Combat rating 11

February 15, 2024

TRICERATOPS: Charge of the Triceratops

Have the players enter a clearing, ringed about by dead thorns, possibly as high as their waists, possibly higher than their heads. Continue reading

animal, guardian (CR 5-7)

Combat rating 11, Combat rating 7, Combat rating 8, Combat rating 9, difficulty 5, difficulty 6, difficulty 7, dinosaurs, homebrew
January 1, 2024

CHAIN DEVIL: How to Maximise Animated Chains

My combat encounters are going to revolve around various ways to use the animate chains ability, but before we get into that, I want to discuss his unnerving face reaction. Continue reading

guardian (CR 8-10), minion

Combat rating 10, Combat rating 11, Combat rating 14, Combat rating 16, devils, difficulty 10, difficulty 11, difficulty 9
December 28, 2023

BONE DEVIL & Taking Care of a Group of Commoners

How to Use: Skirmisher Devil of the Nine Hells This article will cover bone devil tactics, combat with unwilling slaves, and several challenges of escorting the rescued to safety. Combat encounter 1: Battle of Stone Columns (difficulty 10) Suggested terrain: A dessert wilderness, with tall peaks of rock jutting up on both sides of the… Continue reading

guardian (CR 8-10), minion

Combat rating 11, Combat rating 13, Combat rating 16, Combat rating 18, devils, difficulty 10, difficulty varies
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
December 14, 2023

VROCK: A Harrying Attacker and a Treasure Raider

Let’s start with basic strategy. The vrock will perch on a high peak, or other high point, and whenever its spores are available it will fly just low enough to use them before flying back up. Continue reading

guardian (CR 5-7), minion

Combat rating 11, Combat rating 12, Combat rating 8, Combat rating 9, demons, difficulty 6, difficulty 7, difficulty 8
November 27, 2023

HERZOU: Trapping PCs in a Tight Spot

The hezrou actually does have an optimal fighting method, thanks to its poison effect. It wants to be as close to as many of its enemies as possible, so as to maximize the poison condition it causes. Continue reading

guardian (CR 8-10), minion

Combat rating 10, Combat rating 11, Combat rating 14, Combat rating 16, demons, difficulty 9, puzzle
November 20, 2023

GLABREZU: Deadly as a Friend, Lethal as a Foe

The glabrezu is an extremely powerful demon, powerful enough that I have no idea why its CR is only 9. Continue reading

guardian (CR 8-10), minion

Combat rating 11, Combat rating 13, Combat rating 16, Combat rating 18, demons, difficulty 11, difficulty 12, difficulty 13, difficulty 15, social encounter
November 13, 2023

CHASME & How to Run Pursuit by a Large Force

Aside from the plain usage of being an ordinary attacker, there are three ways I would go about using a chasme. Continue reading

attacker (CR 5-7), minion

Combat rating 11, Combat rating 12, Combat rating 8, Combat rating 9, demons, difficulty 6, difficulty 8
November 9, 2023

BARLGURA: King of the Mountaintop

With the barlgura we have one of the weirdest combos in D&D. A creature of no intelligence to speak of, with a whole bunch of spells whose usage revolves around being used subtly. Continue reading

guardian (CR 5-7), minion

battlemap, Combat rating 11, Combat rating 7, Combat rating 8, Combat rating 9, demons, difficulty 7, homebrew, spell tactics
October 12, 2023

CYCLOPS: Using Poor Depth Perception to Make him Deadlier

The first thing I would like to note is that the one eye is a weakness. The original cyclops in The Odyssey was given one eye as a weakness for Ulysses to exploit, and its only significant function in the story is Ulysses taking advantage of it. ( Continue reading

attacker (CR 5-7), minion

Combat rating 11, Combat rating 12, Combat rating 8, Combat rating 9, difficulty 7, difficulty 8

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.

Dragon Encounters

Combat rating 11

TRICERATOPS: Charge of the Triceratops

CHAIN DEVIL: How to Maximise Animated Chains

BONE DEVIL & Taking Care of a Group of Commoners

BARBED DEVIL: Why Devils Need to Pay for Souls

VROCK: A Harrying Attacker and a Treasure Raider

HERZOU: Trapping PCs in a Tight Spot

CHASME & How to Run Pursuit by a Large Force

BARLGURA: King of the Mountaintop

CYCLOPS: Using Poor Depth Perception to Make him Deadlier

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