The Duergar and Derro are are dishonourable and evil slavers, in contrast to dwarves. The Underdark basically has a lot of evil, twisted versions of the creatures from the surface world. Woop woop!Ĭlick here for the previous part, covering Dryads to Flumphs.Ĭlick here for the next part, covering Goblins to Kenku. stop trying to really make these reviewing monsters fit a certain arbitrary page quota or describe every detail of the creature, and just sort of make it a lot more casual, y'know?Īnd, hey, we're basically almost halfway through the Monster Manual. While I was admittedly way too verbose in the devils, demons and dragons pages, I'm going to try and basically. The whole point of going through these monsters is to showcase my appreciation for the more interesting ones, of course, and to talk about those that draw from specific real-life mythologies and whatnot. In the same vein as the Yu-Gi-Oh and Magic: The Gathering reviews, though, I've learned to really pace myself and, well, basically enjoy the smell of the flowers as I go. The original draft of the 'dryads to flumphs' article was actually originally 'driders to giants', in which I tried to fit as many monsters as possible because I sort of wanted to blaze through the Monter Manual.

D&d 5e monsters by type