Category: D&D

The only good thing about Owlbears is that the wizard who created them is probably dead. Xarshel Ravenshadow, gnome professor of Transmutative Science at Morgrave University With respect, Xarshel Ravenshadow, I must disagree with you. The only good thing about owlbears is literally everything about them. Lore: Mysterious Nighttime Hunters Ferocious, aggressive, and stubborn, the…

How the hell do you pronounce that? Did someone at Wizards of the Coast trip over their own tongue in a meeting and they all just decided to keep it? Oh yeah, by the way, the monster is a waking nightmare. Lore: Gluttons in Garbage Buried beneath mounds of offal and carrion, the otyugh only…

Stats: Weak Alone, Strong Together I remember when I only had to talk about one monster per week. Now we have four on average. Hooray! I’m so tired… Orcs come in four different flavor. You’ve got vanilla orcs, the Orc War Chief, the Orc Eye of Gruumsh, and the Orog. While they each share many…

*Surprise! It’s another two-parter! Turns out, a lot of the monsters in the O section have multiple entire pages dedicated to lore and stats. So we’ll cover the first one here and the other later. Also, there won’t be a design segment here since we all know what to expect from orcs in fantasy. With…

Stats: Murder Jello in Four Flavors We’ve got four of these guys to get through, so let’s get right into it. Buckle up; we’re gonna be here for a while. A Black Pudding is tricky. While its AC is low, sitting in the single digits, its HP is nearly in the triple digits. Acid, cold,…