Examples are ghouls, ghosts, vampires, and zombies. Undead: Creatures created by 'powerful forces' acting on the bodies and souls of the dead.Examples are beholders, cockatrices, dragons, hook horrors, minotaurs, rust monsters, and werewolves. Monsters: Includes 'other fantastical creatures' with strange appearances or unnatural powers.Examples are strangle vine, shriekers, gelatinous cubes, giant ants, spiders, and giant leeches. Lowlife: Generally non-intelligent and simple creatures, such as plants, fungi, oozes, insects, arachnids, and other invertebrates.

Examples also include men, dwarves, goblins, and trolls.

Examples are elementals, golems, and salamanders. Examples are bears, dinosaurs, and giant lizards. There were six categories presented in that supplement:

Basic Dungeons & Dragons Creature CatalogueĬreature types were first introduced in the Basic Dungeons & Dragons supplement AC9 Creature Catalogue (1986).