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===Aberrations===

Aberrations are utterly alien beings. Many of them have innate magical abilities drawn from the creature’s alien mind rather than the mystical forces of the world. The quintessential aberrations are [[SRD5:Aboleth|aboleth]]s, [[SRD5:Beholder|beholder]]s, [[SRD5:Mind Flayer|mind flayer]]s, and [[SRD5:Slaadi|slaadi]].

===Beasts===

Beasts are nonhumanoid creatures that are a natural part of the fantasy ecology. Some of them have magical powers, but most are unintelligent and lack any society or [[#Language|language]]. Beasts include all varieties of ordinary animals, dinosaurs, and giant versions of animals.

===Celestials===

Celestials are creatures native to the [[SRD5:Upper Plane|Upper Plane]]s. Many of them are the servants of deities, employed as messengers or agents in the mortal realm and throughout the planes. Celestials are good by nature, so the exceptional celestial who strays from a good [[#Alignment|alignment]] is a horrifying rarity. Celestials include [[SRD5:Angel|angel]]s, [[SRD5:Couatl|couatl]]s, and [[SRD5:Pegasus|pegasi]].

===Constructs===

Constructs are made, not born. Some are programmed by their creators to follow a simple set of instructions, while others are imbued with sentience and capable of independent thought. [[SRD5:Golem|Golem]]s are the iconic constructs. Many creatures native to the outer plane of Mechanus, such as [[SRD5:modron|modron]]s, are constructs shaped from the raw material of the plane by the will of more powerful creatures.

===Dragons===

Dragons are large reptilian creatures of ancient origin and tremendous power. True dragons, including the good metallic dragons and the evil chromatic dragons, are highly intelligent and have innate magic. Also in this category are creatures distantly related to true dragons, but less powerful, less intelligent, and less magical, such as [[SRD5:Wyvern|wyvern]]s and [[SRD5:Pseudodragon|pseudodragon]]s.

===Elementals===

Elementals are creatures native to the [[SRD5:Elemental Plane|elemental plane]]s. Some creatures of this type are little more than animate masses of their respective elements, including the creatures simply called elementals. Others have biological forms infused with elemental energy. The races of genies, including [[SRD5:Djinn|djinn]] and [[SRD5:Efreet|efreet]], form the most important civilizations on the elemental planes. Other elemental creatures include [[SRD5:Azer|azer]]s and [[SRD5:Invisible Stalker|invisible stalker]]s.

===Fey===

Fey are magical creatures closely tied to the forces of nature. They dwell in twilight groves and misty forests. In some worlds, they are closely tied to the [[SRD5:Feywild|Feywild]], also called the Plane of Faerie. Some are also found in the Outer Planes, particularly the planes of Arborea and the Beastlands. Fey include [[SRD5:Dryad|dryad]]s, [[SRD5:Pixie|pixie]]s, and [[SRD5:Satyr|satyr]]s.

===Fiends===

Fiends are creatures of wickedness that are native to the [[SRD5:Lower Plane|Lower Planes]]. A few are the servants of deities, but many more labor under the leadership of archdevils and demon princes. Evil priests and mages sometimes summon fiends to the material world to do their bidding. If an evil celestial is a rarity, a good fiend is almost inconceivable. Fiends include [[SRD5:Demon|demon]]s, [[SRD5:Devil|devil]]s, [[SRD5:Hell Hound|hell hound]]s, [[SRD5:Rakshasa|rakshasa]]s, and [[SRD5:Yugoloth|yugoloth]]s.

===Giants===

Giants tower over humans and their kind. They are humanlike in shape, though some have multiple heads ([[SRD5:Ettin|ettin]]s) or deformities ([[SRD5:Formorian|fomorian]]s). The six varieties of true giant are [[SRD5:Hill Giant|hill giant]]s, [[SRD5:Stone Giant|stone giant]]s, [[SRD5:Frost Giant|frost giant]]s, [[SRD5:Fire Giant|fire giant]]s, [[SRD5:Cloud Giant|cloud giant]]s, and [[SRD5:Storm Giant|storm giant]]s. Besides these, creatures such as [[SRD5:Ogre|ogre]]s and [[SRD5:troll|troll]]s are giants.

===Humanoids===

Humanoids are the main peoples of a fantasy gaming world, both civilized and savage, including humans and a tremendous variety of other species. They have language and culture, few if any innate magical abilities (though most humanoids can learn spellcasting), and a bipedal form. The most common humanoid races are the ones most suitable as player characters: [[SRD5:Human|human]]s, [[SRD5:Dwarf|dwarve]]s, [[SRD5:Elf|elve]]s, and [[SRD5:Halfling|halfling]]s. Almost as numerous but far more savage and brutal, and almost uniformly evil, are the races of [[:Category:Goblinoids|goblinoids]] ([[SRD5:Goblin|goblin]]s, [[SRD5:Hobgobin|hobgoblin]]s, and [[SRD5:Bugbear|bugbear]]s), [[SRD5:Orc|orc]]s, [[SRD5:Gnoll|gnoll]]s, [[SRD5:Lizardfolk|lizardfolk]], and [[SRD5:Kobold|kobold]]s.

===Monstrosities===

Monstrosities are monsters in the strictest sense — frightening creatures that are not ordinary, not truly natural, and almost never benign. Some are the results of magical experimentation gone awry (such as [[SRD5:Owlbear|owlbear]]s), and others are the product of terrible curses (including [[SRD5:Minotaur|minotaur]]s and [[SRD5:Yuan-ti|yuan-­ti]]). They defy categorization, and in some sense serve as a catch-­all category for creatures that don’t fit into any other type.

===Oozes===

Oozes are gelatinous creatures that rarely have a fixed shape. They are mostly subterranean, dwelling in caves and dungeons and feeding on refuse, carrion, or creatures unlucky enough to get in their way. [[SRD5:Black Pudding|Black pudding]]s and [[SRD5:Gelatinous Cube|gelatinous cube]]s are among the most recognizable oozes.

===Plants===

Plants in this context are vegetable creatures, not ordinary flora. Most of them are ambulatory, and some are carnivorous. The quintessential plants are the [[SRD5:Shambling Mound|shambling mound]] and the [[SRD5:Treant|treant]]. Fungal creatures such as the [[SRD5:Gas Spore|gas spore]] and the [[SRD5:Myconid|myconid]] also fall into this category.

===Swarms===

The swarm can occupy another creature’s space and vice versa, and the swarm can move through any opening large enough for a {[[SRD5:Size|size]]} {creature name}¹. The swarm can’t regain hit points or gain temporary hit points.

===Undead===

Undead are once-­living creatures brought to a horrifying state of undeath through the practice of [[SRD5:Necromancy|necromantic]] magic or some unholy curse. Undead include walking corpses, such as [[SRD5:Vampire|vampire]]s and [[SRD5:Zombie|zombie]]s, as well as bodiless spirits, such as [[SRD5:Ghost|ghost]]s and [[SRD5:Spectre|specter]]s.