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DRYAD: Improved Nature Quests and the Green Trap
Discover better nature-themed quest ideas—and learn how to turn dryad encounters into lethal fights with Entangle and stealth tactics. How to Use: Dryad and Nature Quests The obvious purpose for a dryad is as a quest giver, for nature related quests. I don’t normally do quests (I feel enough quest ideas exist online), but most… Continue reading
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ADULT COPPER DRAGON: Trials of the Acid Trickster
I already discussed in the last article how to use and not use the copper dragon’s sense of humor. I also mentioned that this dragon is closer to neutral than good, and that therefore there is probably no need to find reasons for the dragon not to join the party when you don’t want it… Continue reading
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YOUNG COPPER DRAGON: The Comedian and the Crumbling Cliff
How to Use Personality of the Copper Dragon While the copper dragon is officially classified as good, I fail to see it in the flavor text description. Based on that description, I’d classify the dragon as neutral. This is not a dragon that will help vanquish evil, unless it is in its most direct self-interest… Continue reading
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ADULT BRASS DRAGON & Uses for a Powerful Non-combatant
Ways to prevent an Overpowered Ally I begin my article with reasons why the dragon doesn’t just do the quest instead of the players, this being one of the most common problems with good-alignment monsters. How to Use – The Neutral Friendly Dragon The brass dragon is a non-combatant when possible. There are numerous other… Continue reading
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SHADOW DRAGON: Unleashing terror From Amidst the Darkness
In the last post, I mentioned that shadow dragons keep their presence hidden, and enjoy spreading a dark unknown fear instead of announcing their strength the way every other dragon does. Before going into the details of how it does that, I felt the need to discuss How to use Horror in D&D. Now is… Continue reading
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ANCIENT WHITE DRAGON: Weapons of the Artic Cold
How to Use: White Dragon and Artic Terrain Combat Encounter 1: Battle Atop an Iceberg (difficulty 23) The players are on top of an iceberg. Perhaps their ship crashed into it and they needed to evacuate onto the iceberg, perhaps the white dragon sank their ship via dropping boulders, perhaps there’s a quest object or… Continue reading
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ADULT WHITE DRAGON: Defenses of the Frozen Lair
How to Use the Dragon’s Lair Exploring the obstacles of the white dragon’s lair. There are three main parts. Reaching the lair, reaching the dragon, and fighting. Reaching a White Dragon’s Lair The entrance to the dragon’s lair will be high up on a mountain. The side of the mountain will be too slick to… Continue reading
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To Fight a Dragon: Part 2. How to Kill a Dragon
The second part of this article and mini-campaign is to provide a way in which the players can fight back against the dragon, and kill it. Continue reading
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To Fight a Dragon: Part 1. Survival
Let us suppose that a dragon is after you. Perhaps because you killed its young, perhaps you made the mistake of taking something from its hoard. Continue reading
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ANCIENT RED DRAGON: HOW TO FIGHT WITH FIRE
While the red dragon is known to despise strategies as tools of the feeble, an ancient red dragon is old enough to know that they’re sometimes a necessary evil. Either that, or it’s grown tired of fighting off fools, Continue reading
About Me
I’ve been a DM since I was about 10 years old. (Not of D&D, admittedly, but still.) After growing bored of fights that were all the same, dungeons heavily populated by one monster type, and a general shortage of ideas, I figured I’d embark on my own trip through the Monster Manual, one monster at a time. Feel free to join the quest.