The Sindarin Bestiary

Before the kingdoms, there was only the sea. Before the sea, there was darkness. And beneath the darkness, something dreamed.

For twenty-seven years, six kingdoms have warred beneath an endless sea. Now the whales are leaving the deep, the fallen all lie facing downward, and the oldest ruins bear warnings instead of the names of kings.

The Sindarin Bestiary gathers 119 creatures of the Drowned World, an undersea setting where every fight happens in three dimensions and the deeper you swim, the stranger the sea becomes. You'll meet nereids of the sunlit reefs, spirit dragons hiding among the peoples, and Balor the One Eye, who has kept his third eye shut since the day he saw what sleeps below.

The creatures come from sea myths around the world: the Jiaoren and the Funayūrei, Jörmungandr and the Aspidochelone, Bakunawa the moon-eater, Cai Cai Vilu, Namazu and many more. Classic monsters of the deep sit beside them, including the kraken, the aboleth, the sea hag and the dragon turtle, reimagined for this world.

Inside you'll find:

• 119 full-color illustrated creatures, each with its lore, its source in world myth, and a full stat block
• Stat blocks that work with both the 2014 and 2024 fifth edition rules
• Creatures sorted by how deep they live, from the Sunlit Reaches through the Kelp Forests, the Open Ocean, Twilight Waters and the Midnight Sea, down to the Abyss and the Hadal Trenches
• Combat tactics for every creature, so you know how it fights in the water
• Organization and treasure for building encounters
• Lairs with lair actions and regional effects, plus legendary creatures for climactic fights
• "At the Table" ideas for working each creature into your campaign
• Nine size categories, from Fine to Colossal, for creatures as small as a sea sprite or as huge as a sea serpent
• The Dream-Touched template, for creatures that drifted too close to what dreams in the trenches
• A creature list sorted by challenge rating at the back of the book

Whether you're running a campaign in the Drowned World or just want something new for your players to fear in the water, this bestiary gives you the sea's monsters and all you need to run them.

268 pages, full color, 8.5 × 11 in. Compatible with fifth edition rules.