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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Upper_Krust" data-source="post: 8218780" data-attributes="member: 326">Howdy Stalker0! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> Its easy to just go with the complexity of epic gaming and add MOAR stuff (as they say). I think maybe its harder to make iconic epic monsters in as few abilities as possible.The best monsters* in the 3E Epic Level Handbook were all simple in concept (if not always execution).*Atropal, Hekatonkeres, Xixecal etc.Yes and no. Dave has designed monsters of at least CR 50 (and possibly beyond). So in terms of 'epic' CR 30 is hardly the Ultimate Boss Monster (although I get the point you are trying to make). But I am not sure it needs to have a lot of tools in the belt. Conceptually it would be better to be great at 2 or 3 things rather than good at everything.If you were designing Thor as an opponent you could hypothetically boil him down to 3 key powers.Maybe the dragon's scales became sentient insect-like minions that can detach or fall off. The Dragon's hide is tougher with the minion's attached (Scalebound Form: Better AC & Damage Reduction) but the 'Living Scales' can attack of their own accord and swarm the PCs and the Scaleless Form could be faster/cast better spells.Certainly 5E is much simpler than 3E/Pathfinder.</blockquote>