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Ghost 23 Lich 25+1=26 Mummy 19 Vampire 27-2=25

In our previous session, the BBEG (Drow mage, INT 24, WIS 20, lawful evil, homebrew) captured the PCs (party of 4, all level 14, two spell-casters). They ran out of spells/HP and surrendered after they correctly didn't see an escape. The BBEG could just kill them, but I don't want to end the...

Ghost 28 Lich 30+1=31 Mummy 28 Vampire 31 Wraith 15-2=13

Banshee 7-2=5 Death Knight 6 Ghost 28 Lich 29+1=30 Mummy 28 Vampire 30 Wraith 24

Banshee 27 Death Knight 21 Ghost 28 Ghoul 8-2=6 Lich 32+1=33 Mummy 30 Vampire 29 Wraith 29

Banshee 29 Death Knight 20 Demilich 6-2=4 Ghost 32 Ghoul 10 Lich 33+1=34 Mummy 32 Vampire 29 Wraith 30

I recognize your situation, and I want to make some on-topic and off-topic comments. On topic Legendary actions were invented for this problem. If the monster is a BBEG (end-boss), nothing stops you from inventing your own set of appropriate legendary actions. Lair actions can also help...

Banshee 30 Death Knight 25+1=26 Demilich 8 Ghost 32 Ghoul 12 Lich 31 Mummy 32 Vampire 31 Wight 4-2=2 Wraith 32

Banshee 31 Death Knight 23+1=24 Demilich 21-2=19 Ghost 31 Ghoul 16 Lich 32 Mummy 32 Vampire 31 Wight 6 Wraith 32

I am very happy with the MM. I think it's easy to use as DM, both on planned encounters and improv situations. And I like the graphics and layout (info is always easy to find in the stat blocks). I'm not sure that I would be happy if there was more info for the monsters. It's really enough as...

Banshee 30 Death Knight 21 Demilich 28 Ghost 32 Ghoul 16 Lich 34+1=35 Mummy 32 Mummy Lord 4 Vampire 30 Wight 10-2=8 Wraith 32

Banshee 31 Death Knight 29 Demilich 30 Flameskull 15-2=13 Ghost 32 Ghoul 20 Lich 32+1=33 Mummy 31 Mummy 19 Shadow 5 Vampire 32 Wight 14 Wraith 32

tl;dr, If the Kender survives session zero, then I'd be ok with it. I ask all players to come to the Session Zero without any preconceived characters that they want to play. First listen to the setting (and also give feedback on it - it's two-way world-building), then figure out what you play...

Banshee 29 Death Knight 31 Demilich 30 Flameskull 21-2=19 Ghost 32 Ghoul 21 Lich 31+1=32 Mummy 33 Mummy Lord 24 Shadow 15 Spectre 10 Vampire 32 Wight 18 Wraith 30

We never bother with such details. There is one character sheet, and that describes the characters in all situations - in town and in a dungeon. The DM needs to adjust the CR of an encounter to the abilities of the party anyway, so in the end donning and doffing is just a bookkeeping exercise...

Banshee 32 Death Knight 31 Demilich 29 Flameskull 20 Ghost 32 Ghoul 23-2=21 Lich 29 Mummy 32 Mummy Lord 24 Nightwalker 10 Shadow 19 Spectre 10 Vampire 32 Wight 18 Wraith 30 Zombie 3+1=4 Can't let go of the #1 Hollywood undead so soon!

You can give the various monsters bonuses on their d20s. I.e. tat crowd-favorite crocodile (with experience in the ring) gets a +5 to its roll, while the bear only gets a +4. If my players would enter such a place, they would gamble once or twice, and then proceed to try to rig the game in...

Banshee 31 Death Knight 31 Demilich 27 Flameskull 22-2=20 Ghost 32 Ghoul 22 Lich 29+1=30 Mummy 31 Mummy Lord 24 Nightwalker 19 Shadow 19 Spectre 16 Vampire 31 Wight 18 Wraith 33

Banshee 32 Death Knight 32 Demilich 28 Flameskull 26-2=24 Ghast 17 Ghost 32 Ghoul 21 Lich 29+1=30 Mummy 33 Mummy Lord 24 Nightwalker 28 Shadow 21 Skeleton 12 Spectre 18 Vampire 31 Wight 20 Wraith 34 Zombie 13

Just think of how epic it can be: Your PCs slugged through a huge dungeon, survived countless traps and deadly monsters, to arrive at the BBEG and then butchered it without taking a single point of damage themselves. Maybe because the BBEG missed once (or twice), or maybe they successfully...