Crimson Foxxe GamesSo it has been all but confirmed that lair actions as we know them are out of the game, and instead monsters will be getting additional Legendary Resistances and Legendary Actions. As I do not like either mechanic all that much, in this video I not only talk about ways to reuse lair action mechanics but also to improve upon them.
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Lair Actions are GONE | How Monsters Are Made | Dungeons and Dragons 5eCrimson Foxxe Games2025-01-16 | So it has been all but confirmed that lair actions as we know them are out of the game, and instead monsters will be getting additional Legendary Resistances and Legendary Actions. As I do not like either mechanic all that much, in this video I not only talk about ways to reuse lair action mechanics but also to improve upon them.
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#5e #dungeonsanddragons #dnd #dnd2024The Broken Blade - How BG3 failed Wyll | #bg3 #dnd #5eCrimson Foxxe Games2025-07-31 | Hey there! This was a passion project talking about my favourite BG3 companion, and not my usual style of content. If you liked this video, let me know in the comments! I had another two sections planned, but this video took far too long and was distracting from my work flow. But I'll come back with a sequel video if that's what people want to see!
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Oh we also have other stuff there too I guess, like rules for making big monsters feel massive via Areas of Attack or Titanic Monsters, or lycanthropes that match their animal counterparts more.
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But since 5e ended up actually being relatively rules heavy, having so much up in the air left a lot of people coming into the hobby confused. The rules were so tight in some aspects but so loose here. And while 5.24e clarified a few things and made some things more defined, it still has one gaping obvious hole in it that I intend to address in this video.
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But players have been frustrated with liches for decades, finding their returning nature unendingly annoying. Especially if they're basically just a super powerful zombie in terms of personality. In this video I go over how to avoid that common curse, and make a recurring villain memorable not a hurdle, as well as several ways you can create one.
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Creating a pantheon for your own world, or deciding how you want the gods of the setting you've adopted work, is a complex task with many questions worth asking yourself as you go.
Throughout most of the game's history, players could fight and potentially kill the avatars of gods and even the gods themselves. But with the most recent edition, WOTC seem to have shied away from this- something I consider to be a mistake.
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#5e #dungeonsanddragons #dnd #dnd2024Theres More Than One Way to Make a God #5e #dungeonsanddragons #dnd #dnd2024Crimson Foxxe Games2025-03-19 | Consider signing up to our Patreon as a free member: patreon.com/CrimsonFoxxe
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#5e #dungeonsanddragons #dnd #dnd2024How I use the Tiers of Play in World Building| Mastering Dungeons | Dungeons and Dragons 5eCrimson Foxxe Games2025-02-27 | The tiers of play have been around since 2014, but rarely come up in the game and are limited in their usefulness as a tool. In this video, I talk about how I view the tiers and how I make use of them when building out a world.
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#5e #dungeonsanddragons #dnd #dnd2024The Tiers of Play | Dungeons and Dragons 5e #5e #dungeonsanddragonsCrimson Foxxe Games2025-02-26 | Consider signing up to our Patreon as a free member: patreon.com/CrimsonFoxxe
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#5e #dungeonsanddragons #dnd #dnd2024Design Conversions | How Monsters Are Made | Dungeons and Dragons 5e #5e #dndmonster #dnd2024Crimson Foxxe Games2025-02-19 | Consider signing up to our Patreon as a free member: patreon.com/CrimsonFoxxe
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#5e #dungeonsanddragons #dnd #dnd2024I use AoEs, and so should you! | How Monsters Are Made | #dungeonsanddragons #5e #dndmonster #dnd5eCrimson Foxxe Games2025-02-12 | Consider signing up to our Patreon as a free member: patreon.com/CrimsonFoxxe
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#5e #dungeonsanddragons #dnd #dnd2024Legendary Actions SUCK | Dungeons and Dragons 5e #dungeonsanddragons #dndmonster #5e #dndmonstersCrimson Foxxe Games2025-01-29 | Consider signing up to our Patreon as a free member: patreon.com/CrimsonFoxxe
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#5e #dungeonsanddragons #dnd #dnd2024#shorts Lair Actions are OUT | How Monsters Are Made | Dungeons and Dragons 5e | #monstermanual #5eCrimson Foxxe Games2025-01-14 | Want to keep up to date on our latest projects? Consider following us! Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/crimson-foxxe.bsky.social Instagram: instagram.com/crimsonfoxxe Tumblr: tumblr.com/cimsonfoxxeThe DMGs major FLAW | How Monsters Are Made | Dungeons and Dragons 5eCrimson Foxxe Games2025-01-10 | I was very excited to see how the rules for creating monsters would change with the new DMG... Only to be disappointed that they have seemingly just been removed. While I feel the new DMG overall is a major improvement, this in particular feels like a step backwards.
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#5e #dungeonsanddragons #dnd #dnd2024The DMG has some problems | Dungeons and Dragons 5e #dungeonsanddragons #dndmonster #5eCrimson Foxxe Games2025-01-08 | Want to keep up to date on our latest projects? Consider following us! Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/crimson-foxxe.bsky.social Instagram: instagram.com/crimsonfoxxe Tumblr: tumblr.com/cimsonfoxxe#Short Vulnerabilities arent great| Dungeons and Dragons 5eCrimson Foxxe Games2025-01-02 | Want to keep up to date on our latest projects? Consider following us! Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/crimson-foxxe.bsky.social Instagram: instagram.com/crimsonfoxxe Tumblr: tumblr.com/cimsonfoxxeDesign Monsters to be Weak | How Monsters are Made | Dungeons and Dragons 5eCrimson Foxxe Games2025-01-02 | I often hear that Vulnerabilities are underutilized in DnD. But, are they? I feel that vulnerabilites are actually quite boring, and not what monsters really need to feel special to fight.
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#5e #dungeonsanddragons #dnd #dnd2024Legendary Resistances: Resist This! | How Monsters Are Made | Dungeons and Dragons 5eCrimson Foxxe Games2025-01-02 | Nothing sucks more than thinking you succeeded, only to have the rug pulled out from under to reveal... Nothing. You accomplished nothing. No dramatic twist of fate, no interesting consequences, no progress of any kind. You may as well have played the trumpet for your action this turn. I think it's time to discuss the ways these things can change.
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#5e #dungeonsanddragons #dnd2024 #dnd#Short Legendary Resistances are BADCrimson Foxxe Games2025-01-01 | Legendary Resistances have never been my favorite design element to 5e's monsters, and on the 2nd of Jan I'll be talking about different ways to handle them as well as my preferred way.
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If you want a written version of these rules, look no further. "Area of Attack rules: Instead of a reach, creatures that are Huge or larger have an area of attack. The size of this area varies depending on the attack. It makes one attack roll, and compares that to the AC of each creature in its Area of Attack. It then rolls one damage roll, and deals that damage to each creature it hits. The attack roll only has advantage or disadvantage if the attacker would have advantage or disadvantage against every target in the area.
When applying these rules to a monster you create, assume the attack hits two targets when determing its DPR. When applying it to a pre-existing monster, count one attack as two for the purposes of things like multiattack. If the monster has legendary actions or multiple reactions, consider reducing the attack's base damage or upping the cost of the action (EG a legendary action that normally only costs 1 action to make an attack now costs 2)."
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#5e #dungeonsanddragons #dnd #dnd2024#Shorts HUGE problem with 5es Monsters | Dungeons and Dragons 5eCrimson Foxxe Games2024-12-28 | Want to keep up to date on our latest projects? Consider following us! Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/crimson-foxxe.bsky.social Instagram: instagram.com/crimsonfoxxe Tumblr: tumblr.com/cimsonfoxxe