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Bestiary
Monsters
Aarakocra
Humanoid
CR 0.25
AC 12
Aboleth
Abberation
CR 10
AC 17
Abominable Yeti
Monstrosity
CR 9
AC 15
Air Elemental
Elemental
CR 5
AC 15
Allosaurus
Beast
CR 2
AC 13
Animated Armor
Construct
CR 1
AC 18
Ankheg
Monstrosity
CR 2
AC 14
Ankylosaurus
Beast
CR 3
AC 15
Ape
Beast
CR 0.5
AC 12
Awakened Shrub
Plant
CR 0
AC 9
Awakened Tree
Plant
CR 2
AC 13
Axe Beak
Beast
CR 0.25
AC 11
Azer
Elemental
CR 2
AC 17
Baboon
Beast
CR 0
AC 12
Badger
Beast
CR 1
AC 10
Banshee
Undead
CR 4
AC 12
Barbed Devil
Fiend
CR 5
AC 15
Barlgura
Fiend
CR 5
AC 15
Basilisk
Monstrosity
CR 3
AC 15
Bat
Beast
CR 0
AC 12
Bearded Devil
Fiend
CR 3
AC 13
Black Bear
Beast
CR 0.5
AC 11
Black Dragon Wyrmling
Dragon
CR 2
AC 17
Black Pudding
Ooze
CR 4
AC 7
Blink Dog
Fey
CR 0.25
AC 13
Blood Hawk
Beast
CR 0.125
AC 12
Blue Dragon Wyrmling
Dragon
CR 3
AC 17
Blue Faerie Dragon
Dragon
CR 2
AC 15
Blue Slaad
Abberation
CR 7
AC 15
Boar
Beast
CR 0.25
AC 11
Bone Devil
Fiend
CR 9
AC 19
Bone Naga
Undead
CR 4
AC 15
Brass Dragon Wyrmling
Dragon
CR 1
AC 16
Bronze Dragon Wyrmling
Dragon
CR 2
AC 17
Brown Bear
Beast
CR 1
AC 11
Bugbear
Humanoid
CR 1
AC 16
Bugbear Chief
Humanoid
CR 3
AC 17
Bulette
Monstrosity
CR 5
AC 17
Bullywug
Humanoid
CR 0.25
AC 15
Cambion
Fiend
CR 5
AC 19
Camel
Beast
CR 0.125
AC 9
Carrion Crawler
Monstrosity
CR 2
AC 13
Cat
Beast
CR 0
AC 12
Centaur
Monstrosity
CR 2
AC 12
Chain Devil
Fiend
CR 8
AC 16
Chasme
Fiend
CR 6
AC 15
Chimera
Monstrosity
CR 6
AC 14
Chuul
Abberation
CR 4
AC 16
Clay Golem
Construct
CR 9
AC 14
Cloaker
Abberation
CR 8
AC 14
Cloud Giant
Giant
CR 9
AC 14
Cockatrice
Monstrosity
CR 0.5
AC 11
Constrictor Snake
Beast
CR 0.25
AC 12
Copper Dragon Wyrmling
Dragon
CR 1
AC 16
Couatl
Celestial
CR 4
AC 19
Crab
Beast
CR 0
AC 11
Crawling Claw
Undead
CR 0
AC 12
Crocodile
Beast
CR 0.5
AC 12
Cyclops
Giant
CR 6
AC 14
Darkmantle
Monstrosity
CR 0.5
AC 11
Death Dog
Monstrosity
CR 1
AC 12
Death Slaad
Abberation
CR 10
AC 18
Deep Gnome(Svirfneblin)
Humanoid
CR 0.5
AC 15
Deer
Beast
CR 0
AC 13
Deva
Celestial
CR 10
AC 17
Dire Wolf
Beast
CR 1
AC 14
Displacer Beast
Monstrosity
CR 3
AC 13
Doppelganger
Monstrosity
CR 3
AC 14
Draft Horse
Beast
CR 0.25
AC 10
Dretch
Fiend
CR 0.25
AC 11
Drider
Monstrosity
CR 6
AC 19
Drow
Humanoid
CR 0.25
AC 15
Drow Elite Warrior
Humanoid
CR 5
AC 18
Drow Mage
Humanoid
CR 7
AC 12
Drow Priestess of Lolth
Humanoid
CR 8
AC 16
Dryad
Fey
CR 1
AC 11
Duergar
Humanoid
CR 1
AC 16
Duodrone
Construct
CR 0.25
AC 15
Dust Mephit
Elemental
CR 0.5
AC 12
Eagle
Beast
CR 0
AC 12
Earth Elemental
Elemental
CR 5
AC 17
Elephant
Beast
CR 4
AC 12
Elk
Beast
CR 0.25
AC 10
Ettercap
Monstrosity
CR 2
AC 13
Ettin
Giant
CR 4
AC 12
Fire Elemental
Elemental
CR 5
AC 13
Fire Giant
Giant
CR 9
AC 18
Fire Snake
Elemental
CR 1
AC 14
Flameskull
Undead
CR 4
AC 13
Flesh Golem
Construct
CR 5
AC 9
Flumph
Abberation
CR 0.125
AC 12
Flying Snake
Beast
CR 0.125
AC 14
Flying Sword
Construct
CR 0.25
AC 17
Fomorian
Giant
CR 8
AC 14
Frog
Beast
CR 0
AC 11
Frost Giant
Ginat
CR 8
AC 15
Galeb Duhr
Elemental
CR 6
AC 16
Gargoyle
Elemental
CR 2
AC 15
Gas Spore
Plant
CR 0.5
AC 5
Gelatinous Cube
Ooze
CR 2
AC 6
Ghast
Undead
CR 2
AC 13
Ghost
Undead
CR 4
AC 11
Ghoul
Undead
CR 1
AC 12
Giant Ape
Beast
CR 7
AC 12
Giant Badger
Beast
CR 0.25
AC 10
Giant Bat
Beast
CR 0.25
AC 13
Giant Boar
Beast
CR 2
AC 12
Giant Centipede
Beast
CR 0.25
AC 13
Giant Constrictor Snake
Beast
CR 2
AC 12
Giant Crab
Beast
CR 0.125
AC 15
Giant Crocodile
Beast
CR 5
AC 14
Giant Elk
Beast
CR 2
AC 14
Giant Fire Beetle
Beast
CR 0
AC 13
Giant Frog
Beast
CR 0.25
AC 11
Giant Goat
Beast
CR 0.5
AC 11
Giant Hyena
Beast
CR 1
AC 12
Giant Lizard
Beast
CR 0.25
AC 12
Giant Octopus
Beast
CR 1
AC 11
GiantEagle
Beast
CR 1
AC 13
Gibbering Mouther
Abberation
CR 2
AC 9
Githyanki Knight
Humanoid
CR 8
AC 18
Githyanki Warrior
Humanoid
CR 3
AC 17
Githzerai Monk
Humanoid
CR 2
AC 14
Githzerai Zerth
Humanoid
CR 6
AC 17
Glabrezu
Fiend
CR 9
AC 17
Gnoll
Humanoid
CR 0.5
AC 15
Gnoll Fang of Yeenoghu
Humanoid
CR 4
AC 14
Gnoll Pack Lord
Humanoid
CR 2
AC 15
Goblin
Humanoid
CR 0.25
AC 15
Goblin Boss
Humanoid
CR 1
AC 17
Gold Dragon Wyrmling
Dragon
CR 3
AC 17
Gorgon
Monstrosity
CR 5
AC 19
Gray Ooze
Ooze
CR 0.5
AC 8
Gray Slaad
Abberation
CR 9
AC 18
Green Dragon Wyrmling
Dragon
CR 2
AC 17
Green Faerie Dragon
Dragon
CR 2
AC 15
Green Hag
Fey
CR 3
AC 17
Green Slaad
Abberation
CR 8
AC 16
Grell
Abberation
CR 3
AC 12
Grick
Monstrosity
CR 2
AC 14
Grick Alpha
Monstrosity
CR 7
AC 18
Griffon
Monstrosity
CR 2
AC 12
Grimlock
Humanoid
CR 0.25
AC 11
Guardian Naga
Monstrosity
CR 10
AC 18
Half-Ogre
Giant
CR 1
AC 12
Harpy
Monstrosity
CR 1
AC 11
Hell Hound
Fiend
CR 3
AC 15
Hemled Horror
Construct
CR 4
AC 20
Hezoru
Fiend
CR 8
AC 16
Hill Giant
Giant
CR 5
AC 13
Hippogriff
Monstrosity
CR 1
AC 11
Hobgoblin
Humanoid
CR 0.5
AC 18
Hobgoblin Captain
Humanoid
CR 3
AC 17
Hobgoblin Warlord
Humanoid
CR 6
AC 20
Homunculus
Construct
CR 0
AC 13
Hook Horror
Monstrosity
CR 3
AC 15
Hydra
Monstrosity
CR 8
AC 15
Ice Mephit
Elemental
CR 0.5
AC 11
Imp
Fiend
CR 1
AC 13
Incubus
Fiend
CR 4
AC 15
Indigo Faerie Dragon
Dragon
CR 2
AC 15
Intellect Devourer
Abberation
CR 2
AC 12
Invisible Stalker
Elemental
CR 6
AC 14
Jackalwere
Humanoid
CR 0.5
AC 12
Kenku
Humanoid
CR 0.25
AC 13
Kobold
Humanoid
CR 0.125
AC 12
Kuo-Toa
Humanoid
CR 0.25
AC 13
Kuo-Toa Archpriest
Humanoid
CR 6
AC 13
Kuo-Toa Whip
Humanoid
CR 1
AC 11
Lamia
Monstrosity
CR 4
AC 13
Lemure
Fiend
CR 0
AC 7
Lizardfold King
Humanoid
CR 4
AC 15
Lizardfold Queen
Humanoid
CR 4
AC 15
Lizardfold Shaman
Humanoid
CR 2
AC 13
Lizardfolk
Humanoid
CR 0.5
AC 15
Magma Mephit
Elemental
CR 0.5
AC 11
Magmin
Elemental
CR 0.5
AC 14
Manes
Fiend
CR 0.125
AC 9
Manticore
Monstrosity
CR 3
AC 14
Medusa
Monstrosity
CR 6
AC 15
Merfolk
Humanoid
CR 0.125
AC 11
Merrow
Monstrosity
CR 2
AC 13
Mezzoloth
Fiend
CR 5
AC 18
Mimic
Monstrosity
CR 2
AC 12
Mind Flayer
Abberation
CR 7
AC 15
Minotaur
Monstrosity
CR 3
AC 14
Minotaur Skeleton
Undead
CR 2
AC 12
Monodrone
Construct
CR 0.125
AC 15
Mud Mephit
Elemental
CR 0.25
AC 11
Mummy
Undead
CR 3
AC 11
Myconid Adult
Plant
CR 0.5
AC 12
Myconid Sovereign
Plant
CR 2
AC 13
Myconid Sprout
Plant
CR 0
AC 10
Needle Blight
Plant
CR 0.25
AC 12
Night Hag
Fiend
CR 5
AC 17
Nightmare
Fiend
CR 3
AC 13
Nothic
Abberation
CR 2
AC 15
Nycaloth
Fiend
CR 9
AC 18
Ochre Ooze
Ooze
CR 2
AC 8
Ogre
Giant
CR 2
AC 11
Oni
Giant
CR 7
AC 16
Orange Faerie Dragon
Dragon
CR 1
AC 15
Orc
Humanoid
CR 0.5
AC 13
Orc Eye of Gruumsh
Humanoid
CR 2
AC 16
Orc War Chief
Humanoid
CR 4
AC 16
Orog
Humanoid
CR 2
AC 18
Otyugh
Abberation
CR 5
AC 14
Owlbear
Monstrosity
CR 3
AC 13
Pegasus
Celestial
CR 2
AC 12
Pentadrone
Construct
CR 2
AC 16
Peryton
Monstrosity
CR 2
AC 13
Piercer
Monstrosity
CR 0.5
AC 15
Pixie
Fey
CR 0.25
AC 15
Plesiosaurus
Beast
CR 2
AC 13
Pseudodragon
Dragon
CR 0.25
AC 13
Pteranodon
Beast
CR 0.25
AC 13
Quadrone
Construct
CR 1
AC 16
Quaggoth
Humanoid
CR 2
AC 13
Quasit
Fiend
CR 1
AC 13
Red Dragon Wyrmling
Dragon
CR 4
AC 17
Red Faerie Dragon
Dragon
CR 1
AC 15
Red Slaad
Abberation
CR 5
AC 14
Revenant
Undead
CR 5
AC 13
Roper
Monstrosity
CR 5
AC 20
Rug of Smothering
Construct
CR 2
AC 12
Rust Monster
Monstrosity
CR 0.5
AC 14
Sahuagin
Humanoid
CR 0.5
AC 12
Sahuagin Baron
Humanoid
CR 5
AC 16
Sahuagin Priestess
Humanoid
CR 2
AC 12
Salamander
Elemental
CR 5
AC 15
Satyr
Fey
CR 0.5
AC 14
Scarecrow
Construct
CR 1
AC 11
Sea Hag
Fey
CR 2
AC 14
Shadow
Undead
CR 0.5
AC 12
Shadow Demon
Fiend
CR 4
AC 13
Shambling Mound
Plant
CR 5
AC 15
Shield Guardian
Construct
CR 7
AC 17
Shrieker
Plant
CR 0
AC 5
Silver Dragon Wyrmling
Dragon
CR 2
AC 17
Skeleton
Undead
CR 0.25
AC 13
Slaad Tadpole
Abberation
CR 0.125
AC 12
Smoke Mephit
Elemental
CR 0.25
AC 11
Spectator
Abberation
CR 3
AC 14
Specter
Undead
CR 1
AC 12
Spined Devil
Fiend
CR 2
AC 13
Spirit Naga
Monstrosity
CR 8
AC 15
Sprite
Fey
CR 0.25
AC 15
Steam Mephit
Elemental
CR 0.25
AC 10
Stirge
Beast
CR 0.125
AC 14
Stone Giant
Giant
CR 7
AC 17
Stone Golem
Construct
CR 10
AC 17
Succubus
Fiend
CR 4
AC 15
Thri-Kreen
Humanoid
CR 1
AC 15
Treant
Plant
CR 9
AC 16
Triceratops
Beast
CR 5
AC 13
Tridrone
Construct
CR 0.5
AC 15
Troglodyte
Humanoid
CR 0.25
AC 11
Troll
Giant
CR 5
AC 15
Twig Blight
Plant
CR 0.125
AC 13
Tyrannosaurus Rex
Beast
CR 8
AC 13
Umber Hulk
Monstrosity
CR 5
AC 18
Unicorn
Celestial
CR 5
AC 12
Vampire Spawn
Undead
CR 5
AC 15
Vine Blight
Plant
CR 0.5
AC 12
Violet Faerie Dragon
Dragon
CR 2
AC 15
Violet Fungus
Plant
CR 0.25
AC 5
Vrock
Fiend
CR 6
AC 15
Warhorse Skeleton
Undead
CR 0.5
AC 13
Water Elemental
Elemental
CR 5
AC 14
Water Weird
Elemental
CR 3
AC 13
Werebear
Humanoid
CR 5
AC
Wereboar
Humanoid
CR 4
AC
Wererat
Humanoid
CR 2
AC 12
Weretiger
Humanoid
CR 4
AC 12
Werewolf
Humanoid
CR 3
AC
White Dragon Wyrmling
Dragon
CR 2
AC 16
Wight
Undead
CR 3
AC 14
Will-o-wisp
Undead
CR 2
AC 19
Winged Kobold
Humanoid
CR 0.25
AC 13
Wraith
Undead
CR 5
AC 13
Wyvern
Dragon
CR 6
AC 13
Xorn
Elemental
CR 5
AC 19
Yellow Faerie Dragon
Dragon
CR 1
AC 15
Yeti
Monstrosity
CR 3
AC 12
Yoghlol
Fiend
CR 10
AC 15
Young Black Dragon
Dragon
CR 7
AC 18
Young Blue Dragon
Dragon
CR 9
AC 18
Young Brass Dragon
Dragon
CR 6
AC 17
Young Bronze Dragon
Dragon
CR 8
AC 18
Young Copper Dragon
Dragon
CR 7
AC 17
Young Gold Dragon
Dragon
CR 10
AC 18
Young Green Dragon
Dragon
CR 8
AC 18
Young Red Dragon
Dragon
CR 10
AC 18
Young Remorhaz
Monstrosity
CR 5
AC 14
Young Silver Dragon
Dragon
CR 9
AC 18
Young White Dragon
Drago
CR 6
AC 17
Yuan-Ti Abomination
Monstrosity
CR 7
AC 15
Yuan-Ti Malison
Monstrosity
CR 3
AC 12
Yuan-Ti Pureblood
Humanoid
CR 1
AC 11
Zombie
Undead
CR 0.25
AC 8
Monstrosity
CR 2
Griffon
L
Monstrosity
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450 XP
AC
12
HP
59
Speed
30
Additional movement:
80
Ability Scores
STR
18
DEX
15
CON
16
INT
2
WIS
13
CHA
8
Skills
Perception +5
Senses
darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 15
Lore
Description
Griffons are ferocious avian carnivores with the muscular bodies of lions and the head, forelegs, and wings of eagles. When they attack, griffons are as swift and deadly as eagles, even as they strike with a lion’s savage might and grace.
Horse Eaters
Griffons hunt in small prides, flying high over plains and forests near their rocky cliff-side aeries. Herd animals and horses are the prey they crave above all others, though they also hunt and kill hippogriffs. When it spots horses, a griffon screeches to alert its pride mates, which descend quickly toward their prey.
Those riding or herding horses dread the griffon’s piercing cry, preparing themselves for the bloody fight that inevitably follows. A griffon ignores a horse’s rider when possible, and a rider that abandons its mount, or a herder that releases one or two horses, can escape unharmed while the griffon targets its chosen prey. Riders who attempt to protect their horses attract the full fury of an attacking griffon.
Sky Dwellers
Griffons lair in high rocky clifftop aeries, building their nests from sticks, leaves, and the bones of their prey. Once griffons establish a territory, they remain in that area until the food supply has been exhausted.
Aggressive and territorial, griffons engage in brutal aerial combat to defend their aeries, tearing and shredding the wings of flying intruders to send them spiraling to the ground. Creatures that climb to a griffon’s lair are plucked from the cliffs and eaten, or are knocked from the heights to go tumbling to their deaths.
Trained Mounts
A griffon raised from an egg can be trained to serve as a mount. However, such training is time consuming, expensive (mostly for the ample food the creature requires), and dangerous. Expert trainers well versed in the griffon’s legendary ferocity are typically the only ones able to raise these creatures safely.
Once trained, a griffon is a fierce and loyal steed. It bonds with one master for life, fighting to the death to protect that rider. A griffon mount retains its ravenous appetite for horseflesh, and a wise master ensures that a griffon remains satiated with other prey when passing through civilized lands.
Traits
Abilities
Keen Sight
The griffon has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight.
Combat
Actions
Multiattack
The griffon makes two attacks: one with its beak and one with its claws.
Beak
Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 8 (1d8 + 4) piercing damage.
Claws
Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 11 (2d6 + 4) slashing damage.