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Wvaske: Add Peryton (S55) to Other monsters & beasts

2026-09-13T00:22:05Z

Add Peryton (S55) to Other monsters & beasts

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	* '''[[Merrow]]''' — an aquatic ogre that harpoons and drags		* '''[[Merrow]]''' — an aquatic ogre that harpoons and drags
	* '''[[Owlbear]]''' — bear's claws, owl's beak, killing temper		* '''[[Owlbear]]''' — bear's claws, owl's beak, killing temper
			* '''[[Peryton]]''' — antlered wings and a man-shaped shadow; kills on the dive, eats only humanoids — ground it
	* '''[[Umber Hulk]]''' — a tunneller whose gaze scrambles the mind		* '''[[Umber Hulk]]''' — a tunneller whose gaze scrambles the mind
	* '''[[Hook Horror]]''' — armored Underdark brute; hooks for hands, hunts by echolocation		* '''[[Hook Horror]]''' — armored Underdark brute; hooks for hands, hunts by echolocation

Wvaske: Add Serpent-folk section (Yuan-ti, Yuan-ti Anathema) and Blue Dragon Wyrmling; link Monster Harvesting in the footer

2026-09-03T15:50:16Z

Add Serpent-folk section (Yuan-ti, Yuan-ti Anathema) and Blue Dragon Wyrmling; link Monster Harvesting in the footer

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	* '''[[Green Dragon]]''' — poison; the great deceiver of the forests		* '''[[Green Dragon]]''' — poison; the great deceiver of the forests
	* '''[[Blue Dragon]]''' — lightning; orderly desert despot		* '''[[Blue Dragon]]''' — lightning; orderly desert despot
			* '''[[Blue Dragon Wyrmling]]''' — lightning in miniature; flies, and understands speech
	* '''[[Red Dragon]]''' — fire; the proudest and most terrible		* '''[[Red Dragon]]''' — fire; the proudest and most terrible
	* '''[[Dragon Turtle]]''' — steam and brine; a true dragon of the deep, fought as a wyrm		* '''[[Dragon Turtle]]''' — steam and brine; a true dragon of the deep, fought as a wyrm
	* ''Metallic (not always foes):'' the bronze [[Verithrax]]		* ''Metallic (not always foes):'' the bronze [[Verithrax]]
	* ''Draconic minions:'' [[Guard Drake]], [[Kobold]]		* ''Draconic minions:'' [[Guard Drake]], [[Kobold]]

			== Serpent-folk ==
			''Overview: [[Yuan-ti]] — a people remaking itself in the image of its snake god; hoods, rivers, and spoken magic.''
			* '''[[Yuan-ti]]''' — the kinds, from hooded pureblood infiltrators to the great serpents of the [[Serpent Hills]]
			* '''[[Yuan-ti Anathema]]''' — the many-headed pinnacle; silence it first, then bring cold, force, and steel

	== Giants ==		== Giants ==
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	''See also: [[:Category:Monsters\|All creature pages]] • [[Session Logs]] • the [[Adult White Dragon]] dossier (the model for these entries).''		''See also: [[:Category:Monsters\|All creature pages]] • [[Monster Harvesting]] — what a carcass is worth • [[Session Logs]] • the [[Adult White Dragon]] dossier (the model for these entries).''

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Wvaske: Session 45 backfill: add Hook Horror to the Bestiary index (Other monsters)

2026-06-18T00:37:30Z

Session 45 backfill: add Hook Horror to the Bestiary index (Other monsters)

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	* '''[[Owlbear]]''' — bear's claws, owl's beak, killing temper		* '''[[Owlbear]]''' — bear's claws, owl's beak, killing temper
	* '''[[Umber Hulk]]''' — a tunneller whose gaze scrambles the mind		* '''[[Umber Hulk]]''' — a tunneller whose gaze scrambles the mind
			* '''[[Hook Horror]]''' — armored Underdark brute; hooks for hands, hunts by echolocation
	* '''[[Rust Monster]]''' — devours metal; ruins armour and blades		* '''[[Rust Monster]]''' — devours metal; ruins armour and blades
	* '''[[Mimic]]''' — a shapeshifter that apes treasure, then sticks fast		* '''[[Mimic]]''' — a shapeshifter that apes treasure, then sticks fast

Wvaske: Session 44 backfill: add Fiends section (Horned Devil, Bearded Devil, named erinyes Zarchelia) and a Gelatinous Cube entry to the Bestiary index

2026-06-18T00:26:51Z

Session 44 backfill: add Fiends section (Horned Devil, Bearded Devil, named erinyes Zarchelia) and a Gelatinous Cube entry to the Bestiary index

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	* '''[[Flameskull]]''' — a burning skull sentinel that rekindles		* '''[[Flameskull]]''' — a burning skull sentinel that rekindles
	* ''Named:'' [[Mormesk the wraith]], the banshee [[Agatha]]		* ''Named:'' [[Mormesk the wraith]], the banshee [[Agatha]]

			== Fiends ==
			''Devils of the Nine Hells — central to the company's [[A Compact of restoration and continuance\|infernal entanglements]]. Radiant light and a paladin's smite tell on them all; a devil slain by common means only re-forms below unless its soul is taken (the [[Raven Queen]]'s blessed crossbow).''
			* '''[[Horned Devil]]''' — fire and a flaying tail; the winged enforcers of the Pit
			* '''[[Bearded Devil]]''' — glaive and barbed beard; a foot-soldier of the Hells
			* ''Named:'' the erinyes [[Zarchelia]], who wears the shape of [[Lady Calera]]

	== Aberrations ==		== Aberrations ==
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	* '''[[Giant Spider]]''' — webs from the dark; burn them to break free		* '''[[Giant Spider]]''' — webs from the dark; burn them to break free
	* '''[[Giant Crab]]''' — brittle alone, deadly in a swarm; and good eating		* '''[[Giant Crab]]''' — brittle alone, deadly in a swarm; and good eating
			* '''[[Gelatinous Cube]]''' — a near-invisible ooze that engulfs the unwary; keeps the deep tunnels clean

	== Underdark folk met as foes ==		== Underdark folk met as foes ==

Wvaske: Session 50 ingest: add Dragon Turtle, Hydra, Giant Spider, and Giant Crab to the index

2026-06-16T16:54:13Z

Session 50 ingest: add Dragon Turtle, Hydra, Giant Spider, and Giant Crab to the index

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	* '''[[Blue Dragon]]''' — lightning; orderly desert despot		* '''[[Blue Dragon]]''' — lightning; orderly desert despot
	* '''[[Red Dragon]]''' — fire; the proudest and most terrible		* '''[[Red Dragon]]''' — fire; the proudest and most terrible
			* '''[[Dragon Turtle]]''' — steam and brine; a true dragon of the deep, fought as a wyrm
	* ''Metallic (not always foes):'' the bronze [[Verithrax]]		* ''Metallic (not always foes):'' the bronze [[Verithrax]]
	* ''Draconic minions:'' [[Guard Drake]], [[Kobold]]		* ''Draconic minions:'' [[Guard Drake]], [[Kobold]]
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	* '''[[Stirge]]''' — a blood-drinker, lethal in a cloud		* '''[[Stirge]]''' — a blood-drinker, lethal in a cloud
	* '''[[Giant Toad]]''' — swallows prey whole		* '''[[Giant Toad]]''' — swallows prey whole
			* '''[[Hydra]]''' — many-headed; sear the stumps or it grows back worse
			* '''[[Giant Spider]]''' — webs from the dark; burn them to break free
			* '''[[Giant Crab]]''' — brittle alone, deadly in a swarm; and good eating

	== Underdark folk met as foes ==		== Underdark folk met as foes ==

Wvaske: Create player-facing Bestiary index of all creature dossiers

2026-06-13T02:37:34Z

Create player-facing Bestiary index of all creature dossiers

New page

== Bestiary ==
[[File:Saint George and the Dragon by Paolo Uccello (Paris) 01.jpg|thumb|right|''Saint George and the Dragon'', Paolo Uccello, c. 1430s (public domain)]]
''The company's field bestiary — the Harpers' running dossiers on every creature you have faced, told in qualities and tactics, never in numbers. Each entry records what we have learned: what wounds it, what it shrugs off, what it can do, and where you met it. As you learn more, the pages grow.''

''The entries below are the '''kinds'''. A particular named monster — a specific dragon, say — keeps its own page under [[:Category:NPCs|NPCs]].''

== Dragons ==
''Overview: [[Dragon]]. Each colour breathes, and is immune to, a single element.''
* '''[[Adult White Dragon]]''' — cold; feral, lairs in the frozen north
* '''[[Black Dragon]]''' — acid; cruel and cunning, fights from the swamp
* '''[[Green Dragon]]''' — poison; the great deceiver of the forests
* '''[[Blue Dragon]]''' — lightning; orderly desert despot
* '''[[Red Dragon]]''' — fire; the proudest and most terrible
* ''Metallic (not always foes):'' the bronze [[Verithrax]]
* ''Draconic minions:'' [[Guard Drake]], [[Kobold]]

== Giants ==
''Overview: [[Giant]] — there is no "standard" giant; each kind is its own foe.''
* '''[[Frost Giant]]''' — immune to cold; axe and hurled ice
* '''[[Stone Giant]]''' — boulder-throwers of the deep hills

== Trolls ==
''Parent: [[Troll]] — fire or acid, or it will not stay down.''
* '''[[Ice Troll]]''' — a frost-inured troll of the north
* '''[[Scrag]]''' — an aquatic troll; mends only in the water

== Goblinoids ==
* '''[[Goblin]]''' — cowardly, numerous, quick
* '''[[Hobgoblin]]''' — disciplined soldier; deadly in formation
* '''[[Bugbear]]''' — a brute that kills from ambush

== Undead ==
* '''[[Skeleton]]''' — brittle to crushing blows
* '''[[Zombie]]''' — slow, but stubborn to put down
* '''[[Ghoul]]''' — a touch that paralyses; hunts in packs
* '''[[Flameskull]]''' — a burning skull sentinel that rekindles
* ''Named:'' [[Mormesk the wraith]], the banshee [[Agatha]]

== Aberrations ==
* '''[[Aboleth]]''' — an ancient mind that enslaves at a distance
* '''[[Cloaker]]''' — a living cloak that engulfs and conjures phantoms
* '''[[Mind Gobbler]]''' — a mind flayer's making; survived the company once

== Elementals ==
* '''[[Ice Elemental]]''' — a killing aura of cold; burrows through ice

== Other monsters & beasts ==
* '''[[Sea Hag]]''' — kills through fear and enslaved thralls
* '''[[Merrow]]''' — an aquatic ogre that harpoons and drags
* '''[[Owlbear]]''' — bear's claws, owl's beak, killing temper
* '''[[Umber Hulk]]''' — a tunneller whose gaze scrambles the mind
* '''[[Rust Monster]]''' — devours metal; ruins armour and blades
* '''[[Mimic]]''' — a shapeshifter that apes treasure, then sticks fast
* '''[[Stirge]]''' — a blood-drinker, lethal in a cloud
* '''[[Giant Toad]]''' — swallows prey whole

== Underdark folk met as foes ==
* '''[[Drow]]''' — dark elves; poison, darkness, and ambush
* '''[[Duergar]]''' — gray dwarves who grow giant-sized and turn invisible

== Peoples & societies ==
''Sapient folk the company has dealt with rather than simple monsters; their pages carry both lore and combat notes.''
* [[Lizardfolk]] • [[Illithids]] (mind flayers) • [[Myconid]]

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''See also: [[:Category:Monsters|All creature pages]] • [[Session Logs]] • the [[Adult White Dragon]] dossier (the model for these entries).''

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