Smaller fire elementals struggle to retain their spark on the material plane. Because of this, they huddle together, sharing their heat and reducing their surface area as a swarm of living flames. There is also safety in numbers; as with any swarm, they become resistant to all manner of physical attack. They are significantly smaller…

The Black Ice Cormaguin is a large flightless seabird peculiar to certain areas of the black ice of Carceri. Cormaguins are generally mild tempered, but will band together for defense when attacked. They are also capable of the violent and noxious evacuation of their bowels. They often use this as a means of covering their…

On Twitter I posed the question, “How do Otyugh’s reproduce?” As an aberration, I figured it wasn’t the way that humans find “normal”, but likely something a little more exotic. The majority of respondents thought fragmentation was the most likely means of making otyugh babbies. I really wanted it to be budding, but I believe…

The Gnomish Hobbler is not the most elegant work of gnomish artificers, but it’s may be their most hated. Little more than a bear trap equipped with tremorsense and a simple means of locomotion, they are deployed to immobilize intruders. They are incapable of discerning friend from foe, and so are rarely used in situations…

It’s unlikely that any adventurer was ever killed by a lichtfresser. They do present a significant danger though, as their fixation on light makes complicates the use of any light source. Having your driftglobe carried off in the belly of a giant bug to dungeon parts unknown is a real downer too. Watch the video…