August has come around once again which means it’s time for RPGaDay 2019. In a shift from the questions format of previous years this year is characterised by a series of prompts, which I’ll be attempting to answer each day with a short post, with the prompt word highlighted in bold each day.
Day 6: Ancient
Ancient dragons may be a classic creature for D&D but I’ve yet to actually use one in a game for the simple reason that I really hate playing beyond the first tier (Levels 1-10). Go above that and I tend to think the game just slows down too much, the PCs are overpowered and the chipping away at HP becomes excruciatingly slow. How anybody plays all the way to level 30 is beyond me. This means that I spend a lot of time reskinning monsters, using the stats from an established creature as a quick tool to help with balance. As has been pointed out to me in the past D&D stands for Dungeons and Dragons, so why aren’t both given proper spotlight? I need to look through the DMs Guild to see if it has been done but I would really like a compressed version of monsters, allowing for lower tier play without sacrificing the many iconic creatures that the game has developed over the years.
