Beasts & Behemoths

Beasts & Behemoths is a 5‒edition Dungeons & Dragons guide featuring creatures, encounters, and story ideas intended for readers between 8 and 12 years old.

"Study this guide and keep it close at hand—this manual of monsters might save your life! This immersive illustrated bestiary introduces you to memorable monsters in Dungeons & Dragons, from the smallest beasts to the most dangerous behemoths.

This illustrated guide transports new players to the magical world of Dungeons & Dragons and presents a one-of-a-kind course on the unusual creatures, from the minuscule to the massive, that fill the fantastic world of the game. This guide features easy-to-follow and entertaining explanations of where to find each beast, their strange abilities and magical powers, and how to defeat them, along with amazing illustrations that will ignite your imagination. Organized by size from small to large, bigger and more dangerous monsters are introduced with every turn of the page.

Beasts & Behemoths is a perfect way for new players and young fantasy fans to learn about the monsters an adventuring party can meet, with profiles full of example encounters and storytelling tips that encourage creative problem-solving skills when battling beastly foes."

Characters

 * Acererak • Amira • Bahamut • Broomback • Cantokrik • Florizan Blank • Galeg • Luluah • Nerys Kathon • Orvar • Tinglym • Trawli
 * Tiamat
 * Other settings
 * Soth
 * Soth

Classes

 * Bard • Cleric • Druid • Paladin • Ranger • Rogue • Warlock • Wizard

Creatures

 * Animated armor • Corpse flower • Cranium rat • Death knight • Demilich • Dire wolf • Drow • Girallon • Gnoll • Hobgoblin • Lycanthrope (werebear • wereboar • wererat • weretiger • werewolf) • Medusa • Metallic dragon (brass • bronze • copper • gold • silver) • Minotaur • Ogre • Oni • Orc (Eye of Gruumsh) • Pseudodragon • Purple worm • Quickling • Roc • Sahuagin (Malenti) • Sphinx (androsphinx • gynosphinx) • Tarrasque • Troll • Umber hulk • Yuan-ti (abomination • malison • pureblood)
 * Bat • Bugbear • Canary • Cat • Demon • Chromatic dragon (black • blue • red • white) • Dragonborn • Dwarf • Eagle • Elder brain • Elf • Giant • Gnome • Goblin • Gorilla • Halfling • Half-elf • Half-orc • Horse • Lich • Lion • Mind flayer • Rat (giant rat) • Shark • Skeleton • Snake • Spider • Tabaxi • Tiger • Wolf • Zombie
 * Bat • Bugbear • Canary • Cat • Demon • Chromatic dragon (black • blue • red • white) • Dragonborn • Dwarf • Eagle • Elder brain • Elf • Giant • Gnome • Goblin • Gorilla • Halfling • Half-elf • Half-orc • Horse • Lich • Lion • Mind flayer • Rat (giant rat) • Shark • Skeleton • Snake • Spider • Tabaxi • Tiger • Wolf • Zombie

Locations

 * Buildings & Sites
 * Sorrel Beach • Tomb of Annihilation
 * Regions
 * Chult • Fields of the Dead • Underdark
 * Ruins
 * Kingdom’s Fall
 * Settlements
 * Daleport • Red Larch
 * Other settings
 * Dargaard Keep

Magic

 * Items
 * Phylactery • Potion • Stone salve
 * Planes of existence
 * Abyss • Chauntea's garden • Mount Celestia (Bahamut's Palace)
 * Spells
 * Command • Comprehend languages • Confusion • Detect thoughts • Greater restoration • Petrification • Remove curse • Telepathy • Teleport • Time stop • Turn undead • Wish

Miscellaneous

 * Silver Sigil

Organizations

 * Other settings
 * Knights of the Rose

Religions

 * Chauntea • Gruumsh • Horned King • Kelemvor • Lolth • Sekolah