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1977 Edition
TSR 1001 - Dungeons & Dragons - Basic Rulebook (1977)
The Dungeons & Dragons Basic Set was printed in 1977, as the initial book for the basic Dungeons & Dragons game, and was based upon the original work published in 1974 and three of the supplementary booklets to the original set. Much like the first edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Monster Manual, also printed in 1977, this book collected many of the monsters from the previous D&D supplements, and included the stat lines on the same page as the monsters' descriptions. The monster descriptions are found on pages 22-33 of the book. Most descriptions do not feature illustrations.
| Creature | Page | Other Appearances | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bandit | 22 | ||
| Basilisk | 22 | Dungeons & Dragons "white box" | |
| Berserker | 23 | ||
| Black pudding | 23 | Dungeons & Dragons "white box" | |
| Blink dogs | 23 | Dungeons & Dragons Supplement I: Greyhawk | |
| Bugbear | 23 | Dungeons & Dragons Supplement I: Greyhawk | |
| Carrion crawler | 23 | Dungeons & Dragons Supplement I: Greyhawk | |
| Chimera | 23 | Dungeons & Dragons "white box" | |
| Cockatrice | 23 | Dungeons & Dragons "white box" | |
| Displacer beast | 24 | Dungeons & Dragons Supplement I: Greyhawk | |
| Djinni | 24 | Dungeons & Dragons "white box" | |
| Doppleganger | 24 | Dungeons & Dragons Supplement I: Greyhawk | |
| Dragon | 24-25 | Dungeons & Dragons "white box" (white, black, and red dragons), Dungeons & Dragons Supplement I: Greyhawk (brass dragon) | Includes white, black, red, and brass dragons. |
| Dwarf | 25 | Dungeons & Dragons "white box" | |
| Elf | 25 | Dungeons & Dragons "white box" | |
| Gargoyle | 26 | Dungeons & Dragons "white box" | |
| Gelatinous cube | 26 | Dungeons & Dragons Supplement I: Greyhawk | |
| Giant | 26-27 | Dungeons & Dragons "white box" (all but storm giant), Dungeons & Dragons Supplement I: Greyhawk (storm giant) | Includes hill, stone, frost, fire, cloud and storm giant. |
| Giant tick | 27 | Dungeons & Dragons Supplement I: Greyhawk | |
| Gnome | 27 | Dungeons & Dragons "white box" | |
| Goblin | 27 | Dungeons & Dragons "white box" | |
| Gray ooze | 27 | Dungeons & Dragons "white box" | |
| Green slime | 27 | Dungeons & Dragons "white box" | |
| Griffon | 28 | Dungeons & Dragons "white box" | |
| Harpy | 28 | Dungeons & Dragons Supplement I: Greyhawk | |
| Hell hound | 28 | Dungeons & Dragons Supplement I: Greyhawk | |
| Hippogriff | 28 | Dungeons & Dragons "white box" | |
| Hobgoblin | 28 | Dungeons & Dragons "white box" | |
| Horse | 28 | ||
| Hydra | 28 | Dungeons & Dragons "white box" | |
| Kobold | 28-29 | Dungeons & Dragons "white box" | |
| Lizard man | 29 | Dungeons & Dragons Supplement I: Greyhawk | |
| Lycanthrope | 29 | Dungeons & Dragons "white box" (wereboar, werebear, weretiger, and werewolf), Dungeons & Dragons Supplement I: Greyhawk (wererat) | Includes the wereboar, wererat, werebear, weretiger, and werewolf. |
| Manticore | 29 | ||
| Medusa | 29 | Dungeons & Dragons "white box" | |
| Manticore | 29 | Dungeons & Dragons "white box" | |
| Mummy | 30 | Dungeons & Dragons "white box" | |
| Nixie | 30 | Dungeons & Dragons "white box" | |
| Ochre jelly | 30 | Dungeons & Dragons "white box" | |
| Ogre | 30 | Dungeons & Dragons "white box" | |
| Orc | 30 | Dungeons & Dragons "white box" | |
| Owl bear | 30 | Dungeons & Dragons Supplement I: Greyhawk | |
| Pegasi | 30 | Dungeons & Dragons "white box" | |
| Pixie | 30-31 | Dungeons & Dragons "white box" | |
| Purple worm | 31 | Dungeons & Dragons "white box" | |
| Rust monster | 31 | Dungeons & Dragons Supplement I: Greyhawk | |
| Shadow | 31 | Dungeons & Dragons Supplement I: Greyhawk | |
| Skeleton | 31 | Dungeons & Dragons "white box" | |
| Spectre | 31 | Dungeons & Dragons "white box" | |
| Stirge | 31-32 | Dungeons & Dragons Supplement I: Greyhawk | |
| Troll | 32 | Dungeons & Dragons "white box" | |
| Unicorn | 32 | Dungeons & Dragons "white box" | |
| Vampire | 32 | Dungeons & Dragons "white box" | |
| Wight | 32 | Dungeons & Dragons "white box" | |
| Wraith | 32 | Dungeons & Dragons "white box" | |
| Yellow mold | 33 | Dungeons & Dragons "white box" | |
| Zombie | 33 | Dungeons & Dragons "white box" |
1981 Revision
TSR 2014 - Dungeons & Dragons - Basic Rulebook (1981)
The fourth edition of the D&D Basic Rules, this version was first printed in 1981, and is generally known as the "red book". The page numbers are prefixed with B; creature descriptions are found on pages B30 through B44. Few of the descriptions include illustrations, and most descriptions are limited to one paragraph. (ISBN 0-935696-48-2).
| Creature | Page | Other Appearances | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acolyte | B30 | Non-player character (NPC) variant. | |
| Ape, White | B30 | ||
| Bandit | B30 | NPC variant. | |
| Bat | B31 | Includes normal and giant bats. | |
| Bear | B31 | Includes black, grizzly, polar and cave bears. | |
| Beetle, Giant | B31 | Includes fire, oil and tiger beetles. | |
| Berserker | B32 | Human variant. | |
| Boar | B32 | ||
| Bugbear | B32 | ||
| Carrion Crawler | B32 | ||
| Cat, Great | B32 | Includes mountain lion, panther, lion, tiger and sabre-tooth tiger. | |
| Cave Locust | B33 | ||
| Centipede, Giant | B33 | ||
| Doppleganger | B33 | ||
| Dragon | B33-B34 | Includes white, black, red, green, blue and gold dragons. | |
| Driver Ant | B34 | ||
| Dwarf | B35 | NPC variant. | |
| Elf | B35 | NPC variant. | |
| Ferret, Giant | B35 | ||
| Gargoyle | B35 | ||
| Gelatinous Cube | B35 | ||
| Ghoul | B35 | ||
| Gnoll | B35 | ||
| Gnome | B35-B36 | ||
| Goblin | B36 | ||
| Gray Ooze | B36 | ||
| Green Slime | B36 | ||
| Halfling | B36 | NPC variant. | |
| Harpy | B36 | ||
| Hobgoblin | B36 | ||
| Insert Swarm | B37 | ||
| Killer Bee | B37 | ||
| Kobold | B37 | ||
| Living Statue | B37 | Includes crystal, iron and rock living statues. | |
| Lizard, Giant | B38 | Includes gecko, draco, horned chameleon and tuatara. | |
| Lizard Man | B38 | ||
| Lycanthrope | B38-B39 | Includes wererat, werewolf, wereboar, weretiger and werebear. | |
| Medium | B39 | NPC variant. | |
| Medusa | B39 | ||
| Minotaur | B39 | ||
| Mule | B39 | ||
| Neanderthal (Caveman) | B39 | ||
| Noble | B39-B40 | Human variant. | |
| Normal Human | B40 | Human variants. | |
| NPC Party | B40 | NPC variants. | |
| Ochre Jelly | B40 | ||
| Ogre | B40 | ||
| Orc | B40 | ||
| Owl Bear | B40 | ||
| Pixie | B41 | ||
| Rat | B41 | Includes normal and giant rats. | |
| Robber Fly | B41 | ||
| Rock Baboon | B41 | ||
| Rust Monster | B41 | ||
| Shadow | B41-B42 | ||
| Shrew, Giant | B42 | ||
| Shrieker | B42 | ||
| Skeleton | B42 | ||
| Snake | B42-B43 | Includes spitting cobra, pit viper, sea snake, giant rattler and rock python. | |
| Spider, Giant | B43 | Includes crab spider, black widow and tarantella. | |
| Sprite | B43 | ||
| Stirge | B43 | ||
| Thoul | B43 | ||
| Trader | B43 | NPC variant. | |
| Troglodyte | B44 | ||
| Veteran | B44 | NPC variant. | |
| Wight | B44 | ||
| Wolf | B44 | Includes normal and dire wolves. | |
| Yellow Mold | B44 | ||
| Zombie | B44 |
TSR 2015 - Dungeons & Dragons - Expert Rulebook (1981)
The D&D Expert Rules were first printed in 1981, and is generally known as the "blue book". The new rules allowed for outdoor, wilderness-based adventures (over and above dungeon adventures), and for characters up to 14th level. The page numbers are prefixed with X; creature descriptions are found on pages X28 through X42. Again, few of the descriptions include illustrations, and most descriptions are limited to one paragraph. (ISBN 0-935696-29-6).
| Creature | Page | Other Appearances | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antelope (Herd Animals) | X28 | ||
| Basilisk | X28 | ||
| Black Pudding | X28 | ||
| Blink Dog | X28 | ||
| Caecilia | X28 | ||
| Camel | X28 | ||
| Centaur | X29 | ||
| Chimera | X29 | ||
| Cockatrice | X29 | ||
| Crab, Giant | X29 | ||
| Crocodile | X29 | Includes normal, large and giant crocodiles. | |
| Cyclops | X29 | ||
| Devil Swine | X30 | ||
| Displacer Beast | X30 | ||
| Djinni (Lesser) | X30 | ||
| Dragon Turtle | X30 | ||
| Dryad | X30 | ||
| Efreeti (Lesser) | X31 | ||
| Elemental | X31 | Includes air, earth, fire and water elementals. | |
| Elephant | X31 | ||
| Fish, Giant | X31-X32 | Include giant piranha, giant rockfish, giant catfish and giant sturgeon. | |
| Giant | X32 | Includes hill, stone, frost, fire, cloud and storm giants. | |
| Golem | X33 | Includes wood, bone, amber and bronze golems. | |
| Gorgon | X33 | ||
| Griffon | X33 | ||
| Hawk | X33 | Includes normal and giant hawks. | |
| Hellhound | X33-X34 | ||
| Hippogriff | X34 | ||
| Horse | X34 | Includes riding, war and draft horses. | |
| Hydra | X34 | ||
| Invisible Stalker | X34 | ||
| Leech, Giant | X34 | ||
| Manticore | X35 | ||
| Mastodon | X35 | ||
| Men | X35-X36 | Includes brigand, buccaneer (pirate), dervish, merchant and nomad; NPC variants. | |
| Mermen | X36 | ||
| Mummy | X36 | ||
| Nixies | X36 | ||
| NPC Party | X37 | Includes adventurers, cleric, fighter and wizard parties. NPC variants. | |
| Octopus, Giant | X37 | ||
| Pegasus | X37 | ||
| Pterodactyl | X37 | Includes pterodactyl and pteranodon. | |
| Purple Worm | X38 | ||
| Rhinoceros | X38 | Includes normal and woolly rhinoceros. | |
| Rhagodessa | X38 | ||
| Roc | X38 | Includes small, large and giant rocs. | |
| Salamander | X38 | Include flame and frost salamanders. | |
| Scorpion, Giant | X39 | ||
| Sea Dragons | X39 | ||
| Sea Serpent (Lesser) | X39 | ||
| Shark | X39 | Includes bull, mako and great white sharks. | |
| Spectre | X39 | ||
| Squid, Giant | X40 | ||
| Stegosaurus | X40 | ||
| Termite, Water | X40 | Includes swamp, fresh and salt water termites. | |
| Titanothere | X40 | ||
| Toad, Giant | X40 | ||
| Treant | X40 | ||
| Triceratops | X41 | ||
| Troll | X41 | ||
| Tyrannosaurus Rex | X41 | ||
| Unicorn | X41 | ||
| Vampire | X41-X42 | ||
| Weasel, Giant | X42 | ||
| Whale | X42 | Includes killer whale, narwhal and sperm whale. | |
| Wraith | X42 | ||
| Wyvern | X42 |
TSR 9044 - D&D Basic Module B3 Palace of the Silver Princess (1981)
The Palace of the Silver Princess has the dubious honour of being the only D&D module ever published by TSR to be recalled immediately after distribution, ostensibly for editorial issues and questionable artwork. Two versions of the module exist: the extremely rare orange-cover original printing (available for download as a PDF from Wizards of the Coast), and the more common green-cover revised edition. The original version added 13 new creatures; at least two of these survived in the revised edition, but the majority were removed. The original version of the module was issued as ISBN 0-935696-31-8. (Page numbers provided below are from the Wizards of the Coast PDF download.)
| Creature | Page | Other Appearances | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archer Bushes | 26 | Believed retained in revised edition. | |
| Baric | 26 | Removed from revised edition. | |
| Bubbles | 26 | Removed from revised edition. | |
| Decapus | 26-27 | Retained in revised edition. | |
| Diger | 27 | Believed removed from revised edition. | |
| Ghost | 27 | Believed removed from revised edition. | |
| Giant Marble Snake | 27 | Believed removed from revised edition. | |
| Jupiter Bloodsucker | 28 | Believed removed from revised edition. | |
| Monkey, Giant Marmoset | 28 | Believed removed from revised edition. | |
| Poltergeist | 28 | Believed removed from revised edition. | |
| Protectors | 28 | Believed removed from revised edition. | |
| Purple Moss | 28 | Believed removed from revised edition. | |
| Ubue | 29 | Removed from revised edition. |
TSR 9043 - D&D Expert Module X1 The Isle of Dread (1981)
The Isle of Dread was the first module published for use with the D&D Expert Rules, in 1981. It contained a New Monsters section on pages 28-30, containing 15 previously unpublished creatures. This module was included in the Expert Rules boxed set. ISBN 0-935696-30-X.
| Creature | Page | Other Appearances | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allosaurus | 28 | ||
| Ankylosaurus | 28 | ||
| Aranea | 28 | D&D Expert Module X2 Castle Amber | |
| Brontosaurus | 28 | ||
| Dimetrodon | 29 | ||
| Elk, Giant | 29 | ||
| Grangeri | 29 | ||
| Kopru | 29 | ||
| Megatherium | 29 | ||
| Native | 29 | NPC variant. | |
| Phanaton | 30 | ||
| Phororhacos ("Sword Beak") | 30 | ||
| Plesiosaurus | 30 | ||
| Rakasta | 30 | D&D Expert Module X2 Castle Amber | |
| Trachodon | 30 |
TSR 9051 - D&D Expert Module X2 Castle Amber (1981)
Castle Amber was the second module published for use with the D&D Expert Rules, in 1981. It contained a New Monsters section on pages 24-27, adding 17 new monsters either previously unseen or published in D&D Expert Module X1. ISBN 0-935696-51-2.
| Creature | Page | Other Appearances | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amber Lotus Flowers | 24 | ||
| Amoeba, Giant | 24 | ||
| Aranea | 24 | D&D Expert Module X1 Isle of Dread | |
| Brain Collector | 24 | ||
| Death Demon | 25 | ||
| Golem, Mud | 25 | ||
| Grab Grass | 25 | ||
| Gremlin | 25 | ||
| Killer Trees | 25 | ||
| Lupin | 25-26 | ||
| Magen | 26 | Includes hypnos, demos, caldron and galvan magen. | |
| Pagan | 26 | NPC variant. | |
| Phantoms | 26 | ||
| Rakasta | 26 | D&D Expert Module X1 Isle of Dread | |
| Slime Worm | 27 | ||
| Sun Brother | 27 | ||
| Vampire Roses | 27 |
1983 Revision
TSR 1013 - Dungeons & Dragons - Companion Rules, Dungeon Master's Companion (1984)
The Dungeon Master's Companion divides creatures into two groups: those from the Prime Plane and those from Other Planes. These are listed separately below. The creature descriptions are found on pages 28-42 of the book; again, most descriptions do not include illustrations. Notably, the first list of creatures is not presented in alphabetical order. Neither the Companion Set nor its individual books (Player's and Dungeon Master's Companions) have an ISBN.
| Creature (Prime Plane) | Page | Other Appearances | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beholder | 28 | ||
| Blast Spore | 29 | ||
| Dolphin | 29 | ||
| Dragon | 29-31 | Includes large and huge variants of the red, blue, green, black, white and gold dragons. | |
| Dragon Turtle | 31 | ||
| Drolem | 31 | ||
| Gargantua | 32 | Includes gargantuan carrion crawler, gargoyle and troll. | |
| Gremlin | 32 | ||
| Haunt | 32 | Includes banshee, ghost and poltergeist. | |
| Golem, Mud | 33 | ||
| Golem, Obsidian | 33-34 | ||
| Grab Grass | 34 | ||
| Malfera | 34 | ||
| Manscorpion | 34 | ||
| Manta Ray | 34 | ||
| Mujina | 34 | ||
| Phantom | 35 | Includes apparition, shade and vision. | |
| Toad, Rock or Cave | 36 | ||
| Shark | 36 | Include bull, mako and great white sharks. | |
| Snow Ape | 36 | ||
| Spectral Hound | 36 | ||
| Spirit | 37-38 | Includes druj, odic and revenant. | |
| Weasel, Giant | 38 | ||
| Whale | 38 | Includes killer whale, sperm whale and narwhal. |
| Creature (Other Planes) | Page | Other Appearances | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aerial Servant | 39 | ||
| Basilisk | 39 | Describes additional abilities/penalties applicable to native plane of existence. | |
| Cockatrice | 39 | Describes additional abilities/penalties applicable to native plane of existence. | |
| Djinni, Lesser | 39 | Describes additional abilities/penalties applicable to native plane of existence. | |
| Djinni, Greater | 39 | ||
| Efreeti, Lesser | 39 | Describes additional abilities/penalties applicable to native plane of existence. | |
| Efreeti, Greater | 39-40 | ||
| Elemental | 40 | Describes additional statistics and abilities/penalties applicable to native plane of existence. | |
| Gorgon | 40 | Describes additional abilities/penalties applicable to native plane of existence. | |
| Helion | 40 | ||
| Horde | 41 | ||
| Hydrax | 41 | ||
| Invisible Stalker | 41 | Describes additional abilities/penalties applicable to native plane of existence. | |
| Kryst | 42 | ||
| Medusa | 42 | Describes additional abilities/penalties applicable to native plane of existence. | |
| Plasm | 42 | Includes normal and giant plasms. | |
| Salamander | 42 | ||
| Undine | 42 |
Later Publications
TSR 9173 - AC9 - Creature Catalogue (1986)
Creature Catalogue was the first full book of monsters for the basic edition of the Dungeons & Dragons game, published in 1986 after the Basic, Expert, Companion, and Master sets. In this book is collected all the creatures first presented in the official Dungeons & Dragons adventure modules to that time, plus many new creatures. Pages 3-7 contain an Introduction, pages 8-10 contains a comprehensive index of all D&D monsters found in this book, and the Basic, Expert, Companion and Master rule sets, pages 11-89 contain the monster descriptions, pages 90-91 contain a creature "type" index, and pages 92-96 contain an index to creatures by habitat. The monsters are divided into six sections, arranged by creature type: Animals (pages 11-21), Conjurations (pages 22-31), Humanoids (pages 32-48), Lowlifes (pages 49-58), Monsters (pages 59-81), and Undead (pages 82-87).
| Creature | Page | Other Appearances | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cat, great | 12 | Includes the bekkah, cheetah, jaguar, lynx, spotted lion, and wildcat. | |
| Dinosaur | 13 | Includes the allosaurus, ankylosaurus, brontosaurus, titanothere, and tylosaurus. | |
| Dog | 13-14 | Includes normal and war dogs. | |
| Eagle | 14 | Includes normal and great eagles. | |
| Eel | 14-15 | Includes electric, giant and weed eels. | |
| Elk, giant | 15 | ||
| Fish, giant | 15 | Includes giant catfish and giant piranha. | |
| Frog, giant poisonous | 15-16 | ||
| Gargantua | 16 | ||
| Hawk | 16 | Includes normal and giant hawks. | |
| Lizard, giant foot-pad | 16-17 | ||
| Magpie | 17 | Includes normal and giant magpies. | |
| Megatherium | 17 | ||
| Octopus, giant | 18 | ||
| Owl, giant | 18 | ||
| Oyster, giant | 18 | ||
| Piranha (cold-water) | 18-19 | ||
| Porcupine, giant | 19 | ||
| Raven & crow | 19-20 | Includes normal and large ravens and crows. | |
| Rhinoceros | 20 | Includes normal and wooly rhinoceros. | |
| Shark, Vamora | 20 | ||
| Skunk | 20-21 | Includes normal and giant skunks. | |
| Snake | 21 | Includes normal and giant rock rattlers. | |
| Squid, giant | 21 | ||
| Desert ghost | 23 | ||
| Faedorne | 23-24 | ||
| Fundamental | 24 | Includes air, earth, fire, and water fundamentals. | |
| Gargoyle, iron | 24-25 | ||
| Golem | 25 | Includes rock and silver golems. | |
| Guardian warrior & horse | 25-26 | ||
| Homunculus | 26-27 | Includes the ulzaq, gretch, and fylgar. | |
| Huptzeen | 27 | ||
| Juggernaut | 27-28 | Includes stone and wood juggernauts. | |
| Kal-muru (ship bane) | 28 | ||
| Living statue | 28-29 | Includes silver, rock/ooze, jade, and steel living statues. | |
| Magen | 29 | Includes hypnos, demos, caldron, and galvan magen. | |
| Nightmare | 29-30 | ||
| Reflecter | 30 | ||
| Silver warrior | 30-31 | ||
| Soul eater | 31 | ||
| Winged warrior | 31 | ||
| Bhut | 33 | ||
| Cay-man | 33 | ||
| Chameleon man | 33-34 | ||
| Crone of chaos | 34 | ||
| Cryion | 34-35 | ||
| Dark wing | 35 | ||
| Elf, aquatic | 35-36 | ||
| Flitterling | 36 | ||
| Garl | 36-37 | ||
| Gator man | 37 | ||
| Hephaeston | 37 | ||
| Hutaakan | 38 | Includes priest, warrior, and other hutaakeen. | |
| Kara-kara | 38-39 | ||
| Kna | 39 | ||
| Lupin | 39-40 | ||
| Man, isolated | 40-41 | Includes the cynidiceans, quariks, and traldar (warrior, vocal, and other). | |
| Man, primitive | 41-42 | Includes the native, wild man, and barbarian. | |
| Oard | 42-43 | ||
| Pachydermion | 43 | ||
| Phanaton | 43 | ||
| Rakasta | 44 | ||
| Rock man | 44 | ||
| Shark-kin | 44-45 | ||
| Shargugh | 45 | ||
| Sis'thik (desert scourge) | 45-46 | ||
| Snapper | 46 | ||
| Sollux (sun brother) | 46-47 | ||
| Stalwart | 47 | ||
| Tortle | 47 | ||
| Triton | 48 | ||
| Wood imp | 48 | ||
| Amber lotus flower | 50 | ||
| Amoeba, giant | 50 | ||
| Archer bush | 50 | ||
| Fyrsnaca | 50-51 | ||
| Herex | 51 | Includes larval and adult herex. | |
| Jellyfish, giant | 52 | Includes marauder and man-o-war. | |
| Killer tree | 52 | ||
| Leviathan | 52-53 | Includes desert and marine leviathans. | |
| Masher | 53 | ||
| Red worm | 53-54 | ||
| Scorpion | 54 | ||
| Serpentweed, giant | 54 | ||
| Sirenflower | 54-55 | ||
| Slime worm | 55 | ||
| Spider, giant | 55-57 | Includes the giant hunting spider, giant sand spider, giant shroud spider, and huge wood spider. | |
| Steam weevil | 57 | ||
| Strangle vine | 57 | ||
| Strangleweed | 57-58 | ||
| Vampire rose | 58 | ||
| Whipweed | 58 | ||
| Aranea | 60 | ||
| Ash crawler | 60 | ||
| Baldandar | 60-61 | ||
| Banshee, lesser | 61 | ||
| Bargda | 61 | ||
| Beetle, earthquake | 62 | ||
| Beholder, aquatic | 62 | ||
| Brain collector | 62-63 | ||
| Chevall | 63 | ||
| Death demon | 63-64 | ||
| Decapus (land and marine) | 64 | ||
| Dragon, sea | 64 | ||
| Dragonfly | 64-65 | Includes the white, black, green, blue, and red dragonflies. | |
| Dragonne | 65 | ||
| Dusanu | 65-66 | ||
| Fungoid | 66 | ||
| Gakarak | 66-67 | ||
| Geonid | 67 | ||
| Ghostly horde | 67 | ||
| Grangeri | 67-68 | ||
| Gyerian | 68 | ||
| The Hivebrood | 68-70 | Includes broodling, hivebrood, hiveleader, broodmother, and hivemind. | |
| Hook beast | 70 | Includes hook horror and hulker. | |
| Hypnosnake | 70-71 | ||
| Ice wolf | 71 | ||
| Kopru | 71 | ||
| Kraken | 72 | ||
| Lamara | 72 | ||
| Lava lizard | 72-73 | ||
| Leveller (bodendruker) | 73 | ||
| Nagpa | 73 | ||
| Pegataur | 74 | ||
| Phantom, lesser | 74 | ||
| Phororhacos ("sword beak") | 75 | ||
| Piranha bird (lesser and greater) | 75 | ||
| Pocket dragon | 75-76 | ||
| Polymar | 76 | ||
| Randara | 76 | ||
| Roper | 76-77 | ||
| Sabreclaw | 77 | ||
| Scamille | 77-78 | ||
| Sea horse | 78 | ||
| Sea serpent | 78 | ||
| Surtaki | 78 | ||
| Tabi | 79 | ||
| Thunderhead | 79 | ||
| Water weird | 79-80 | ||
| White-fang | 80 | ||
| Wychglow | 80-81 | ||
| Xytar | 81 | ||
| Yowler | 81 | ||
| Agarat | 83 | ||
| Dark-hood (rorphyr) | 83-84 | ||
| Death leech | 84 | ||
| Dragon, undead | 84-85 | ||
| Elder ghoul | 85 | ||
| Grey philosopher | 85 | Includes the grey philosopher and malice. | |
| Haunt, lesser | 86 | ||
| Mesmer | 86 | ||
| Phygorax | 86-87 | ||
| Possession | 87 | ||
| Sacrol | 87-88 | ||
| Topi | 88 | ||
| Vapour ghoul | 88 | ||
| Velya | 88-89 | ||
| Wyrd | 89 | Includes normal and greater wyrds. |
TSR 1071 - Rules Cyclopedia (1991)
The Dungeons & Dragons Rules Cyclopedia was published in 1991. It was intended as an encyclopedia of all the major rules for the basic Dungeons & Dragons game up to that point, including most of the information appearing in the previous boxed set. Chapter 14 of the book, pages 152-218, presents most of the monsters used in the basic D&D game once again. Several pages of that chapter describe how to use the statistics, as well as providing suggestions on how to use the monsters. The actual monster descriptions are found on pages 156-213 of the book.
| Creature | Page | Other Appearances | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Actaeon (elk centaur) | 156 | ||
| Adaptor | 157 | ||
| Aerial servant (haoou) | 157 | ||
| Animal herd | 157 | ||
| Ant, giant | 157 | ||
| Ape, snow | 157-158 | ||
| Ape, white | 158 | ||
| Archon | 158 | ||
| Athach | 158 | ||
| Baboon, rock | 158 | ||
| Bandit | 158 | ||
| Basilisk | 159 | ||
| Bat | 159 | Includes normal and giant bats. | |
| Bear | 159 | Includes the black, grizzly, polar, and cave bears. | |
| Bee, giant | 160 | ||
| Beetle, giant | 160 | Includes fire, oil, and tiger beetles. | |
| Beholder | 160-161 | ||
| Berserker | 161 | ||
| Black pudding | 161 | ||
| Blackball (deadly sphere) | 162 | ||
| Blast spore | 162 | ||
| Blink dog | 162 | ||
| Boar | 162 | Includes normal and giant boars. | |
| Bugbear | 162 | ||
| Caecilia | 162 | ||
| Camel | 163 | ||
| Carrion crawler | 163 | ||
| Cat, great | 163 | Includes the moutain lion, panther, lion, tiger, and sabre-tooth tiger. | |
| Centaur | 163 | ||
| Centipede, giant | 163 | ||
| Chimera | 164 | ||
| Cockatrice | 164 | ||
| Crocodile | 164 | Includes normal, large, and giant crocodiles. | |
| Crab, giant | 164 | ||
| Cyclops | 164 | ||
| Devilfish | 165 | ||
| Dinosaur, aquatic | 165 | Includes small, large, and armored dinosaurs. | |
| Dinosaur, land carnivore | 165-166 | Includes small, large, and flying dinosaurs. | |
| Dinosaur, land herbivore | 166 | Includes small, medium, and large dinosaurs. | |
| Displacer beast | 166 | ||
| Djinni (lesser) | 166-167 | ||
| Djinni (greater; pasha) | 167 | ||
| Dolphin | 167 | ||
| Doppleganger | 167 | ||
| Dragon | 168-171 | Includes the white, blue, black, red, green, and gold dragons; statistics are given for the small, large, and huge varieties of each dragon. | |
| Dragon, gemstone | 171 | Includes the crystal, onyx, jade, sapphire, ruby, and amber dragons. | |
| Dragon ruler | 172 | Includes Pearl (the Moon Dragon), Ruler of all Chaotic Dragons; Diamond (the Star Dragon), Ruler of all Lawful Dragons; Opal (the Sun Dragon), Ruler of all Neutral Dragons; and the Great One, Ruler of All Dragonkind. | |
| Dragon turtle | 173 | ||
| Drake | 173 | Includes the mandrake, wooddrake, colddrake, and elemental drake. | |
| Drolem | 173 | ||
| Dryad | 174 | ||
| Dwarf | 174 | ||
| Efreeti, lesser | 174 | ||
| Efreeti (greater; amir) | 174 | ||
| Elemental | 175-176 | Includes air, earth, fire, and water elementals. | |
| Elemental ruler | 176 | ||
| Elephant | 176 | Includes normal and prehistoric elephants. | |
| Elf | 177 | ||
| Faerie | 177 | ||
| Ferret, giant | 177 | ||
| Fish, giant | 177 | Includes the giant bass, giant rockfish, and giant sturgeon. | |
| Gargantua | 177-178 | Includes gargantuan carrion crawler, gargoyle and troll. | |
| Gargoyle | 178 | ||
| Gelatinous cube | 178 | ||
| Ghoul | 178 | ||
| Giant | 179 | Includes hill, stone, frost, fire, cloud, storm, mountain, and sea giants. | |
| Gnoll | 180 | ||
| Gnome | 180 | ||
| Goblin | 180 | ||
| Golem | 180 | Includes wood, bone, obsidian, mud, amber, and bronze golems. | |
| Gorgon | 181 | ||
| Grab grass | 181 | ||
| Gray ooze | 181 | ||
| Green slime | 181 | ||
| Gremlin | 181 | ||
| Griffon | 181 | ||
| Hag | 182 | Include black and sea hags. | |
| Halfling | 182 | ||
| Harpy | 182 | ||
| Haunt | 182-183 | Includes the banshee, ghost, and poltergeist. | |
| Headsman (and thug) | 184 | ||
| Helion | 184 | ||
| Hellhound | 184 | ||
| Hippogriff | 184-185 | ||
| Hobgoblin | 185 | ||
| Horde | 185 | ||
| Horse | 185 | Includes the riding horse, war horse, draft horse, and pony. | |
| Hsiao (guardian owl) | 186 | ||
| Hydra | 186 | ||
| Hydrax | 187 | ||
| Insect swarm | 187 | ||
| Invisible stalker (sshai) | 187 | ||
| Kobold | 187 | ||
| Kryst | 187-188 | ||
| Lava ooze | 188 | ||
| Leech, giant | 188 | ||
| Lich | 188 | ||
| Lizard, giant | 189 | Includes the gecko, draco, horned chameleon and tuatara. | |
| Lizard man | 189 | ||
| Locust, giant | 189 | ||
| Lycanthrope | 190-191 | Includes the wererat, werewolf, wereboar, weretiger, werebear, werebat, werefox, wereshark, wereseal, and devil swine. | |
| Malfera | 191 | ||
| Manscorpion | 191 | ||
| Manta ray | 192 | Includes normal and giant manta rays. | |
| Manticore | 192 | ||
| Medusa | 192 | ||
| Mek | 192 | ||
| Men | 193-194 | Includes the brigand, buccanner/pirate, dervish, noble, nomad, and trader. | |
| Merman | 194 | ||
| Metamorph | 194-195 | ||
| Minotaur | 195 | ||
| Mujina | 195 | ||
| Mule | 195 | ||
| Mummy | 195 | ||
| Mystic | 195-196 | ||
| Neanderthal (caveman) | 196 | ||
| Nekrozon | 196 | ||
| Nightshade | 196-197 | Includes the nightcrawler, nightwalker, and nightwing. | |
| Nixie | 197 | ||
| Normal human | 197-198 | ||
| Nuckalavee | 198 | ||
| Ochre jelly | 198 | ||
| Ogre | 198 | ||
| Orc | 199 | ||
| Owl bear | 199 | ||
| Pegasus | 199 | ||
| Phantom | 199-200 | Includes the apparition, shade, and vision. | |
| Phoenix | 200 | Includes lesser and greater phoenix. | |
| Pixie | 200 | ||
| Plasm | 200-201 | Includes normal and giant plasms. | |
| Plesiosaurus | 201 | ||
| Pterosaur | 201 | Includes small (pterodactyl), medium (pteranodon) and large pterosaurs. | |
| Purple worm | 201 | ||
| Rat | 201 | Includes normal and giant rats. | |
| Revener | 202 | ||
| Rhagodessa | 202 | ||
| Robber fly | 202 | ||
| Roc | 202 | Includes small, large, and giant rocs. | |
| Rust monster | 202 | ||
| Salamander | 202-203 | Includes flame and frost salamanders. | |
| Sasquatch | 203 | ||
| Scorpion, giant | 203 | ||
| Shadow | 203 | ||
| Shark | 203 | Includes the bull, mako, and great white sharks. | |
| Shrew, giant | 203 | ||
| Shrieker | 203 | ||
| Skeleton | 204 | ||
| Slug, giant | 204 | ||
| Snake | 204 | Includes the spitting cobra, giant racer, pit viper, sea snake, giant rattler, and rock python. | |
| Spectral hound | 205 | ||
| Spectre | 205 | ||
| Sphinx | 205 | ||
| Spider, giant | 206 | Includes the crab spider, black widow, and tarantella. | |
| Spider, planar | 206 | ||
| Spirit | 207 | Includes druj, odic, and revenant. | |
| Sporacle | 208 | ||
| Sprite | 208 | ||
| Statue, living | 208 | Includes crystal, iron, and rock living statues. | |
| Stirge | 208 | ||
| Termite, water | 209 | Includes swamp, fresh water and salt water termites. | |
| Thoul | 209 | ||
| Toad | 209 | Includes the giant toad and the rock/cave toad. | |
| Treant | 209 | ||
| Triceratops | 209 | ||
| Troglodyte | 210 | ||
| Troll | 210 | ||
| Tyrannosaurus rex | 210 | ||
| Undine | 210 | ||
| Unicorn | 211 | ||
| Vampire | 211-212 | ||
| Weasel, giant | 212 | ||
| Wight | 212 | ||
| Whales | 212 | Includes killer whale, great whale and narwhal. | |
| Wolf | 212 | Includes normal and dire wolves. | |
| Wraith | 212 | ||
| Wyvern | 213 | ||
| Yellow mold | 213 | ||
| Zombie | 213 |