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So do you still want to add a necrotic area-of-effect attack for them? I'm fine with Shifting Mists but am not bothered about inventing an ability the original didn't have. Would be more inclined to give something akin to Wave of Lethargy to the high CR interpretation of the Crimson Death Mist.

Updating the Scarlet Death Working Draft. Come to think of it, two 3d6+5 tendrils is 31 DPR not 30, not that it makes much difference.

Come to think of it, will we be using 5 ft. for the range like a Salamander or make it 10 ft. because this firelord's a big lad? Did a bit of tweaking to get the following: Body of Smokeless Flame #2. A creature that touches the efreeti firelord or hits it with a melee attack while within 5 or...

Let's stick in 2d8 for now, we can always change it later.

Works for me. Shall we make the escape DEX-based, so DC 16, with the save vs. HP reduction CON-based for DC 15? That just leaves damage and to hit. I reckon its tendrils will also be DEX-based, for +8 to hit and #d# + 5 damage, although I can see an argument for making the damage CON-based too...

Yeah, I'd rather keep it fairly vague. Maybe cut out the first sentence fragment and have a generic paragraph about their life cycle plus a more detailed one for each colour. A mystaran dragonfly closely resembles a regular dragonfly about 3 to 4 feet long. Its head has subtle draconic features...

A 3E Efreeti has something equivalent, its Heat ability, that does 1d6 fire damage. Was thinking of keeping the base damage of its fire body relatively modest since it'll have its actions to inflict the big ouches. Maybe 2d8 fire so it's less intense than its Fiery Falchion but a bit better...

Come to think of it, isn't the Noble Genie ability called Wishes not Wish Granting. Will add the following in the next Efreeti Firelord Working Draft update: Wishes. The efreeti firelord can grant wishes to a creature that isn't a genie. Once the genie has granted its limit of three wishes, it...

That seems a bit too specific, as if there's some technique a wizard can use to create them. How about: Magical crossbreeds of normal dragons and insects, a mystaran dragonfly closely resembles a regular dragonfly about 3 to 4 feet long. Its head has subtle draconic features as well as a...

Yeah, it'll need that but I hadn't gotten around to adding it to the Working Draft. Should the "efreeti noble" in the above be changed to efreeti firelord?

Same here, although I'm having second thoughts about the "and the scarlet death regains hit points equal to that amount" for a couple of reasons. Namely (1) it's not something the original monster had and (2) it makes it a bit trickier to figure out the Challenge Rating. Might be better without...

Works for me. I'd like to get the Special Traits sorted out before starting on the Actions. So far we've just got Elemental Demise, Innate Spellcasting and Magic Resistance.

Not feeling that inspired at the moment. Might whip something up later.

I'd remove the Hungry Mist and Hungry Mists as the original monster just used its tendrils to drain blood. Speaking of which, the 3E Crimson Death's tendrils were normal melee attacks with reach, it didn't envelop its victim and autohit them like the above version's Life Drain but its tendrils...

Hierarch? Transplanted? Modronoid (Template) Originally appeared in The Great Modron March (1997).

Updated the Modronoid Working Draft with the following: A modronoid is an artificial horror created by a deranged arcane spellcaster grafting parts from a base modron to a humanoid. This procedure is enough to drive both the “donor” modron and “host” humanoid completely insane, driven to kill...

Fiery Falchion has a nice ring to it.

We need to finish the magenta bits first, that is the Descriptions and Bonus Actions. I'm fine with Dashing Flight as with a 50 ft. move as it's basically just Dash that only works with its fly speed. I'm thinking we can do a moderately elaborate Description in the first (Black) dragonfly and...

The damage quantity works for me, but I wonder if we should tweak the name or call it something else since Scimitar has a base d6 damage specified for it in 5E. Off the top of my head, how about Scorching Great Scimitar or Scorching Executioner's Scimitar for the former, or Scorching Tulwar or...

Yeah, there are some great beasties in BECMI. Here we go: Updating Black Mystaran Dragonfly. Updating Blue Mystaran Dragonfly. Updating Gold Mystaran Dragonfly. Updating Green Mystaran Dragonfly. Updating Red Mystaran Dragonfly. Updating White Mystaran Dragonfly. And to top it off… Updating...