October Monster-a-Day 2021

The Ashen Panoply

October 1: The Phoenix's Beak
October 2: The Phoenix's Claw
October 3: Seared Scales
October 4: Blaise's Barding
October 5: The Ebon Feathers
October 6: Searing Mantle
October 7: Castille's Worries
Bonus: The Charred Barrows Dungeon

The Bryne Giants
October 8: Bryne Cromlech
October 9: Bryne Gar
October 10: Bryne Woemonger
October 11: Bryne Saltdredge
October 12: Bryne Stained
October 13: Bryne Trawler
October 14: Bryne Pestlewarden
Bonus Bryne Regional Effects and Magic Items

Brood of Iktokris
October 15: The Brood
October 16: Brood Chorister
October 17: Brood Brute
October 18: Brood Composer
October 19: Brood Tamer
October 20: Rhodae
October 21: Brood Mother
Bonus Brood Racial Traits and Spells
Universal Antagonists
October 22: Broken Bough
October 23: Font Phantasm
October 24: Thirst Slaker
October 25: The Moneylender
October 26: Death's Head
October 27: Spurheart the Pedagogue
October 28: Phantasmagoria

Big Bads
October 29: Sir Castille, the Everburning
October 30: Agonishin of the Throes
October 31: Evigra'tha, Thousandth Born

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