Making Villain Actions in 5e – Guest Post

Note from Patchwork Paladin: From time to time someone will post something on one of the discords that catches my eye, and that person will not have a blog. So, I invite them in for a guest post. Nik, the author of this post, loves making crunchy monsters for 5e, and had a great idea about making boss monsters better. Hi, I’m Nik. One of my absolute favorite things about TTRPGs is creating fun monsters, items, adventures, etc and sharing them with my players. Today, I am going to share one technique I use to create compelling DnD 5e and 5.5e villains using MCDM’s Villain Actions. Table of Contents Villain ActionsAnatomy of a 5e Legendary MonsterSo, how do Villain Actions work?Why do I like Villain Actions?How I make Villains and Villain ActionsStep 0: How difficult of a fight?Step 1: Base Stats.Step 2: Two Damage Pools.Step 3: Make Cool MovesStep 4: Arrange the cool moves.Step 5: Assign valuesStep 6: Test and OverviewCongratulations!Stats from The Lazy GM's 5e Monster Builder Resource…