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These interdimensional slavers and merchants resemble spiders, but that belies their impressive intelligence.
Ever since the first movie to introduce the idea of mummies as monsters, they have (almost) always been depicted as intelligent, mystical priests. Quite different frmo your average zombie, a mummy priest works the magic of the dark curses protecting his tomb.
One warring faction in the Shadowfell, Death Giants capture souls and use them to fuel their evil powers.
Despite its appearance, this guy isn't REALLY a demon of gluttony! He is obese, though. Obese with SOULS! Solamiths devour people's souls, which they can then digest for nutrients or use as weapons... by tearing out parts of their tummies and tossing 'em. Yes, I said tummy. Yes, they use exploding tummy bombs. BABOOM!
Although they are much smaller than their larger cousins, these Devourers drink the fluids from their victims.
The Draconians were created by an evil dragon god, and tend to explode, melt, or petrify when they die. Aurak Draconians are spellcasters, able to conjure flames in their hands... or worse.
There are a few kinds of larger-than-usual Umber Hulks, including the Truly Horrid umber Hulks, and the darker-colored Shadow Hulks. Either way, it's a burrowing bug the size of an elephant!
The mightiest of the Illithids, an ulitharid is a massive mind flayer that serves as a group's leader (though subservient to an Elder Brain if there is one). Superior to standard mind flayers in nearly every way, ulitharids lead their society, just as adept in combat as they are at mind games. Of course, they also require more brains for sustenance than their lesser brethren.
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When three Vrocks get together, they can perform a dance ritual - it takes a few rounds to complete, but once it's pulled off, it pretty much blows up every non-demon in the area.
He kills because he believes he is already dead...
Introduced in 3rd edition's Red Hand of Doom super-adventure (Which was awesome. It involved whole armies!), Blood Ghost Berserkers are a special sub-faction of bugbears who are even more vicious than their ordinary brethren - they are berserkers in the true viking sense of the term, meaning that they are quite bloodthirsty and man. In fact, they even dye their fur white to symbolize that they believe themselves to be already dead, or as good as. They hit very, very, very hard, and they never give up until they are dead.
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In old english, "Lich" simply meant "corpse." In fact, cemetary gates are also known as lichgates.
In D&D, partly drawn from legends such as Koschei the Deathless, a Lich is a sorcerer who made himself undead and stored his soul in a separate object known as a phylactery. Yes, yes, I know Voldemort did the same thing, but he did it like twenty years later.
Liches are some of the ultimate D&D villains for many reasons, the most immediately obvious one being that you can't permanently kill them unless you find that phylactery, which could be anything. but there's a bigger one, too. Most baddies are confronted at the end of their very own dungeon or fortress or traphouse or what-have-you. A Lich is no different. But see, a Lich is the kind of guy who is so desperate to cling to life that he will kill himself and tear out his soul just to fend off the reaper a little longer. And you are storming his fortress, with the type of protection he thinks is adequate.
You are so doomed.
The Brain Stealers grow more intelligent and powerful with each brain they absorb. They have spread to all corners of the universe.