Recent content by AumShantih

Thanks again and again for a fantastic sourcebook. I'm also eagerly looking forward to Sorceror's and Wardens.

Great idea! I'll probably implement this in my game. Kobold PC's are way too scary otherwise.

Minions have a Damage Threshold, equal to their level + adjusted Constitution ability score modifier. If damage is dealt to the minion equal or above its damage threshold, it dies. If damage is dealt to the minion that is less than its damage threshold, the minion is bloodied. Any damage...

Thanks! I tried them out last weekend, and they worked fairly well. I had them come with some Soldier Bee's. Next up - Drones, which will be controller minions. Giant Bee Soldier Level 6 Soldier Medium Natural Beast XP 250 Initiative +9 Senses Perception +9 Buzz of Warning aura...

I haven't used it for any long term PC. I did use templates rather successfully for a "dark revelations" sequence - when a long term NPC (being played as a PC for several session) revealed himself to a cultist of Tharzidun, I had him use a Elite Template. He was able to fight off the rest of...

A new monster I'm working on for my Planescape game. Level 9 PCs, so they'll be quite beefy bees. Here's the basic minion. Still to come, Drone, Soldier, Swarm and Queen. Giant Bee Worker Level 6 Minion Medium Natural Beast XP 62 Initiative +7 Senses Perception +4 HP 1...

Cute! I may introduce them into my Planescape game as Monodrone crafted magic items.

For what it's worth: In the current campaign I'm running, we had a large group (8 or 9) 2nd Level PCs beat up a Young Red Dragon (Level 7 Solo). However, they had all their dailies, and used them to good effect. With 4 or 5 PCs, it wouldn't have worked.

That was a work of brilliance. I was expecting more Gnome "monsters" but it was a worthwhile read, and I plan to use some of the encounters in my campaign.

Immunity to Magic is pretty insane and unbalanced. You could give them Resistance to any attack with a Divine/Arcane Keyword - Resist 5/10, or just a simple 1/2 damage.

That's freaking cool. Yeah, I'd be interesting in something like that. You should add in functionality for adding Magic Items as well!

This is an interesting thread. I've played around 8 or 9 sessions of 4E, and have noticed how the end of the encounter tends to drag on too long. It's ususally just 2-3 rounds of mop up, but over the course of an 3-4 encounter evening, that's a lot of gametime for not much payoff. I've been...

Really neat write up! I do think it's too long a description for a standard monster. It would be fine as a Elite or even a Solo. You may wish to condense the attack blocks - list all the basic items in all the forms first, and then tag them with keywords (Human Form, Hybrid Form, Tiger Form)...

This is a great idea! I like the idea of flipping a coin (or just using odds/even on that original d20 role) to determine if a minion is bloodied or not. I like Minions, but I feel that 1HP solution is a little inelegant.

Thanks a lot for the advice! Abishai are unlikely to make an appearance in my campaign for another few weeks or so, so I'll have time to make a revision before then. The weaponry is a nod to the 1st Edition Abishai from Monster Manual II, where each abishai had its own traditional fighting...