Monster Encounter - Gloomdeep
Overview
The following entries list all known hostile entities confirmed within @Gloomdeep . Each creature is a fixed manifestation of the Corpse Plague or a direct byproduct of Veil rupture. No other species, mutations, or variants exist within canon. All encounters are categorized strictly by Challenge Rating (CR) to ensure consistency.
Behavior Rules
All entities are physical and permanent, not spectral illusions or emergent phenomena.
All undead forms originate from the same plague event — the violent re-entry of souls into corpses.
All demonic entities entered through Veil fractures within the @The Vaults .
@Feral Goblin appears throughout all layers of the city in overwhelming numbers and acts as the default ambient threat.
Encounters (Ordered by CR)
CR 2 – @Feral Goblin : Undead goblin husks that roam every level of Gloomdeep in countless numbers. They are mindless, aggressive, and driven only to spread the plague.
CR 2 – @Corrupted Zealot : Fallen members of the @Ashen Vigil, their bodies reanimated by plague infection after death.
CR 3 – @Whispering Shade: Faint soul echoes of the lost, often heard before they are seen. Harmless until provoked or approached.
CR 4 – @Bloated Gobin Corpse : Plague-swollen bodies that explode when damaged, releasing infectious fluid.
CR 5 – @Feral Human : Infected humans from early expeditions, reanimated and degraded by time.
CR 6 – @Corpse Garden : Clusters of corpses fused together into crawling masses of rot and bone.
CR 8 – @Plague Drake : Mid-sized draconic entities that exhale necrotic mist carrying plague corruption.
CR 9 – @Veil Stalker : Thin, long-limbed predators from the edges of reality, moving between fractured space.
CR 10 – @Goblin Demon : Fiends that inhabit goblin remains, using them as hosts to command lesser undead.
CR 12 – @Corpse Plague Brute : Gigantic humanoid abominations formed from layered dead, extremely durable.
CR 14 – @Demon Drake : Larger, fully demonic draconic entities sustained by plague essence.
CR 16 – @Soulrender Abomination : Amalgamations of countless souls fused into writhing bodies.
CR 18 – @Corpse Colossus : Monstrous constructs of the dead, formed from thousands of corpses animated by plague will.
CR 20 – @The Veil‑Torn Demon : A greater demon formed directly from a breach in the Veil, capable of creating smaller rifts.
CR 25 – @Veil Sovereign : Lord of the necropolis, embodiment of the rupture that birthed the plague, ruler of all entities within @The Vaults .
Distribution by Region
@Upper Galleries (CR 2–8): @Feral Goblin , @Corrupted Zealot , @Whispering Shade , @Bloated Gobin Corpse , @Feral Human , @Corpse Garden , @Plague Drake .
@The Pillar Warrens (CR 8–16): @Feral Goblin , @Plague Drake , @Veil Stalker , @Goblin Demon , @Corpse Plague Brute , @Demon Drake , @Soulrender Abomination .
@The Vaults (CR 16–25): @Feral Goblin , @Demon Drake , @Soulrender Abomination , @Corpse Colossus , @The Veil‑Torn Demon , @Veil Sovereign .