The Monsters Know What They’re Doing - Ready-to-Use Tactics for D&D 5E
Monster combat tactics for Dungeons & Dragons 5E| The Monsters Know What They’re Doing
Monster combat tactics for Dungeons & Dragons 5E| The Monsters Know What They’re Doing
The satyr reveler in Mythic Odysseys of Theros—not to be confused with the much more powerful satyr revelmaster in the 2025 Monster Manual—is similar to the basic 2014 Monster Manual satyr, and one of its similarities is that its distinctive Ram attack is contraindicated. Although its average damage is adequate, its to-hit bonus is +3 […] The post Theran Satyr Tactics appeared first on The Monsters Know What They’re Doing.| The Monsters Know What They’re Doing
The alseid, naiad and oread are straightforward nature spirits, but the lampad was a torch-bearer and companion of Hecate.| The Monsters Know What They’re Doing
The hydra isn’t particularly complicated. A straightforward brute, it’s extremely stupid and has only one method of attack: one bite for each of its heads.| The Monsters Know What They’re Doing
The Monster Manual’s section on dragons is one of the longest in the book, but dragons are easy to work with, because they all follow the same pattern.| The Monsters Know What They’re Doing
Archons, in Theros, are celestials, and they’re lawful, but they’re most definitely not angels; they’re more akin to titans, but titans who ruled over humankind as tyrants in some bygone era. They were deposed by champions of the gods, and divided into two camps: archons of falling stars, which repented their wrongs and turned to […] The post Theran Archon Tactics appeared first on The Monsters Know What They’re Doing.| The Monsters Know What They’re Doing
The third and final demon—and the third and final fiend—in Mythic Odysseys of Theros is the nightmare shepherd, a Nyxborn creature that guides deceased souls to their final destinations and punishes turnstile-jumpers severely. It shares its mobility, social skill proficiencies, damage resistances and Magic Resistance with the eater of hope and abhorrent overlord, but the […] The post Nightmare Shepherd Tactics appeared first on The Monsters Know What They’re Doing.| The Monsters Know What They’re Doing
It’s almost here! Making Enemies, my foray into creating monsters from the ground up, comes out next Tuesday, Oct. 7.| The Monsters Know What They’re Doing
The beholder is such an iconic D&D monster that one player told me, “All I want is to run into an ‘eye of the beholder,’ and I’ll be happy.”| The Monsters Know What They’re Doing
Woe striders are onetime mortals who severed themselves from destiny, cursed to wander in search of scraps of destiny to replace it.| The Monsters Know What They’re Doing
In Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes and Monsters of the Multiverse, an eidolon is an undead spirit divinely honored by its god(s) for its zealous devotion by being assigned to protect a sacred place from defilers. However, in Mythic Odysseys of Theros, when someone escapes the Underworld, their identity is ripped away from them; they become […]| The Monsters Know What They’re Doing
The Returned have managed to bust out of the afterlife; the problem is, you can’t do that and take your personality or identity with you.| The Monsters Know What They’re Doing
The typhon, an unambiguous melee brute, isn't mindless, but it's not a bright bulb, either: Its Intelligence is on par with a caveman's.| The Monsters Know What They’re Doing
The ironscale hydra is fundamentally no different from an ordinary hydra, so let’s skip forward to Polukranos, the World-Eater.| The Monsters Know What They’re Doing
When they’re not shooting shampoo commercials, fleecemane lions guard places where the power of Nyx seeps into the material world of Theros.| The Monsters Know What They’re Doing
Those of you who are still reading this blog, thank you for sticking around. I’ve been AWOL too long again, and you’re overdue for an update.| The Monsters Know What They’re Doing
