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Invisible Stalkers are famous in D&D, but I think they are nothing more than totally invisible Air Elementals. Another monster in D&D I do really like is called the Astral Stalker (see picture above) and I actually think the Astral Stalker should be called Invisible Stalker in the future D&D monster manuals and take over the Invisible Stalkers role all together.

Invisible/Astral Stalkers are creatures from the Shadowfell (Plane of Shadow and Eternal Darkness) they have a strange aura around them at all times which makes them naturally invisible for all other creatures and most magic and even true seeing won’t help in revealing the creature. The only way to spot the creature is by killing it as the corpse can be clearly seen. The Invisible Stalker can also show itself if it wishes to, though it rarely likes to do so, though they love to haunt creatures they hunt with their true form from a far distance, coming closer with every encounter, and Invisible Stalkers love to stalk and hunt creatures for days to even months.

Invisible Stalkers are natural hunters, some even think they are the incarnation or embodiment of hunting and tracking, they really enjoy the hunt and always increase the size and power-level of the creatures they hunt. Heroes, Hydra’s, Dragons and even weaker Demon Lords aren’t safe from their hunting lists.

Invisible Stalkers make their lair in dark lairs within ruins and they love to collect gruesome trophies of their victims such as skulls, bones or even hearts which they enchant with a strange magic so they keep beating even after being removed from the creature they slain.

Invisible Stalkers fight mostly unfair because they can’t be seen by their victims during battle and they love to slash them apart with their humongous claws that can slash steel and iron with ease.

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Otyugh have a long history in D&D, they always stayed true to their Akaname-like behavior, that of refusal and waste-eaters with disgusting appearances and almost mindless behavior.

My version of the Otyugh isn’t much different though I think they deserve some more interesting background story.

Otyugh’s like all other Aberrations are native to the Far Realm, and these waste-eating creatures thrive in many swamps and even in the most toxic places on that plane. Otyugh’s are immune to poison, diseases and plagues and can eat anything without becoming ill or dying, strangely the only thing they can’t eat are celestial creatures as those will make a Otyugh sick with holy shivers which will eventually slay a Otyugh, an Otyugh is intelligent enough to know they can’t eat celestials though and they only slay such creatures and dump their corpses somewhere else.

Otyughs themselves are living heaps of diseases and sickness, spreading the worst of them among prey that got away after being bitten or touched by their two tentacles, some escaped victims of the Otyugh has caused entire villages to die on plagues or pest.

Otyughs thrive in sewer-systems and refusal heaps on earth or also on other planes, though the Abyss seriously changes the Otyughs appearance, their flesh becomes green and it turns into a living hive for all types of hellish vermin that use its sick flesh as shelter to breed and worse, the pain these vermin cause to the oytugh makes it extremely hostile and grumpy to anything it spots. Abyssal Otyugh are known as Draudnu’s and when another creature looks at a Draudnu for too long they get sick feelings about monstrous worms or parasites that burrow through their flesh and which live inside them, in the worst cases the victims even cut out their own intestines to get rid of their imaginary parasites.

On Earth Otyughs are often imprisoned by Orcs, Goblins or other evil humanoid races to be used a living disposal system, unworthy slaves are sometimes sacrificed to the Otyugh but they are mostly fed with the Orc’s and Goblins filth, dead and the sick.

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Today is Chromatic Dragon Day, I will cover all six of them, at least the six that are in my own project.

The last Chromatic Dragon on the list and the 6th one is the Yellow Dragon or Sand Dragon. Being at home in both earths and the Feywilds deserts the Yellow Dragon is by far the most beautiful of the Chromatic Dragons and also the one that is least evil of them all, they are still vain and selfish though, but they rather use other creatures for their sinister goals than to outright killing them without any reason like other Chromatics often do.

Yellow Dragons are a bright yellow at younger ages and turn towards a sun-like orange near ancient status. Ancient Yellow Dragons are known as Sun Wyrms and they gain lots of useful abilities as they can even turn their entire body into raw sun-like energy, becoming living light.

 A Yellow Dragons breathweapons are a cloud of swirling sand or a very bright fire that doesn’t burn but only blinds the victims so they can more easily be beaten by the dragons other magical abilities. Yellow Dragons can summon great rays of solar light from above upon their enemies that burn the victims to crisps. Sunlight empowers the Yellow Dragon and turns them almost invisible, very handy in the harsh deserts they call home. 

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Today is Chromatic Dragon Day, I will cover all six of them, at least the six that are in my own project.

I just love Purple Dragons, they are my favorite chromatic (well the real D&D kinda treats them badly and calls them wannabe-chromatics together with yellow, orange, brown and grey dragons) of all time, mostly because I love purple and I love their role in the underdark which is my ultimate favorite place in D&D.

Purple Dragons are after Red Dragons the strongest dragons, they have the strongest magic of all dragons. Their magic includes shadow, darkness, raw magic, shapeshifting (taking the shape of drow females) and mind control. Its breath weapon is a cone of mind-controlling gas or a cloud of confusion gas or illusion/hallucination gas. 

When they reach Ancient forms they are known as Shadow Wyrms and their breathweapon changes into a cone of pure darkness and living shadow. 

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Today is Chromatic Dragon Day, I will cover all six of them, at least the six that are in my own project.

Both the White Dragon and Red Dragon are pretty much the same as they were in old/current D&D versions. I see little need in changing these fire (red, duh) and ice (white) dragons. White Dragons are the weakest of the Chromatic Dragons and the most beast-like, hunting like animals do, but mostly hunting for other apex predators such as orca’s and polar bears, while they mostly freeze their prey to eat later they can be cruel as cats are playing with their food before freezing them solid and eating them. Red dragons are the most powerful of the chromatic dragons and they are mostly found guarding their huge treasure hoards, they are the dragons that have huge amounts of golden treasures and many would be treasure-robbers ended up on their menu. They often make lairs in volcanic or other hot regions, older and Ancient Red Dragons are drawn towards the abyss as it is calling to them and they spend most of their older days hunting or fighting the many fiends and demons that reside there.

Ancient White Dragons are called Crystal Wyrms as their white scales become almost as hard and beautiful as crystal or diamonds, the Ancient Red Dragons are known as Hellfire Wyrms and they are said to have fiendish blood running through their veins, their breathweapon changes as it doesn’t only do fire damage but also unholy damage.

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Today is Chromatic Dragon Day, I will cover all six of them, at least the six that are in my own project.

Green Dragons, also known as Forest Dragons, Venomtongue Dragons or Swamp Dragons are the green-scaled nature-based dragons of the 6 chromatic dragons, they are sneaky and their words are often just as poisonous as one of their breath weapons. Green Dragons are mostly found in jungles, swamps and forests in the Feywild where they flourish and control parts of the forests as it is their property. Green Dragons are after the Purple Dragons the most magical dragons with most magical powers at their disposal, they can control plants and plant creatures and their lairs are often guarded by the most vile and powerful Shambling Mounds, Tendriculos, Yellow Musk Creepers or even Treants they tortured into servitude.

Green Dragons think of themselves the masters of the Feywild and they often war against the Eladrin who think of the Green Dragons nothing else than deadly pests that should be eradicated. Eladrin, Wood Elves, Unicorns and Owlbears are among the favorite prey of the Green Dragons and they often torture such creatures before eating them.

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Today is Chromatic Dragon Day, I will cover all six of them, at least the six that are in my own project.

As I already said before there are no Blue and Black dragons in my project, elder Purple dragons are so dark purple they appear black and Behirs are blue and have lightning breath, so they aren’t completely gone.

For the first dragon today I have chosen the bizarre dragon from Acheron (the garbage/prison plane full of metal, steel and iron) often called Grey Dragon, Fang Dragon or Steel Dragon. Grey Dragons are mostly found on Acheron, but also travel to other planes.