Monstrous Compendium Vol. 1: Spelljammer Creatures
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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.
My current first choice for a Faerûn adventurer:
Aasimar, Flaming Fist Mercenary, Barbarian, 17 CHA, 14 or 16 CON, 14 STR; Path of the Wild Heart Bear; LV4: Multiclass Paladin; Blind Fighting; Oath of Devotion; LV7: Paladin 4 Spellfire Adept 18 CHA; LV11: Paladin 8 Ability Score Improvement 20 CHA; LV15: Paladin 12 Resilient WIS; LV19: Paladin 16 Boon of Irresistible Offense 15 STR; LV20: Multiclass Barbarian 4 Boon of Desperate Resilience 16 STR. Info
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.