Ash Mantle
Adventurer
This is just fantastic. We're playing in a Ravnica game currently, and I need to show this to my friend who's DMing.
[Sharktocrab] Sharktocrab
Satyrn
First Post
Narrator: "And that was the moment Ash Mantle sealed his fate, and led his party into the epic TPK"
Ash Mantle
Adventurer
Witness me, brother, tonight we ride to Valhalla! \m/
MonkeezOnFire
Adventurer
Is that 60ft fly speed supposed to be a swim speed? Otherwise I am more confused than if I had got hit by the confusion ability.
So, I tried out this monster on my group last night. I think CR 6 might be a little low. They hit really hard and potentially have five attacks per round (three main attacks, bonus action, and reaction). Also, I substituted a round of being stunned with surprise (unable to take actions) for the confusion spell. I thought it was a bit much to say that the sight of this creature could potentially make you attack one of your friends.
Update: I think the circumstances of the fight make a big difference. I just had another session where the same PCs were out hunting sharktocrabs--it turns out they're delicious, so restaurants will pay well for them. The first time, I started in media res with the PCs in rowboats being attacked by a pod of sharktocrabs surfaced unexpectedly. The PCs got pretty torn up very quickly, thanks to some lucky rolling on my part, so I held back on the reaction attacks and allowed the sharktocrabs to be driven off at half hitpoints to prevent the whole thing from becoming a bloodbath. The second time, the PCs were able to spot the sharktocrabs from a distance and prepare to attack. I had the same number of beasties, but the combat ended with a grand total of one hit on one PC--and that was only because the paladin decided to get within melee range. Otherwise, thanks to hold monster and the mystic's mind control powers, the sharktocrabs were completely unable to attack.
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