Use This Simple Hack to Improve D&D Monsters

18K views • 3 years ago • 6:41 Spellcaster Enhancement Templates (Lair Magazine #28, Conquest & Champions) https://the-dm-lair.myshopify.com/products/conquest-champions-lair-magazine-28-april-2023-issue ___ Many monsters in D&D 5e are boring and bland, just sacks of hit points that do damage. So, how can a game master make exciting encounter for their Dungeons & Dragons players when so many creatures just plain suck? With spellbinding transformations! In this video, I explain my simple trick for turning any monster into a spellcasting variant that is way more interesting. I also discuss the idea of spellcaster templates that GMs can drag and drop onto any monster. THE SECRET ART OF GAME MASTERY | Learn from decades of GM experience in one book! Kickstarter launches August 2023. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thedmlair/the-secret-art-of-game-mastery?ref=77qgbg LAIR MAGAZINE | Easy-to-use D&D 5e and Pathfinder 2e GM resources (adventures, maps, puzzles, traps, and more) designed to reduce GM prep time and help you run amazing games! https://www.patreon.com/thedmlair FREE GM RESOURCES | Join the DM Lair Newsletter to get 100% FREE D&D 5e adventures and other GM resources emailed to you every week: https://thedmlair.getresponsepages.com/ LAIRS & LEGENDS | Over 700 pages of D&D 5e GM resources: adventures spanning levels 1 to 15, 100+ new monsters, encounters, puzzles, traps, villains, NPCs, maps, and more! https://the-dm-lair.myshopify.com/collections/lairs-legends DM LAIR STORE | Get back issues of Lair Magazine, Lairs & Legends, Loot & Lore, Into the Fey, map packs, 5e adventures, and other 5e GM resources! https://the-dm-lair.myshopify.com/ KICKSTARTER | Get notified when DM Lair Kickstarters launch! https://thedmlairkickstarters.getresponsepages.com/ DISCORD | Join our awesome, welcoming community of game masters who encourage and help each other out: https://discord.gg/thedmlair ASK LUKE! Ask me your own question here: https://forms.gle/zKXscNMuUdbj4EAo6 ROLL20 ADVENTURES | Get professionally made Roll20 D&D 5e adventures The DM Lair team has created here. https://marketplace.roll20.net/browse/publisher/1967/the-dm-lair ~~2023 Convention Schedule~~ Please come up and say hi if you see me! Gen Con, August 3-6 https://www.gencon.com/ Grand Con, September 1-3 https://www.grand-con.com/ Lair Con, October ???-??? https://www.thedmlair.com/lair-con/ #dungeonsanddragons #dungeonmaster #gamemaster