Obligatory cognitohazard

Sounds positively Rapturous

Are you implying that humans aren’t prone to worshipping idols, tribalism, and interpersonal violence?

A creationist once told me that evolution could only be true if my grandfather was a velociraptor…

So in that instance I may be a handful of generations away from the caphalopodes

This is also super useful for people deciding what to buy, when the vendor would obviously not be keen to let you plug a USB into their device and boot into the scary Linux

I’ve heard if grassroots politics, but this is rrhiziculous

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