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<blockquote data-quote="Harlekin" data-source="post: 2983802" data-attributes="member: 18615">I think we all agree that upping its power would have been an other option to update the OM, but to keep it at its CR it would also have required a much higher number of HP better AC and more effective melee attacks, or it would still have been a paper tiger.I think it works better at the lower CR, because there are already good Mastermind monsters at&nbsp; CR 8, while&nbsp; at CR 5 ,there is little else that is interesting. Furthermore, an OM, that is mostly defined as someone who messes with your mind is very similar to two CR 8 Masterminds, the Mindflayer and the Vampire.&nbsp; Mearl's&nbsp; OM does something few other creatures in the MM do; he is a smart skirmisher that can come out of nowhere, be dangerous without being overwhelming and if in mortal danger can almost always get away to fight another day. Used correctly the party will learn to hate him pretty fast.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Harlekin, post: 2983802, member: 18615"] I think we all agree that upping its power would have been an other option to update the OM, but to keep it at its CR it would also have required a much higher number of HP better AC and more effective melee attacks, or it would still have been a paper tiger. I think it works better at the lower CR, because there are already good Mastermind monsters at CR 8, while at CR 5 ,there is little else that is interesting. Furthermore, an OM, that is mostly defined as someone who messes with your mind is very similar to two CR 8 Masterminds, the Mindflayer and the Vampire. Mearl's OM does something few other creatures in the MM do; he is a smart skirmisher that can come out of nowhere, be dangerous without being overwhelming and if in mortal danger can almost always get away to fight another day. Used correctly the party will learn to hate him pretty fast. [/QUOTE]

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