Recent content by ghabrel

Alright, so, I have a new stat block. But... ...I think the only thing I did was make it more OP... Balhannoth Gargantuan Aberration CR 23 (50,000 XP) in lair AC 19 HP 550 (19d20 + 168) Spd. 20’ -----Attributes----- Str 29 (+9) Dex 21 (+5)...

Tormyr Size determines the number of damage dice used? Really? I'm looking at the section of the DMG concerning creating your own stat blocks (~pg275) and it doesn't really seem to imply that anywhere I'm looking. The adventurers are delving into the secret maze of tunnels beneath the...

This is something I hadn't considered. I just kind of threw something in because beholders were the only legendaries that had less than 3 legendary actions. I didn't want to go TOO hard and just be like, "Merh. No magic within the area of effect. Merh...", but I guess my unfamiliarity with...

Tony Vargas So I haven't gone the individual tentacle route just yet, but doing so from this point wouldn't be hard. What I did do, though, was make a legendary laired version (relatively) from scratch. Let me know what you think. Balhannoth Large Aberration CR 16 (15,000 XP) [23 {50,000...

Tony Vargas Thank you for all of your inputs. I'm definitely going to be making some changes as I respond. I may go all the way back to the drawing board and design it from scratch, but for now I'm going to work off of what I've got. I am starting to get a feel for using DM's discretion over...

Modified stat block to show changes after reading Jester David 's post: Balhannoth Large Beast Aberration CR 23 (50,000 XP) AC 19 HP 742 (24d20 + 280) Spd. 20’ -----Attributes----- Str 23 (+6) Dex 21 (+5) Con 18 (+4) Int 8 (-1)...

Jester David Thank you for your input. I got CR 23 by figuring out how a solo monster would make for a deadly encounter for 10 level 14 PCs, which is how I intend on using it. It was only after the fact that I realized ancient dragons are in the 23 CR range... I never really got...

DMZ2112 Thank you again for keeping up the dialog. I do really appreciate it. So here's an updated stat block. I'll respond afterwards. Balhannoth Large Beast Aberration CR 23 (50,000 XP) AC 19 HP 802 (24d20 + 280) Spd. 20’ -----Attributes----- Str 29 (+9)...

DMZ2112 Thank you very kindly for responding; I was getting antsy. Now let me go in order... I did add some stuns. I can understand how those could be excruciatingly frustrating... Opportunist was actually a direct grab from 4e. I don't remember 4e clearly enough to remember what combat...

Answer the poll! Give me some feedback! This monster was designed to be a solo encounter with 10 level 14 PCs and I don't know how to evaluate my own work! THE STRUGGLE IS REAL YOU GUISE!!!

I for one really liked the Balhannoth from 4e. I made a conversion myself, and I'm trying to find ones other people have made, but it's surprisingly difficult. If WotC released an official one I would totally be on board for it...

So, yeah, title sums it up pretty well. Have a campaign I planted the seeds for back when 4e was a thing (I started on 4e, I didn't know it was garbage, I didn't know any better, please don't hold it against me), so now that I'm getting back around to it in 5e, I ran into the problem of the...

Alright, so, probably last update until I get some more feedback. Included the standard stats for the monsters' desired CRs, in addition to where their effective stats are, and where they land on the CR range. Also hypothesized about what their CR should realistically be given their current...

So I think the only thing condensing abilities really did was make the sheer ridiculousness of these monsters readily apparent. I mean, just read Fade into Black, "The creature gets x, y, z, 0, q, a barbecue sandwich, an amount of gold sufficient to crush a dwarf into paste, and protection from...

I had no idea how many people think Rangers are useless... I -expletive deleted- love Rangers. The new version only makes them better in my book (although my reading [of this thread] has pulled up a couple of losses). And to whoever it was saying Rangers have to fill a specific role (I don't...