Previews: MM3, Demonomicon, ToH

[Rechan]

Dungeons & Dragons Roleplaying Game Official Home Page - Article (June and Beyond)

So. Delicious. Those piscodemons are nasty. They look far more complicated than suggested - with 4 different standard action powers. I almost think they should be elites, although don't have enough minors. Although honestly I think these guys make better Aberrant creatures.

Those blood worms are DELICIOUSLY nasty. They almost make me think they make better bulettes than bulettes.

Although I wonder about the quasit being tiny, it has a 0 range attack. How does that work?

The ToH encounter is vicious.

 

[Mouseferatu]

The ToH encounter is vicious.

Thank you.

 

[Mr. Teapot]

Although I wonder about the quasit being tiny, it has a 0 range attack. How does that work?

I believe that the Quasit needs to enter the same space as the person it's attacking, which provokes OAs. But since it is Tiny it can enter spaces of Medium or larger enemies. (And it will try to be invisible when it does so, so that it won't provoke.)

 

[Kingreaper]

I believe that the Quasit needs to enter the same space as the person it's attacking, which provokes OAs. But since it is Tiny it can enter spaces of Medium or larger enemies. (And it will try to be invisible when it does so, so that it won't provoke.)

Group of Quasits Vs. Party of Halfling adventurers...

 

[doctorhook]

I believe that the Quasit needs to enter the same space as the person it's attacking, which provokes OAs. But since it is Tiny it can enter spaces of Medium or larger enemies. (And it will try to be invisible when it does so, so that it won't provoke.)

That invisibility at-will almost makes me wonder if this wasn't originally designed as a lurker. If not for the main focus on debuffing, this li'l guy would be a lurker, period.

One of Mike Mearls first Design and Development columns, during late 3.5E, talked about how he dislikes the idea of abilities like at-will invisibility. It allows fights to grind to a halt as the party wait for the monster to step out of invisibility to attack. Anybody see this cropping up here too?

 

[Rechan]

One of Mike Mearls first Design and Development columns, during late 3.5E, talked about how he dislikes the idea of abilities like at-will invisibility. It allows fights to grind to a halt as the party wait for the monster to step out of invisibility to attack. Anybody see this cropping up here too?

There's actually quite a lot of monsters with AW invisibility.

 

[Tarrl]

Dungeons & Dragons Roleplaying Game Official Home Page - Article (June and Beyond)

So. Delicious. Those piscodemons are nasty. They look far more complicated than suggested - with 4 different standard action powers. I almost think they should be elites, although don't have enough minors. Although honestly I think these guys make better Aberrant creatures.

Those blood worms are DELICIOUSLY nasty. They almost make me think they make better bulettes than bulettes.

Although I wonder about the quasit being tiny, it has a 0 range attack. How does that work?

The ToH encounter is vicious.

Anyone else have any thoughts on the TOH's encounter?

 

[AbdulAlhazred]

That invisibility at-will almost makes me wonder if this wasn't originally designed as a lurker. If not for the main focus on debuffing, this li'l guy would be a lurker, period.

One of Mike Mearls first Design and Development columns, during late 3.5E, talked about how he dislikes the idea of abilities like at-will invisibility. It allows fights to grind to a halt as the party wait for the monster to step out of invisibility to attack. Anybody see this cropping up here too?

Yeah, there's lots of things that Mike Mearls doesn't like, lol. What could be more classic than the group of fearless adventurers clustered in a defensive circle staring out in all directions into the darkness watching for invisible death to leap out of the darkness and try to rip their throats out? Its narrative gold and very light on table time. I've really missed the REAL lurkers in 4e, the monsters that just might be lurking right next to you or underfoot or overhead and keep a little tension in the air at all times.

Anyway I think Quasits have at-will invisibility more for old times sake than anything else.

 

[doctorhook]

There's actually quite a lot of monsters with AW invisibility.

That's a good point. I guess this is just the first one I noticed while I was thinking about that article.

 

[Zephrin the Lost]

This could interrupt my converting RtToH into a 4e 'Tomb of Vol.' I think someone just saved me a ton of work!