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  • How to Make Sammaster the Big Bad of Your D&D Campaign
    Oct 28, 2025 by Mike Bernier
    Sammaster—the dracolich-obsessed archmage behind the Cult of the Dragon—is one of the Forgotten Realm's most prolific villains. Click here to preview his stat block, and get tips to run him as your campaign's biggest threat!
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  • Dragon Tactics: Follow These Tips for Truly Legendary Dragon Encounters
    May 30, 2025 by Mike Bernier

    Encountering a dragon should feel legendary. This article has tips and tricks for Dungeon Masters to make your next dragon encounter a fight to remember!

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  • 8 Surprising Places to Encounter a Mimic
    Apr 24, 2025 by Riley Silverman

    Whether you're exploring a dungeon, negotiating in a magic item shop, or eating at a banquet, not everything in D&D is as it seems...Let's look at some fun places to hide a mimic in your games!

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  • Running Hordes of Monsters Without Lots of Fuss
    May 24, 2024 by Davyd Barker

    Sometimes, there’s nothing more satisfying than a battle map filled with enemies for your players to fight. Let’s take a look at some tips for handling a multitude of monsters!

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  • Creature Roles: How Flee, Mortals! Helps You Customize Encounters
    May 20, 2024 by Riley Silverman

    Need a bruiser to go toe-to-toe with your party's tank? Maybe a sharpshooter to take shots at your party's ranger? Learn more here about creature roles from Flee, Mortals! 

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  • Meet Miska's Minions: The Spyder-Fiends in Vecna: Eve of Ruin
    May 10, 2024 by Mike Bernier

    Some of the more chaotic creatures you'll run into in Vecna: Eve of Ruin are Miska the Wolf-Spider's minions: the spyder-fiends! Learn more about them here!

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  • The Haunted Machinations of the Fellforged from Kobold Press
    May 1, 2024 by Riley Silverman

    What happens when a Specter finds the abandoned remains of a Construct? You get the Fellforged! Click here to learn about this unique monster from Tome of Beasts 1!

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  • The Cambium from Tome of Beasts 1 Blends Body Horror with Bad Medicine
    Apr 24, 2024 by Riley Silverman

    A cloaked figure with innumerable arms harvests the four humors of its victims. Get a sneak peek at this terrifying creature from Kobold Press.

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  • Don't Lose an Eye! The Oculo Swarm by Kobold Press
    Apr 19, 2024 by Riley Silverman

    What happens when an experiment to create living scrying sensors goes wrong? You get the eyeball-stealing oculo swarm from Tome of Beasts 1. Learn about these eye-catching horrors here.

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  • The Writhing Decay of Demon Lord Qorgeth from Tome of Beasts 1
    Apr 17, 2024 by Riley Silverman

    Kobold Press introduced a variety of new demon lords in Tome of Beasts 1. In this article, you'll meet the fiendish Qorgeth, the demon lord of worms and decay, and learn how to bring it to your table!

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  • Void Dragons: When You Gaze into the Void, the Void Gazes Back
    Apr 5, 2024 by Riley Silverman

    The Void dragon from Kobold Press's Tome of Beasts 1 threads the needle between an eldritch terror of the unknown and the classic fantasy elements of a dragon. Learn more about them here!

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  • Jokes That Kill: The Grim Jester from Tome of Beasts 1
    Mar 29, 2024 by Riley Silverman

    What happens when a dying jokester makes an evil death god laugh? You get the grim jester, an Undead who relishes in grisly deaths. Preview this monster from Kobold Press's Tome of Beasts 1 here!

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  • The 5 Hierarch Modrons of Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
    Oct 13, 2023 by Kyle Shire

    Hierarch modrons are the methodological managers of Mechanus. Here's a sneak peek at five new monsters coming to us from Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse!

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  • When Time Flies: Preview the Time Dragon From Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
    Oct 9, 2023 by Mike Bernier

    Temporal breath weapons, timeline-hopping portals, and time-space manipulation. What more can you ask for from a cosmic wyrm?

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  • Punch a Plane in the Face! Preview the Planar Incarnate From Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
    Oct 3, 2023 by Riley Silverman

    If you've managed to antagonize an entire plane so that it coalesces into a single entity and attacks you, you might be in trouble. Read on to learn more about the new planar incarnate's stat block from Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse!

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  • The Flesh Meld, Or How Many Mouths Is Too Many Mouths
    Sep 15, 2023 by Riley Silverman

    Adventurers, beware! This squelching, quivering bag of flesh is gnashing its teeth, and it's hungry for a meal (or two, or three, or...)!

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  • The Oculorb: What Happens When Beholders Cry
    Sep 8, 2023 by Kyle Shire

    Let's take a sneak peek at these mutated beholders from Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk and how to use them in your games!

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  • Encephalon Clusters and Gemmules: The Rotten Eggs of the Illithid
    Sep 8, 2023 by Kyle Shire

    What happens when the offspring of a multiversal scourge gets twisted by the powers of the Far Realm? Find out here!

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  • 4 Giant-Size Dinosaurs to Tower Above Your Game
    Aug 9, 2023 by Riley Silverman

    What monsters can make even the giants quake? Primeval dinosaurs, of course! Get a sneak peek at the Gargantuan-sized dinosaurs in Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants! 

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  • Face Off Against Classic D&D Monsters in Baldur's Gate 3
    Aug 2, 2023 by Damen Cook

    From ferocious redcaps to the noble djinni, you'll be running into a menagerie of classic D&D monsters in Baldur's Gate 3! Learn more about your potential opponents and tenuous allies here.

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