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Thursday, November 19, 2015

Only one creature could be the winner in this Bestiary 5 throwdown, and with it, five winners of our latest Pathfinder Roleplaying Game hardcover!

Dominating against the Pakalchi Sahkil, the Wyrmwraith emerged the victor in our battle royale! This CR 17 incorporeal undead has a terrifying array of powers at its command, making you long for the days of "just" fighting a dragon for its wealth. Not even dragons are safe from the wyrmwraith, for as much as this undead hates the living, it hates those that remind it of what it lost the most.

Many of you voted in our elimination contest, leading the Wyrmwraith to victory, and for your votes, we promised a signed copy of Bestiary 5, and I'm happy to announce that Thyrion is the winner! We'll be contacting you shortly, and the four winners of the PDF copy are: BelkarBitterleaf, fuzbuckle, Paladinosaur, and Drexer!

And following tradition, here's the complete table of contents for Bestiary 5!

Aatheriexa 7 Abrikandilu (demon) 74 Aerial servant 11 Aether elemental 106–107 Aether wysp 282 Ahkhat 14 Ahool 15 Air veela 264 Air wysp 282 Akaname 16 Amarok 17 Amphiptere 18 Android 19 Anemos 20–21 Animate hair 26 Annihilator (robot) 206 Anunnaki 28–29 Apallie 30 Apkallu 32–33 Apostate devil 78–79 Astomoi 37 Astral dragon 88–89 Bagiennik 40 Balisse (angel) 22 Bat plague swarm 193 Bisha ga tsuku 42 Blightspawn 43 Blood caterpillar 51 Blue whale 276 Bone ship 44–45 Boroboroton (tsukumogami) 252 Brain mole 46 Brain mole monarch 47 Caligni (dark folk) 66 Caller in darkness 48 Cambion (demon) 75 Cameroceras 49 Capramace 50 Celedon 52 Ceratosaurus (dinosaur) 83 Cervinal (agathion) 12 Cerynitis 53 Cetus 54 Chalicotherium (megafauna) 170 Cherufe 55 Chicken (familiar) 112 Choral (angel) 23 Chuspiki 56 Clockwork familiar 57 Corpse lotus 60 Crone queen 61 Crystal golem 126 Cuero 62 Cursed king 63 Cytillipede 65 Danava (titan) 246–247 Death coach 67 Deep merfolk 172 Deep one 68 Deep one hybrid 70 Delgeth 71 Devastator 77 Digmaul 82 Dire polar bear 41 Domovoi (house spirit) 142 Doppeldrek 85 Dragonkin 98 Dream dragon 90–91 Duppy 101 Dvorovoi (house spirit) 142 Dwiergeth 102 Earth veela 264 Earth wysp 282 Echeneis 103 Eclipse giant 121 Egregore 104–105 Elder deep one 69 Emotion ooze 108–109 Empyrean (angel) 24–25 Encantado 110 Esipil (sahkil) 213 Ether drake 99 Etheric dragon 92–93 Etiainen 111 Exscinder (archon) 34 Fastachee 114 Fext 115 Firbolg 116 Fire veela 265 Fire wysp 283 Flying fox (familiar) 112

Flytrap leshy 156 Frog father 117 Gancanagh (azata) 38 Gate archon 35 Gearsman (robot) 207 Gegenees 118 Ghoran 119 Giant assassin bug 36 Giant mantis shrimp 232 Giant muckdweller 175 Giant scarab 221 Giant termite 242 Glaistig 124–125 Goliath frog 117 Gravebound 128 Gray 129 Gray goo 130 Great assassin bug 36 Griefgall 133 Grim reaper 134–135 Grimslake 136 Grioth 137 Gristly demodand 72 Guardian scroll 138 Gunpowder ooze 139 Hag eye ooze 140 Heikegani 141 Heresy devil 80 Hobkins (gremlin) 131 Horn caterpillar 51 Hundun 144–145 Hunter urchin (sea urchin) 223 Ichthyocentaur 146 Isonade 147 Jungle drake 100 Kabandha (cyclops) 64 Kaprosuchus (megafauna) 170 Karkadann 148 Kasa-obake (tsukumogami) 252 Kawa akago 149 Ketesthius 150 Khala 151 Kikimora 152 Kimenhul (sahkil) 214–215 Knight ant 27 Koto-furunishi (tsukumogami) 252 Kurobozu 153 Lamhigyn 154 Lead golem 127 Leechroot 155 Leng ghoul 120 Lesser death (grim reaper) 134 Liminal sprite 158 Lipika (aeon) 8–9 Living mirage 159 Locust plague swarm 192 Lotus leshy 157 Lotus tree 160 Lusca 161 Maharishi manu (manasaputra) 164 Makara (vahana) 262 Manu (manasaputra) 163 Megapon ant 27 Megaprimatus (ape) 31 Mngwa 173 Moa (megafauna) 171 Moon dog 174 Moon giant 122 Muckdweller 175 Mummy lord 176–177 Muse 179 Mutant 180–181 Myrmidon (robot) 208 Narwhal (whale) 276 Nemhain 182 Nightmare dragon 94–95 Ningen 183 Nulmind 184 Nuno (gremlin) 132 Occult dragon 96–97 Ophiotaurus 185 Orang-pendak 186 Ostovite 187 Othaos (aeon) 10 Ovinnik (house spirit) 143 Pakalchi (sahkil) 216 Papinijuwari 188 Penguin (familiar) 112 Peuchen 189 Pharaonic guardian 191 Plagued beast 194

Plankta 195 Plesiosaurus (dinosaur) 83 Polar bear 41 Polong 196 Psychemental 197 Psychepore 198 Putrid ooze 199 Pyrausta 200 Qolok (sahkil) 217 Raelis (azata) 39 Ramidreju 201 Rat plague swarm 192 Red panda (familiar) 112 Reptial (agathion) 13 Reptoid 202 Rhu-chalik 203 Riftcreeper 204 Rishi manu (manasaputra) 165 Roiling oil 210 Rope dragon 211 Sangoi 219 Saxra 220 Scarab swarm 221 Scitalis 222 Seal (familiar) 113 Seilenos 224–225 Seraptis (demon) 76 Sha 226 Shabti 227 Shadow collector 228 Shasalqu 229 Shen 230–231 Skinwalker 233 Solar pitri (manasaputra) 166–167 Somalcygot 234 Spear urchin (sea urchin) 223 Sphinx colossus 58 Storm hag 235 Stormghost 236 Stranglereed 237 Stringy demodand 73 Su 238 Sun giant 123 Swamp mummy 178 Syricta 239 Taxidermic creature 240–241 Termite swarm 242 Terraformer (robot) 209 Therizinosaurus (dinosaur) 84 Thought eater 243 Thriae constructor 244 Thriae dancer 245 Tiyanak 248 Tizheruk 249 Trench mist 250 Trilobite (familiar) 113 Troodon (dinosaur) 84 Tsaalgrend 251 Tulpa 254–255 Turul 256–257 Twilight pitri (manasaputra) 168–169 Uintatherium (megafauna) 171 Undigested 258 Undigested swarm 258 Unfettered phantom 190 Uraeus 259 Urannag 260 Ursikka 261 Vahana 262 Ved 263 Vescavor queen 266 Vescavor swarm 267 Vilderavn 268–269 Vishap 270–271 Vukodlak 272 Wakandagi 273 Warmonger devil 81 Warmonger wasp 274 Water leaper 275 Water veela 265 Water wysp 283 Wihsaak (sahkil) 218 Witchcrow 277 Wizard's shackle 278 Wolliped 279 Wood colossus 59 Wyrmwraith 280–281 Xiao 284 Yangethe 285 Zygomind 286–287

Of course, we won't stop—can't stop—with previewing the amazing art in Bestiary 5!

Illustrations by Wayne England, Ben Wootten, Kent Hamilton, and Jorge Fares

Thank you to everybody who participated in the contest, and until we meet again...

Liz Courts
Community Manager