May 12
With the release of the free Keep on the Shadowfell I wanted to personalize it a bit and in starting with the first encounter wanted to include a new type of kobold. I’m going to replace one or both of the kobold slingers in this encounter with the below creatures and I’ll probably add another …
Apr 28
A zombie swarm by Mesh_Hong on the forums which I thought was pretty cool and it saves me from having to do one. Â I especially like the swallowed by the crowd but then I’m a big zombie fanboi so anything zombie like I’ll probably enjoy. Image Credits Zombie Swarm Level 6 Brute Huge Natural …
Mar 27
Okay here’s the Solo that will be the end of the before mentioned side delve. The Feaster of Shadows is also accompanied by Shadow Splinters which will be level 4′ish minions that dance attendance on the FoS. I considered allowing the FoS consume one of the shadows to recover a healing surge of hit points …
Mar 26
Thought I’d post this guy and where they’ll be encountered or at least the first time they’ll be encountered. I plan on using these for one of those “Hey look what we found?!” encounters where the players will come across a hidden away entrance to a minor lair of the an old villain known as …
Feb 19
Here’s a bit of a ‘big ol’ boy’ that I have plans on. Scratch is the leader,by brute force and low cunning, of a group of bandits that haunt the northern trails out of town. They’re one of the reasons that so few caravans make it through although not the primary reason… Scratch and his …
Feb 17
I was looking at the elementals and finding some really disappointing results in the Monster Manual. Â So I made these guys for something I had in mind. They’re a little power heavy but as a DM I enjoy playing creatures with options and I don’t think they’re overwhelming. Their damage output is pretty light unless …
Feb 13
This little gem of a guy although arguably perhaps on the low side in terms of levels has a pretty good feel to him. I could see this guy leading a bunch of goblins around or human minions around while beating them with a whip. I think I’d like to see some kind of leader …
Jan 27
I have a need, a dream if you will, of an army of undead coming after a city. To that end I need someone to raise said army. To that end I need the Orc Deadspeakers. They come in a variety of powers but the lowest is simply the Orc Deadspeaker. Although he commands the …
Jan 23
Based on a power I suggested to someone for something else entirely I came up with this lilttle guy. He’s seems like a friendly little cuss and I’m sure lots of folks would love to meet him. He’s the littlest of his kind who serve others as torturer’s usually. The various humanoid tribes, especially the …
Jan 22
Found this little guy. Needs a drone and a queen write up but there ya go. Africanize them I suppose by taking out the “and dies!” part on the stings once power. Minor changes to the creature from the original simply for clarification. Image Credits Giant Bee Worker Level 6 Minion Medium Natural Beast XP …
Jan 19
Unfortunately, for the characters, they let one of the goblins escape from the sewer encounter. And ignored my well thought out and planned Skill Challenge chase scene. Since they’re in the city and there are greater things going on than they’re aware of they’ve attracted no little bit of ire. As a result two low …
Jan 19
Monsters of the plant persuasion of which there aren’t all that many in the Monster Manual so I’m recording them here for future use. Creations courtesy of Mesh Hong from this thread… Image Credits By Mesh Hong – Here are some plant monsters I used in my campaign a while back. You might find something …
Jan 10
Tons of good undead here in this thread. I like undead and feel they can’t be over-used. Perhaps a zombpocalypse is due to hit your world? Your players need the undead. There’s no qualms in ganking the undead in vast quantities, no moral compass that needs to get bent out of shape to dissecting a …
Nov 20
In the Krullian mountains of the stormy north lives a tribe of people. The environment is harsh, storms rage through the mountains sending jagged strokes of lightning to blast the rock and scrub during the spring and summers and during the fall and winter blizzards sweep through through the area freezing man and beast alike …
Oct 03
Next up, given the lack of other news, we have additional members of the Kartel. The Thugs, the real workhorse of the Kartel, these are the ones that collect the protection money, keep the slaves in line, break kneecaps, serve as the fall guy when necessary. Theirs is a thankless and horrible life in general …
Oct 01
The slavers in and around the tiny portion of the world of the starting city are run by the Kartel (placeholder name for now). The Kartel are comprised of a lot of faceless mooks, standard thugs and the like but their slaver ships and “Round up crews” have a slightly better class of thug. These …
Sep 04
You can find a nice spider write up over here and I’m pasting the basics below as well but visit the thread and offer appreciate or criticism as you feel warranted as the first makes people more inclined to share and the latter can help build a better monster for all of us. In this …
Aug 31
There isn’t a ghast per se in the Monster Manual and the ghoul’s jump from level 5 to level teens so I whipped up a ghast for myself and of course I post it here so that I have access to it from anywhere. And as a result you have access as well if that …
Aug 28
Just whipped this up based on the excerpt about battle standards. No reason PC’s should be the only one that get such things so the Goblin Standard Bearer was born. Goblin Standard Bearer’s or Gesubs are selectively picked at during their formative years, only the biggest and strongest and most intimidating are taken and taught …
Aug 27
If you, like many have noted that there are few aquatics in the MM here’s one for you to try. Granted it’s a level 12 solo so it might not be of immediate use for you but there’s nothing that says you can’t park it for whenever. In a side note, my children have passed …
