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The Monster List by Classification

Type lists monsters by Type. Subtype lists monsters by Subtype. Special Categories include PC Races and Templates.

Type

Types include Aberration, Animal, Construct, Dragon, Elemental, Fey, Giant, Humanoid, Magical Beast, Monstrous Humanoid, Ooze, Outsider, Plant, Undead, and Vermin.

Aberration: Examples include aboleth, annihilator, arachnoid creature, athach, avolakia, banelar naga, beholder, carrion crawler, catoblepas, choker, choldrith, chuul, cloaker, cloaker lord, dark naga, darktentacles, death kiss, deepspawn, delver, destrachan, drider, elder brain, ethereal filcher, ettercap, eyeball, fihyr, great fihyr, foulwing, gauth, ghaunadan, gibbering mouther, gouger, grell, grick, guardian naga, gulguthydra, Faerûnian ha–naga, hook horror, illithid, half–illithid, ineffable horror, iridescent naga, ixitxachitl, julajimus, lurker, mimic, nagahydra, nilshai, nyth, otyugh, phaerimm, phasm, rust monster, sharn, skum, spectator, spirit naga, tall mouther, umber hulk, vampiric ixitxachitl, water naga, will–o'–wisp, and wyste.
Animal: Examples include allosaurus, ankylosaurus, ape, dire ape, legendary ape, baboon, badger, dire badger, baleen whale, bat, dire bat, bat swarm, bison, black bear, dire black bear, legendary black bear, boar, dire boar, brown bear, dire brown bear, legendary brown bear, cachalot whale, camel, cat, ceratosaur, cheetah, constrictor snake, legendary constrictor snake, giant constrictor snake, crocodile, giant crocodile, cryptoclidus, deinonychus, dog, riding dog, donkey, dung snake, eagle, legendary eagle, elasmosaurus, elephant, dire elephant, dire elk, forest sloth, glacier snake, grizzly mastodon, guard bat, hawk, dire hawk, dire horse, heavy horse, legendary horse, light horse, hound, hunting bat, hyena, ibis, leopard, lion, dire lion, lizard, lynx, manta ray, megaraptor, monitor lizard, monkey, mule, nifern, octopus, giant octopus, orca, owl, pack lizard, polar bear, dire polar bear, legendary polar bear, pony, porpoise, pteranadon, quetzalcoatlus, rat, dire rat, rat swarm, raven, reed snake, rhinoceros, riding lizard, roc, seismosaurus, sewerm, shark, dire shark, legendary shark, dire snake, spinosaurus, spitting crawler, squid, giant squid, stegosaurus, tiger, dire tiger, legendary tiger, toad, dire toad, triceratops, two–headed adder, tyrannosaurus, viper, legendary viper, war bat, heavy warhorse, light warhorse, war pony, weasel, dire weasel, whipsnake, winged viper, wolf, dire wolf, legendary wolf, wolverine, and dire wolverine.
Beast: Examples include night hunter.; This Type is now defunct; these critters need a new home. Take one!
Construct: Examples include adamanine horror, animated object, battle horror, bogun, brass golem, bronze serpent, chain golem, clay golem, crawling claw, diamond golem, dragonflesh golem, dread guard, electrum horror, emerald golem, flesh golem, gold horror, hammerer, helmed horror, homonculus, iron golem, juggernaut, kolyarut, marut, platinum horror, pulverizer, ruby golem, serpentflesh golem, shield guardian, stained glass golem, stone golem, Thayan golem, tomb tapper, and zelekhut.
Dragon: Examples include amethyst dragon, black dragon, blue dragon, brass dragon, bronze dragon, brown dragon, copper dragon, corpse tearer, crested felldrake, crystal dragon, deep dragon, half–dragon, dragon turtle, dread linnorm, emerald dragon, fang dragon, gold dragon, gorynych, gray linnorm, green dragon, hellfire wyrm, horned felldrake, ibrandlin, mercury dragon, mist dragon, portal drake, pseudodragon, rattelyr dragon, red dragon, sapphire dragon, scalamagdrion, shadow dragon, silver dragon, song dragon, spitting felldrake, steel dragon, topaz dragon, white dragon, and wyvern.; The dragon Type and dragonblood Subtype are mutually exclusive.
Elemental: Examples include air elemental, air weird, ash quasielemental, belker, breathdrinker, dust quasielemental, earth elemental, earth weird, fire bat, fire elemental, fire weird, galeb duhr, ice paraelemental, ice serpent, immoth, invisible stalker, lightning quasielemental, magma paraelemental, magmin, mineral quasielemental, ooze paraelemental, orglash, radiance quasielemental, salt quasielemental, smoke paraelemental, steam quasielemental, thomil, thoqqua, void quasielemental, water elemental, and water weird.; Note that all members of the elemental and outsider Types are members of either the extraplanar or native Subtypes.
Fey: Examples include crossroads guardian, dryad, gloura, grig, hybsil, jermlaine, nixie, nymph, pixie, satyr, and telthor.
Giant: Examples include cloud giant, cyclops, ettin, fell troll, firbolg, fire giant, fog giant, fomorian, forest giant, frost giant, hill giant, ice troll, maur, merrow, mountain giant, ocean giant, ogre, ogre mage, phaerlin giant, scrag, stone giant, storm giant, sun giant, taer, and troll.
Humanoid: Examples include aquatic elf, arctic dwarf, asabi, blooded one, bugbear, bullywug, deep dwarf, deep halfling, drow, duergar, half–elf, forest gnome, gibberling, githyanki, githzerai, gnoll, goblin, gold dwarf, gray elf, high elf, hill dwarf, hobgoblin, human, kobold, lightfoot halfling, lizardfolk, locathah, merfolk, mountain dwarf, orc, half–orc, phaerlock, rock gnome, shadow–walker, shalarin, shield dwarf, siv, spirit folk, stingtail, svirfneblin, tallfellow halfling, tasloi, tren, troglodyte, urdunnir, werebat, dire werebat, black werebear, dire black werebear, dire brown werebear, polar werebear, dire polar werebear, wereboar, dire wereboar, werecat, werecrocodile, dire werecrocodile, werelion, dire werelion, wererat, wererat, dire wererat, wereserpent, wereshark, dire wereshark, weretiger, dire weretiger, werewolf, dire werewolf, werewolf lord, wild dwarf, wild elf, and wood elf.; Humanoids always have an additional racial qualifier to distinguish related species from other members of the Subtype. In cases where this qualifier is only attached to one species (Gibberling, for instance) it is generally omitted for clarity. Noteworthy qualifiers include Dwarf, Elf, Gith, Gnome, Goblinoid, Halfling, Human, Orc, and Spirit.
Magical Beast: Examples include amphisbaena, androsphinx, ankheg, aranea, ash rat, asperi, basilisk, beguiler, behir, Halruaan behir, black unicorn, blink dog, blood ape, bulette, cavvekan, chaos roc, chimera, cloaked ape, cloud ray, cockatrice, corollax, criosphinx, darkenbeast, darkmantle, deathcoils, digester, displacer beast, dragonne, giant eagle, ethereal marauder, fiendwurm, flying snake, frost salamander, frost worm, gambol, girallon, gorgon, gravorg, gray render, griffon, grimalkin, gynosphinx, hellwasp swarm, hieracosphinx, hippogriff, jaculi, kraken, krenshar, lamia, lammasu, leucrotta, leviathan, lith, manticore, mantimera, metalmaster, mlarraun, osquip, giant owl, owlbear, pegasus, peryton, phase spider, purple worm, redspawn birther, remorhaz, roper, rothé, sea cat, shocker lizard, sinister, spectral panther, spider eater, starsnake, steeder, stirge, stone flyer, giant strider, tarrasque, tree python, tressym, unicorn, winter wolf, worg, and yrthak.
Monstrous Humanoid: Examples include aarakocra, abeil queen, abeil soldier, abeil vassal, abomination, alaghi, annis, bheur hag, bluespawn stoneglider, boggle, braxat, centaur, chitine, chosen one, Dekanter goblin, derro, desmodu, doppelganger, greater doppelganger, dragonkin, firenewt, gargoyle, green hag, grimlock, groundling, hagspawn, halfblood, harpy, holy guardian, kapoacinth, kir–lanan, kopru, kuo–toa, kuo–toa leviathan, loxo, mageslayer, malenti, meazel, medusa, minotaur, muckdweller, pterafolk, pureblood, quaggoth, sahuagin, sarrukh, sea hag, shrieking hag, stinger, thri–kreen, uthraki, and wemic.
Ooze: Examples include aballin, black pudding, bone ooze, flesh jelly, gelatinous cube, gray ooze, and ochre jelly.
Outsider: Examples include aasimar, abyssal maw, abyssal ravager, abyssal skulker, achaierai, advespa, air genasi, air mephit, amnizu, arrowhawk, ash mephit, astral deva, avoral, azer, babau, balor, baphitaur, barbed devil, barghest, greater barghest, bearded devil, beast of Malar, beast of Xvim, bebilith, black abishai, bladeling, blue abishai, blue slaad, bone devil, bralani, cauchemar, half–celestial, cervidal, chain devil, chaos beast, couatl, noble dao, death slaad, djinni, noble djinni, draegloth, dretch, dune stalker, durzagon, dust mephit, earth genasi, earth glider, earth mephit, efreeti, noble efreeti, erinyes, ethereal doppelganger, ethereal slayer, ether scarab, fey'ri, half–fiend, fire genasi, fire mephit, formian myrmarch, formian queen, formian taskmaster, formian warrior, formian worker, ghaele, ghour, glabrezu, glimmerskin, gray slaad, green abishai, green slaad, hellcat, hellfire wyrm, hell hound, hezrou, horned devil, hound archon, howler, ice devil, ice mephit, imp, janni, jarilith, jovoc, kelvezu, krathbairn, lantern archon, laraken, lemure, leonal, lightning mephit, lillend, lizard king, lupinal, magma mephit, malaugrym, malebranche, noble marid, marilith, mineral mephit, mur–zhagul, myrlochar, nalfeshnee, Nessian warhound, night hag, nightmare, nishruu, ooze mephit, palrethee, pit fiend, planetar, quasit, radiance mephit, rakshasa, rast, ravid, red abishai, red slaad, retriever, salamander, salt mephit, shade, shadow mastiff, smoke mephit, solar, steam mephit, succubus, tanarukk, tiefling, titan, tojanida, triton, trumpet archon, vargouille, void mephit, vrock, water genasi, water mephit, white abishai, xac–yel, xac–yij, xag–az, xag–ya, xap–yaup, xeg–yi, xill, xong–yong, xorn, xor–yost, yeth hound, yochlol, and zovvut.; Note that all members of the elemental and outsider Types are members of either the extraplanar or native Subtypes.
Plant: Examples include assassin vine, blightspawned, dark tree, greenbound creature, greenvise, green warder, phantom fungus, shambling mound, shrieker, tendriculos, treant, twig blight, violet fungus, and volodni.
Undead: Examples include all–consuming hunger, allip, banedead, baneguard, banshee, bodak, bonebat, bone naga, corpse gatherer, crimson death, crypt spawn, curst, deathbringer, deathfang, death tyrant, devourer, direguard, dracolich, dread, dread warrior, dread wraith, effigy, famine spirit, flameskull, ghast, ghost, ghoul, gravecrawler, jahi, juju zombie, lacedon, lich, mohrg, mummy, mummy lord, nightcrawler, nighthaunt, nightwalker, nightwing, revenant, shadow, skeleton, spectral creature, spectral mage, spectre, tyrantfog zombie, vampire, vampire spawn, wight, wraith, and zombie.
Vermin: Examples include giant ant, giant bee, giant bombardier beetle, centipede, centipede swarm, giant cockroach, giant fire beetle, hairy spider, leechwalker, locust swarm, giant maggot, giant praying mantis, scorpion, spider, spider swarm, giant stag beetle, giant sun spider, sword spider, giant velvet worm, giant wasp, giant whip scorpion, and giant whip spider.

Subtype

Subtypes include Air, Angel, Aquatic, Archon, Baatezu, Chaotic, Cold, Dragonblood, Dwarf, Earth, Eladrin, Elf, Evil, Extraplanar, Fire, Gith, Gnome, Goblinoid, Good, Guardinal, Halfling, Human, Incorporeal, Lawful, Native, Reptilian, Shapechanger, Spirit, Swarm, Tanar'ri, Water, and Yugoloth.

Air: This subtype is loosely composed of elementals and outsiders with a connection to the Elemental Plane of Air. The air subtype is useful primarily in connection with summoning spells, and is offset by the earth, fire, and water subtypes.; Examples include air elemental, air mephit, air weird, arrowhawk, belker, breathdrinker, cloud giant, djinni, noble djinni, fog giant, ice mephit, ice paraelemental, ice serpent, immoth, invisible stalker, lightning mephit, lightning quasielemental, orglash smoke mephit, smoke paraelemental, void mephit, void quasielemental, and will–o'–wisp.
Angel: Examples include astral deva, planetar, and solar.; This is a Subtype of outsider. All members of this Subtype are also members of the good and extraplanar Subtypes.
Aquatic: Examples include aboleth, bullywug, chuul, dragon turtle, ixzan, kapoacinth, kopru, kraken, kuo–toa, kuo–toa leviathan, lacedon, leviathan, locathah, malenti, merfolk, mist dragon, nixie, ocean giant, sahuagin, scrag, shalarin, siv, skum, and tren.; The aquatic and water Subtypes are not interchangeable. A creatures which spends all or most of its life cycle in the water belongs to the aquatic Subtype; one which is composed of or makes use of elemental water belongs to the water Subtype.
Archon: Examples include hound archon, lantern archon, and trumpet archon.; This is a Subtype of outsider. All members of this Subtype are also members of the lawful, good, and extraplanar Subtypes.
Baatezu: Examples include advespa, amnizu, barbed devil, bearded devil, bone devil, erinyes, horned devil, ice devil, lemure, malebranche, and pit fiend.; This is a Subtype of outsider. All members of this Subtype are also members of the lawful, evil, and extraplanar Subtypes.
Chaotic: This subtype is comprised by outsiders which are native to the chaotic Outer Planes. The chaotic subtype is useful primarily in connection with summoning spells, and is offset by the evil, good, and lawful subtypes.; Examples include abyssal maw, abyssal ravager, abyssal skulker, babau, balor, beast of Malar, bebilith, blue slaad, bralani, chaos beast, death slaad, dretch, ethereal slayer, ghaele, ghour, glabrezu, gray slaad, green slaad, hezrou, howler, jarilith, jovoc, kelvezu, lillend, marilith, myrlochar, nalfeshnee, nishruu, palrethee, quasit, red slaad, retriever, succubus, titan, vrock, zovvut, and yochlol.
Cold: This Subtype has been modified for the Xaeyruudh campaign. Essentially, however, it is simply renamed to be the cool Subtype.
Cool: This subtype is comprised by creatures which are immune to cold–based attacks and vulnerable to heat–based attacks. The cool subtype is opposed by the warm subtype, and replaces the cold subtype in this campaign.; Examples include asperi, frost giant, frost salamander, frost worm, ice serpent, ice troll, immoth, ocean giant, orglash, silver dragon, taer, white dragon, and winter wolf.
Dragonblood: Examples include bluespawn stoneglider, krathbairn, and redspawn birther.; The dragon Type and dragonblood Subtype are mutually exclusive.
Dwarf: Examples include arctic dwarf, deep dwarf, duergar, gold dwarf, hill dwarf, mountain dwarf, shield dwarf, urdunnir, and wild dwarf.; All members of this Subtype are members of the humanoid Type.
Earth: This subtype is loosely composed of elementals and outsiders with a connection to the Elemental Plane of Earth. The earth subtype is useful primarily in connection with summoning spells, and is offset by the air, fire, and water subtypes.; Examples include bluespawn stoneglider, dune stalker, dust mephit, dust quasielemental, earth elemental, earth glider, earth mephit, earth weird, galeb duhr, gargoyle, gravecrawler, kapoacinth, lith, magma mephit, magma paraelemental, maur, mineral mephit, mineral quasielemental, mineral warrior, mountain giant, ooze mephit, ooze paraelemental, phaerlin giant, stone flyer, stone giant, thomil, thoqqua, and xorn.
Eladrin: Examples include bralani and ghaele.; This is a Subtype of outsider. All members of this Subtype are also members of the chaotic, good, and extraplanar Subtypes.
Electricity: Examples include song dragon.; I believe this Subtype is now defunct.
Elf: Examples include aquatic elf, drow, half–elf, gray elf, high elf, werebat, wild elf, and wood elf.; All members of this Subtype are members of the humanoid Type.
Evil: This subtype is comprised by outsiders which are native to the evil Outer Planes. The evil subtype is useful primarily in connection with summoning spells, and is offset by the chaotic, good, and lawful subtypes.; Examples include abyssal maw, abyssal ravager, abyssal skulker, achaierai, advespa, amnizu, babau, balor, barbed devil, barghest, greater barghest, bearded devil, beast of Malar, bebilith, black abishai, blue abishai, bone devil, breathdrinker, cauchemar, chain devil, dretch, dune stalker, earth glider, erinyes, ethereal slayer, ghour, glabrezu, green abishai, hellcat, hell hound, hellwasp swarm, hezrou, horned devil, howler, ice devil, imp, jarilith, jovoc, kelvezu, lemure, malebranche, marilith, mur–zhagul, myrlochar, nalfeshnee, Nessian warhound, night hag, nightmare, palrethee, pit fiend, quasit, red abishai, retriever, succubus, vargouille, vrock, white abishai, xill, yeth hound, yochlol, and zovvut.
Extraplanar: Examples include abyssal maw, abyssal ravager, abyssal skulker, achaierai, advespa, air elemental, air mephit, air weird, amnizu, anarchic creature, arrowhawk, ash mephit, ash quasielemental, astral deva, avoral, axiomatic creature, azer, babau, balor, barbed devil, barghest, greater barghest, bearded devil, beast of Malar, bebilith, belker, black abishai, bladeling, blue abishai, blue slaad, bodak, bone devil, bralani, breathdrinker, cauchemar, celestial creature, cervidal, chain devil, chain golem, chaos beast, dao, noble dao, death slaad, devourer, djinni, noble djinni, dretch, dune stalker, dust mephit, dust quasielemental, earth elemental, earth glider, earth mephit, earth weird, efreeti, erinyes, ethereal doppelganger, ethereal marauder, ethereal slayer, ether scarab, fiendish creature, fire elemental, fire mephit, fire weird, formian myrmarch, formian queen, formian taskmaster, formian warrior, formian worker, galeb duhr, ghaele, ghour, githyanki, githzerai, glabrezu, gray slaad, green abishai, green slaad, hellcat, hellfire wyrm, hell hound, hellwasp swarm, hezrou, horned devil, hound archon, howler, ice devil, ice mephit, ice paraelemental, ice serpent, immoth, imp, invisible stalker, jarilith, jovoc, kelvezu, kolyarut, lantern archon, laraken, lemure, leonal, lightning mephit, lightning quasielemental, lillend, lupinal, magma mephit, magma paraelemental, magmin, malaugrym, malebranche, marid, noble marid, marilith, marut, mineral mephit, mineral quasielemental, myrlochar, nalfeshnee, Nessian warhound, nightcrawler, night hag, nighthaunt, nightmare, nightwalker, nightwing, nishruu, ooze mephit, ooze paraelemental, palrethee, pit fiend, planetar, quasit, radiance mephit, radiance quasielemental, rast, ravid, red abishai, red slaad, retriever, salamander, salt mephit, salt quasielemental, shadow mastiff, smoke mephit, smoke paraelemental, solar, steam mephit, steam quasielemental, stone flyer, succubus, thoqqua, titan, tojanida, trumpet archon, vargouille, void mephit, void quasielemental, vrock, water elemental, water mephit, water weird, white abishai, xac–yel, xac–yij, xag–az, xag–ya, xap–yaup, xeg–yi, xill, xong–yong, xorn, xor–yost, yeth hound, yochlol, zelekhut, and zovvut.; Note that all members of the elemental and outsider Types are members of either the extraplanar or native Subtypes.
Fire: This subtype is loosely composed of elementals and outsiders with a connection to the Elemental Plane of Fire. The fire subtype is useful primarily in connection with summoning spells, and is offset by the air, earth, and water subtypes. The fire subtype should not be confused with the warm subtype. See an explanation for further details.; Examples include ash mephit, ash quasielemental, ash rat, azer, efreeti, fire bat, fire elemental, fire mephit, firenewt, fire weird, hell hound, magma mephit, magma paraelemental, magmin, palrethee, radiance mephit, radiance quasielemental, rast, salamander, smoke mephit, smoke paraelemental, and thoqqua.
Gith: Examples include githyanki and githzerai.; All members of this Subtype are members of the humanoid Type.
Gnome: Examples include forest gnome, rock gnome, and svirfneblin.; All members of this Subtype are members of the humanoid Type.
Goblinoid: Examples include bugbear, Dekanter goblin, goblin, and hobgoblin.; All members of this Subtype are members of the humanoid or monstrous humanoid Types.
Good: This subtype is comprised by outsiders which are native to the good Outer Planes. The good subtype is useful primarily in connection with summoning spells, and is offset by the chaotic, evil, and lawful subtypes.; Examples include astral deva, avoral, bralani, cervidal, ghaele, hound archon, lantern archon, leonal, lillend, lupinal, planetar, solar, and trumpet archon.
Guardinal: Examples include avoral and leonal.; This is a Subtype of outsider. All members of this Subtype are also members of the good and extraplanar Subtypes.
Halfling: Examples include deep halfling, lightfoot halfling, and tallfellow halfling.; All members of this Subtype are members of the humanoid Type.
Human: Examples include human, werebear, wereboar, werecat, werecrocodile, wererat, wereserpent, wereshark, weretiger, werewolf, and werewolf lord.; All members of this Subtype are members of the humanoid Type.
Incorporeal: Examples include allip, banshee, crimson death, crossroads guardian, dread wraith, effigy, ghost, glimmerskin, jahi, shadow, spectral creature, spectral mage, spectral panther, spectre, telthor, and wraith.
Lawful: This subtype is comprised by outsiders which are native to the lawful Outer Planes. The lawful subtype is useful primarily in connection with summoning spells, and is offset by the chaotic, evil, and good subtypes.; Examples include achaierai, advespa, amnizu, barbed devil, barghest, greater barghest, bearded devil, black abishai, bladeling, blue abishai, bone devil, chain devil, erinyes, formian myrmarch, formian queen, formian taskmaster, formian warrior, formian worker, green abishai, hellcat, hell hound, horned devil, hound archon, ice devil, imp, kolyarut, lantern archon, lemure, malebranche, marut, Nessian warhound, pit fiend, red abishai, trumpet archon, white abishai, xill, and zelekhut.
Native: Examples include aasimar, air genasi, baphitaur, beast of Xvim, half–celestial, couatl, draegloth, durzagon, earth genasi, fey'ri, half–fiend, fire genasi, janni, krathbairn, lizard king, mur–zhagul, orglash, rakshasa, tanarukk, thomil, tiefling, triton, and water genasi.; Note that all members of the elemental and outsider Types are members of either the extraplanar or native Subtypes. I believe that members of the native Subtype cannot be members of the alignment Subtypes.
Orc: Examples include orc and half–orc.; All members of this Subtype are members of the humanoid Type.
Reptilian: Examples include asabi, chameleon creature (if humanoid), dragonkin, firenewt, kobold, lizardfolk, phaerlock, pterafolk, stingtail, troglodyte, and tren.
Shadow: Examples include shadow dragon.; I believe this Subtype is now defunct.
Shapechanger: Examples include aranea, barghest, greater barghest, beast of Malar, doppelganger, greater doppelganger, ethereal doppelganger, ghaunadan, grimalkin, malaugrym, mimic, phasm, pterafolk, uthraki, werebat, dire werebat, black werebear, dire black werebear, brown werebear, dire brown werebear, polar werebear, dire polar werebear, wereboar, dire wereboar, werecat, werecrocodile, dire werecrocodile, werelion, dire werelion, wererat, dire wererat, wereserpent, wereshark, dire wereshark, weretiger, dire weretiger, werewolf, dire werewolf, and werewolf lord.
Spirit: Examples include spirit folk.; All members of this Subtype are members of the humanoid Type.
Swarm: Examples include all–consuming hunger, bat swarm, centipede swarm, crawling claw, hellwasp swarm, locust swarm, rat swarm, and spider swarm.
Tanar'ri: Examples include babau, balor, dretch, glabrezu, hezrou, jarilith, jovoc, kelvezu, marilith, nalfeshnee, palrethee, succubus, and vrock.; This is a Subtype of outsider. All members of this Subtype are also members of the chaotic, evil, and extraplanar Subtypes.
Warm: This subtype is comprised by creatures which are immune to heat–based attacks and vulnerable to cold–based attacks. The warm subtype is opposed by the cool subtype, and should not be confused with the fire subtype. See an explanation for further details.; Examples include effigy, fire giant, hellfire wyrm, ibrandlin, Nessian warhound, redspawn birther, giant strider, and sun giant.
Water: This subtype is loosely composed of elementals and outsiders with a connection to the Elemental Plane of Water. The water subtype is useful primarily in connection with summoning spells, and is offset by the air, earth, and fire subtypes.; Examples include ice mephit, ice paraelemental, immoth, ooze mephit, ooze paraelemental, salt mephit, salt quasielemental, steam mephit, steam quasielemental, tojanida, triton, water elemental, water mephit, and water weird.; The aquatic and water Subtypes are not interchangeable. A creatures which spends all or most of its life cycle in the water belongs to the aquatic Subtype; one which is composed of or makes use of elemental water belongs to the water Subtype.
Yugoloth: Examples include; This is a Subtype of outsider. All members of this Subtype are also members of the evil and extraplanar Subtypes.

Special Categories

Special categories include Exotic Mounts, PC Race, and Template.

Exotic Mounts: Examples include asperi, giant eagle, griffon, hippogriff giant owl, pegasus, and spider eater.
PC Race: Player character races are those which have a Level Adjustment.; Examples include aarakocra, aasimar, abeil queen, abeil soldier, abeil vassal, air genasi, alaghi, aquatic elf, arctic dwarf, avolakia, azer, baphitaur, bladeling, blooded one, bugbear, bullywug, half–celestial, centaur, chameleon creature, chitine, choldrith, curst, cyclops, deep halfling, derro, draegloth, half–dragon, dragonkin, drider, drow, duergar, earth genasi, half–elf, faerzress–infused creature, fey'ri, half–fiend, firbolg, fire genasi, fire giant, firenewt, fomorian, forest gnome, frost giant, gargoyle, githyanki, githzerai, glimmerskin, gloura, gnoll, goblin, gold dwarf, gray elf, greenbound creature, grimlock, hagspawn, high elf, hill giant, hobgoblin, human, ice troll, illithid, half–illithid, janni, kapoacinth, kir–lanan, kobold, kuo–toa, lightfoot halfling, lith, lizardfolk, locathah, loxo, malenti, maur, merfolk, mineral warrior, minotaur, mur–zhagul, nilshai, ogre, ogre mage, orc, half–orc, orglash, phaerlock, pixie, portal drake, pureblood, rakshasa, rock gnome, sahuagin, salamander, satyr, scrag, shadow–walker, shield dwarf, skum, spirit folk, stone giant, svirfneblin, taer, tallfellow halfling, tanarukk, telthor, thomil, tiefling, troglodyte, troll, urdunnir, uthraki, vampire, volodni, water genasi, wemic, werebat, dire werebat, black werebear, dire black werebear, brown werebear, dire brown werebear, polar werebear, dire polar werebear, wereboar, dire wereboar, werecat, werecrocodile, wererat, dire wererat, wereserpent, wereshark, dire wereshark, weretiger, dire weretiger, werewolf, dire werewolf, wild dwarf, wild elf, wood elf, and xill.
Template: Examples include anarchic creature, arachnoid creature, axiomatic creature, beast of Xvim, blightspawned, blooded one, broodguard, half–celestial, celestial creature, chameleon creature, crypt spawn, curst, dracolich, half–dragon, dread warrior, faerzress–infused creature, half–fiend, fiendish creature, ghost, greenbound creature, half–illithid, juju zombie, lich, lycanthrope, The Magister, mineral warrior, orglash, revenant, shade, shadow–walker, skeleton, tainted one, telthor, thomil, vampire, and zombie.