Wondering what are some interesting options for building enemy groups of creatures to fight the party at different levels. Akin to a barbarian-like creature, cleric-like, sorcerer-like, bard-like that form a group and challenge the party in combat.
Official monsters have some pretty good options, at low levels things like accolyte (cleric), bandit (fighter) and apprentice wizard. At higher CR you have things like gladiator (barbarian) and archdruid.
If you want something specific you can also form homebrew monsters creating them in a similar way to a PC though you probably don't need to worry about all the features just thought that they might need for the encounter.
A long time ago in a galaxy far far away I maintained a thread of abilities that appeared under official monsters that simulated class features. Things like reckless for barbarians work nicely. What I would not do is directly port class features into monster stat blocks.
Wondering what are some interesting options for building enemy groups of creatures to fight the party at different levels. Akin to a barbarian-like creature, cleric-like, sorcerer-like, bard-like that form a group and challenge the party in combat.
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Official monsters have some pretty good options, at low levels things like accolyte (cleric), bandit (fighter) and apprentice wizard. At higher CR you have things like gladiator (barbarian) and archdruid.
If you want something specific you can also form homebrew monsters creating them in a similar way to a PC though you probably don't need to worry about all the features just thought that they might need for the encounter.
A long time ago in a galaxy far far away I maintained a thread of abilities that appeared under official monsters that simulated class features. Things like reckless for barbarians work nicely. What I would not do is directly port class features into monster stat blocks.