Extraordinarily powerful creatures possess exploitable weaknesses. Some cultivate relationships with less powerful creatures to help offset those weaknesses. These lesser beings are called “rider monsters,” and they add a wrinkle in combats against boss monsters.
Rider Monsters: beef up your lich boss with a helpful, glowy pal Read More »
In the vast multiverse, there are many tales of magical decks of cards. Some cards conjure creatures into being. And some beget entire communities of people!
Golems for a more subtle wizard Read More »
Today, I, Casimir, present another fey creature newly arrived to—or perhaps recently noticed by—Midgardians: the deathless. My report brings these lich-like fey out of the shadows, which may literally save your soul, dear reader.
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Unlike many of my previous reports, I’ve had to rely on external resources for information on the mimic. I, Casimir, enjoy a surprise just as much as anyone, but if that surprise tries to eat you as part of the experience? I prefer to avoid that fate.
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Storm giants are the most powerful of giants! They stand atop the giant hierarchy. Storm giants can be known to live high in the clouds or deep beneath the oceans, but they usually dwell far from mortal civilization. Storm giants can even be so reclusive as to prefer solitude from others of their own kind. However, a single storm giant’s wrath can wreak devastation upon the land or sea.
Good Riddance! Part 6: Have fun storming the castle Read More »
Recently increased activity tied to the moon piqued my interest, especially the emergence of fey knights devoted to the moon in The Margreve and the ancient forests dominating the Grand Duchy of Dornig.
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Parents tell their children horrific stories about werewolves snatching away the unwary and feasting on their bones, but werewolves largely keep to the far corners of Midgard, perhaps due to their terrifying reputation.
Midgard Monday: Casimir’s Enchiridion of Monsters takes on werewolves Read More »
The pinnacle of good monsters might just be angels. So let’s drag them down into making good antagonists instead!
Good Riddance! Part 5: Where angels don’t fear to tread Read More »
There are few places one can travel around or under Midgard without encountering kobolds. These wyrmchildren have adapted to—or adopted—habitats in shade and shadow to account for their inability to adjust to sunlight.
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Anyone who’s played a video game RPG in the past decade has likely heard of the Dragon Quest series. Today, we bring even more of its iconic monsters to life as Tales of the Valiant RPG monsters!
More Dragon Quest monsters for your 5E games! Read More »
The Mage Wars that devastated Western Midgard rendered the land nearly uninhabitable. However, this destruction proved a boon to the world’s goblins, who finally found a location where they could dwell without organized efforts to eradicate them.
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Metallic dragons are fantasy RPG goodniks. But because they’re good-aligned, PCs almost never fight them. Let’s find a way to make these dragons the bad guys!
Good Riddance! Part 4: Dragons are totally metal Read More »
Unicorns are one of the most recognizable creatures in fantasy, but because they’re good-aligned, PCs almost never fight them. Unicorns have been depicted as healers, nature guardians, or free spirits of the wild that follow their own call. In almost all stories, unicorns are extremely rare and avoid civilization. So how do you make them the enemy?
Good Riddance! Part 3: One of a kind antagonists—make the unicorn the bad guy Read More »
Couatls are good-aligned monsters that appear in many monster books. But when do you use them? Let’s look at some ways to make couatls antagonists!
Good Riddance, part 2: Snakes alive! Couatls become the bad guy Read More »
Anyone who’s played a video game RPG in the past decade has likely heard of the Dragon Quest series. Today, we bring some of its iconic monsters to life as Tales of the Valiant RPG monsters!
Dragon Quest monsters to slime up your game Read More »
Blink dogs are beloved fantasy creatures, and it’s easy to see why. But what happens when they become bad dogs?
Good Riddance! Turn Good Dogs into Bad Guys. Read More »
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