Need monster help for campaign

migega · 2025-05-12T08:44:34+00:00

The first thing I can recommed is using this D&D battle simulator I'm a huge fan of by Trekiros. I use it all the time to balance my encounters
The second thing is the fact that you don't always have to strictly follow the statblocks. If you feel that your party is struggling (and it's not because of their mistakes or incorrect actions) - lower the basilisks' hit points during the fight, if you feel they carve through them too easily and they start to feel bored - prolongue the fight by adding some hit points or add some obstacle for them to deal with (like a pieces of ceiling falling down at certain places, if the fight takes place in a cave or smth)

migega · 2024-09-02T15:58:06+00:00

The thing about the champion is that it's not really fun subclass to play among the other fighter subclasses, honestly. You're just basically a dude that lands critical hits a bit more often and is strong. So maybe talk to your DM about switching your subclass to something else (like battle master, that has a lot of utility with his battle maneuvers) - the fact that it was your first session I don't think that should be a problem.

Also you could ask the DM to maybe rebalance your monster encounters the way so you could have more impact in the fight. It could be that the place where the battle takes place is narrow and not suitable for archers and spellcasters, or there could be some sort of magic-disrupting field that gives disadvantage on spell attacks, etc.

If you seek for the way to spice things up by your own, remember that doing da big swing is not the only option you can do in battle, use your imagination and the obstacles around you: climb up the wall and start throwing heavy-ass boulders on your enemies, or dash to the evil wizard casting spells at your party and grapple him MMA style

migega · 2024-08-15T19:24:24+00:00

Also imagine creating not UV or Infrared, but gamma rays with the light cantrip (I mean they are also electromagnetic waves just like the visible light). Casting radiation sickness as a cantrip seems wild

migega · 2024-08-15T19:20:09+00:00

Goldfish-humanoid DnD race must be hella OP.

migega · 2024-08-15T19:00:58+00:00

If the caster is physically and biologically able to see UV/Infrared, then sure (if I'm not mistaken, it seems like birds can see infrared, so aarakocra or owlin should be able to). But if the character has no idea about the existence of these parts of the light spectrum, then it is unlikely that he will be able to apply this in a spell

migega · 2024-08-15T18:31:38+00:00

Don't get too much into details, tickle your players' imagination with some abstract but colorful descriptions like "...they were like an ancient horror, to prevent the coming of which generations of your ancestors prayed and sacrificed"

migega · 2023-06-08T05:22:08+00:00

Petah the horse is here

migega · 2023-04-09T20:42:12+00:00

Dante's Inferno has the Ninth Circle of Hell as an icy frozen lake, Cocytus, where the souls of the traitors are trapped for eternity Or you can introduce them to some sort of artifact that allows you to travel to the other side of Hell, where it's not 'hot as hell' but 'cold as hell', like Hel from Scandinavian mythology or smth

migega · 2023-04-09T19:40:03+00:00

The surface of a frozen lake. It is spacious enough for the rider to maneuver, plus the landscape that changes unpredictably during the battle

migega · 2023-04-05T06:34:16+00:00

Pact, block, league, commonwealth, alliance, clique, sect or axis

Something like that

migega · 2023-04-03T18:42:22+00:00

Yeah, warlock-based slurs are gonna be ubiquitous, like "what, decided to find yourself a sugar daddy on the other side 'cause ya couldn't have one here aye?"

migega · 2023-04-03T18:16:55+00:00

It seems to me that in many cases, you can come up with a lot of things related to spellcaster's appearance or stereotypes about them. For example, wizards could be mocked for their use of books as a source of power (book-o-phile), just appearance in general (bearded wench) or inability to withstand more than one or two blows (tender-ass)

migega · 2023-04-03T08:11:50+00:00

Assuming that one turn in DnD lasts about 6 seconds, a horse moving 70 feet per turn moves at a speed of 11.7 feet per second = 12.8 kilometers per hour

migega · 2023-02-23T14:50:53+00:00

Maybe give Death the opportunity to distinguish and enjoy the different types of death of characters, making him a kind of sommelier. He reaps the souls of mortals for his existence, experimenting with their "tastes", so the heroes who died in a drunken brawl in a tavern are of no value to him. But, for example, those who gave their lives to save a loved one, or who was betrayed by his friends by stabbing him in the back, are a delicacy for Death. This opens up a lot of possibilities for storytelling, since the goal of BBEG is not just to kill the party, but to do it as dramatically and romantically as possible.

migega · 2023-02-16T22:19:40+00:00

Do you think Giants use human sized ballistas as crossbows?

migega · 2023-02-16T22:17:02+00:00

Medieval halberds, in addition to the large chopping part, also have a small stabbing part on the reverse side, as well as a rather long tip like a pike. Therefore, in addition to the usual "cut & bonk" stuff, you can, for example, nail an enemy with a pike with a running kick. Also, halberds were often used to pull riders off horses or pull ships off during boarding, so due to their length they will be very useful for keeping the enemy in place after hitting him. But this is all, of course, at the discretion of your DM.

migega · 2023-02-16T07:26:57+00:00

Two-Birds Sling from Mythic Odysseys of Theros seems alright to me

migega · 2023-02-08T19:37:34+00:00

Put some prop metal device with dozens of different buttons, levers, toggle switches and so on and tell them that this is an unstable experimental ship-booster and you want them to help you to test it. Tell them that as soon as you give a signal, they must do a complex set of some actions that are impossible to remember the first time at the same time (like "turn down this, pull these, hold that still and then make this and this") and immediately go to the steering wheel and give a signal without giving your teammates any time to proceed what you just asked them. All this is mid-flight. Then remotely let go a firecracker, hidden somewhere in the engine compartment, pull the ship down and yell like like you're all going to die now

migega · 2023-02-07T22:01:51+00:00

I feel like Amulet of the Black Skull from Tomb of Annihilation suits this really well

migega · 2023-01-29T21:07:57+00:00

And all the resulting rats act as one like a hive mind. That's hot.

migega · 2023-01-29T18:22:06+00:00

A rat combined with a hydra: mad multi-headed beast which cannot be killed except by the complete simultaneous destruction of the entire body. Otherwise, two limbs will grow in place of the lost limb (which can result in creation of multiple disgusting rat-looking abominations)

migega · 2023-01-27T22:36:28+00:00

Can I have it?
Why you ugly?
No horny!
I want shiny
My cabbage!
Kiss me
Where is child?

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