Alone, the undead aren't difficult to deal with some may say. But together, uncountable and unrelenting these hordes of the once living can destroy entire countrysides if not culled. The slain are added to their numbers, making this not a simple task. Instinct: Destory, Devour

• Quantity over Quality
• Devour
• Burst forth from the ground

The Shadow Fiend is a creature of the plane of shadow. It's essence is dark evil energy, that which exists outside the light. They can move within shadows without being seen and with concentration, can take possession of a creatures shadow, becoming part of it. This allows it to drain the lifeforce of that creature whose shadow it has become. They reject and recoil from shadowless rooms. Instinct: To drain the life force of those it shadows

• Replace a creatures shadow with itself
• Attack you with your own shadow
• From the Plane of shadow it feeds on our essence via our shadows

The Cobbled Skeleton is like a normal skeleton but it's shape is nonsensical and disturbing. Three legs and 5 arms is common. Multiple heads and ribcages are told of in rumor and whisper. The cobbled skeleton appears as a pile of bones until called upon by its cobbler, when it awakens and forms into a frightful chassis of death, attacking with unrelenting furver. Edged weapons are less effective than crushing blows as the cobbled skeletons have little or nothing that can be cut. Instinct: To obey its cobbler

• Swarm the living
• Break bone with bone
• Reform after dying

The Bone Cobbler is a large creature of rotting flesh and bone that seeks to collect bones and shape them into odd creations that it can eventually control. The Bone Cobbler can "wake" its creations and will them to fight for it. These creations are generally weak and unthinking, but can be reawakened even after being "destroyed" by using more bones from other sources. Instinct: Cobble bone creatures for random skeletal parts.

• Summon contorted skeletal warriors.
• Swing and hurl bones as weapons
• Hide itself in heaps of bone

The illithid, or mind flayer, is an evil and feared creature of the Underdark; its powers are formidable and it feeds on the brains of any creature it encounters. Using arcane powers, it enslaves or destroys its foes, which include such powerful creatures as drow and kuo-toa. Mind Flayers stand about 6 feet tall and have hideous mauve skin that glistens with slime. The head resembles an octopus, with white eyes (no pupils are evident) and four tentacles around its mouth, a round, many-toothed orifice like that of a lamprey. The creature has three reddish fingers and a thumb on each hand. Instinct: To dominate

• Devour your brain
• Use the darkness
• Disturbing bioscience

A large stone wyrm which is ferociously territorial (its territory is clearly marked by smashed up trees). When it senses intruders into its territory, it will burrow up from underground to attack. Instinct: Protect its territory

• Burrows through the ground until it senses interlopers

A rough canine golem made of jagged rocks. Fairly vicious, but will not mindlessly fight to the death. Hunts in packs. Seems to have been artificially created by something, or someone. Instinct: Harry and bring down potential prey

• An opportunistic predator
• The Craghound can howl for help from its pack

A small, sneaky goblin riding his huge older brother. Serves Rex Palatine after he rescued them both. Slick is a decent archer, but their combat prowess is down to Krong's overwhelming brute strength. Instinct: To serve Rex Palatine

• A goblin riding his deformed giant-sized brother

Rex is a dark skinned half-elven adventurer. He's ostentatious, and wears his wealth on his armour - he's festooned with gems and trinkets, with a diamond replacing a lost right eye. He's quite ruthless, but also pragmatic - his aim is to amass wealth for his own reasons, and he won't hesitate to double-cross other groups to do so. Instinct: Acquire wealth

• Seeks to eliminate rival adventurers and take their treasure.
• Uses smoke bombs and flashpatches to disorient opponents

Originally intended as a convenient way to keep fortresses free of pests, the gelatinous cube has become widely popular among dungeon-owners for its ability to trap and kill meddlesome heroes. A perfect ten-foot transparent cube, this mindless creature easily slides through the standard dungeon corridor. Instinct: To digest

• Paralyze prey with electric shock
• Slowly dissolve organic matter