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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
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
Like eaters of hope, abhorrent overlords are driven by greed, but to them, treasure isn’t a tool they use to manipulate others; it’s an end in itself. Running a close second to their avarice is their cruelty: They relish watching others suffer. They gladly accept other creatures’ loyalty, but they don’t return it. (Again, disturbingly […] The post Abhorrent Overlord Tactics appeared first on The Monsters Know What They’re Doing.| The Monsters Know What They’re Doing
Unlike in most Dungeons & Dragons cosmology, fiends in Mythic Odysseys of Theros aren’t begotten as incarnations of evil. Instead, they’re something more like undead: entities that form out of the corrupted souls of deceased mortals who were “despicable in life.” The sourcebook refers to all its fiends as “demons”—the lawful devil–vs.–chaotic demon dichotomy doesn’t […] The post Eater of Hope Tactics appeared first on The Monsters Know What They’re Doing.| 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
Guardians of the Underworld, phylaskia (singular and plural, a slightly garbled derivation of Ancient Greek φῠ́λᾰξ phýlax, “guard, sentry”) are lawful neutral undead, indifferent to all except those who trespass. Theirs is a brute ability contour, with extraordinary Strength and exceptional Constitution, along with very high Wisdom and high Dexterity and Charisma. They have proficiency […] The post Phylaskia Tactics appeared first on The Monsters Know What They’re Doing.| 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 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
Monster combat tactics for Dungeons & Dragons 5E| 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
I found myself thinking about encounter building, and it occurred to me that a monster’s type is an excellent proxy for its strategic goals.| 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
