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AC 12
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Abberation CR 10
AC 17
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AC 19
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AC 19
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AC 18
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AC 19
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AC 18
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AC 19
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AC 19
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AC 19
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AC 19
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AC 22
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AC 20
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AC 22
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AC 21
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AC 22
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AC 21
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AC 17
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AC 19
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AC 15
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AC 13
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AC 18
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Ooze CR 4
AC 7
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AC 17
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AC 15
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AC 15
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AC 19
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AC 15
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Dragon CR 1
AC 16
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Dragon CR 2
AC 17
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AC 16
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AC 17
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AC 17
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Fiend CR 5
AC 19
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AC 16
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AC 15
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AC 16
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Construct CR 9
AC 14
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AC 14
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AC 14
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Celestial CR 4
AC 19
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AC 12
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AC 14
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AC 18
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AC 11
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AC 20
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AC 19
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AC 15
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Undead CR 18
AC 20
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AC 17
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AC 13
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AC 17
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AC 14
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AC 20
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Fiend CR 0.25
AC 11
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AC 19
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AC 15
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AC 18
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AC 12
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AC 16
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Fey CR 1
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AC 16
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Construct CR 0.25
AC 15
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AC 12
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Elemental CR 5
AC 17
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AC 17
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Celestial CR 23
AC 22
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Fiend CR 12
AC 18
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Monstrosity CR 2
AC 13
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Giant CR 4
AC 12
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Elemental CR 5
AC 13
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Giant CR 9
AC 18
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Elemental CR 1
AC 14
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AC 13
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Construct CR 5
AC 9
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Abberation CR 0.125
AC 12
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Construct CR 0.25
AC 17
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Giant CR 8
AC 14
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Ginat CR 8
AC 15
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Elemental CR 6
AC 16
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Elemental CR 2
AC 15
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Plant CR 0.5
AC 5
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Ooze CR 2
AC 6
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Undead CR 2
AC 13
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Undead CR 4
AC 11
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Undead CR 1
AC 12
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Abberation CR 2
AC 9
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AC 18
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AC 17
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AC 14
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Humanoid CR 6
AC 17
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Fiend CR 9
AC 17
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AC 15
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Humanoid CR 4
AC 14
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Humanoid CR 2
AC 15
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Humanoid CR 0.25
AC 15
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Humanoid CR 1
AC 17
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Dragon CR 3
AC 17
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Monstrosity CR 5
AC 19
Goristro
Fiend CR 17
AC 19
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Ooze CR 0.5
AC 8
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Abberation CR 9
AC 18
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Dragon CR 2
AC 17
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Dragon CR 2
AC 15
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Fey CR 3
AC 17
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Abberation CR 8
AC 16
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Abberation CR 3
AC 12
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Monstrosity CR 2
AC 14
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Monstrosity CR 7
AC 18
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AC 12
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AC 11
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AC 18
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AC 17
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AC 12
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AC 11
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Fiend CR 3
AC 15
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Construct CR 4
AC 20
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Fiend CR 8
AC 16
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Giant CR 5
AC 13
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Monstrosity CR 1
AC 11
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Humanoid CR 0.5
AC 18
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Humanoid CR 3
AC 17
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Humanoid CR 6
AC 20
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Construct CR 0
AC 13
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Monstrosity CR 3
AC 15
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Fiend CR 11
AC 18
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Monstrosity CR 8
AC 15
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Fiend CR 14
AC 18
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Elemental CR 0.5
AC 11
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Fiend CR 1
AC 13
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Fiend CR 4
AC 15
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Dragon CR 2
AC 15
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Abberation CR 2
AC 12
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Elemental CR 6
AC 14
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Construct CR 16
AC 20
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AC 12
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AC 13
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Humanoid CR 0.125
AC 12
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Monstrosity CR 23
AC 18
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AC 13
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AC 13
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AC 11
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Monstrosity CR 4
AC 13
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Fiend CR 0
AC 7
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Undead CR 21
AC 17
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Humanoid CR 4
AC 15
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Humanoid CR 4
AC 15
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Humanoid CR 2
AC 13
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Humanoid CR 0.5
AC 15
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Elemental CR 0.5
AC 11
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Elemental CR 0.5
AC 14
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Fiend CR 0.125
AC 9
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AC 14
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Elemental CR 11
AC 17
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Fiend CR 15
AC 18
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Monstrosity CR 6
AC 15
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AC 11
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Monstrosity CR 2
AC 13
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Monstrosity CR 2
AC 12
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Abberation CR 7
AC 15
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Monstrosity CR 3
AC 14
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Undead CR 2
AC 12
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Construct CR 0.125
AC 15
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Elemental CR 0.25
AC 11
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Undead CR 3
AC 11
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Undead CR 15
AC 17
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Plant CR 0.5
AC 12
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Plant CR 2
AC 13
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Plant CR 0
AC 10
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Fiend CR 13
AC 18
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Plant CR 0.25
AC 12
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Fiend CR 5
AC 17
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Fiend CR 3
AC 13
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Abberation CR 2
AC 15
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Ooze CR 2
AC 8
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Giant CR 2
AC 11
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Giant CR 7
AC 16
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Dragon CR 1
AC 15
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Humanoid CR 0.5
AC 13
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Humanoid CR 2
AC 16
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Humanoid CR 4
AC 16
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AC 18
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Abberation CR 5
AC 14
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Monstrosity CR 3
AC 13
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Celestial CR 2
AC 12
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Construct CR 2
AC 16
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Monstrosity CR 2
AC 13
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Monstrosity CR 0.5
AC 15
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Fiend CR 20
AC 19
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AC 15
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AC 19
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Beast CR 2
AC 13
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Dragon CR 0.25
AC 13
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Beast CR 0.25
AC 13
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Monstrosity CR 15
AC 18
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Construct CR 1
AC 16
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Humanoid CR 2
AC 13
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Fiend CR 1
AC 13
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Fiend CR 13
AC 16
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Dragon CR 4
AC 17
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Dragon CR 1
AC 15
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Abberation CR 5
AC 14
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Monstrosity CR 11
AC 17
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Undead CR 5
AC 13
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Monstrosity CR 11
AC 15
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Monstrosity CR 5
AC 20
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Construct CR 2
AC 12
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AC 14
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Humanoid CR 0.5
AC 12
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Humanoid CR 5
AC 16
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Humanoid CR 2
AC 12
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Elemental CR 5
AC 15
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Fey CR 0.5
AC 14
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Construct CR 1
AC 11
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Fey CR 2
AC 14
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Undead CR 0.5
AC 12
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Fiend CR 4
AC 13
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Plant CR 5
AC 15
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Construct CR 7
AC 17
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Plant CR 0
AC 5
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Dragon CR 2
AC 17
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Undead CR 0.25
AC 13
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Abberation CR 0.125
AC 12
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Elemental CR 0.25
AC 11
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Celestial CR 21
AC 21
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Abberation CR 3
AC 14
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Undead CR 1
AC 12
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Fiend CR 2
AC 13
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Monstrosity CR 8
AC 15
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Fey CR 0.25
AC 15
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Elemental CR 0.25
AC 10
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Beast CR 0.125
AC 14
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Giant CR 7
AC 17
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Construct CR 10
AC 17
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Giant CR 13
AC 16
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Fiend CR 4
AC 15
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AC 25
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AC 15
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AC 16
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AC 13
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Construct CR 0.5
AC 15
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Humanoid CR 0.25
AC 11
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AC 15
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AC 13
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AC 13
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AC 18
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Celestial CR 5
AC 12
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AC 16
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AC 15
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AC 12
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AC 15
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AC 5
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AC 15
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AC 13
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AC 14
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AC
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AC 12
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AC 12
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AC
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AC 16
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AC 13
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AC 15
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Fiend CR 10
AC 15
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Dragon CR 7
AC 18
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Dragon CR 9
AC 18
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Dragon CR 6
AC 17
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Dragon CR 8
AC 18
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Dragon CR 7
AC 17
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Dragon CR 10
AC 18
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Dragon CR 8
AC 18
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Dragon CR 10
AC 18
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Dragon CR 13
AC 18
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AC 14
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AC 18
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AC 17
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Peryton

M Monstrosity • CE • 450 XP
AC
13
HP
33
Speed
20
Additional movement: 60

Ability Scores

STR
16
DEX
12
CON
13
INT
9
WIS
12
CHA
10
Skills Perception +5
Senses passive Perception 15
Languages understands Common and Elvish but can’t speak
Resistances bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks

Lore

Description

Although this monstrous carnivore feeds on any creature, it prefers humanoids, especially elves, half-elves, and humans. When it kills a humanoid, a peryton rips out its prey’s heart and takes it back to its nest to be devoured.
The peryton is a bizarre creature that blends the body and wings of a bird of prey with the head of a stag. Its strangest feature is its shadow, which appears humanoid rather than reflecting the creature’s physical form. Sages postulate that the first perytons were humans transformed by a hideous curse or magical experiment, but bards tell a different tale of a man whose infidelity caused his scorned wife to cut out the heart of her younger, more beautiful rival and consume it in a ritual intended to forever win her husband’s heart. The ritual succeeded until the woman’s villainy was exposed. She was hanged for her crime, but the lingering magic of her foul ritual caused the carrion birds that feasted on her corpse to transform into the first perytons.
Unnatural Hunger
A peryton’s reproductive cycle depends on the heart of a freshly killed humanoid. The organ must be consumed by a female peryton before she can reproduce. When a peryton consumes a heart, its shadow changes for a brief time to reflect its true monstrous form.
When attacking a humanoid, a peryton is single-minded and relentless, fighting until it or its prey dies. If a peryton is somehow driven away, it stalks lost prey from afar, attacking again when the opportunity arises.
Bane of the Mountains
Perytons roost atop mountain ridges and lair in high caves. They prey on creatures living or wandering in the vales below, and travelers on lonely mountain roads learn to keep a wary eye on the sky. Because normal weapons are less effective against perytons, the folk of the mountains know to avoid confrontations with these monsters at all costs.
Established settlements are attractive to perytons as a renewable food source. As such, village councils and local nobles often hire adventurers to eliminate peryton nests.

Traits

Abilities

Dive Attack
If the peryton is flying and dives at least 30 feet straight toward a target and then hits it with a melee weapon attack, the attack deals an extra 9 (2d8) damage to the target.
Flyby
The peryton doesn’t provoke an opportunity attack when it flies out of an enemy’s reach.
Keen Sight and Smell
The peryton has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight or smell.

Combat

Actions

Multiattack
The peryton makes one gore attack and one talon attack.
Gore
Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d8 + 3) piercing damage.
Talons
Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 8 (2d4 + 3) piercing damage.