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And the video mentioned how this was an intentional choice. They are adding a diversity of styles corresponding to each type of monster. So Fiendish art will look more metal, Fey art will look more whimsical, Undead art will look more horrific, Celestial art will look more heavenly, etc. The art...

I have used those rules at least once a month starting early 2017. They were invaluable to my campaigns and getting my homebrew content published. Reskinning monsters is great. I do it all the time. But many DMs need and regularly use the deeper monster creation rules. While them not being in...

I personally have never seen that complaint for 5e before and often have to increase the hit points of monsters in my games in order for them to be a challenge.

What I found confusing when I first got into D&D is how it did certain monsters fairly accurately (Cyclopes, Centaurs, Satyrs), others took the name of an individual and applied it to the whole species (Minotaurs, Medusa), and others just stole the name and made a completely different creatures...

I remember being confused by what seemed to be a mix of a Catoblepas and Colchis Bull being called a "gorgon."

As I've mentioned in a previous thread, the 2014 Monster Manual was the first D&D book I ever owned. As a huge mythology nerd (I will die on the hill that Percy Jackson is better than Harry Potter), the Gorgon and Lamia representations made me angry when I first read them. Weird lion-women still...

This is easily my favorite piece of artwork from Theros

The Theros book has a few different types of Nymphs in it. Grain Nymphs, Underworld Nymphs, Water Nymphs, a couple others I think. But not the old generic "kills you by being naked" D&D Nymph.

A good example of a character from a TV show to take inspiration from for a Male Hag would be Rumpelstiltskin from Once Upon A Time.

It has resistance to all bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage. It doesn't specify magical weapon damage anymore. In that way the Empyrean got a significant buff and their HP was increased a bit, too. They're definitely scarier enemies now.

And intentional to make up for the removal of resistance/immunity to nonmagical bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage.

And the Iota isn't really even a weaker version of an Empyrean. It's a living divine thought. Interesting idea, very Gnostic.

Theren Liadon, a premade High Elf Wizard from the Lost Mines of Phandelver starter set. My DM hadn’t read the rules, so he didn’t know what my spells did and made up their effects on the fly. He ruled that Magic Missile only did 3 damage and thought burning hands just lit your hands on fire...

Karsus’s current form is a giant bleeding rock in the High Forest. He became a Vestige because he died on the material plane, and his soul was trapped inside his petrified body. I once played a Changeling Hexblade Warlock devoted to him that was trying to restore Netheril. I hunted down and...

I always intentionally mix and match aspects of different cultures and time periods when worldbuilding. It makes for more unique worlds and allows for in-world people groups that are less stand-ins for a real group and more a confluence of interesting concepts from a variety of them. I don’t...

My criticisms of the Dragonborn lore in the Forgotten Realms is 1) it’s tied to the Spellplague and whole Abeir-Toril continent switching shenanigans and 2) they’re just boring. They’re a stoic, proud, righteous warrior race. Basically Paladins, the species. And there should be more to them than...

These are my favorite versions of each of the core 5e races. Aasimar: Eberron’s Shulassakar. They’re celestial humanoids whose ancestors were transformed into divine Yuan-ti by the Couatls, before the angelic serpents sacrificed themselves to trap the Demon Overlords in Khyber. Now the...