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They've hit 20th level (having played from 1st) and I've thought of another adventure - so at present thinking they'll just get to 21st or maybe 22nd level before stopping (or pausing I guess - if I think of another one)

Yeah - I like phantom boulder. Also will get to souped up wraith soon. And agree on maybe de-busying statblock...but what to lose

as discussed - ditched sunlight sensitivity, added disrupt life and frightening gaze - I like idea of adding paralysis to death grip. finally pondering about some sort of souped up shadow ball missile or something (it is a stone giant after all)

This is fascinating (I wish I'd thought of this!) - by making it relative rather than absolute, it might make it all a bit simpler. Has anyone made a list of strong vs weak feats yet though

Most games I've played in are doing points-buy, and I was musing at balance in rolling is all

Yeah agree-so looking at ways to balance post-rolling so we get the fun of rolling and balance with post-hoc feats

here it is fixed

I recall in AD&D, a Wish spell could be used to improve an ability score by 1 point up to 16, but then on was 1/10th of a point per wish (!)

Yeah I know...but I just loved rolling dice for stats over the years :)

Oops - forgot about this and updated to Cairn Wight (Undead Stone Giant)

I like that trait - it seems so counterintuitive to have a noncorporeal being stumble over rough ground that I can't ignore it. So using it.

In my game am using feats something like in Theros, so making them tied to deities. The idea is that (a) they help customise characters to deities and (b) help lvl 1 characters be less squishy. So setting mid-range at one feat. Let's say using flat 3d6. Where does one put the 'bar' at either end...

I was using the point buy as a starting point, I guess with the assumption that high-end ability scores were valued at more than their bonus, but did ponder whether too complicated and maybe just looking at bonuses/penalties would be easier

One of the things I liked about AD&D and BECMI was rolling ability scores. Was pondering recently how it could be adapted to 5e and "levelling" beginning characters with feats. e.g. mid range = one feat, lucky rolling = zero feats, unlucky rolling = two feats So rating would be determining the...

thanks all - plenty to digest here!

went with doomball and shadowraith. left speed at 60 ft (walking) - surprised that basic shadows don't ignore difficult terrain actually

Doom Boulder? Doomball? probs first one... Ok - I can see rationale for ground speed. Maybe then call it a shadowraith so sort of distinct from a wraith (which would fly)?

Ok incorporated all changes - name...ummm.... necrotic orb, necrotic globe, shadow globe/org, life-hungry orb, death comet, ....you had an idea in mind?

ok, maybe just plain "cairn wraith" nudged stats down and ditched legendary actions. latest screenshot