Want to freak out your D&D party? Throw snakes at 'em. How many snakes? ALL OF THE SNAKES. It's the Swarm of Venemous Snakes at Encounter Every Enemy! #DnD #DnD5e #EEE #DMTips #MonsterManual #Snakes encountereveryenemy.com/2025/09/15/s...

*Christmas music starts to play* Crowd: Ah! Me: ‘It’s beginning to look a lot like…’ Crowd: ‘Christmas!’ Me pressing a button that locks all the doors: ‘Vengeance…’

We wear the crucifix to humbly affirm a core conviction: the righteousness of torturing the innocent. by Pam Bondi and Karoline Leavitt

This was a really good read. Strong recommend for any Star Wars/History buff in your life.

SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going— SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti— SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE

Danger Without Malice: Ankylosaurus The Ankylosaurus doesn’t stalk or roar. It simply moves, dragging the world with it. A living siege engine with a tail like a falling star, this creature teaches adventurers that danger isn’t always evil—sometimes it’s just massive, unstoppable, and heading…

I had a nightmare of epic proportions, holy forks. I’m so happy to be awake. 😵‍💫

Giant Weasel: CR 1/8, Vibes 10/10 A Giant Weasel is pure instinct wrapped in fur: fast, reckless, and blessed with absolutely no understanding of consequences. With darkvision, stealth, and hit-and-run attacks, this chaotic creature can turn a campsite or dungeon crawl into total pandemonium—and…

OMFG this page took so much work! So much more time than I intended. I'mma boop you on the nose with a new Goblins comic. BOOP! (feel free to repost, as it helps me) www.goblinscomic.com/comic/page-2...

Deer: The Anchor of a Forgetful Forest Deer aren’t predators—but they aren’t harmless, either. In the right forest, at the wrong moment, a deer becomes an uncanny anchor point the world bends toward. This encounter turns a CR 0 creature into something eerie, regretful, and impossible to ignore…

Monthly Monster Mashup 6: Dryad + Wight What happens when a Dryad’s devotion meets a Wight’s hunger? You get a guardian who keeps protecting long after death — a tragic fusion of life, decay, and desperate purpose. This Dark Dryad offers DMs a haunting encounter about corruption, consequence, and…

Rust Monster: The Confidence Eater Rust Monsters don’t care about hit points—they care about your stuff. This low-CR creature creates real fear by destroying weapons and armor in ways a Long Rest can’t fix. Here’s how to run them for maximum tension, clever tactics, and absolute player panic.

Bring some Marids into your D&D game and watch it shine! #DnD #DnD5e #Marid #MonsterManual #EEE #DMTips encountereveryenemy.com/2025/09/01/a...

The president has illegally declared war to stop fentanyl trafficking from a country that does not traffic that drug, claiming its leader is trafficking drugs himself, the day after pardoning a former leader of a country who is a convicted drug trafficker. Just to level set

A Hundred Tiny Problems: Swarms of Rats The scary thing about a Swarm of Rats isn’t that it’s rats — it’s the sound. The skittering builds like rain on stone, but with intent, until you realize the “monster” isn’t a single creature at all. In this Encounter Every Enemy entry, we turn the Swarm of…

Unseen, Unheard, Unstoppable: Running Invisible Stalkers What if that first spring breeze wanted you dead? The Invisible Stalker is more than an invisible bruiser — it’s a summoned assassin with intelligence, malice, and method. This entry explores how to make its unseen terror felt long before…

A friend who teaches theology shared with me a post about CS Lewis's Mere Christianity, which discusses foundational Christian logic across denominations. It reminded me of Dale's tweet below, and I wanted to share some thoughts here regarding modesty and respectability, which are often hot topics.

"Didn’t anyone ever teach you manners? Were you raised in a barn, piggy? Our guest came all the way from Camp Crystal Lake. Traffic was a nightmare, but he showed up anyway."

If you've got undead in you game, you need a Wight - find out how to use these unresting monsters in your D&D campaign! #DnD #DnD5e #EEE #MonsterManual #Wight #Undead encountereveryenemy.com/2025/08/21/n...

Not a Beach Episode: Merfolk in your D&D Campaign The coastal village is beautiful, prosperous… and deeply afraid. Every night at sundown, the strongest gather with nets and tridents, facing the sea. “One night, the Merfolk will come,” they say. “And we’ll be ready.” This encounter invites players…

Why is my morning mental DJ playing JUST THE CHORUS of “Country Roads” on a loop this morning? Am… am I a bad person? Is THIS how I find out?

Worse than a dragon? Worse than a lich? An eternal hunger that will NOT be stopped - the Dracolich belongs in your D&D game! #DnD #DnD5e #DMTips #MonsterManual #EEE #Dracolich encountereveryenemy.com/2025/08/18/f...

I swear to god, dealing with Japan’s “My Number” System might just turn me into one of those “The gummint can’t run so much as a lemonade stand without fuckin’ it up!” Libertarians yet…

The Naga Remembers: Giving Your Campaign a Soul The Guardian Naga isn’t just a creature—it’s a moment. A serpent who remembers everything, it exists to protect knowledge, reframe your campaign’s narrative, and shift your players from wanderers to prophets. But it won’t share what it knows without…

Speak Not of the Deep: Adventures with the Giant Squid Giant Squid are more than just a tangle of tentacles. They're a force of nature. In this week's Encounter Every Enemy, we plunge into the depths to explore how this enormous beast can serve as an environmental hazard, a misunderstood avenger,…

Dead But Not Done: Ghosts in D&D Ghosts are everywhere — in stories, in stat blocks, and in our collective fears. But what happens when we look past the usual tropes? In this entry, we explore four ghostly twists that challenge your players' assumptions about death, memory, identity, and control.…

New York millionaires: threatening to flee the city since 2009

Let's revisit an unexpected danger in the wilds of D&D: Pteranodons! Leather wings, bad attitude. #DnD #DnD5e #DMTips #EEE #MonsterManual #Pteranodon encountereveryenemy.com/2025/08/07/p...

Chimera: Anatomy of a Conflict The Chimera is more than just a lion-goat-dragon mashup — it’s a walking allegory for conflict, coercion, and unnatural fusion. In this entry, we explore how to turn the Chimera into a tragic symbol of internal strife, a failed magical experiment, or even the…

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This is what happens when you don't give Civics enough attention in basic education.

In Memoriam: Cheney Haunted By People He Didn't Manage To Kill In Iraq War

Let’s finally put that man-sized safe to good use. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/u...

My Morning Mental DJ is playing “Homesick” by Soul Asylum this morning. Not sure how to feel about that…. youtu.be/sLJovBEyCSc?...

Ettins: Two Minds, No Masters Ettins aren’t just two-headed brutes — they’re a study in permanent codependence. Whether you lean into comedy, pathos, or tactical chaos, these tragic giants offer more than a sack of hit points. From bickering crime lords to fading sentinels of forgotten tombs,…

Happy Halloween, introverts! 👻

Monthly Monster Mashup 6: Marids + Mezzoloths What happens when an opulent water-djinn crosses paths with a disciplined footsoldier from the Lower Planes? In this Monthly Monster Mashup, we throw a Marid and a Mezzoloth into the same world — and watch as alliances fracture, planes collide, and…

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And that's it - my first Inktober is done and in the books - a success! #Award #inktober2025 #inktober

Vampires: What Lurks Behind the Fangs Vampires are one of the most famous monsters in the Monster Manual — but what if they’re not the villain? Or not even alive? This week’s entry offers four fresh takes on D&D vampires: as cursed companions, beloved emotional parasites, immortal bureaucrats, or…

The second appearance of Archie this month, bless his heart.... #vacant #blackcat #inktober2025 #inktober

Time to revisit the Wraith - how this creature can strike terror in the hearts of your D&D party! #DND5e #DMTips #EEE #Wraith encountereveryenemy.com/2025/07/28/w...

Some of us may be afterlife-long learners.... #lesson #inktober2025 #inktober #art #drawing

Skeletons? Cubes? Where do I even START? #skeletal #inktober #inktober25 #Inktober2025 #drawing

makes me weep to think of the gifts robbed from us because unaffordable housing has made it difficult for people to pursue their passions and hobbies

The Mission Impossible series has gotten weird in its later movies.... #Onion #Inktober #Inktober25 #Inktober2025