Combat rating 8

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

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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

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December 11, 2023

SHADOW DEMON & How to Use Hiding

The shadow demon has the ability to hide when it’s in partial or complete darkness. As hiding in D&D doesn’t seem to have exact rules, except for the fact that anybody spending an action has a chance to detect someone hidden*, I would Continue reading

guardian (CR 0-4), minion

Combat rating 5, Combat rating 6, Combat rating 7, Combat rating 8, demons, difficulty 6, difficulty 8, homebrew
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

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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
September 21, 2023

COUATL: The Hidden Advisor

The coutal is good aligned monster that is clearly designed to be a quest giver. It only exists because in order to fulfill a mission given by a long-forgotten deity, it stays in hiding when it doesn’t have a pressing need to act… How else can it possibly be used? Continue reading

ally (CR 0-4), independent

Combat rating 5, Combat rating 6, Combat rating 7, Combat rating 8, difficulty 4, difficulty 5, puzzle
August 31, 2023

CHUUL: Crazy Collecters, and a Ruined House

A brief look at the chuul’s picture tells us that this monster isn’t going to have trouble navigating difficult terrain. Between the extra legs for balance, and the pincer like grips that it clearly has at the end of each leg, it’s not going to slip, let alone fall, very often. Continue reading

animal, attacker (CR 0-4), guardian (CR 0-4)

Combat rating 5, Combat rating 6, Combat rating 7, Combat rating 8, difficulty 6, difficulty 7
August 24, 2023

CHIMERA: A Fight to the Death

First appearance: The chimera’s attack style is very straightforward. It will dive from the sky, roaring and breathing fire, choosing an angle that will allow everyone to see it. I would choose a forest clearing, personally, or to have it come from arou Continue reading

animal, attacker (CR 5-7)

Combat rating 11, Combat rating 12, Combat rating 8, Combat rating 9, difficulty 7
August 3, 2023

CAMBION & How to Run Mysteries in DnD

The cambion comes in two different forms. One is a cambion that is living in the human world, (very possibly in disguise through use of alter self,) the other is the cambion who is openly working with the minions of the hells. I am going to spend most of this article on the cambion living… Continue reading

guardian (CR 5-7), leader

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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.

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Combat rating 8

BARBED DEVIL: Why Devils Need to Pay for Souls

VROCK: A Harrying Attacker and a Treasure Raider

SHADOW DEMON & How to Use Hiding

CHASME & How to Run Pursuit by a Large Force

BARLGURA: King of the Mountaintop

CYCLOPS: Using Poor Depth Perception to Make him Deadlier

COUATL: The Hidden Advisor

CHUUL: Crazy Collecters, and a Ruined House

CHIMERA: A Fight to the Death

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