Combat rating 16

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 5, 2023

NALFSHNEE: Talking Fancy and Fighting Dirty

How to Use: Roleplaying a Discussion with a Demon With the nalfshnee, I am going to give a couple of different strategies that it is likely to use. You can use them all, to set up one large boss fight, or you can use one or two of them to spice up an otherwise basic… Continue reading

guardian (CR 11-16), leader

Combat rating 16, Combat rating 18, Combat rating 21, Combat rating 22, demons, difficulty 15, social encounter, traps
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
September 13, 2023

CLOAKER: Masters of the Tactical Ambush

Scenario: Cloakers depend of taking their prey by surprise. They are also fairly intelligent. One way of taking their prey by surprise is to creep along behind them, as suggested here. Another way that they might fight is by taking advantage of the fact that they look like cloaks. Continue reading

ally (CR 8-10), attacker (CR 8-10), guardian (CR 8-10), independent

Combat rating 10, Combat rating 11, Combat rating 14, Combat rating 16, difficulty 10, difficulty 6, difficulty 9, puzzle
June 22, 2023

BEHOLDER & Ideas For Challenging Pit Traps

No creature prepares for combat like a beholder. The text in Volo’s talked about beholders as impossibly paranoid, with any scenario thrown at them, no matter how improbable, being something they’ve already contemplated and worked out how to deal with. As such, their lairs should be infamous for their traps (more trap ideas later.) And… Continue reading

boss battle (CR 11-16), leader

beholders, Combat rating 16, Combat rating 19, Combat rating 21, Combat rating 22, difficulty 16, difficulty 19, traps
June 15, 2023

BEHIR: Forcing the Players Into Making a Deadly Pursuit

The behir’s strategy is simple. It will ambush the PCs, constrict one of them the first turn, drag them to a safe[er] area if possible, and swallow during the second turn. After that, it will flee through a tunnel. Continue reading

animal, attacker (CR 11-16)

Combat rating 14, Combat rating 16, Combat rating 19, Combat rating 20, difficulty 10

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 16

CHAIN DEVIL: How to Maximise Animated Chains

BONE DEVIL & Taking Care of a Group of Commoners

HERZOU: Trapping PCs in a Tight Spot

CLOAKER: Masters of the Tactical Ambush

BEHOLDER & Ideas For Challenging Pit Traps

BEHIR: Forcing the Players Into Making a Deadly Pursuit

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