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SILVER DRAGON WYRMLING: Climbing for Survival and Chasing Down Caverns
Dnd’s silver dragon wyrmling is weak, but can really hamper movement. Here are four separate encounters built around that. How to Use – Silver Dragon Wyrmling Tactics The best way to use any wyrmling, tactically, is for it to hit them with its breath weapon when available, then use its movement speed to get around… Continue reading
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COPPER DRAGON WYRMLING: Trickery on the Battlefield and Beyond
How to Use a DnD Wyrmling I mentioned in chromatic dragon wyrmlings that I dislike the idea of using wyrmlings as enemies. In my mind, a battle against a dragon should be impressive, and using wyrmlings as enemies robs dragons of their majesty. With that said, here are a few encounters if you do want… Continue reading
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BRONZE DRAGON WYRMLING: Hidden in the Mist
How to Use – The Copper Wyrmling’s Home Combat Encounter 1 (difficulty 4) For good territory for a bronze dragon wyrmling, or wyrmlings (I see little reason to assume that good alignment dragon wyrmlings would be solitary), I would suggest a cave complex. Because this is a good dragon, and because one of a bronze… Continue reading
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BRASS DRAGON WYRMLING: Hostile in the Heart of Flames
How to Use a Wyrmling as an Ally When I came to the first chromatic dragon wyrmling, I spoke out against using wyrmlings. I argued that dragons should feel like a formidable enemy, and that wyrmlings as villains make dragons feel weak. I should have added a caveat. That applies only when the wyrmlings are… Continue reading
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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
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GREEN DRAGON WYRMLING: Fighting While Caught in a Trap
If you are going to use a wyrmling, I would give them one heck of an advantage. In the case of green dragons, this feels like it can be done through traps. I’ll suggest some ideas. Continue reading
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BLACK DRAGON WYRMLING: Using Darkness and Fog as Weapons
My first piece of advice regarding wyrmlings would be not to use them. Dragons are the most epic, the most awesome, of all fantasy monsters, and a dragon encounter should be a hard one, with the players struggling to survive. (Especially the first time you use a dragon.) Wyrmlings shatter this concept. I have seen… Continue reading
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PLESIOSAURUS: Trapped on the Dinosaur’s Back
The plesiosaurus is the dinosaur with the long neck, which D&D has translated into a 10-foot reach. This is understating it, though. 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.