Combat rating 4
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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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BLUE DRAGON WYRMLING: Ideal Terrain to Make the Dragon Deadly
I’ve already written that I feel that using wyrmlings is a mistake, that they are too weak and rob dragons of the majesty they should have. See black dragon wyrmling for further details. 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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DOPPELGANGER: How to use an Impersonator in DnD
How to Use – Social Encounter When building an encounter using a doppelganger, you will be better served by building a short encounter rather than an entire storyline. Build a long storyline, and you might end up with a doppelganger who gets exposed when you’ve barely started. Or, you might reach the part where your… Continue reading
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DISPLACER BEAST: Making Full Use of the Displacment Ability
How to Use – Combat Encounter 1 (difficulty 5) The basic combat encounter for the displacer beast is written out in the Monster Manual. Have the displacer beast attack and run, and when they follow it, they get attacked from behind in an ambush. If the ambush is made up entirely of displacer beasts, it… 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
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ANKLYOSAURUS: Using an Adversary That Just Wants to be Left Alone
The ankylosaurus is that rare D&D monster that will not set out to attack the PCs. Continue reading
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ALLOSAURUS: Hunted by a pack of dinosaurs
Of all the monsters in the Monster Manual, dinosaurs are the ones that really don’t fit. Continue reading
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SPINED DEVIL: Messenger, Sentry, and Quick-Moving Attacker
Before I begin, let me say that there is no reason that the spined devil would ever make a melee attack. Continue reading
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BEARDED DEVIL: Basic Tactics, and Strategic Positions
The bearded devil is the first monster I have encountered since starting this blog that does not require any special setting to make using it interesting. 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.