Recent content by Upper_Krust

Hey Akira mate! :) The big issue I am finding is that multiple opponents do warrant their XP multipliers in terms of threats. On the face of it this is not a problem, but I don't want every epic monster necessarily being a one-vs-one solo battle for even a Level 20 party (even if I have brief...

Howdy beej buddy! :) The official monsters seem to be a bit scattershot in terms of Challenge Rating. I outline at the start of this new book that my CR's only use the primary tables from the DMG and not all the secondary effects so the CR's in my book would maybe be +25% higher under the...

Howdy Drazen mate, I just added a bit too much (against my better judgement and the advice of others * ) and the reality of writing it is taking longer than I expected but I'll get there in the end. *But the changes will be worth it. Thanks buddy, I appreciate it.

Howdy Drazen buddy, not sure if you are referring to my father's passing? That was over a year ago buddy, but I appreciate the well wishes. Regarding progress on the book, the past few weeks have not been great, artist was in hospital, my girlfriend is currently in hospital (both hopefully on...

I think you are definitely doing the right thing. PCs can get complacent if encounters are presented to them in easy-to-manage bite-size chunks. Only thing to be wary of is that they are savvy enough to know giants pack a very hefty wallop and to be careful. Sounds like they are having a great...

The observation was primarily directed at the lethality of Fire Giants and why you can't really use that many in a single encounter. If we take your example then, in a fair fight, 2 Hill Giants and 12 Ogres are a deadly threat for a party notably above 5th-level. Of course the party can always...

Hey Drazen amigo, Trust me when I say the delays are necessary and will make the book infinitely better. The original scope of the book was okay but didn't have quite the EPIC-ness I wanted to bring. While I have mentioned to you before its technically the book after this one is where (in my...

Hey all, as I'm sure Rhuarc could have predicted the book is not yet finished. I won't say when its going to be ready other than, sadly it won't be before the end of this month. Writing and art are progressing at a steady pace but not as fast as I'd hoped. Apologies for the delays, what more...

I think RAW you are closer to the official rules adhering to the secondary modifiers. From my perspective the secondary modifiers look like extra work that over inflates the monster's Challenge Rating meaning that when they get fought they are almost always a letdown. If the choice was: A. Do...

Lol, probably true amigo! :) Maybe I'm going crazy in my old age here. After a few months staring at this stuff I might arrive at the same conclusions as you.

To allow for the possibility of combat...fought a few gods back in the day. ;) I fail to see why such creatures cannot be plot points and combat encounters? Added to which the power of any monster, even the Tarrasque is relative. With 3rd Edition's Epic level Handbook it was possible an...

No apologies necessary Urriak. :)

No I don't. But if an encounter CAN potentially involve combat then better to be prepared. Remove the secondary modifiers and its pretty much fixed (IMHO). If its not a combat encounter, why does it have combat statistics? Even a DM who knows his party will still look at the challenge...

Mostly over-inflated (due to secondary abilities) and not reflective of actual Hard and Deadly challenges. If the official DMG pg. 274 Monster Statistic By Challenge Ratings (with secondary modifiers) rules contradict the official DMG pg. 82 XP Thresholds by Character Level* then no matter...

No I don't think it should affect CR. The higher the CR the more you would expect monsters to have at the very least a handful of special resistances, attacks and immunities. PCs don't have their level increased when they gain new magic items. Resistance to ALL damage is basically x2 hit...