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Dungeons & Dragons is a fantasy role-playing game originally designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson, and first published in 1974 by Tactical Studies Rules, Inc. . The game has been published by Wizards of the Coast since 1997...

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Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common...

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, an outsider is a type of creature, or "creature type

Creature Type (Dungeons & Dragons)

In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, creature types are rough categories of creatures which determine the way game mechanics affect the creature. In the 3rd edition and related games, there are between thirteen and seventeen creature types. Creature type is determined by the...

". Outsiders are at least partially composed of the essence (if not the material) of a plane other than the Prime Material Plane.

All outsiders have darkvision out to 60 feet. As a group, they have no other special abilities or immunities.

Most outsiders have the extraplanar subtype, but those that don't always have the native subtype and live on the Material Plane. Most extraplanar outsiders are from the Outer Plane

Outer Plane

In the fantasy role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons, an Outer Plane is one of a number of general types of planes of existence. They can also be referred to as godly planes, spiritual planes or divine planes. The Outer Planes are home to beings such as deities and otherworldly creatures such as...

s, but some come from the Inner Plane

Inner Plane

The Inner Planes are the innermost planes of existence in the standard cosmology of the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game. They are the building blocks of the multiverse, the elements and energies from which all of the material universe is made.The Inner Planes, the material building blocks of...

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Native outsiders in the Monster Manual

Monster Manual

The Monster Manual is the primary bestiary sourcebook for monsters in the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. It includes monsters derived from mythology, and folklore, as well as creatures created for D&D specifically...

• Aasimar
  Aasimar
  In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, aasimar are a fictional race of humanoid creatures who are descended from celestials, angels and other creatures of good alignment...
  
  
• Couatl
  Couatl
  In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game, the couatl is a large serpentine creature, and in 3rd edition is considered a native outsider.-Publication history:...
  
  
• Janni
  Genie (Dungeons & Dragons)
  In the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game, genies are outsiders composed in part of the element of their native Elemental Planes.-Dungeons & Dragons :...
  
  
• Rakshasa
  Rakshasa (Dungeons & Dragons)
  In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, a rakshasa is a type of evil outsider that is now native to the Material Plane. They are powerful sorcerers and, although they disdain physical fighting as ignoble, can be dangerous in close combat as well.-Dungeons & Dragons :The rakshasa first...
  
  
• Tiefling
  Tiefling
  Tieflings are a fictional race in the Dungeons and Dragons fantasy tabletop role-playing game.Tieflings were originally introduced as humans with demonic ancestry. A Tiefling is a being whose lineage can be traced back to some degree or another to that of a fiend or demon within the Dungeons &...
  
  
• Triton
  Triton (Dungeons & Dragons)
  Tritons are a fictional species in the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game.-Publication history:The tritons were introduced to the Dungeons & Dragons game in its first supplement, Greyhawk , and also appeared in the Eldritch Wizardry supplement.The triton appeared in the first edition of...
  
  

Extraplanar outsiders in the Monster Manual

Monster Manual

The Monster Manual is the primary bestiary sourcebook for monsters in the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. It includes monsters derived from mythology, and folklore, as well as creatures created for D&D specifically...

• Achaierai
  Achaierai
  In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the achaierai is a large birdlike outsider that comes from the plane of Acheron.-Publication history:The achaierai originally appeared in the first edition Fiend Folio ....
  
  
• Angels
  Angel (Dungeons & Dragons)
  In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game, angels are a type of celestial of any good alignment and hail from any of the Upper Planes. Angels are also known as aasimon...
  
  
• Archons
  Archon (Dungeons & Dragons)
  In the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, archons are a type of creature from the Dungeons & Dragons role playing game. In 1st and 2nd edition, they are powerful lawful good creatures from the upper planes, and in 3rd edition they are celestials. These creatures are sent by higher powers...
  
  
• The arrowhawk is an outsider from the Elemental Plane of air. It can be used by Dungeon Master
  Dungeon Master
  In the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, the Dungeon Master is the game organizer and participant in charge of creating the details and challenges of a given adventure, while maintaining a realistic continuity of events...
  
  s as an aerial predator. It resembles a bird, perhaps most closely a raptor
  Bird of prey
  Birds of prey are birds that hunt for food primarily on the wing, using their keen senses, especially vision. They are defined as birds that primarily hunt vertebrates, including other birds. Their talons and beaks tend to be relatively large, powerful and adapted for tearing and/or piercing flesh....
  
   or vulture
  Vulture
  Vulture is the name given to two groups of convergently evolved scavenging birds, the New World Vultures including the well-known Californian and Andean Condors, and the Old World Vultures including the birds which are seen scavenging on carcasses of dead animals on African plains...
  
  , but with no legs and four wings, which when spread, form an X shape and allow it to alter its posture and fly at maximum speed in any direction. It is five feet long with a seven-foot wingspan during the start of its life, but grows to be 20 feet long with a 30-foot wingspan. It has a sharp beak, long tail, and two tongues. Its feathers are tan, and a dark, greenish blue. It can see in the dark, is immune to acid, electricity and poison, and can shoot lightning from its tail. Despite its intelligence, it is fairly similar in habits to normal predatory birds. It is extremely territorial and always hungry. It attacks for food or to drive away rivals. Its primary attack is to shoot a ray of electricity from its tail. It can also bite, but prefers not to get close to opponents. Arrowhawks can speak Auran, but are rather untalkative. They are regarded as neutral in alignment.
• Azer
  Azer (Dungeons & Dragons)
  The azer is a dwarf-like outsider in the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. In the 3rd edition of the game, azers originate on the Elemental Plane of Fire...
  
  
• Barghest
  Barghest (Dungeons & Dragons)
  In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game, the barghest is a type of fictional monster for player characters to encounter. The barghest is portrayed as a goblin-like creature that comes from the plane of Gehenna to feed on humans. These evil creatures can change form to appear as a dog or...
  
  
• Chaos beast
  Chaos beast
  In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the chaos beast is an outsider from the outer plane of Limbo. They can be used by Dungeon Masters as enemies or allies of the player characters.-Publication history:...
  
  
• Demons
  Demon (Dungeons & Dragons)
  In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, demons are the most widespread race of fiends. The demons are chaotic evil by nature, and are native to the Abyss...
  
  
• Devils
  Devil (Dungeons & Dragons)
  In the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game, devils are a powerful group of monsters used as a high-level challenge for players of the game. Devils are Lawful Evil in alignment and originate from the Nine Hells of Baator. True to their Lawful Evil alignment, devils are locked in a strict and brutal...
  
  
• Djinni
  Genie (Dungeons & Dragons)
  In the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game, genies are outsiders composed in part of the element of their native Elemental Planes.-Dungeons & Dragons :...
  
  
• Efreeti
  Genie (Dungeons & Dragons)
  In the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game, genies are outsiders composed in part of the element of their native Elemental Planes.-Dungeons & Dragons :...
  
  
• Eladrin
  Eladrin
  The Eladrin are a fictional race of creatures appearing in the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. Introduced in the Planescape setting of AD&D 2nd edition and D&D 3rd edition, Eladrin were described as a type of celestial of chaotic good alignment and hailed from the plane of Arborea...
  
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• Formian
  Formian
  In the fictional world of the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, formians are extraplanar insectoid outsiders.-Publication history:...
  
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• Guardinal
  Guardinal
  Guardinals are a type of celestial from the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role playing game.-Publication history:Guardinals debuted as several cards in the Blood Wars Card Game in 1995, including the Avoral, Cervidal, Equinal, Leonal, Lupinal, Ursinal, Duchess Callisto, Duke Lucan, Duke Windheir, Lord...
  
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• Hell hound
  Hell hound (Dungeons & Dragons)
  In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game, the hell hound is a hyena-like creature which can breathe fire and hunts in packs. It is classified as an outsider from the Nine Hells.-Publication history:...
  
  
• Howler
  Howler (Dungeons & Dragons)
  In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the howler is an outsider from planes dominated by evil forces, e.g... the lower planes. It resembles a furless monkey crossed with a sickly dog, and has a vaguely human-like face. It is grey in color, with the slightest hints of violet. For no...
  
  
• Lillend
  Lillend (Dungeons & Dragons)
  In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the lillend is a benevolent half-snake outsider; a being from another plane.-Publication history:...
  
  
• Mephit
  Mephit
  In the fictional world of the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, mephits are extraplanar creatures similar to imps.-Publication history:...
  
  
• Modron
  Modron (Dungeons & Dragons)
  In the fictional multiverse of the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, Modrons are mechanical looking creatures native to the outer plane of Mechanus. Modrons resemble geometric shapes with humanoid limbs and represent a living, physical manifestation of law without regard to good or evil...
  
  
• Night hag
  Night hag (Dungeons & Dragons)
  In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the night hag is an outsider that comes from the Gray Waste of Hades. The night hag's relationship to other types of hags is unclear...
  
  
• Nightmare
  Nightmare (Dungeons & Dragons)
  In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the nightmare is an outsider that comes from the Gray Waste of Hades.-Publication history:The nightmare was introduced to the D&D game in the first edition of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons....
  
  
• Rast
  Rast (Dungeons & Dragons)
  In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the rast is an outsider from the Elemental Plane of fire.-Publication history:The rast first appeared in second edition for the Planescape setting in Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix III .The rast appeared in the third edition Monster...
  
  
• Ravid
  Ravid
  In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the ravid is an outsider from the Positive Energy Plane.-Publication history:The ravid first appeared in second edition for the Planescape setting in Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix III .The ravid appeared in the third edition Monster...
  
  
• Salamanders
  Salamander (Dungeons & Dragons)
  In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the salamander is an outsider from the Elemental Plane of fire which can be used by Dungeon Masters as enemies or allies of the player characters. It resembles a mix of a snake and a human made out of fire, magma, and smoke...
  
  
• Shadow mastiff
  Shadow mastiff
  In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the shadow mastiff is an outsider from the Plane of Shadow.-Publication history:The shadow mastiff first appeared in first edition in the original Monster Manual II ....
  
  
• Slaadi
  Slaad
  In the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, slaad are a fictional race of Outsiders that resemble giant humanoid toads of various colors.-Development and licensing:...
  
  
• Titan
  Titan (Dungeons & Dragons)
  In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, a titan is an enormous, powerful, and godly outsider. Though titans are supposedly of both chaotic good and chaotic evil alignments, the majority of them seem to be good, and hence, those are the ones which will be described here...
  
  
• Tojanida
  Tojanida
  In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the tojanida is a turtle-like outsider from the Elemental Plane of Water.-Publication history:...
  
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• Vargouille
  Vargouille
  In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game, the vargouille is a foul, disgusting, vampiric outsider from evil-aligned planes.-Publication history:The vargouille first appeared in first edition in the original Monster Manual II ....
  
  
• Xill
  Xill
  In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the xill is a nasty, insect-humanoid-like outsider from the deserts and wastelands of the Ethereal Plane.-Publication history:...
  
  
• Xorn
  Xorn (Dungeons & Dragons)
  In the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, xorn are outsiders from the Elemental Plane of Earth.-Publication history:The xorn first appeared in first edition in the original Monster Manual...
  
  
• Yeth hound

Extraplanar outsiders from the Monster Manual II

• Bladeling
• Chaond
• Dune Stalker
• Ether Scarab
• Glimmerskin
• Monster of Legend
• Zenythri

Extraplanar outsiders from the Fiend Folio

Fiend Folio

Fiend Folio is the title shared by three products published for successive editions of the fantasy role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons...

• Aoa
• Bacchae
• Formians - Armadon, Observer, Winged Warrior
• Kaorti
  Kaorti
  In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game, the kaorti is a type of fictional monster for player characters to encounter.-Publication history:...
  
  
• Keeper
• Maelephant
• Nerra
  Nerra
  In the Dungeons & Dragons game, nerras are the rulers of the Plane of Mirrors.-Publication history:The kalareem nerra, the sillit nerra, and the varoot nerra appeared in the third edition Fiend Folio ....
  
  s - Kalareem, Sillit, Varoot
• Planetouched
  Planetouched
  In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the planetouched are mortal creatures whose ancestors were extraplanar creatures such as celestials, fiends, or elementals.Planetouched are considered native outsiders.-Publication history:...
  
   - Maeluth, Mechanatrix, Shyft, Wispling
• Rilmani
  Rilmani
  In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game game, rilmani are the exemplar race of the Concordant Domain of the Outlands.-Publication history:...
  
   - Aurumach, Cuprilach, Ferrumach

Extraplanar outsiders beyond the Monster Manual

Monster Manual

The Monster Manual is the primary bestiary sourcebook for monsters in the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. It includes monsters derived from mythology, and folklore, as well as creatures created for D&D specifically...

• Abyssal Eviscerator (Miniatures Handbook)
• Energon
  Energon (Dungeons & Dragons)
  In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy setting, energons are enimatic, incorporeal outsiders found throughout the Inner Planes.-Publication history:...
  
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• The Myrlochar, also known as a Soul Spider, is a demonic servants of the she-demon lord
  Demon lord (Dungeons & Dragons)
  In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, demon lords are demons who have gained great power and established a position of preeminence among demonkind. Each demon lord has a unique appearance and set of abilities. Most control at least one layer of the Abyss...
  
   of Drow and spiders Lolth
  Lolth
  Lolth is a fictional goddess in the Dungeons and Dragons fantasy role-playing game. Lolth , the Demon Queen of Spiders, is the chief goddess of drow elves...
  
  . They appear in response to rituals of worship or supplication to the Spider Queen. Myrlochars resemble giant brownish-green spiders with a round body with eight legs, and a fiendish head with eight red eyes. Despite this, Myrlochars are Outsiders, and not truly spiders at all. Myrlochar are chaotic evil in alignment. Myrlochars appeared in Monsters of Faerûn
  Monsters of Faerûn
  Monstrous Compendium: Monsters of Faerûn is a supplement for the 3rd edition of Dungeons & Dragons.-Contents:It features about 150 pages of monsters unique to the Forgotten Realms campaign setting...
  
  , and were also mentioned in Drow of the Underdark
  Drow of the Underdark
  Drow of the Underdark is the name of two supplemental rules books for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, providing supplementary game rules focusing on drow culture, equipment and folklore for both players and Dungeon Masters....
  
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• Quori (Eberron)
• Shadow Beast (Fiend Folio
  Fiend Folio
  Fiend Folio is the title shared by three products published for successive editions of the fantasy role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons...
  
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• Sylph
  Sylph (Dungeons & Dragons)
  In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, a sylph is an outsider that shares many similarities to fey creatures.-Publication history:...