Foe Foundry Monsters

Monster Families

Explore curated collections of thematically linked monsters, complete with lore, statblocks, and encounter ideas.

  • Undead — Cursed beings animated by death and undeath
  • Monstrosities — Creatures twisted by magic, curse, or chaos
  • Fanatics and Faithful — Faithful instruments of the divine or worshippers of the occult and forbidden
  • Orcs and Goblinoids - Bloodrage-fueled ancestral warriors or chaotic tricksters, pillagers, and endless nuisances
  • Rivals - The ultimate guide to rival adventuring parties
  • Villains - Creating awesome villains for your 5E campaigns

Humanoids

Not all threats crawl from crypts. Some wear robes and carry grimoires. These monsters think, plan, and cast.

  • Cultists - worshippers of the occult and forbidden
  • Goblins - little balls of mischief and mayhem
  • Mages - master of arcane magicks
  • Orcs - bloodrage-fueled ancestral warriors
  • Priests - faithful instruments of the divine

See also these curated Humanoid Family Pages for curated collections of related monsters:

A Cryomancer prepares an icy blast

Undead

See also Undead for detailed lore, encounters, and statblock

Bleached bones. Rotting flesh. Soul fragments clawing their way back to life from the River Styx. The Undead of Foe Foundry aren't just cannon fodder. They're cursed echoes of mortal lives, each with their own twisted flavor.

  • Ghouls - ravenous cannibals possessed by undeath
  • Liches - immortal masters of undeath and arcana
  • Necromancers - mortal mages practicing heretical dark arts
  • Skeletons - fragments of a soul bound to bleached bones
  • Spirits - echoes of rage and regret
  • Wights - deathly cold malignant warriors of old
  • Zombies - shambling relentless hordes

A skeleton warband advances menacingly

Monstrosities

See also Monstrosities for detailed lore, encounters, and statblocks

Monstrosities defy nature: ancient experiments, magical amalgams, and living symbols of disaster.

  • Chimeras - monstrous messenger of imminent disaster
  • Manticores - flying hunters with spiked tails and sharper tongues
  • Merrow - demonically twisted merfolk
  • Mimics - paranoia-inducing shapeshifting ambusher
  • Owlbears - unnaturally territorial predators

A cantankerous Manticore prepares to strike

Giants

Giants are primordial creatures, living walking bones of the earth.

  • Ogres - ravenous and destructive hulks

5E Ogre monster illustration — hulking brute wielding a massive club

Oozes

Slimes, jellies, and cubes. Silent, shapeless, and strangely efficient.

A gelatinous cube with a bleached skeleton