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I'm an O5e player, but I use a lot of A5e material behind the screen because I think it generally superior to WOTC's products. I am starting a new campaign, and trying to figure out treasure. I want to use the T&T role tables. However, I am having trouble understanding what their assumptions...

Does anyone have a good rule of thumb for how many combat encounters should be in a dungeon of a given size for it to be an appropriate challenge? I'm trying my hand at homebrewing and I don't have a great sense of how to stock a dungeon with combat encounters. I'm kind of just feeling it out...

Is there guidance for how to cost damage from ongoing conditions when homebrewing monsters? For example, a creature is poisoned but can make a save at the end of each turn, or a creature is grappled and restrained while grappled in this way (I believe the latter example is considered ongoing...

Hi all, I'm looking to scale down a stat block, which I won't reproduce here because it's not part of any SRD. It doesn't easily fit the monster creation guides in the A5E MM, which is what is making it difficult to cost. This is a (Recharge 6) ability, so likely to only be used once per...

I'm working on The Final Battle in my campaign, and trying to get it to the right level of difficulty. Is there a factor (x0.5, x0.75, etc) to be applied to monsters who came late into a battle? The D&D action economy favors lots of actions/monsters. Additionally, damage earlier in a fight is...

I really love the idea of elite monsters. Is there an existing template out there to help me create my own? It seems like it's 2x HP, elite recovery, plus ~50% increased damage. Is there more to it than that? Monstrous Menagerie is maybe the best D&D book I've ever purchased, but it's a little...