Dream Eater
Medium Fiend · Lawful Evil · CR 5
- Fiend
- Medium
- Tier 2
- Evil
As a medium fiend (lawful evil), Dream Eater carries CR 5. Common in ruins, underground, and urban environments. Sourced from Tome of Beasts 1.
Stat Block
- Challenge Rating
- 5
- Type
- Fiend
- Size
- Medium
- Alignment
- Lawful Evil
- Speed
- 30, fly 20
- Habitats
- Ruins, Underground, Urban
- Sources
- Tome of Beasts 1
Ecology
Dream Eater is a creature of the Lower Planes, present in the mortal world via summoning, banishment-failure, or a planar breach. It is most often found in ruins regions. It is medium-sized, which shapes how it hunts, hides, or fights.
Behaviour
Dream Eater is cruel and patient, willing to take centuries to repay an insult. Its Lawful Evil alignment shapes how it engages with the world — predictable in tendency, even when unpredictable in detail. It is intelligent enough to plan, scheme, or remember. Spellcasting expands its repertoire well beyond what its physical stat block alone suggests.
Origin
Dream Eater is introduced in Kobold Press's Tome of Beasts 1 (2016). Fiends originate in the Lower Planes — the Nine Hells, the Abyss, or further hells beyond — bound to whatever cosmic hierarchy that plane enforces. Within a campaign, its existence anchors a region with the kind of weight only an old, named species carries.
Related Monsters
Frequently Asked Questions about Dream Eater
- What is the challenge rating of Dream Eater?
- Dream Eater has a challenge rating of 5. It fits levels 5-11.
- What type of creature is Dream Eater?
- The bestiary type for Dream Eater is fiend, medium size, lawful evil alignment.
- Where does Dream Eater live?
- Dream Eater's listed habitats include Ruins, Underground, Urban.