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ADULT BRONZE DRAGON & Fighting Alongside a Powerful Ally
How to Avoid Using As always, we’ll start an article about a good-alignment monster with a list of ideas as to how to avoid using. I.E. if there’s a good dragon in your campaign world, why isn’t it out there fighting the villain instead of the PCs? How to Use Having your players team up… Continue reading
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ADULT BRASS DRAGON & Uses for a Powerful Non-combatant
Reasons it Won’t Join the Quest 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 – Neutral friendly The brass dragon is a non-combatant when possible. There are numerous other ways to… 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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ADULT WHITE DRAGON: Defenses of the Frozen Lair
How to use The dragon’s lair (exploring the various obstacles of the dragon’s lair, and how to use them.) I’m going to split the lair into three parts. Reaching the lair, reaching the dragon, and fighting the dragon. Reaching the Lair The entrance to the dragon’s lair will be high up on a mountain. The… Continue reading
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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
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YOUNG BLUE DRAGON: Master of Tactical Fighting
How to Use – Combat Encounter (difficulty 10) The blue dragon is a strategist. It will take note of any weaknesses in its opponents, and fight accordingly. This means that against a group of melee PCs, if will strafe them with its breath, and forgo attacking on the rounds that it can’t if that will… Continue reading
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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
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.