Dungeons & Dragons Makes Surprising Design Update to One Classic Monster Design
A classic monster is getting a new look in the 202 Next month, Wizards of the Coast will release a brand new for. The new rulebook will contain over 500 creature statblocks, most of which have been rebalanced to reflect D&D's revised 5th edition ruleset. In addition to statblocks, the 2025 is packed with new artwork, with several monsters getting a major redesign. While Wizards of the Coast publicized the new dragon designs in the book, another classic monster also received a radically revamped design.
In a YouTube video showcasing various aberrations and oozes in the new, showed off artwork featuring a very different look for the aboleth, a primordial creature with alien intelligence. The aboleth has traditionally been depicted as a fish-like creature with three eyes, but the new artwork by Kev Walker gives the aboleth a much more alien appearance.
The new aboleth design is a towering mass of tentacles with a large, gaping maw for a mouth. While the aboleth maintains its three vertically-lined eyes, they're now triangular and much more abhorrent.
The aboleth is one of the weirder monsters, having first appeared in the 1980 adventure by Zeb Cook. In lore, the aboleths ruled over ancient empires that predated the arrival of the gods in the Material Plane. When the gods appeared, they destroyed the aboleth kingdoms and freed the developing lifeforms that were being psychically dominated by them. Typically, aboleths dream of rebuilding their empires and humiliating the gods, robbing them of power in the same ways they once were themselves.
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Aboleths are typically amphibious creatures that live in ancient ruins or deep underground. In addition to having powerful psychic abilities capable of mentally enslaving sentient lifeforms, they also can produce a mucus cloud that transform those around them.A creature affected by the
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