So I'm running a campaign, starting Friday. While these monstery-folks aren't necessary for that session, I'd like to get them done (so I don't forget and end up on the spot, which I do all too often).
Problem is, I simply don't understand the rules of CR, LA, ECL, and so on well enough - heck, I don't even know how to create a balanced power. So I come to ENWorld for help, succor, and that kind of thing.
I need two creatures that I don't have access to in various Monster Manuals or the like. Y'see, the elves in my campaign are less like DnD elves and more like Pratchett's, being glamorous, beautiful, awesome, graceful, strong, and giggling psychopaths (chaotic evil, emphasis on both). Problem is, I'm not totally sure on how to account for this in DnD terms - presumably, a bonus to Charisma, Dexterity, and Strength, as well as the usual low-light vision and the Drow spell resistance (I want them to be scary to my players as well as any NPCs that they come across). Their favored class is (almost 'of course', really) is Hexblade.
The other is the unicorn. Not, mind you, the prancing and pure Unicorn of DnD (and myth and legend), but this unicorn, which is really a different kettle of fish - it's the elves' mount, and is just as evil as its rider. They were an avatar of Purity, but most such beings can't survive contact with the non-pure (e.g., most anything else in the world), and so the species made the jump from exemplifying the word to feeding off of those who exemplified it. So, since it needs to feed on the pure, and the purest beings available are generally children, they're a particularly unpleasant baddie to deal with - at least, in my opinion.
Any help would be appreciated! Thanks in advance.
Problem is, I simply don't understand the rules of CR, LA, ECL, and so on well enough - heck, I don't even know how to create a balanced power. So I come to ENWorld for help, succor, and that kind of thing.
I need two creatures that I don't have access to in various Monster Manuals or the like. Y'see, the elves in my campaign are less like DnD elves and more like Pratchett's, being glamorous, beautiful, awesome, graceful, strong, and giggling psychopaths (chaotic evil, emphasis on both). Problem is, I'm not totally sure on how to account for this in DnD terms - presumably, a bonus to Charisma, Dexterity, and Strength, as well as the usual low-light vision and the Drow spell resistance (I want them to be scary to my players as well as any NPCs that they come across). Their favored class is (almost 'of course', really) is Hexblade.
The other is the unicorn. Not, mind you, the prancing and pure Unicorn of DnD (and myth and legend), but this unicorn, which is really a different kettle of fish - it's the elves' mount, and is just as evil as its rider. They were an avatar of Purity, but most such beings can't survive contact with the non-pure (e.g., most anything else in the world), and so the species made the jump from exemplifying the word to feeding off of those who exemplified it. So, since it needs to feed on the pure, and the purest beings available are generally children, they're a particularly unpleasant baddie to deal with - at least, in my opinion.
Any help would be appreciated! Thanks in advance.
