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By Alan McCoy from Dungeons & Dragons: Fundamentals How to build challenging encounters against a Griffon Note: This has been prepared utilizing only the 5E Core Rules. The Griffon can be found in the Monster Manual page 174. (While not actually in the scope of the is article, because Griffons have been popularized as flying […]

By Alan McCoy from Dungeons & Dragons: Fundamentals How to build challenging encounters against a Water Elemental Note: This has been prepared utilizing only the 5E Core Rules. The Water Elemental can be found in the Monster Manual page 125. Water Elementals are summoned, not evolved creatures, as such they have no specific form, they

By Alan McCoy from Dungeons & Dragons: Fundamentals How to build challenging encounters against a Fire Elemental Note: This has been prepared utilizing only the 5E Core Rules. The Fire Elemental can be found in the Monster Manual page 125. Fire Elementals are summoned, not evolved creatures, as such they have no specific form, they

By Alan McCoy from Dungeons & Dragons: Fundamentals How to build challenging encounters against an Ancient Red Dragon Note: This has been prepared utilizing only the 5E Core Rules. The Ancient Red Dragon can be found in the Monster Manual page 97. I will be suggesting some non-raw modifications to this creature at the end

By Alan McCoy from Dungeons & Dragons: Fundamentals How to build challenging encounters against a Bone Devil. This has been prepared using 5E core rules. It assumes that you are on the prime material plane. General Information: For a DM, fighting as a Devil is tricky, these highly intelligent, highly motivated fiends will never be

By Alan McCoy from Dungeons & Dragons: Fundamentals How to build challenging encounters against a Glabrezu Note: This has been prepared utilizing only the 5E Core Rules. The Glabrezu can be found in the Monster Manual page 58. Additional information regarding Fiends is in the Monster Manual starting on page 50. Demons are native to

By Alan McCoy from Dungeons & Dragons: Fundamentals How to build challenging encounters against a Darkmantle Note: This has been prepared utilizing only the 5E Core Rules. The Darkmantle can be found in the Monster Manual page 46. Additional lore information has been drawn from previous editions of the Dungeons and Dragons game to include

By Alan McCoy from Dungeons & Dragons: Fundamentals How to build challenging encounters against a Corpse Flower Note: This has been prepared utilizing the 5E Core Rules. The Corpse Flower can be found in the Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes page 127. The Corpse Flower is a Large animated plant that grows from the ground in

By Alan McCoy from Dungeons & Dragons: Fundamentals How to build challenging encounters against a Cockatrice Note: This has been prepared utilizing only the 5E Core Rules. The Cockatrice can be found in the Monster Manual page 42. The Cockatrice is a small, monstrosity. In physical terms, an adult weighs roughly fifteen pounds on average,

By Alan McCoy from Dungeons & Dragons: Fundamentals How to build challenging encounters against a Cave Fisher Note: This has been prepared utilizing only the 5E Core Rules. The Cave Fisher can be found in Volo’s Guide to Monsters page 130. The cave fisher is a subterranean arachnid with a long snout. It produces a