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<blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 8916160" data-attributes="member: 57383"><p>So you're proposing to make this the standard Chief rather than an additional option?</p><p></p><p>Anyhow, let's have a look-see:</p><p></p><p><img src="https://www.enworld.org/attachments/battleweaver-jpg.273794/" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></p><p></p><p>OK, well with the better AC and HP it'd be at least <strong>Challenge</strong> 4.</p><p></p><p>The Battleweaver has INT 9 while the regular Cyclops has 10. Why is it stupider?</p><p></p><p>It's missing <strong>Saving Throws</strong> and <strong>Skills</strong>.</p><p></p><p>We've changed <em><strong>Poor Depth Perception</strong></em> to 5 feet.</p><p></p><p>The Multiattack wording has got mangled from the Amiraspian Cyclops version. What's going on with the "either two each with claws and one with bite" wording? That's just messy.</p><p></p><p>To have +8 to hit it'd need either a +6 Strength bonus (i.e. STR 22 or 23) or a +3 <strong>Proficiency Bonus</strong> (i.e. be Challenge 5+).</p><p></p><p>Also, its <em><strong>Bite</strong></em> & <em><strong>Claws</strong></em> should be reach 5 ft. not 10 ft. Its Glaive should stay at reach 10 ft. as it's a Reach weapon. </p><p></p><p>If its teeth & nails <strong>were</strong> reach 10 ft. (which I'm against), they'd still be an error since a glaive adds 5 ft. to reach, so it'd have reach 15 ft. with it.</p><p></p><p>If it does have a +3 Proficiency Bonus then it'd have Stare DC 13 with its current Charisma (although I'd argue it should have a higher CHA than the rank-and-file if it's a leader, so it would probably have more than their DC 12 even if its Proficiency Bonus remains +2).</p><p></p><p>It's got a cyclopskin in <em><strong>Aggressive</strong></em> and most of the Trait and Action entries have a battleweaver in their description that should probably revert to "cyclops".</p><p></p><p>As for the <em><strong>Effect Transfer</strong></em>, if you're giving it the equivalent of <em>spell reflection</em> as a Reaction I definitely would make it a separate entry to a regular Chief.</p><p></p><p>The cyclops leader in <em>White Dwarf #21</em> didn't have that ability!</p><p></p><p>That's all I noticed with one read through, although I did find another correction for the <strong><a href="https://www.dndbeyond.com/monsters/3209148-amiraspian-cyclops" target="_blank">Amiraspian Cyclops</a></strong> you just published… <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/devil.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":devil:" title="Devil :devil:" data-shortname=":devil:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cleon, post: 8916160, member: 57383"] So you're proposing to make this the standard Chief rather than an additional option? Anyhow, let's have a look-see: [IMG]https://www.enworld.org/attachments/battleweaver-jpg.273794/[/IMG] OK, well with the better AC and HP it'd be at least [B]Challenge[/B] 4. The Battleweaver has INT 9 while the regular Cyclops has 10. Why is it stupider? It's missing [B]Saving Throws[/B] and [B]Skills[/B]. We've changed [I][B]Poor Depth Perception[/B][/I] to 5 feet. The Multiattack wording has got mangled from the Amiraspian Cyclops version. What's going on with the "either two each with claws and one with bite" wording? That's just messy. To have +8 to hit it'd need either a +6 Strength bonus (i.e. STR 22 or 23) or a +3 [B]Proficiency Bonus[/B] (i.e. be Challenge 5+). Also, its [I][B]Bite[/B][/I] & [I][B]Claws[/B][/I] should be reach 5 ft. not 10 ft. Its Glaive should stay at reach 10 ft. as it's a Reach weapon. If its teeth & nails [B]were[/B] reach 10 ft. (which I'm against), they'd still be an error since a glaive adds 5 ft. to reach, so it'd have reach 15 ft. with it. If it does have a +3 Proficiency Bonus then it'd have Stare DC 13 with its current Charisma (although I'd argue it should have a higher CHA than the rank-and-file if it's a leader, so it would probably have more than their DC 12 even if its Proficiency Bonus remains +2). It's got a cyclopskin in [I][B]Aggressive[/B][/I] and most of the Trait and Action entries have a battleweaver in their description that should probably revert to "cyclops". As for the [I][B]Effect Transfer[/B][/I], if you're giving it the equivalent of [I]spell reflection[/I] as a Reaction I definitely would make it a separate entry to a regular Chief. The cyclops leader in [I]White Dwarf #21[/I] didn't have that ability! That's all I noticed with one read through, although I did find another correction for the [b][URL='https://www.dndbeyond.com/monsters/3209148-amiraspian-cyclops']Amiraspian Cyclops[/URL][/b] you just published… :devil: [/QUOTE]
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