An ex-D&D designer has made a stat block for Elden Ring's hardest fight, in case you wanted to punish your players with Malenia's scarlet rot

Malenia, the Blade of Miquella, from Elden Ring - a fearsome knight with valkyrie-like wings atop her golden helm.

I am Malenia, Blade of Miquella. Six words any Elden Ring player has burned into their frontal cortex by this point—like a Sekiro boss that accidentally stumbled into Elden Ring, this fight was so obscenely difficult that it spawned an entire genre of pot-wearing heroes. Well, now you can fight her in D&D.

This stat block was created by Dan Dillon (thanks, Dicebreaker) a former designer for D&D who was caught in the historic wave of Hasbro layoffs late last year. Before that, he was cooking up monsters, encounters, and adventures with the company for four years—so this isn't some flimsy homebrew that cracks under inspection. The man's resume speaks for itself.