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Summon Monster 3. episode 2 – Displacer Beast

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Hello and welcome to Summon Monster 3 a new show from The RPG Academy where myself, Caleb and Ryan are taking a look at all the Monsters in D&D 5e one at a time and coming up with what we hope would be some interesting ways to use them in your games.

This is the first episode being released to a wide audience and we are looking for feedback on the show. Please let us know what you think and send us in some variant encounters for Giant Spiders or Displacer Beasts.

GM Advice – Reskinning a Storm Giant into a Thunderstorm

Reskinning is an amazingly easy way to get extra mileage out of the Monster Manual and/or throw more experienced players for a loop when you describe a creature as one thing (goblin), but use the mechanics of another creature (Hydra!) I’ve been reskinning monsters for years but recently decided I wanted to take things a …

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