Bestiary 3 (First Edition)

This article covers the Pathfinder First Edition Bestiary 3. For the Pathfinder Second Edition equivalent, see Bestiary 3 (Second Edition).

Bestiary 3, a Pathfinder Roleplaying Game sourcebook written by Jesse Benner, Jason Bulmahn, Adam Daigle, James Jacobs, Michael Kenway, Robert G. McCreary, Patrick Renie, Chris S. Sims, F. Wesley Schneider, James L. Sutter, and Russ Taylor, was released in December 2011.

Its second printing was released in November 2014, and a softcover Pocket Edition of the book was released on January 31, 2018.

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Nightmares and Legends

Test your courage against the most infamous foes of myth and legend! Bestiary 3 presents hundreds of monsters for use in the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game. Within this book you'll find demiliches and demodands, grave knights and goblin snakes, norns and nephilim, imperial dragons and unfettered eidolons, and so much more! Yet not every creature needs to be an enemy, as winged garudas, crafty tanukis, and leonine lammasus all wait to join your party and answer the call of glory.
The Pathfinder RPG Bestiary 3 is the third indispensable volume of monsters for use with the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game and serves as a companion to the Pathfinder RPG Core Rulebook and Pathfinder RPG Bestiary. This imaginative tabletop game builds upon more than 10 years of system development and an Open Playtest featuring more than 50,000 gamers to create a cutting-edge RPG experience that brings the all-time bestselling set of fantasy rules into the new millennium.
The Pathfinder RPG Bestiary 3 includes:

More than 300 different monsters

Classic terrors from myth and literature, from the frumious bandersnatch and the righteous valkyrie to the cunning dybbuk and elusive kappa

Hordes of new creatures you can construct, grow, or summon to aid your party in its adventures

New player-friendly races to let you adventure as canny ratfolk, genie-blooded sulis, and more

New familiars, animal companions, and other allies

Challenges for any adventure and every level of play

Some of the strangest and most beloved creatures from fantasy roleplaying history and the Pathfinder campaign setting

Hosts of new templates and variants

Appendices to aid in monster navigation, including lists by Challenge Rating, monster type, and habitat

Expanded universal monster rules to simplify special attacks, defenses, and qualities

And MUCH, MUCH MORE!

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Monsters A–Z

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Monsters A–Z