By Alan McCoy from Dungeons & Dragons: Fundamentals How to build challenging encounters against a Vampire Note: This has been prepared utilizing only the fifth edition Core Rules. The Vampire can be found in the Monster Manual pages 295-298. Don’t Do It! That’s right, my first suggestion for fighting as a Vampire is simply this: […]
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By Alan McCoy from Dungeons & Dragons: Fundamentals How to build challenging encounters against a Umber Hulk Note: This has been prepared utilizing only the 5E Core Rules. The Umber Hulk can be found in the Monster Manual page 292. Umber Hulks are creatures of the deep earth, and will only be encountered in the
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By Alan McCoy from Dungeons & Dragons: Fundamentals How to build challenging encounters against a Troll Note: This has been prepared utilizing only the 5E Core Rules. The Troll can be found in the Monster Manual page 291. Note that this has been prepared utilizing the variant ‘Loathsome Limbs rule’ According to the Monster Manual,
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Illustrated by Dean Spencer By Alan McCoy from Dungeons & Dragons: Fundamentals How to build challenging encounters against a Werewolf Note: This has been prepared utilizing only the 5E Core Rules. The Werewolf can be found in the Monster Manual page 211. Additional information about Lycanthropes in general can be found in the Monster Manual
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By Alan McCoy from Dungeons & Dragons: Fundamentals How to build challenging encounters against a Lamia Note: This has been prepared utilizing only the 5E Core Rules. The Lamia can be found in the Monster Manual page 201, because the Jackalwere (MM p. 193) and the Jackal (MM p. 331) are so closely linked to
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By Alan McCoy from Dungeons & Dragons: Fundamentals How to build challenging encounters against a Jackalwere Note: This has been prepared utilizing only the 5E Core Rules. The Jackalwere can be found in the Monster Manual page 193. Note that this creature is intimately linked with the Lamia (MM page 201), and you are strongly
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By Alan McCoy from Dungeons & Dragons: Fundamentals How to build challenging encounters against a Thri-Kreen Note: This has been prepared utilizing only the 5E Core Rules. The Thri-Kreen can be found in the Monster Manual page 288. The Thri-Kreen was originally created for the DARK SUN setting during the second edition of the game,
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By Alan McCoy from Dungeons & Dragons: Fundamentals How to build challenging encounters against a Succubus or an Incubus Note: This has been prepared utilizing only the 5E Core Rules. The Succubus/Incubus can be found in the Monster Manual page 284-285. For the purposes of simplicity, in this essay, I will utilize the term Succubus
by Angry Golem Games The Piercer’s Perspective: How to Build and Run Piercer Encounters in D&D 5e You are a Piercer, a creature that resembles a stalactite and lives in dark caves. You have one simple goal: to drop on unsuspecting prey and pierce them with your sharp body. You are not very smart, but
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By Alan McCoy from Dungeons & Dragons: Fundamentals How to build challenging encounters against an Ogre Note: This has been prepared utilizing only the 5E Core Rules. The Ogre can be found in the Monster Manual page 237, the Half-Ogre on page 238. The Ogrillon is an example of a Half-Ogre born into the culture