D&D General Quaint and curious monsters of forgotten core

[JEB]

Living Statues

Easy to miss, but two living statues were updated for 5E in the update of "Isle of the Abbey" in Ghosts of Saltmarsh: crystal statues and iron statues. Rock statues are still MIA, though (along with assorted non-core living statues).

 

[Azzy]

Easy to miss, but two living statues were updated for 5E in the update of "Isle of the Abbey" in Ghosts of Saltmarsh: crystal statues and iron statues. Rock statues are still MIA, though (along with assorted non-core living statues).

Sweet! Thanks for the heads up.

 

[Yora]

Any memorable ways you used mohrgs or gloomwings? Gloomwings always seemed neat.

Not yet. I think mohrgs really are made to be mystery monsters rather than stronger skeletons. The zombies they create rise only after 1d4 nights, quite some time after they have been killed, and likely already buried. A mohrg prowling the night and staying out of sight can lead to people being found dead and then rising from their graves, or disappearing and then suddenly appearing in the streets as zombies days later. With the morgh being so obscure, and zombies being so generic, there is a very high chance that players investigating the random zombie appearances will have no clue what's going on until they finally corner the creature.

Not yet sure how I want to use gloomwings, but what's not to love about a shadowy butterfly that confuses anyone who looks at it, cause exhaustion, and puts its eggs into disoriented victims?

 

[Bitbrain]

Brown Dragons - flightless desert dragons. In BECMI, they were the strongest chromatic dragons and breathed fire or poison gas.

Nightwings - giant flying shadow-bats.

Tonals - giant sentient soap bubbles of pure arcane energy.

 

[Yora]

Now I am reminded of Nightwalkers and really need me some of those!

 

[Cadence]

The Goodman Games B1/B2 update has the Thoul! Just got to use one for the first time in ages last week.

 

[Kobold Stew]

(I have nothing to add, but I do think this is the most cleverly named thread in quite some time. Well done.)

 

[Tales and Chronicles]

Now I am reminded of Nightwalkers and really need me some of those!

(I know its not in the list of the OP, but Nightwalkers are in Mordy's Tome of Foes)

 

[Yora]

(Which is not one of the core books.)

 

[Blue Orange]

(I have nothing to add, but I do think this is the most cleverly named thread in quite some time. Well done.)

(I was going to do a parody, but the original poem was too long. Nevermore.)