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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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    • Preview 3 Fearsome Frost Giants From Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants!
      Aug 1, 2023 by Riley Silverman

      Get a sneak peek at three new giants available in Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants: the frost giant ice shaper, frost giant of Evil Water, and the frostmourn!

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