This 128-page soft-bound book contains creatures appearing in various TSR publications (magazines, game accessories, etc.) in the year 1994. Or me.
The Forgotten Realms Menzoberranzan boxed set included 7 pages of creature descriptions in Monstrous Compendium format, bound into the first book of the set (The City) on pages 88–94. The Dragonlance game accessory Taladas: The Minotaurs by Colin McComb contained several new creatures.
The Tomb of Horrors is located in the Greyhawk setting, but can be adapted to almost any other setting with minimum fuss. Afflicted shapechangers, some available as player character races. This purchase unlocks the entire contents of the book version for use with D&D Beyond, including the adventure in digital format in the game compendium and access to all the adventure’s options in the searchable listings, character builder, and digital sheet. A dragon variant unique to this setting, with a breath weapon of a stream of burning venom.
Map 1 The Mystara campaign setting began as the "Known World" in the D&D Basic and Expert rules, and as a result many of the entries below originated in the D&D Basic, Expert, Companion or Masters rulebooks, and the modules associated with them.
The door is a solid slab of granite about 2’ thick (360 hp, hardness 8) and can only be opened by pulling the second lever. Powerful and intelligent, usually winged reptiles with magical abilities and breath weapon. As for the rest, you know the deal.
(Although … using Howling Hills and this adventure just before the actual Tomb could be cool. So that, when death comes, the players will feel terror, not resentment. Accanta are wild and aggressive versions of the children of the sea that possess additional powers. The Woobie: The Siren in the original version of the Tomb of Horrors. Tomb of Horrors: Tomb of Acererak Level Well, boys and girls, this is the proverbial "it".
For the polymer compound, see, "Couatl" redirects here. An original creation for the game's artificial underground environment, this monster was designed as a trap for unwary player characters; the trapper camouflages as a piece of floor, engulfing a victim stepping on it.
CRAWL SPACE: The crawl space beyond the secret door is very narrow. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Christopher Perkins, Will Doyle, Steve Winter (September 19, 2017).
The original Dark Sun Boxed Set for the Dark Sun campaign setting contains several pages of monster description in The Wanderer's Journal book, as well as in the A Little Knowledge adventure booklet. Go blind with no save. So I’m delighted that Cordell’s version has seen the light of day.
Dragon #90 (1984), D&D Master Rules (1985) (Werebat), Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft Appendix (1991) (Werebat), Dungeons & Dragons Rules Cyclopedia (1991) (Werebat), Drow of the Underdark (1991), 1991 Trading Cards Set #383 (Werebat), Azmyth, Night Hunter, Sinister and Werebat, Monstrous Manual (1993) (Domestic, Wild, Elven), Domestic, Wild, Elven, Luck Eater and Change Cat, Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume One (1994), Dragon #223 "The Ecology of the Chitine" (1995), Monsters of Faerûn (2001), Underdark (2003), D&D Miniatures: Dragoneye set #47 (2004), Drow of the Underdark (1991), Monstrous Manual (1993), Monsters of Faerûn (2001), D&D Miniatures: Underdark set #52 (2005), Drow of the Underdark (2007), Draconomicon (2008) (as "Purple Dragon"), Savage Coast Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1996), Dragon #48 (1981), Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Four (1998), Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Four (1998), Dragon #352 (2007), Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume One (1994), Monster Manual II (2002), Savage Species (2003), Shining South (2004), Dragon #89 (1984), Anauroch (1991), Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting (1993), Monstrous Manual (1993), Dragon #261 "The Ecology of the Dark Naga: Fool Me Twice" (1999), Monster Manual (2000, 2003), D&D Miniatures: Underdark set #33 (2005), Monster Manual (2008), Monstrous Manual (1993) (Retch Plant, Snapper-Saw, Thornslinger), Retch Plant, Snapper-Saw, Thornslinger, Viper Vine, Whip-Weed, Wither-Weed and Black Willow, Monstrous Manual (1993) (under Elemental, Composite), Blossomkiller, Dew Fronds, Poisonweed and Strangling Vines, Animal, Death, Elemental and Healing Living Idol, Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting (1993), Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume One (1994), Monsters of Faerûn (2001).
Greater Golem (stone, iron), Lesser Golem (flesh, clay), Bone golem, Doll golem, Gargoyle golem, Glass golem, Necrophidus, Monstrous Compendium – Greyhawk Appendix (1990) (Soldier/Worker), Monstrous Compendium – Spelljammer Appendix (1991), Gremlin, Fremlin, Galltrit, Mite and Snyad, Draft, Heavy, Medium, Light, Wild and Riding Horses, Pony and Mule, Aborigine/caveman, Adventurer, Bandit/brigand, Barbarian/nomad, Berserker/dervish, Farmer/herder, Gentry, Knight, Mercenary, Merchant sailor/fisherman, Merchant/trader, Middle class, Peasant/serf, Pilgrim, Pirate/buccaneer, Police/constabulary, Priest, Sailor, Slaver, Soldier, Thief/thug, Tradesman/craftsman, Tribesman and Wizard, Hydra, Lernaean Hydra, Pyrohydra and Cryohydra, Fire, Ice, Lava, Mist, Smoke and Steam Mephit, Monstrous Compendium – Greyhawk Appendix (1990) (Aspis Cow, Drone and Larva; Giant Dragonfly and larva), Forgotten Realms – Ruins of Myth Drannor (Aratha), Giant ant, Giant ant lion, Aratha, Aspis cow, Aspis drone, Aspis larva, Assassin bug, Worker bee, Soldier bee, Bumblebee, Cave cricket, Giant dragonfly, Dragonfly larva, Ear seeker, Firefriend (giant firefly), Giant bluebottle fly, Giant horsefly, Fyrefly, Horax, Giant hornet, Pernicon, Gargantuan praying mantis, Giant harvester termite (king, queen, soldier, worker), Giant tick and Giant wasp, Velvet ants, Grasshoppers and Locust swarms, Adult (intellect devourer) and larva (ustilagor), Monstrous Compendium – Dark Sun Appendix: Terrors of the Desert, Monstrous Compendium Volume Two (1989) (Urd), Giant Leech, Throat Leech and Leech swarm. If the party runs out, ask them if they thought it was too hard a dungeon. A subterranean race of miners and warriors that inhabit Cerilia's mountain ranges. For one thing, Tomb of Horrors is not a hack 'n slash, it's more of an experience dungeon, so there aren't that many creatures to fight. In it, a group of adventurers travel to the titular tomb to fight the demilich Acererak and recover any loot found along the way.
The book is 384 pages. The Al-Qadim Golden Voyages boxed set, by David "Zeb" Cook, contained 4 unnumbered 5-hole punched loose-leaf pages in Monstrous Compendium format, each with a full-page image of the creature described on the back. At the time it was a fairly innovative product: In addition to the “map and key” presentation which was standard for the time, Tomb of Horrors also came with a pamphlet of forty illustrations, each presenting some part of the module which could be shown to the players at the appropriate time. The "largest [of the Linnorms] and has two frickin’ heads". Monsters, Music, and Dungeon Mastery My version of the module doesn’t make things any easier (in fact, it often makes it more difficult) — but it does play fair. Monstrous Compendium Volume One (1989) (Beholder), Spelljammer: AD&D Adventures In Space (1989) (Beholder, Hive Mother and Orbus), Monstrous Compendium – Spelljammer Appendix (1990) (Astereater, Director, Examiner, Overseer, Lensman and Watcher), Beholder, Death Kiss, Eye of the deep, Gauth, Spectator, Undead Beholder, Hive Mother, Director, Examiner, Lensman, Overseer and Watcher; also Beholder Mage, Elder Orb, Orbus, Doomsphere, Kasharin, Astereater and Gorbel by reference only, Monstrous Compendium – Greyhawk Appendix (1990) (Normal, Huge and Giant Raven), Dragonlance Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1990) (Emre, Kingfisher, Skyfisher and 'Wari), Forgotten Realms Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1991) (Flightless, Boobrie, Eblis), Blood Hawk, Boobrie, Condor, Giant Eagle, Wild Eagle, Eblis, Emre, Falcon, Flightless Bird, Large Hawk, Kingfisher, Owl, Giant Owl, Talking Owl, Raven, Huge Raven, Giant Raven, Skyfisher, Swan, Vulture, Giant Vulture and 'Wari, Monstrous Compendium – Ravenloft Appendix, Monstrous Compendium Volume One (1989) (Brownie), Cheetah, Jaguar, Leopard, Common Lion, Mountain Lion, Spotted Lion, Giant Lynx, Wild Tiger, Smilodon, Forgotten Realms Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1991) (Domestic, Wild, Elven), Monstrous Compendium Volume One (1989) (Giant, Huge and Megalocentipede), Monstrous Compendium Volume Two (1989) (Tunnel Worm), Giant Centipede, Huge Centipede, Megalocentipede, and Tunnel Worm, Monstrous Compendium – Greyhawk Appendix (1990), Monstrous Compendium – Dragonlance Appendix (1990), Ankylosaurus, Deinonychus, Diplodocus, Elasmosaurus, Lambeosaurus, Pteranodon, Stegosaurus, Triceratops and Tyrannosaurus, Dungeons & Dragons set (1974), D&D Basic Set (1977, 1981, 1983), Monster Manual (1977), D&D Companion Rules (1984), Monstrous Compendium Volume One (1989), Dungeons & Dragons Rules Cyclopedia (1991), Monster Manual (2000), Monster Manual v.3.5 (2003), D&D Miniatures: Dragoneye set #44 (2004), D&D Icons: Gargantuan Black Dragon (2006), D&D Miniatures: Unhallowed set #55 (2007), Dungeons & Dragons set (1974), Monster Manual (1977), D&D Basic Set (1981, 1983), D&D Companion Rules (1984), Monstrous Compendium Volume One (1989), Dungeons & Dragons Rules Cyclopedia (1991), Monster Manual (2000), Monster Manual v.3.5 (2003), D&D Miniatures: Deathknell set #38 (2005), D&D Icons: Gargantuan Blue Dragon (2007), Dungeons & Dragons set (1974), Monster Manual (1977), D&D Basic Set (1981, 1983), D&D Companion Rules (1984), Monstrous Compendium Volume One (1989), Dungeons & Dragons Rules Cyclopedia (1991), Monster Manual (2000), Monster Manual v.3.5 (2003).