SRD5:Beast
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Beast Overview
Beasts are nonhumanoid creatures that are a natural part of the fantasy ecology. Some of them have magical powers, but most are unintelligent and lack any society or language. Beasts include all varieties of ordinary animals, dinosaurs, and giant versions of animals.
List of Beasts[edit]
(187 official and unofficial Beasts)
| Name | Type | Subtype | Size | HP | Move Type | CR (XP) | Alignment | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giant Ant | Beast | Ant, Giant Ant | Large | 52 | Walk | 2 (450) | Unaligned | "Varied" |
| Giant Ant Queen | Beast | Ant, Giant Ant | Large | 85 | Walk | 4 (1,100) | Unaligned | "Varied" |
| Giant Ant Soldier | Beast | Ant, Giant Ant | Large | 73 | Walk | 3 (700) | Unaligned | Rlyehable |
| Ape | Beast | Ape | Medium | 19 | Walk, Climb | 1/2 (100) | Unaligned | SRD5 |
| Giant Ape | Beast | Ape | Huge | 157 | Walk, Climb | 7 (2,900) | Unaligned | SRD5 |
| Aurochs | Beast | Cow | Large | 38 | 2 (450) | Unaligned | VGtM, MotM, Varied | |
| Axe Beak | Beast | Large | 19 | Walk | 1/4 (50) | Unaligned | SRD5 | |
| Baboon | Beast | Monkey | Small | 3 | Walk, Climb | 0 (10) | Unaligned | SRD5 |
| Badger | Beast | Badger | Tiny | 3 | Walk, Burrow | 0 (10) | Unaligned | SRD5 |
| Giant Badger | Beast | Badger | Medium | 13 | Walk, Burrow | 1/4 (50) | Unaligned | SRD5 |
| Bat | Beast | Bat | Tiny | 1 | Walk, Fly | 0 (10) | Unaligned | SRD5 |
| Giant Bat | Beast | Bat | Large | 22 | Walk, Fly | 1/4 (50) | Unaligned | SRD5 |
| Black Bear | Beast | Bear | Medium | 19 | Walk, Climb | 1/2 (100) | Unaligned | SRD5 |
| Brown Bear | Beast | Bear | Large | 34 | Walk, Climb | 1 (200) | Unaligned | SRD5 |
| Cave Bear | Beast | Bear | Large | 42 | Walk, Swim | 2 (450) | Unaligned | "Varied" |
| Polar Bear | Beast | Bear | Large | 42 | Walk, Swim | 2 (450) | Unaligned | SRD5 |
| Fae Badger | Beast | Badger, Fey | Tiny | 3 | Walk, Burrow | 0 (10) | Unaligned | Rlyehable |
| Fae Panther | Beast | Fey, Great Cat | Medium | 13 | Walk, Climb | 1/4 (50) | Unaligned | Rlyehable |
| Fae Rat | Beast | Fey, Rat | Tiny | 1 | Walk | 0 (10) | Unaligned | Rlyehable |
| Beast of the Land | Beast | Medium | Calculated | walk, climb | Tasha's Cauldron of Everything | |||
| Beast of the Sea | Beast | Medium | Calculated | walk, swim | Tasha's Cauldron of Everything | |||
| Beast of the Sky | Beast | Medium | Calculated | walk, sky | Tasha's Cauldron of Everything | |||
| Giant Fire Beetle | Beast | Small | 4 | Walk | 0 (10) | Unaligned | SRD5 | |
| Bestial Spirit | Beast | Small | calculated | n/a | Tasha's Cauldron of Everything | |||
| Boar | Beast | Boar | Medium | 11 | Walk | 1/4 (50) | Unaligned | SRD5 |
| Giant Boar | Beast | Boar | Large | 42 | Walk | 2 (450) | Unaligned | SRD5 |
| Camel | Beast | Large | 15 | Walk | 1/8 (25) | Unaligned | SRD5 | |
| Giant Canary | Beast | Large | 26 | 1/2 (100) | Unaligned | Fizban's Treasury of Dragons | ||
| Cat | Beast | Tiny | 2 | Walk, Climb | 0 (10) | Unaligned | SRD5 | |
| Crag Cat | Beast | Large | 34 | Walk | 1 (200) | Unaligned | Storm King's Thunder | |
| Centipede | Beast | Insect, Centipede | Tiny | 2 | Walk, Climb | 0 (10) | Unaligned | Rlyehable |
| Dread Centipede | Beast | Centipede | Large | 124 | Walk, Burrow, Climb | 8 (3,900) | Unaligned | Rlyehable |
| Giant Centipede | Beast | Centipede | Small | 4 | Walk, Climb | 1/4 (50) | Unaligned | SRD5 |
| Cougar | Beast | Great Cat | Medium | 13 | Walk, Climb | 1/4 (50) | Unaligned | SRD5 |
| Cow | Beast | Cow | Large | 15 | 1/4 (50) | Unaligned | Volo's Guide to Monsters | |
| Crab | Beast | Crab | Tiny | 2 | Walk, Swim | 0 (10) | Unaligned | SRD5 |
| Giant Crab | Beast | Crab | Medium | 13 | Walk, Swim | 1/8 (25) | Unaligned | SRD5 |
| Hulking Crab | Beast | Huge | 76 | 5 (1,800) | Unaligned | Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes | ||
| Giant Crayfish | Beast | Large | 45 | Walk, Swim | 2 (450) | Unaligned | Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes | |
| Crocodile | Beast | Crocodile | Large | 19 | Walk, Swim | 1/2 (100) | Unaligned | SRD5 |
| Giant Crocodile | Beast | Crocodile | Huge | 85 | Walk, Swim | 4 (1,100) | Unaligned | SRD5 |
| Deer | Beast | Medium | 4 | Walk | 0 (10) | Unaligned | SRD5 | |
| Allosaurus | Beast | Dinosaur | Large | 51 | Walk | 2 (450) | Unaligned | Monster Manual (5e) |
| Ankylosaurus | Beast | Dinosaur | Huge | 68 | Walk | 2 (450) | Unaligned | Monster Manual (5e) |
| Brontosaurus | Beast | Dinosaur | Gargantuan | 121 | Walk | 5 (1,800) | Unaligned | Varied, VGtM, MotM |
| Clawfoot | Beast | Dinosaur | Medium | 19 | Walk | 1 (200) | Unaligned | Eberron Rising from the Last War |
| Deinonychus | Beast | Dinosaur | Medium | 26 | Walk | 1 (200) | Unaligned | Varied, VGtM, MotM |
| Dimetrodon | Beast | Dinosaur | Medium | 19 | Walk, Swim | 1/4 (50) | Unaligned | Varied, VGtM, MotM |
| Fastieth | Beast | Dinosaur | Medium | 9 | Walk | 1/4 (50) | Unaligned | Eberron Rising from the Last War |
| Hadrosaurus | Beast | Dinosaur | Large | 19 | Walk | 1/4 (50) | Unaligned | Varied, VGtM, MotM |
| Plesiosaurus | Beast | Dinosaur | Large | 68 | Walk, Swim | 2 (450) | Unaligned | SRD5 |
| Pteranodon | Beast | Dinosaur | Medium | 13 | Walk, Fly | 1/4 (50) | Unaligned | Monster Manual (5e) |
| Quetzalcoatlus | Beast | Dinosaur | Huge | 30 | Walk, Fly | 2 (450) | Unaligned | Varied, VGtM, MotM |
| Stegosaurus | Beast | Dinosaur | Huge | 76 | Walk | 4 (1,100) | Unaligned | Varied, VGtM, MotM |
| Triceratops | Beast | Dinosaur | Huge | 95 | Walk | 5 (1,800) | Unaligned | SRD5 |
| Tyrannosaurus Rex | Beast | Dinosaur | Huge | 136 | Walk | 8 (3,900) | Unaligned | SRD5 |
| Velociraptor | Beast | Dinosaur | Tiny | 10 | Walk | 1/4 (50) | Unaligned | Varied, VGtM, MotM |
| Dolphin Comon | Beast | Medium | 11 | Swim | 1/8 (25) | Unaligned | Volo's Guide to Monsters | |
| Dolphin Common | Beast | Dolphin | Medium | 11 | Swim | 1/8 (25) | Unaligned | Varied, VGtM, MotM |
| Eagle | Beast | Eagle | Small | 3 | Walk, Fly | 0 (10) | Unaligned | SRD5 |
| Giant Eagle | Beast | Eagle | Large | 26 | Walk, Fly | 1 (200) | Unaligned | SRD5 |
| Giant Lightning Eel | Beast | Eel | Large | 42 | Walk, Swim | 3 (700) | Unaligned | Tales from the Yawning Portal |
| Giant Sea Eel | Beast | Eel | Large | 19 | Swim | 1/2 (100) | Unaligned | Ghosts of Saltmarsh |
| Elephant | Beast | Pachyderm | Huge | 76 | Walk | 4 (1,100) | Unaligned | SRD5 |
| Elk | Beast | Elk | Large | 13 | Walk | 1/4 (50) | Unaligned | SRD5 |
| Giant Elk | Beast | Elk | Huge | 42 | Walk | 2 (450) | Unaligned | SRD5 |
| Giant Fly | Beast | Insect | Large | 19 | Walk, Fly | 0 (0) | Unaligned | SRD5 |
| Frog | Beast | Frog | Tiny | 1 | Walk, Swim | 0 (0) | Unaligned | SRD5 |
| Giant Frog | Beast | Frog | Medium | 18 | Walk, Swim | 1/4 (50) | Unaligned | SRD5 |
| Goat | Beast | Goat | Medium | 4 | Walk | 0 (10) | Unaligned | SRD5 |
| Giant Goat | Beast | Goat | Large | 19 | Walk | 1/2 (100) | Unaligned | SRD5 |
| Hare | Beast | Tiny | 1 | Walk, Burrow | 0 (0) | Unaligned | Icewind Dale Rime of the Frostmaiden | |
| Hawk | Beast | Hawk | Small | 1 | Walk, Fly | 0 (10) | Unaligned | SRD5 |
| Blood Hawk | Beast | Hawk | Small | 7 | Walk, Fly | 1/8 (25) | Unaligned | SRD5 |
| Draft Horse | Beast | Horse | Large | 19 | Walk | 1/4 (50) | Unaligned | SRD5 |
| Riding Horse | Beast | Horse | Large | 13 | Walk | 1/4 (50) | Unaligned | SRD5 |
| Warhorse | Beast | Horse | Large | 19 | Walk | 1/2 (100) | Unaligned | SRD5 |
| Hyena | Beast | Hyena | Medium | 5 | Walk | 0 (10) | Unaligned | SRD5 |
| Giant Hyena | Beast | Hyena | Large | 45 | Walk | 1 (200) | Unaligned | SRD5 |
| Jackal | Beast | Small | 5 | Walk | 0 (10) | Unaligned | SRD5 | |
| Leapord | Beast | Great Cat | Medium | 13 | Walk, Climb | 1/4 (50) | Unaligned | SRD5 |
| Lion | Beast | Great Cat, Lion | Large | 26 | Walk | 1 (200) | Unaligned | SRD5 |
| Lizard | Beast | Lizard | Tiny | 2 | Walk, Climb | 0 (10) | Unaligned | SRD5 |
| Giant Lizard | Beast | Lizard | Large | 19 | Walk, Climb | 1/4 (50) | Unaligned | SRD5 |
| Giant Subterranean Lizard | Beast | Lizard | Huge | 66 | Walk, Swim | 4 (1,100) | Unaligned | Tales from the Yawning Portal |
| Mammoth | Beast | Pachyderm | Huge | 126 | Walk | 6 (2,300) | Unaligned | SRD5 |
| Mastiff | Beast | Dog | Medium | 5 | Walk | 1/8 (25) | Unaligned | SRD5 |
| Monkey | Beast | Monkey | Small | 2 | Walk, Climb | 1/8 (25) | Unaligned | Rlyehable |
| Flying Monkey | Beast | Monkey | Small | 5 | Walk, Fly | 1/8 (25) | Unaligned | Rlyehable |
| Sea Monkey | Beast | Monkey | Small | 2 | Walk, Swim | 1/8 (25) | Unaligned | Rlyehable |
| Mule | Beast | Medium | 11 | Walk | 1/8 (25) | Unaligned | SRD5 | |
| Octopus | Beast | Octopus | Small | 3 | Walk, Swim | 0 (10) | Unaligned | SRD5 |
| Giant Octopus | Beast | Octopus | Large | 52 | Walk, Swim | 1 (200) | Unaligned | SRD5 |
| Owl | Beast | Owl | Tiny | 1 | Walk, Fly | 0 (10) | Unaligned | SRD5 |
| Fae Owl | Beast | Fey, Owl | Tiny | 1 | Walk, Fly | 0 (10) | Unaligned | Rlyehable |
| Giant Owl | Beast | Owl | Large | 19 | Walk, Fly | 1/4 (50) | Unaligned | SRD5 |
| Ox | Beast | Cow | Large | 15 | 1/4 (50) | Unaligned | VGtM, MotM, Varied | |
| Panther | Beast | Great Cat | Medium | 13 | Walk, Climb | 1/4 (50) | Unaligned | SRD5 |
| Pony | Beast | Large | 11 | Walk | 1/8 (25) | Unaligned | SRD5 | |
| Primeval Companion | Beast | Medium | 10 + five times your druid level | UA 2022 Giant Options | ||||
| Quipper | Beast | Quipper | Large | 1 | Swim | 0 (10) | Unaligned | SRD5 |
| Rabbit | Beast | Tiny | 2 | Walk, Burrow | 0 (0) | Unaligned | Rlyehable | |
| Rat | Beast | Rat | Tiny | 1 | Walk | 0 (10) | Unaligned | SRD5 |
| Giant Rat | Beast | Rat | Small | 7 | Walk | 1/8 (25) | Unaligned | SRD5 |
| Diseased Giant Rat | Beast | Rat | Small | 7 | Walk | 1/8 (25) | Unaligned | SRD5 |
| Ursoi Rat | Beast | Rat | Medium | 34 | Walk, Burrow, Climb, Swim | 1/2 (100) | Unaligned | Rlyehable |
| Raven | Beast | Raven | Tiny | 1 | Walk, Fly | 0 (10) | Unaligned | SRD5 |
| Relic Sloth | Beast | Sloth | 76 | Walk, Climb | 2 (450) | Unaligned | Strixhaven | |
| Rhinoceros | Beast | Large | 45 | Walk | 2 (450) | Unaligned | SRD5 | |
| Rothé | Beast | Cow | Large | 15 | 1/4 (50) | Unaligned | Volo's Guide to Monsters | |
| Deep Rothé | Beast | Cow | Medium | 13 | 1/4 (50) | Unaligned | VGtM, MotM, Varied | |
| Pleiosaurus | Beast | Dinosaur | Large | 2 (450) | Unaligned | |||
| Scorpion | Beast | Scorpion | Tiny | 1 | Walk | 0 (10) | Unaligned | SRD5 |
| Giant Scorpion | Beast | Scorpion | Large | 15 | Walk | 3 (700) | Unaligned | SRD5 |
| Sea Horse | Beast | Sea Horse | Tiny | 1 | Swim | 0 (0) | Unaligned | SRD5 |
| Giant Sea Horse | Beast | Sea Horse | Large | 16 | Swim | 1/2 (100) | Unaligned | SRD5 |
| Sea Lion (5e)/Beast | Beast | Large | 15 | Walk, Swim | 1/2 (100) | Unaligned | ||
| The City of Deep Webs (5e Campaign Setting)/Deep Shark | Beast | Shark | Large | 45 | 3 (650) | Unaligned | ||
| Giant Shark | Beast | Shark | Huge | 126 | Swim | 5 (1,800) | Unaligned | SRD5 |
| Hunter Shark | Beast | Shark | Large | 45 | Swim | 2 (450) | Unaligned | SRD5 |
| Reef Shark | Beast | Shark | Medium | 22 | Swim | 1/2 (100) | Unaligned | SRD5 |
| Constrictor Snake | Beast | Snake | Large | 13 | Walk | 1/4 (50) | Unaligned | SRD5 |
| Giant Constrictor Snake | Beast | Snake | Huge | 60 | Walk, Swim | 2 (450) | Unaligned | SRD5 |
| Flying Snake | Beast | Snake | Tiny | 14 | Walk, Fly, Swim | 1/8 (25) | Unaligned | SRD5 |
| Giant Coral Snake | Beast | Snake | Large | 9 | Walk, Swim | 4 (1,100) | Unaligned | Ghosts of Saltmarsh |
| Poisonous Snake | Beast | Snake | Tiny | 2 | Walk, Swim | 1/8 (25) | Unaligned | SRD5 |
| Giant Poisonous Snake | Beast | Snake | Medium | 11 | Walk, Swim | 1/4 (50) | Unaligned | SRD5 |
| Space Eel | Beast | Eel | Small | 7 | 1/2 (100) | Unaligned | Boo's Astral Menagerie | |
| Space Guppy | Beast | Small | 3 | Fly | 0 (10) | Unaligned | Boo's Astral Menagerie | |
| Giant Space Hamster | Beast | Hamster | Large | 22 | Walk, Burrow | 1/4 (50) | Unaligned | Boo's Astral Menagerie |
| Space Mollymawk | Beast | Small | 3 | Walk, Fly | 0 (10) | Unaligned | Boo's Astral Menagerie | |
| Space Swine | Beast | Medium | 22 | Walk, Fly | 1/4 (50) | Unaligned | Boo's Astral Menagerie | |
| Spider | Beast | Spider | Tiny | 1 | Walk, Climb | 0 (10) | Unaligned | SRD5 |
| Deep Spider | Beast | Spider, Sword Spider | Huge | 95 | 7 (2,900) | Unaligned | Minsc and Boo's Journal of Villainy | |
| Giant Spider | Beast | Spider | Large | 26 | Walk, Climb | 1 (200) | Unaligned | SRD5 |
| Mammoth Spider | Beast | Spider | Huge | 95 | Walk, Climb | 5 (1,800) | Unaligned | Rlyehable |
| Sword Spider | Beast | Spider, Sword Spider | Large | 45 | 3 (700) | Unaligned | Minsc and Boo's Journal of Villainy | |
| Giant Wolf Spider | Beast | Spider | Medium | 11 | Walk, Climb | 1/4 (50) | Unaligned | SRD5 |
| Female Steeder | Beast | Steeder, Spider | Large | 30 | Walk, Climb | 1 (200) | Unaligned | Out of the Abyss |
| Stirge | Beast | Tiny | 2 | Walk, Fly | 1/8 (25) | Unaligned | SRD5 | |
| Tiger | Beast | Tiger, Great Cat | Large | 37 | Walk | 1 (200) | Unaligned | SRD5 |
| Saber-Toothed Tiger | Beast | Tiger, Great Cat | Large | 52 | Walk | 2 (450) | Unaligned | SRD5 |
| Giant Toad | Beast | Frog | Large | 39 | Walk, Swim | 1 (200) | Unaligned | SRD5 |
| Tressym | Beast | Tiny | 5 | Walk, Climb, Fly | 0 (10) | Chaotic Neutral | Storm King's Thunder | |
| Tritail | Beast | Bird | Tiny | 1 | 0 (10) | Unaligned | Rlyehable | |
| Velociraptor | Beast | Dinosaur | Small | 13 | 1/4 (50) | Unaligned | KahBorg | |
| Vulture | Beast | Vulture | Medium | 5 | Walk, Fly | 0 (10) | Unaligned | SRD5 |
| Giant Vulture | Beast | Vulture | Large | 22 | 1 (200) | Neutral Evil | SRD5 | |
| Giant Wasp | Beast | Wasp | Medium | 13 | Walk, Fly | 1/2 (100) | Unaligned | SRD5 |
| Weasel | Beast | Weasel | Tiny | 1 | 0 (10) | Unaligned | SRD5 | |
| Giant Weasel | Beast | Weasel | Medium | 9 | Walk | 1/8 (25) | Unaligned | SRD5 |
| Killer Whale | Beast | Whale | Huge | 90 | Swim | 3 (700) | Unaligned | SRD5 |
| Wolf | Beast | Wolf | Medium | 11 | Walk | 1/4 (50) | Unaligned | SRD5 |
| Dire Wolf | Beast | Wolf | Large | 37 | Walk | 1 (200) | Unaligned | SRD5 |
| Phoenix Ash (5e Campaign Setting)/Woolf | Beast | Woolf | Medium | 0.25 (50) | Rlyehable |
Sources and Notes[edit]
- Wizards RPG Team (6 May 2015). SRD-OGL v5.1. (5e) Wizards of the Coast. Licensed: OGL.
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