A creature's monster role determines the creature's combat function in a combat encounter. Combat encounters against creatures with many different monster roles at once are more interesting, but also more difficult.[DMG:54]
Standalone roles[]
- Artillery
- Brutes
- Controllers
- Lurkers
- Minions appear in large numbers but are destroyed by any damage whatsoever.
- Skirmishers
- Soldiers
Additional roles[]
- Elites
- Leaders
- Solo