D&D 5E DnDBeyond Running Monsters with Mackenzie De Armas, Justice Arman interviewed by Todd Kenreck.

[darjr]

Running Monsters in Dungeons & Dragons | D&D Design Team | Justice Arman #dnd #dndbeyond #wizards

Oh! Looks like a series. Mackenzie De Armas asked by Todd Kenreck Running Monsters in D&D: Topaz Dragons | D&D Design Team | Makenzie De A... #dnd #dndbeyond #ttrpg #wotc

 

[Vaalingrade]

I'm glad he called out the DMs trying to learn without having a DM to run a game for them. I just hope they all understand that those guys are the ones the new DMG needs to be for.

 

[LuisCarlos17f]

- What are your favorite D&D monsters?

- Those who could become the new members of my PC bard's waifu harem.

- (This has watched too many isekai animes).

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I miss the ethergaunts from 3rd Fiend Folio. They are original, and they shouldn't be forgotten. And I love the "lost jewels", forgotten creatures published in previous editions. For example the cobra dragon as leader of a yuan-ti cult. And the "subrace" of aboleths from Dragon Magazine, or the "no human enough" from Dragon magazine 141.

By fault of Werewolf the Apocalypse now I imagine D&D Fomorian giants with a Lovecraftian touch, mutations, like the pseudonatural monster template.

And I love construct monster allies could be "crafted" by the PCs. For example lesser golems from Dragon #341.

And the ferrous dragons should return.

 

[Parmandur]

Interesting: Justice Armin is one of the next Gen Wunderkinds (he did some vety cool stuff on DMsGuild and for Beadle & Grimm) on the design team, I wonder if he is going to be the lead on the Monster Manual (Perkins is the face for the DMG, and Crawford the PHB).

 

[darjr]

Oh! Looks like a series. Mackenzie De Armas asked by Todd Kenreck Running Monsters in D&D: Topaz Dragons | D&D Design Team | Makenzie De A... #dnd #dndbeyond #ttrpg #wotc

 

[bedir than]

Topaz Noodles!

 

[LuisCarlos17f]

My favorite "monsters" are a mash-up version based in the supernatural factions of World of Darkness: clans, tribes, mage traditions, guilds...because they are "evil" but not simple sociopaths dumbs (yes, gnolls, I am pointing to you!). I would rather villains with potential to become anti-villains, who make serious efforts to be coherent with their own codes.

Some monsters are based in famouse franchises from videogames and movies, but also into "urban legends" and conspirancy theories. Let's imagine Matt "Mad" Murddok (A-Team) talking with Fox Mulder(X-Files) about theories found in internet.

Dragons are cool, but if you add too many predator monsters in the ecosystem then the preys would disappear, and also other hunter species. In the nature some times you could find an animal, from a far zone, not like in videogames where you find and kills hundres in only one day.

 

[Uni-the-Unicorn!]

Makenzie’s homebrew campaign world sounds really interesting. I would like to hear more about that!