Where are all the Dire beats?

[nedlud]

There seems to be a shortage of Dire Beasts in 5e.
Am I missing something?
I found this list of 5e monsters (https://donjon.bin.sh/5e/monsters/) but can only find a dire wolf and a dire troll.
I'm happy to homebrew this if I need to, but want to check first to see if I'm missing something.

[stoutstien]

I think most of them are just called giant X.
Which one you hunting for?

[PhantomSoul]

I think most of them are just called giant X.
Which one you hunting for?

Building on this, here's an expanded list for Giant X:


Giant Fire Beetle
Giant Crab
Giant Rat
Giant Weasel
Giant Badger
Giant Bat
Giant Centipede
Giant Frog
Giant Lizard
Giant Owl
Giant Poisonous Snake
Giant Wolf Spider
Giant Goat
Giant Sea Horse
Giant Wasp
Giant Eagle
Giant Hyena
Giant Octopus
Giant Spider
Giant Strider
Giant Toad
Giant Vulture
Giant Boar
Giant Constrictor Snake
Giant Elk
Giant Scorpion
Giant Crocodile
Giant Shark
Giant Ape


(There are probably more)

[AttilatheYeon]

Dire beats? They all went underground. We call them EDM now ;-)

[nedlud]

I think most of them are just called giant X.
Which one you hunting for?

LOL
"Dire X" sounds better than "Giant X" :smallsmile:

I was looking for the Dire Boar. Guess I'll just use the stats for a Giant Boar.

[PhantomSoul]

LOL
"Dire X" sounds better than "Giant X" :smallsmile:

I was looking for the Dire Boar. Guess I'll just use the stats for a Giant Boar.

Bonus points if it's a tall and/or overweight NPC who just won't shut up about things you know the players won't care about.

[nedlud]

Bonus points if it's a tall and/or overweight NPC who just won't shut up about things you know the players won't care about.

Actually I'm trying to compile a list of rare hams that the PCs' can collect. A ham made from a Dire Boar seemed like fun :smallsmile: