If you make changes to a creature in the MM, or create a new one post 'em here.
They are basically death on steroids... And they eat other Bulettes for snacks.
Though it helps to have the MM open to bulettes.
Other than that, brilliant. The kind of monster a god would ride into battle.
After I decide whether I'll be able to work death (as a part of the predator-prey cycle) into his portfolio. *thinks real hard*
I've got some more unique monster Ideas as well. But I gotta save those for a little while.
And actually Thrael'kriss prefers to go alone. Being a hunter and all.
No no, I mean MY god will ride one into battle. :D
If you want to ride 'em you gotta ask.
Isn't your god a worm? Those are mine, you don't want to start a war do you? :D
Who do you think I'm going to ride it into battle against?
I kid, I kid.
There need to be some weaker stuff. As far as I can tell, the only non plant life in the entire world that isn't at least CR 16 (purple worms are the lowest?) are fish.
We've made some crazy powerful things. I wish I'd modified my Chuul a bit more...oh well, the next creation can be different ;).
There need to be some weaker stuff. As far as I can tell, the only non plant life in the entire world that isn't at least CR 16 (purple worms are the lowest?) are fish.
Look in the MM. You'll notice that a lot of the most powerful (epic level) creatures in it are creations of the primordials, from the early years of creation. The idea is that the early days were a chaotic age of rampaging, unstoppable monsters and brutal terrain, and that the world grew tamer with age. According to that, we're on schedule so far.
We've made some crazy powerful things. I wish I'd modified my Chuul a bit more...oh well, the next creation can be different ;).
There need to be some weaker stuff. As far as I can tell, the only non plant life in the entire world that isn't at least CR 16 (purple worms are the lowest?) are fish.
To quote the maker of Dwarf Fortress:
"I think I made the fishes too hardcore".
'Nuff said.
To quote the maker of Dwarf Fortress:
"I think I made the fishes too hardcore".
'Nuff said.
Don't forget the elephants and any Dwarf with multiple Legendary+5 skills. >_>;
I'll get around to organizing credits at some point.
Anyway: Will anyone object if I give a link to this at the Monster Compendium on the Monsters board?
I wanted to check, to make sure you guys wouldn't have any problems.
Wonder what creature will come next?
Is this true? If so, it's ridiculous.
When I was changing it I was just uing stats. Did you know that dragons have sentent intelligence? Which since they're beasts... Owwww my head hurts.
I lowered the intelligence stat until I decide whether being magical warrants 10...
Diud we change Chuul so that they are no longer Aberrations? I can't remember/decide.
Also... Any unique fixtures of the environment will likely find their way here. Simply to keep things organized.
Various templating fixes in the individual entries. If the first post becomes too unwieldy I may ask for posts to be cleared out so thet I can have a fairly unbroken line of posts.
I'll have some culture and fluff posted for the earth and death giants soon. We should do that for all the sentient races we make, even if we aren't changing their stats. Wyld and erendor, fluff for lycans and aboleth would be cool. Delfedd, same for the storm giants.
I'm not good at the fluff stuff you know?
Nice aboleth. According to the 3.5 Lords of Madness, aboleth cities are run by huge and ancient individuals of great power. Primordial aboleths can fill that role in aboleth society, once the lesser generations of aboleth are born.
I'll have some culture and fluff posted for the earth and death giants soon. We should do that for all the sentient races we make, even if we aren't changing their stats. Wyld and erendor, fluff for lycans and aboleth would be cool. Delfedd, same for the storm giants.
I'll definitely be coming up with aboleth fluff. I'd do it now, but I only have 30 mins till my next class (which goes for roughly 3 hours :|). I'll come back and do something along those lines afterwards.
Note that water born can be replaced by adding
"5 swim" to the speed line. And IIRC the aquatic subtype assumes that it can breather underwater.
I'll add it to the main post after you decide if you want to make a quick change to reflect that or not.
There are no restrictions for NPC lycanthropes besides requiring a natural beast.
I figured I'd tell you that (the aquatic sub type advice) so that you could clear some space in your racial statistics.
Most 4e elementals consist of multiple elements, so this follows the paradigm. Gods of the other elements will have just as much control over these hybrid elementals as Ongor does (though he doesn't realize it yet).
They actually don't get anything really broken as a PC race (most of it's just ripped). It's just hard to gauge how powerful the shapechanging effect is.
You do lose all access to powers (recent change ion the top post) and only get the creatures natural powers in return. You don't get any special qualities when you change form. You don't even get a particularly strong attack most of the time.
It's mostly an Aesthetic change. Climb and Burrow while strange to gain aren't exactly great. On the other hand I could just as easilly scrap the both of them.
I could reduce the shapechange to 2x an encounter (one to, one back) with indefinite length. With a feat to upgrade to at will I suppose.
What about them do you see as particularly OP?
The Heart of Ueberroth
The Heart of Ueberroth
The Heart is appropriate for epic-level characters.
The Heart, when outside of a host, takes the form of a small black lump. When consumed, it rips itself out of the stomach and replaces the host's regular heart, consuming it in the process. This deals an amount of damage equal to twice the owner's healing surge value. These hit points cannot be regained until the owner has taken an extended rest.
Heart of Ueberroth Epic level
Fashioned by Ueberroth to further his aberration's hold on the world, this heart is a great gift to any who share Ueberroth's vision.
Property: You gain a +2 bonus to Athletics and Endurance checks.
Property: You may spend a healing surge one additional time per encounter.
Property: The Heart grants you Regeneration 5.
Property: The Heart grants you immunity to Disease and Poison.
Property: The Heart gives you the aquatic subtype and a swim speed of 5. If you already have a swim speed, it increases by 5.
Property: You gain telepathy 20, or, if you already have it, your telepathy range increases by 20.
Property: You gain +1 action point.
Power (At-will, Illusion): Minor action. You and one ally within 10 squares turn invisible until the end of your next turn.
Power (Encounter, Arcane, Fear): Standard Action. You can use Banish to the Void (Warlock 27)
Power (Encounter, Psychic): Standard action, recharges when first bloodied.
Psychic Slime
Close burst 10; targets enemies; INT vs. Will; 2d8 + 10 psychic
damage, and the target is dazed (save ends).
Goals of the Heart of Ueberroth
Promote the spread of aberrations across the world.
Convert and enslave those races that are not abberations.
Be installed in a powerful vessel that will work towards these goals.
Roleplaying the Heart of Ueberroth
The Heart of Ueberroth speaks in a dark and powerful voice inside its owner's head, urging them to fulfill its goals. When the Heart is not installed in a host, the black lump whispers to those who hold it for more than a few seconds, giving them a strong desire to consume it.
Concordance
Until the owner implants the Heart, it has no concordance and the owner gains none of its abilities or powers.
Starting Score 5
Owner gains a level +1d6
Owner is not an aberration +5
Owner aids an aberration in its goals +1
Owner converts or enslaves a non-aberrant race (max 1/day) +1
Owner kills an aberration (max 1/encounter) -2
Owner works against an aberration -1
Pleased (16-20)
"The Heart beats hard with power."
The Heart works with the host, happy to have found an effective vehicle for the propogation of aberrations.
Property: The Heart's bonus to Athletics and Endurance checks increases to +5
Property: The Regeneration granted by the Heart increases to 10
Property: The owner gains immunity to Psychic, Fear, and Charm effects.
Power (At-will, Charm, Psychic): Standard Action.
Enslave
Ranged 5; targets a dominated creature; Int vs. Will; 6d8 + 10
psychic damage. A target reduced to 0 hit points or fewer by
this attack doesn’t die but becomes enslaved in preparation for
the Aboleth Servitor ritual. Enslaved targets are dominated, and
only the death of the owner can end this domination. Once
a creature is enslaved, it no longer counts towards the domination cap of three creatures.
Satisfied (12-15)
"The Heart urges me to control lesser beings."
The Heart sees the owner as a good potential candidate, and begins to gift them greater power.
Power (At-will, Charm): Standard Action.
Dominate
Ranged 10; targets a dazed creature; Int vs. Will; the target is
dominated (save ends). The owner can dominate up to three
creatures at a time.
Power (Daily): Minor action. You can heal yourself, recovering hit points as if you spent a healing surge.
Normal (5-11)
"The Heart wants me to aid the aberrations of Ueberroth."
The Heart is convinced that this owner is, if not an aberration, at least allied with them.
Unsatisfied (1-4)
"The Heart skips beats, to scare me."
The Heart is not pleased with it's wielder, and will soon depart if not placated. In the meantime, it reduces the likelihood of gifting an unworthy owner.
Property: You lose the Regeneration gifted by the Heart.
Property: You lose the immunities gifted by the Heart.
Property: You take a -2 penalty to Athletics and Endurance checks.
Angered (0 or lower)
"The Heart thrashes in your chest, seeming fit to burst."
At this point, the Heart is prone to leaving. It will first see to disadvantage and actively work against it's unfitting host's plans, before leaving.
Property: You lose the aquatic subtype.
Property: You take a -5 penalty to Athletics and Endurance checks.
Special: Once per encounter at any time, the Heart may stop briefly, causing you great pain. You take 6d6 damage and fall unconcious for 1d4 rounds.
Special: Once per day at any time, the Heart may take over the host's body and mind for one minute. Your actions are chosen by the Heart, and it may speak through you as it wishes.
Moving On
"Ueberroth's will."
The Heart of Ueberroth consumes its owner, body and mind. The character dies instantly, and his body is drawn into the heart and consumed. The character may be raised, but does so devoid of a heart and so soon dies.
The Heart rejoins Ueberroth, providing him with all knowledge of the host, both mental and physical. After a time, Ueberroth returns the Heart into the world - usually into the hands of the aboleths.
The Heart of Ueberroth
The Heart is appropriate for epic-level characters.
The Heart, when outside of a host, takes the form of a small black lump. When consumed, it rips itself out of the stomach and replaces the host's regular heart, consuming it in the process. This deals an amount of damage equal to twice the owner's healing surge value. These hit points cannot be regained until the owner has taken an extended rest.
Heart of Ueberroth Epic level
Fashioned by Ueberroth to further his aberration's hold on the world, this heart is a great gift to any who share Ueberroth's vision.
Property: You gain a +2 bonus to Athletics and Endurance checks.
Property: You may spend a healing surge one additional time per encounter.
Property: The Heart grants you Regeneration 5.
Property: The Heart grants you immunity to Disease and Poison.
Property: The Heart gives you the aquatic subtype and a swim speed of 5. If you already have a swim speed, it increases by 5.
Property: You gain telepathy 20, or, if you already have it, your telepathy range increases by 20.
Property: You gain +1 action point.
Power (At-will, Illusion): Minor action. You and one ally within 10 squares turn invisible until the end of your next turn.
Power (Encounter, Arcane, Fear): Standard Action. You can use Banish to the Void (Warlock 27)
Power (Encounter, Psychic): Standard action, recharges when first bloodied.
Psychic Slime
Close burst 10; targets enemies; INT vs. Will; 2d8 + 10 psychic
damage, and the target is dazed (save ends).
Goals of the Heart of Ueberroth
Promote the spread of aberrations across the world.
Convert and enslave those races that are not abberations.
Be installed in a powerful vessel that will work towards these goals.
Roleplaying the Heart of Ueberroth
The Heart of Ueberroth speaks in a dark and powerful voice inside its owner's head, urging them to fulfill its goals. When the Heart is not installed in a host, the black lump whispers to those who hold it for more than a few seconds, giving them a strong desire to consume it.
Concordance
Until the owner implants the Heart, it has no concordance and the owner gains none of its abilities or powers.
Starting Score 5
Owner gains a level +1d6
Owner is not an aberration +5
Owner aids an aberration in its goals +1
Owner converts or enslaves a non-aberrant race (max 1/day) +1
Owner kills an aberration (max 1/encounter) -2
Owner works against an aberration -1
Pleased (16-20)
"The Heart beats hard with power."
The Heart works with the host, happy to have found an effective vehicle for the propogation of aberrations.
Property: The Heart's bonus to Athletics and Endurance checks increases to +5
Property: The Regeneration granted by the Heart increases to 10
Property: The owner gains immunity to Psychic, Fear, and Charm effects.
Power (At-will, Charm, Psychic): Standard Action.
Enslave
Ranged 5; targets a dominated creature; Int vs. Will; 6d8 + 10
psychic damage. A target reduced to 0 hit points or fewer by
this attack doesn’t die but becomes enslaved in preparation for
the Aboleth Servitor ritual. Enslaved targets are dominated, and
only the death of the owner can end this domination. Once
a creature is enslaved, it no longer counts towards the domination cap of three creatures.
Satisfied (12-15)
"The Heart urges me to control lesser beings."
The Heart sees the owner as a good potential candidate, and begins to gift them greater power.
Power (At-will, Charm): Standard Action.
Dominate
Ranged 10; targets a dazed creature; Int vs. Will; the target is
dominated (save ends). The owner can dominate up to three
creatures at a time.
Power (Daily): Minor action. You can heal yourself, recovering hit points as if you spent a healing surge.
Normal (5-11)
"The Heart wants me to aid the aberrations of Ueberroth."
The Heart is convinced that this owner is, if not an aberration, at least allied with them.
Unsatisfied (1-4)
"The Heart skips beats, to scare me."
The Heart is not pleased with it's wielder, and will soon depart if not placated. In the meantime, it reduces the likelihood of gifting an unworthy owner.
Property: You lose the Regeneration gifted by the Heart.
Property: You lose the immunities gifted by the Heart.
Property: You take a -2 penalty to Athletics and Endurance checks.
Angered (0 or lower)
"The Heart thrashes in your chest, seeming fit to burst."
At this point, the Heart is prone to leaving. It will first see to disadvantage and actively work against it's unfitting host's plans, before leaving.
Property: You lose the aquatic subtype.
Property: You take a -5 penalty to Athletics and Endurance checks.
Special: Once per encounter at any time, the Heart may stop briefly, causing you great pain. You take 6d6 damage and fall unconcious for 1d4 rounds.
Special: Once per day at any time, the Heart may take over the host's body and mind for one minute. Your actions are chosen by the Heart, and it may speak through you as it wishes.
Moving On
"Ueberroth's will."
The Heart of Ueberroth consumes its owner, body and mind. The character dies instantly, and his body is drawn into the heart and consumed. The character may be raised, but does so devoid of a heart and so soon dies.
The Heart rejoins Ueberroth, providing him with all knowledge of the host, both mental and physical. After a time, Ueberroth returns the Heart into the world - usually into the hands of the aboleths.
Anyway... I'll have Thazin'kriss by tommorrow. I can't really concentrate.
Exhausted, I spent all day cutting wood.
Edit: level 38 is supposedly what Moradin's avatar will be. Think that would be appropriate for Ongor's as well?
Earth Shamblers
Lopsided, vaguely human-shaped lumps of soil, rock, or magma. These are among the weakest of the elementals created by Ongor. Although they can have various abilities depending on their composition, all earth shamblers share the ability to disappear into the ground below.
Because the ritual to create one is similar to Myxiniron's birth, the ulgurstasta's are have a similar status like holy beasts within the avolakian sociaty, with the intelligent ones even being part of the ruling body of the sociaty.
And anything that is supposed to be almost unstoppable (my bulettes, Primordial Hydras etc) should be solo.
You might wanna make sure nothing else is wrong.
You're XP value on him is wronmg, of course I have no idea what it should be buta that's beside the point.
You might wanna make sure nothing else is wrong.
I never quite understood the 4e XP system. Could you explain it?
I think everything else is correct, though he's a bit on the weak side for a level 38 solo. I just added some bloodied abilities and boosted his attacks to make him tougher.
Each normal creature has 1/5 of 1/10 of a level (5 creatures to an encounter) a minion has 1/4 of that value, an elite has double, a solo has 5 times a normal monsters experience.
I don't know what the experience tables are past 30 or so, though we can extrapolate it out with some mathematics as it follows an extablished pattern.
Really experience doesn't mean much as it folllows the same rules all the way through, however experience also has a certain "budget" and that's why correct values are needed.
Your XP value on him is a fairly low level I think, his experience value sould be considerably past 100,000.
I think I'll change the abilities to require multiple saves, with increasing penalties for failure. That should make his powers harder to shake off. I'll up his damage a little more and tack on some magical defenses as well.
Edit: okay, I've buffed his attack power and made his ongoing effects harder to shake off and more punishing. I also increased his XP bounty. Better?
Your XP is still way too low. DMG pg. 56 says 395,000 XP for a level 38 solo. Also his defenses are a bit low. Orcus is a Lvl 33 Brute and matches or exceeds your defenses.
It has occured to me that I should probably make some templating changes. To make the post easier to understand.
I'll get to it. I'm a little preoccupied with Spore, the IC, and working on the Lycanthropes and related concepting.
I can't wait for the Planet Buster.
I've begun conquering the galaxy, and nothing can stand in my way.
It leaves a warm-fuzzy feeling in my chest and a smile on my face.
I love playing god.
Do you have spore?
Hmmm...
Might be an interesting project. But I'd have to stop blowing things up.
I'll think about it.
I'll also consider creating a planet.
It isn;t a promise. But I might get bored enough to put something together.
That's actually a good idea. Save for the fact that making humanoids is nigh on impossible.
As a note, that's not me condemning it. That's me saying "Do it, but instead of elves have cities filled with three legged wheel creatures"
or something.
If you want a really awesome god experience, though, I'd go for Galactic Civilizations 2 or Sid Meier's Civilization: History of the World. Winning a match of the second one on the highest difficulty is probably harder than completing ADOM and Nethack together in one go, and similarly good for the ego.
Need I say more?
(Purely for the ego bost, not much for being god in D2)
Morrowind. Do whatever you want. Nobody can stop you.
assuming your level 30 or so.
Must have something to do with it being a fan made project.
Edit: There actually IS a harder game, now that I remember...Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne without any help at all. But hey, that's less of a game and more of a sick desire for self destruction.
Hell is the hardest difficulty. One life.
There is no survival.
I've heard about that Shin Megami Tensei game... What's it about?
*Considers how well he has derailed the thread. Realizes he made thread. decides it is not derailed.*
If you want a REAL challenge, look up what the demifiend does here. Just search for "nocturne".
PS: For the record, I beat him. Took me a whole month, but I did it.
I'll have to fnd a copy of Shin Megami Tensei. I enjoy nearly impossible games.
Especially when I show the game why I never get frustrated at games.
I should probably finish guitar hero 2 before I go on to the next one.
That and get the money.
BTW: How do you come up with balanced ideas all the time ff6? Seriously.
I'm tackling it another way, though, by giving one daily use of a special ritual to my guys.
BTW, the prototype of the Sidahri currently works like this:
Scores: +2 to any. Shapeshifting makes people think of versatility, so why not?
Skills: +2 to any one class skill, OR training in one class skill. Also versatile.
Size: Medium
Speed: 5, 6, OR 7 squares
Vision: Normal, Low light, OR darkvision
Languages: Common and one other, OR common and up to three others.
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Shifting Shape: At the time of character creation, configue the traits of your Sidahri. You may empower and depower up to two traits, with each depowered trait granting you the ability to empower another trait.
Speed: Your default speed is 6. You may empower it up to 7, or depower it to 5.
Vision: Your vision starts at low light. You may empower it to darkvision, or depower it to normal vision.
Languages: You start with the knowledge of common and one other language. You may empower this trait to start with up to three languages. You cannot depower this trait.
Size: You weild normal weapons for your size. You may empower this trait to gain the oversized racial feature, or depower it to gain the Small racial feature.
Skills: You start with a +2 to a single class skill. You may empower this trait to gain a +2 with one other extra skill, or training in one extra class skill. You may not depower this trait.
Combat Manifestation
You subtly manipulate your shape, enhancing your abilities, allowing you to succeed where others would fail.
Encounter
Free Action Personal
Effect: Gain a +2 bonus to any in-combat roll. Increase it to +4 at level 21.
So, what do you think? I'll post the ritual later.
Give the guys at CO ten minutes and they'll break it.
Not that it isn't good, just...
*shrug*
Too many choices for my tastes.
I've got to buckle down and work on a balanced PC Lycanthrope template...
I've made up my mind. I want talent.
Well...
More talent than I already have anyway.
*wants to be special*
I'll take Hiro's power then. I'll just teleport in.
I win.
*proceeds to steal ff6's talent*
Now I'll just go make something so amazingly awesome you'll have to bow to me as your ruler.
Must you always win? Final Fantasy is just too epic to trump I guess.
At least I have card-design talent.
Edit: You found them? Wow! I actually haven't finished them.
And I'm still waiting for Thain'kriss's stats.
On a more serious note, I've been thinking about your lycans.
Now that I think of it, the lycans are pretty similar to the Sidahri in their versatility, but the approach to that versatility varies. The Sidahri get to modify their base traits, the lycans can modify their ending features.
Well...that, and the Sidahri get the ability to once-per-encounter transform a miss into a hit, which is probably the best part of the deal (outside of the ritual of shapeshifting), in comparison to the meh lycanthrope power.
Well I like wisdom. True you can choose what your stat bonus will be, but you can do that anyway when you just choose a race. And keeping it to the highest non-wisdom ability score of your animal base makes it a little more ineteresting.
I wouldn't do Caustic Spittle though... Maybe something more useful for an artillery...
Hmmm...
Sidahri can have a very broad range of statistics. Lycanthropes on the other hand have a narrow band, that is dependent on the form you choose to be able to take.
Sidahri as you've posted can... well they can optimize for anything. I could chop the special bonus or I could chop the wisdom. But either way it would feel a bit wrong. Especially since the remainder of the abilities aren't versatile in the same way that a human or Sidahri would have.
ff6 has got the larger part of the abilities down, I'll try to figure it out a bit more.
A) It would be weaker than Dragonborn Breath.
B) It'd have a fixed (Admittedly uncommonly resisted, though) element, and
C) It'd have less range.
Thus, it'd be more of a complement to the dual stats while still being a neat minion killer, without stealing the Dragonborn's thunder. No need to buff up the action needed.
Frost Worms
Frost Worm
This long, blue-white creature has huge mandibles and a strange nodule atop it's head from which it generates a trilling sound.
Frost Worm Lore
A character knows the following information with a successful Nature check:
DC 20: Frost Worms spend most of their life burrowing through ice and snow, even frozen earth. It cannot burrow through stone. It surfaces only to attack it's prey.
Frost Worm
This long, blue-white creature has huge mandibles and a strange nodule atop it's head from which it generates a trilling sound.
Frost Worm Lore
A character knows the following information with a successful Nature check:
DC 20: Frost Worms spend most of their life burrowing through ice and snow, even frozen earth. It cannot burrow through stone. It surfaces only to attack it's prey.
HP seems a little high, maybe better at 830.
The last thing is that is feels like the attacks are a little limited for a solo. A couple of reactions or interrupts could make it more interesting. Maybe something that inflicts a small amount of damage and pushes the target when comething flanks it.
Other than that, it looks like a good solid creature.
The HP came from the DM toolkit, I've not verified it's accuracy yet, so I'll jump it down in the meantime.
That better?
I was thinking of other ideas. Maybe an aura of cold. Any creature that ends or starts it's turn adjacent to the worm takes 5-10 cold damage.
If it sufers from ongoing fire damage, Rim Pulse recharges immediately and is used.
And I noticed something else. Need to specify some numbers on the resist and vulnerable.
Hit points seem high. Like, REALLY high. By my count, it should have 544.
"A solo has hitpoints equal to 8 times it's level +1, Plus it constitution score. If the solo is level 10 or lower, mulitply the result by 4 for it's final Hit points. If it is level 11 or higher, multiply the result by 5 for its final hitpoints."
18*8=144
144+1= 145
145 + 22 = 167
167 * 5 = 835
Ah, the classic method of monster creation, riping it from something else. Nothing wrong with that.
I was thinking of other ideas. Maybe an aura of cold. Any creature that ends or starts it's turn adjacent to the worm takes 5-10 cold damage.
If it sufers from ongoing fire damage, Rim Pulse recharges immediately and is used.
And I noticed something else. Need to specify some numbers on the resist and vulnerable.
I decided on the pulse instead of the aura.. Just felt niftier. Should it have both? And I like the fire thing. How would you suggest doing that?
I made a good guess on estimating the HP.
And White Out seems really strong. Maybe it should only reahcrge on a 5 or 6.
Seems alot more interesting to fight now though.
Freezing Retaliation (immediate reaction, when subject to ongoing fire damage; recharge 5, 6)
The worm immediately recharges Rim Pulse and uses it.
Winter Wolves
Winter Wolf
This creature looks like a whie wolf with icy blue eyes. It stands as tall as a horse, and it's breath smokes with cold.
Winter Wolf Lore
A character knows the following information with a successful Arcana check:
DC 20: Winter Wolves are large and aggressive pack hunters with ice coursing through their blood. They're frequently encountered with one or two leading a pack of lesser wolves.
Winter Wolf
This creature looks like a whie wolf with icy blue eyes. It stands as tall as a horse, and it's breath smokes with cold.
Winter Wolf Lore
A character knows the following information with a successful Arcana check:
DC 20: Winter Wolves are large and aggressive pack hunters with ice coursing through their blood. They're frequently encountered with one or two leading a pack of lesser wolves.
Frost Breath (Standard Action, recharge 6)
Close Blast 3 - +12 vs. Reflex - 3d8+5 cold damage and the target is slowed (save ends)
The attack rolls on the Bite seems a little low. Sounds better at +14.
Otherwise, it seems cool.
Frost Titan
Frost Titan
This titan looks like a beefy, muscular human with snow-white skin and light blue hair and eyes.
Frost Titan
This titan looks like a beefy, muscular human with snow-white skin and light blue hair and eyes.
Are there instructions for Artifacts like there are for monsters?
My exarch is another matter entirely... I just have a complete brain-cramp there.
A) Give him the power to spin like a drill. Something like Close Blast 4 should do.
B) Give him a ground pound.
C) Give him the equivalent of a howitzer, AKA superbreath or the like.
D) Give him vorpalesque claws.
Does that help?
Skirmisher
Some kind of Aura (Possibly namd "sins of the Father
Insubstantial
Some kind of claw attack. (Powerful)
Multi claw
Father's Son (Unlimited Shapeshifting, he can become anything with the Natural tag at or below his level, as well as anything with the Immortal tag at or below his level. Thrael'kriss himself has no such restrictions and his avatar will have the same restrictions.)
However that still needs a few things more. I realize insubstantial is a bit of a problem so I figure I'll give him sub-par constitution (each point below par is 33 less life before final multplication)
Use of "Father" is a play on how Thrael'kriss' "children" call him father all the time. And I just like the phrase.
Give him the Tarrasque's aura. This is extremely important. Otherwise, you'll get a flying party humiliating your exarch.
With that out of the way, let's get to work. Since it's a skirmisher, it needs to move in and out, quickly, so let's give it a minor action move 6 teleport through ground.
Now, it needs to be able to react to attacks. For this, I suggest taking the idea of insubstantiality and running with it: It'll be a recharge 5/6 immediate interrupt that renders him insubstantial until the beginning of his next turn.
We can also steal the normal bullette attacks and pump them up, so that's two other attacks.
Finally, let's give him a move-and-attack power. Let's call it Blazing Speed, make it a Recharge 5/6, and let him move his speed through opponents' squares, dealing 2d8+stat each time it passes through and knocking prone (save ends).
Is that good?
But most of those are good points.
Although I can honestly say that I have no idea what you mean by that
He becomes a perfect copy of a creature, except he retains life and the ability to change shape. I figure it would be OK at standard action. Maybe move.
It's also annoying for the DM.
That and the DM controls him so it's his cal whether the ability gets used. Three quarters of the Polymorph problem was it being usable by players.
Since the DM has control of monsters the fact that he can shapeshift is pretty much there to say "Yah, surprise them". Polymorph on NPC's is not broken especially when it doesn't heal you.
Hirudi, the firstborn, atropal of darkness.
A long dark serpentine creature. A feminine torso with four slender arms ending in six fingered hands. From the waist down she had a wormlike body ending in two long tails. She had face that looked like a cross between a beautifull elven maiden and that of a hagfish. Shadows like dark flame burn like long manes from her head and back to the tip of her tails.
Her eyelids where always closed as she didn’t have eyes.
Vivax, atropal of earth
A bulky creature, unlike his sister. He is the biggest of the four and looks to be made from a cross between flesh and mud. His upper body looks like an earth titan, with two powerfull arms ending in huge claws of rock. The lower body was short and ended in two powerfull tails, with an additional pair of smaller tails.
Archis & Ascari, atropal of disease and necromancy
Archis and Ascari are born from the same embryo, which split up during development. However, there was only one yolk sac, and it remained with Archis after they split. Therefor, Ascari had to leech nutients from Archis, causing them to develop a different morphology, even though they are twins.
Archis
Disgusting like the rest of his siblings, but Archis was probably the worst. Still looking mostly like an underdeveloped embryo. He still had a yolk sac, half encorporated into his body, now filled with vile fluids and parasites. With his huge maw he is able to vomit this bile as a breth weapon. His right side had developed normaly but his left side was underdeveloped, with no arms and a short redundand second tail.
Just below his torso, his viscerae would hang outside its body, like tentacles.
Ascari
She looks a lot like her sister Hirudi, but gaunt and pale skinned. Similar to Archis, her right side is underdeveloped. Rows of long dorsal spines cover her entire back. Her chest is an open ribcage and several larger spikes grow from her shoulders, similar to those of a spirit devourer.
The two of them would often interwine with each other, becoming the single creature they should have been, with there two developed tails becoming the double tail the other two sibling have.
(will try to stat them as soon as possible)
It's going slow, but hope to be able to finish it soon
That and the stats for all my exarchs ;)
Also glad to see that your becoming more active. A couple of time sthere I was afraid your left entirely.
But you already knew that. :D
Ueberroth's: Mind-numbing
Ongor's: ... Non-existent
Myxirinon's: Undead... and shadowy
Yours: Peaceful
Yes it could be something besides devastating.
Let me know how that playtest goes, MatthewSwift. Glad to help.
Shambling Guardian - Level 25 Elite Soldier
Huge Natural Beast (Plant)
HP: 512 (256 bloodied)
AC: 43, Fort: 41, Ref: 39, Will: 37
Saves: +2, AP: 1, Threatening Reach: 3
Str: 28 Con: 24 Dex: 25
Int: 10 Wis: 25 Cha: 20
Languages: Common
`Melee Basic (At-Will): Reach 3, +32 vs AC, Hit: 3d8+9 damage and a Large or smaller target is grabbed (until escape). The Shambling Defender can grab up to 2 targets at once.
`Flail Strike (At-Will): The Shambling Defender swings wildly, and grabbed foes get used as flail heads. The Shambling Defender makes two Melee Basic attacks. Each time the Shambling Defender hits, a single grabbed foe automatically takes half damage.
`Giga Smash (Encounter, Close Blast 3): +30 vs Reflex, Hit: 5d12+9 damage, Miss: Half damage.
`Photosynthesis (Move, encounter): The Shambling Defender spends a healing surge (128 hp) and gains +2 to all defenses until the start of its next turn. The Shambling Defender can only use this when it is in daylight.
[noparse]
the Kraken needs something magical to make it go BOOM.
And as for the level? It has no LOC effect. She is still simply and exarch. What did you think of her, Wyld? Does she do your gift proud now?
Besides which, it could certainly be valid to have slightly stronger and slighty weaker exarchs. The kraken is going to be exarched eventually. And I have no intention of powering him up.
I intend to speak with SD about it.
Second: I'm not sure but something clearly magical.
Third: Kendra is amazing. Direct translation of mechanics makes it very cool.
I'll think on something magical for the Eldest. I did gift them with arcane talents after all.
T'k is in love. It's the absolute only thing the bulettes can't handle!
bberant Kraken
A twisted offspring of the Great Krakens. The Abberant Kraken drifts through the Mad Sea, seeking to hunt down and destroy all of the Great Kraken.
Abberant Kraken Level 30 Artillery
Gargantuan Aberrant Magical Beast XP 19000
Initiative +22 Senses Perception +44;
HP 211; Bloodied 105
AC 42; Fortitude 42, Reflex 43, Will 42
Immune Frost
Speed 6
Abberant Strike (standard; at-will)
Reach 2; +37 vs AC; 2d8 + 10 damage
Ranged Basic (standard; at-will)
Ranged 10/20; +37 vs AC; 3d8 + 10 damage
Limited Power 1 (standard; encounter)
+37 vs AC; 4d10 + 9 damage
Limited Power 2 (standard; encounter)
+37 vs AC; 4d10 + 9 damage
Limited Power 3 (standard; encounter)
+37 vs AC; 4d10 + 9 damage
Alignment: Evil Languages: Krakish, Illithid, Aventi
Str 28 (+24) Dex 25 (+22) Wis 28 (+24)
Con 25 (+22) Int 31 (+25) Cha 25 (+22)
Abberant Kraken Tactics
(Describe the monster’s common tactics)
Keldjorn
Keldjorn Level 33 Solo Brute
Huge Elemental Humanoid (Cold) XP 155,000
Initiative +25 Senses Perception +41;
HP 1500; Bloodied 750
AC 47; Fortitude 49, Reflex 47, Will 49
Immune Cold, Fear, Charm. Vulnerable 10 Fire.
Speed 8
Action Points: 2 Healing Surges: 3
Keldjorn has a +5 on all saves
Aura of Pravus' Law * Aura 5
All allies within the aura gain a +3 bonus to all their defenses.
Winter Spear (standard; at-will) * Cold
Reach 4; +36 vs AC; 4d8 + 10 damage
Hit: Target is slowed
Bitter Winter (Standard; at-Will) * Cold
Keldjorn may make two Winter Spear attacks.
Avalanche (standard; recharge 456) * Cold
Close blast 4; +32 vs Fortitude; 5d10 + 9 damage
Target enemy creatures are knocked prone
Winter Rose (standard; recharge 56) * Cold
Ranged 20; +34 vs Reflex; 5d10 + 9 damage
The target is immobilized until the end of Keldjorn's next turn. A flying creature hit by this attack crashes.
Symphony of Roses (Encounter: Keldjorn may make three Winter Rose attacks) * Cold
Second Wind (Encounter: Standard) * Healing
Keldjorn regains 325 Hit Points and gains +2 to all defences until the start of his next turn.
Lay On Hands (Twice per Encounter: Minor) * Healing
Keldjor expends a Healing Surge and an adjacent ally regains 150 Hit points.
Alignment: Lawful Good Languages: Common, Giant
Str 32 (+27) Dex 29 (+25) Wis 32 (+27)
Con 26 (+24) Int 25 (+23) Cha 24 (+23)
Too bad my notebook isn't around or I'd start posting up chunks of my stuff.
Edit: and creatures.
I'm thinking insubstantial, a large aura which makes enemies attack themselves with their melee basic attack, some kind of ranged attack and using charisma instead of wisdom. But I don't know what level or type it should be.
Edit: I meant role not type.
Couple of things. What source book was it in? And was it a Demon or a Devil.
I'm thinking of changing him to lv 14 and changing the aura so that it causes enemies to make melee basic attacks against themselves. The touch of madness will probaly cause dazed or something. anyone want to help with the specifics.
Edit: changed lv to 14
Some of the adjuestment rates were bigger than others.
Edit:I increased the dread wraiths stats, they are now: AC 26 Fort. 23 Ref. 26 Will 33 (based on charisma)
It's attacks are: touch of madness (standard, at will) *pyschic: +16, vs. will 1d6 + 11 damage and the target is dazed (or something).
Touch of chaos (standard, recharge 5,6) * pyschic. +17 vs. will 2d6 +8 psychic damage and the target moves up to it's speed and makes a melee basic attack against the nearest ally as a free action.
create spawn: any creature (besides a whisper daemon) killed within 5 squares of the whisper daemon rises as a free willed whisper daemon with a total of one HP at the beginning of it's creator's next turn. I rises in the same space it died (or the nearest unoccupied space). Raising whoever was slain (via the raise dead ritual) does not destroy the spawned whisper demon.
Edit: aura 7: at the start of of it's turn any creature in the whisper daemon's aura must make a melee basic attack against itself as a free action. Daemons are immune to this affect.
Could someone tell me if I did this right and help me with the wording and aura size.
Edit: re-worded create spawn.