Grappling in 5e: A Complete Guide for Players and Dungeon Masters
While the mechanics of grappling are fairly straightforward, a player or a dungeon master can gain many strategic ideas from exploring this action.
Monsters
Dungeon Masters can find heaps of inspiration for monsters with this content. You’ll find homebrew monsters, tips for making monsters effective, and lore to enrich creature presence.
D&D 5e Guide to Legendary Actions and Lairs
For the Dungeon Master with players well-versed in Dungeons and Dragons, planning unexpected and intriguing combat with frequently-used monsters can be a challenge. I propose, in addition to using interactive battle elements and hazards, a dungeon master should consider giving nearly all battles lair effects, lair actions, and possibly legendary actions.
Creating a Villain: Learning from the History of Baba Yaga
A notorious nightmare for children across the world, the tales of Baba Yaga vary from culture to culture, yet all leave a feeling of dread of the old forest witch. Unsurprisingly, Dungeons & Dragons has also incorporated their own version of the story into their canon, maintaining the themes of wickedness and whimsy.
Faerie Dragons: Expanding Monsters in D&D 5e
Faerie Dragon featured image is a combination of images credited to Wizards of the Coast’s D&D 5e book Monster Manual and art by Michael Krahn on Unsplash. Disclaimer: This article contains affiliate links that add gold to our coffers. Hello and welcome to this edition of Expanding Monsters, where we take a look at monsters in …
Umber Hulk Evolving Monsters: D&D 5e DM Workshop
Learn about the ecology of Umber Hulks in D&D 5e and how to beef them up with a bit of homebrew in this edition of evolving monsters.
Remorhaz Evolving Monsters: D&D 5e DM Workshop
The Remorhaz is a unique, interesting monster that can be used in a variety of ways. Learn about their ecology and combat tactics with this edition of Evolving Monsters.
Displacer Beast: Evolving Monsters D&D 5e DM Workshop
Explore how the magically enhanced Displacer Beast from the Feywild behaves tactically. Learn how to homebrew variants of the monster for higher-level play tiers.
Blink Dog: Evolving Monsters D&D 5e DM Workshop
We look at monsters in the 5e Monster Manual and tweak them to be more interesting. We’re looking at Blink Dogs and how they interact with others in the planes and add to your world’s lore.