Fantastic Wildlife

The following is a crash-course on introducing new fantastic wildlife into your game with ease. You don't HAVE to use the monster creation process described in the DMG. All you need is the DMG and a little creativity!

Chomp Hopper

Statblock: Frog
Customization: Replace ranged tongue attack with a +3 to hit 1d8 piercing bite attack.

Sea Grappler

Statblock: Dolphin

Customization: Keen hearing. Also, descriptively it has the ability to grapple, and also to hold and manipulate objects.

Fuzzflit

Statblock: Rat

Customization: 60ft flying speed.

Tasked Octopus

Statblock: Giant Octopus

Sky Wolf

Statblock: Hawk

Customization: Give it the wolf's or mastiff's grappling bite attack.

Guardian Wolf

Statblock: Wolf

Customization: Give it the elk's ram attack.

Beak Strider

Statblock: Elk

Customization: Give it the eagle's keen sight.

Sky Shark

Statblock: Giant Eagle

Customization: Replace beak with the reef shark's bite attack.

Gerwonda

Statblock: Giant Ape

Customization: Give it the lion's bite attack. Change type to monstrosity.

Gulper

Statblock: Rhinoceros

Customization: Remove the charge trait and the gore attack. Give it the giant frog's swallow ability with a size limit of medium.

Vretcher

Statblock: Quipper

Customization: Give it the frog's speed stats, amphibious, and standing leap.

Raptor Hound

Statblock: Mastiff

Shark Bear

Statblock: Black Bear

Customization: Give it the reef shark's bite attack.

Warrior Elephant

Statblock: Elephant

Customization: Treat it as wearing plate armor.

Dazzlecat

Statblock: Cat

Customization: Increase its charisma to 15. Change type to monstrosity.

Dangling Trapper

Statblock: Poisonous Snake

Customization: Replace poison damage with grapple condition.

Rhaspion

Statblock: Deer

Customization: Give it the panther's bite attack and pounce trait.

Battle Bird

Statblock: Eagle

Customization: Give it the tiger's bite attack.

Terror Horse

Statblock: Horse

Customization: Give it the wolf's bite attack.

Domestic Egg Goat

Statblock: Goat

Customization: Remove charge trait.

Eastern Owlbear

Statblock: Owlbear

Mercat

Statblock: Cat

Customization: Give it 40ft swim speed, halve its land speed.

Tangle Lizard

Statblock: Lizard

Customization: Give its bite attack a DC 11 DEX save vs. Grapple.

Beak Lizard

Statblock: Lizard

Customization: increase its damage to 2.

Dazzlephant

Statblock: Elephant

Customization: Increase its charisma to 15.

Sea Biter

Statblock: Seahorse

Customization: Give it a 1d4 piercing damage bite attack with +2 to hit.

Owl Racoon

Statblock: Giant Rat

Mountain Herd Dog

Statblock: Camel

Customization: Give it a wolf's bite attack.

Beak Cat

Statblock: Tiger

Customization: replace the bite with an axe beak's beak attack.

Reft Horse

Statblock: Horse

Customization: +10ft speed.

Poison Dart Zebra

Statblock: Horse

Customization: Custom trait. Poison Spines: When a creature makes a melee weapon attack against this creature, they must make a DC 11 DEX save or take 1d4 poison damage and become poisoned.

Bleat Bat

Statblock: Bat

Customization: Give it the charge trait.

Psionephant

Statblock: Elephant

Customization: Remove all traits relating to the tusks and trunk. Give it psionics-like spells to cast at-will.

Rotten Polecat

Statblock: Weasel

Customization: It can cast stinking cloud 3 times a day.

Tangle Cat

Statblock: Cat

Customization: It can grapple things with its tail.

Wander Goat

Statblock: Goat

The Great Ancestral Fish

Statblock: Lizard

Customization: Give it 50ft swimming speed.

Pack Monkey

Statblock: Ape

Customization: Give it the mastiff's grappling bite attack.

Hell Whale

Statblock: Killer Whale

Customization: Give its attack an additional DC 11 STR save vs. Grapple.

Choke Rot

Statblock: Octopus

Customization: Change type to plant. Reduce all speed to 0.

Bob-dog

Statblock: Mastiff

Customization: Remove the grapple save from its bite attack.

Flying Snapper

Statblock: Eagle

Customization: Give it the crocodile's bite attack.

The Killer Rabbit

Statblock: Giant Frog

Customization: Replace reach attack with the dimetrodon's bite attack. Give the bite attack a DC 11 save vs. Grapple. Remove swallow.

Auqckwoard

Statblock: Goat

Customization: 30ft fly speed, remove charge trait. Replace ram with giant eagle's beak attack.

Gore Beast

Statblock: Elephant

Gluttonodon

Statblock: Rhinoceros

Customization: Remove charge and gore attack. Give it the crocodile's bite attack.

Watcher in the Trees

Statblock: Giant Rat

Customization: 30ft climbing speed

Hunter Cow

Statblock: Aurochs

Customization: Give it the tiger's bite attack.

Sky Sloth

Statblock: Giant Rat

Custimization: Reduce speed to 5ft. 20ft flying speed. Remove all attacks.

Pink Rat Trap

Statblock: Cat

Manbear

Statblock: Black Bear

Customization: Speaks bestial.

Dodrio

Statblock: Axe Beak

Customization: Multiattack. When this creature uses the attack action, it makes 3 attacks.

Slithe

Statblock: Deer

Customization: Give it the giant poisonous snake's poison bite attack.

Land Gull

Statblock: Goat

Customization: Remove charge trait and ram attack. Give it the giant eagle's beak attack.

Great Centauroid

Statblock: Centaur

Customization: Increase size to huge.

Land Shark

Statblock: Horse

Customization: Give it the reef shark's bite attack.

Basher Monkey

Statblock: Ape

Customization: Give it the goat's ram attack and the charge trait.

Ick

Statblock: Cat

Customization: Give it the ranged tongue attack and swallow attack of the giant frog, limited to tiny targets.

Tiny Terror

Statblock: Rat

Customization: Give it 40ft speed and 40ft climbing speed. Give it the tiger's bite attack.

Crawling Bat

Statblock: Giant Rat

Customization: Give it 40ft flying speed and the bat's senses.

Rexodon

Statblock: Rhinoceros

Customization: Remove the charge and gore trait and attack. Give it the giant eagle's beak attack.

Crowned Lion

Statblock: Lion

Customization: Give it the giant goat's charge and ram.

Sea Dazzler

Statblock: Reef Shark

Customization: Remove all attacks. Increase its charisma to 15.

Beakdog

Statblock: Wolf

Customization: Replace bite attack with axe beak's beak attack.

Trophy Horse

Statblock: Horse

Customization: Given it the axe beak's beak attack.

Walking Maw

Statblock: Black Bear

Customization: Give it the crocodile's bite attack.

Venom Dog

Statblock: Mastiff

Customization: Give it the giant poisonous snake's poisonous bite attack.

Dashram

Statblock: Rhinoceros

Lumbering Grazer

Statblock: Black Bear

Customization: Replace its bite attack with a giant elk's charge and ram.