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DIMI R C REATURES FUNGUS
Golgari territory is filled with creatures composed
Alongside human and vampire spies and assassins, a va-
riety of stealthy and shadowy monsters contribute to the of fungus and detritus from the guild's rot farms.
Shriekers serve as sentries in Gotgari tunnels, and vio-
work of House Oimir. Ooppelgangers and invisible stalk-
ers move unseen among the populace. Horrors-as well let fungus sprouts from the corpses of intruders. Amor-
as gricks, intellect devourers, and similar monsters- are phous masses of dead and decaying matter can develop
thought to be the fears of Ravnica's populace given form into shambling mounds in the spore-saturated environ-
by Dimir magic. And undead such as shadows. wraiths, ment of the undercity.
and Nightveil specters keep watch over secret Dimir Some Golgari creatures are symbiotic fusions of
territories. fungus and living creatures. Golgari trolls are hulking
sewer dwellers with fungus adorning their bodies like
manes, acting as extra layers for their already tough
DIMIR CREATUR ES
hide and facilitating their regeneration.
Challenge Creature Source
1/2 Shadow MM INSECTS AND ARACHNIDS
Spy MM Beetles, centipedes, spiders, and countless other insects
l Thought spy GGR and arachnids infest Golgari warrens. These creatures,
often associated with decay and rebirth, are prized by
2 Crick MM
the guild. Giant bugs serve as beasts of burden, compan-
2 Intellect devourer MM
ions, steeds, and guardians. Among the largest of these
3 Doppelganger MM
is the Deadbridge goliath beetle (equivalent to the tricer-
3 Flying horror GGR
atops in the Monster Manual).
4 Mind drinker vampire GGR
Piranha beetles {best represented as a swarm of in-
5 Allip MTF sects, from the Monster Manual) burrow through the
5 Mind mage GGR soft earth and gather into swarms to overtake their vic-
5 Wraith MM tims and strip the Resh from them. Skein spiders (as gi-
6 Invisible stalker MM ant spiders, from the Monster Manual) are an important
7 Crick alpha MM part of Golgari reclamation work: fungus grows rapidly
8 Assassin MM along the silken spiderwebs, expanding to engulf archi-
8 Cloamwing CCR tecture and hasten the Golgari annexation process.
9 Shadow horror GGR
ZOMBIES
10 Nightveil specter GGR
The guild encourages the use and exploration of necro-
15 Skittering horror GGR mancy. Fungus covers the bodies of most of the undead
17 Lazav GGR that serve the guild, the majority of which are fungus
drudges (equivalent to zombies in the Monster Man-
GOLGARI CREATURES ua/)- mindless servants animated by the fungus that
infests their bodies.
The Devkarin elves (drow), deadly medusas, and insec-
tile kraut are the th ree most important power groups
GOLCARI CREATURES
among the Golgari Swarm, vying for control over a
teeming horde of lesser (or at least less ambitious) Challenge Creature Source
creatures. 0 Shrieker MM
1/4 Drow MM
ERSTWHILE
1/4 Fungus drudge (zombie) MM
A significant shift in the Golgari balance of power be-
1/4 Vegepygmy VGM
gan when the kraut death priest Mazirek discovered an Violet fungus
ancient mausoleum compound. Deep in the undercity, 1/4 MM
beneath the layers of civilization that had built up over 1/2 Kraul warrior CCR
millennia, Mazirek found a hidden network of vaults 1/2 Scout MM
called Umerilek, an enormous structure that would 1/2 Piranha beetles (swarm of insects) MM
have dominated a city block. Inside were hundreds of Skein spider (giant spider) MM
well-preserved corpses suffused with a latent necroman- l Thorny VGM
tic power that Mazirek activated, bringing the corpses 2 Ankheg MM
back to a shambling semblance of life. This new race of 2 Ogre zombie MM
undead is called the Erstwhile (equivalent to the wight 2 Vegepygmy chief VGM
in the Monster Manual).
3 Erstwhile (wight) MM
In their time, the Erstwhile were aristocratic elves 4 Kraul death priest CCR
of immense wealth and opulence. They still wear their 5 Deadbridge goliath beetle MM
stately attire, despite its moldering condition, and they
(triceratops)
lend an air of high culture to the undercity court of
the Golgari. 5 Drow elite warrior MM
5 Colgari shaman GGR

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