difficulty 23
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ANCIENT BRASS DRAGON: The Hidden King and His Deadly Domain
How to Use – A King in DnD Why Monarchs Must Impress By the time a brass dragon is ancient, it’s established its reputation enough to be a king, or at least to be on the highest tier of society that it cares for. In some genres of fantasy, it has become accepted that the… Continue reading
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ANCIENT WHITE DRAGON: Weapons of the Artic Cold
How to Use: White Dragon and Artic Terrain Combat Encounter 1: Battle Atop an Iceberg (difficulty 23) The players are on top of an iceberg. Perhaps their ship crashed into it and they needed to evacuate onto the iceberg, perhaps the white dragon sank their ship via dropping boulders, perhaps there’s a quest object or… Continue reading
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ANCIENT GREEN DRAGON: Master of the Subtle Trap
By the time the dragon is ancient, it will set extremally subtle traps. (The adult might use these also, but the ancient will use them for sure.) These are traps where the trap itself is so well hidden that there Continue reading
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ANCIENT BLACK DRAGON: Fighting is the Ruins
Black dragons lair in the ruins of empires. Here are two scenarios to make fighting a nightmare: Hidden trigger traps, and trapped in a tower. How to Use a Dragon Lair: Terror and Traps Combat encounter 1: Islands of Traps (difficulty 23) Arrange the dragon’s lair as a series of islands or platforms above the… Continue reading
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Death knight 2: As Leader of the Conquering Army
This is the second half of the death knight article. This is how to use a death knight if you want him to be the main villain of a campaign. 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.