![]() Who does it hurt if the Rogue Orb of Telekinetic Violence that escaped the wizard’s laboratory, coated itself in chunks of bone, viscera, metal, and masonry, and is rampaging through the lab is actually ( once more for the people at the back) a Bear? Or that the goblins’ killer mutant pigs that they’ve been breeding in the forest are actually… Bears. Likewise, they don’t need to know that the brutish, slow-witted boxer who fights for the local street gang is actually just a Bear. You still end up with a powerful grappling monster with a slow movement speed. Your players don’t have to know that the mass of writhing, inky-black tentacles gliding out of the pit to envelop them is actually just a Giant Constrictor Snake. ![]() This is an entirely cosmetic process, and mechanically the monster will be exactly the same. The simplest way to “create” a new monster for your game is to just grab the stat block for an existing monster and change the way you describe it to your players. If you want actionable, (hopefully) useful advice on how to homebrew monsters that you can use at your next session based on how I approach homebrewing monsters, keep reading. If you want meticulously balanced monsters that politely refrain from exceeding the PCs’ power level, go read the Dungeon Master’s Guide (chapter 9). Personally, I don’t think that sort of box-ticking is particularly fun, and it’s certainly not what compels us as dungeon masters to lovingly handcraft our very own nightmarish abominations to torment our players. The chapter gives a lot of very detailed advice on how to balance your homebrewed creations so that they’re not too high or low CR for your players’ characters to handle. ![]() There are three main ways to create a new monster for your D&D 5e campaign: reskin an existing monster, modify an existing monster’s stats and/or give it new abilities, or build a new creature from scratch.īefore we get started, however, I should probably say that I’m of the opinion that the section devoted to creating new monsters in the D&D 5e Dungeon Master’s Guide is a huge disservice to game masters everywhere. Building a Monster From Scratch in DnD 5e.How Do You Homebrew Monsters in DnD 5e?. ![]()
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