The answer is to use unique monsters during encounters that feel tailor-made for the jungle setting.
This list has a handful of great options to use in a jungle for your Dungeons & Dragons campaign.
Plus, it has a decently hefty HP pool if you don’t have a huge party.
This ability lets the Fungi emit toxic gas from their bodies, poisoning creatures around them.
These creatures make for a great mid-level encounter, as they have magic resistance and are immune to poison.
They can also shape-shift, which makes for fun flavor.
Ghast Gravecallers like to hang out around ruins, cemeteries, and other sites of decay.
Plus, its terrifying visage can inflict the Fear condition on unsuspecting adventurers.
Trees, and blights, and vines, oh my!
These plants will have your Dungeons & Dragons party scrambling for the refuge of a city in no time.
4Elemental Cultists
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Cults and cultists can be found in any biome, including jungles.
Hunting down the epicenter of the cult through a vast jungle is sure to prove for a climactic battle.
Art by Katerina Ladon
The T-Rex is a formidable opponent thanks to its hefty HP and multiattack.
Thinking of using an aquatic setting in your next D&D campaign?
These are the best monsters to use.
Constrictor Snake by Alejandro Pacheco
Crocidile by Leesha Hannigan
Gas Spore Fungus by Helge C. Balzer
Yuan-ti Abomination by Brian Valenzuela
Ghast Gravecaller by Olivier Bernard
Hag by Linda Lithen
Cultists by Aurore Folny
Tyrannosaurs Rex by April Prime
Giant Wasps by Dario Jelusic
Blights by Brian Valeza
