This includes official material tsr, wotc, reproductions dndtools, and dubious pdfs. I created this document by comparing the 5e versions of monsters from the monster manual with their 2e counterparts. If you see any page that contains srd material and does not show this license statement, please contact an admin so that. Infected werewolves transform during the full moon involuntarily. I also referred to two sources for converting monsters from 2e to 3e. Shapechanger dictionary definition shapechanger defined. Im also converting several monsters that werent quite faithful in their official conversions to 5e, with the intention that, if that monster was used in a 3e adventure, my. The idea of shapeshifting is in the oldest forms of totemism and shamanism, as well as the oldest extant literature and epic poems such as the epic of gilgamesh.
You assume the form of a different creature for the duration. Humanoid, aberration, beast, celestial, construct, dragon, elemental, fey, fiend, giant, monstrosity, ooze, plant, undead. Going through this manual, you will feel like you are going. Website built with mkdocs download the offline version of this site here.
In its natural form, the creature looks more or less humanoid. Size type tags alignment challenge environment source name size type tags. Many magical effects allow some kind of shape shifting, and not every creature that can change shapes has the shapechanger subtype. Back to main page system reference document creatures. Hold down the ctrl windows command mac button to select or deselect multiple options. The doppelganger can use its action to polymorph into a small or medium humanoid it has seen, or back into its true form. Download link from urldecrypt, direct link under maintenance. The mimic can use its action to polymorph into an object or back into its true, amorphous form.
As a move action, a warshaper can grow natural weapons such as claws or fangs, allowing a natural attack that deals the appropriate amount of damage according to the size of the new form see table 51 on page 296 of the monster manual. Open game content place problems on the discussion page this is part of the 3. This power could have been granted through long studying, a gift from your ancestors that lies in your blood, or perhaps it was given by a deity or a powerful wizard. Wizards official conversion manual and the dragon magazine article how to create a monster.
You transform into an average example of that creature, one without any class levels or the spellcasting trait. Each creature type has its advantages and disadvantages. This monster manual is definitely my favorite 5e book so far. In keeping with that approach, this book features several changes to the rules concerning monsters. Random generator random dungeon generator random encounter. It unites the best of all the previous versions and puts the story and adventure before stats and rules.
The new form can be any creature with a challenge rating equal to your level or lower. At the end, you will get the option to select only some results to generate our own pdf or to print cards on magic format. These morphic weapons need not be natural weapons that the creature already possesses. Savage speciesis all about treating monsters as characters. It is pretty much impossible to use a monster manual or any other book, for that matter from another edition in 5e. Doppelgangers are strange beings that are able to take on the shapes of those they encounter.
If you continue browsing the site, you agree to the use of cookies on this website. Monster manual from dungeons and dragons 5th edition. Changelings are medium humanoids with the shapechanger subtype. Aberration monster cr tag aboleth 10 beholder in lair 14 beholder not in lair blue slaad 7 chuul 4 cloaker 8. A shapechanger has the supernatural ability to assume one or more alternate forms.
Monster manual expanded ii 5e dungeon masters guild. The effect can penetrate barriers, but 3 feet of wood or dirt, 2 feet of stone, 2 inches of metal, or a thin sheet of lead blocks it. The werewolf has advantage on wisdom perception checks. A creatures type is generally determined by its nature, or physical attributes. Name type armor class ac hit points hp challenge rating cr speed alignment size. The revised monster manual now contains an adjusted layout that makes monster statistics easier to understand and use.
Stench creatures that get too close can be poisoned for a round. A creature that can supernaturally change its physical form. A shapechanger possesses the following traits unless otherwise noted in a creatures entry. In mythology, folklore and speculative fiction, shapeshifting is the ability to physically transform through an inherently superhuman ability, divine intervention, demonic manipulation, sorcery, spells or having inherited the ability. Monster manual expanded ii is the sequel to the mithralbest selling monster manual expanded. Monsters by type sometimes you want to see a list of all monsters of a certain type.
Jackalwere, medium, humanoid, shapechanger, ce, 12, 100, mm 193. The doppelganger magically reads the surface thoughts of one creature within 60 feet of it. The lists include the challenge rating of each monster and any tags it. The creature cant be a construct or an undead, and you must have seen the sort of creature at least once. It lists every monster from the monster manual by type and includes a creatures challenge rating and any tags, such as shapechanger, that the creature might have. You will be also able to sort the list as you want.
Its statistics, other than its ac, are the same in each form. Title slide of monster manual slideshare uses cookies to improve functionality and performance, and to provide you with relevant advertising. Abominable yeti allowak variant explorers guide to wildemount. The monster manual, like the dungeon masters guide, is a book for dms. A shapechanger is a being who is constantly changing and shifting, it never really has a true form, it only becomes what its mind has in store for it. While the target is in range, the doppelganger can continue reading its. Its statistics, other than its size, are the same in each form.
Theme provided by reaser rules provided by wizards of the coast under the ogl 1. This document lists the creatures in the monster manual by type. Skips guide to monsters this guide is a conversion of various monsters from the 3e3. Any equipment it is wearing or carrying isnt transformed. Members of their race that are born with the curse can infect others and can control their shifting. Difference between the various editions of monster manuals. The werewolf can use its action to polymorph into a wolfhumanoid hybrid or into a wolf, or back into its true form, which is humanoid. The lists include the challenge rating of each monster and any tags it has.
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