We had a problem very like yours in my brother's shared campaign world where I am the other DM (our third is gone for RL reasons) - we do not strictly have a West Marches campaign; mostly we have/had the 'nova' problem and significant RL scheduling and session length challenges (the ...
One clue: The Monster Manual provides one example stat block for a shadow dragon: a Young Red. The CR of a Young Red Shadow Dragon is 13, while the CR of a Young Red Dragon is 10. Is merely adding 3 to the CR a good rule of thumb? dnd-5e-2014 dragons ch...
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Some parents might get touchy if say demons, devils, and unearthly pantheons play a large role in your plot. Some parents might be so touchy about relationships that they don't want so much as a hint of a romantic sub-plot. This is also probably not the game to ...
Below is my attempt to make a CR 22 aboleth, which I've called the "Elder Aboleth" (so that it being stronger makes some kind of sense), and have made it Huge rather than Large to further justify its additional strength: Elder Aboleth Huge aberration, lawful...
Example : Similar situation with a large enemy/hostile force, but the PC's need to turn it into a running battle so that they can use missile / bow / ranged spell fire to whittle the enemy down so that it can be taken on. Example: similar situation to 1, bu...