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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 8691788" data-attributes="member: 57383">Anyhow, let's finish the lightning attacks from the tail first.First, we need a range. I'm thinking 100 feet? An <a href="https://www.5esrd.com/database/creature/dragon-blue-ancient/" target="_blank">Ancient Blue Dragon</a> shoots 120 ft. lightning and an <a href="https://www.5esrd.com/database/creature/dragon-blue-adult/" target="_blank">Adult Blue Dragon</a> shoots 90 ft. so it feels appropriate to have it in the same ballpark.Tail-Lightning. Ranged Weapon Attack: +14 to hit, range 100 ft., one target. Hit: 21 (6d6) lightning damage. Gurgohemoths and gurgotches are immune to this attack.There is a slight problem in that if we strictly follow the DPR to CR guidelines, the Forked Lightning should do 2/3rd the damage of the Tail-Lightning if we want it to be 10.5 damage per Legendary Action.  However, making it 4d6 damage seems woefully weak.An easy fix is to make the forked lightning a Recharge attack so the Gurgohemoth can't spam it.Also, I forgot to specify a width for the line of the Forked Lightning's path. I'd go for 5 feet like an Adult Blue or the <a href="https://www.5esrd.com/database/spell/lightning-bolt" target="_blank">lightning bolt</a> spell.Like so:Forked Lightning (Recharge 5-6). The gurgohemoth's tail shoots black lightning in a 100-foot line that is 5-feet wide. Each creature in that area must make a DC 22 Dexterity saving throw, taking 21 (6d6) lightning damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. Gurgohemoths and gurgotches are immune to this attack.If it can only use it once every three rounds on average that only increases the DPR by 3.5, which keeps us within the Offensive CR budget.By pure coincidence that'd give Forked Lightning exactly the same AoE as lightning bolt. Perhaps we should give it the "The lightning ignites flammable objects in the area that aren’t being worn or carried" like the spell?</blockquote>

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