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Epic Monsters: Cerberus (5E)
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<blockquote data-quote="Mike Myler" data-source="post: 7770647" data-attributes="member: 6726030"><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Today on </span><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/list.php?category/56-Mythological-Figures" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><em>Epic Monsters</em></span></a><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> we visit the underworld which means of course crossing paths with Hades’ guard dog: </span><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Cerberus</span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">[PRBREAK][/PRBREAK]</span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/slPdQUdZa8MPGcRlwxjtLaFLeqRms-9X3pxIkEAM8v4rJUS4OkPY8i1cubD0lXm_y2x06o6sV7HdUhaaTs75vISwPOgqkW5_6rXUZ53LzaT2ZwcXvF3osMjOuEniyynkqOl0RoIB" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">This three-headed (possibly as many as 100 heads depending on where you look) canine keeps the dead from escaping the afterlife</span><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'">—</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">really though Cerberus’ claim to fame is his capture by Heracles/Hercules as one of the twelve labors, a story celebrated again and again throughout both Greek and Roman arts. The hero is initiated into the Eleusian Mysteries and then travels into the underworld probably by way of a cave in Tainaron, guided afterward by Athena and Hermes. Once he’s down there Heracles/Hercules runs into </span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Theseus</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> and Pirithous (held captive for trying to rescue Persephone from hell</span><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'">—</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">that whole pomegranate seeds and winter thing) then wrangles the beast. How he does so (and much more) is </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerberus#Capture" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">written about in great length and changes from author to author</span></a><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">, but at the end of the day comes back up with Cerberus, typically with Theseus, and sometimes Pirithous too. </span></p><p></p><p><strong><em><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Design Notes:</span></em></strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">This is actually a conversion from Sean K. Reynold’s </span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">excellent </span><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/1557/The-New-Argonauts?it=1" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><em>New Argonauts</em></span></a><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> with a little bit extra tacked in (a breath weapon). He thought a smaller puppified version would be useful for folks and I am in full agreement on that</span><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'">—</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">if you are too </span><a href="https://mikemyler.com/2018/06/24/dd-5e-in-ancient-greece-cerberean-hound/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">here’s a cerberean hound</span></a><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">. </span></p><p></p><p><strong>[HR][/HR]</strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Cerberus</span></span></strong></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><em>Huge monstrosity, neutral</em></span></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Armor Class</span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> 15 (natural armor)</span></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Hit Points </span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">152 (16d12+48)</span></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Speed </span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">50 ft.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><table style='width: 100%'><tr><td><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">STR</span></p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">DEX</span></p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">CON</span></p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">INT</span></p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">WIS</span></p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">CHA</span></p> </td></tr><tr><td><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">22 (+6)</span></p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">15 (+2)</span></p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">17 (+3)</span></p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">7 (-2)</span></p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">12 (+1)</span></p> </td><td><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">10 (+0)</span></p> </td></tr></table><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Saving Throws </span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Dex +5, Con +6</span></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Skills </span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Insight +5, Perception +7, Stealth +5, Survival +4</span></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Damage Resistances </span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">cold, fire, necrotic, radiant</span></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Senses </span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">darkvision 200 ft., passive Perception 22</span></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Languages </span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Common</span></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Challenge </span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">8 (3,900 XP)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><em>Ageless. </em></span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Cerberus cannot suffer from frailty of old age, die from old age, or be aged magically.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><em>Snake-Tail.</em></span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> Cerberus’ uses its Dexterity modifier for attack and damage rolls with its snake-tail.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><em>Three Heads.</em></span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> Cerberus gains double his proficiency bonus to and has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks. In addition, he has advantage on saving throws against being blinded, charmed, deafened, frightened, stunned, or knocked unconscious.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><u><strong>ACTIONS</strong></u></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><em>Multiattack. </em></span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Cerberus makes three bite attacks and one snake-tail attack.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><em>Bite.</em></span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><em> Melee Weapon Attack:</em></span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> +9 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. </span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><em>Hit:</em></span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> 11 (1d10+6) piercing damage. If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 17 Strength saving throw or be knocked prone.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><em>Snake-Tail.</em></span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><em> Melee Weapon Attack:</em></span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> +5 to hit, reach 15 ft., one target. </span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><em>Hit:</em></span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> 5 (1d6+2) piercing damage plus 7 (2d6) poison damage.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><em>Poison Foam (Recharge 5-6). </em></span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Cerberus exhales a spray of toxic liquid in a 20-foot cone. Each creature in that area must make a DC 17 Dexterity saving throw, taking 35 (10d6) poison damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mike Myler, post: 7770647, member: 6726030"] [FONT=Arial]Today on [/FONT][URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/list.php?category/56-Mythological-Figures"][FONT=Arial][I]Epic Monsters[/I][/FONT][/URL][FONT=Arial] we visit the underworld which means of course crossing paths with Hades’ guard dog: [/FONT][B][FONT=Arial]Cerberus[/FONT][/B][FONT=Arial]![/FONT] [FONT=Arial][PRBREAK][/PRBREAK][/FONT] [CENTER][FONT=Arial][IMG]https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/slPdQUdZa8MPGcRlwxjtLaFLeqRms-9X3pxIkEAM8v4rJUS4OkPY8i1cubD0lXm_y2x06o6sV7HdUhaaTs75vISwPOgqkW5_6rXUZ53LzaT2ZwcXvF3osMjOuEniyynkqOl0RoIB[/IMG][/FONT][/CENTER] [FONT=Arial]This three-headed (possibly as many as 100 heads depending on where you look) canine keeps the dead from escaping the afterlife[/FONT][FONT=Roboto]—[/FONT][FONT=Arial]really though Cerberus’ claim to fame is his capture by Heracles/Hercules as one of the twelve labors, a story celebrated again and again throughout both Greek and Roman arts. The hero is initiated into the Eleusian Mysteries and then travels into the underworld probably by way of a cave in Tainaron, guided afterward by Athena and Hermes. Once he’s down there Heracles/Hercules runs into [/FONT][FONT=Arial]Theseus[/FONT][FONT=Arial] and Pirithous (held captive for trying to rescue Persephone from hell[/FONT][FONT=Roboto]—[/FONT][FONT=Arial]that whole pomegranate seeds and winter thing) then wrangles the beast. How he does so (and much more) is [/FONT][URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerberus#Capture"][FONT=Arial]written about in great length and changes from author to author[/FONT][/URL][FONT=Arial], but at the end of the day comes back up with Cerberus, typically with Theseus, and sometimes Pirithous too. [/FONT] [B][I][FONT=Arial]Design Notes:[/FONT][/I][/B][FONT=Arial]This is actually a conversion from Sean K. Reynold’s [/FONT][FONT=Arial]excellent [/FONT][URL="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/1557/The-New-Argonauts?it=1"][FONT=Arial][I]New Argonauts[/I][/FONT][/URL][FONT=Arial] with a little bit extra tacked in (a breath weapon). He thought a smaller puppified version would be useful for folks and I am in full agreement on that[/FONT][FONT=Roboto]—[/FONT][FONT=Arial]if you are too [/FONT][URL="https://mikemyler.com/2018/06/24/dd-5e-in-ancient-greece-cerberean-hound/"][FONT=Arial]here’s a cerberean hound[/FONT][/URL][FONT=Arial]. [/FONT] [B][HR][/HR][/B] [B][SIZE=5][FONT=Arial]Cerberus[/FONT][/SIZE][/B] [FONT=Arial][I]Huge monstrosity, neutral[/I][/FONT] [B][FONT=Arial] Armor Class[/FONT][/B][FONT=Arial] 15 (natural armor)[/FONT] [B][FONT=Arial]Hit Points [/FONT][/B][FONT=Arial]152 (16d12+48)[/FONT] [B][FONT=Arial]Speed [/FONT][/B][FONT=Arial]50 ft. [/FONT] [TABLE="class: grid, width: 475"] [TR] [TD][CENTER][FONT=Arial]STR[/FONT][/CENTER] [/TD] [TD][CENTER][FONT=Arial]DEX[/FONT][/CENTER] [/TD] [TD][CENTER][FONT=Arial]CON[/FONT][/CENTER] [/TD] [TD][CENTER][FONT=Arial]INT[/FONT][/CENTER] [/TD] [TD][CENTER][FONT=Arial]WIS[/FONT][/CENTER] [/TD] [TD][CENTER][FONT=Arial]CHA[/FONT][/CENTER] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][CENTER][FONT=Arial]22 (+6)[/FONT][/CENTER] [/TD] [TD][CENTER][FONT=Arial]15 (+2)[/FONT][/CENTER] [/TD] [TD][CENTER][FONT=Arial]17 (+3)[/FONT][/CENTER] [/TD] [TD][CENTER][FONT=Arial]7 (-2)[/FONT][/CENTER] [/TD] [TD][CENTER][FONT=Arial]12 (+1)[/FONT][/CENTER] [/TD] [TD][CENTER][FONT=Arial]10 (+0)[/FONT][/CENTER] [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [B][FONT=Arial]Saving Throws [/FONT][/B][FONT=Arial]Dex +5, Con +6[/FONT] [B][FONT=Arial]Skills [/FONT][/B][FONT=Arial]Insight +5, Perception +7, Stealth +5, Survival +4[/FONT] [B][FONT=Arial]Damage Resistances [/FONT][/B][FONT=Arial]cold, fire, necrotic, radiant[/FONT] [B][FONT=Arial]Senses [/FONT][/B][FONT=Arial]darkvision 200 ft., passive Perception 22[/FONT] [B][FONT=Arial]Languages [/FONT][/B][FONT=Arial]Common[/FONT] [B][FONT=Arial]Challenge [/FONT][/B][FONT=Arial]8 (3,900 XP) [/FONT][B][FONT=Arial][I]Ageless. [/I][/FONT][/B][FONT=Arial]Cerberus cannot suffer from frailty of old age, die from old age, or be aged magically. [/FONT] [B][FONT=Arial][I]Snake-Tail.[/I][/FONT][/B][FONT=Arial] Cerberus’ uses its Dexterity modifier for attack and damage rolls with its snake-tail. [/FONT] [B][FONT=Arial][I]Three Heads.[/I][/FONT][/B][FONT=Arial] Cerberus gains double his proficiency bonus to and has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks. In addition, he has advantage on saving throws against being blinded, charmed, deafened, frightened, stunned, or knocked unconscious. [/FONT] [SIZE=4][FONT=Arial][U][B]ACTIONS[/B][/U] [/FONT][/SIZE] [B][FONT=Arial][I]Multiattack. [/I][/FONT][/B][FONT=Arial]Cerberus makes three bite attacks and one snake-tail attack. [/FONT] [B][FONT=Arial][I]Bite.[/I][/FONT][/B][FONT=Arial][I] Melee Weapon Attack:[/I][/FONT][FONT=Arial] +9 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. [/FONT][FONT=Arial][I]Hit:[/I][/FONT][FONT=Arial] 11 (1d10+6) piercing damage. If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 17 Strength saving throw or be knocked prone. [/FONT] [B][FONT=Arial][I]Snake-Tail.[/I][/FONT][/B][FONT=Arial][I] Melee Weapon Attack:[/I][/FONT][FONT=Arial] +5 to hit, reach 15 ft., one target. [/FONT][FONT=Arial][I]Hit:[/I][/FONT][FONT=Arial] 5 (1d6+2) piercing damage plus 7 (2d6) poison damage. [/FONT] [B][FONT=Arial][I]Poison Foam (Recharge 5-6). [/I][/FONT][/B][FONT=Arial]Cerberus exhales a spray of toxic liquid in a 20-foot cone. Each creature in that area must make a DC 17 Dexterity saving throw, taking 35 (10d6) poison damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.[/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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