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<blockquote data-quote="AliasBot" data-source="post: 8079392" data-attributes="member: 7021806"><p>An emphasis on beasts (and beast-like monstrosities) at the lower levels makes sense: "this strange, powerful beast is terrorizing the area, we need a hero to slay it" is a pretty common Greek myth set-up, and the precursor to that, fit for lower-level heroes, is "this beast is causing problems in the area, and we'll pay someone to do something about it."</p><p></p><p>"Idk, bandits, I guess" is still a reasonable fallback: I don't recall <em>many</em> instances of bandits in Greek myths, but I do remember <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procrustes" target="_blank">Procrustes</a>, so it's not like they <em>can't</em> fit the setting.</p><p></p><p>Alternatively, the nyxborn are a good source of low-level enemies: creations of the gods that are causing problems, whether on a god's orders due to petty divine conflicts, or just because, on their own initiative. Low-level elementals (Mephits, Magmins) work as statblocks for the more elementally-aligned <a href="https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/large/front/a/0/a018d5ea-5229-40ca-b7c5-31d3e8ebb894.jpg?1593092193" target="_blank">eidolons</a> and <a href="https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/large/front/d/c/dc6ae489-658b-4c12-b204-f7b58ce84375.jpg?1581479418" target="_blank">nymphs</a>; a Shadow would probably work as a <a href="https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/large/front/8/5/853a89c6-63f9-4b12-8a5b-2c382e22b226.jpg?1562820831" target="_blank">Black-aligned eidolon</a>; <a href="https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/large/front/d/8/d8ef63b9-c021-40fe-910e-93c06d660c20.jpg?1593096261" target="_blank">Dryads</a> are a thing on Theros, so they're an option; low-level constructs might work as <a href="https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/large/front/e/4/e4c1371b-ffec-41c7-8fc1-acb2bd538080.jpg?1593092878" target="_blank">living statues</a> or creations of Purphoros or something; and, when all else fails, you can just take a generic <a href="https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/large/front/9/8/9854e673-1816-4a76-b9db-bb399ac7489f.jpg?1581481079" target="_blank">humanoid</a> or <a href="https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/large/front/9/1/91a78895-5e09-46a5-8a74-a07f0befc4e5.jpg?1593092568" target="_blank">beast</a> statblock (or the monster statblock of a <a href="https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/large/front/6/5/65371de6-13a2-401f-9334-ae9e19619487.jpg?1593091723" target="_blank">triton</a>, <a href="https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/large/front/b/2/b2081bf0-09f5-4c95-b4cc-48a8784294d4.jpg?1593092278" target="_blank">satyr</a>, <a href="https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/large/front/0/f/0fd32240-c003-4e18-adf1-e2e992c702b1.jpg?1581479176" target="_blank">centaur</a>, etc.) and say it's a nyxborn version of that humanoid - maybe say it registers as a celestial instead of/in addition to its normal type, maybe give it access to a low-level spell or two that would fit a creation of the gods, but just "normal humanoid that happens to be made of stars" fills a lot of gaps without any homebrewing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AliasBot, post: 8079392, member: 7021806"] An emphasis on beasts (and beast-like monstrosities) at the lower levels makes sense: "this strange, powerful beast is terrorizing the area, we need a hero to slay it" is a pretty common Greek myth set-up, and the precursor to that, fit for lower-level heroes, is "this beast is causing problems in the area, and we'll pay someone to do something about it." "Idk, bandits, I guess" is still a reasonable fallback: I don't recall [I]many[/I] instances of bandits in Greek myths, but I do remember [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procrustes']Procrustes[/URL], so it's not like they [I]can't[/I] fit the setting. Alternatively, the nyxborn are a good source of low-level enemies: creations of the gods that are causing problems, whether on a god's orders due to petty divine conflicts, or just because, on their own initiative. Low-level elementals (Mephits, Magmins) work as statblocks for the more elementally-aligned [URL='https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/large/front/a/0/a018d5ea-5229-40ca-b7c5-31d3e8ebb894.jpg?1593092193']eidolons[/URL] and [URL='https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/large/front/d/c/dc6ae489-658b-4c12-b204-f7b58ce84375.jpg?1581479418']nymphs[/URL]; a Shadow would probably work as a [URL='https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/large/front/8/5/853a89c6-63f9-4b12-8a5b-2c382e22b226.jpg?1562820831']Black-aligned eidolon[/URL]; [URL='https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/large/front/d/8/d8ef63b9-c021-40fe-910e-93c06d660c20.jpg?1593096261']Dryads[/URL] are a thing on Theros, so they're an option; low-level constructs might work as [URL='https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/large/front/e/4/e4c1371b-ffec-41c7-8fc1-acb2bd538080.jpg?1593092878']living statues[/URL] or creations of Purphoros or something; and, when all else fails, you can just take a generic [URL='https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/large/front/9/8/9854e673-1816-4a76-b9db-bb399ac7489f.jpg?1581481079']humanoid[/URL] or [URL='https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/large/front/9/1/91a78895-5e09-46a5-8a74-a07f0befc4e5.jpg?1593092568']beast[/URL] statblock (or the monster statblock of a [URL='https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/large/front/6/5/65371de6-13a2-401f-9334-ae9e19619487.jpg?1593091723']triton[/URL], [URL='https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/large/front/b/2/b2081bf0-09f5-4c95-b4cc-48a8784294d4.jpg?1593092278']satyr[/URL], [URL='https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/large/front/0/f/0fd32240-c003-4e18-adf1-e2e992c702b1.jpg?1581479176']centaur[/URL], etc.) and say it's a nyxborn version of that humanoid - maybe say it registers as a celestial instead of/in addition to its normal type, maybe give it access to a low-level spell or two that would fit a creation of the gods, but just "normal humanoid that happens to be made of stars" fills a lot of gaps without any homebrewing. [/QUOTE]
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