D&D General The DM Shortage

[Micah Sweet]

Not sure I agree that some of the groupings you listed are the "same thing". All monsters are grouped into 14 "types". One type of fiend / dragon / ect. can play very differently than another of the same type, even at the same CR level. While I love having even more and more unique monsters, I'm finding that what my games have benefited the most from are more varieties of common types and more interesting tactical abilities.

I've purchased a number of third-party monster manuals, but I find I use so little of their content. Still good for inspiration, but having more monsters is not what I'm really looking for generally. Sure, more high-level monsters helps, but I want more than tweaking hit points, resistances, immunities, or spell casters. I would like more interesting mechanics that make for my dynamic battles. The Mystical trait and actions in Mythic Odysseys of Theros are the only example that comes to mind of WotC delivering this.

I'm really liking what I'm seeing Matt Colville do with his Flee! Mortals: The MCDM Monster Book. Adding Roles as another category for monsters (Ambusher, Artillery, Brute, Minion, Controller,...there are 12 roles), support for 5e's optional flanking rules in the monster states themselves, villain actions, noting signature attacks, shared attacks, overkill attacks, group attacks, and more. Also MCDM is using a different stat block format that makes them much easier to read. I find I can more easily run more dynamic combats with the playtest/sample packets I've seen so far for the Kickstarter and it is the most excited I've been for a monster book since the Monster Manual.

I also really like Kobold Presses monster manuals. I own the first two they released for 5e. They work some unique powers into traditional 5e state blocks. They tend to punch above their CR compared to WotC monsters and tend to be very flavorful and interested. But combats tend to follow the standard 5e combat beats.

I haven't looked closely at Level Up Advanced 5e's monster book. It looks interesting, but I'm not sure I want to commit to new core rules and don't know if the monsters can be run appropriately with bog standard 5e rules.

They absolutely can. The monsters are just better designed and more useful, IMO. An vastly superior product to the MM.

 

[Maxperson]

They absolutely can. The monsters are just better designed and more useful, IMO. An vastly superior product to the MM.

I have the level up monster book and it's better than the MM and very usable. Totally agree with you. There's just not a lot that's different from the MM with regard to which monsters there are to choose from.

 

[overgeeked]

I'm really liking what I'm seeing Matt Colville do with his Flee! Mortals: The MCDM Monster Book. Adding Roles as another category for monsters (Ambusher, Artillery, Brute, Minion, Controller,...there are 12 roles), support for 5e's optional flanking rules in the monster states themselves, villain actions, noting signature attacks, shared attacks, overkill attacks, group attacks, and more. Also MCDM is using a different stat block format that makes them much easier to read. I find I can more easily run more dynamic combats with the playtest/sample packets I've seen so far for the Kickstarter and it is the most excited I've been for a monster book since the Monster Manual.

He’s basically bringing parts of 4E monster design forward to 5E. I’ve read the free preview and like what I saw, but I already have 4E and can convert monsters, so buying his book for $70 seemed like a waste.

 

[MNblockhead]

No. I don't. How much variety in high level choices do they give? Yet more dragons, fiends, giants, etc. are not what I'm looking for.

Below are listed higher level monsters in a number of third-party bestiaries that might help you in your decision on whether they are of interest to you. I put the lists in spoiler tags to avoid an overly long post.

All monsters CR 9+ in Kobold Press's Tome of Beasts 1, 2, and 3; and Creature Codex

Spoiler

Monster	Size	Type	Alignment	CR	Source	Page	Terrain
Ammut	Large	Celestial	Neutral	9	CC	15	Badlands, Desert
Animated Offal	Huge	Ooze	Unaligned	9	ToB3	38	Any
Anzu	Large	Monstrosity	Neutral	9	ToB2	26	Desert, Grassland, Mountains
Arcane Scavenger	Large	Construct	Neutral	9	ToB3	41	Badlands
Archon, Ursan	Large	Celestial	Chaotic Good	9	ToB3	43	Any
Ash Phoenix	Large	Undead	Neutral Evil	9	ToB2	28	Any
Aurora Horribilis	Large	Aberration	Chaotic Neutral	9	ToB2	34	Arctic
Bukavac	Large	Monstrosity	Neutral Evil	9	ToB1	47	Forests, Swamp
Chaos Creeper	Medium	Plant	Chaotic Neutral	9	ToB3	80	Hills
Clockwork Scorpion	Large	Construct	Unaligned	9	ToB3	89	Urban
Coastline Reaper	Large	Monstrosity	Unaligned	9	ToB3	92	Coastal, Underwater
Cultist, Psychophant	Medium	Humanoid	Any Non-Good	9	ToB3	405	Any
Demon, Alnaar	Large	Fiend	Chaotic Evil	9	CC	82	Planar
Demon, Fulad-Zereh	Huge	Fiend	Chaotic Evil	9	CC	85	Planar
Demon, Malakbel	Medium	Fiend	Chaotic Evil	9	ToB1	78	Any
Demon, Yek Alpha	Medium	Fiend	Chaotic Evil	9	CC	95	Any
Devilbound Gnomish Prince	Small	Humanoid	Any Evil	9	ToB1	420	Any
Dimensional Shambler	Large	Aberration	Neutral Evil	9	ToB2	107	Planar
Dragon, Flame, Young	Large	Dragon	Chaotic Evil	9	ToB1	130	Mountains, Ruins, Underground
Dragon, Sea, Young	Large	Dragon	Neutral Evil	9	ToB1	136	Mountains, Underwater
Dragon, Void, Young	Large	Dragon	Chaotic Neutral	9	ToB1	140	Mountains
Dragon, Wasteland, Young	Large	Dragon	Chaotic Evil	9	CC	118	Badlands, Hills
Drake, Deep	Large	Dragon	Chaotic Evil	9	ToB1	152	Ruins, Underground
Drake, Reef	Huge	Dragon	Neutral Evil	9	ToB3	154	Coastal, Underwater
Drake, Spider	Large	Dragon	Lawful Evil	9	CC	133	Underground
Eater of Dust (Yakat-shi)	Medium	Aberration	Neutral Evil	9	ToB1	164	Any
Elf, Shadow Fey Ambassador	Medium	Humanoid	Lawful Evil	9	CC	145	Underground, Urban
Flame-Scourged Scion	Huge	Aberration	Chaotic Evil	9	CC	159	Badlands, Forest
Fulminar	Large	Elemental	Neutral	9	CC	165	Grassland, Hills, Mountains
Garmvvolf	Huge	Monstrosity	Unaligned	9	ToB3	194	Mountains, Underground
Genie, Al-Aeshma	Large	Elemental	Chaotic Evil	9	ToB1	211	Any
Ghoul, Darakhul Captain	Medium	Undead	Lawful Evil	9	ToB2	166	Underground, Urban
Ghoul, Darakhul High Priestess	Medium	Undead	Neutral Evil	9	CC	172	Underground
Giant, Desert	Huge	Giant	Neutral	9	ToB1	222	Desert
Giant, Hellfire	Huge	Giant	Neutral Good	9	ToB3	203	Mountains, Planar
Giant, Thin	Huge	Giant	Chaotic Evil	9	ToB2	175	Underground, Urban
Golem, Alchemical	Large	Construct	Unaligned	9	CC	192	Any
Golem, Lotus	Large	Construct	Unaligned	9	CC	202	Any
Gulper Behemoth	Gargantuan	Monstrosity	Unaligned	9	ToB2	190	Underwater
Hag, Brine	Medium	Fey	Lawful Evil	9	ToB3	225	Coastal, Underwater
Hag, Wood	Medium	Fey	Neutral Evil	9	ToB3	228	Forest, Hills, Mountains, Swamp
Horakh	Medium	Monstrosity	Neutral	9	ToB1	250	Desert, Grassland, Ruins, Underground
Huli Jing	Medium	Fey	Neutral	9	ToB2	204	Farmland, Urban
Incandescent One	Medium	Celestial	Chaotic Good	9	ToB3	244	Coastal, Underwater
Infested Duelist	Medium	Humanoid	Chaotic Neutral	9	ToB3	409	Any
Jinmenju	Huge	Plant	Chaotic Neutral	9	CC	232	Forest
Kami, Sasori Fukurōwashi	Medium	Fey	Neutral Good	9	ToB2	224	Any, Planar
Keelbreaker Crab	Huge	Monstrosity	Unaligned	9	ToB2	226	Coastal, Underwater
Khargi	Huge	Fiend	Neutral Evil	9	ToB3	251	Badlands
Kirikari	Huge	Monstrosity	Unaligned	9	ToB2	230	Swamp
Kobold War Machine	Large	Construct	Unaligned	9	ToB2	233	Any
Krake Spawn	Huge	Monstrosity	Neutral Evil	9	ToB1	269	Underwater
Külmking	Large	Undead	Chaotic Evil	9	CC	244	Forest, Grassland
Lich, Hierophant	Medium	Undead	Any Evil	9	CC	252	Any
Mantik	Huge	Monstrosity	Lawful Evil	9	CC	262	Badlands
Murgrik	Large	Aberration	Chaotic Evil	9	ToB2	263	Swamp
Myrmex, Speaker	Large	Elemental	Neutral Good	9	ToB3	284	Planar, Underground
Mytholabe	Large	Construct	Unaligned	9	CC	271	Any
Necrotech, Bonecage Constrictor	Huge	Undead	Neutral Evil	9	ToB3	287	Any
Nharyth	Huge	Aberration	Chaotic Evil	9	ToB2	269	Underground
Oasis Keeper	Huge	Monstrosity	Unaligned	9	ToB2	273	Desert, Underwater
Oozasis	Gargantuan	Ooze	Unaligned	9	ToB1	310	Desert, Swamp
Ooze, Sinoper	Medium	Ooze	Unaligned	9	ToB3	310	Urban
Pelagic Blush Worm	Gargantuan	Monstrosity	Unaligned	9	ToB3	313	Underwater
Pine Doom	Huge	Plant	Neutral	9	ToB2	295	Arctic, Forest
Plague Spirit	Medium	Fey	Unaligned	9	ToB2	296	Any
Rakshasa, Slayer	Medium	Fiend	Lawful Evil	9	ToB3	330	Urban
Righteous Sentinel	Large	Construct	Lawful Good	9	ToB2	307	Urban
Shadow River Lord	Medium	Undead	Neutral Evil	9	CC	327	Forest, Underwater
Shriekbat	Huge	Monstrosity	Unaligned	9	ToB2	325	Underground
Shukankor	Huge	Aberration	Chaotic Evil	9	ToB2	326	Badlands, Desert, Grassland
Skeleton, Monarch	Medium	Undead	Neutral Evil	9	CC	341	Any
Skeleton, Vine Troll	Large	Plant	Unaligned	9	ToB1	351	Any
Spider, Ghostwalk	Large	Monstrosity	Neutral Evil	9	ToB1	361	Badlands, Forests
Star-Nosed Diopsid	Large	Aberration	Lawful Evil	9	ToB3	355	Forest, Grassland
Stargazer	Huge	Monstrosity	Unaligned	9	ToB3	354	Badlands, Coastal, Desert
Thornheart Guardian	Large	Construct	Lawful Evil	9	ToB2	346	Forest, Swamp
Truant Devourer	Medium	Undead	Any	9	ToB3	378	Planar
Ushabti	Large	Construct	Unaligned	9	ToB1	394	Ruins, Underground
Warmth Thief	Tiny	Fey	Neutral Evil	9	ToB2	366	Arctic
Wickerman	Huge	Construct	Neutral Evil	9	CC	380	Forest
Wraith Bear	Large	Undead	Chaotic Evil	9	ToB2	375	Forest
Alazai	Large	Elemental	Chaotic Neutral	10	ToB3	15	Badlands, Desert
Algorith	Medium	Construct	Lawful Evil	10	ToB1	14	Any
Animal Lord, Toad King	Medium	Fey	Neutral	10	ToB2	22	Swamp
Aphasian Abomination	Large	Construct	Unaligned	10	ToB3	39	Badlands
Belu	Huge	Giant	Chaotic Good	10	ToB3	55	Forest, Swamp
Blood Flurry	Medium	Aberration	Neutral Evil	10	ToB3	63	Arctic
Bone Swarm	Large	Undead	Chaotic Evil	10	ToB1	41	Any
Catonoctrix	Large	Aberration	Neutral Evil	10	ToB3	75	Badlands, Planar
Colláis	Large	Monstrosity	Neutral	10	ToB2	69	Forest
Conjoined Queen	Large	Monstrosity	Chaotic Neutral	10	ToB2	70	Underground, Urban
Demon, Rubezahl	Medium	Fiend	Chaotic Evil	10	ToB1	80	Any
Demon, Spawn of Hriggala	Huge	Fiend	Chaotic Evil	10	ToB2	89	Planar
Despair and Anger	Large	Celestial	Neutral Evil	10	ToB3	116	Planar
Devil, Automata	Large	Fiend	Lawful Evil	10	ToB1	102	Any
Dragon, Blue, Zombie, Young	Large	Undead	Neutral Evil	10	ToB2	385	Any
Drudge Pitcher	Huge	Plant	Unaligned	10	ToB3	161	Forest
Elf, Alchemist Archer	Medium	Humanoid	Any	10	CC	141	Any
Fabricator	Large	Construct	Neutral	10	ToB2	138	Any
Fear Smith (Fiarsídhe)	Medium	Fey	Chaotic Neutral	10	ToB1	181	Any
Field Commander	Medium	Humanoid	Any	10	ToB3	406	Any
Forgotten Regent	Medium	Undead	Lawful Neutral	10	ToB3	187	Arctic, Mountains
Frostjack	Medium	Fey	Neutral Evil	10	ToB3	189	Arctic
Ghost Knight Templar	Medium	Undead	Lawful Evil	10	ToB3	196	Farmland, Urban
Giant, Cave	Huge	Giant	Chaotic Evil	10	CC	182	Underground
Golem, Altar Flame	Large	Construct	Neutral	10	CC	193	Urban
Golem, Doom	Large	Construct	Unaligned	10	CC	197	Any
Golem, Dragonflesh	Large	Construct	Unaligned	10	ToB2	180	Any
Golem, Salt	Large	Construct	Unaligned	10	ToB1	235	Desert, Underwater
Grave Behemoth	Huge	Undead	Neutral Evil	10	CC	208	Any
Hundun	Large	Celestial	Chaotic Good	10	ToB1	253	Any
Hydra, Chameleon	Huge	Monstrosity	Unaligned	10	ToB2	208	Forest
Incinis	Large	Elemental	Neutral Evil	10	CC	226	Mountains
Kelp Eel	Huge	Plant	Unaligned	10	ToB2	227	Underwater
Kobold, Empyrean	Small	Celestial	Neutral	10	ToB3	253	Any
Kobold, Leviathan Hunter	Medium	Humanoid	Chaotic Neutral	10	ToB3	255	Coastal, Underwater
Kobold, Planes Hunter	Small	Humanoid	Neutral	10	ToB3	256	Planar
Lamassu	Large	Celestial	Lawful Good	10	CC	247	Badlands, Desert
Luck Leech	Medium	Fey	Neutral Evil	10	ToB2	241	Urban
Malleable, Major	Huge	Aberration	Chaotic Evil	10	ToB2	254	Any
Nightgaunt	Large	Aberration	Lawful Evil	10	CC	277	Planar
Nyctli Swarm	Large	Fey	Chaotic Evil	10	ToB2	271	Forest
Oaken Sentinel	Huge	Plant	Unaligned	10	ToB3	293	Forest
Ooze, Foxfire	Large	Ooze	Unaligned	10	CC	283	Forest, Grassland, Swamp
Ooze, Shoal	Gargantuan	Ooze	Unaligned	10	ToB3	308	Underwater
Peat Mammoth	Huge	Plant	Neutral	10	ToB2	293	Swamp
Pumpkin King	Huge	Fey	Chaotic Neutral	10	ToB2	298	Farmland, Forest
Qiqirn, Tormented	Large	Fiend	Chaotic Evil	10	ToB2	302	Arctic
Runeswarm	Large	Construct	Unaligned	10	ToB2	310	Any, Arctic
Sathaq Worm	Huge	Elemental	Neutral Evil	10	ToB1	337	Desert, Ruins, Underground, Swamp
Scarab, Suncatcher	Gargantuan	Beast	Unaligned	10	ToB3	338	Desert, Underground
Theullai	Huge	Elemental	Chaotic Neutral	10	ToB1	379	Any
Underworld Sentinel	Huge	Undead	Neutral	10	ToB3	381	Underground, Urban
Vampire, Patrician	Medium	Undead	Lawful Evil	10	CC	365	Urban
Void Knight	Medium	Construct	Lawful Evil	10	ToB3	386	Any
Wandering Haze	Gargantuan	Ooze	Unaligned	10	ToB3	389	Mountains
Abominable Beauty	Medium	Fey	Neutral Evil	11	ToB1	11	Any
Angel, Pelagic Deva	Medium	Celestial	Neutral Good	11	ToB3	27	Planar, Underwater
Baba Yaga's Horsemen	Medium	Fey	Lawful Neutral	11	ToB1	29	Any
Black Crier	Medium	Undead	Neutral	11	ToB2	42	Farmland, Urban
Black Shuck	Large	Fiend	Chaotic Evil	11	ToB3	59	Farmland
Broodmother of Leng	Huge	Aberration	Chaotic Evil	11	ToB2	52	Planar
Buraq	Medium	Celestial	Lawful Good	11	ToB1	48	Any
Clockwork Tactician	Medium	Construct	Lawful Neutral	11	ToB3	90	Urban
Corpse Mound	Huge	Undead	Neutral Evil	11	ToB1	69	Any
Demon, Berstuc	Large	Fiend	Chaotic Evil	11	ToB1	76	Any
Demon, Leech	Large	Fiend	Chaotic Evil	11	ToB3	110	Swamp
Devil, Koralk (Harvester Devil)	Large	Fiend	Lawful Evil	11	ToB1	108	Any
Dinosaur, Thundercall Hadrosaur	Huge	Monstrosity	Unaligned	11	ToB3	129	Farmland, Grassland, Swamp
Dragon, Ghost	Large	Undead	Any	11	CC	170	Any
Dragon, Imperial, Young	Large	Dragon	Neutral	11	ToB2	117	Coastal, Underwater
Dragon, Sand Young	Large	Dragon	Neutral Evil	11	ToB3	147	Badlands, Desert
Dragonborn, Ouroban	Medium	Humanoid	Neutral Evil	11	CC	125	Any
Drake, Crater	Small	Dragon	Neutral Evil	11	ToB2	120	Badlands
Drake, Riptide	Large	Dragon	Lawful Evil	11	ToB3	155	Coastal, Underwater
Dryad, Mountain	Huge	Fey	Neutral	11	ToB2	130	Hills, Mountains
Dullahan	Large	Fey	Unaligned	11	ToB1	161	Any
Ecstatic Bloom	Huge	Celestial	Neutral Good	11	CC	303	Any
Elf, Shadow Fey Poisoner	Medium	Humanoid	Neutral	11	CC	148	Underground, Urban
Fey Lady, Mother Moth	Medium	Fey	Neutral	11	ToB3	179	Forest, Planar
Flying Polyp	Huge	Aberration	Chaotic Evil	11	CC	162	Planar
Giant, Void	Huge	Giant	Chaotic Neutral	11	CC	187	Mountains, Planar
Glacial Crawler	Huge	Aberration	Unaligned	11	ToB3	209	Arctic, Coastal, Underwater
Goblin Siege Engine	Huge	Construct	Unaligned	11	ToB3	211	Any
Golem, Eye	Large	Construct	Unaligned	11	ToB1	233	Any
Grim Jester	Medium	Undead	Chaotic Evil	11	ToB1	240	Any
Grivid	Large	Aberration	Neutral	11	ToB3	221	Badlands, Grassland
Hag, Blood	Medium	Fey	Chaotic Evil	11	ToB1	242	Any
Herald of Slaughter	Large	Fiend	Chaotic Evil	11	ToB2	198	Urban
Herald of the Void	Large	Fiend	Chaotic Evil	11	ToB2	199	Planar
Herald of Undeath	Large	Undead	Lawful Evil	11	CC	219	Farmland, Urban
Ichneumon	Large	Monstrosity	Unaligned	11	CC	224	Hills, Mountains, Underground
Imperator	Huge	Monstrosity	Neutral	11	ToB3	243	Arctic, Underwater
Kobold, Ghost Hunter	Small	Humanoid	Neutral	11	ToB3	254	Any
Mouse King	Small	Fey	Neutral	11	CC	29	Urban
Naina	Large	Dragon	Lawful Evil	11	ToB1	302	Any
Thorned Sulfurlord	Huge	Fiend	Chaotic Evil	11	CC	306	Any
Valkyrie	Medium	Celestial	Neutral	11	ToB1	396	Any
Vampiric Knight	Medium	Undead	Neutral Evil	11	CC	369	Any
Vesiculosa	Gargantuan	Plant	Unaligned	11	ToB1	399	Badlands, Desert
Voidling	Large	Aberration	Chaotic Evil	11	ToB1	404	Any
Wendigo	Medium	Monstrosity	Chaotic Evil	11	CC	377	Arctic, Farmland, Mountains
Xing Tian	Huge	Giant	Neutral	11	ToB2	376	Forest, Hills
Ychen Bannog	Gargantuan	Beast	Unaligned	11	ToB1	413	Forests, Hills, Mountains
Aboleth, Nihileth	Large	Undead	Chaotic Evil	12	ToB1	8	Any
Akkorokamui	Gargantuan	Celestial	Chaotic Good	12	ToB3	11	Coastal, Underwater
Angel, Angelic Enforcer	Large	Celestial	Lawful Good	12	ToB2	17	Planar
Boneshard Wraith	Medium	Undead	Neutral Evil	12	ToB2	46	Badlands
Chronomatic Enhancer	Large	Construct	Unaligned	12	ToB2	64	Urban
Demon Lord, Akyishigal, of Cockroaches	Large	Fiend	Chaotic Evil	12	ToB1	82	Any
Demon, Culicoid	Large	Fiend	Chaotic Evil	12	ToB2	94	Planar, Swamp
Demon, Maha	Medium	Fiend	Chaotic Evil	12	ToB3	111	Arctic
Derendian Moth Abomination	Huge	Monstrosity	Neutral Evil	12	ToB2	96	Forest
Devil, Chort	Medium	Fiend	Lawful Evil	12	ToB1	104	Any
Devil, Maelstrom	Large	Fiend	Lawful Evil	12	ToB3	122	Coastal, Planar, Underwater
Devouring Angel	Large	Aberration	Neutral	12	ToB3	125	Planar
Dragon Eel	Huge	Dragon	Neutral	12	ToB1	146	Ruins, Underground, Underwater
Fey Lord, Bear King	Medium	Fey	Lawful Neutral	12	ToB1	186	Forests, Hills
Fey Lord, Reynard	Medium	Fey	Chaotic Neutral	12	CC	156	Forest
First Servant	Medium	Humanoid	Any	12	ToB3	407	Any
Flutterflesh	Large	Undead	Chaotic Evil	12	ToB1	203	Any
Galidroo	Huge	Monstrosity	Neutral Evil	12	ToB2	161	Badlands, Underground
Ghoul, Bonepowder	Small	Undead	Neutral Evil	12	ToB1	214	Ruins, Underground
Giant, Lantern	Huge	Giant	Neutral	12	ToB3	204	Underwater
Glacier Behemoth	Huge	Beast	Unaligned	12	ToB2	177	Arctic
Golem, Hoard	Huge	Construct	Unaligned	12	ToB1	234	Any
Gug	Huge	Giant	Neutral Evil	12	ToB1	241	Ruins, Underground
Herald of Blood	Huge	Fiend	Neutral Evil	12	ToB1	248	Any
Herald of Fire	Large	Dragon	Lawful Evil	12	CC	215	Any
Horned Serpent	Large	Monstrosity	Unaligned	12	CC	220	Forest, Grassland, Swamp
Illhveli, Kembingur	Gargantuan	Monstrosity	Chaotic Evil	12	ToB2	211	Underwater
Infernal Swarm	Huge	Fiend	Lawful Evil	12	ToB2	215	Planar
Lich, Virtuoso	Medium	Undead	Any Evil	12	ToB2	237	Urban
Lord of Vultures	Large	Fey	Neutral Good	12	CC	26	Mountains
Mavka	Medium	Undead	Chaotic Evil	12	ToB1	286	Any
Necrotech, Death Barque	Gargantuan	Undead	Neutral Evil	12	ToB2	268	Underwater
Ooze, Scintillating	Large	Ooze	Neutral	12	ToB3	307	Farmland, Underground, Urban
Queen of Serpents	Medium	Fey	Lawful Neutral	12	CC	34	Mountains
Satarre, Lord of the Satarre	Large	Fiend	Neutral Evil	12	ToB2	317	Planar
Shoth, Droth	Huge	Aberration	Lawful Neutral	12	CC	333	Planar
Skein Witch	Medium	Celestial	Neutral	12	ToB1	349	Any
Son of Fenris	Huge	Monstrosity	Chaotic Evil	12	ToB1	355	Any
Stellar Rorqual	Gargantuan	Aberration	Neutral	12	ToB2	338	Planar
Thrummren	Gargantuan	Celestial	Chaotic Good	12	ToB2	347	Mountains
Titan, Ancient	Gargantuan	Celestial	Neutral Good	12	ToB1	380	Any
Titanoboa	Gargantuan	Beast	Unaligned	12	ToB1	382	Forests
Tosculi, Hive-Queen	Large	Monstrosity	Lawful Evil	12	ToB1	385	Desert, Grassland, Hills
Undead Phoenix	Huge	Undead	Chaotic Evil	12	CC	361	Any
Venom Maw Hydra	Huge	Monstrosity	Unaligned	12	CC	370	Swamp
Angel, Kalkydra	Huge	Celestial	Lawful Good	13	ToB3	26	Planar
Angel, Shrouded	Medium	Celestial	Chaotic Good	13	ToB3	29	Any
Animal Lord, Queen of Scorpions	Medium	Fey	Lawful Evil	13	ToB2	20	Desert
Archon, Siege	Huge	Celestial	Lawful Good	13	ToB3	42	Planar, Urban
Bat King	Small	Fey	Neutral	13	CC	22	Urban
Bonespitter	Gargantuan	Monstrosity	Unaligned	13	ToB2	47	Grassland
Cambium	Large	Fiend	Neutral Evil	13	ToB1	51	Ruins, Underground, Urban
Carnivorous Ship	Gargantuan	Monstrosity	Neutral	13	ToB2	56	Underwater
Chaos Raptor	Gargantuan	Monstrosity	Chaotic Neutral	13	ToB3	81	Mountains
Clockwork Archon	Gargantuan	Construct	Unaligned	13	ToB2	65	Urban
Demon Lord, Chittr'k'k, of Rats	Medium	Fiend	Chaotic Evil	13	CC	76	Planar
Devil Shark	Gargantuan	Monstrosity	Neutral Evil	13	CC	98	Underwater
Devil, Devilflame Juggler	Large	Fiend	Lawful Evil	13	ToB3	119	Planar
Devil, Infernal Tutor	Medium	Fiend	Lawful Evil	13	ToB3	120	Hills, Mountains, Planar
Devil, Orobas	Large	Fiend	Lawful Evil	13	ToB1	111	Any
Dinosaur, Spinosaurus	Gargantuan	Beast	Unaligned	13	ToB1	116	Forests, Swamp
Dinosaur, Tricenatorus	Huge	Monstrosity	Unaligned	13	ToB2	109	Forest
Elemental, Storm Lord	Huge	Elemental	Neutral	13	CC	139	Coastal, Underwater
Equitox	Large	Fiend	Chaotic Evil	13	ToB3	171	Coastal, Farmland, Swamp
Fey Lady, Countess of Garlands	Medium	Fey	Chaotic Neutral	13	ToB3	177	Forest
Fiend Lord, Malaabit	Large	Fiend	Neutral Evil	13	ToB3	185	Badlands, Desert, Mountains
Gigantura	Gargantuan	Monstrosity	Unaligned	13	ToB3	208	Underwater
Golem, Steam	Large	Construct	Unaligned	13	ToB1	237	Any
Haugbui	Medium	Undead	Lawful Neutral	13	ToB1	247	Any
Helashruu	Huge	Aberration	Chaotic Evil	13	ToB2	197	Any
Incarnate Gloom	Gargantuan	Undead	Neutral Evil	13	ToB2	213	Any
Life Broker	Medium	Fey	Lawful Neutral	13	ToB3	261	Farmland, Urban
Mask Wight	Medium	Undead	Neutral Evil	13	ToB1	285	Any
Nariphon	Huge	Plant	Neutral	13	ToB3	285	Badlands, Grassland
Nautiloid	Gargantuan	Elemental	Neutral Good	13	ToB3	286	Planar, Underwater
Necrotech, Bone Colossus	Gargantuan	Undead	Chaotic Evil	13	ToB2	267	Any, Underground
Noth-norren	Gargantuan	Elemental	Chaotic Evil	13	ToB2	270	Grassland, Planar
Pustulent Shambler	Gargantuan	Ooze	Unaligned	13	ToB2	299	Any
Salamander Monarch	Large	Elemental	Neutral Evil	13	ToB2	311	Mountains, Planar
Stuhac	Medium	Fiend	Neutral Evil	13	ToB1	370	Hills, Mountains
Tigebra	Large	Monstrosity	Chaotic Evil	13	ToB3	369	Forest, Grassland
Vampire Warlock	Medium	Undead	Lawful Evil	13	ToB1	425	Any
Vampire, Psychic	Medium	Undead	Lawful Evil	13	ToB2	357	Urban
Angel, Uridimmu	Large	Celestial	Lawful Good	14	ToB2	19	Planar
Azi Dahaka	Huge	Dragon	Chaotic Evil	14	CC	45	Mountains
Butatsch	Gargantuan	Aberration	Chaotic Neutral	14	ToB2	54	Mountains, Underwater
Cherufe	Huge	Elemental	Chaotic Evil	14	ToB2	61	Mountains, Underground
Demon, Baliri	Medium	Fiend	Chaotic Evil	14	ToB2	93	Planar
Dragon, Clockwork, Three-Headed	Huge	Construct	Unaligned	14	CC	113	Urban
Dragon, Mithral, Adult	Huge	Dragon	Neutral	14	ToB1	133	Mountains
Dragon, Void, Adult	Huge	Dragon	Chaotic Neutral	14	ToB1	139	Badlands, Mountains
Drake, Liminal	Large	Dragon	Neutral Evil	14	ToB2	126	Planar
Giant, Cave, Shaman	Huge	Giant	Chaotic Evil	14	ToB2	171	Underground
Golem, Smaragdine	Large	Construct	Unaligned	14	ToB1	236	Any
Graknork	Gargantuan	Monstrosity	Unaligned	14	ToB2	182	Arctic
Grimmlet Swarm	Large	Monstrosity	Unaligned	14	ToB2	187	Badlands
Howler of the Hill	Large	Aberration	Neutral Evil	14	ToB3	236	Farmland, Planar
Isonade	Gargantuan	Monstrosity	Chaotic Neutral	14	ToB1	257	Underwater
Khodumodumo	Gargantuan	Monstrosity	Unaligned	14	ToB2	229	Badlands, Hills
Queen of Birds	Large	Fey	Chaotic Neutral	14	CC	31	Mountains
Shetani	Medium	Fiend	Neutral Evil	14	ToB3	343	Desert, Grassland
Sphinx, Gypsosphinx	Large	Monstrosity	Neutral Evil	14	ToB1	359	Desert, Grassland, Ruins, Underground
Zmey	Huge	Dragon	Chaotic Evil	14	ToB1	416	Forests
Andrenjinyi	Gargantuan	Celestial	Neutral	15	ToB1	17	Any
Animated Instrument, Symphony	Gargantuan	Construct	Neutral	15	ToB3	37	Urban
Arbeyach's Herald, Ia'Affrat	Large	Elemental	Lawful Evil	15	ToB1	98	Any
Chimera, Royal	Huge	Monstrosity	Neutral Evil	15	ToB3	83	Badlands, Forest
Cosmic Symphony	Large	Celestial	Unaligned	15	ToB3	96	Planar
Drake, Star	Large	Dragon	Neutral	15	ToB1	156	Hills, Mountains
Fey Lady, Mistress of Midnight Teeth	Small	Fey	Neutral Evil	15	ToB2	146	Forest, Planar, Urban
Fey Lord, Commander of Horn and Gold	Medium	Fey	Lawful Neutral	15	ToB2	144	Mountains, Planar
Forest Emperor	Huge	Aberration	Neutral Evil	15	ToB2	155	Forest, Mountains
Giant, Shadow	Huge	Giant	Chaotic Evil	15	ToB2	173	Planar
Herald of the Great Wyrm	Large	Dragon	Lawful Neutral	15	CC	217	Any
Hvalfiskr	Huge	Giant	Lawful Neutral	15	ToB3	237	Arctic, Underwater
Lich, Pact	Medium	Undead	Any Evil	15	CC	254	Any
Malmbjorn	Huge	Monstrosity	Unaligned	15	ToB3	267	Hills, Mountains
Mordant Snare	Gargantuan	Aberration	Chaotic Evil	15	ToB1	296	Ruins, Underground
Queen of Cats	Large	Fey	Chaotic Good	15	CC	33	Urban
Rakshasa, Greater	Medium	Fiend	Lawful Evil	15	CC	312	Urban
Slow Storm	Huge	Elemental	Chaotic Neutral	15	ToB1	353	Any
Snallygaster	Huge	Aberration	Unaligned	15	ToB3	348	Hills, Mountains
Star-Spawn of Cthulhu	Large	Fiend	Chaotic Evil	15	ToB1	368	Any
Timingila	Gargantuan	Monstrosity	Neutral Evil	15	ToB2	349	Underwater
Whisperer in Darkness	Medium	Aberration	Neutral Evil	15	CC	378	Planar
Yaojing	Medium	Celestial	Neutral Good	15	ToB2	377	Farmland, Forest, Mountains
Angel, Ophanim	Large	Celestial	Lawful Good	16	CC	18	Planar
Arcane Leviathan	Gargantuan	Construct	Unaligned	16	ToB3	40	Underwater
Brother Ox	Huge	Fey	Lawful Neutral	16	CC	25	Hills, Mountains
Cave Sovereign	Huge	Aberration	Chaotic Evil	16	ToB3	78	Underground
Demon Lord, Bathael, The Exiled Lord	Huge	Fiend	Chaotic Evil	16	ToB2	87	Planar
Devil, Infernal Knight	Medium	Fiend	Lawful Evil	16	CC	104	Any
Devil, Nephirron	Huge	Fiend	Lawful Evil	16	ToB2	104	Planar
Dragon, Cave, Adult	Huge	Dragon	Neutral Evil	16	ToB1	125	Ruins, Underground
Dragon, Flame, Adult	Huge	Dragon	Chaotic Evil	16	ToB1	129	Mountains, Ruins, Underground
Dragon, Light, Adult	Huge	Dragon	Neutral Good	16	CC	114	Any
Dragon, Prismatic Adult	Huge	Dragon	Neutral	16	ToB3	142	Underground
Dragon, Sea, Adult	Huge	Dragon	Neutral Evil	16	ToB1	135	Underwater
Fey Lady, Berchta	Medium	Fey	Lawful Neutral	16	CC	154	Farmland, Forest, Urban
Fey Lady, Snow Queen	Medium	Fey	Neutral Evil	16	ToB1	198	Any
Fey Lord, River King	Medium	Fey	Chaotic Neutral	16	ToB1	196	Underwater
Illhveli, Nauthveli	Gargantuan	Monstrosity	Chaotic Evil	16	ToB2	212	Underwater
Linnorm, Vent	Gargantuan	Dragon	Neutral Evil	16	ToB2	239	Underwater
Malleable, Massive	Gargantuan	Aberration	Chaotic Evil	16	ToB2	255	Any
Primordial Surge	Gargantuan	Elemental	Neutral	16	ToB3	320	Any
Barong	Large	Celestial	Lawful Good	17	CC	49	Planar
Boreas	Medium	Elemental	Chaotic Evil	17	ToB1	42	Any
Demon Lord, Rangda, of Witches	Large	Fiend	Chaotic Evil	17	CC	79	Planar
Dragon, Boreal, Adult	Huge	Dragon	Chaotic Neutral	17	ToB2	111	Arctic
Dragon, Wasteland, Adult	Huge	Dragon	Chaotic Evil	17	CC	118	Badlands, Hills
Dragon, Wind, Adult	Huge	Dragon	Chaotic Evil	17	ToB1	143	Grassland, Mountains
Elemental Locus	Gargantuan	Elemental	Neutral	17	ToB1	169	Any
Fey Lady, Queen of Witches	Large	Fey	Neutral	17	ToB1	194	Any
Fey Lord, Moonlit King	Medium	Fey	Neutral Good	17	ToB1	190	Any
Koschei	Medium	Fiend	Neutral Evil	17	ToB1	266	Any
Master of Demon Mountain	Medium	Humanoid	Lawful Evil	17	CC	264	Mountains
Sinstar	Tiny	Plant	Lawful Evil	17	ToB3	345	Hills, Mountains, Planar
Urochar (Strangling Watcher)	Huge	Aberration	Chaotic Evil	17	ToB1	393	Ruins, Underground
Angel, Angel of Judgment	Huge	Celestial	Neutral	18	ToB2	16	Planar
Animal Lord, Queen of Mammoths	Huge	Fey	Chaotic Good	18	ToB3	32	Arctic, Grassland, Hills
Demon, Kogukhpak	Huge	Fiend	Chaotic Evil	18	ToB3	109	Arctic, Underground
Dragon, Mithral, Ancient	Gargantuan	Dragon	Neutral	18	ToB1	132	Mountains
Dragon, Sand Adult	Huge	Dragon	Neutral Evil	18	ToB3	146	Badlands, Desert
Fey Lord, of the Hunt	Medium	Fey	Lawful Neutral	18	ToB1	188	Any
Golem, War Machine	Gargantuan	Construct	Unaligned	18	CC	205	Any
Lava Keeper	Huge	Elemental	Lawful Neutral	18	ToB2	235	Hills, Mountains
Bone Lord	Huge	Undead	Neutral Evil	19	ToB3	65	Any
Dawnfly	Gargantuan	Beast	Unaligned	19	ToB3	104	Badlands, Coastal, Swamp
Demon Lord, Chemosh, of Conquest	Huge	Fiend	Chaotic Evil	19	CC	75	Planar
Devil, Arch Devil, Poena, Duke of Retribution	Large	Fiend	Lawful Evil	19	ToB2	99	Planar
Dragon, Felid	Huge	Dragon	Neutral	19	ToB2	143	Forest, Grassland, Mountains, Underground
Giant, Hraesvelgr, The Corpse Swallower	Huge	Giant	Neutral	19	ToB1	224	Any
Living Star	Huge	Celestial	Any	19	CC	256	Any
Shoggoth	Huge	Aberration	Chaotic Neutral	19	ToB1	347	Any
Angel, Zirnitran	Huge	Celestial	Neutral Good	20	ToB3	31	Mountains, Planar
Baba Yaga	Medium	Fey	Chaotic Neutral	20	CC	46	Forest
Demon Lord, Rhopalocerex, Lord of Deception	Large	Fiend	Chaotic Evil	20	ToB2	90	Planar
Dragon, Imperial, Adult	Huge	Dragon	Neutral	20	ToB2	115	Coastal, Underwater
Emperor of the Ghouls	Medium	Undead	Neutral Evil	20	ToB1	218	Ruins, Underground, Urban
Harbinger of Wrath	Gargantuan	Construct	Chaotic Evil	20	ToB2	193	Planar
Ankou Soul Herald	Gargantuan	Dragon	Neutral	21	CC	37	Any
Arch-Devil, Arbeyach	Large	Fiend	Lawful Evil	21	ToB1	95	Any
Demon Lord, Alquam, of Night	Huge	Fiend	Chaotic Evil	21	ToB1	84	Any
Dragon, Prismatic Ancient	Gargantuan	Dragon	Neutral	21	ToB3	141	Underground
Dread Examiner	Large	Aberration	Neutral Evil	21	ToB3	159	Any
Fey Lady, Coral Queen	Medium	Fey	Chaotic Neutral	21	ToB3	175	Coastal, Underwater
Fey Lady, Queen of Night and Magic	Medium	Fey	Neutral Evil	21	ToB1	192	Any
Fey Lord, Rainforest King	Medium	Fey	Neutral Good	21	ToB3	181	Forest
Giant, Mountain	Gargantuan	Giant	Neutral Evil	21	CC	185	Mountains
Gugalanna	Huge	Celestial	Chaotic Good	21	CC	213	Planar
Primordial Matriarch	Gargantuan	Elemental	Neutral	21	ToB3	318	Mountains, Planar
Shadow of Death	Large	Celestial	Chaotic Evil	21	ToB2	323	Any
Shoth, Avatar of	Gargantuan	Aberration	Lawful Neutral	21	CC	332	Planar
Simian, Monkey King	Medium	Celestial	Neutral	21	CC	337	Farmland, Forest, Urban
Angel, Archangel Hala’ath	Huge	Celestial	Lawful Good	22	ToB3	22	Planar
Arch-Devil, Belphegor, Hell's Inventor	Huge	Fiend	Lawful Evil	22	CC	100	Planar
Demon Lord, Camazotz, of Bats and Fire	Large	Fiend	Chaotic Evil	22	ToB1	85	Any
Demon Lord, Typhon, Father of Monsters	Gargantuan	Fiend	Chaotic Evil	22	CC	81	Planar
Dragon, Light, Ancient	Gargantuan	Dragon	Neutral Good	22	CC	116	Any
Dragon, Sea, Ancient	Gargantuan	Dragon	Neutral Evil	22	ToB1	135	Underwater
Dragon, Wind, Ancient	Gargantuan	Dragon	Chaotic Evil	22	ToB1	142	Grassland, Mountains
Fiend Lord, Abhaddanayla	Medium	Fiend	Lawful Evil	22	ToB3	183	Mountains, Planar
Giant, Jotun	Gargantuan	Giant	Chaotic Neutral	22	ToB1	226	Grassland, Hills, Mountains
Angel, Archangel Iilari’jil	Large	Celestial	Chaotic Good	23	ToB3	24	Any
Demon Lord, Hriggala, Jaws of Vardesain	Huge	Fiend	Chaotic Evil	23	ToB2	88	Planar
Demon Lord, Qorgeth, of the Devouring Worm	Gargantuan	Fiend	Chaotic Evil	23	ToB1	90	Any
Dragon, Sand Ancient	Gargantuan	Dragon	Neutral Evil	23	ToB3	145	Badlands, Desert
Dragon, Wasteland, Ancient	Gargantuan	Dragon	Chaotic Evil	23	CC	120	Badlands, Hills
Devil, Arch Devil, The Curator, Hell's Collector	Large	Fiend	Lawful Evil	24	ToB2	100	Planar
Devil, Arch-Devil Totivillus, Scribe of Hell	Medium	Fiend	Lawful Evil	24	ToB1	101	Any
Devil, Arch-Devil, Iorvensiav	Gargantuan	Fiend	Lawful Evil	24	ToB3	117	Arctic, Planar
Dragon, Boreal, Ancient	Gargantuan	Dragon	Chaotic Neutral	24	ToB2	110	Arctic
Dragon, Flame, Ancient	Gargantuan	Dragon	Chaotic Evil	24	ToB1	128	Mountains, Ruins, Underground
Dragon, Void, Ancient	Gargantuan	Dragon	Chaotic Neutral	24	ToB1	138	Badlands, Mountains
Arch-Devil, Parzelon, King of Secrets	Huge	Fiend	Lawful Evil	25	CC	101	Planar
Devil, Arch-Devil Mammon	Huge	Fiend	Lawful Evil	25	ToB1	99	Any
Dragon, Imperial, Ancient	Gargantuan	Dragon	Neutral	26	ToB2	115	Coastal, Underwater
Zaratan	Gargantuan	Monstrosity	Unaligned	26	ToB1	414	Underwater
Demon Lord, Mechuiti, of Apes	Gargantuan	Fiend	Chaotic Evil	27	ToB1	88	Any
Degmadu	Gargantuan	Monstrosity	Chaotic Neutral	28	ToB2	84	Underground
Demon Lord, Alsikaya, Screeching Mother of Volcanoes	Huge	Fiend	Any Evil	28	ToB2	85	Planar
Godslayer	Huge	Construct	Unaligned	30	ToB3	212	Any

Necromancer Games, 5th Edition Foes, CR 10+

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From Frog God Games: Tome of Horrors, CR 9+

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From Asian Monsters 5e, CR 10+

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From Latin American Monsters 53, CR 9+

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[Maxperson]

Below are listed higher level monsters in a number of third-party bestiaries that might help you in your decision on whether they are of interest to you. I put the lists in spoiler tags to avoid an overly long post.

All monsters CR 9+ in Kobold Press's Tome of Beasts 1, 2, and 3; and Creature Codex

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Monster	Size	Type	Alignment	CR	Source	Page	Terrain
Ammut	Large	Celestial	Neutral	9	CC	15	Badlands, Desert
Animated Offal	Huge	Ooze	Unaligned	9	ToB3	38	Any
Anzu	Large	Monstrosity	Neutral	9	ToB2	26	Desert, Grassland, Mountains
Arcane Scavenger	Large	Construct	Neutral	9	ToB3	41	Badlands
Archon, Ursan	Large	Celestial	Chaotic Good	9	ToB3	43	Any
Ash Phoenix	Large	Undead	Neutral Evil	9	ToB2	28	Any
Aurora Horribilis	Large	Aberration	Chaotic Neutral	9	ToB2	34	Arctic
Bukavac	Large	Monstrosity	Neutral Evil	9	ToB1	47	Forests, Swamp
Chaos Creeper	Medium	Plant	Chaotic Neutral	9	ToB3	80	Hills
Clockwork Scorpion	Large	Construct	Unaligned	9	ToB3	89	Urban
Coastline Reaper	Large	Monstrosity	Unaligned	9	ToB3	92	Coastal, Underwater
Cultist, Psychophant	Medium	Humanoid	Any Non-Good	9	ToB3	405	Any
Demon, Alnaar	Large	Fiend	Chaotic Evil	9	CC	82	Planar
Demon, Fulad-Zereh	Huge	Fiend	Chaotic Evil	9	CC	85	Planar
Demon, Malakbel	Medium	Fiend	Chaotic Evil	9	ToB1	78	Any
Demon, Yek Alpha	Medium	Fiend	Chaotic Evil	9	CC	95	Any
Devilbound Gnomish Prince	Small	Humanoid	Any Evil	9	ToB1	420	Any
Dimensional Shambler	Large	Aberration	Neutral Evil	9	ToB2	107	Planar
Dragon, Flame, Young	Large	Dragon	Chaotic Evil	9	ToB1	130	Mountains, Ruins, Underground
Dragon, Sea, Young	Large	Dragon	Neutral Evil	9	ToB1	136	Mountains, Underwater
Dragon, Void, Young	Large	Dragon	Chaotic Neutral	9	ToB1	140	Mountains
Dragon, Wasteland, Young	Large	Dragon	Chaotic Evil	9	CC	118	Badlands, Hills
Drake, Deep	Large	Dragon	Chaotic Evil	9	ToB1	152	Ruins, Underground
Drake, Reef	Huge	Dragon	Neutral Evil	9	ToB3	154	Coastal, Underwater
Drake, Spider	Large	Dragon	Lawful Evil	9	CC	133	Underground
Eater of Dust (Yakat-shi)	Medium	Aberration	Neutral Evil	9	ToB1	164	Any
Elf, Shadow Fey Ambassador	Medium	Humanoid	Lawful Evil	9	CC	145	Underground, Urban
Flame-Scourged Scion	Huge	Aberration	Chaotic Evil	9	CC	159	Badlands, Forest
Fulminar	Large	Elemental	Neutral	9	CC	165	Grassland, Hills, Mountains
Garmvvolf	Huge	Monstrosity	Unaligned	9	ToB3	194	Mountains, Underground
Genie, Al-Aeshma	Large	Elemental	Chaotic Evil	9	ToB1	211	Any
Ghoul, Darakhul Captain	Medium	Undead	Lawful Evil	9	ToB2	166	Underground, Urban
Ghoul, Darakhul High Priestess	Medium	Undead	Neutral Evil	9	CC	172	Underground
Giant, Desert	Huge	Giant	Neutral	9	ToB1	222	Desert
Giant, Hellfire	Huge	Giant	Neutral Good	9	ToB3	203	Mountains, Planar
Giant, Thin	Huge	Giant	Chaotic Evil	9	ToB2	175	Underground, Urban
Golem, Alchemical	Large	Construct	Unaligned	9	CC	192	Any
Golem, Lotus	Large	Construct	Unaligned	9	CC	202	Any
Gulper Behemoth	Gargantuan	Monstrosity	Unaligned	9	ToB2	190	Underwater
Hag, Brine	Medium	Fey	Lawful Evil	9	ToB3	225	Coastal, Underwater
Hag, Wood	Medium	Fey	Neutral Evil	9	ToB3	228	Forest, Hills, Mountains, Swamp
Horakh	Medium	Monstrosity	Neutral	9	ToB1	250	Desert, Grassland, Ruins, Underground
Huli Jing	Medium	Fey	Neutral	9	ToB2	204	Farmland, Urban
Incandescent One	Medium	Celestial	Chaotic Good	9	ToB3	244	Coastal, Underwater
Infested Duelist	Medium	Humanoid	Chaotic Neutral	9	ToB3	409	Any
Jinmenju	Huge	Plant	Chaotic Neutral	9	CC	232	Forest
Kami, Sasori Fukurōwashi	Medium	Fey	Neutral Good	9	ToB2	224	Any, Planar
Keelbreaker Crab	Huge	Monstrosity	Unaligned	9	ToB2	226	Coastal, Underwater
Khargi	Huge	Fiend	Neutral Evil	9	ToB3	251	Badlands
Kirikari	Huge	Monstrosity	Unaligned	9	ToB2	230	Swamp
Kobold War Machine	Large	Construct	Unaligned	9	ToB2	233	Any
Krake Spawn	Huge	Monstrosity	Neutral Evil	9	ToB1	269	Underwater
Külmking	Large	Undead	Chaotic Evil	9	CC	244	Forest, Grassland
Lich, Hierophant	Medium	Undead	Any Evil	9	CC	252	Any
Mantik	Huge	Monstrosity	Lawful Evil	9	CC	262	Badlands
Murgrik	Large	Aberration	Chaotic Evil	9	ToB2	263	Swamp
Myrmex, Speaker	Large	Elemental	Neutral Good	9	ToB3	284	Planar, Underground
Mytholabe	Large	Construct	Unaligned	9	CC	271	Any
Necrotech, Bonecage Constrictor	Huge	Undead	Neutral Evil	9	ToB3	287	Any
Nharyth	Huge	Aberration	Chaotic Evil	9	ToB2	269	Underground
Oasis Keeper	Huge	Monstrosity	Unaligned	9	ToB2	273	Desert, Underwater
Oozasis	Gargantuan	Ooze	Unaligned	9	ToB1	310	Desert, Swamp
Ooze, Sinoper	Medium	Ooze	Unaligned	9	ToB3	310	Urban
Pelagic Blush Worm	Gargantuan	Monstrosity	Unaligned	9	ToB3	313	Underwater
Pine Doom	Huge	Plant	Neutral	9	ToB2	295	Arctic, Forest
Plague Spirit	Medium	Fey	Unaligned	9	ToB2	296	Any
Rakshasa, Slayer	Medium	Fiend	Lawful Evil	9	ToB3	330	Urban
Righteous Sentinel	Large	Construct	Lawful Good	9	ToB2	307	Urban
Shadow River Lord	Medium	Undead	Neutral Evil	9	CC	327	Forest, Underwater
Shriekbat	Huge	Monstrosity	Unaligned	9	ToB2	325	Underground
Shukankor	Huge	Aberration	Chaotic Evil	9	ToB2	326	Badlands, Desert, Grassland
Skeleton, Monarch	Medium	Undead	Neutral Evil	9	CC	341	Any
Skeleton, Vine Troll	Large	Plant	Unaligned	9	ToB1	351	Any
Spider, Ghostwalk	Large	Monstrosity	Neutral Evil	9	ToB1	361	Badlands, Forests
Star-Nosed Diopsid	Large	Aberration	Lawful Evil	9	ToB3	355	Forest, Grassland
Stargazer	Huge	Monstrosity	Unaligned	9	ToB3	354	Badlands, Coastal, Desert
Thornheart Guardian	Large	Construct	Lawful Evil	9	ToB2	346	Forest, Swamp
Truant Devourer	Medium	Undead	Any	9	ToB3	378	Planar
Ushabti	Large	Construct	Unaligned	9	ToB1	394	Ruins, Underground
Warmth Thief	Tiny	Fey	Neutral Evil	9	ToB2	366	Arctic
Wickerman	Huge	Construct	Neutral Evil	9	CC	380	Forest
Wraith Bear	Large	Undead	Chaotic Evil	9	ToB2	375	Forest
Alazai	Large	Elemental	Chaotic Neutral	10	ToB3	15	Badlands, Desert
Algorith	Medium	Construct	Lawful Evil	10	ToB1	14	Any
Animal Lord, Toad King	Medium	Fey	Neutral	10	ToB2	22	Swamp
Aphasian Abomination	Large	Construct	Unaligned	10	ToB3	39	Badlands
Belu	Huge	Giant	Chaotic Good	10	ToB3	55	Forest, Swamp
Blood Flurry	Medium	Aberration	Neutral Evil	10	ToB3	63	Arctic
Bone Swarm	Large	Undead	Chaotic Evil	10	ToB1	41	Any
Catonoctrix	Large	Aberration	Neutral Evil	10	ToB3	75	Badlands, Planar
Colláis	Large	Monstrosity	Neutral	10	ToB2	69	Forest
Conjoined Queen	Large	Monstrosity	Chaotic Neutral	10	ToB2	70	Underground, Urban
Demon, Rubezahl	Medium	Fiend	Chaotic Evil	10	ToB1	80	Any
Demon, Spawn of Hriggala	Huge	Fiend	Chaotic Evil	10	ToB2	89	Planar
Despair and Anger	Large	Celestial	Neutral Evil	10	ToB3	116	Planar
Devil, Automata	Large	Fiend	Lawful Evil	10	ToB1	102	Any
Dragon, Blue, Zombie, Young	Large	Undead	Neutral Evil	10	ToB2	385	Any
Drudge Pitcher	Huge	Plant	Unaligned	10	ToB3	161	Forest
Elf, Alchemist Archer	Medium	Humanoid	Any	10	CC	141	Any
Fabricator	Large	Construct	Neutral	10	ToB2	138	Any
Fear Smith (Fiarsídhe)	Medium	Fey	Chaotic Neutral	10	ToB1	181	Any
Field Commander	Medium	Humanoid	Any	10	ToB3	406	Any
Forgotten Regent	Medium	Undead	Lawful Neutral	10	ToB3	187	Arctic, Mountains
Frostjack	Medium	Fey	Neutral Evil	10	ToB3	189	Arctic
Ghost Knight Templar	Medium	Undead	Lawful Evil	10	ToB3	196	Farmland, Urban
Giant, Cave	Huge	Giant	Chaotic Evil	10	CC	182	Underground
Golem, Altar Flame	Large	Construct	Neutral	10	CC	193	Urban
Golem, Doom	Large	Construct	Unaligned	10	CC	197	Any
Golem, Dragonflesh	Large	Construct	Unaligned	10	ToB2	180	Any
Golem, Salt	Large	Construct	Unaligned	10	ToB1	235	Desert, Underwater
Grave Behemoth	Huge	Undead	Neutral Evil	10	CC	208	Any
Hundun	Large	Celestial	Chaotic Good	10	ToB1	253	Any
Hydra, Chameleon	Huge	Monstrosity	Unaligned	10	ToB2	208	Forest
Incinis	Large	Elemental	Neutral Evil	10	CC	226	Mountains
Kelp Eel	Huge	Plant	Unaligned	10	ToB2	227	Underwater
Kobold, Empyrean	Small	Celestial	Neutral	10	ToB3	253	Any
Kobold, Leviathan Hunter	Medium	Humanoid	Chaotic Neutral	10	ToB3	255	Coastal, Underwater
Kobold, Planes Hunter	Small	Humanoid	Neutral	10	ToB3	256	Planar
Lamassu	Large	Celestial	Lawful Good	10	CC	247	Badlands, Desert
Luck Leech	Medium	Fey	Neutral Evil	10	ToB2	241	Urban
Malleable, Major	Huge	Aberration	Chaotic Evil	10	ToB2	254	Any
Nightgaunt	Large	Aberration	Lawful Evil	10	CC	277	Planar
Nyctli Swarm	Large	Fey	Chaotic Evil	10	ToB2	271	Forest
Oaken Sentinel	Huge	Plant	Unaligned	10	ToB3	293	Forest
Ooze, Foxfire	Large	Ooze	Unaligned	10	CC	283	Forest, Grassland, Swamp
Ooze, Shoal	Gargantuan	Ooze	Unaligned	10	ToB3	308	Underwater
Peat Mammoth	Huge	Plant	Neutral	10	ToB2	293	Swamp
Pumpkin King	Huge	Fey	Chaotic Neutral	10	ToB2	298	Farmland, Forest
Qiqirn, Tormented	Large	Fiend	Chaotic Evil	10	ToB2	302	Arctic
Runeswarm	Large	Construct	Unaligned	10	ToB2	310	Any, Arctic
Sathaq Worm	Huge	Elemental	Neutral Evil	10	ToB1	337	Desert, Ruins, Underground, Swamp
Scarab, Suncatcher	Gargantuan	Beast	Unaligned	10	ToB3	338	Desert, Underground
Theullai	Huge	Elemental	Chaotic Neutral	10	ToB1	379	Any
Underworld Sentinel	Huge	Undead	Neutral	10	ToB3	381	Underground, Urban
Vampire, Patrician	Medium	Undead	Lawful Evil	10	CC	365	Urban
Void Knight	Medium	Construct	Lawful Evil	10	ToB3	386	Any
Wandering Haze	Gargantuan	Ooze	Unaligned	10	ToB3	389	Mountains
Abominable Beauty	Medium	Fey	Neutral Evil	11	ToB1	11	Any
Angel, Pelagic Deva	Medium	Celestial	Neutral Good	11	ToB3	27	Planar, Underwater
Baba Yaga's Horsemen	Medium	Fey	Lawful Neutral	11	ToB1	29	Any
Black Crier	Medium	Undead	Neutral	11	ToB2	42	Farmland, Urban
Black Shuck	Large	Fiend	Chaotic Evil	11	ToB3	59	Farmland
Broodmother of Leng	Huge	Aberration	Chaotic Evil	11	ToB2	52	Planar
Buraq	Medium	Celestial	Lawful Good	11	ToB1	48	Any
Clockwork Tactician	Medium	Construct	Lawful Neutral	11	ToB3	90	Urban
Corpse Mound	Huge	Undead	Neutral Evil	11	ToB1	69	Any
Demon, Berstuc	Large	Fiend	Chaotic Evil	11	ToB1	76	Any
Demon, Leech	Large	Fiend	Chaotic Evil	11	ToB3	110	Swamp
Devil, Koralk (Harvester Devil)	Large	Fiend	Lawful Evil	11	ToB1	108	Any
Dinosaur, Thundercall Hadrosaur	Huge	Monstrosity	Unaligned	11	ToB3	129	Farmland, Grassland, Swamp
Dragon, Ghost	Large	Undead	Any	11	CC	170	Any
Dragon, Imperial, Young	Large	Dragon	Neutral	11	ToB2	117	Coastal, Underwater
Dragon, Sand Young	Large	Dragon	Neutral Evil	11	ToB3	147	Badlands, Desert
Dragonborn, Ouroban	Medium	Humanoid	Neutral Evil	11	CC	125	Any
Drake, Crater	Small	Dragon	Neutral Evil	11	ToB2	120	Badlands
Drake, Riptide	Large	Dragon	Lawful Evil	11	ToB3	155	Coastal, Underwater
Dryad, Mountain	Huge	Fey	Neutral	11	ToB2	130	Hills, Mountains
Dullahan	Large	Fey	Unaligned	11	ToB1	161	Any
Ecstatic Bloom	Huge	Celestial	Neutral Good	11	CC	303	Any
Elf, Shadow Fey Poisoner	Medium	Humanoid	Neutral	11	CC	148	Underground, Urban
Fey Lady, Mother Moth	Medium	Fey	Neutral	11	ToB3	179	Forest, Planar
Flying Polyp	Huge	Aberration	Chaotic Evil	11	CC	162	Planar
Giant, Void	Huge	Giant	Chaotic Neutral	11	CC	187	Mountains, Planar
Glacial Crawler	Huge	Aberration	Unaligned	11	ToB3	209	Arctic, Coastal, Underwater
Goblin Siege Engine	Huge	Construct	Unaligned	11	ToB3	211	Any
Golem, Eye	Large	Construct	Unaligned	11	ToB1	233	Any
Grim Jester	Medium	Undead	Chaotic Evil	11	ToB1	240	Any
Grivid	Large	Aberration	Neutral	11	ToB3	221	Badlands, Grassland
Hag, Blood	Medium	Fey	Chaotic Evil	11	ToB1	242	Any
Herald of Slaughter	Large	Fiend	Chaotic Evil	11	ToB2	198	Urban
Herald of the Void	Large	Fiend	Chaotic Evil	11	ToB2	199	Planar
Herald of Undeath	Large	Undead	Lawful Evil	11	CC	219	Farmland, Urban
Ichneumon	Large	Monstrosity	Unaligned	11	CC	224	Hills, Mountains, Underground
Imperator	Huge	Monstrosity	Neutral	11	ToB3	243	Arctic, Underwater
Kobold, Ghost Hunter	Small	Humanoid	Neutral	11	ToB3	254	Any
Mouse King	Small	Fey	Neutral	11	CC	29	Urban
Naina	Large	Dragon	Lawful Evil	11	ToB1	302	Any
Thorned Sulfurlord	Huge	Fiend	Chaotic Evil	11	CC	306	Any
Valkyrie	Medium	Celestial	Neutral	11	ToB1	396	Any
Vampiric Knight	Medium	Undead	Neutral Evil	11	CC	369	Any
Vesiculosa	Gargantuan	Plant	Unaligned	11	ToB1	399	Badlands, Desert
Voidling	Large	Aberration	Chaotic Evil	11	ToB1	404	Any
Wendigo	Medium	Monstrosity	Chaotic Evil	11	CC	377	Arctic, Farmland, Mountains
Xing Tian	Huge	Giant	Neutral	11	ToB2	376	Forest, Hills
Ychen Bannog	Gargantuan	Beast	Unaligned	11	ToB1	413	Forests, Hills, Mountains
Aboleth, Nihileth	Large	Undead	Chaotic Evil	12	ToB1	8	Any
Akkorokamui	Gargantuan	Celestial	Chaotic Good	12	ToB3	11	Coastal, Underwater
Angel, Angelic Enforcer	Large	Celestial	Lawful Good	12	ToB2	17	Planar
Boneshard Wraith	Medium	Undead	Neutral Evil	12	ToB2	46	Badlands
Chronomatic Enhancer	Large	Construct	Unaligned	12	ToB2	64	Urban
Demon Lord, Akyishigal, of Cockroaches	Large	Fiend	Chaotic Evil	12	ToB1	82	Any
Demon, Culicoid	Large	Fiend	Chaotic Evil	12	ToB2	94	Planar, Swamp
Demon, Maha	Medium	Fiend	Chaotic Evil	12	ToB3	111	Arctic
Derendian Moth Abomination	Huge	Monstrosity	Neutral Evil	12	ToB2	96	Forest
Devil, Chort	Medium	Fiend	Lawful Evil	12	ToB1	104	Any
Devil, Maelstrom	Large	Fiend	Lawful Evil	12	ToB3	122	Coastal, Planar, Underwater
Devouring Angel	Large	Aberration	Neutral	12	ToB3	125	Planar
Dragon Eel	Huge	Dragon	Neutral	12	ToB1	146	Ruins, Underground, Underwater
Fey Lord, Bear King	Medium	Fey	Lawful Neutral	12	ToB1	186	Forests, Hills
Fey Lord, Reynard	Medium	Fey	Chaotic Neutral	12	CC	156	Forest
First Servant	Medium	Humanoid	Any	12	ToB3	407	Any
Flutterflesh	Large	Undead	Chaotic Evil	12	ToB1	203	Any
Galidroo	Huge	Monstrosity	Neutral Evil	12	ToB2	161	Badlands, Underground
Ghoul, Bonepowder	Small	Undead	Neutral Evil	12	ToB1	214	Ruins, Underground
Giant, Lantern	Huge	Giant	Neutral	12	ToB3	204	Underwater
Glacier Behemoth	Huge	Beast	Unaligned	12	ToB2	177	Arctic
Golem, Hoard	Huge	Construct	Unaligned	12	ToB1	234	Any
Gug	Huge	Giant	Neutral Evil	12	ToB1	241	Ruins, Underground
Herald of Blood	Huge	Fiend	Neutral Evil	12	ToB1	248	Any
Herald of Fire	Large	Dragon	Lawful Evil	12	CC	215	Any
Horned Serpent	Large	Monstrosity	Unaligned	12	CC	220	Forest, Grassland, Swamp
Illhveli, Kembingur	Gargantuan	Monstrosity	Chaotic Evil	12	ToB2	211	Underwater
Infernal Swarm	Huge	Fiend	Lawful Evil	12	ToB2	215	Planar
Lich, Virtuoso	Medium	Undead	Any Evil	12	ToB2	237	Urban
Lord of Vultures	Large	Fey	Neutral Good	12	CC	26	Mountains
Mavka	Medium	Undead	Chaotic Evil	12	ToB1	286	Any
Necrotech, Death Barque	Gargantuan	Undead	Neutral Evil	12	ToB2	268	Underwater
Ooze, Scintillating	Large	Ooze	Neutral	12	ToB3	307	Farmland, Underground, Urban
Queen of Serpents	Medium	Fey	Lawful Neutral	12	CC	34	Mountains
Satarre, Lord of the Satarre	Large	Fiend	Neutral Evil	12	ToB2	317	Planar
Shoth, Droth	Huge	Aberration	Lawful Neutral	12	CC	333	Planar
Skein Witch	Medium	Celestial	Neutral	12	ToB1	349	Any
Son of Fenris	Huge	Monstrosity	Chaotic Evil	12	ToB1	355	Any
Stellar Rorqual	Gargantuan	Aberration	Neutral	12	ToB2	338	Planar
Thrummren	Gargantuan	Celestial	Chaotic Good	12	ToB2	347	Mountains
Titan, Ancient	Gargantuan	Celestial	Neutral Good	12	ToB1	380	Any
Titanoboa	Gargantuan	Beast	Unaligned	12	ToB1	382	Forests
Tosculi, Hive-Queen	Large	Monstrosity	Lawful Evil	12	ToB1	385	Desert, Grassland, Hills
Undead Phoenix	Huge	Undead	Chaotic Evil	12	CC	361	Any
Venom Maw Hydra	Huge	Monstrosity	Unaligned	12	CC	370	Swamp
Angel, Kalkydra	Huge	Celestial	Lawful Good	13	ToB3	26	Planar
Angel, Shrouded	Medium	Celestial	Chaotic Good	13	ToB3	29	Any
Animal Lord, Queen of Scorpions	Medium	Fey	Lawful Evil	13	ToB2	20	Desert
Archon, Siege	Huge	Celestial	Lawful Good	13	ToB3	42	Planar, Urban
Bat King	Small	Fey	Neutral	13	CC	22	Urban
Bonespitter	Gargantuan	Monstrosity	Unaligned	13	ToB2	47	Grassland
Cambium	Large	Fiend	Neutral Evil	13	ToB1	51	Ruins, Underground, Urban
Carnivorous Ship	Gargantuan	Monstrosity	Neutral	13	ToB2	56	Underwater
Chaos Raptor	Gargantuan	Monstrosity	Chaotic Neutral	13	ToB3	81	Mountains
Clockwork Archon	Gargantuan	Construct	Unaligned	13	ToB2	65	Urban
Demon Lord, Chittr'k'k, of Rats	Medium	Fiend	Chaotic Evil	13	CC	76	Planar
Devil Shark	Gargantuan	Monstrosity	Neutral Evil	13	CC	98	Underwater
Devil, Devilflame Juggler	Large	Fiend	Lawful Evil	13	ToB3	119	Planar
Devil, Infernal Tutor	Medium	Fiend	Lawful Evil	13	ToB3	120	Hills, Mountains, Planar
Devil, Orobas	Large	Fiend	Lawful Evil	13	ToB1	111	Any
Dinosaur, Spinosaurus	Gargantuan	Beast	Unaligned	13	ToB1	116	Forests, Swamp
Dinosaur, Tricenatorus	Huge	Monstrosity	Unaligned	13	ToB2	109	Forest
Elemental, Storm Lord	Huge	Elemental	Neutral	13	CC	139	Coastal, Underwater
Equitox	Large	Fiend	Chaotic Evil	13	ToB3	171	Coastal, Farmland, Swamp
Fey Lady, Countess of Garlands	Medium	Fey	Chaotic Neutral	13	ToB3	177	Forest
Fiend Lord, Malaabit	Large	Fiend	Neutral Evil	13	ToB3	185	Badlands, Desert, Mountains
Gigantura	Gargantuan	Monstrosity	Unaligned	13	ToB3	208	Underwater
Golem, Steam	Large	Construct	Unaligned	13	ToB1	237	Any
Haugbui	Medium	Undead	Lawful Neutral	13	ToB1	247	Any
Helashruu	Huge	Aberration	Chaotic Evil	13	ToB2	197	Any
Incarnate Gloom	Gargantuan	Undead	Neutral Evil	13	ToB2	213	Any
Life Broker	Medium	Fey	Lawful Neutral	13	ToB3	261	Farmland, Urban
Mask Wight	Medium	Undead	Neutral Evil	13	ToB1	285	Any
Nariphon	Huge	Plant	Neutral	13	ToB3	285	Badlands, Grassland
Nautiloid	Gargantuan	Elemental	Neutral Good	13	ToB3	286	Planar, Underwater
Necrotech, Bone Colossus	Gargantuan	Undead	Chaotic Evil	13	ToB2	267	Any, Underground
Noth-norren	Gargantuan	Elemental	Chaotic Evil	13	ToB2	270	Grassland, Planar
Pustulent Shambler	Gargantuan	Ooze	Unaligned	13	ToB2	299	Any
Salamander Monarch	Large	Elemental	Neutral Evil	13	ToB2	311	Mountains, Planar
Stuhac	Medium	Fiend	Neutral Evil	13	ToB1	370	Hills, Mountains
Tigebra	Large	Monstrosity	Chaotic Evil	13	ToB3	369	Forest, Grassland
Vampire Warlock	Medium	Undead	Lawful Evil	13	ToB1	425	Any
Vampire, Psychic	Medium	Undead	Lawful Evil	13	ToB2	357	Urban
Angel, Uridimmu	Large	Celestial	Lawful Good	14	ToB2	19	Planar
Azi Dahaka	Huge	Dragon	Chaotic Evil	14	CC	45	Mountains
Butatsch	Gargantuan	Aberration	Chaotic Neutral	14	ToB2	54	Mountains, Underwater
Cherufe	Huge	Elemental	Chaotic Evil	14	ToB2	61	Mountains, Underground
Demon, Baliri	Medium	Fiend	Chaotic Evil	14	ToB2	93	Planar
Dragon, Clockwork, Three-Headed	Huge	Construct	Unaligned	14	CC	113	Urban
Dragon, Mithral, Adult	Huge	Dragon	Neutral	14	ToB1	133	Mountains
Dragon, Void, Adult	Huge	Dragon	Chaotic Neutral	14	ToB1	139	Badlands, Mountains
Drake, Liminal	Large	Dragon	Neutral Evil	14	ToB2	126	Planar
Giant, Cave, Shaman	Huge	Giant	Chaotic Evil	14	ToB2	171	Underground
Golem, Smaragdine	Large	Construct	Unaligned	14	ToB1	236	Any
Graknork	Gargantuan	Monstrosity	Unaligned	14	ToB2	182	Arctic
Grimmlet Swarm	Large	Monstrosity	Unaligned	14	ToB2	187	Badlands
Howler of the Hill	Large	Aberration	Neutral Evil	14	ToB3	236	Farmland, Planar
Isonade	Gargantuan	Monstrosity	Chaotic Neutral	14	ToB1	257	Underwater
Khodumodumo	Gargantuan	Monstrosity	Unaligned	14	ToB2	229	Badlands, Hills
Queen of Birds	Large	Fey	Chaotic Neutral	14	CC	31	Mountains
Shetani	Medium	Fiend	Neutral Evil	14	ToB3	343	Desert, Grassland
Sphinx, Gypsosphinx	Large	Monstrosity	Neutral Evil	14	ToB1	359	Desert, Grassland, Ruins, Underground
Zmey	Huge	Dragon	Chaotic Evil	14	ToB1	416	Forests
Andrenjinyi	Gargantuan	Celestial	Neutral	15	ToB1	17	Any
Animated Instrument, Symphony	Gargantuan	Construct	Neutral	15	ToB3	37	Urban
Arbeyach's Herald, Ia'Affrat	Large	Elemental	Lawful Evil	15	ToB1	98	Any
Chimera, Royal	Huge	Monstrosity	Neutral Evil	15	ToB3	83	Badlands, Forest
Cosmic Symphony	Large	Celestial	Unaligned	15	ToB3	96	Planar
Drake, Star	Large	Dragon	Neutral	15	ToB1	156	Hills, Mountains
Fey Lady, Mistress of Midnight Teeth	Small	Fey	Neutral Evil	15	ToB2	146	Forest, Planar, Urban
Fey Lord, Commander of Horn and Gold	Medium	Fey	Lawful Neutral	15	ToB2	144	Mountains, Planar
Forest Emperor	Huge	Aberration	Neutral Evil	15	ToB2	155	Forest, Mountains
Giant, Shadow	Huge	Giant	Chaotic Evil	15	ToB2	173	Planar
Herald of the Great Wyrm	Large	Dragon	Lawful Neutral	15	CC	217	Any
Hvalfiskr	Huge	Giant	Lawful Neutral	15	ToB3	237	Arctic, Underwater
Lich, Pact	Medium	Undead	Any Evil	15	CC	254	Any
Malmbjorn	Huge	Monstrosity	Unaligned	15	ToB3	267	Hills, Mountains
Mordant Snare	Gargantuan	Aberration	Chaotic Evil	15	ToB1	296	Ruins, Underground
Queen of Cats	Large	Fey	Chaotic Good	15	CC	33	Urban
Rakshasa, Greater	Medium	Fiend	Lawful Evil	15	CC	312	Urban
Slow Storm	Huge	Elemental	Chaotic Neutral	15	ToB1	353	Any
Snallygaster	Huge	Aberration	Unaligned	15	ToB3	348	Hills, Mountains
Star-Spawn of Cthulhu	Large	Fiend	Chaotic Evil	15	ToB1	368	Any
Timingila	Gargantuan	Monstrosity	Neutral Evil	15	ToB2	349	Underwater
Whisperer in Darkness	Medium	Aberration	Neutral Evil	15	CC	378	Planar
Yaojing	Medium	Celestial	Neutral Good	15	ToB2	377	Farmland, Forest, Mountains
Angel, Ophanim	Large	Celestial	Lawful Good	16	CC	18	Planar
Arcane Leviathan	Gargantuan	Construct	Unaligned	16	ToB3	40	Underwater
Brother Ox	Huge	Fey	Lawful Neutral	16	CC	25	Hills, Mountains
Cave Sovereign	Huge	Aberration	Chaotic Evil	16	ToB3	78	Underground
Demon Lord, Bathael, The Exiled Lord	Huge	Fiend	Chaotic Evil	16	ToB2	87	Planar
Devil, Infernal Knight	Medium	Fiend	Lawful Evil	16	CC	104	Any
Devil, Nephirron	Huge	Fiend	Lawful Evil	16	ToB2	104	Planar
Dragon, Cave, Adult	Huge	Dragon	Neutral Evil	16	ToB1	125	Ruins, Underground
Dragon, Flame, Adult	Huge	Dragon	Chaotic Evil	16	ToB1	129	Mountains, Ruins, Underground
Dragon, Light, Adult	Huge	Dragon	Neutral Good	16	CC	114	Any
Dragon, Prismatic Adult	Huge	Dragon	Neutral	16	ToB3	142	Underground
Dragon, Sea, Adult	Huge	Dragon	Neutral Evil	16	ToB1	135	Underwater
Fey Lady, Berchta	Medium	Fey	Lawful Neutral	16	CC	154	Farmland, Forest, Urban
Fey Lady, Snow Queen	Medium	Fey	Neutral Evil	16	ToB1	198	Any
Fey Lord, River King	Medium	Fey	Chaotic Neutral	16	ToB1	196	Underwater
Illhveli, Nauthveli	Gargantuan	Monstrosity	Chaotic Evil	16	ToB2	212	Underwater
Linnorm, Vent	Gargantuan	Dragon	Neutral Evil	16	ToB2	239	Underwater
Malleable, Massive	Gargantuan	Aberration	Chaotic Evil	16	ToB2	255	Any
Primordial Surge	Gargantuan	Elemental	Neutral	16	ToB3	320	Any
Barong	Large	Celestial	Lawful Good	17	CC	49	Planar
Boreas	Medium	Elemental	Chaotic Evil	17	ToB1	42	Any
Demon Lord, Rangda, of Witches	Large	Fiend	Chaotic Evil	17	CC	79	Planar
Dragon, Boreal, Adult	Huge	Dragon	Chaotic Neutral	17	ToB2	111	Arctic
Dragon, Wasteland, Adult	Huge	Dragon	Chaotic Evil	17	CC	118	Badlands, Hills
Dragon, Wind, Adult	Huge	Dragon	Chaotic Evil	17	ToB1	143	Grassland, Mountains
Elemental Locus	Gargantuan	Elemental	Neutral	17	ToB1	169	Any
Fey Lady, Queen of Witches	Large	Fey	Neutral	17	ToB1	194	Any
Fey Lord, Moonlit King	Medium	Fey	Neutral Good	17	ToB1	190	Any
Koschei	Medium	Fiend	Neutral Evil	17	ToB1	266	Any
Master of Demon Mountain	Medium	Humanoid	Lawful Evil	17	CC	264	Mountains
Sinstar	Tiny	Plant	Lawful Evil	17	ToB3	345	Hills, Mountains, Planar
Urochar (Strangling Watcher)	Huge	Aberration	Chaotic Evil	17	ToB1	393	Ruins, Underground
Angel, Angel of Judgment	Huge	Celestial	Neutral	18	ToB2	16	Planar
Animal Lord, Queen of Mammoths	Huge	Fey	Chaotic Good	18	ToB3	32	Arctic, Grassland, Hills
Demon, Kogukhpak	Huge	Fiend	Chaotic Evil	18	ToB3	109	Arctic, Underground
Dragon, Mithral, Ancient	Gargantuan	Dragon	Neutral	18	ToB1	132	Mountains
Dragon, Sand Adult	Huge	Dragon	Neutral Evil	18	ToB3	146	Badlands, Desert
Fey Lord, of the Hunt	Medium	Fey	Lawful Neutral	18	ToB1	188	Any
Golem, War Machine	Gargantuan	Construct	Unaligned	18	CC	205	Any
Lava Keeper	Huge	Elemental	Lawful Neutral	18	ToB2	235	Hills, Mountains
Bone Lord	Huge	Undead	Neutral Evil	19	ToB3	65	Any
Dawnfly	Gargantuan	Beast	Unaligned	19	ToB3	104	Badlands, Coastal, Swamp
Demon Lord, Chemosh, of Conquest	Huge	Fiend	Chaotic Evil	19	CC	75	Planar
Devil, Arch Devil, Poena, Duke of Retribution	Large	Fiend	Lawful Evil	19	ToB2	99	Planar
Dragon, Felid	Huge	Dragon	Neutral	19	ToB2	143	Forest, Grassland, Mountains, Underground
Giant, Hraesvelgr, The Corpse Swallower	Huge	Giant	Neutral	19	ToB1	224	Any
Living Star	Huge	Celestial	Any	19	CC	256	Any
Shoggoth	Huge	Aberration	Chaotic Neutral	19	ToB1	347	Any
Angel, Zirnitran	Huge	Celestial	Neutral Good	20	ToB3	31	Mountains, Planar
Baba Yaga	Medium	Fey	Chaotic Neutral	20	CC	46	Forest
Demon Lord, Rhopalocerex, Lord of Deception	Large	Fiend	Chaotic Evil	20	ToB2	90	Planar
Dragon, Imperial, Adult	Huge	Dragon	Neutral	20	ToB2	115	Coastal, Underwater
Emperor of the Ghouls	Medium	Undead	Neutral Evil	20	ToB1	218	Ruins, Underground, Urban
Harbinger of Wrath	Gargantuan	Construct	Chaotic Evil	20	ToB2	193	Planar
Ankou Soul Herald	Gargantuan	Dragon	Neutral	21	CC	37	Any
Arch-Devil, Arbeyach	Large	Fiend	Lawful Evil	21	ToB1	95	Any
Demon Lord, Alquam, of Night	Huge	Fiend	Chaotic Evil	21	ToB1	84	Any
Dragon, Prismatic Ancient	Gargantuan	Dragon	Neutral	21	ToB3	141	Underground
Dread Examiner	Large	Aberration	Neutral Evil	21	ToB3	159	Any
Fey Lady, Coral Queen	Medium	Fey	Chaotic Neutral	21	ToB3	175	Coastal, Underwater
Fey Lady, Queen of Night and Magic	Medium	Fey	Neutral Evil	21	ToB1	192	Any
Fey Lord, Rainforest King	Medium	Fey	Neutral Good	21	ToB3	181	Forest
Giant, Mountain	Gargantuan	Giant	Neutral Evil	21	CC	185	Mountains
Gugalanna	Huge	Celestial	Chaotic Good	21	CC	213	Planar
Primordial Matriarch	Gargantuan	Elemental	Neutral	21	ToB3	318	Mountains, Planar
Shadow of Death	Large	Celestial	Chaotic Evil	21	ToB2	323	Any
Shoth, Avatar of	Gargantuan	Aberration	Lawful Neutral	21	CC	332	Planar
Simian, Monkey King	Medium	Celestial	Neutral	21	CC	337	Farmland, Forest, Urban
Angel, Archangel Hala’ath	Huge	Celestial	Lawful Good	22	ToB3	22	Planar
Arch-Devil, Belphegor, Hell's Inventor	Huge	Fiend	Lawful Evil	22	CC	100	Planar
Demon Lord, Camazotz, of Bats and Fire	Large	Fiend	Chaotic Evil	22	ToB1	85	Any
Demon Lord, Typhon, Father of Monsters	Gargantuan	Fiend	Chaotic Evil	22	CC	81	Planar
Dragon, Light, Ancient	Gargantuan	Dragon	Neutral Good	22	CC	116	Any
Dragon, Sea, Ancient	Gargantuan	Dragon	Neutral Evil	22	ToB1	135	Underwater
Dragon, Wind, Ancient	Gargantuan	Dragon	Chaotic Evil	22	ToB1	142	Grassland, Mountains
Fiend Lord, Abhaddanayla	Medium	Fiend	Lawful Evil	22	ToB3	183	Mountains, Planar
Giant, Jotun	Gargantuan	Giant	Chaotic Neutral	22	ToB1	226	Grassland, Hills, Mountains
Angel, Archangel Iilari’jil	Large	Celestial	Chaotic Good	23	ToB3	24	Any
Demon Lord, Hriggala, Jaws of Vardesain	Huge	Fiend	Chaotic Evil	23	ToB2	88	Planar
Demon Lord, Qorgeth, of the Devouring Worm	Gargantuan	Fiend	Chaotic Evil	23	ToB1	90	Any
Dragon, Sand Ancient	Gargantuan	Dragon	Neutral Evil	23	ToB3	145	Badlands, Desert
Dragon, Wasteland, Ancient	Gargantuan	Dragon	Chaotic Evil	23	CC	120	Badlands, Hills
Devil, Arch Devil, The Curator, Hell's Collector	Large	Fiend	Lawful Evil	24	ToB2	100	Planar
Devil, Arch-Devil Totivillus, Scribe of Hell	Medium	Fiend	Lawful Evil	24	ToB1	101	Any
Devil, Arch-Devil, Iorvensiav	Gargantuan	Fiend	Lawful Evil	24	ToB3	117	Arctic, Planar
Dragon, Boreal, Ancient	Gargantuan	Dragon	Chaotic Neutral	24	ToB2	110	Arctic
Dragon, Flame, Ancient	Gargantuan	Dragon	Chaotic Evil	24	ToB1	128	Mountains, Ruins, Underground
Dragon, Void, Ancient	Gargantuan	Dragon	Chaotic Neutral	24	ToB1	138	Badlands, Mountains
Arch-Devil, Parzelon, King of Secrets	Huge	Fiend	Lawful Evil	25	CC	101	Planar
Devil, Arch-Devil Mammon	Huge	Fiend	Lawful Evil	25	ToB1	99	Any
Dragon, Imperial, Ancient	Gargantuan	Dragon	Neutral	26	ToB2	115	Coastal, Underwater
Zaratan	Gargantuan	Monstrosity	Unaligned	26	ToB1	414	Underwater
Demon Lord, Mechuiti, of Apes	Gargantuan	Fiend	Chaotic Evil	27	ToB1	88	Any
Degmadu	Gargantuan	Monstrosity	Chaotic Neutral	28	ToB2	84	Underground
Demon Lord, Alsikaya, Screeching Mother of Volcanoes	Huge	Fiend	Any Evil	28	ToB2	85	Planar
Godslayer	Huge	Construct	Unaligned	30	ToB3	212	Any

Necromancer Games, 5th Edition Foes, CR 10+

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From Frog God Games: Tome of Horrors, CR 9+

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From Asian Monsters 5e, CR 10+

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From Latin American Monsters 53, CR 9+

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Thanks!!!!

 

[MNblockhead]

They absolutely can. The monsters are just better designed and more useful, IMO. An vastly superior product to the MM.

Good to know. Looking at the stat blocks on Level Up's Open Beta Tools site, it seems that the only thing that isn't compatible is the Maneuver DC, which I can just ignore. I like the extra sections on combat, legends and lore, behavior, signs, etc.

 

[MNblockhead]

He’s basically bringing parts of 4E monster design forward to 5E. I’ve read the free preview and like what I saw, but I already have 4E and can convert monsters, so buying his book for $70 seemed like a waste.

Ah, makes sense. Since I have no experience with 4e or any of the books, I still feel good about backing it.

 

[overgeeked]

Ah, makes sense. Since I have no experience with 4e or any of the books, I still feel good about backing it.

Yeah, don’t get me wrong, I love Matt’s stuff and would love to have the book. The art looks great and the designs are tight. I just can’t justify dropping $70 for it.

 

[Yaguara]

I realize that I am coming into this discussion late so if anything I say is covered in one of the previous 54 pages - I apologize. That being said:

On the subject of this alleged "DM Crisis" I haven't seen it. Finding 5e D&D games to join as a player hasn't been difficult. There are plenty out there and they all have GMs. The last three groups I have joined all had multiple DMs. That's just locally. With the advent of VTTs there are even more. I haven't run a ton of 5e games (D&D is not my preferred game) but I didn't find the games I did run all that challenging. The rules are generally quite simple and the game lacks the crunchiness and unintended consequences of previous iterations and clones (like Pathfinder). Rules Creep is a thing but it isn't any worse in 5e than it was in AD&D, 3e, 3.5e, Pathfinder 1, 4e, etc.

That is not to say that the hobby as a whole could not benefit from more GMs. But that isn't new either. There has always been more players than GMs and there has always been more mediocre/poor quality GMs than good ones. That is just the nature of the game. Having been in this arena since the 70s, I can tell you there are a lot more options today than there was when I started.

One thing that was said earlier, which I agree with, is that the current D&D team doesn't do a very good job of teaching basic DMing skills. Sure, you can find a wealth of resources online but much of those are ill-informed or contradictory so it would be much better for WOTC to issue an official "big Crayola marker" version of a DM blue-print that can get a new DM started with some sense of confidence.

There has been a lot of talk about the "Old School Renaissance" but, speaking as someone who graduated from the "Old School," it is nonsense. The early iterations of D&D and AD&D were rules nightmares filled to the brim with fiddly rules, runaway exploits, terrible math, and unintended consequences. No one can tell me the original Cavalier (introduced in Unearthed Arcana) was in any way balanced or anything other than unabashed power-gaming. All these new "OSR" games seem to do is cherry-pick the old rules to eliminate the egregious stuff (also called "house-ruling") and emphasize encounter based games over plot based games. All of these things you can do in 5e with equal facility and are not unique to these OSR games.

The other thing I don't understand is the "not enough monster options at CR X" complaint. I think many people don't really understand the CR concept. Let's say I need a CR 13 encounter but I don't like any of the CR 13 options in the books I have. What do I do? Well, there are lots of options. I can use more lower-CR monsters than I might ordinarily. I can use the standard number of lower CR monsters and weight the encounter in their favor (i.e. prepared ambush, advantageous terrain, multiple encounters with little to no rest in between, etc.). I can take an existing CR 13 monster and change the "window dressing" but keep the math as is. I can buff a lower CR monster or debuff a higher CR monster. I can mix and match lower CR monsters to create powerful synergies. I can add "allies" to the encounter to let the players take on a higher CR. My point is that there are always a ton of options available to the GM when creating encounters beyond a rating on a stat list.

CR isn't the end-all-be-all for creating encounters. Personally, given all the potential variables for a player group, I find CRs incredibly unreliable anyway so mostly ignore them for anything beyond a "general ballpark" measure. It doesn't matter what the CR rating is - what matters is how engaging the encounter is for the players.

Anyway, these are just my thoughts. Your mileage may vary.

 

[Guest 7042500]

The original 3 booklets would have been 57 full sized pages, and every forum is full of people demanding total perfection from referees. Who would look at several hundred pages of rules and want to be the one in the hot seat?