In addition, you’ll want to include a little information on your monster’s physiology if they don’t require food, water, or sleep. Start each new story aspect section with a bold and italic phrase that sums up that detail of your monster, so a DM skimming the passage can say, “Ah yes! I remember that the blood marmalade is an intelligent ooze that devours knowledge!” Each aspect of your monster should include a good story hook that helps GMs work the monster into their stories.
Subsequent paragraphs should dive deep into specific story aspects of your monster.
This paragraph describes where the monster lives, what the monster looks like, and how they fit into the larger world. Open with a paragraph that gives a general overview of the monster. Let your imagination run wild! What makes your creature different from all others. Damage resistances, immunities, and vulnerabilitiesįor this article, I wanted to show you how to create every aspect of a monster and build an expected terror for my players, so I settled on using a legendary ooze I named the blood marmalade as an example.All monsters have the following components you need to design: I’ll expand on what’s provided and the steps in my process will vary a bit to give an even more in-depth look. The Dungeon Master’s Guide provides guidelines for monster creation, which are great. If the monster you’re considering designing doesn’t already exist and can’t be built by tweaking an existing creature, it’s time to design your own. Can I reskin or tweak another creation to suit my needs?.Does my creation already exist as official D&D content?.Before You Start, Ask the Important Questionsīefore you begin to design any new element of the game, don’t forget to ask these three questions, the importance of which are discussed in my backgrounds post: That’s why I’m going to walk you through the process of monster design step-by-step. Building new creature from scratch is a complicated task. I’m here to help you bring that fear to your players. Veteran players quake when a new monster hits the table, because a fresh creation brings an extra element of terror on top of claws and jaws: fear of the unknown. Players know what to expect when encountering them. While trolls, beholders, mind flayers, and ancient red dragons are great, those monsters have been around for decades. There’s nothing more satisfying than dropping an original monster on an unsuspecting group of players. If you want advice on how to build a background specifically in D&D Beyond, check out that version of the article. I’ve stripped most of the references to the D&D Beyond to keep the advice here more universal and streamlined.
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