D&D 5E 5e EPIC MONSTER UPDATES

dave2008

Legend

• Dec 20, 2016

• #541

Darien Blaque said:

Do you possibly have a rough draft for Primus? I may need him in my campaign.

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At this point I only have a concept for it. This version of Primus will definitely be more powerful than the 1e version. I don't believe it has received stats in any other version. I have him tentatively place at CR 40, but that may change. I plan for Primus to posses one of the Elder Spells which makes it one of the 8 most powerful entities in existence.

That being said, I can add him to my to do list:

1) Finish Demon Lords and Princes - by the end of the year
2) Finish Iggwilv - by the end of the year
3) Finish Bahamut - 1st of next yeaer
4) Primus?

 

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Darien Blaque

First Post

• Dec 20, 2016

• #542

Awesome! Any tips on working something up myself in the meantime?

 

dave2008

Legend

• Dec 21, 2016

• #543

Darien Blaque said:

Awesome! Any tips on working something up myself in the meantime?

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Well, unfortunately I don't have a lot of advice on Primus per se, but this is my general approach:

1) Collect the information on the monster's stats in each edition they were published.
2) Understand how the monster ranks (in terms of power) compared to other epic monster of its edition
3) Collect lore from each edition
4) Compare to monsters of relatively the same amount of power in 5th edition. In this case you can pick a few monsters of similar CR to your intended CR from the monsters in this tread.
5) Re-skin a monster that is similar.
6) Add powers that are unique to the monster you want to make, either from published stats or lore, or what theme you want for the monster

That's about it. If you like, I can give you the word template I use and the CR calculation spreadsheets I've made.

 

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Darien Blaque

First Post

• Dec 21, 2016

• #544

dave2008 said:

If you like, I can give you the word template I use and the CR calculation spreadsheets I've made.

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That would be great, thanks!

 

dave2008

Legend

• Dec 21, 2016

• #545

Darien Blaque said:

That would be great, thanks!

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I will get them uploaded to the downloads section tonight or tomorrow. I let you know when they are available.

 

dave2008

Legend

• Dec 22, 2016

• #546

I have added the Excel spreadsheets and Word documents I use to create these epic monsters to the Downloads page linked to in the OP. These are the most up to date versions for those who already have them. I have added some instructions and an improved DPR calculator based on the one [MENTION=6801226]MechaTarrasque[/MENTION] gave me.

Please note: There are 2 excel spreadsheets in the download, but they are the same file. I accidentally posted it twice and now I can't seem to delete one.

 

dave2008

Legend

• Dec 22, 2016

• #547

Darien Blaque said:

That would be great, thanks!

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They are uploaded to the downloads section with the PDF of the monsters.

 

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Darien Blaque

First Post

• Dec 22, 2016

• #548

dave2008 said:

They are uploaded to the downloads section with the PDF of the monsters.

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Thanks!!

 

dave2008

Legend

• Dec 25, 2016

• #549

I have uploaded Pale Night to the Demon Lords section. She is the last of the currently planned Demon Lords (I hope to add more later). Now on to finish the Demon Princes!

 

dave2008

Legend

• Dec 25, 2016

• #550

I have added Dagon to the Demon Princes section. Three Princes to go!