Dodkong minions

[Cleon]

Yes I do

here is fixed version

That'll match the Enworld version once I change the spectres specters to wraiths.

Updating the Dodkong Working Draft.

EDIT: Added it to 5E Monsters Based on Third Edition Index and the Completed Fifth Edition Creatures Index.

 

[Cleon]

Just noticed two minor errors in the Cairn Wight.

The Rock Bowling should be "sends a rock" instead of "send a".

The Soul Drain should have "Hit:" italicized.

Will you correct the D&D Beyond Cairn Wight or is that too trivial to be worth bothering?

 

[Cleon]

So are we ready to move on to the Cairn Shadowraith?

 

[Casimir Liber]

So are we ready to move on to the Cairn Shadowraith?

yep/sure

 

[Casimir Liber]

Just noticed two minor errors in the Cairn Wight.

The Rock Bowling should be "sends a rock" instead of "send a".

The Soul Drain should have "Hit:" italicized.

Will you correct the D&D Beyond Cairn Wight or is that too trivial to be worth bothering?

here is corrected version

 

[Cleon]

here is corrected version

Updated the Completed Fifth Edition Creatures Index.

 

[Cleon]

yep/sure

Let's see.

To start with, if we're calling it a Shadowraith then all uses of cairn wraith should become cairn shadowraith. Contrariwise, if we're using Cairn Wraith then the title needs changing.

Calling its defensive ability Umbral Blessing is rather vague. How about Umbral Armor or Coat of Shadows instead?

I'm also thinking a +2 to its Armour Class is a bit weak sauce. How about aiming for Armor Class 17 normally, AC 12 in sunlight? Then it'll be as easy to harm as a Specter when in daylight but becomes as tough to hit as a cairn wight in darkness?

That'd require lowering its Dexterity so it has a +2 DEX modifier.

I'm tempted to give it a boost to Stealth in darkness like a Shadow. Those have double proficiency on Stealth as well as the trait Shadow Stealth for even more sneakiness.

Not sure about Incorporeal Movement, maybe just give it Unearthly Movement so it's more like a Shadow?

Better yet, how about dropping Incorporeal Movement and adding the "can move through a space as narrow as 1 inch wide without squeezing" of the Amorphous trait to its Unearthly Movement?

Like so:

Unearthly Movement. The cairn shadowraith ignores difficult terrain formed from nonmagical earth, sand or rock. It moves across mud or quicksand as if it were solid ground and can move through a space as narrow as 1 inch wide without squeezing.​

Other ideas will need to wait. Got things to do.

 

[Casimir Liber]

all sounds good - dropped dex to 15, incorporated other changes and used "shadowraith" as name

 

[Cleon]

all sounds good - dropped dex to 15, incorporated other changes and used "shadowraith" as name

Updating the Enworld version from Cairn Wraith to Cairn Shadowraith (Undead Stone Giant) and inserting some provisional stats.

 

[Cleon]

Okay, first question: should we give to the Cairn Shadowraith Athletics proficiency like a Stone Giant?

Second question: do you like the idea of it having vulnerability to radiant damage like a Shadow? I'd be equally OK if it was like a Specter or Wraith and didn't have any damage vulnerabilities.