Monster Types

Monster Types

• Aberrations
  • Weird aliens from other places
• Beasts
  • Regular animals
  • Not tied to what exists in the real world, they may have some supernatural elements
• Celestials
  • Angels and the like
  • Counterpart to fiends
• Constructs
  • Creatures that have been built
• Dragons
  • Both true dragons, and their relatives
• Elementals
  • Creatures intrinsically tied to earth, air, fire and water
• Fey
  • Creatures intrinsically tied to the Feywild, or nature
• Fiends
  • Devils, demons and the like
  • Counterpart to celestials
• Giants
  • Large humanoids
• Humanoids
  • Playable races (almost exclusively)
  • Small-to-medium creatures with approximately two arms and two legs
• Monstrosities
  • Something of a catch-all for "monsters" in general
• Oozes
  • Semi-liquid creatures
• Plants
  • Animated plants
• Undead
  • Reanimated corpses

Monster Manual, page 6