Monster Monday - Ashen Rider

Video Timeline with Chapter timestamps below.

In this episode of Monster Monday, we look at the Ashen Rider from the lore of Magic: the Gathering and see how it was reworked for D&D. We'll talk about ways to use these monsters in your campaign, and how you can reskin other M:tG creatures to make unique monsters that only your players will ever face.

0:00 Pre-show Music and Announcements
2:39 Introducing the Ashen Rider
4:41 Ashen Rider Description
6:35 Ashen Rider Lore
8:40 Ashen Rider Creature Type
9:48 Agathion in 1e
11:57 Deva in 1e
15:03 Planetar in 1e
15:37 Solar in 1e
19:55 Aasimon in 2e
22:03 Angels in 3e
24:20 Archons in 3e
25:14 Erinyes in 3e
27:31 Brachina in 3e
28:28 Deva Fallen Star in 4e
29:24 Erinyes in 4e
30:39 Theros (Setting) Lore from Magic: the Gathering
33:31 Ashen Rider in 5e
37:54 Archons from Gatherer Database
41:03 Archon (Creature Subtype) Lore from Magic: the Gathering
42:12 Using Ashen Riders in Encounters
45:05 Fighting Against Ashen Riders for Players
49:38 Tactics for Deploying Ashen Riders as a DM
53:12 Placing Ashen Riders in Campaigns
55:21 Reskinning Ashen Riders in Your Game
56:29 Reskinning Magic Monsters for D&D (one method)
1:11:22 Chat Questions, Announcements, and Outro

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Music from Syrinscape: This sample is used under Creative Commons Attribution Licence, sourced from Soundset “Brindol Town”

Research Sources

D&D 5e
D&D Beyond

Original D&D

AD&D (First Edition)

Second Edition

Third Edition / 3.5e

Fourth Edition