D&D 2024 Free Rules: Monsters - Giant Spider

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The Giant Spider with minor changes from its 2014-version. The poison damage from the bite is now straight extra damage, no saves and no paralysis on reaching 0 hit points, and the web attack is now dexterity saving throw, rather than an attack roll.

As a fun fact, spider webs aren't really flammable, but old webs trap dust, which can easily catch fire. Thus, fresh webbing shouldn't really be vulnerable to fire.
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Thursday, March 27, 2025 , ,

D&D 2024 Free Rules: Monsters - Blood Hawk

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Not much has changed with the blood hawk from 2014-version, but with the reintroduction of the the Bloodied condition, this avian terror now has the opportunity to live up to its name, dealing extra damage against bloodied enemies, which means having a bunch of these gang up in a weak creature can be quite dangerous.

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Friday, March 14, 2025 , ,

D&D 2024 Free Rules: Monsters - Dire Wolf

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The updated Dire Wolf has taken a massive cut i hit points in the 2024-revison, having its hit point total almost halved compared to the 2014-version (22 hp vs 37 hp). Beyond that, aside from losing the keen smell and hearing trait, and gaining advatage on perception in general, it remains largely unchanged.

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Wednesday, March 12, 2025 , ,

D&D 2024 Free Rules: Monsters - Worg

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Just like all goblinoids, the Worg has changed its creature type to Fey in the new edition. Other than that, there are few changes from the previous version, though keen smell and hearing is a thing of the past, and the knockdown has been replaced by a type of built in distract action to any successful bite attack (which also does less damage now).

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Tuesday, March 11, 2025 , ,

D&D 2024 Free Rules: Monsters - Wolf

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Keen smell and hearing has been replaced by a flat expertice on perception for the 2024 verion of the wolf. While it retains the pack tactics of the 2014-version, the bite does slightly less damage (despite highter strength), but the toppling is now automatic on a hit.

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Monday, March 10, 2025 , ,

D&D 2024 Free Rules: Monsters - Ogre

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Aside from one extra hit dice (amounting to a total of 9 hit points), the 2024 Ogre is identical to the 2014 Ogre.

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Wednesday, March 05, 2025 , ,

D&D 2024 Free Rules: Monsters - Skeleton

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The skeleton gets a minor, but still quite significant upgrade from the 2014 version, by having its dexterity raised by two, improving attacks, damage, initiative and armor class.

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Monday, March 03, 2025 , ,

D&D 2024 Free Rules: Monsters - Giant Badger

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The 2024 Giant Badger is tougher than the 2014-version, with higher armor class and more hit points, but on the flip side, it has lost its multiattack, leaving it with only one bite attack.

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Saturday, March 01, 2025 , ,
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