The Midgard Bestiary has quickly become one of my favorite 4e product. When I saw the Midgard Bonus Bestiary, I picked it up fairly quickly. Like the bestiary, the monster are well designed an interesting. I've used the Bagiennik and Dragonleaf Tree. The Bagiennik is a strange water fey that looks more like an aberration. They are described as mad healers who sometimes help and sometimes attack seemingly without reason. That description inspired an encounter where a small group of the creatures were healing a unicorn. While I designed the encounter with them as a potential combat, the PCs decided not to engage them. The PCs referred to the Dragonleaf Tree as a half-dragon treant. They provided a pretty good challenge for the PCs. In preparing for a session I did find the lack of chart of monsters by level annoying. Here is the one I made:
| Doppelrat | Level 1 Solo Skirmisher |
| Witchlight | Level 2 Artillery |
| Kikimora | Level 5 Elite Lurker |
| Oculo Swarm | Level 6 Skirmisher |
| Bagiennik | Level 7 Skirmisher |
| Dragonleaf Tree | Level 9 Artillery |
| Protostar Drake | Level 12 Skirmisher |
| Salt Golem | Level 15 Brute |
| Star Drake | Level 17 Elite Lurker |
| Stuhac | Level 18 Solo Brute |
| Andrenjinyi | Level 19 Solo Brute |
| Chort Devil | Level 22 Skirmisher |
| Strangling Watcher (Urochar) | Level 22 Solo Lurker |
As you can see the creatures are rather spread out in level. Unless you modify the creatures, you'll need another monster book but that isn't surprising giving that this is a bonus bestiary. If my players were lower level, I'd use the Doppelrat which can make copies of itself. As a beholder fan, the oculo swarm looks interesting. It even includes a level 9 wizard daily attack to summon the creature. I would definitely recommend this for 4e DMs.
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