Creature Feature (5e): The Queen of the Black Court
There are stories of an ancient and forgotten place, a demiplane 800 miles by 800 miles across. Here there are pure white mountains and forests with trees whose leaves are …
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Creature Feature (5e): Bishop
The Pieces worship the Game in exclusivity. They do not deny the existence of outside deities, nor even the possibility one such deity may have created their Game in the …
Read More... Creature Feature (5e): Blooded Samurai
In many ways, samurai are not unlike the knights of western lands. In their idealized form, they are honorable, dutiful, powerful warriors. Like knights, they are of noble blood except …
Read More... Creature Feature (5e): Bwoslodoon
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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Creature Feature (5e): Da’no Ohn
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 …
Read More... Creature Feature (5e): Dwarf Powderguard
Individually, a member of the powderguard is a lethal individual capable of devastating far larger groups of enemies if given only a few minutes to secure a distant position with …
Read More... Creature Feature (5e): Extremoturtur
Extremoturtur’s are an anomaly of nature and a rare one at that. These tiny creatures live in extremely hot environments on the prime material plane, appearing not unlike tiny turtles …
Read More... Creature Feature (5e): Gamble
The coin flip rules their day. The Gambles wander along, betting on anything and everything. Beneath their smiles and jokes is a sinister overtone: they want these wagers to be …
Read More... Creature Feature (5e): Human Derring-do
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 …
Read More... Creature Feature (5e): Knight
The thumping of a Knight’s hooves is a frightful thing. The Board’s stone cracks under their step, sounding not unlike bone after bone breaking as they charge. The sound often …
Read More... Creature Feature (5e): Lildroc
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 …
Read More... Creature Feature (5e): Ogre Monk
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 …
Read More... Creature Feature (5e): Powderbug Swarm
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 …
Read More... Creature Feature (5e): Rook
Outsiders are often struck with fear and awe at the Rooks. These mighty constructs are considered by many to be the grandest Pieces of the Kings; mobile fortresses that dwarf …
Read More... Creature Feature (5e): Sabtora Cat
They prowl the sands, large predators with unusually long snouts for cats. Even more for such a predator is their four eyes; these eyes are spaced just so, allowing the …
Read More... Creature Feature (5e): Shogunate Nothing
In the lands of the Dairi Shogunate, there exist an order of wandering monks known for their unusual dress. In the native language of the land, they are the Grey …
Read More... Creature Feature (5e): Skeletal Powder Keg
A nefarious combination of necromancy and black powder, a skeletal powder keg is a strange yet straightforward design. By taking a blindly loyal skeleton minion and placing within its ribs …
Read More... Creature Feature (5e): Slime-thing
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 …
Read More... Creature Feature (5e): Stomo Mole
Stomo moles are often seen as disgusting by surface dwellers; eating dirt and bugs on one end and excreting a gross gel from the other. Underdwellers understand the moles’ value …
Read More... Creature Feature (5e): The King in Black
King in Black’s creation marked the beginning of the Game, although it was very different back then. The Board was unscarred, with its hills and stone trees untouched by war …
Read More... Creature Feature (5e): The King in White
White’s creation marked the beginning of the Game in more or less the form it is seen today. He was bold, innovative, and, although both will argue otherwise, equal in …
Read More... Creature Feature (5e): The Queen of the White Court
Outsiders are often confused by the nature of the Queens. The Pieces generally chalk this up, probably correctly, to the fact that many outsiders are from lands where royal ladies, …
Read More... Creature Feature (5e): Walber Snail
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 …
Read More... Creature Feature (5e): Wanderlust
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 …
Read More... Creature Feature (5e): Whirling Painter
The Astral Plane is close to both the divine and the most foul. Its silvery sea and whirling pools of color hide secrets the likes of which mortals were never …
Read More... Creature Feature (Starfinder) – Krelk
Krelk CR 6 This pale humanoid seems frail and sickly, despite how it seems to shrug off devastating wounds. NE Medium aberrationInit +1; Senses darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +13 DEFENSE …
Read More... Creature Feature (Starfinder) – Mechanized Armor
Mechanized Armor CR 6 The suit of mechanical armor stomps forward with a whir of servos, its faceplate empty and hollow. N medium construct (technological)Init +5; Senses darkvision 60 ft., …
Read More... Creature Feature (Starfinder): Aurum Wyrm
Aurum Wyrm CR 16 The great beast’s fourfold mouth splits open in a mighty roar as the gold around it melts and shifts. CN Huge dragonInit +1; Senses darkvision 60 …
Read More... Creature Feature (Starfinder): Carrion Prowler
Carrion Prowler CR 8 This creature is hunched over but moves swiftly on digitigrade legs, the sharp claws on its hands gleaming wetly as it closes in. CE Large aberrationInit …
Read More... Creature Feature (Starfinder): Empty One
Empty One CR 12 The man seems normal, but there’s an unmistakable sense of emptiness about him that makes your skin crawl. NE Medium HumanoidInit +1; Senses low-light vision; Perception …
Read More... Creature Feature (Starfinder): Entrofex
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 …
Read More... Creature Feature (Starfinder): Forgotten Shade
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 …
Read More... Creature Feature (Starfinder): Goll
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 …
Read More... Creature Feature (Starfinder): Green Stump
Green Stump CR 15 Corrupted sap drips from the bark of this vast blackened stump as thorny roots claw out of the soil. CN Huge plantInitiative -3; Senses low-light vision; …
Read More... Creature Feature (Starfinder): Hurok
Hurok CR 8 This hunched figure walks on its knuckles, the orifices on its back hissing as they disgorge clouds of yellow mist. N Large animalInit +2; Senses low-light vision; …
Read More... Creature Feature (Starfinder): Istaak
Istaak CR 7 This humpbacked creature appears to be made of obsidian with a multifaceted gemstone for a face, creeping forward on four long stilt-like legs as ash and lava …
Read More... Creature Feature (Starfinder): Mamemaw
Mamemaw CR 12 This obese figure hobbles forward on long gangly limbs, its wide mouth gaping open to reveal shards of glass, metal, and bone in place of teeth. CE …
Read More... Creature Feature (Starfinder): Neurovite
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 …
Read More... Creature Feature (Starfinder): Neverdead
Neverdead CR 11 This figure is a mass of twisted bone and muscle, its every feature grown and distorted to grotesque proportions. NE Medium undeadInit +5; Senses darkvision 60 ft., …
Read More... Creature Feature (Starfinder): Nuclear Shadow
Nuclear Shadow CR 10 This spectral figure appears to be a three-dimensional shadow in the blurry shape of a person. N Medium undeadInit +8; Senses darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +19 …
Read More... Creature Feature (Starfinder): Painwrack
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. …
Read More... Creature Feature (Starfinder): Protovi
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 …
Read More... Creature Feature (Starfinder): Ravager Worm
Ravager Worm CR 13 This semi-transparent worm writhes through the air, snapping its jaws with a sickening shriek. NE Large aberration Init +1; Senses blindsense (life) 20 ft.; Perception +23 …
Read More... Creature Feature (Starfinder): Sandstalker
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 …
Read More... Creature Feature (Starfinder): Siegebreaker Robot
Siegebreaker Robot CR 18 This massive hulk of metal grinds forward, crushing barriers with its passage as its massive weapons lay waste to fortifications. N Gargantuan construct (technological)Init +8; Senses …
Read More... Creature Feature (Starfinder): Sigilite
Sigilite CR 9 In place of a head, this statue has a slab of stone carved with a glowing symbol. N Large construct (magical)Init +1; Senses darkvision 60 ft., low-light …
Read More... Creature Feature (Starfinder): The King of Worms
King of Worms CR 20 The towering humanoid figure looks down at you, its expression hidden behind a bone white mask as worms slither in and out of its flesh. …
Read More... Creature Feature (Starfinder): Urban Prowler
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; …
Read More... Creature Feature (Starfinder): Vatborn
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; …
Read More... Creature Feature (Starfinder): Viverror
Viverror CR 11 This shambling creature is humanoid but every part of it presents a mockery of the human form. CE Medium aberrationInit +1; Senses low-light vision; Perception +25 DEFENSE …
Read More... Creature Feature (Starjammer): Gallus CR 1
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. …
Read More... Creature Feature Friday: AHAV
Welcome to Creature Feature Friday! This is our weekly series, where we take a look at the various creatures, monsters, races, and more that appear within the Starfinder Roleplaying Game …
Read More... Creature Feature Friday: Air Elemental
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 …
Read More... Creature Feature Friday: Anacite Laborer
The spidery robot is a staple of science fiction. Sure, the leg design means they can’t walk on low density surfaces or get traction on smooth floors, but a robot …
Read More... Creature Feature Friday: Anacite Wingbot
Last week we covered the Anacite Laborer, the spidery robots that control Aballon. As I mentioned then, anacite is a broad term that refers to just about any machine that’s …
Read More... Creature Feature Friday: Anhamut Inevitable
Robots may be technological and elementals may be magical, but inevitables straddle the line. Each designed to oversee and protect certain aspects of existence, the anhamut was built to watch …
Read More... Creature Feature Friday: Apari
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 …
Read More... Creature Feature Friday: Assembly Ooze
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 …
Read More... Creature Feature Friday: Asteray
What happens when you take the core concept of a Greek monster, splice it with the Fair Folk, and hurl it out the airlock? Well you could get a fairie-hydra, …
Read More... Creature Feature Friday: Barachius
When angels show up in fiction they cover a wide range of forms, from winged babies to flaming wheels of eyes and wings. The barachius angel falls closer to the …
Read More... Creature Feature Friday: Barathu
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 …
Read More... Creature Feature Friday: Bloodbrother
Consider the humble vampire. Now combine it with a leech, make it big enough to crush a car in its coils, throw in some body horror, and set it loose …
Read More... Creature Feature Friday: Bryrvath
Want to add a splash of the Lovecraftian to your game while also teaching your players to fear the rainbow? Then meet the bryrvath, a monster that treats the light …
Read More... Creature Feature Friday: Caypin
If you’re not a fan of lampreys, you probably won’t like them any more when there’s a swarm of them being used as attack drones by an apex predator. The …
Read More... Creature Feature Friday: Contemplative
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. …
Read More... Creature Feature Friday: Corrovox
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 …
Read More... Creature Feature Friday: Crest-Eater
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 …
Read More... Creature Feature Friday: Deh-nolo
Quick question, how attached are you to your brain? Very, you say? Both metaphorically and in the sense that it’s hooked up to some major parts of your biology? Well …
Read More... Creature Feature Friday: Dhalochar
Imagine a Transformer. Now imagine it’s been possessed, has laser eyes, and can vomit up a small army. That’s pretty much a dhalochar, a CR 19 outsider also known as …
Read More... Creature Feature Friday: Draelik
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 …
Read More... Creature Feature Friday: Dragonkin
Ever wanted to play as a dragon? Well here’s your chance. Dragonkin are a race of dragons with stats means for a player race, as well as a CR 9 …
Read More... Creature Feature Friday: Drow
So it turns out that having a lifespan measured in centuries and ears that could put an eye out tends to make people a bit smug. When those people grow …
Read More... Creature Feature Friday: Electrovore
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 …
Read More... Creature Feature: Bearowl CR 6
Welcome to Creature Feature: Starjammer. Today we present the Bearowl, a swooping arboreal predator that is strikingly familiar. Bearowl CR 6 Patches of fur interspersed between clumps of feathers, this …
Read More... Creature Feature: Bloodsands Wyrm CR 5
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 …
Read More... Creature Feature: Cave Creeper
Cave Creeper CR 6 A chittering shriek echoes though the tunnels as something rushes forward on six scuttling legs, acid spraying from its gaping fanged jaws. CN Medium magical beastInit …
Read More... Creature Feature: Corpse Crawler
Corpse Crawler CR 8 The pile of corpse parts pulls itself together, rising into a shuffling mass of limbs and bones as its many faces contort in rage. XP 4,800NE …
Read More... Creature Feature: Crater Maw CR 8
Welcome to Creature Feature: Starjammer! This Monday we present the Crater Maw, a plant adapted to living in extraterrestrial caves and digesting any foolish enough to enter. Crater Maw CR 8 …
Read More... Creature Feature: Messenger of Gehenna CR 20
Welcome to Creature Feature Starjammer! Today we present the Messenger of Gehenna, the ultimate result of an unpurged messenger pollen infection.
Read More... Creature Feature: Messenger Pollen – CR 1
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 …
Read More... Creature Feature: Shedskin Hulk
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; …
Read More... Creature Feature: Skinshriek
Skinshriek CR 14 Skin rips and unravels, revealing a distorted skeleton barely anchored to the sheets and strips of skin that writhe around it. XP 38,400CE Large aberrationInit +3; Senses …
Read More... Creature Feature: Stitchgeist
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 …
Read More... Creature Feature: Unseen
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 …
Read More... Creature Feature: Unshaped Flesh
Unshaped Flesh CR 15 The towering creature lets out a terrible roar, its body seeming to shift into a new arrangement of claws, armor, and sensory organs even as it …
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