You’ll find all the best 5e monsters in our guide – plus DM advice on how to run them, potential tactics and their general role in the game. We’ve organized our favorite monsters by Challenge Rating (CR), so you’ll find weak little guys at the start and endgame boss monsters at...
While not a kaiju-sized beastie, Crawford promises us the Arch-Hag is a mean creature that “can just wreck you”. It’s the highest-CR Fey in all of Dungeons and Dragons, and can curse multiple opponents at once with a Crackling Wave. You’ll want to avoid these curses, if possible...
Mostlycanthropescan make great bosses for low-level parties, but we'll focus on Werewolves for their powerful attacks, Pack Tactics, and overall strength that come with a CR three monster. The mystery of figuring out who the Werewolf is can also be a wonderful narrative for your campaign's ...
One can't just line up CR's in order of lowest to highest and run every game like a prolonged episode of the Power Rangers where you fight the easy then the medium then the hard then the hardest... you can, I guess, but I'm probably in good company suggesting that you shouldn't....
I would probably restrict them to cr5 creatures or lower. Though when playing this way would the characters stats just be what the bestiary entry says? How could you add some variety if the players chose the same creature? The normal point buy or ruling for stats doesn't really make ...
If you follow that format, it’s a lot easier to follow the guidelines in the DMG to figure out the monster’s CR. The monster’s average damage output over three rounds is a lot easier to see. And you can follow the guidance in the DMG for adjusting the CR based on other spells ...