The Dragon's Bestiary

The Dragon's Bestiary was a long-running column in Dragon magazine which introduced new monsters within specific themes.

Note that only articles relating to Realms canon (relating to the Forgotten Realms or Core D&D) appear here.

Dragon magazine 53

 * Argas
 * Oculon
 * Narra

Dragon magazine 116

 * Brain coral
 * Electric ray
 * Giant clam
 * Giant grouper
 * Giant porcupine fish
 * Giant sea anemone
 * Morana
 * Sawfish (sawshark)
 * Sea centaur
 * Sea titan
 * Undine
 * Weed giant

Dragon magazine 118

 * Giant bolas spider
 * Opilionid
 * Phoenix spider
 * Polar spider
 * Spider cat

Dragon magazine 119

 * Anuchu
 * Giant capybara
 * Leshy
 * Luposphinx
 * Musical spirit
 * Sashalus
 * Wendigo
 * Whispering pine
 * Wild halfling
 * Wood giant
 * Wood golem

Dragon magazine 127

 * Quagmire
 * Xador's fluid

Dragon magazine 129

 * Frigidarch
 * Iceling
 * Shiverbug
 * Snowfury

Dragon magazine 133

 * Diopatra
 * Eurythoe
 * Glycera
 * Nereis
 * Pectinaria
 * Sabella
 * Terebella
 * Vanadis

Dragon magazine 134

 * Aquatic dragon
 * Astral dragon
 * Fang dragon
 * Ichthyodrake
 * Sand dragon
 * Stone dragon
 * Weredragon

Dragon magazine 135

 * Tibbit (cat-were)

Dragon magazine 139

 * Lock lurker
 * Lybbarde
 * Metalmaster
 * Serplar
 * Thylacine

Dragon magazine 140

 * Glyptar
 * Magebane
 * Quezzer
 * Scythetail
 * Xantravar

Dragon magazine 141

 * Black troll
 * Caiveh
 * Cynamolgus
 * Diurge
 * Jor
 * Rock troll

Dragon magazine 146

 * Cobra dragon
 * Draken
 * Gray dragon
 * Minidragon
 * Obsidian dragon
 * Rainbow dragon

Dragon magazine 149

 * Av
 * Bahtel
 * Kiita
 * Vor
 * Wandega

Dragon magazine 150

 * Amorph
 * Cessirid
 * Embrac
 * Fungi
 * Brown mold
 * Gas spore
 * Shrieker
 * Kigrid
 * Saltor

Dragon magazine 151

 * Wang-liang

Dragon magazine 158

 * Common dragonet
 * Gorynych

Dragon magazine 159

 * Andeloid
 * Infernite
 * Metagolem

Dragon magazine 162

 * Ankou
 * Spiritus anime

Dragon magazine 163

 * Spell weaver

Dragon magazine 165

 * Giant archerfish
 * Giant damselfish

Dragon magazine 167

 * Bloodflower
 * Clubthorn
 * Giant bladderwort
 * Giant butterwort
 * Giant rainbow plant
 * Giant waterwheel planet
 * Helborn
 * Sword grass

Dragon magazine 170

 * Ferrous dragon
 * Chromium dragon (chrome dragon)
 * Cobalt dragon
 * Gruaghlothor
 * Iron dragon
 * Nickel dragon
 * Tungsten dragon

Dragon magazine 172

 * Averx
 * Biclops
 * Cushion fungus

Dragon magazine 174

 * Chamrol
 * Crystalle
 * Energy pod
 * Glomus
 * Shard
 * Spined shard
 * Trilling crystal

Dragon magazine 180

 * Battering ram
 * Gorse
 * Quakedancer

Dragon magazine 182

 * Lindworm
 * Swamp wyrm

Dragon magazine 186

 * Cariad ysbryd
 * Memento mori
 * Tymher-haid

Dragon magazine 187

 * Kruel
 * Pardal

Dragon magazine 191

 * Asrai
 * Faerie phiz

Dragon magazine 193

 * Abyss ant
 * Giant nautilus
 * Incarnate

Dragon magazine 197

 * Banelar
 * Flameskull
 * Foulwing
 * Whipsting

Dragon magazine 199

 * Fire troll
 * Gray troll
 * Phaze troll
 * Stone troll
 * Trollhound

Dragon magazine 206

 * Bramble
 * Dobie
 * Faerie fiddler

Dragon magazine 209

 * Brass Minotaur
 * Burning Man
 * Phantom Flyer

Dragon magazine 214

 * Kercpa

Dragon magazine 221

 * Chourst
 * Rennbuu
 * Ssendam
 * Ygorl

Dragon magazine 223

 * Archer
 * Grandfather plaque
 * Spouter
 * Stone lion

Dragon magazine 227

 * Albino wyrm
 * Bainligor
 * Blue ring octopus
 * Carapace
 * Darkness elemental
 * Fireweed
 * Giant scarab beetle
 * Glouras
 * Vampire squid
 * Whispering moth

Dragon magazine 234

 * Acid zombie
 * Dust skeleton
 * Spike skeleton

Dragon magazine 235

 * Angler fish
 * Death minnow
 * Gulper
 * Hide
 * Octo-jelly
 * Viperfish

Dragon magazine 237

 * Black mamba
 * Boomslang
 * Bushmaster
 * Cobra
 * Fer-de-lance
 * Gaboon
 * Gila monster
 * King cobra
 * Neotropical toad
 * Rough-skinned newt

Spawn of the Sewers

 * Albino crocodile
 * Lich's blood
 * Necromantic sludge
 * Plague moth
 * Water cat

The Other Mummies

 * Bog mummy
 * Call blizzard (spell)
 * Ice mummy
 * Ice shatter (spell)
 * Slippery slope (spell)

Dragon magazine 239

 * Boggart
 * Clurichaun
 * Leshy
 * Wicked leprechaun

Dragon magazine 242

 * Caravan servant
 * Gladiator servant
 * Mystran servant

Dragon magazine 248

 * Amphitere
 * Lesser cetus
 * Dragonet
 * Gargouille
 * Hai riyo
 * Peluda
 * Sirrush

Dragon magazine 250

 * Black slime
 * Giant clownfish
 * Giant diving beetle
 * Sea cow

Dragon magazine 251

 * Bloodstinger
 * Boneslither
 * Marble pudding
 * Shadow panther

Dragon magazine 254

 * Barrowe
 * Cairn
 * Frostmourn
 * Firegaunt
 * Spectral cloud
 * Temperament

Dragon magazine 259

 * Blood pudding
 * Skullcap ivy
 * Worry-wart
 * Powerslug

Dragon magazine 266

 * Shadkyn (giant werebat)
 * Polarwere (giant werebear)
 * Weregiant

Dragon magazine 267

 * Glitterworm
 * Stalking catfish
 * Tunnelmouth dweller

Dragon magazine 268

 * Agrutha
 * Crocodilian
 * Geckonid
 * Iguanid
 * Varanid

Dragon magazine 269

 * Brak twan
 * Byut
 * Crayghe
 * Guttar
 * Pennig
 * Stoght
 * Twill
 * Yyllethyn

Dragon magazine 271

 * Dvati
 * Soul mask
 * Visceraith

Dragon magazine 272

 * Crow's-nest dragon
 * Geyser dragon
 * Mole dragon
 * Pavilion dragon

Dragon magazine annual 1

 * Chromatic mold
 * Elghonn
 * Gohlbrorn
 * Lukhorn
 * Varkha

Dragon magazine annual 2

 * Crystal skeleton
 * Growler
 * Snow spider
 * Tundra lizard

Dragon magazine annual 3

 * Acid pigeon
 * Piranha ant
 * Polyroach
 * Rat burglar
 * Stone termite