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Updated set of VTT tokens (Rise/Sunbreak)

Hello Everyone,

Its been brought up here and there since Rise came out, but I finally had a little bit of downtime (after the foundry release) to get all these tokens created. These are free for anyone to use and you can grab the tokens in the .ZIP file below.

Enjoy and thank you for your support!

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The Monster Request Manual (October and November Update)

Hi All,

This was supposed to be out at the end of the month like usual in November, but Foundry took up my time and those who requested were ok with a slight delay in getting this out. 

On top of that, GMBinder is currently experiencing an issue that delayed me further (save to PDF is all sorts of screwed up), but luckily I got a fix from a member of the GMbinder discord and I want to provide that to all the homebrewers that read this post. So if you are experiencing the same...

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Subspecies: Baleful Gigginox

Hello Everyone!

This months winner is the baleful gigginox! The baleful gigginox is the CR 17 version of the CR 10 gigginox. This one has been a long time coming. There has been some many months with this creature coming in second place. Eventually I ended up making the chaotic gigginox in the same style of the chaotic gore. That ended up pushing the baleful to a CR 17, which I feel is a little high for what it could have been, but not too extreme. The baleful gigginox uses light and pa...

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Monster Hunt: Tusked Tantrum + An update on what I am working on

Hello Everyone,

Here is this months monster hunt! In this hunt we go to the ancestral steppes. In this hunt a group of 2nd-level hunters head out to at the behest of the wycademy to take care of a tetsucabra that is interrupting their research. This is only the second time a tetsucabra has shown up in any of my monster hunts. So it felt like it deserved a proper one.

In the attachments below, you will find the PDF of the hunt with a link to the map of the jungle. As always thank y...

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Monster Hunt: The Swirling Gale

Forgot to actually upload the hunt to the post, it is now available.

Hello Everyone,

Here is this months monster hunt! In this hunt we go back to the jungle because it was the only map that has ruins easily located on it. In this hunt a group of 2nd or 3rd level hunters head out to take care of a great izuchi that is causing problems for a resident that moved in prior to its arrival. 

In the attachments below, you will find the PDF of the hunt with a li...

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Subspecies: Desert Seltas

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This months winner is the desert seltas! The desert seltas is the CR 4 version of the CR 3 desert seltas. While this is only a 1 CR difference they are fairly different creatures. The desert seltas not only has more HP and a higher + to hit, but it can also paralyze, pin a target to the ground, and be used to ambush PCs from underground. It also has a bigger loot table with a couple of its high end material effects pushing heavily into the uncommon material effects (...

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Monster Hunter Monster Manual Sunbreak Update (now 415 pages)

Hello Everyone!

Today I am happy to present you with the newly updated MHMM that includes every new monster from the Monster Hunter Sunbreak expansion (including the two updates). This has been a very long process for, not just due to making the monsters, but also due to a fairly heavy overhaul of the MHMM in general. This included updating the formatting of the entire MHMM to the new WotC formatting that we see in Fizban's and Monsters of the Multiverse. 

I also went through...

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Monster Hunt: Sly Swooper

Hello Everyone,

Here is this months monster hunt! In this hunt we go back to the verdant hills for the first time this year. In this hunt your PCs are tasked to hunt down a yian garuga that has been sited in the area. With this hunt, we see new options for both minor and major challenges thanks to the ideas given in the work in progress channel. 

In the attachments below, you will find the PDF of the hunt with a link to the map of the jungle. As always thank you for the suppo...

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Mechanics Poll: Split Ice and Water Damage in 5e MH?

Hi Everyone!

So the suggestion has come up a couple times from one of my long time patrons and while I am updating the formatting on the entire MHMM the thought keeps popping into my head. As most of you may have noticed, Necrotic damage has been used as dragon damage from the MH video games. In that same vein, water and ice from the MH video games are both cold damage and aren't separated in any way.

Acid is a fairly underutilized damage type in 5e Monster Hunter and cold is a lo...

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Subspecies: Ash Kecha Wacha

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This months winner is the ash kecha wacha! The ash kecha wacha is the CR 10 version of the CR 6 kecha wacha. For the most part, the ash kecha wacha is basically a more powerful kecha wacha with the biggest difference being its ability to spit fire instead of snot, and that it keeps its ears covering its face almost all the time. Due to that, I moved its ears from a reaction to a bonus action and giving the players the option to end its effect instead. 

In the ...

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Monster Hunt: Earn Your Gear

Hello Everyone,

Here is this months monster hunt! In this hunt we go back to the jungle once again. Mainly because I really like the map and it needs more than two hunts in total (This is the last one for a bit on this map though). In the jungle the party is tasked with tracking down a duramboros to earn 4 machalite ores as part of the quest reward. I also attempted to avoid any repeats of any other challenges or benefits from the previous ones. That way you all are provided with some a...

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Subspecies: Dreadqueen Rathian

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This months winner is the dreadqueen rathian. She won this month due to a die roll, mainly because I don't have the time to make the dreadking as well, even though they tied. The dreadqueen is a CR 23 version subspecies of the CR 8 rathian. It is a fairly complex monster when it comes to players having to deal with it, but I think from a GM perspective, it is fairly straight forward for you to run. Which I think is an enjoyable way to handle a monster.

In the .Zip ...

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Monster Hunt: The Nocturnal Enchanter

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Here is this months monster hunt! In this hunt, we head to the Jungle to hunt down a malfestio! I thought it would be best to run another jungle hunt to help give all of you another reason to use the new map. In addition to this, the malfestio stat block has been updated with a new sonic wave that emulates the confusing gaze the umberhulk has, as well as the ability to potentially put a creature to sleep, located on page two of this hunt. 

This stat block upda...

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Subspecies: Stonefist Hermitaur

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This months winner is the stonefist hermitaur. It is a CR 18 version subspecies of the CR 9 daimyo hermitaur. Stonefist hermitaur sports blue-purple coloration throughout its body. Its left claw has grown larger in size and has larger spikes on the edges. It is fairly similar to the new daimyo hermitaur stat block, but a smaller move set, which made this an interesting stat block to pump to a CR 18. While the tempered one has a bit more variety I felt it made sense to pu...

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Subspecies: White Monoblos

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This months winner is the white monoblos. It is a CR 17 version subspecies of the CR 12 monoblos. The white monoblos features a bright white carapace covering most of its body. As a result, the flushes of blood to its frill when enraged are significantly more striking. Beyond coloration however, it is identical in body structure to the common species. Due to this I kept some things similar to the original while adding legendary actions and some new traits and attacks. It...

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New Jungle Map + Two page Monster Hunt: The Fly in the Ointment

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Here is this months monster hunt! In this hunt, we head to the our brandnew area map, the Jungle!; to hunt down a seltas queen! There was a few monsters to choose from this month that felt appropriate to release as part of this new map release as well, but some were cut out due to the CR range vote. Either way I am happy to provide you with a hunt to run on this map and it wasn't until 10 minutes before this post that I realized how many areas I made when building this m...

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Amellwind's Guide to Monster Hunting Update + New Cover!

Hi Everyone!

I am happy to announce that I am releasing a newly updated version of AGtMH which includes:

  • A brand new Cover for both the front and back of the PDF!
  • 2 new weapons (The Splint Rapier & Wyvern Boomerang)
  • The Dungbomb item has been updated
  • Added a new location stat block (Jungle)
  • Fixed some confusion in the equipment section and creating a new chara...

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[Early Access] New Elderdragon Subraces: Jhen, Zorah, & 'Jiiva

Hi Everyone,

We had some new requests from the HR4+'s for 3 new elderdragon born subraces. So today I have v1.0 of these races after some feedback in the work in progress channel in the discord. Hopefully some of your players were looking forward to these subraces and that they meet their expectations. Let me know what you think here or in the feedback or work in progress channel if you have any suggestions on the races.

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Monster Hunt: Can't Stomach the Thought

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Here is this months monster hunt! In this hunt, we head to the Snowy Mountains to hunt down a tetranadon! Like last month, we have another CR 6 monster hunter. In this case though, we didn't throw out a fairly dead encounter at a group of 4th levels. Instead I made an enraged tetranadon by adding a mythic trait to the monster hunter. Now a group of four 6th-level hunters get to venture out and experience the sheer terror that comes with pissing off a giant platypus. We a...

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Subspecies: Onimusha

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This months was a tie between Onimusha and the Flame Tigrex. It isn't common when this happens, but when it does I act as the tie breaker. Some months I make them both, in other I choose. In the case of this month I had no choice but to choose. Foundry really slowed me down this month and I have a lot to do still to finish out the month. So I picked one we had less species of, the Onimusha. 

There isn't a ton of info on the MH:Online creatures, and the wiki's ...

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HR3 Early Access: Neopteroid Race v0.5 & Jungle Location Stat Blocks + Neopteron Race

Hi All,

I was commissioned by one of my higher tier patrons to create a location stat block for the Jungle for all PC levels 1-20. In cases like this, I complete the request, but based on what I want it to be, using their input. Due to that, this stat block will be added to AGtMH in the future, but for now it is available to all HR3+ patrons to use in your own games, when your party heads to the jungle.

The same is true for the Neopteroid races. This race still ha...

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Monster Hunt: Disruptive Eruption

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Here is this months monster hunt! In this hunt, we head to the Volcano to hunt down a basarios! There aren't a lot of CR 6 encounters, mainly due to the fact that CR 6s as a solo fight are in a strange spot. They are too easy for level 5 PCs and typically too strong for level 4 PCs. The basario itself hits like a truck, so the hunters have been provided with a quest to capture or kill the basarios, in addition to a couple extra items in the guild chest to help tackle thi...

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Subspecies: Snowbaron Lagombi

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This months winner is the snowbaron lagombi. It is a CR 8 version subspecies of the CR 3 lagombi. As soon as you open up this stat block you will notice that the snowbaron's is much larger in terms of text compared to the standard lagombi. My goal with the snowbaron, was to make it a bit more mechanic heavy and limit the stand and fight attacks that can happy. The snowbaron moves constantly around the battle map, and I believe this version of it will provide the same fie...

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Monster Hunts: Wingdrake Roundup & Feathered Frenzy

Hello Everyone,

Here are the two monster hunts for this month as an apology for being late last month. We also had the two variant monsters this month as well. Both of these hunts take place in the ancestral steppes. The main reason behind this is because I don't have a map for the shrine ruins from monster hunter rise and I felt like the ancestral steppes made sense the most when I choose the CR 6-10 monster for this month's 1st place hunt. 

Overall I am happy with both hunt...

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Subspecies: Drilltusk Tetsucabra & Red Khezu

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This month we have two monster subspecies, in this case, the top two monsters voted in this months poll. This actually happened originally due to me mixing up what I was supposed to be doing two of (was supposed to be monster hunts) and I ended up making the red khezu before drilltusk. I thought about just leaving red khezu made and in the background until it was voted as the top monster, but with it being later in the month, I decided to release it as well as the ...

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Late February Monster Hunt Free Release: All That Glitters is Furious

Hi All!

First I want to apologize. I don't know how it happened, but I completely zoned on February being only 28 days this year some how. Due to that, February's monster hunt is going to be released for free to everyone as a way to apologize to any patron's who aren't able to support me in March, but I still owe the Feb monster hunt to. 

To make up for this for my current patrons, I will be releasing 2 monster hunts in March for you. I will be making one for...

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Subspecies: Deadeye Yian Garuga

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This months winner is the deadeye yian garuga It is a CR 20 version subspecies of the CR 7 yian garuga. This was a tough one to try and make unique. Having the scarred yian garuga, I wanted to be sure we had some new options and some other variety in this stat block. So I changed some things around and add a few others to make this another fun yian garuga to throw at your higher level parties. 

In the .Zip attached, you will find a PDF of for the deadeye yian ...

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Monster Hunt: The Eternal Gold Rush

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Here is this months monster hunt! In this hunt, we head to the Volcano (because there isn't a map for a massive cave system) to hunt down a kulve taroth! The kulve taroth is an interesting fight due to it being the first paragon monster hunt. Fighting it through each of its phases without a break is equivalent to a CR 30 encounter. Due to that I provided two options for the DM to run the final encounter. Potentially giving the PCs a chance to rest between at least one ph...

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Subspecies: Rustrazor Ceantaur

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This months winner is the rustrazor ceantaur It is a CR 19 version subspecies of the CR 13 ceantaur. I haven't spent this long on a creature in a while. The rustrazor had an interesting mechanic where its style of fighting changed with the skull it had on its back. One was setup as a mid to long range attack while the other provided deadly sharpness to its melee attacks. I feel like I emulated the feel and deadliness of the creature, while still providing a well prepared...

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Sidekick: Monstie v0.2

Hi Everyone,

So this one kind of just came off an idea I had after someone asked about ways to make monsties in the MonsterHunter5e subreddit. My idea, as you can all guess, was to create the monstie as a sidekick clash, like the ones you see in Tasha's Cauldron of Everything. A normal sidekick uses a CR 1/2 or lower creature, but in the case of monsties, you want it to emulate the original creature. 

So to fix that I created a monstie template that you build based off of the...

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