Monster vault: I has it

[Klaus]

Flavour matters.

I really like the Monster Vault's flavour.

Because it's so British, it comes with an "u"?

 

[ryanwood92]

wat are the new hydras like?....n wats in the animal appendix?

 

[fba827]

Flavour matters.

I really like the Monster Vault's flavour.

minty? fruity? a little of both?

 

[Aspeon]

Around how many of the monsters have tokens to go with them? I'd hope it was all or at least most of them but you never know.

All of them except for minion-only monsters and swarms. (Which use generic "minion" and "swarm" tokens- but only four of the former, which I thought a little odd. Think I might also use skeletons for the generic minions as well, since there are about six of them.) Each monster statblock has the picture of the token to go along with it- there's some overlap/reuse within monsters of the same type, but you won't have a level 7 ogre and a level 15 ogre in the same fight.

 

[ArcaneSpringboard]

wat are the new hydras like?....n wats in the animal appendix?

First off, they get free actions even if they're stunned or dominated. This becomes important later.

Second, they start with 4 heads but lose one at each 25% of max hp damage. However, if the PCs then don't hit the hydra with a certain damage type (and it changes with the different hydras), 2 heads regenerate at the start of it's next turn.

It still has threatening reach.

As a standard action, it can bite with each head...but if it only has 2 heads, it gets a +5 to damage...1 head a +15 to damage.

Each bite does 3d10 damage.

But here's the nasty part.

On a trigger where an enemy ends it's turn within 2 squares of the hydra, as a free action it gets two bits on that enemy. And because it's a free action, it can do that as many times as enemies trigger it.

Ow. Ow. Ow. Ow.

I love it.

 

[lutecius]

@ Flobby: Most of the art is the same as the MM, there is some new art too. The small circle pics are with each monster entry so you can tell which pog it corresponds to.

which monsters get new art?

 

[Bold or Stupid]

What levels are the hydras?

 

[UnknownAtThisTime]

Around how many of the monsters have tokens to go with them? I'd hope it was all or at least most of them but you never know.

Read the post two above yours!

It references a thread with every token listed, and implies that many or most of the monsters have tokens.

 

[ArcaneSpringboard]

What levels are the hydras?

10, 12 and 17.