Bestiary · Challenge rating

CR 1/4 monsters

Challenge rating 1/4 monsters are worth 50 XP each and have a proficiency bonus of +2. One is a weak opponent on its own; as a rule of thumb, a handful of them makes a fair fight for a party of four 1st-level characters.

14 monsters
Brindlequill
SmallMonstrosityCR 1/4

Brindlequill

A Brindlequill looks like a squat, quick lizard overlain with a halo of brittle quills; it scuttles along rafters and among straw as if the thatch were an extension of its own skin. At night dozens…

UnalignedForged 14 Oct 2026
Brumhuld
LargeBeastCR 1/4

Brumhuld

Brumhuld is a monstrous, cart-sized badger that smells of earth and old iron. It patrols the tumulus and ridge-lines around ancestral hill-forts with an uncanny stubbornness, flattening trespassers…

NeutralForged 14 Oct 2026
Thalassilque
SmallAberrationCR 1/4

Thalassilque

A thalassilque lurks in sun-bleached rock pools, a wet, lidded thing that presses a collage of cracked, singing shells to its throat. It speaks only through the voices trapped in those shells — the…

neutral evilForged 14 Oct 2026
Tickbite
SmallConstructCR 1/4

Tickbite

A small brass rodent of ticking gears and glassy optic, the Tickbite skitters with uncanny silence and a single-minded hunger for keys. It slips into pockets, slips through keyholes, and vanishes…

NeutralForged 14 Oct 2026
Mnemopool
SmallElementalCR 1/4

Mnemopool

A shallow, rippling puddle that moves with purpose and nostalgia, the Mnemopool clings to impressions of the vast lake it once was. It will slither across floors toward running water, murky…

NeutralForged 14 Oct 2026
Grishn the Slink
SmallHumanoidCR 1/4

Grishn the Slink

Grishn the Slink moves like a shadow with practiced indifference — a wiry figure whose fingers are quicker than most eyes. What makes him dangerous is not brute strength but a network of ragged rats…

Neutral EvilForged 14 Oct 2026
Malkurri
SmallUndeadCR 1/4

Malkurri

Malkurri appears as the bleached skeleton of a domestic cat wrapped in threadbare swathes of straw and grain husks, yet its empty eye-sockets burn with a cold, watchful intent. It pads silently…

NeutralForged 14 Oct 2026
Pricklewit
SmallPlantCR 1/4

Pricklewit

A Pricklewit is a foul-tempered, thistle-green sprite no larger than a household cat, all briar and bad temper. It darts from flowerbed to compost heap, leaving snagged hems and bleeding fingers in…

Neutral EvilForged 14 Oct 2026
Gelfract
SmallOozeCR 1/4

Gelfract

A Gelfract is a quivering blob of sugared gelatin that lives inside a glass jar, its glossy surface catching candlelight like a trapped moon. When a jar is cracked open the Gelfract oozes out in…

UnalignedForged 14 Oct 2026
Mawnfold Herdling
LargeGiantCR 1/4

Mawnfold Herdling

A hulking, awkward youth of a giant clan, the Mawnfold Herdling carries a crooked wooden crook taller than a human and an absurd devotion to the notion of tending sheep. It hums lullabies in a…

Neutral GoodForged 14 Oct 2026
Tallyxus
SmallFiendCR 1/4

Tallyxus

Tallyxus is a small, officious imp who treats sin like bookkeeping: every lie, theft, and broken promise is an entry to be balanced. It arrives at inns and shrines with a battered ledger chained to…

Lawful EvilForged 14 Oct 2026
Gossmer Finkcap
SmallFeyCR 1/4

Gossmer Finkcap

A small mushroom-capped trickster with nimble, ink-stained fingers and an impish grin, the Gossmer Finkcap delights in tiny mischief: stealing or swapping the shoes of sleeping infants so that morn…

Chaotic NeutralForged 14 Oct 2026
Kithrix
TinyDragonCR 1/4

Kithrix

No larger than a housecat, the kithrix is a furtive, button-obsessed hedge-drake that skulks through hedgerows and laundries alike. It moves with coiled energy, snatching buttons and other small…

NeutralForged 14 Oct 2026
Verispar
SmallCelestialCR 1/4

Verispar

A Verispar is a small, avian celestial that flutters into the lives of mortals bearing precise, unwanted truths. It speaks in a clipped, ringing voice that leaves listeners with the undeniable…

Lawful NeutralForged 14 Oct 2026

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