18 monsters whose names start with Z.
- Zaratan Al-Qadim · HD 51-70 · XP 46,000 + 1,000 per HD over 51
A turtle so vast that sailors mistake it for an island, the zaratan sleeps for centuries with its mouth agape, and woe to anyone who wakes it hungry.
- Zard Spelljammer · HD 1+1 · XP 65
Blind, eight-legged gliding reptiles that drift through the void in swarms of up to a hundred, latch onto anything they echo off, and chew it to pieces.
- Zebracorn [Unicorn] Dragon Magazine · HD 4+4 · XP 975
A striped, stubborn savannah unicorn that dazzles foes with colored light, can wear any shape it likes, and turns on evil creatures the instant it touches them.
- Zebranaur [Centaur-kin] Core Rules · HD 3+4 · XP 175Chief: 270Shaman: 420
Striped human-zebra nomads of the open wilds, zebranaurs are expert archers who paint their history in swirling patterns and their bodies in camouflaging stripes.
- Zerathi Planescape · HD Per class and level · XP Per class and level
Austere, magic-resistant cousins of the vorthani who rule fortress-cities on the plane of raw chaos, hunt mind reavers in sworn bands and wage an endless war against their kin.
- Zhackal Dark Sun · HD 1 · XP 120Leader: 175
Silent little psionic scavengers that shadow the dying, link their minds into one, and whisper victims out of their last grip on life so they can feast on the fading emotions.
- Zin Al-Qadim · HD 5+1 · XP 2,000
Shapeshifting river serpents with a bard's talents and a prankster's heart, zin bands play enchanted music that can delight a gracious host or torment a rude one for weeks.
- Zodar Spelljammer · HD 16+ · XP 22,000
Identical, silent figures of living black obsidian, zodar wander the stars on unknowable missions, immune to magic, strong beyond titans, and able to bend reality with a single lifetime wish.
- Zombie Core Rules · HD 2 · XP 65
Mindless corpses raised by necromancers to shamble forward and obey, plus the cunning ju-ju zombie, the reeking zombie lord and the drowned sea zombie.
- Zombie Fog Ravenloft · HD 2+2 · XP 175
A creeping bank of evil mist that drinks the psychic burst of every death it causes, smothering victims in despair while its puppet corpses close in.
- Zombie Lord Ravenloft · HD 6 · XP 650
A living man cursed into rotting undeath by a failed raising in the misty dread realm, the zombie lord commands every zombie it sees and can strike the living dead with a word.
- Zombie Plant Dark Sun · HD 3 · XP 120
A cheerful berry bush whose sweet, healing fruit enslaves whoever eats it, turning travelers into mindless gardeners who will kill and die to protect it.
- Zombie Wolf Ravenloft · HD 2+2 · XP 120
Rotting wolves raised not by any necromancer but by the cursed land itself, hunting in small silent packs that can swell into a horde at their dark lord's call.
- Zorbo Core Rules · HD 4+2 · XP 420
It looks like a cuddly koala in black and white, but the zorbo soaks up the toughness of rocks and trees and its claws turn magical armor to dust.
- Zoveri Planescape · HD 7 · XP 20,000
Gentle, elf-like octopus-folk of the heavenly mountain's ocean layer who rescue every struggling newcomer, loathe violence, and can sing up a water elemental in need.
- Zurchin Spelljammer · HD 1+1
A bright, spiny star urchin that grazes asteroid reefs in peace until disturbed, then fires venomous quills that can stop a heart or seed a body with hungry eggs.
- Zygom Greyhawk · HD 3 (or host's HD) · XP 120
A cluster of alien mushrooms whose sticky blue sap glues foes together and sows spores that wire into a living host's nerves, puppeting it until the body is eaten.
- Zygraat Fiend Folio · HD 1 · XP 270
Part bird of prey and part spider, the six-legged spider hawk strings silken nets in the treetops and dives on whatever blunders into them with a venomous bite.