Recent content by inthegreylight

Looks awesome! A few questions: Is remote death a spell from Ascension? What does it do? Does a soul drawn out by Arise have the stats of the creature the soul came from, or something else? I can figure out why some abilities have DC 26, but why do Dread Stare and Disrupt Life have DC 38?

Exciting! I hope you do continue this thread, as 5e is a wonderful system despite the actions and/or attitudes of its corporate overlords. Your stat block design has had a huge influence in how I design my own monsters, making combat at my table more interesting than ever. In the current...

Thanks for the feedback! I also calculated a CR of 7 initially, but I figured the anti-magic cone and ability to shoot eye rays from way up in the air would bump it up to 8. Less saves and more HP it is, then. I didn't realize how much the save proficiencies were propping up the CR. That is...

In trying to design a unique, alien beholder (using this thread as inspiration), I created a CR 8 beholder (gauth?) to challenge lower-level players and make beholder hive encounters more viable. In addition to remixing typical beholder abilities, I specifically chose eye rays that correspond to...

I agree on the silver. In my games, undead of all kinds are affected by silver weapons as if they were magical. Vampires especially should have silvered weapons overcome their damage resistances. But I think vulnerability to silvered weapons would be too much. How about an addition to the Stake...

Weakness to holy symbols seems well represented by the cleric class' Turn Undead feature (and the devotion paladin's Turn the Unholy feature). Maybe vampire spawn could have disadvantage on saving throws against features that turn undead. I like the idea of common folk believing a holy symbol...

Amazing, thanks for the effort!

In your vampire lord stats, you refer to the vampire taking damage from sunlight under its Shapechanger feature. Is this vampire lord implied to have the same weaknesses as the vampire in the 5e monster manual? Or is this just a vestige of an earlier version of your vampire lord stats...

Your work so far is greatly appreciated! Take all the time you need. These monsters, and my attempts to homebrew similarly-interesting monsters, have enhanced my games tremendously.

Awesome advice, thanks so much for the detailed explanation!

Absolutely love the work you've done here, and in your previous Elite/Epic projects. Is there a formula or template you use for creating swarms of existing monsters? I'm looking to design swarms of mephits that will satisfy the capabilities of conjure minor elementals and other summoning spells...