D&D 5E 5e EPIC MONSTER UPDATES

Matrix Sorcica said:

Does the spider regain hit points no matter if the target dies from its bite or not?

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Matrix Sorcica said:

Edit: And I feel that the davastation vermin lacks defenses against flying opponents. It might take a while to go through the Decastation Swarm's 10,000 hp for example, but it can't really do anything about except burrowing underground. At CR57, I see this as a major flaw.

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Matrix Sorcica said:

Edit: And I feel that the davastation vermin lacks defenses against flying opponents. It might take a while to go through the Decastation Swarm's 10,000 hp for example, but it can't really do anything about except burrowing underground. At CR57, I see this as a major flaw.

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dave2008 said:

The intent was that it only regains hit points when the the creature dies. I see how the wording is a bit ambiguous



I agree in general. However, I don't think every monster has to have defense against range attacks. A lack of ranged defense for an epic monster should be rare, but some times you need range attacks to shine too. Furthermore, it there is one type of epic monster I wanted to nerf ranged attack defense, it would be vermin. Additionally, when these get updated to the 2nd or 3rd drafts I will add descriptive text. That is where I would discuss the lack of range defenses and how to use these vermin effectively for epic encounters.

That being said, most have some type of range defense: centipede burrows, spider has a ranged attack that holds you in place, and the beetle has armor that reduces ranged weapon damage. Only the scorpion doesn't have specific defense, but it is the fastest.

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SkidAce said:

Some things are vulnerable to ranged. (agree with above by [MENTION=83242]dave2008[/MENTION])

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dave2008 said:

Any suggestions on how to improve the ranged defense?

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Matrix Sorcica said:

I dunno. I don't think there is an immediately easy solution, and will have to think about it.

What I do know is that the centipede swarm should wipe the floor with even the most powerful of Dave's greater gods. That is not going to happen.

Maybe one should accept that you can't use the CR guidelines 1:1 when dealing with mindless opponents without ranged defenses? So the centipede swarm is reduced to a lower CR than the numbers indicate.
Thoughts?

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Matrix Sorcica said:

Maybe one should accept that you can't use the CR guidelines 1:1 when dealing with mindless opponents without ranged defenses? So the centipede swarm is reduced to a lower CR than the numbers indicate.
Thoughts?

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