Editing Planescape Creature Codex (section)

==Monsters from A-Z===
'''Abyssal Slug:''' A variant of the Giant Slug native to the [[Abyss]]. Starts its life as a small, black slug that is commonly eaten as a snack by demons and those who interact with them, but grows into a massive, blood-red predator if it survives to adulthood.

'''Abyssal Fisher:''' A wandering [[Abyss]]al predator that uses its towering frame to snatch up prey from above.

'''Aefanryll:''' Militant [[celestial]]s that have become so consumed with the [[Blood War]] they have mutated into [[vampire]]-like creatures that nourish themselves on the life-force of [[fiend]]s.

'''Fire Angel:''' An [[elemental]] that looks like a handsome humanoid male with fiery wings. Distinguished by being weirdly fascinated with humanoid societies.

'''Astral Spider:''' A [[Giant Spider]] variant that has begun appearing in the [[Astral Plane]], essentially a nastier Phase Spider.

'''Astral Gryph:''' An [[Astral Plane]] equivalent to the [[griffon]], which looks like a translucent griffon with a tail that burns with a strange blue flame. Spawned from the dreams of dead deities, and hates [[cleric]]s of living ones.

'''Astral Phantom:''' A unique [[Ghost]] created when somebody perishes due to their silver cord being cut when they were projecting through the [[Astral Plane]].

'''Avaga:''' A planar dinosaur trained as a mount, native to the layer of Pelion in [[Arborea]].

'''Bantei:''' A magical butterfly native to [[Elysium]] with the ability to use a variety of light-based spells.

'''Barinith:''' A new family of lesser [[fiend]]s that are spread across the [[Lower Planes]], but primarily concentrated in [[Gehenna]], [[Hades]] and [[Carceri]].
* '''Ba-Rykue:''' The Lesser Barinith, a [[gargoyle]]-like ambush hunter.
* '''Centimere:''' A Greater Barinith, an insectoid fiend that resembles an attempt to mimic a [[centaur]] by a centipede, with three stacked humanoid torsos linking an insectile head and the body of a giant centipede. They enforce law and order amongst their race.
* '''Corin'sey:''' The Least Barinith, a failure transformed into a hulking melee-focused brute and considered a social untouchable. Lives only to die valiantly in hope it will be recreated as a higher Barinith.
* '''Grozu:''' A Medial Barinith, resembling a bizarre, vaguely humanoid insect with big, staring, buggy eyes.
* '''Jehorra:''' A Greater Barinith, a tauric insectoid based on a preying mantis. The huntmasters of the Barinith and the trainers of the lesser breeds.

'''Barzu:''' A Lesser [[Baatezu]] created when a greater baatezu seduces a [[bariaur]] doe. Basically a bariaur [[cambion]].

'''Bhinaur:''' An extraplanar rhinoceros found in plains and open savannah across the [[Outer Plane]]s, which can transform itself into a powerful force energy bolt when it charges.

'''Black Bird:''' An [[Abyss]]al parrot distinguished by its razor-sharp beak and pitch black feathers. Possesses telepathy and the ability to instinctively detect the location of demonic treasure caches.

'''Brabbib:''' Nasty-spirited, foul-smelling frog-like scavengers found in urban environments across the planes.

'''Brahmal:''' A [[Guardinal]] with the appearance of a brahma bull. This strain serves as the priests and druids of the Guardinal race.

'''Bulldog:''' A strange hybrid of cow and dog native to the [[Outlands]], with strong protective instincts towards regular cattle.

'''Bylar:''' Predatory hunting beasts that resemble a cross between a 90s Compsognathus and a praying mantis, found in tropical swamps.

'''Cadaver:''' A corporeal undead created when a powerful (10th level+) non-religious [[necromancer]] with great knowledge of how the netherworlds work is killed whilst on the plane where their soul would have gone to upon death. Extremely weak physically and magically, they desperately seek to consume life energy to evolve into a higher form.
* '''Atros:''' The dead end of the Cadaver's evolution; a Corpus that fails to become a Senex by flubbing one or more of its metamorphosis Wisdom checks instead becomes a Chaotic Evil berserker obsessed with multiversal destruction - an Atros.
* '''Corpus:''' A Cadaver's evolved form, having shaken off the initial weaknesses of its initial Cadaver state. 
* '''Posteritat:''' The final form of the Corpus, this undead necromancer can broadcast its soul into the mortal world to infiltrate the wombs of the living, allowing it to experience life as a mortal over and over again by effectively controlling and manipulating its own reincarnation cycle. Created when a Senex survives 1000 years and then passes the arduous mental test to link its soul to its plane without being subsumed, which involves spending 27 days buried in their home layer.
* '''Senex:''' The evolvled form of Corpus; after gaining 12 levels, if a Corpus buries itself in the soil of its home plane and passes three Wisdom checks, it rises as this creature.

'''Cimmerian:''' No relation to [[Conan the Barbarian]], but instead a mysterious race of living shadows from the [[Plane of Shadow]] (or [[Demiplane]] of Shadow, as it was known then).

'''Ckraken:''' A nightmarish mess of bestial bodily parts that can be summarized as the [[kraken]] of [[Limbo]].

'''Cryshma:''' A race of humanoid earth/mineral [[elemental]]s that pursue a tribal lifestyle of wandering and banditry.

'''Danavas:''' Powerful humanoids native to the [[Elemental Planes|Plane of Water]], a [[Titan]]-like race related to the Vedic deities.

'''Dark Horse:''' A carnivorous undead horse created as a perverse reflection of the [[unicorn]].

'''Darkat:''' An extraplanar great cat most characterized for its poisonous bite, being completely deaf-mute, and its preferred environment of [[Pandemonium]].

'''Daub:''' Strange, hyperactive, possibly emotion-eating creatures native to [[Arborea]] that resemble [[fairy|faries]] with ever-changing rainbow-colored skin. Constantly strive to make other beings happy.

'''Detrit:''' A carnivorous porcupine-like rodent native to the [[Arborea]]n layer of Pelion.

'''Meer Dragon:''' Stealthy [[dragonet]]s that inhabit humid tropical environments; rainforests, swamps, jungles and marshes. Like the [[Faerie Dragon]], they gain magical abilities as they age, and have been known to serve as [[familiar]]s.

'''[[Chromatic Dragon|Orange Dragon]]:''' Short-tempered, vicious dragons native to the plains regions of the [[Outlands]], they wield burning steam breath weapons and regard all other life as fit only to be food or slaves.

'''Drakon:''' A medium-sized (4-7' long) reptilian creature that resembles a [[wyvern]], armed with both a fiery breath weapon and claws that inject burning chemicals into their prey.

'''Dream Turtle:''' A magical giant turtle (7-12' long) found in non-frigid rivers throughout the planes. Possesses intuitive [[psionics]] that let it subdue and kill much larger prey.

'''[[Eladrin]]:'''
* '''Sirocco:''' A Leser Eladrin, a variant Bralani with red hair that turns into a super-heated whirlwind. Native to the second layer of [[Ysgard]].
* '''Eladrin War Horse:''' The steeds ridden by the Shiere Knights of [[Arborea]].
* '''Eladrin Pony:''' Small, wild horses native to [[Arborea]].
* '''Laene:''' A Greater Eladrin that resembles a [[gnome]] or [[dwarf]] with silver eyes and the ability to become a mass of liuid silver. They are the [[artificer]]s of eladrin society.

'''Erlkonig:''' A malevolent nocturnal [[elf]]-like [[fey]] native to [[Ysgard]] known for stealing children. Based on the Goethe poem by the same name.

'''Ethereal Moth:''' A native of the [[Ethereal Plane]] which eats protomatter. Largely inoffensive.

'''Ether Elf:''' An [[elf]] subrace native to the [[Ethereal Plane]], concerned only with protecting it and destroying the [[xill]].

'''Faashtha:''' Powerful [[celestial]]s who, despite looking like stereotypical [[devil]]s, actually serve as the bounty hunters of the [[Upper Planes]].

'''Fara-Rararaf:''' Inoffensive flying monkeys who inhabit the skies of the [[Prime Material]], [[Outland]]s, [[Ysgard]] and [[Limbo]]. Why they don't live on the [[Elemental Planes|Plane of Air]], nobody knows.

'''Faunill:''' Also known as "Treesingers", Faunills are essentially one fan's attempt to create a D&D version of the [[Treeman|Entwives]]. Tenders of nature, faunills function more as gardeners than guardians, working to optimize the variety and vitality of their woodlands. They are found in [[Elysium]], [[Arvandor]] and the [[Outlands]].

'''Frotrad:''' Similar to Faunills, but more humanoid, the Frotrads are denizens of [[Yggdrasil]] and the [[Ethereal Plane]] who seek to guard and protect fledgling worlds and [[demiplane]]s.

'''Gangren:''' Humans warped by torture and black magic into monstrous servitors for the priests of dark gods.

'''Garggin:''' Fiendish horses native to the [[abyss]], appearing as sway-backed black horses with burr-and-parasite-ridden manes and tails and hooves of solid jet, typically accompanied by swarms of large, biting flies. They sometimes appear in major [[Prime Material]] cities shortly before the onset of a terrible peril.

'''Gaunt:''' Malicious, [[imp]]-like fiends native to [[Hades]].

'''Gith'ilid:''' A hybrid of [[gith]] and [[illithid]] created by [[alhoon]]s as living weapons against living mind-flayers.

'''G'nrt:''' Bizarre reptilian creatures native to the [[Lower Planes]] which can drive victims utterly mad.

'''[[Golem]]s:'''
* '''Banner Golem:''' A variant Stone or Iron Golem created to serve as a bodyguard to an elite factional or military  commander.
* '''Slayer Golem:''' A human-sized Clay Golem variant created to serve as a relentless [[assassin]].

'''Gralim:''' Planar swamp-beasts resembling giant frogs with the beaks and claws of raptors. Favored steeds of [[lizardfolk]].

'''Griimbling:''' Peaceful, mineral-eating, apish giants native to [[Elysium]].

'''Grim'alkin:''' A malevolent fiend in the shape of a [[catfolk|humanoid feline]], native to [[Baator]]. Not the apex hunters of that plane, but pretty close to the top.

'''Gro'Ottorg:''' Tall, powerfully built, bipedal insectoids native to [[Pandemonium]].

'''Grusshum:''' Brutish, cruel, savage [[giant]]-like beings native to [[Gehenna]] and [[Carceri]].

'''H'''omicidal '''A'''xe-'''W'''ielding '''B'''east: Found throughout the [[Lower Planes]], nobody knows where the HAWBs came from, only that you underestimate these 1ft tall [[beastfolk]] warriors with their vorpal axes and insatiable hunger for humanoid flesh at your peril.

'''Hobyah:''' An obnoxious evil trickster [[fey]] that looks something like a humanoid salamander. And we mean evil; they're not just annoying pranksters like other [[fairy|fairies]], they eat kids.

'''Holly Guardian:''' A powerful humanoid plant created by [[druid]]ic magic from the soul of an extreme violator of the woodlands to protect the realms it once despoiled. Found in temperate forests throughout [[Elysium]], [[Arvandor]], the [[Beastlands]] and the [[Outlands]].

'''Husk:''' Mysterious and deadly monsters that appear similar to [[zombie]]s made from extremely desiccated corpses, but much more powerful.

'''Iaiwi:''' A strange race of malevolent planar [[slime]]s. Variants are the ''Drone'', the ''Slayer'', the ''Baron'', and the ''Keeper''.

'''Inhuman:''' Humans warped into monstrous servitors of a cult by having their eyes cut out and replaced with lenses of negative energy, linking them to the dark demigod who rules them. They exist only to spread their twisted faith, pillaging other worlds and abducting new victims to be mutilated into more inhumans.

'''[[Jackalope]]:''' A magical crossbreed of jack rabbit and antelope, creating a technically giant (2-3ft long) rabbit with pronghorn deer-like antlers. Also included is the bigger, stronger Moosehare, which is so strong that a team of 6 moosehares can haul 400 pound cargo-laden sled!

'''Jovin Falcon:''' A vulture that can be found in mountainous areas throughout the planes, which prefers to find prey and then scream for other predators to  come and kill it rather than hunt for itself.

'''Kayi Dog:''' Mischievous [[fey]] dogs native to [[Ysgard]].

'''Kebdedogh:''' An [[elemental]] from the Plane of Earth that appears as a humanoid made entirely of earth and stone.

'''[[Therianthrope|Lycanthropes]]:'''
* '''[[Kitsune]]'''
* '''[[Peganthrope]]'''
* '''[[Werebunny]]'''
* '''[[Werestag]]'''

'''Krieg:''' Rangy, many-horned humanoid [[fiend]]s native to [[Acheron]], the Krieg live for war.

'''Laasch:''' A strange species of color-eating giant crab that inhabits the Border Ethereal portions of the [[Ethereal Plane]].

'''Loather:''' A human who has struck a fiendish pact with a high-ranked [[yugoloth]], gaining great powoers and borderline immortality in exchange for a devotion to spreading confusion, destruction and doom amongst humanity.

'''Lummox:''' A lumbering, easy-going reptilian creature favored as a mount and beast of burden in the [[Outlands]].

'''Master Skeleton:''' Powerful fire [[elemental]]s that resemble human skeletonsi with designs of conquest over mortal kind.

'''Mathilane:''' A weird [[illithid]]/[[imp]] hybrid created by [[Ilsensine]] and sent to serve evil [[psion]]icists as a kind of [[familiar]].

'''Mechalin:''' A race of humanoid cyborgs that sprung out of [[Mechanus]], essentially a more serious counterpart to the [[modron]]s.

'''Medullath:''' The result of an [[illithid]] trying to ceremorph a [[medusa]].

'''Minotaurim:''' The "ur-minotaur", a formerly human man transformed into a monstrous half-bull carnivore, the progenitors of the true minotaurs seen elsewhere in the [[Great Wheel]].

'''Molluscid:''' A benevolent, friendly and gentle race of attractive octopoids - picture an octopus-bottomed [[merfolk]] with color-changing skin and dark eyes. Native to the [[Beastlands]], but also found in [[Elysium]] and the River Oceanus.

'''Mordicant:''' A powerful undead assassin with the ability to spew fire, created by vengeful [[necromancer]]s.

'''Mustyr:''' A weird relative of the [[satyr]] found on [[Mechanus]], in the region known as the Harmonious Trill. They look like humans with the legs of giant birds. They serve a power called Nightingale, and rely on her priestesses (or charmed Lawful women whose intelligence catches their attention) to provide them with sons to continue their race.

'''Nadir:''' Also known as Dark Valkyries, these mysterious evil [[fiend]]s are natives of [[Ysgard]].

'''Nep:''' A strange humanoid race found in the [[Outlands]], specifically in the regions around portals to the Chaotic Planes. Possibly a mutated offshoot of the [[githzerai]].

'''Nest Zombie:''' A powerful [[zombie]] variant created from a female humanoid's corpse. They always appear to be attractive living women and hugely pregnant, because their hollowed-out body cavities are used to conceal a nest of 2d4 Shadow Serpents.

'''Night Serpent:''' A giant flying snake that can be domesticated as a mount, native to the [[Plane of Shadow|Demiplane of Shadow]].

'''Nightaurils:''' A fearsome race of highly advanced [[lizardfolk]] native to the [[Plane of Shadow|Demiplane of Shadow]].

'''Nimbus:''' A powerful warrior-woman [[Celestial]] found on [[Mount Celestia]] and across the [[Upper Planes]]. They may have been imprisoned because they were too zealous in seeking the utter destruction of evil.

'''N'Morian:''' A humanoid race that was warped from its original human stock by generations spent living on the Plane of Magma and relying on breathing apparatus to survive the toxic atmosphere.

'''Olio:''' Also known as "Souppers", a strange race that dwells in the deeper portions of [[Limbo]].

'''Ooze Orc:''' The [[orc]] analogue of the Plane of Ooze.

'''Pandemonian Yeti:''' A singular [[fiend]] unique to [[Pandemonium]].

'''pif'Chiang:''' The four-balled bull, a magical species of fiendish bullock reputedly created when the god [[Sung Chiang]] forced a herd of [[nic'Epona]] to mate with a couple of Baatorian Midnight Bulls. He certainly keeps them in large herds to protect his lair, but they can be found all over the [[Lower Planes]].

'''Planar Tick:''' A tick with immense [[psionics]] and the ability to share its powers with a host.

'''Planegoat:''' Fiendish goats native to [[Hades]].

'''Psionic Beholder:''' A hopefully unique monster, possibly created as a collaboration between [[Ilsensine]] and [[Gzemnid]].

'''Q'uiir:''' Strange, artificial-looking beings from [[Arcadia]] who appear to be made of disarticulated crystalline body-parts that levitate along.

'''Rainbow Slaad:''' A [[slaad]] subspecies known for their physical weakness and magical power, created when a red or blue slaad egg is implanted in a [[Wild Mage]].

'''Rammas:''' An ancient race of [[celestial]] [[paladin]]s who happen to look like [[beastfolk|humanoid sheep]]. They live to battle evil, and the greater the crime they are battling, the stronger they become. 

'''Razorfish:''' A swarm-hunting predatory fish native to Oceanus.

'''Ressha:''' A strange [[scalykind]] race whose forms combine aspect of cobra and gecko. They all bear ellongated limbs and digits, an elongated, prehensile tail, and a serpent-like head with a cobra's frill. Found in a culture that sprawls across the Planes of Conflict and has begun infiltraiting [[Sigil]], ressha are believed to be matriarchal, but little is known about their culture, other than its division into the Neutral Good White Clans and the Neutral Evil Dark Clans.

'''Rijen:''' Resembling the really old-school [[Hook Horror]]s, these miserable flightless bird-things are the remnants of large groups of [[adventurer]]s or really good friends who found their personalities sucked away by [[Hades]].

'''Rockbiter Dwarf:''' A [[dwarf]] subrace native to the Elemental Planes of Earth and Mineral. Actually made of living stone.

'''Senex:''' A one-of-a-kind monster that considers itself a gourmet of warriors, seeking out the strongest to kill and eat.

'''Serrous Steed:''' Aggressive and carnivorous, but intelligent, beasts native to the rivers of the [[Upper Planes]]. Described as an improbable cross between a shark, a horse, a buffaloo, and possibly an octopus.

'''Shade Walker:''' Predatory fiends of liquid darkness created by an ancient sect of evil shamans.

'''Shadow Serpent:''' Magical undead serpents whose venom can transmute those they kill into undead [[shadow]]s. Typically found paired with nest zombies.

'''Shadow Knight:''' An evil [[knight]] who suffered death at the hands of a Disintegrate spell or similar "utter and instant annihilation" effect, causing their spirit to linger as a powerful, semi-corporeal undead.

'''Shamtor:''' Also known as a False Gehreleth, whimsical and mischievous creatures with incredible shapeshifting powers, which they largely use to imitate (and thoroughly irritate) [[gehreleth]]s.

'''Shator'Gor:''' Ankylosaur-like beasts native to [[Baator]].

'''Shrana:''' A race of humanoid sharks who can be found hunting and trading in rivers throughout the planes.

'''Shraug Beetle:''' A giant carnivorous beetle that inhabits planar deserts.

'''Simulacrum:''' A unique [[construct]] consisting of a statue animated by an imprisoned soul, with the ability to "reproduce" by petrifying others with its touch. 

'''Skeletal Devourer:''' An undead [[planeswalker]] desperate to restore itself to life.

'''Skeletal Valkyrie:''' A spell-fashioned undead in the form of a winged skeleton wielding an enchanted spear, created to fight in the [[Blood War]].

'''Skin Changer:''' An undead infiltrator that can steal the hollowed-out skins of its victims.

'''Spinal Leech:''' Magical parasites created by the [[baatezu]] to more easily monitor and manipulate the minds of their victims.

'''Slink:''' Small, cruel, planar reptilian humanoids, the [[kobold]]s of [[Carceri]].

'''Copper Spider:''' Magically warped giant spiders whose venom can destabilize a victim's metabolism, forcibly converting all of their bodily resources to fat and afflicting them with an insatiable hunger that can kill within a day.

'''[[Sprite]], Irata:''' A [[fiend]]ish mockery of the common sprite that like to use their appearance to lure victims close so they can kill them with their acidic sweat.

'''Sweeper:''' Also known as a Winter's Shade, these strange elementals are natives of the Empty Winter, the region of the Plane of Ash closest to the Negative Energy Plane. They sometimes show up in places with a severe build up of ash.

'''Petty Fairy, Tarshin:''' A prank-loving [[fairy]] subspecies with a great love of [[illusionist]] magic. Largely inoffensive, but with a bad tendency to piss off powerful beings.

'''[[Tanar'ri]]:'''
* '''Cat Hair:''' A Least Tanar'ri that looks like a floating strand of hair, gathering in swarms that attempt to slice victims to ribbons with their razored edges so they can sop up the blood.
* '''Crusader:''' A ''Risen'' Tanar'ri, these are incredibly rare demons who have so devoted themselves to rejecting evil and embracing the tenets of a good-aligned deity that they have been transformed into a [[paladin]]-like [[celestial]].
* '''Echideneco:''' A Greater Tanar'ri possibly related to the [[Marilith]]; the differene is these girls are bigger, nastier, and their tail splits into two tips, each armed with its own poisonous sting.
* '''Karaycai:''' A Lesser Tanar'ri that resembles a giant, one-eyed, feeler-bedecked worm. Sadistic to the core and powerful spellcasters.
* '''Law Eater:''' Greater Tanar'ri who truly exemplify the "Chaotic" part of their Chaotic Evil nature.
* '''Tanari'riaur:''' A Lesser Tanar'ri born to a [[bariaur]] mother, and the Tanar'ri counterpart to the Barzu. Violent, destructive and rapacious to the point even other Tanar'ri can't really tolerate them.
* '''Voodracoor:''' An extremely rare, powerful and mysterious breed of True Tanar'ri. Infamous for their ability to use a strange ritual similar to the pop cultural Voodoo Doll to kill from afar.

'''Troll, Primeval:''' An absoloutely enormous [[troll]] subspecies found in [[Ysgard]] and the [[Abyss]] which spends its days slumbering as a stone hill and its nights feeding on anything within reach. Even in hill form, it can instinctively swallow anything that draws its attention.

'''Ubergeist:''' The restless spirit of a powerful evil being who was slain by treachery, which seeks to hunt down and slay those it blames for its death.

'''[[Vampire]], Lesser:''' A weaker, feral version of the common vampire.

'''Vampire Squirrel:''' A carnivorous/haemovoric subspecies of squirrel that hunts in packs.

'''V'yrm:''' Rapacious, avaricious [[dragon]]s who haunt the [[Astral Plane]].

'''Wad:''' A bizarre species of riddle-obsessed planar beings that appear as a piece of free-floating paper with a single eye at the center. Natives of [[Limbo]].

'''Wkurzajacy:''' Take everything obnoxious about the typical [[fairy]] and [[Chaotic Neutral]] type creature, then turn it up to eleven. The [[sprite]]s of [[Limbo]].

'''Vying Wolf:''' A wolf subspecies adapted eto life in the [[Abyss]].

'''Wolver:''' Magebred wolves of unusual strength, intelligence and resilience.

'''Smoke Wraith:''' The vengeful [[wraith]] variant spawned when an evil mage perishes on the elemental planes of fire or magma due to their protective spells failing.

'''Wrall:''' A highly malevolent race who once terrorized the [[Astral Plane]], only to be defeated by the nascent [[Githyanki]] empire and cast down into [[Carceri]].

'''Xir'xixa:''' A bizarre race of wormy insectoid scholars seemingly native to the [[Ethereal Plane]].

'''Ysgardian Vulture:''' A strange hybrid of [[phoenix]] and giant vulture native to [[Ysgard]], where it is regarded as sacred.

'''Yurtle:''' A race of tranquil, peace-loving and hard-working humanoid turtles native to [[Bytopia]].

'''Zephyyr:''' A race of beautiful but incredibly superstitious elementals native to the Plane of Air.

'''Zerth Freebooter:''' A [[Githzerai]] offshoot that has taken to [[Wildspace]], in order to keep an eye on their [[Githyanki]] counterparts, the Pirates of Gith.

'''Zon'de:''' An [[aasimon]] raised as a vile [[undead]] parody of its former glory.

'''Zoomycota:''' A mind-controlling parasitic fungus believed to have been created by [[Zuggtmoy]].

'''Zyssk:''' Savage reptilian humanoids native to [[Gehenna]], where they prey on the weak, helpless, lost and wounded.