NPCs & Characters
D100 Unique Monsters and Their Quirks
A black cat that brings random luck—good or bad.
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A vampire who’s allergic to blood but drinks dreams instead.
A troll who collects broken weapons and cries over them.
A mimic that disguises itself as campfires.
A lich obsessed with perfecting amateur puppet shows.
A basilisk who only petrifies things when it sneezes.
A banshee that sings lullabies instead of wailing.
A chimera whose heads argue about vegetarianism.
A werewolf who transforms when they fall in love.
A gelatinous cube with glowing artifacts suspended inside.
A shadow demon who fears the dark.
A minotaur who carves intricate mazes from wood.
A golem made of discarded children's toys.
A naga who dispenses relationship advice.
A harpy that collects wind chimes and feathers.
A fire elemental that refuses to burn living things.
A manticore with the voice of a noble bard.
A ghost that’s stuck in a loop of baking bread.
A skeleton who paints murals using bone dust.
A sea serpent that sleeps coiled around an island.
A dryad who prefers dead wood and decay.
A slime that multiplies when complimented.
A cursed knight who transforms into a griffon at dawn.
A cyclops who refuses to fight anyone shorter than them.
A bat-winged lion that hoards sunlight in crystals.
A drider who designs fashionable cloaks.
A spectral wolf that leaves glowing pawprints.
A frog demon who only speaks in riddles.
A gorgon who turns things to gold instead of stone.
A zombie that’s slowly becoming intelligent again.
A ghost bear who guards a ruined shrine.
A sentient fungus that imitates voices to lure prey.
A hellhound who secretly guards lost children.
A wraith that follows the party silently for days.
A giant wasp queen obsessed with music.
A cockatrice with the mind of a tactician.
A floating jellyfish that causes hallucinations of joy.
A flame drake that’s cold to the touch.
A banshee who sings prophecies.
A ghoul who only eats cursed food.
A two-headed ogre in a romantic feud with itself.
A snake that speaks only in long-forgotten dialects.
A beast made of ink and parchment, escaping a ruined book.
A werebear who acts as a forest judge.
A giant spider that sculpts its web like a cathedral.
A demon bound to a cracked mirror.
A revenant who delivers haunting lullabies to the guilty.
A dragon who’s never hoarded anything.
A roc that nests in abandoned castles.
A storm elemental terrified of thunder.
A slime that wants to become a wizard.
A giant owl that silently judges your actions.
A goblin shaman fused with an elemental spirit.
A harpy who has adopted a human baby.
A were-raven who records everything in journals.
A centaur who lost their herd and teaches history.
A beast of mirrors that reflects possible futures.
A moth-like horror that erases memories of its presence.
A vampire who must be invited out of buildings.
A wyvern with glowing veins of crystal.
A stitched-together golem with dozens of voices.
A spectral cat that leads wanderers to safety—or doom.
A cursed lion who turns invisible in moonlight.
A serpent that wraps around towers and listens.
A sand wraith who leaves glass footprints.
A phoenix who burns colder with each rebirth.
A gremlin that only sabotages things politely.
A tree that uproots itself to follow a passing song.
A bone snake that slithers through dreams.
A cursed fae who can only speak through rhyme.
A drowned ghost that appears before floods.
A crystal beast who glows with stored emotions.
A demon made entirely of contracts.
A moss-covered troll who can’t stop growing flowers.
A dragon with amnesia and no treasure.
A crow-headed knight seeking its lost master.
A goblin king made of mud and bones.
A mimic impersonating a corpse.
A beast that trades memories for safe passage.
A spider that weaves scenes from your past.
A lizard that can mimic anyone perfectly—but only once.
A fiery horse that melts the ground it walks on.
A siren who sings songs of historical truth.
A black cat that brings random luck—good or bad.
A fog beast only visible in reflections.
A metal-plated bear animated by thunder.
A giant snail with an ancient library on its shell.
A stone serpent that dreams of flying.
A wendigo cursed to starve only when alone.
A ghost chained to a child's doll.
A monster that mimics the voice of a dead loved one.
A demonic goat that offers cryptic blessings.
A cloaked creature made entirely of moths.
A werefox who transforms based on lies told nearby.
A glass beast that shatters when wounded—but reforms.
A beast that devours color and light.
A blind bat-creature who sees through emotions.
A flower-covered skeleton that sings with the wind.
A child-shaped fiend who plays with shadows.
A warlock’s failed familiar turned monster.
A monster that believes it’s the hero of the story.
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