Bezravnis Cult Monsters

[johnioun]

I'm running an adventure where the characters are up against a cult seeking to awaken Bezravnis, a three tailed scorpion Kaiju. I've got a lot of NPCs set up but I'd like to use some monsters as well. I own all of the bestiaries so no issues there. What are some good monsters in the CR 14 to 20 range that would ally themselves with a cult of Bezravnis and would be good guardians of a mineshaft dungeon where he is buried. So the smaller the monster the better but I'd be fine with up to huge size.

[VoodistMonk]

Earth Elementals of all shapes and sizes.

The ground boils with molten worms wriggling to the surface and burrowing back down...

Thoqqua CR2
Lava Weird CR8
Cindermaw CR14

And, since we are talking cults... we might as well add in an Ash Hag, and make it a Coven. She is only CR5, so give her Witch levels... or swap her stats around a bit and add Flamedancer-Flamesinger Bard.

[Smallfoot]

johnioun wrote:

I'm running an adventure where the characters are up against a cult seeking to awaken Bezravnis, a three tailed scorpion Kaiju. I've got a lot of NPCs set up but I'd like to use some monsters as well. I own all of the bestiaries so no issues there. What are some good monsters in the CR 14 to 20 range that would ally themselves with a cult of Bezravnis and would be good guardians of a mineshaft dungeon where he is buried. So the smaller the monster the better but I'd be fine with up to huge size.

Just cruisin' thru the aonprd.com monsters looking for your CR range and "desert" in the environment section:

Girtablilu. Human torso, scorpion body. The Divine Chieftain is a Desert Druid10 for a CR of 14, but she won't be alone, so you can scale the encounter about as high as you want. Although they're naturally Neutral, it totally makes sense for a tribe to get converted to the cult. They're Large.

Deathsnatcher. CR18, Medium.

Ossumental. CR12, Large. Use several.

[johnioun]

Smallfoot wrote:

Deathsnatcher. CR18, Medium.

Ossumental. CR12, Large. Use several.

Thank you these are fantastic. I'll definitely be adding them to give the cult a more monstrous and exotic flair.