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The Shield of Ineffable Darkness and Shadow Spawn combination seems way too overpowered for a multi-class character. If a rogue drops 2 levels into cleric, he can use a reaction to blind an opponent who hits him, then have advantage on his next attack. Since he has advantage, he gets to use his...

Adult Blue Dracolich 20 Allip 16-2=14 Banshee 24 Beholder Zombie 20 Bodak 20 Bone Naga 20 Boneclaw 21 Death Knight 27 Death Tyrant 19 Deathlock 20 Deathlock Mastermind 20 Demilich 23+1=24 (I remember fighting one in 1e. Terrifying!) Eidolon 20 Flameskull 23 Ghast 20 Ghost 25 Ghoul 20 Gnoll...

I have very little experience with 5e monks as yet so I won't get specific. However, my general advice for any question like this is talk to your DM to see if your character concept will work with his campaign and with what the other players are playing. If your DM has a very specific campaign...

My philosophy.

While I agree with a most of what you're saying, I take issue with this. It's one thing if a DM leads PCs into an unbalanced encounter, but in this case it sounds like the PC picked a fight he couldn't win. I don't think it's the DM's job to make sure PCs don't suffer the consequences of stupid...

The Charger feat?

1e dragons underwent an overhaul after some believed that they were too easy to defeat (and in 1e you could subdue a dragon rather than kill it). I can't remember which issue of Dragon magazine (but I'm pretty sure it was in Best of Dragon Magazine #3) had the article, but it added wing buffets...

I think they hate Tennessee's professional football team. I mean, their mascot was in the original Monster Manual, but is nowhere to found now--I mean as an actual entry, not just a title attached to another creature.

Black Pudding 7-2=5 Gelatinous Cube 18+1=19

You just need to be able to cast plane shift to get back to your home plane after you cast your buff spells in the glyphs. Glyph has a 1 hour casting time and demiplane's duration is only an hour. Although you can re-cast demiplane to get back to the same demiplane you've created (and filled...

Black Pudding 16 Gelatinous Cube 15+1=16 (how can you not love a creature that evolved for use on graph paper?) Gray Ooze 15 Treant 3-1=1 (It's just a rip-off of Tolkien's ents)

Black Pudding 20 Gelatinous Cube 27+1=28 Gray Ooze 20 Treant 16-2=14

I think the key to making it spooky is to make the players feel powerless. A ship stuck in the middle of the ocean certainly starts them down this path. Throw in rapidly diminishing water supplies (most of the water barrels are mysteriously turned brackish? and the crew starts circulating rumors...

Black Pudding 28 Gelatinous Cube 34+1=35 (original and ridiculously specific to D&D (the dungeon Roomba)) Gray Ooze 20 Ochre Jelly 10 Shambling Mound 10-2=8 (feels like a rip-off of Swamp Thing) Treant 23

Mechanically it might not be OP, but as far as flavor I would hate this rule. The idea of a wizard casting a spell and then stabbing somebody with a dagger just seems "wrong" to me. But then again, I'm a grumpy, old Fatbeard.

Yeah, I kind of gave up on trying to be realistic with darkvision a while ago. In 1st and 2nd edition it was pretty much like passive night vision (i.e. you could detect near IR), now it's a supernatural ability to perceive your surrounding even if there isn't any sort of EM radiation present. I...

I've never had a problem with rangers choosing favored enemies or terrain that don't work well with the campaign. I'm of the mindset that the DM should work with his players when they make choices like this to ensure their choices aren't wasted. If the player says he wants to choose a terrain or...

It all depends on what you mean by hunting undead. I think a dog would be a great thematic choice. In the real world we have cadaver dogs that can sniff out dead bodies even if they're underground. There's also a fairly common trope that animals can sense ghosts and the like. It seems likely to...

I would respectfully disagree. Being invisible to darkvision is a HUGE tactical advantage--so big in fact, I've know DMs who consider it overpowered. This is especially true when you consider how many powers depend on being able to see the target. As far as being surprised, if you can get your...

Black Pudding 29 Gelatinous Cube 42+1=43 Gray Ooze 22 Ochre Jelly 10 Shambling Mound 14-2=12 Treant 21