GOLDCREST STARTER BESTIARY — SRD 5.1 / 2014 RULES

This work includes material taken from the System Reference Document 5.1 (“SRD 5.1”) by Wizards of the Coast LLC and available at https://dnd.wizards.com/resources/systems-reference-document. The SRD 5.1 is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode.

Official source: https://media.dndbeyond.com/compendium-images/srd/5.1/SRD_CC_v5.1.pdf
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Structured transcription: https://github.com/5e-bits/5e-database
src/2014/en/5e-SRD-Monsters.json, file commit 5afdb8f0bf02a3f06c56339f78f9f9206dda5068.
Retrieved September 13, 2026. The September 15 expansion adds 40 creatures, for 80 bundled SRD 5.1 monsters/NPCs. The September 16 expansion adds ten further creatures, bringing the total to 90, and adds Cockatrice Talons to the existing Cockatrice harvest. These ten use the same pinned transcription; AC and HP were checked against the official SRD text. The expansion was retrieved from the same pinned source; all added AC and HP values were cross-checked against the official PDF. Basilisk AC is corrected from the transcription’s 12 to the official SRD’s 15. No source images are included.

Adaptations: reorganized into editable stat blocks. Saving throw/skill values are the published total modifiers. AC retains conditional armor/spell notes. Actions retain full descriptive text, including multiattack, extra damage, poison, grapples, reactions and spellcasting. The single numeric damage field records only a primary damage component; action descriptions govern alternatives and secondary effects. A spell list describes prepared spells; it is not a new automatic combat engine.

Loot, carried GP, harvestable parts, yields, Survival DCs, resource descriptions and AI-profile assignments are original editable Goldcrest house-rule suggestions, not SRD treasure or harvesting rules. No gold/items/XP are granted by adding a database creature or placing a token. Artwork remains separately uploaded by the DM. Existing creatures with matching names, their IDs, notes, artwork and edits are preserved rather than replaced by this seed.

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