Thursday, September 21, 2023

Monstrous Compendium Vol. Four: Eldraine Creatures

Monstrous Compendium Volume Four: Eldraine is the newest D&D creature supplement on D&D Beyond. While the previous Monstrous Compendiums were free, this one has a small price tag. The compendium includes 25 storybook creatures from the MtG Eldraine set. They range from CR 1/2 to CR 18! In includes a brief overview of the set as well. If you want to know more about that setting, check out this post. This is what's included:

  • Archon of Boundaries - celestial creatures that signal the boundaries between civilized kingdoms and the wild
  • Beanstalk Wurm - gigantic wurms that live among the giant beanstalks known as the Everstalks
  • Deathless Rider - undead knights that roam the wilds
  • Dunbarrow Witch - classic cauldron using fairy tale witches
  • Faerie Borrower - 6 inch winged faeries that like to pilfer 
  • Faerie Pathlighter - winged faeries that help those that are lost
  • Faerie Pest - toddler-size faeries that delight in being a nuisance to mortals
  • Gingerbrute - wild animated gingerbread cookie
  • Goose Mother - a unique and frighteningly huge hydra goose
  • High Fae Imposter - faerie infiltrator
  • High Fae Kindguard - powerful fae noble guardians
  • High Fae Mage - the most powerful magic-users among the fae of Eldraine
  • High Fae Noble - mighty fae rulers
  • Knight of Eldraine - noble knights that serve one of the five virtues of the realms
  • Nightmare Haunt - Eldraine is afflicted by a magic curse called the wicked slumber, Nightmare Haunts are living nightmares created by the planeswalker Ashiok's meddling
  • Ogre Chitterlord - ogre druid with mastery over rats
  • Redtooth Werefox - the elves of Redtooth Keep are cursed to turn into bestial foxes at night
  • Sewer King - monstrous rat lords
  • Snapping Hyrda - huge hydra snapping turtle
  • Spectre of the Night - undead creatures that haunt the night
  • Sweettooth Horror - a large fiendish candy cane creature
  • Tempest Hart - colossal elk with antlers made of living lightning  that live in the cloud realms of giants
  • Treefolk - ancient and wild tree creatures that protect the wilds and dispense wisdom
  • Witchkite - dragon walocks that hoard dangerous and occult tomes
  • Witchstalker - giant wolves attracted to magic, which they feed on

Overall this is a really fun collection and if you want to expand the Feywild or add some fairy tale whimsy to your game, this is a fun purchase.

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