I've been working on a creature concept for a Clockwork Monster that has potential to be pretty scary in game play.
The creature (called a clockwork behemoth) plays an artillery role in combat, shooting people with crossbow bolts. Not too menacing, right?
The trick is, it has something I'm designing called a "Bladestorm Aura;" 8 whirring blades which act as a defense system. The aura is 5' so people can still hit it at range and take it down eventually (it's 14th level), no problem.
BUT it also has an ability to shoot a barbed net (out to ten feet) and restrain someone on a hit and pull them 2 squares, which brings them into range of it's bladestorm aura. A save ends the restrained effect.
The aura does 10 damage if a target begins its turn inside it, so, someone could get mulched pretty good if they can't break free of the net.
The creature (called a clockwork behemoth) plays an artillery role in combat, shooting people with crossbow bolts. Not too menacing, right?
The trick is, it has something I'm designing called a "Bladestorm Aura;" 8 whirring blades which act as a defense system. The aura is 5' so people can still hit it at range and take it down eventually (it's 14th level), no problem.
BUT it also has an ability to shoot a barbed net (out to ten feet) and restrain someone on a hit and pull them 2 squares, which brings them into range of it's bladestorm aura. A save ends the restrained effect.
The aura does 10 damage if a target begins its turn inside it, so, someone could get mulched pretty good if they can't break free of the net.
