The monster was created by the ice queen in a fit of anger and seems to represent that hostility, attacking those who would disrupt her alone time in her castle. The massive ice creature that Elsa creates in Frozen has a name, and that’s Marshmallow. Want to do a Xenomorph queen? Just mod an Adult Black Dragon. Pretty simple for a creature that could be quite memorable to fight. We’ve started with the stats for a Young Black Dragon and modified to make it a little more like what we see in the movies. Think about it: it’s amphibious, acid spraying, black, and vaguely dragon-ish. The Xenomorphs from the Aliens franchise already haunt our nightmares, plus they’re basically a black dragon.

Let’s take a look at a few awesome examples from all over modern cinema, from sci-fi, to monster horror, to animated films like Frozen. Scouring the Monster Manual for something your players haven’t had the pleasure of fighting? Grabbing monsters from our favorite movies and books can be a fun way of finding inspiration and it’s easy to “file off the serial numbers” of existing stat blocks, making something new from those old hat creatures.

D&d ice creatures