Tag: Legendary Monster

Torax, Minotaur Barbarian | NPC for Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition

Torax, a minotaur barbarian, is fiercely loyal to Xentarich and maintains order among the troops. The crew, except Xentarich, view him with great fear and always treat him with respect. Torax usually watches over the gnomes in area 14. Torax Large monstrosity, lawful evil Armor Class 21 (+2 plate, ring of protection) Hit Points 230 […]

Bemphuth | New Monster for Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition

I love open-ended requests, especially when it’s a monster. It lets me be creative. For example, I just got this request from one of my patrons: 2 CT tokens – Monster CR 13, Swamp Monster found in the Swamp of Oblivion between the Elemental Plane of Water and Earth. That’s all the information I have. […]

Shanzed the Vigilant | NPC for Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition

Shanzed is a large snake-like creature, whose full body length extends dozens of feet. Her scales are green and brown, allowing her to blend with the forest and swamps around her. She is sentient, can speak, and can shapeshift into the form of a humanoid, resembling that of a Xiphonan. Shanzed the Vigilant, Chosen of […]

Phoenix Dragon | New Monster for Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition

Coming up at the end of February, I’ll be launching two cool books for Patrons. These books will be available here on the site as well as FREE in their blog format as usual. The first book will be an adventure set in the Patron-created world of Wandrossa. While it’s still in the works (and […]

Yuan-ti Venomfist | New Monster for Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition

Recently, I got a request to create a “yuan-ti big bad” and I can’t for the life of me find the person who requested it. So I’m kinda running blind here. Anyways, the idea that I got for this was to take this serpent person and make it into a badass monk. After all, I […]

How to Make a Legendary Monster| DM’s Workshop for Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition

Hey all! Thought I might whip up a real quick article today on creating one of the most fun elements of a good Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition game: big bad evil guys (aka BBEGs). This method is pretty simple, too. In fact, it works more or less the same way adding a template to […]

Vahrek, the Prime Nezznar | Villain for Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition (Spoilers)

If you’re a member of the Bloody Bunch, you probably shouldn’t read this. You’ve been warned. One of the main villains of the Bloody Bunch campaign is a doppelgänger named Vahrek who has assumed the identity of a long-dead drow slave named Nezznar. To some, he’s known as Nezznar Prime. None who respect him would […]

Olmec (from Legends of the Hidden Temple) | For Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition (with Design Notes)

This is a great request. It comes in as part of a contest I held recently to pick a special attack for the blutgeist monster I created here on the blog. The winner got to put in a request that appeared at the top of the request pile. Whoop whoop! And here’s what he asked […]

Krampus | Monster for Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition

Earlier, I asked folks on Instagram who I should create for Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition. And I got back a lot of cool ideas. But the one that I seemed to get over and over and over again was Santa’s demon-buddy Krampus. Who is Krampus? From Wikipedia: In Central European folklore, Krampus is a horned, anthropomorphic figure described as […]

Stolas the Demon Prince for Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition

Inspiration comes from the best place. Case in point: this morning, I was looking through Guy Davis artwork and I came upon this guy. First, if you don’t know who Guy Davis is, do yourself a favor and look him up online. He was the artist for the comic book BPRB (a spinoff of Hellboy) […]