A Horde of New 5th Edition Monsters!

DM: “A collection of hundreds of eyes floats down the corridor toward you, trailing ganglia and dripping caustic fluid that sizzles when it hits the ground. What do you do?”

PLAYER: “I retire, and become a farmer.”

Whether you need dungeon vermin or a world-shaking personification of evil, the Tome of Beasts has it. Here are more than 400 new foes for your 5th Edition game-everything from tiny drakes and peculiar spiders, to demon lords and ancient dragons.

Tome of Beasts includes monsters from the entire history of Kobold Press, with longtime favorites such as:

• Clockwork creatures

• Drakes and dragons

• Devils and arch-devils

• Dangerous flavors of the fey

• Undead-and much more!

Use them in your favorite published setting, or populate the dungeons in a world of your own creation. Pick up Tome of Beasts and give your players an encounter they won’t soon forget!

D&D 5e SRD

Design: Dan Dillon, Chris Harris, Rodrigo Garcia Carmona, and Wolfgang Baur
Additional Design: William Ryan Carden, Christopher Carlson, Michael John Conard, James L. Crawford, Christopher Delvo, Matthew F. Dowd, Timothy Eagon, Matthew Eyman, Robert Fairbanks, David Gibson, Christopher Gilliford, John Henzel, Jeremy Hochhalter, Michael Holland, Ben Iglauer, James Introcaso, Dan Layman-Kennedy, Christopher Lockey, Maximilian Maier, Greg Marks, Dave Olson, Richard Pratt, Marc Radle, Jon Sawatsky, Ryan Shatford, Troy E. Taylor, Andrew Teheran, Jorge A. Torres, Darius Uknuis, Sersa Victory, and Ben Wertz
Development: Steven Winter
Editing: Peter Hogan, Wade Rockett, and Wolfgang Baur
Proofreading: Dan Dillon
Cover Art: Marcel Mercado
Art Director: Marc Radle
Layout and Graphic Design: Marc Radle
Artists: Darren Calvert, Ivan Lee Dixon, Micah Epstein, Frank Garza, Felipe Gaona, Josh Hass, Ambrose H. Hoilman, Michael Jaecks, Eoghan Kerrigan, Guido Kuip, Pat Loboyko, Shawncee McCoy, Dio Mahesa, Justin Mayhew, Marcel Mercado, Aaron Miller, Johnny Morrow, Jason Rainville, Felipe Gaona Reydet, Kathryn Steele, Florian Stitz, Nakarin Sukontakorn, Ørjan Ruttenborg Svendsen, Byran Syme, Cory Trego-Erdner, Eva Widermann, and Keiran Yanner
Logo: Doug Wohlfeil
Playtest Coordinator: Ben McFarland

Playtesters: Aaron Meadows, Aaron Sarver, Adam Sirois, Al Church, Alex Barnard, Alex Basso, Alex Cole, Alex Kalman, Alex Lynn, Alexander Warrington, Aliah Katz, Andrew Ammerman, Andrew Goethals, Andrew Haywood, Andrew Matiukas, Andrew Kane, Andrew McIntosh, Andrew Norris, Andrew Timmes, Andrew Wright, Anthony Taylor, Antoine Gagnon, Austin Davis, Barny “Kaerynn”, Barry Fujii, Ben Brower, Ben Ku, Ben McFarland, Ben Parker, Benjamin Kaye, Benjamin T. Cole, Bernard McManus, Bert Shaw, M.D., Beth Bailey, Bill Beers, Blake McStravick, Blake Smith, Brad Davis, Brad Warder, Brady Lucas, Brandon Beauvais, Brandon Heenan, Brandon Ingram, Brendan Wenzl, Brian Barcus, Brian Carpenter, Brian Dees, Brian Dunn, Brian Ganger, Brian Lynn, Brian Stillman, Brian Warder, Bruce Allin, Bruce Liping Smith, Bryan Wire, Burgle Mitenko, Caleb Biers, Cameron Kaye, Carey Newhouse, Carrie Kobelsky, Casey Creech, Cassie Reid, Catherine Prickett, Charles “Carter”, Chip Bullard, Chip Orton, Chris Adiletta, Chris Childs, Chris Stauffer, Chris “Waffles” Wathen, Chris Wilms, Chris Williams, Christian Jones, Christopher Hazell, Christopher Higginbotham, Christopher LaHaise, Christopher M., Christopher Wright, Chrystine Robinson, Chuck Badger, Clayton Roberson, Colleen M. Cole, Cory Stafford, Courtney McGuire, Damien G., Dan Strode, M.D., Dan Vloedman, Dan Vogel, Dane Whicker, Daniel Keyser, Daniel Murphy, Daniel Shay, Daniel Silver, Darren Chambers, Dave Blake, Dave Curtis, Dave Noble, David Carner, David Dowdy, David Freisinger, David Gibson, David Smucker, David Yu, Delaney Hardt, Denny Edwards, Derek Keller, Desi Graham, Desiree Ogilvy, Devon Self, Dina Katz, Dmitry Katz, Dominik Imbrich, Donald Lucas, Doug Dowdy, Dustin Hiatt, Dwayne Murphy, Eddie Gonzalez, Edward McDaniel, Edwin Nagy, Egg Embry, Elisa Gonzales, Emmanuel Guerrero, Eric Chen, Eric Garber, Eric Moore, Eric Ruthman, Eric Vaessen, Erica Bouvier, Erica Hickman, Erik Harder, Eryn S, Estevan Gonzales, Eugene Katz, Ewen Furze, Fabian Hufgard, Francois Martineau, Gary Whicker, Geoff Upton, Gerald Kirby, Ginger McStravick, Goloka Berndal, Graham, Greg King, Greg Lencioni, Gregory Blair, Guillaume Berthome, Guy Parisi, Hannah Cochran, Haoyu Chen, Heather Curtis, Heather Lingg, Henrik Gullaksen, Higashi “Drukago”, Hunter Guerrero, J. Ryan Conklin, J.L. Frye III, Jacob Aaboe, Jacob Pasciak, Jacob Weber, Jakob Malchow, James French, James Introcaso, James Jones, James Reed, James Wilson, Jamie Laura, Janine Hempy, Jannik Brouwer, Jason Boyle, Jason Brooks, Jason Farrell, Jason Hobson, Jason Katz, Jason Mollett, Jason Pasciak, Jason Richter, Jay Bird, Jay Colburn, Jaynee “Isla”, Jeff Kice, Jeff Secord, Jeff Wax, Jeremy Burgomaster, Jeremy Calton, Jeremy Weikel, Jeremy Wilson, Jerry Chaney, Jesse Gunness, Jessica Carey, Jim Serkeyn, Joey Lencioni, John Cottingame, John Fischer, John Hazell, John Klas, John McGuire, Jon Sawatsky, Jon Taylor, Jonathan Coughlin, Jordan Kalman, Jordan VanCleef, Jorge Ortiz, Jorge Torres, Jose Luis Martin, Josh Croak, Josh Edwards, Joshua Hoyt, Joshua Moreland, June Riester, Justin Hanssen, Justin McKeown, Kam Altar, Kasper Kristoffersen, Kate Hinton, Katie King, Katie Mulryan, Ken Loupe, Ken Reister, Kristin Matsick, Kyle Murray, Lance Case, Laura O’Brien, Leah Sax, Lee Gilbert, Leland Beauchamp, Levi Covarrubias, Malcomb James, Malcomb Wood, Marc Frechet, Marietta Jones, Mark Garringer, Martin G. Perez, Martina G., Martina S., Marty, Mary Hawkins, Matt Fadrowski, Matt Lampert, Matt Stretz, Max Maier, Meaghan Rodel, Megan B, Megan Blattel, Meshon Cantrill, Michael Baird, Michael Greve, Michael Harrell, Michael Haynes, Michael Hottenstein, Michael Johnston, Michael M., Michael Pridal‑LoPoccolo, Michael Schmidt, Michael Syphrit, Michelle Shea , Mike Albright, Mike Crane, Mike Finch, Mike Romano, Mike Schiller, Mike Shea, Mikkel Weber, Mitch “Navid” Somerville, Nate Petrecz, Nathan Bouvier, Nick Childs, Nick Reymond, Nick Stauffer, Patrick Dennis, Patrick Gonzales, Paul Grimes, Paxton Grill, Peter Aven, Peter Lowther, Preston Hund, Priscilla Lencioni, Rachael Belardo, Rachel Gluckstern, Raiden Upton, Ralph T , Ramon Celosia, Randy Self, Reagan James, Rich Couvillon, Richard Cameron, Richard Esett III, Richard Esett Jr., Richard Zayas, Rob Bodine, Rob Hageman, Robbi Gibson, Robert Coleman, Robert Plummer, Rod Waibel, Rodney Stanton III, Rodney Stanton IV, Roe Weeks, Roger Lopez, Rusty Lencioni, Ryan P, Ryker Lowmiller, Sara Beyers, Sarah Anderson, Sarah Haselton, Sarai Guerrero, Dr. Scott Johnson, Scott Leslie, Scott Price, Sean Arnell, Sean Dawson, Sean Flynn, Sean Izaakse, Sean-Michael Galgano, Sebastian Wysoki, Shane Kirby, Shane Kirby, Shanti Jones, Shannon Hardt, Shaun Cavanagh, Shawn Dry, Shawna Lee, Sherry Hardt, Sriman Kumar, Stacie Weikel, Stefan Grozev, Stephanie C, Stephen W. Bieda III, , Stephen Bulla, Stephen Livingston, Stephen Stauffer, Steven McCormick, Storm Curtis, Sue “Ella” Rogers, Sumit Kumar, Susanne Haar, Tara Cameron, Ted Sikora, Teri Solow, Terry Cletcher, Theresa Cameron, Tiffany “Piper” Shearn, Tim “Lucious” Holtman, Tim Jennar, Tobias Zengler , Tom Haselton, Tony Sax, Torsten Kablitz, Tristan Wysoki, Troy Nissen, Tyler Brown, Tyler Silva, Vegas Lancaster, Veronica Keller, Victoria Osborne, Virginia Hamilton, William Beers, Xavier Westmoreland, and Zach Waibel

Accountant Shelly Baur
Publisher Wolfgang Baur

With Additional Thanks to: Kristian Ahonen, Eric Anderson, Joshua Banks, Jobe Bittmann, Clinton Boomer, Marina de Santiago Buey, Angelica Burns, Jesse Butler, Jarrod Camiré, Aaron Cheung, Tim Connors, Ryan Costello, Jr., Adam Daigle, Jim Davis, Lee DeBoer, John Doh, Chris Doyle, John Foster, Erik Freund, Frank Gori, Leonard Grand, Richard Green, Jim Groves, Amanda Hamon Kunz, Andrew Harshman, Jacob Haywood, Steven T. Helt, Jeffrey Hersh, Andrew Hind, Brandon Hodge, Sarah Hood, Richard Iversen, Clare Jones, Alex Kanous, Michael Kortes, Henry S. Kurtz, Phillip Larwood, Richard Lawson, Jeff Lee, Brian Liberge, Chris Lockey, James MacKenzie, Rob Manning, Ari Marmell, Jonathan McAnulty, Ben McFarland, Jesse McGatha, Brett A. McLean, Carlos Ovalle, Ed Pereira, Richard Pett, John Pope, Rob Pratt, Chad Middleton, Brian Wiborg Mønster, Matt Morrissette, Robert H. Nichols, Stacy Nichols, Kalervo Oikarinen, Gunnar Ólafsson, Umber Phillips, Steven Robert, Wade Rockett, Jan Rodewald, Richard Rossi, Stephen Rowe, Adam Roy, Wendall Roy, Matt Rupprecht, Allen F. Schell, Burt Smith, Christina Stiles, Brian Suskind, Troy Taylor, James Thomas, John Tolios, James Thomas, Dan Voyce, Mike Welham, James Whittaker, George “Loki” Williams, and Henry Wong

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