D&D 5E New Monsters in Rise of Tiamat?

[ColinChapman]

Quick query, but does RoT feature any new monsters ala the ambush and guard drakes in HotDQ? Do Abishai (Tiamat's devils) make an appearance?

 

[Uder]

Ice toads, cultists, guard drakes, Nhaergoth bladelords (an "advanced" wight), and of course Tiamat.

 

[ColinChapman]

Ice toads, cultists, guard drakes, Nhaergoth bladelords (an "advanced" wight), and of course Tiamat.

Thank you. Surprised abishai didn't make an appearance all things considered.

 

[Scorpio616]

Have Abishai had that much traction since 2E?

 

[Scorpio616]

If you need them bad, try reskinning a wyrmling or young dragon. I don't have my DMG yet, so I don't know how much to adjust for adding a poison tail sting.

 

[Scorpio616]

In fact that just made me willing to use the Wyrming stats since I generally don't like man sized dragons, but a devil the size of a human is more palatable to me.

 

[ColinChapman]

No great need; just surprised given the whole Tiamat and Hell element of the adventure path's premise.

 

[ColinChapman]

Have Abishai had that much traction since 2E?

Apparently they were in the 3e bestiary for the FR.

 

[Uder]

I like Abishai. Did they make them more draconic in 3E? I have Monsters of Faerun somewhere but never used it much. In AD&D1 the only thing they shared with dragons was the color scheme and Tiamat worship. Planescape went further and dropped the draconic stuff entirely IIRC.

 

[Shemeska]

Have Abishai had that much traction since 2E?

They appeared quite a bit in 3e actually, and had some additional lore written regarding their relationship with Tiamat and the baatezu (they were a collaborative project between Tiamat and Pearza of the Dark 8).