touch.
- The Dispossessed Ghostly souls cast out of their stolen bodies, wandering a twilight realm and radiating a sorrow so heavy it can leave whole parties unable to lift a finger.
- The Sluagh The vengeful ghosts of the wicked dead, refused by their gods, who ride storm clouds hurling invisible poisoned darts and drift down to enslave the living for their old vendettas.
- Unseelie Faerie The withered, hateful mirror of the Seelie Court, living fey and restless faerie ghosts who curse travelers for sport and serve an exiled princess at war with her mother.
- Waff A silent shadow-double showing someone at the moment of their death, the waff appears for a heartbeat, shocks its viewers senseless, and leaves them haunted by the omen.
- Wild Hunt A thundering cavalcade of dark fey, undead and spectral hounds that tears through forests in an endless pursuit of elves, trampling anything that cannot get clear.
- Will O'Shadow A bobbing orb of light that slips through from the shadowy faerie realm just before a portal opens, the will o'shadow drinks the life of the mortal world.
Book of Magecraft
- Audreeana A two-headed, bat-winged patchwork beast with a horse's body and a fish's tail, the audreeana weaves illusions and charms before it bites, and no arrow can touch it.
- Breiryn A four-legged, spider-shaped beast with an ape's face and tusks, the breiryn is a night-dwelling companion to young wizards that strikes with venomous hooves and acidic webs.
- Cabhaigh A frog-bodied, dragonfly-winged spellcaster of lonely mountains, the cabhaigh shrinks to insect size at will and screams paralyzing cones of sound at anyone who threatens it.
- Daegandal A hopping, kangaroo-like scholar beast, the cleverest of the wizard-bonding magical beasts, which wields fog, illusion and leaping magic and regenerates its wounds as it bounds away.
- Garigal A legless, blue-armored caterpillar that glides by magic, the garigal shatters potions with its gaze and then laps up the spilled elixirs.
- Rhoeghn A fern-winged, child-sized forest spirit with huge black eyes and keen senses, gentle by nature but able to blast foes backward with a gale from its wings.
- Siddwynd A sail-winged, lightning-spitting lizard companion of wizards that dives on its foes, lashes them with a crackling tail, and snacks on burned-out magic items.
- Tualleiaght A human-headed, many-legged serpent that swims through solid rock, casts earth-shaping spells, and sometimes befriends a wizard to learn the news of the surface world.
- Wizard-Bonding Beast Overview Legendary creatures said to walk beside devoted wizards in exchange for potions and treasure, these magical beasts may be myth, or may still grant boons to the worthy.
Other sources
- Caerith Manslayer An ancient elf warrior-sorcerer remade by a dark god's blood, who has spent fifteen centuries killing humans from a thorn-walled tower in the mountains.
- Orog [Birthright] Gray-skinned, apish mountain warriors who wage endless war from hidden underground holds, riding giant lizards and shunning the sunlight that blinds them.
- Skuhlzecki [Hot-Headed Ice Borer] Packs of blind, two-foot worms with red-hot head plates melt the snow beneath their prey into a slushy trap, then bite and drag the floundering victim under.
- The Gorgon A thousand-year-old blood-corrupted warlord, once a prince who sold out his brothers to a dark god, now a horned, goat-legged giant of living stone whose stare petrifies or kills.
- The Monkey King An exiled trickster lord of monkeys who reads every mind around him, picks pockets with his tail, and vaults across the world on a shape-shifting magic staff.
- The Seadrake A merchant who slew a monstrous passenger and inherited its curse, now a 50-foot sea serpent who taxes every ship crossing his strait and swallows those who refuse.
- The Spider A goblin warlord warped by a dead god's blood into a mad, bloated spider-thing, ruling a trap-choked forest of goblins, gnolls and countless venomous spiders.
Monstrous Compendium, 1996 Annual, Volume 3
- Dragon [Birthright] The last of an ancient, solitary dragon race, iron-scaled serpents who paralyze with a glance, breathe fire and acid, and hold lore older than humankind.
- Giant [Birthright] The giants of the continent's wild places range from root-sleeping forest guardians who shield the woods to rime-clad ice giants who sweep south with every hard winter.
- Goblin [Birthright] On this continent goblins are no mere pests: they rule whole warlike kingdoms in the harsh fringes, raiding for slaves, selling their swords and squeezing tolls from every passing caravan.
- Human [Birthright] Five proud human cultures of a war-torn continent, from knightly heartland feudalists and guild-ruled merchants to magic-loving southern emirates, druid-led clans and merciless frontier warriors.
Monstrous Compendium, 1997 Annual, Volume 4
- Mahogany Constrictor A huge, magic-touched serpent with red-brown scales whose coils squeeze harder every round and whose fangs pump out a flood of thin but plentiful venom.
- Spectral Scion The grieving ghost of a blooded noble murdered with a bloodsilver blade, a spectral scion hunts the thief of its divine heritage and drinks the bloodlines of the living.
Warlock of the Stonecrowns
- Fhoimorien [Giant] Earth-bound raiders of the continent's marshes and caves, fhoimoriens batter foes with doubled club blows, then dissolve into reeking green smoke to escape or strike from an unexpected angle.
- Stonecrown Ogre Fat, pierced and gleefully destructive, these mountain ogres fight as drilled mercenary companies until first blood sends them into a two-strikes-a-round battle-rage.