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<blockquote data-quote="Quickleaf" data-source="post: 7150266" data-attributes="member: 20323">They're meant to attack every round, but if you look at the countermeasures they are easily beat down. &quot;Killing&quot; one pillow...though I'm hesitant to use that terminology as it suggests thinking about this like a monster, when I need to think about it like an abstracted trap... but anyhow, &quot;killing&quot; a pillow only takes hitting AC 14 and dealing 10 damage, which ispretty easy for a 15th-16th level PC. Heck, a Rogue of that level has blindsense! And each one you &quot;kill&quot; reduces their attack bonus by 2...so +10 &gt; +8 &gt; +6 &gt; +4 &gt; +2 &gt; +0 (no more pillows).I probably should make some caveat that the pillows only attack visible creatures wielding weapons/implements/foci/holy symbols.This is for a for-publication adventure, so my considerations are a little different. I'll be playtesting with at least 2 groups of my own (and looking to get another DM to test my adventure in his or her own game).Face-to-face group, will probably be testing with four to six players running 15th-16th level PCs (TBD). This will be a playtest, not part of an ongoing campaign, run as sort of a dungeon-of-the-month. While they're all experienced D&amp;D players, they don't have as much experience with high-level 5e. I may have some pre-generated character sheets for them to choose from.Online group, currently 11th level, will be testing with up to six players running 15th-16th level PCs. This is part of an ongoing Al-Qadim campaign and will serve as the finale. So far the PCs include (* indicates reasonably balanced homebrew):<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Cleric (truth domain*)</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Monk (way of shadow) / Rogue (assassin)</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Warlock (noble genie*)</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Fighter (guardian*)</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Barbarian (dervish*)</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Possibly a Rogue...not certain</li>
</ul></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Quickleaf, post: 7150266, member: 20323"] They're meant to attack every round, but if you look at the countermeasures they are easily beat down. "Killing" one pillow...though I'm hesitant to use that terminology as it suggests thinking about this like a monster, when I need to think about it like an abstracted trap... but anyhow, "killing" a pillow only takes hitting AC 14 and dealing 10 damage, which ispretty easy for a 15th-16th level PC. Heck, a Rogue of that level has blindsense! And each one you "kill" reduces their attack bonus by 2...so +10 > +8 > +6 > +4 > +2 > +0 (no more pillows). I probably should make some caveat that the pillows only attack [I]visible[/I] creatures wielding weapons/implements/foci/holy symbols. This is for a for-publication adventure, so my considerations are a little different. I'll be playtesting with at least 2 groups of my own (and looking to get another DM to test my adventure in his or her own game). Face-to-face group, will probably be testing with four to six players running 15th-16th level PCs (TBD). This will be a playtest, not part of an ongoing campaign, run as sort of a dungeon-of-the-month. While they're all experienced D&D players, they don't have as much experience with high-level 5e. I may have some pre-generated character sheets for them to choose from. Online group, currently 11th level, will be testing with up to six players running 15th-16th level PCs. This is part of an ongoing Al-Qadim campaign and will serve as the finale. So far the PCs include (* indicates reasonably balanced homebrew): [list][*]Cleric (truth domain*) [*]Monk (way of shadow) / Rogue (assassin) [*]Warlock (noble genie*) [*]Fighter (guardian*) [*]Barbarian (dervish*) [*]Possibly a Rogue...not certain[/list] [/QUOTE]

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