Dragon Encounters

Combat scenarios for every monster, allowing them to utilize their combat potential to the fullest for the first time ever.

December 30, 2024

ANCIENT COPPER DRAGON: The Host Hiding in Plain Sight

This ancient copper dragon can uses Change Shape to trick players, lure them into danger, mess them up, and strike when they least expect it. Change Shape as Combat Tactics How to Use (difficulty 24) The ancient copper dragon, like all ancient metallic dragons and several of the adult metallic dragons, has the ability to… Continue reading

boss battle (CR 17+), leader, Uncategorized

Combat rating 24, Combat rating 26, Combat rating 27, Combat rating 28, difficulty 24, dragons, social encounter, traps
August 12, 2024

WHITE DRAGON WYRMLING: How to Defend a Low-Level Lair

How to use – White Wyrmling Tactics Encounter Building for Multiple Wyrmlings As monsters go, the white dragon wyrmling is potentially pretty powerful for his CR 2 level. His breath weapon does 22 damage on average, which will knock out almost any PC of the matching level if they fail their save. Their chances of… Continue reading

animal, guardian (CR 0-4)

Combat rating 3, Combat rating 4, Combat rating 5, difficulty 3, dragons, traps
July 18, 2024

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

boss battle (CR 17+), independent

dragons, theater of mind, traps
June 6, 2024

ANCIENT GREEN DRAGON: Master of the Subtle Trap

By the time the dragon is ancient, it will set extremally subtle traps. (The adult might use these also, but the ancient will use them for sure.) These are traps where the trap itself is so well hidden that there Continue reading

boss battle (CR 11-16), leader

Combat rating 24, Combat rating 27, Combat rating 28, Combat rating 29, difficulty 23, difficulty24, dragons, traps
May 30, 2024

ADULT GREEN DRAGON: Threats, Trickery, Minions, and Magic,

Before I discuss the adult greens dragon’s tactics, I want to discuss the spell Hero’s Feast, and how to deal with it. Continue reading

guardian (CR 11-16), independent

Combat rating 18, Combat rating 20, Combat rating 23, Combat rating 25, difficulty 17, dragons, social encounter
May 9, 2024

ANCIENT BLUE DRAGON: The Ultimate Boss Battle Dragon

The ancient blue dragon maintains a tight watch over its territories, and the PCs should not be able to approach it (except magically) without it knowing about it well beforehand. Continue reading

boss battle (CR 17+), leader

Combat rating 26, Combat rating 27, Combat rating 28, Combat rating 29, difficulty 24, difficulty 25, dragons
April 15, 2024

Prisoners of a Dragon:

Low-level PCs vrs adult chromatic dragon, Number 1. This is the first of a series of articles presenting encounters involving low-level PCs and an adult chromatic dragon. There will be one of these articles to go along with almost every chromatic dragon in the Monster Manual. In setting this encounter, an NPC has been taken… Continue reading

boss battle (CR 11-16), independent, Uncategorized

difficulty 7, dragons
December 21, 2023

BARBED DEVIL: Why Devils Need to Pay for Souls

Before going into the meat of the article, I wanted to write a little about devil contracts. There seems to be a gaping plot hole in the entire idea. Continue reading

guardian (CR 5-7), minion

battlemap, Combat rating 11, Combat rating 7, Combat rating 8, Combat rating 9, devils, difficulty 6
October 31, 2023

DEMILICH: A Glass Cannon Foe, and How to Use Him

The demilich is one of the more unique monsters in the Monster Manual. Before we can try to build scenarios for him, we need to first understand how he functions, and how he should and should not be used. Continue reading

boss battle (CR 17+), leader

Combat rating 23, Combat rating 24, Combat rating 26, Combat rating 27, difficulty 20, difficulty 22, difficulty 23, difficulty 24, difficulty 25, difficulty 26
August 6, 2023

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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.

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