Monsters Are More Than Just Hit Points

The Monster Thread is dedicated to ensuring that every enemy your party faces is a unique, challenging, and memorable component of The Woven Realm. Monsters are the ultimate test of the hero’s mettle, and they deserve to be more than just predictable stat blocks.

Here, you will find the knowledge required to integrate your enemies into the world’s ecosystem, providing them with complex motives, unique biological flaws, and tactics that genuinely surprise experienced players.

This thread focuses on creating formidable and engaging encounter threats:

• Unique Stat Blocks: Ready-to-run monsters with custom abilities, resistances, and weaknesses not found in core rulebooks.

• Tactical Guides: Deep-dive analysis of monster behavior, including environmental tactics, social dynamics (if applicable), and advice on running unique action economy.

• Ecological Lore: Background on the creature’s place in the world, its diet, its weaknesses, and its utility (tying directly into the Monster Loot thread).

• Variant Templates: Simple systems for modifying existing monsters into challenging new variants instantly (e.g., applying a “Shadowed” or “Chrono-Stitched” template).