You creep cautiously into a room with two rows of crumbling statues; oversized tributes to ancient wizards, their features twisting grotesquely in the flickering light. At the end of the room, a silhouette of a Mage murmuring hushed incantations…
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Level 5 Encounter: Wraith
With the release of the 2024 update for the 5e Monster Manual, let’s make a Tier 2, Level 5 encounter suitable for a party of 4.
As you crawl through the tumbled blocks of the mausoleum’s entrance, shadows grow and twist away from your torch as it suddenly flickers violently in a frigid draft exhaled from deep within the ruins; suffocating you with a cloying scent of death and damp earth.
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Level 1 Encounter: Constrictor Snakes and Crocodiles
While we wait for the 2025 Monster Manual release in February, here is an encounter built with the 2024 Free Rules: Constrictor Snake and Crocodiles.
As the party passes through a swampy area, a Constrictor Snake will try to attack a Small or Medium creature. As the group struggles with the snake, Crocodiles will move toward the commotion.
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