D&D 5E 5e EPIC MONSTER UPDATES

[mcninja]

I've posted my Corellon update draft to the greater gods category. I may have gone a little heavy on the magic flavor, but I'm not sure. Any thoughts or suggestions?

I love it and your work! Might have to have him help out my party when they try to kill Gruumsh. Speaking of which, when will you be getting around to Gruumsh? I would love to see what you come up with for him!

This also helps mightily with creating additional character levels - my players are going to level 35 so this help in creating abilities or adjusting current ones to become more powerful as they grow in power.

 

[dave2008]

I love it and your work! Might have to have him help out my party when they try to kill Gruumsh. Speaking of which, when will you be getting around to Gruumsh? I would love to see what you come up with for him!

This also helps mightily with creating additional character levels - my players are going to level 35 so this help in creating abilities or adjusting current ones to become more powerful as they grow in power.

Thanks for the comment! I'm working on Moradin Now, but I can do Gruumsh after that. I've got a fairly solid draft for him already.

FYI, I also have another thread for Epic Character options: http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?469018-5e-Epic-Character-Updates There is not as much content there yet, but I have a good start on additional Epic Boons (from the DMG) to allow characters to gain god like powers (or even become gods). I've chosen to extend into epictier play by expanding the boon system instead of the class/level system so it may no be your thing

 

[dave2008]

I have uploaded a draft of Gruumsh. Any thoughts and suggestions are welcome.

 

[dave2008]

I love it and your work! Might have to have him help out my party when they try to kill Gruumsh. Speaking of which, when will you be getting around to Gruumsh? I would love to see what you come up with for him!

This also helps mightily with creating additional character levels - my players are going to level 35 so this help in creating abilities or adjusting current ones to become more powerful as they grow in power.

I have added Gruumsh. If you have any suggestions for improvements, please let me know.

 

[MechaTarrasque]

It seems like Gruumsh should have a gaze attack of some kind, how about Eye of Rage--he can force one being to look at his gaze (medusa-like) and that being must make a wisdom save or the only actions the being can take are move (toward Gruumsh), dash (toward Gruumsh), or a melee attack.

 

[mcninja]

I have added Gruumsh. If you have any suggestions for improvements, please let me know.

The only thing I see that needs to be fixed are a couple spelling errors, but aside from that it looks great! I'll definitely be using this.

 

[dave2008]

The only thing I see that needs to be fixed are a couple spelling errors, but aside from that it looks great! I'll definitely be using this.

Thanks - it was a bit rushed in the end. I'll be sure to edit for spelling before it is finalized. Thanks!

 

[dave2008]

I have updated Baphomet to include his unholy water attack - thank you to MonsterEnvy for pointing out that trait was missing from the 5e version.

In addition, I am adding a by line to the entry. I am hoping people will contribute their own monsters to this most (either from the list of completely new ones), thus I thought it was important to include a by line.

 

[dave2008]

It seems like Gruumsh should have a gaze attack of some kind, how about Eye of Rage--he can force one being to look at his gaze (medusa-like) and that being must make a wisdom save or the only actions the being can take are move (toward Gruumsh), dash (toward Gruumsh), or a melee attack.

Interesting idea, is a gaze attack an iconic trait of his?

 

[MonsterEnvy]

Interesting idea, is a gaze attack an iconic trait of his?

I myself don't know as Gruumsh's stat blocks have usually been too big and unwieldy for me. But I do know that consumed the Blood of one of his avatars have this move in 3.5

Gruumsh’s Glare (Su): Once per day, a Gruumsh-blooded
orc can cause a baleful, glowing red eye to appear in his
empty eye socket. The eye creates a 60-foot cone of red
energy. All creatures in this area must succeed on Fortitude
saves (DC 10 + 1/2 the orc’s HD + his Con modifier)
or be paralyzed for 1 round. Elves take a –4 penalty on
this save.
Gruumsh’s Fury (Su): Once per day, as a swift action, a
Gruumsh-blooded orc can draw upon the power of the divine
blood within his body to gain a +4 bonus (+8 against elves)
on damage rolls for the rest of his turn

Giving Gruumsh something like this but making it much better sounds right.