Do you want to build fun, balanced monsters in D&D 5e? Is encounter design a huge timesink for you? Need some varied combat options that will get you running encounters in seconds? Then try Giffyglyph's Monster Maker: rules, advice, and templates to help you build new monsters and prepare combat encounters with ease!
- A fully-modular supplement that integrates easily with RAW 5e.
- Scrap Challenge Ratings for easy-to-use Combat Levels.
- Give your monsters some Combat Ranks: build Grunts, Minions, Elites, and Paragons.
- Specialize your fighting style with 6 Combat Roles: Controllers, Defenders, Lurkers, Skirmishers, Strikers, and Supporters.
- Build a specialist with 6 Archetypes: Spellcasters, Summoners, Swarms, Sidekicks, Hazards, and Lifelinkers.
- Act multiple times a round with Paragon Power.
- Equip your monster with 200+ categorized Monstrous Traits.
- Build new attacks easily with a step-by-step, fully-balanced Feature & Effect Builder.
- Build new encounters in seconds with Threat.
- Apply new status effects with 18 new conditions.
- And tons more!
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