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[โ€“] Rudee@lemmy.ml 12 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

  1. Use the maximum HP possible from the dice instead of the average given (eg. 6d12 = 72 instead of 39), or at least a higher portion of the maximum quantity

  2. Increase AC

  3. Give it extra damage of a different type

  4. Give non-lair monsters lair actions, and give monsters with lair actions an even stronger lair action they can use when below half-health. Same with legendary actions

  5. Look at older DnD editions and see if the monster or any similar monsters have extra abilities you can add

Edit: I should have specified that these are in ascending levels of difficulty for the DM, but are also more interesting

[โ€“] Zagorath@aussie.zone 8 points 7 months ago

1, 2, and 3 are easy options, but lazy AF and deeply unsatisfying in most cases.

4 and 5 is really where it's at, but it's quite a bit more work. 4e's early maths was really bad, with enemies becoming enormous damage sponges, though they were otherwise probably better than 5e. Late 4e improved its monster design somewhat. Pathfinder 2e is great, so borrowing monsters from that could be good. Or Matt Colville's books for 5e.