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Yeah, let's keep them Aberrations. Don't care for most of the original abilities scores. Firstly, I'd prefer a lower Strength. I have a mental image of them possessing physiques similar to a decadent human nobleman. If, say, a female's Strength 43, then if you reverse-size-increase that down...

I did wonder about giving the Giant Dragonfly Nymph Speed 20 ft., swim 10 ft., with the Giant Damselfly Naiad having Speed 20 ft., swim 30 ft. The 2E AD&D original had MOVE 9 on its legs and Swim 3. In the end I opted to go for a 30 ft. land speed, since an AD&D Crocodile has MV 6" which...

After some reflection, I polished the traits and actions to become: Special Traits Ambusher. In the first round of a combat, the dragonfly nymph has advantage on attack rolls against any creature it surprised. Actions Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 8 (2d4...

As you might have guessed from me mucking around with Darvision Hypno-Damsels, I've finished the first draft of the Dragonfly Nymph: Also done the stats for the Dainty, Diminutive and Titanic Giant Odonatids, which took way less time than I expected. Updating the Dainty Giant Damselfly...

Further on that, I'm still liking the idea of the Hypnotic Wings being more effective against creatures with darkvision, so how about we particularly persecute drow by adding "If a creature has Fey Ancestry and sees the Hypnotic Wings with darkvision, the trait does not give the creature...

Incidentally, I briefly toyed with the idea of mentioning faerzress in the bit about Underdark magical radiation, but decided it was inappropriate to use a Forgotten Realms specific term. Although arguable "Underdark" is FR specific, but I think that's got wide enough use in D&D now it can...

Dang it, you're right. It would be in the only paragraph I didn't triple check. Will change the second one to "extremely wide".

So I think the basic adult giant damselflies and dragonflies are about done. I'll leave the wee little ones (Dainty & Diminutive) and the jumbo sized (Titanic) ones to simmer on the back burner for the mo. They oughtn't to take long, as they're just stronger and weaker variations of the...

Finished the Mammoth Helicopter Damselfly with the following addition to its Description: UNDERDARK HELICOPTER DAMSELFLIES Deep beneath the earth is the Underdark, a mysterious maze of tunnels, crevices and caves. The greatest of its caverns are unbelievably vast and teem with life in forests...

As you like. If you see any iffy numbers or dodgy grammar in the work so far, please feel free to point it out.

Okay, I've updated the Want List of Monstrous Arthropods and the Index of 5E Monster Arthropods with the above. That might be it for today, unless I actually finish the Underdark Helicopter description. Which seems unlikely, as I keep on getting distracted.

Odonatid, Giant (Dainty Giant Damselfly Naiad) Tiny beast, unaligned Armor Class 13 (natural armor) Hit Points 5 (2d4) Speed 20 ft., swim 20 ft. STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA 5 (–3) 14 (+2) 10 (+0) 1 (–5) 12 (+1) 5 (–2) Skills Stealth +6 Senses blindsight 10 ft., passive Perception 11...

Odonatid, Giant (Dainty Giant Damselfly) Tiny beast, unaligned Armor Class 13 Hit Points 3 (2d4 – 2) Speed 10 ft., fly 30 ft. (hover) STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA 3 (–4) 16 (+3) 8 (–1) 1 (–5) 12 (+1) 5 (–2) Saving Throws DEX +6 Skills Perception +3 Senses passive Perception 13 Languages —...

Odonatid, Giant (Diminutive Giant Dragonfly Nymph) Small beast, unaligned Armor Class 14 (natural armor) Hit Points 10 (3d6) Speed 30 ft., swim 10 ft. STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA 8 (–1) 14 (+2) 11 (+0) 1 (–5) 12 (+1) 5 (–2) Skills Stealth +6 Senses blindsight 10 ft., passive Perception 11...

Odonatid, Giant (Diminutive Giant Dragonfly) Small beast, unaligned Armor Class 14 Hit Points 7 (2d6) Speed 10 ft., fly 50 ft. (hover) STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA 7 (–2) 18 (+4) 10 (+0) 1 (–5) 12 (+1) 5 (–2) Saving Throws DEX +6 Skills Perception +3 Senses passive Perception 13 Languages —...

Odonatid, Giant (Titanic Tropical Dragonfly Nymph) Huge beast, unaligned Armor Class 15 (natural armor) Hit Points 105 (10d12 + 40) Speed 30 ft., swim 10 ft. STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA 24 (+7) 14 (+2) 19 (+4) 1 (–5) 12 (+1) 5 (–2) Skills Stealth +5 Senses blindsight 30 ft., passive...

Odonatid, Giant (Titanic Tropical Dragonfly) Huge beast, unaligned Armor Class 15 (natural armor) Hit Points 95 (10d12 + 30) Speed 10 ft., fly 80 ft. (hover) STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA 24 (+7) 17 (+3) 16 (+3) 1 (–5) 12 (+1) 5 (–2) Saving Throws DEX +6 Skills Perception +4 Senses passive...

Since I've made decent progress on the Mammoth helicopter and come up with some more tweaks to the stats & descriptions of the others, it's time for another update. Updating the Giant Damselfly. Updating the Giant Dragonfly. Updating the Giant Emperor Dragonfly. Updating the Giant Tropical...

Here's the "juicy bit" of the Mammoth Helicopter. I intend to write up a Description with all sorts of interesting fluff for the Underdark variant, but the following contains all the rule elements. VARIANT: MAMMOTH UNDERDARK DAMSELFLY This is a Huge underdark damselfly, one of the rare few who...

From what I can tell, Meganeuropsis is thought to be even bigger than a Meganeura. It's hard to tell, since the fossils of the latter are even fewer and more fragmentary than Meganeuropsis remains. I reckon the Meganisoptera are likely more analogous to the Giant Damselflies I've been statting...