Kept the PCs going for a few rounds, bringing even the ridiculous AC20 raging half-damage-suffering Barbarian down to 5HP. – burnt rubber smell, gaping mouth, stretchy limbs & stomach expanding like a balloon before spewing – For every slashing or piercing strike against it in melee, attacker takes d6 damage from spraying tar – Spew boiling tar – Dex save or 4d8 damage My entire notes for it, scrawled down a few minutes before the session, were: It probably has some (or many) errors in it.

With that we generate an NPC ready to use in battle You can even print/pdf it The tool is under construction and receiving new features each day. Here you can choose an race, template, abilities scores, and hitdices. So a monster I used yesterday for four lvl 3 5e characters was a summoned rubbery monster. RPG Tinker is a tool for building NPCs for D&D 5e. Target number for average stat = 10 + 1/2 HD If a damage roll is more than 10, count it as 2 hits. Use the next highest die if the NPC is skilled at fighting.Īttack damage for monsters = d damage, can be split I focus on working out a rough HD for the monster, from which I can get most of the important numbers.ĪC = 10 + HD, unless you have a simple armour system, in which case use that.Īttack damage for humanoids = nearest die to HD + 4 rounded down.

It’s all very loosey-goosey, but it helps clarify my thinking.Īnyone have experience or tips for simplifying 5e monsters into a more OSR style? What are your favorite tips and tricks?Īlas, for I have forked out for the 5e Monster Manual, but I think it’s probably easier just working from the older edition stat blocks – they’re a heck of a lot easier to improv too. I typed out a pretty hot-aired response to someone on reddit, and it formalised a mental process I’ve been using which I’d like to get down on virtual paper. 5e You seemed to like my monsters last time, so here is my completed Arctic Monster Expansion: 20 stat blocks.

5e monster stat block creator