5e Templates
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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 |
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| 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 |
| Chimermaid | no | A creature of the sea that has been corrupted and transformed into a mermaid-like version of itself |
| 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. |
| Genefixed Creature Template | no | Creatures what achieved biological immortality and eternal youth via either advanced science, powerful magic, or divine creation. |
| 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. |
| Mutant Slaad | yes | Extra abilities that each Slaad may or may not possess |
| 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. |
Templates with one or many improving, reviewing, or removing templates present. Please help work on the problem presented on the template.
Templates that are works in progress.
