Monsters can be a great tool in a DMs homebrew aresenal, but what makes a monster more than the sum of it's stats? In this episode Pat and Andrew talk about the intersection between good monsters and good encounter design. Then they take a look at 3 dangerous monsters from The Book of Beautiful Horrors, an dark fantasy monster supplement featuring monsters from The Witcher (as well as many originals). With this expansive and flavorful supplement you can find challenges to vex your party at any level. What makes these creatures a cut above? Listen and find out.
The Book of Beautiful Horrors (verison 2.1) by Nathan Haslé (u/regerem) can be found here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByEZ_EOCyILZa1B0N0t1RkN5Vjg/view
Intro and outro music is Lord of the Land by Kevin MacLeod from Incompetech.
The image in the title card is by Designdrunkard on Pexels.
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