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Templates

Templates are modifications that can be applied to existing monsters. Some templates require you to recalculate the monster's CR, per "Creating a Monster" (DMG p. 273)

Name Recalculate CR? Summary
Aalar's Chosen Yesish Chosen by the god Aalar
Arachnicid Beast Depends Half Spider Half Beast
Astrovarg yes A spacefaring variant of wolf or other pack hunter.
Atrophic One yes A Being corrupted by the forgotten shard or flesh of a long lost or dead God.
Awakened Animal yes Animals that have had their intelligence awakened and increased to near-human levels because of exposure to magic.
Banshee yes A sentient, disembodied specter of the original creature
Boss yes An alternate way to make singular, challenging enemies for your PCs to fight
Celestial Creature yes Celestial creatures dwell on the upper planes, the realms of good, although they resemble beings found on the Material Plane. They are more regal and more beautiful than their earthly counterparts.
Ceremorphous no Creatures warped through the reproduction of Illithids
Chosen of the Ooze yes A creature whose mind has been corrupted by an oozing insanity.
Clockwork Construct yes A construct made from clockwork and animated with magic.
Corrupted
CR +1 (5e Guideline) no Increase a monster's Challenge Rating by 1.
Cursed Monster yes Creatures imbued with a dark energy to curse adventurers.
Demizen yes
Dire yes A beast that is stronger than the norm for its kind.
Dogfolk
Dragon Skeleton yes The skeletal remains of a mighty dragon brought into undeath.
Dragon Zombie yes The corpse of a dragon, animated as a zombie.
Dread Golem yes A golem made with the spirit of a dead humanoid.
Elemental Creature (Air) yes An elemental creature originating from the elemental plane of air.
Elemental Creature (Earth) yes An elemental creature originating from the elemental plane of earth.
Elemental Creature (Fire) yes An elemental creature originating from the elemental plane of fire.
Elemental Creature (Ice) yes An elemental creature originating from the elemental plane of ice.
Elemental Creature (Storm) yes An elemental creature originating from the elemental plane of storms.
Elemental Creature (Water) yes An elemental creature originating from the elemental plane of water.
Empowered yes Just buffs the creature up a lot.
Feral yes
Fey Knight's Fairy yes A Fey that has been brought into the service of a Fey knight.
Fey Touched yes A creature of whom one parent is some sort of fey being.
Fiendish Creature yes Fiendish creatures dwell on the lower planes, the realms of evil, although they resemble beings found on the Material Plane. They are more fearsome in appearance than their earthly counterparts.
Flesh Golem Creatures that can go berserk, attacking wildly with their magical weapon attacks. Generally they are resistant to many forms of damage and conditions.
Foo Animal yes Celestial relatives of the beasts of the Material Planes, found dwelling in the Upper Planes and Astral Plane.
Giant Creature yes A creature that is larger and stronger than normal.
Giant Golem yes A golem made larger than usual for its kind.
Golden Grung Boss yes Chief of grunge tribe attained after defeating the previous chief
Golden Monster yes Touched with radiant magic, a golden monster is unusually fast, resilient, and powerful.
Great Elemental yes An elemental of great power.
Great Master yes A creature that has reached the epitome of power for its kind.
Great Master, Variant yes An alternate version of the Great Master template.
Great Undead yes A frighteningly powerful undead creature.
Half-Celestial yes A creature blessed by radiant good.
Half-Fiend yes A creature tainted by terrible evil.
Hollowed Carrier yes A mindless necrotic worm-infested undead version of the base creature
Inferno yes
Kaiju yes A creature enlarged to gargantuan proportions.
Khalorim yes A humanoid magically gifted with the traits of marine animals to become one of the most famous merfolk in Kaimere
Lesser Shadowfallen
Lesser Vampire No. Usable by PCs as well. Cursed undead humanoids that feed on the blood of the living.
Master yes A creature that has become stronger than the norm for its kind.
Melancha Yes What would once have been a mere ghost, is now something else entirely by the virtue of a desolate soul.
Metagaming Creature yes A creature that has learned the secrets of metagaming.
Minion yes Meant to replicate the 4e minion monster role, minions focus on quantity over quality.
Mob of Creatures yes A group of creatures who move and act as a (semi)-coordinated unit.
Needsbalance Yes horribly overpowered what the hell man
Possessed by Akaron yes Summary of the template for the list of templates
Pseudo immortal yes Pseudo immortals aren't actually immortal; rather, they self-revive if are killed and reincarnate when die of old age, and also possess longer lifespan than the average for their species.
Pseudonatural Creature yes Pseudonatural creatures dwell between the stars, beyond the planes as we know them, or nestled in far realms of insanity. When summoned to the Material Plane they often take the form of and emulate the abilities of familiar creatures, though such a creature is more gruesome in appearance than its normal earthly counterparts.
Radiant Shardling yes A shardling that has been empowered by the forces of good.
Raid Boss No Raid Bosses for D&D, WoW is only coming closer to being a reality in D&D
Reduced-Threat Monster yes A less powerful version of a normal monster.
Shadowfallen yes A creature corrupted by the Shadowfell. The creature becomes a literal shadow of its former self.
Skeleton yes An animated, skeletal shell of the original creature.
Sped-Up yes A creature who possesses unearthly speed.
Supreme Master
Supreme Master, Variant yes
Tainted Shardling yes A shardling that has been corrupted by darkness.
Time-Tortured yes A creature that has known an eternity of suffering.
Ultimate Master The final and complete template for Gaga's Supreme Master including Master and Great Master.
UNKILLABLE yes Unkillable
Vampire yes Cursed undead humanoids that feed on the blood of the living.
Vile Corrupted yes Humanoids who were transformed by the vile corruption of the Eater of Worlds into defiled, nightmarish, demonic, and ruthless beings.
War Beast Yes A creature that are much larger and much stronger than the norm of its kind.
War Golem yes A golem built for the express purposes of battle.
Wight yes A sentient creature that has transformed into an undead wight
Winged Creature yes and no A creature with wings, either magical or mundane in origin.
Worm That Walks yes A being made up entirely of worms that once feasted on corpses imbued with evil magic.
Young Creature yes A creature who is considered young in the eyes of its kin, either due to age or an apparent lack of maturity.
Zarikytonic Creature yes A creature infested by a vile magical parasite.
Zero Dawn Machine yes A machine created by HEPHAESTUS to terraform the world or to just kill humans.
Zombie no A creature that has been raised from the dead as a zombie through necromancy.

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