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Sometimes called "bug men," these small, genderless humanoids possess both insectoid features and latent psionic powers.

* FantasticCasteSystem: Dromites are divided into four castes, based on both their temperament and [[PersonalityPowers its associated energy type.]] The Fire Caste are quick to anger as well as laughter, the Glimmer Caste are always zipping around somethere, the Ice Caste are analytical and rational, and the Voice Caste are artists who revel in song. Aside from a tendency for those of the Voice Caste to become performers, the dromite castes don't seem locked into specific societal roles.

* {{Polyamory}}: Just because they're sexless doesn't mean dromites don't form emotional attachments with one another. Dromites who develop deep relationships with one another can form "life-bonds," which can be likened to marriages, except they commonly contain more than two dromites, and new members are brought into the life-bond as older ones die off.

[[folder:Death Dog]]
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->'''Classification:''' Magical Beast (3E), Monstrosity (5E)\\
'''Challenge Rating:''' 2 (3E), 1 (5E)\\

Savage, two-headed canines who may be descended from the legendary Cerberus.

* MultipleHeadCase: Death dogs have two heads each, which makes them that much harder to charm or knock unconscous. It also provides another obstacle for trainers hoping to use them as guard animals like their supposed ancestor.
* PoisonousPerson: Their saliva carries a foul disease that can deal both [[NonHealthDamage Strength and Constitution damage]] in 3rd Edition, or reduce a victim's hit point total in 5th Edition, potentially killing them.
* SavageWolves: Death dogs are driven by hate, and possess a taste for humanoid flesh.

[[folder:Darkling]]
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->'''Classification:''' Humanoid (3E), Fey (5E)\\
'''Challenge Rating:''' 3 (dark creeper), 4 (dark stalker) (3E); 1/2 (darkling), 2 (darkling elder) (5E)\\

Skulking humanoids who shun the light and survive as thieves and assassins.

* CastingAShadow: They can cloak themselves in shadow or cast areas in supernatural darkness.
* DefeatEqualsExplosion: Upon death, all the light a darkling's absorbed over its lifetime explodes out of it at once. In the case of normal darklings this can ignite their possessions and blind onlookers, while a darkling elder's death flare is intense enough to deal radiant damage to nearby creatures.
* HiddenDepths: Despite their amoral trades, darklings still have a fey's appreciation for fine art, and will sometimes risk exposing themselves to a candle so they can admire a painting, or even willingly age themselves just to experience a spectacular sunset.
* LargeAndInCharge: A darkling that transforms into an elder grows into a fair form, far taller than normal darklings.
* {{Retcon}}: In 3rd Edition, "dark ones" are an enigmatic group of subterranean humanoids, while 5th Edition "darklings" are described as the descendents of a cursed house of seelie fey whose ancestor betrayed the Summer Queen. Of course, since darklings display the same dimorphism and abilities as the dark ones, and similarly like to lair in caves beneath humanoid settlements, it's easy to accept that in-universe sources have simply learned more about these light-hating humanoids.
* SuperSenses: They don't just have darkvision to see in darkness, they have full-on blindsight, allowing them to operate in even supernatural darkness.
* WeakenedByTheLight: As a darkling's body absorbs light, it rapidly ages. For this reason, darklings cover themselves from head to toe when exposure to light is a risk. The smaller ones also have disadvantage on rolls when in bright light.

[[folder:Darklore]]
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->'''Alignment:''' NeutralEvil

Sentient, sinister oozes that hunger for dark knowledge, which they extract from their victims.

* CastingAShadow: Darklores can cast ''darkness'' at will.
* CreatingLifeIsUnforeseen: The darklores were spawned when an ancient creation of the yugoloths, the Maeldur Et Kavurik, fell into the memory-sapping waters of the River Styx. This resulted in a great splash of foul water that had absorbed the Maeldur's dark knowledge, which combined with Et Kavurik's essence gave rise to the first (and hopefully only) darklores. The oozes have since spread from the Gray Waste of Hades across the Lower Planes, attacking fiends and travelers near the River Styx.
* IngestingKnowledge: As a darklore drains Intelligence from victims it strikes with its pseudopods, the ooze absorbs forbidden secrets and vile knowledge to hoard -- the location of a ''gate'' to the Lower Planes, the true name of an archfiend, details about an evil artifact, etc. Darklores can also reverse this process when striking Good or Neutral foes, potentially stunning them with a horrific revelation (and giving paladins a 1% chance of falling from grace). This means archfiends both fear and covet darklores, and have been known to capture the creatures to use them as interrogators, or ''charm'' them to make darklores willingly share some of the secrets they've accumulated.
* {{Seers}}: They can use ''clairvoyance'' and ''clairaudience'' at will, though mainly to help find prey.
* StupidityInducingAttack: Besides damage, darklores' physical attacks deal Intelligence drain, some of which is permanent. The catch is that since this ability is contingent on the victim having some dark knowledge to be consumed, Evil creatures are always affected, Neutral creatures are affected 50% of the time, Good creatures are only affected 25% of the time, and beings of pure Good such as celestials may be wholly immune to the effect.
* {{Teleportation}}: Darklores also have the ability to ''teleport'' beings whose names they know, provided those names constitute a dark secret. Some archfiends will thus surrender their names to a darklore, taking a point of permanent Intelligence drain (and usually having a minion remind the archfiend what their name is afterward) in exchange for being able to ''teleport without error'' at will.

[[folder:Darkmantle]]
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->'''Classification:''' Magical Beast (3E), Monstrosity (5E)\\
'''Challenge Rating:''' 1 (3E), 1/2 (5E)\\
'''Alignment:''' Unaligned

Subterranean creatures resembling squid. They drop from cave ceilings and latch onto the head of any creature which passes underneath them.

* CastingAShadow: They can cast the area around them in supernatural darkness, which doesn't hamper the darkmantle any due to its blindsight.
* CombatTentacles: Darkmantles attack by dropping onto its prey and wrapping its tentacles around the neck to suffocate it.
* HeWasRightThereAllAlong: A darkmantle clings to cavern ceilings, remaining perfectly still as it waits for creatures to pass beneath it. From a distance, it can pass itself off as a stalactite, until it drops down, engulfs and crushes its prey.
* SuperSenses: Darkmantles can use echolocation to "see," which works in areas of magical darkness, but not areas under a ''silence'' effect.

Should a dryad keep a ''charmed'' humanoid with her for long enough, it will transform into plant creature wholly devoted to their mistress.

* FertileFeet: Undergrowth springs up around a verdant reaver's feet, even if it moves across bare stone, but such terrain reverts to normal as soon as it moves on. Mechanically, this makes the spaces immediately around a reaver count as difficult terrain, and it lets them make a "verdant rend" attack if both its slam attacks hit, as the undergrowth tears at its target for additional damage.

* PlantPerson: Verdant reavers are hulking plant creatures that would standing 12 to 15 feet tall if not for their hunched posture, and resemble humanoids built from fallen logs or driftwood.

[[folder:Derro]]
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->'''Classification:''' Monstrous Humanoid (3E), Humanoid (5E)\\
'''Challenge Rating:''' 3 (3E), 1/4 (5E)\\
'''Alignment:''' ChaoticEvil

Relatives of the duergar, derro are former slaves of the illithids who responded particularly badly to their masters' psionic experiments. Their minds shattered and stripped of any ability to function as a society, they currently infest the less murdery corners of the Underdark, where their insane paranoia serves them well.

* CainAndAbel: The derro's mythic history describes the brothers Diirinka and Diinkarazan, and how Diirinka betrayed his sibling to steal magical power from a pursuing enemy. This is not portrayed as a tragedy, but rather as a lesson on the importance of survival at any cost, and how deceitfulness and cruelty can be useful.
* InsanityImmunity: 3rd Edition derro are immune to ''confusion'' or ''insanity'' effects because they're already quite mad, thank you very much. Not even a ''wish'' or ''miracle'' spell can cure their racial insanity.
* TheMorlocks: They're essentially this to dwarves, being a degenerate splinter race of near-feral subterranean humanoids. Not that the duergar or surface dwarves recognize derro as kin.
* TheParanoiac: Derro are inherently paranoid, which serves them well in the dangerous societies of the Underdark.
* SanityHasAdvantages: While derro paranoia is usually [[ProperlyParanoid quite justified]] in the Underdark, their racial insanity makes it impossible for them to form communities more advanced than cults of personality centered on their spellcasting savants.
* WeakenedByTheLight: Like many subterranean creatures, derro suffer penalties on rolls made in sunlight.

[[folder:Desmodu]]
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->'''Classification:''' Monstrous Humanoid (3E)\\
'''Challenge Rating:''' 9 (3E)\\
'''Alignment:''' NeutralGood

Ogre-sized, bat-like humanoids who dwell within the Underdark's largest caverns. Unlike most underground races, they aren't dangerous unless attacked.

* AttackAnimal[=/=]HorseOfADifferentColor: They breed varieties of bat for use as hunting animals or guards, or Huge specimens they can ride.
* BatPeople: They're hulking humanoids with bat faces and leathery membrances between their long arms and short legs, though while they're excellent climbers, desmodus are unable to fly or glide.
* DoubleWeapon: The desmodus' signature weapon is the notbora, a Huge quarterstaff with a crook on one end for tripping attacks, an unsheathable blade on the other, and a hinge in the middle for easy storage.
* GadgeteerGenius: Despite living fairly simply, desmodus have developed numerous clever tools and alchemical items, from breathing masks and steel cables and climbing harnesses, to a substance called "frostfire" that is essentially a cold-based variant of [[GreekFire alchemist's fire.]]
* MakeMeWannaShout: Desmodus can emit subsonic vibrations at will to induce despair in enemies or hope in allies, granting morale penalties or bonuses on various rolls, respectively. Once per day they can also screech to emit a ray that deals sonic damage, or stun all non-desmodu around them.
* ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated: Most sages assumed that the drow had wiped them out in an ancient war.
* RunningOnAllFours: Desmodus are normally bipedal, but can double their speed by galloping on all fours.
* SpeaksFluentAnimal: They can talk with bats as per ''speak with animals.''
* StarfishLanguage: Desmodu involves both ultra- and subsonic utterances, so not many other species can speak it.
* SuperSenses: Their echolocation gives them blindsight out to 120 feet.

[[folder:Destrachan]]
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->'''Classification:''' Aberration (3E)\\
'''Challenge Rating:''' 8 (3E)\\
'''Alignment:''' NeutralEvil

Eyeless reptilian monsters that hunt with devastating sonic attacks.

* EyelessFace: Destrachans have no eyes, and hunt with their hearing which rivals most creatures' sight. This also renders them immune to gaze attacks or illusions.
* ForTheEvulz: Destrachans feed on death and misery, and spread woe for evil's sake.
* ItCanThink: They look like beasts, but destrachans are frightfully intelligent and wholly malevolent. Though incapable of speech, they can fully understand Common, and communicate through gestures or actions.
* MakeMeWannaShout: Destrachans' tubular, toothless mouths can emit destructive harmonics that can induce unconsciousness, pulp flesh, or shatter stone, as the monster sees fit. They also are resistant to other sonic attacks.
* SuperSenses: Their superior hearing gives destrachans Blindsight out to a whopping 100 feet. On the downside, a ''silence'' spell will effectively blind them.

* CreatingLifeIsUnforeseen: The darklores were spawned when an ancient creation of the yugoloths, the Maeldur Et Kavurik, fell into the memory-sapping waters of the River Styx somewhere in the Gray Waste of Hades. This resulted in a great splash of foul water that had absorbed the Maeldur's dark knowledge, which combined with Et Kavurik's essence gave rise to the first (and hopefully only) darklores. The oozes have since spread across the Lower Planes, attacking fiends and travelers near the River Styx.
* IngestingKnowledge: As a darklore drains Intelligence from victims it strikes with its pseudopods, the ooze absorbs forbidden secrets and vile knowledge to hoard -- the location of a ''gate'' to the Lower Planes, the true name of an archfiend, details about a vile artifact, etc. Darklores can also reverse this process when striking Good or Neutral foes, potentially stunning them with a horrific revelation (and giving paladins a 1% chance of falling from grace). This means archfiends both fear and covet darklores, and have been known to capture the creatures to use them as interrogators, or ''charm'' them to make darklores willingly share some of the secrets they've accumulated.

* StupidityInducingAttack: Besides damage, darklores' physical attacks deal Intelligence drain, some of which is permanent. The catch is that since this Intelligence drain is contingent on the victim having some dark knowledge to be consumed, Evil creatures are always affected, Neutral creatures are affected 50% of the time, Good creatures are only affected 25% of the time, and beings of pure Good such as celestials may be wholly immune to the effect.
* {{Teleportation}}: Darklores also have the ability to ''teleport'' beings whose names they know, provided those names constitute a dark secret. Some archfiends are thus known to surrender their names to a darklore, taking a point of permanent Intelligence drain (and usually having a minion remind the archfiend what their name is) in exchange for being able to ''teleport without error'' at will.

* HeWasRightThereAllAlong: They get a respectable racial bonus to Hide checks to offset their Huge size penalty, which is improved in sandy environments. Dune winders like to use their coloration to blend in with the sand, then ambush prey.
* PoisonousPerson: A dune winder's spines carry a Constitution-damaging poison, which is applied to victims they wrap around and shred with their hides.
* SandWorm: They're 40-foot-long, desert-dwelling, worm-like monsters that can sense prey moving across the sand through vibrations, though they're faster winding across the surface than burrowing beneath it.

Stooped humanoids that can burrow through the sand with ease, and thirst for the blood of their victims.

''[[Characters/DungeonsAndDragonsDeities Deities]]'': Non-human Pantheons ([[Characters/DungeonsAndDragonsDemihumanDeities Demihuman Deities]] | [[Characters/DungeonsAndDragonsGiantDeities Giant Deities]] | [[Characters/DungeonsAndDragonsGoblinoidDeities Goblinoid Deities]] | [[Characters/DungeonsAndDragonsScalykindDeities Scalykind Deities]] | [[Characters/DungeonsAndDragonsUnderdarkDeities Underdark Deities]]) | [[Characters/DungeonsAndDragonsElderEvils Elder Evils]]\\

[[folder:Dusanu]]
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->'''Alignment:''' ChaoticNeutral

Also known as "rot fiends," these ambulatory, mold-covered skeletons are easily mistaken for undead, but are actually animated by a fungal colony.

* FesteringFungus: The real enemy here is the fungus that is [[PuppeteerParasite puppeting the skeleton]], not the bones.
* GlowingEyes: They aren't the GlowingEyelightsOfUndeath, but glowing waste fumes from the dusanu fungal colony, that happen to be escaping the skeleton's eye sockets.
* MistakenIdentity: They look like yet another variety of undead, but aren't damaged by positive energy, and their spongy, infested bones make bludgeoning weapons, the damage type most effective against skeletons, all but useless against them.
* ItCanThink: A dusanu's spores operate as a small HiveMind, which is actually as intelligent as the average human, there's just no account of successful communication with one.
* PoisonousPerson: Dusanu shed spores in combat that deal a bit of damage and might infect other creatures. Those infested will develop an itchy rash and become unable to heal from ''cure wounds'' spells, then less than a week after infection, victims will have to start making death saving throws each day as their body erupts in yellowish mold. Fortunately, a ''cure disease'' spell will save them.
* TheVirus: Those who succumb to a dusanu's spores will rise as a new rot fiend a few days later.

[[folder:Darkmantle]]
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->'''Classification:''' Magical Beast (3E), Monstrosity (5E)\\
'''Challenge Rating:''' 1 (3E), 1/2 (5E)\\
'''Alignment:''' Unaligned

Subterranean creatures resembling squid. They drop from cave ceilings and latch onto the head of any creature which passes underneath them.

* CastingAShadow: They can cast the area around them in supernatural darkness, which doesn't hamper the darkmantle any due to its blindsight.
* CombatTentacles: Darkmantles attack by dropping onto its prey and wrapping its tentacles around the neck to suffocate it.
* HeWasRightThereAllAlong: A darkmantle clings to cavern ceilings, remaining perfectly still as it waits for creatures to pass beneath it. From a distance, it can pass itself off as a stalactite, until it drops down, engulfs and crushes its prey.
* SuperSenses: Darkmantles can use echolocation to "see," which works in areas of magical darkness, but not areas under a ''silence'' effect.

''Campaign Settings:'' Characters/{{Dragonlance}} | Characters/{{Eberron}} | Characters/ForgottenRealms ([[Characters/ForgottenRealmsGods Gods]] | ''Characters/TheLegendOfDrizzt'') | Characters/{{Greyhawk}} ([[Characters/GreyhawkDeities Deities]]) | Characters/{{Planescape}} ([[Characters/PlanescapeFactions Factions]] | [[Characters/PlanescapeRaces Races]]) | Characters/{{Ravenloft}} ([[Characters/RavenloftDarklords Darklords]] | [[Characters/RavenloftTheCarnival The Carnival]] | [[Characters/RavenloftTheKargataneOfVallaki The Kargatane of Vallaki]] | [[Characters/RavenloftTheFraternityOfShadows Fraternity of Shadows]] | [[Characters/RavenloftTheGreatFamilies Great Families of the Core]] | [[Characters/RavenloftGods Faiths]]) ]] -]]]

* PlayingWithFire: These fey can use ''produce flame'' at will, or throw a ''flaming sphere'' three times per day.

Destructive fiends from the Infinite Layers of the Abyss, the demonic hordes embody the ChaoticEvil alignment. See [[Characters/DungeonsAndDragonsFiends the Fiends subpage]] for more information about them.

Tyrannical fiends from the Nine Hells of Baator, devils are embodiments of the LawfulEvil alignment. See [[Characters/DungeonsAndDragonsFiends the Fiends subpage]] for more information about them.

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* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Tribal dragonkin are easily distracted by magic items, and if they detect one will prioritize snatching it from its owner and then flying off with their prize. Cult-trained dragonkin are more focused, and will steal a magic item if they can get away with it, but continue fighting afterward.

[[folder:Doppelganger]]
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->'''Classification:''' Monstrous Humanoid (3E), Monstrosity (5E)\\
'''Challenge Rating:''' 3 (3E, 5E)\\

Shapeshifters who infiltrate society for their own purposes. Their talents can make them phenomenal thieves and assassins, and their activities spread fear and paranoia in their wake, but thankfully most doppelgangers are content to take over someone else's life and reap the fruits of another's labor until it's time to make their escape.

* AmbiguousSituation: In ''Eberron'', doppelgangers have some connection to the playable changeling race, but it's unclear whether doppelgangers are the changelings' ancestors, or the descendents of changelings mutated by the daelkyr.
* CaptureAndReplicate: During long cons, a doppelganger might keep the person they're impersonating captive in case they need more information about how to maintain the disguise.
* TheGreys: Their artwork often depicts them with the grey hairless skin, absent genitals, frail physique, noseless faces, slit mouths, large eyes and bulbous craniums of this trope. Like the greys of conspiracy theories, they are also adept infiltrators who frequently sneak into human society to manipulate it for their own mysterious ends, and abduct and (mentally) probe captives for information.
* LazyBum: A doppelganger's life generally revolves around tricking people into doing work for them, including caring for their own children.
* ShapeshiftersDoItForAChange: Doppelgangers reproduce by taking male form and impregnating other humanoids, then abandoning them. The resulting offspring appear normal at first, [[ChangelingFantasy but around adolescence their shapechanging abilities will manifest, at which point most leave their old lives behind to seek out more of their kind.]]
* TheSociopath: Doppelgangers aren't committed to evil, but they are wholly self-interested and view other beings as playthings to be manipulated and deceived.
* {{Telepathy}}: Doppelgangers can read other creatures' surface thoughts at will, picking up their names, fears and aspirations, and the odd memory or two. This naturally gives them an advantage during social interactions.
* ThisWasHisTrueForm: If slain, a doppelganger will drop its disguise and revert to its gray, rubbery default form.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: A doppelganger can take the appearance of any humanoid between four and eight feet tall, and routinely use this ability to sneak into humanoid settlements, infiltrate society, and casually walk past guard pickets.

* ExactWords: This can be the bane or boon of a dune stalker. Much like invisible trackers, they're summoned by mortals for a general or specified mission. Since dune stalkers hate being on the Material Plane, they'll seek to fulfil the literal terms of their mission and go home as quickly as possible, regardless of whether the intended objective is complete. But in other cases, a summoner's badly-phrased instructions may mean that even if a dune stalker fulfils the intent of its mission, they're unable to meet its literal terms, trapping the creature on the Material Plane indefinitely. In such cases, the dune stalker will vent its frustration by killing anything it comes across.

Also known as "rot fiends," these ambulatory skeletons are easily mistaken for undead, but are actually animated by a fungal colony.

* FesteringFungus: The real enemy here is the fungal colony that is [[PuppeteerParasite puppeting the skeleton]], not the bones.
* GlowingEyes: They aren't the GlowingEyelightsOfUndeath, but glowing waste fumes from the dusanu fungal colony that happen to be escaping the skeleton's eye sockets.
* MistakenIdentity: They look like yet another variety of undead, but aren't bothered by positive energy, and their spongy, infested bones make bludgeoning weapons, the damage type most effective against skeletons, all but useless against them.

* PoisonousPerson: Dusanu shed spores in combat that deal a bit of damage and might infect other creatures. Those infested will develop an itchy rash and become unable to heal from ''cure wounds'' spells, but less than a week after infection, victims will have to start making death saving throws each day as their body erupts in yellowish mold. Fortunately a ''curse disease'' spell will save them.

[[folder:Destrachan]]
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->'''Classification:''' Aberration (3E)\\
'''Challenge Rating:''' 8 (3E)\\
'''Alignment:''' NeutralEvil

Eyeless reptilian monsters that hunt with devastating sonic attacks.

* EyelessFace: Destrachans have no eyes, and hunt with their hearing which rivals most creatures' sight. This also renders them immune to gaze attacks or illusions.
* ForTheEvulz: Destrachans feed on death and misery, and spread woe for evil's sake.
* ItCanThink: They look like beasts, but destrachans are frightfully intelligent and wholly malevolent. Though incapable of speech, they can fully understand Common, and communicate through gestures or actions.
* MakeMeWannaShout: Destrachans' tubular, toothless mouths can emit destructive harmonics that can induce unconsciousness, pulp flesh, or shatter stone, as the monster sees fit. They also are resistant to other sonic attacks.
* SuperSenses: Their superior hearing gives destrachans Blindsight out to a whopping 100 feet. On the downside, a ''silence'' spell will effectively blind them.

* {{Intangibility}}: A dharculus usually keeps the bulk of its body on the Border Ethereal, but upon sighting prey, it phases its six mawed tentacles onto the Material Plane -- from a Material creature's perspective, it is suddenly beset by a swarm of eels protruding from a vague, menacing outline behind them. While attacking in this manner, a dharculus' body is vulnerable, but enjoys cover bonuses to Armor Class and Reflex saves, and it can retract its tentacles to the safety of the Ethereal Plane as a standard action. Should a dharculus grapple prey with enough of its mawed tentacles, the other creature is yanked onto the Border Ethereal with it and subject to its primary maw attack (in 2nd Edition), or considered ethereal enough for the dharculus to attack it with its main maw (in 3rd Edition).

[[folder:Digester]]
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->'''Classification:''' Magical Beast (3E)\\
'''Challenge Rating:''' 6 (3E)\\

Bizarre saurian predators that hunt by liquefying, then slurping up their prey.

* AcidAttack: Digesters produce an acid that can dissolve a human in just a few seconds. They have enough control over it to spray acid in a 20-foot cone for moderate damage, or unleash a concentrated stream against a single adjacent target for double damage.
* ArmlessBiped: Hence why their only other attack options are clawed kicks.

[[folder:Dinosaur]]
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->'''Classification:''' Animal (3E), Natural Beast (4E), Beast (5E)\\
'''Challenge Rating:''' Varies from 3 (''Deinonychus'') to 13 (''Spinosaurus'') (3E); 1/4 (''Velociraptor'') to 8 (''Tyrannosaurus rex'') (5E)\\
'''Alignment:''' TrueNeutral (3E), Unaligned (4E-5E)

Also called behemoths in some quarters, dinosaurs are distinctly less extinct on some worlds than on others.