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Tag: CR 1-5

Monster Monday

Astrad CR 4

May 28, 2018August 26, 2018 - by Kevin Bryan - 1 Comment

Today for Monster Monday we present the Astrad, fey native to the frozen asteroids. Astrad (Astral Dryad) CR 4 This gorgeous woman appears carved out of ice and stone, with …

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Monster Monday

Cordyceps Tower – CR 5

February 5, 2018August 26, 2018 - by Kevin Bryan

Vibrant stalks burst from the chest and head of this still breathing bipedal creature, its posture, and gait warped by the unnatural protrusions. Cordyceps Tower CR 5 XP 1,600Neutral Medium …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature (5e): Bwoslodoon

November 20, 2018November 29, 2018 - by Quin Callahan

The bwoslodoons drift through the astral sea, often seeming completely oblivious to their surroundings. Many make the mistake of believing they are nearly as mindless as the jellyfish of the …

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Miscellaneous

Creature Feature (5e): Da’no Ohn

November 6, 2018December 28, 2018 - by Quin Callahan

Like a ghostly cross between a cat and a snake, many outsiders are quick to misjudge the Da’no ohn. They are mischievous, yes, but not at all as predatory as …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature (5e): Human Derring-do

December 25, 2018December 28, 2018 - by Quin Callahan

Humans are a varied and ambitious people. It is for perhaps this reason that some of the most heroic and most monstrous of mortals are often human. However, the elves …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature (5e): Lildroc

November 27, 2018November 29, 2018 - by Quin Callahan

Said to be the workforce of some long dead deity, Lildrocs are strange and industrious spirits. They exist to build, fortify, and repair, doing so from dusk to dawn every …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature (5e): Ogre Monk

January 22, 2019January 16, 2019 - by Quin Callahan

There are some who argue that ogres, by their nature, are doomed to chaos and evil. The question of whether one’s blood or one’s upbringing us what dooms them to …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature (5e): Powderbug Swarm

January 8, 2019January 3, 2019 - by Quin Callahan

At first, powderbugs were heralded for their potential use as a black powder substitute. They required little food and harvesting them was a simple matter of leaving enough bugs for …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature (5e): Slime-thing

February 5, 2019January 30, 2019 - by Quin Callahan

In the darkest cesspools and refuse piles, chaos reigns. At the bottoms of dark, forgotten pits of the abyss, there swirls the centuries of filth and magical leftover from countless …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature (5e): Walber Snail

December 4, 2018December 28, 2018 - by Quin Callahan

The walber snail is thankfully a rare thing. While relatively small, it is notoriously hostile to perceived threats, commonly spitting a deadly sludge at any and everything that moves too …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature (5e): Wanderlust

October 30, 2018December 28, 2018 - by Quin Callahan

Some on the Astral Plane make the mistake of failing to value what time they have. In the near agelessness gained while traveling there, some forget that even there time …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature (Starfinder): Dusk Runner

January 17, 2019January 8, 2019 - by Nathan Ross

The exploration of new worlds, strange environments with rules and challenges different from our own, is a staple of many Starfinder games. The challenges posed to the players can be …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature (Starfinder): Entrofex

October 7, 2018October 7, 2018 - by nwright

Entrofex CR 5 This raw-skinned creature’s head seems to be encased in dark metal, baleful yellow light emanating from the gaps where its eyes should be. CN Medium monstrous humanoidInit …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature (Starfinder): Forgotten Shade

October 14, 2018January 4, 2019 - by nwright

Forgotten Shade CR 4 This creature appears to be composed of strips of dark cloth held together in a humanoid form, smoke obscuring whatever may lie beneath the gaps of …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature (Starfinder): Goll

January 20, 2019January 8, 2019 - by nwright

Goll CR 4 This muscled figure has long barbed tentacles in place or arms, with a head like an insect’s with fanged mandibles. CN Medium monstrous humanoid Init +0; Senses …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature (Starfinder): Neurovite

February 3, 2019January 23, 2019 - by nwright

Neurovite CR 1 The man before you looks almost normal except for the glimmer of metal in his eyes and the ridges of wires running through the skin of his …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature (Starfinder): Painwrack

December 16, 2018December 18, 2018 - by nwright

Painwrack CR 4 The being before you looks like it was human once, but it’s hard to tell past the armor and blades that have been grafted onto its body. …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature (Starfinder): Protovi

February 24, 2019February 28, 2019 - by nwright

Protovi CR 4 This small mass of glowing light seems to constantly shift shapes, always nearly but not quite resembling the silhouette of some species or another. N Small outsiderInit …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature (Starfinder): Sandstalker

October 21, 2018September 22, 2018 - by nwright

Sandstalker CR 2 What looks like a cross between a scorpion and a lizard bursts from the dunes, sun glinting off its dark carapace and the stinger already arcing over …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature (Starfinder): Urban Prowler

March 10, 2019March 10, 2019 - by nwright

Urban Prowler CR 5 NE Medium aberrationInit +5; Senses darkvision 60 ft., blindsense (scent) 30 ft.; Perception +16 DEFENSE HP 65; RP 2 EAC 17; KAC 18Fort +4; Ref +4; …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature (Starfinder): Vatborn

January 27, 2019February 11, 2019 - by nwright

Vatborn CR 2 The figure before you looks almost like a human, save for their grey skin and the lack of detail to their flesh. N Medium humanoid (vatborn)Init +2; …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature (Starjammer): Gallus CR 1

October 1, 2018September 26, 2018 - by Kevin Bryan

Welcome to Creature Feature Starjammer! Today we present the Gallus, the chicken’s larger meaner cousin. This sizable fowl has short wings ill-suited for flying, a sharp beak, and cruel talons. …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature Friday: Air Elemental

March 16, 2018April 12, 2018 - by nwright

Today marks a divergence from previous Creature Features, albeit one a bit delayed. Where everything so far has been most at  home in a science fiction setting, the air elemental …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature Friday: Apari

March 28, 2018April 12, 2018 - by nwright

If you hate it when you find a bug crawling across your wall, you’ll hate this week’s monster. The apari is a Large vermin clocking in at a CR 7 …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature Friday: Assembly Ooze

April 6, 2018April 12, 2018 - by nwright

You know, if it wasn’t for the gelatinous cube, you’d probably react to an ooze with angles with bewilderment and confusion. As it is, that monster of old set an …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature Friday: Barathu

April 26, 2018April 26, 2018 - by nwright

You’d think that jellyfish wouldn’t show up in space as often as they do, considering their lack of a brain, but here they are. The barathu is a floating organism …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature Friday: Contemplative

May 25, 2018May 25, 2018 - by nwright

Your brain is something that really shouldn’t end up outside of your body, but for the psionic contemplatives a visible brain is more matter of course than pressing medical emergency. …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature Friday: Corrovox

June 1, 2018May 27, 2018 - by nwright

What do you call the bioengineered scouts and shock troops of a swarm of interplanetary conquerors? Usually whatever lets you tell people to shoot them faster, but in this case …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature Friday: Crest-Eater

June 8, 2018June 10, 2018 - by nwright

When you hear “the monster eats your body,” you’re probably thinking it eats the meat parts of you. But what about all those delicious bones? Surely there’s something out there …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature Friday: Draelik

June 29, 2018July 3, 2018 - by nwright

With most neighbors, you only have to deal with the occasional request for a cup of sugar, or may a noise complaint if you’re unlucky. With draeliks, you have to …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature Friday: Dragons

July 6, 2018July 5, 2018 - by nwright

Dragons in space. There are dragons in space. Dragons! In! Space! Is your interest piqued? I certainly hope so, because dragons are an extremely versatile threat in Starfinder. Dragons have …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature Friday: Electrovore

July 27, 2018July 28, 2018 - by nwright

Imagine an electric eel, but wrapped in barbed wire and capable of flight. Now imagine that launching itself at your face in a darkened corridor nd you have an idea …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature: Bloodsands Wyrm CR 5

September 10, 2018September 11, 2018 - by Kevin Bryan

Welcome to Creature Feature: Starjammer. Today we present the bloodsands wyrm, a patient if lazy predator that leaves its prey bleeding. Bloodsands Wyrm CR 5 This long squat lizard tastes …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature: Messenger Pollen – CR 1

September 17, 2018September 17, 2018 - by Kevin Bryan

Welcome to Creature Feature: Starjammer Edition. Today we present the messenger pollen, the remaining signs of a long dead or long distant plant that now scours the galaxy trying to …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature: Puff Ooze

August 6, 2018August 26, 2018 - by Kevin Bryan

Monster Monday is going through some changes. From now on, it is going to be called Creature Feature and will be occurring multiple times a week. Creature Feature Mondays will …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature: Shedskin Hulk

August 12, 2018August 13, 2018 - by nwright

Shedskin Hulk CR 5 A massive creature lumbers towards you, its thick shaggy skin peeling off its body in strips to reveal more skin below. N Huge animal Init +2; …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature: Stitchgeist

September 16, 2018September 18, 2018 - by nwright

Stitchgeist CR 4 This humanoid figure is made of stitched together cloth, its offset glowing eyes revealing a swirling nebula of spiritual energy within it. NE Medium undeadInit +3; Senses …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature: Unseen

August 19, 2018August 25, 2018 - by nwright

Unseen CR 6 A gaunt figure with long claws tipping its fingers appears before you before simply vanishing as if it were never there.NE Medium FeyInit +5; Senses low light …

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Monster Monday

Galley Hungerer CR 5

March 12, 2018August 26, 2018 - by Kevin Bryan

Welcome to Monster Monday! This week we bring you the Galley Hungerer, a creature whose hunger will never be sated. Galley Hungerer CR 5 Once human, this creature’s eyes are …

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Monster Monday

Humanbrood Pursuer CR 2

February 26, 2018August 26, 2018 - by Kevin Bryan

Welcome to Monster Monday! Each week we present a new monster for Starjammer, and occasionally other games as well. This week we present the Humanbrood Pursuer, a biologically twisted human …

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Monster Monday

Loyalty Worm CR 1

February 19, 2018August 26, 2018 - by Kevin Bryan

Welcome to Monster Monday! Each week we present a new monster for Starjammer, and occasionally other games as well. This week we present the Loyalty Worm, a most unpleasant meal. …

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Monster Monday

Memetic Mindworm – CR 5

February 12, 2018August 26, 2018 - by Kevin Bryan

Welcome to Monster Monday! Each week we present a new monster for Starjammer, and occasionally other games as well. This week we bring you the Memetic Mindworm, a song that …

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Monster Monday

Perseid Meteor CR 4

May 14, 2018August 26, 2018 - by Kevin Bryan - 1 Comment

Welcome to Monster Mondays! Today we present the Perseid Meteor, intelligent asteroids that scour the solar system for prey on behalf of unknown masters. Perseid Meteor CR 4 A missile …

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Monster Monday

Spice Snapper CR 3

January 29, 2018August 26, 2018 - by Kevin Bryan

Welcome to Monster Monday! Each week we present a new monster for Starjammer, and occasionally other games as well. This week we present the Spice Snapper, a nasty aquatic inhabitant! …

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Monster Monday

Traveler Moth Caterpillar – CR 3

June 25, 2018August 26, 2018 - by Kevin Bryan

Welcome to Monster Mondays! Today we present the Traveler Moth Caterpillar, the larval form of the moth possessed of a voracious and specific hunger. Traveler Moth Caterpillar CR 3 This …

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Monster Monday

Traveler Moth Swarm – CR 2

June 18, 2018August 26, 2018 - by Kevin Bryan

Welcome to Monster Mondays! Today we present the traveler moth swarm, voyagers of the asteroid belts with uncanny senses who carry a devastating cargo. Traveler Moth Swarm CR 2 Hundreds …

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Monster Monday

Voyager Roach CR 2

March 26, 2018August 26, 2018 - by Kevin Bryan

Welcome to Monster Mondays! Today we present the Voyager Roach, a space cowboy’s mount of choice… often the last choice. Voyager Roach CR 2 (XP 600) This roach-like monstrosity has …

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