Tell me about the ghosts, brother. “Which ones? There were so many. So many horrible things. Just lurking there. A part of it all.” You mentioned one that was a dog. With children? No? “Doghead and the Cold Children. Gods, that was horrible. Just horrible.” Yes. That is the one. Tell us about that one. […]
“First came the sound of gravel shifting. Like something slithering its way towards us. And then a soft, cold moan snapped the darkness. That’s when we saw it: some awful, withered thing, possibly once a man, unable to move its legs, crawling–crawling, damn it!–towards us. When Gregor locked eyes with it, he too lost feeling […]
Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition has rules for swarms. But those rules seem limited (at least as far as the monster entries go) to just Tiny creatures. But what about mobs of creatures that are bigger than Tiny? Specifically, what about zombies? Not too long ago, I created stats for a Black Friday Mob as […]
Appendix The Goblin Mine adventure references an adult red dragon skeleton and two new magic items. Here are the descriptions for those items. [su_note note_color=”#ececec”] Temple of Alzerak is guarded by the undead remains of an adult, red dragon named Rodalranx. Adult Red Dragon Skeleton Huge undead, lawful evil Armor Class 19 (natural armor) Hit Points 161 […]
Continuing this mini-series on Libris Mortiis monsters updated for 5e, I’m going to be recreating the skulking cyst, another yucky monster from third. What is a skulking cyst? The horrible creature walking into view is a mass of free-roaming intestines, flaccid organs, and a few odd rib bones. Dragging behind it like a dead weight is a […]
Back in third edition, they had a few somewhat “controversial” books. One such book was Libris Mortiis, the Book of Undead. This book was full of all sorts of creepy, crawly, body-horrory type spells, monsters, and special options for 3rd. Seeing as how Fifth is a little more “public-friendly” than previous editions, I doubt such […]
Currently, I’m in the process of building the first part of the dungeon for The Secret of Forsaken Peak. One of the first BBEGs of the game is a half-dragon goblin priest (that’s going to be a whole-lotta-templates, eh?) that runs the joint. At his side, he has an animated dragon skeleton that isn’t so […]
It’s been a while since I did the first, so I thought I’d crank out another one. After all, it’s the last day of November. And uh, it’s fall. So… zombies? I guess. Anyways! Here are zombie stats for basilisks, behirs, and bugbears. Basilisk Zombie Medium undead, unaligned Armor Class 14 (natural armor) Hit Points […]
I love this gig. Not just because I get to constantly write about the world’s #1 roleplaying game, but sometimes I get some… unusual… requests. Earlier today as I was going through my Instagram DM requests, I got a message from a fella named Matt. “Hey, can I get some advice? I’m a new DM […]
Welcome back to this series of updated Ravenloft monsters. If you haven’t caught the first couple yet, you can see them all by clicking here: Ravenloft monsters. The flavor text is taken from the original Monstrous Manual. Lich, Defiler Though there is nothing more loathsome than the foul undead, the defiler lich raises even this putrid circle […]
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