Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Lykos 12-18-06, 08:32 PM	Ok ... i was preparing an adventure for a pc... i decided to bring upon him an abyssal skulker... I had the minis, i had MM2, it looked good, until i noticed the stats. It does 1d2 dmg??? wtf?? A CR 1/4 goblin can deal way more dmg!!! and is not CR 2 creature... I dont know if this had been brough on the forums.. but it is a big mistake... i dont see the reason to be a CR 2 since abyssal maw can do 2d8+4 insted 1d2 (with the same CR)!! I couldnt resist than to notice that at the forums... PS. I was looking for corrections at errata or WE but i didnt found any... I hope at least a review
Return of the Flumph 12-18-06, 08:59 PM	The demons in the MMII are the worst example of the CR syndrome (some people say that the clockwork horrors are worse, but I disagree). A while ago, I used both of those demons in a low level dungeon. The PC's waded through wave after wave of skulkers, getting experience they didn't deserve, and one maw, which was not supposed to be a challenge, killed the fighter in a single round (I had to fudge a die roll to keep him barely alive). The abyssal maw is possibly the single most broken creature I have ever had the lack of common sense to use. The CR has nothing to do with it; its just that having a monster, especially an ambushy type monster, that automatically kills you when you reach 0 hp is a humongously bad idea. Solution? Reduce the skulker's CR to 1/3. Don't use the maw.