Ice touched behir

[brad-pet]

Hi,

What do you thinck of my ice touched Behir ? I use the multi activation taken from from the Behir Young Adult.
Howerver I don't know exactly how saves and power recharges works.
Since each activation is a "turn" it seems it can takes angoing damage and makes saves after each turn ?

[FONT=&quot]Icetouched Behir[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Level 14 Solo Soldier[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Huge natural magical beast [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]XP 5 000[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]HP [/FONT][FONT=&quot]705; Bloodied 353[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]AC [/FONT] [FONT=&quot]32; Fortitude 29; Reflex 28; Will 28[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Speed [/FONT] [FONT=&quot]7 (ice walk), climb 7[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Resist [/FONT] [FONT=&quot] 10 cold, 10 lightning[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Saving Throws [/FONT] [FONT=&quot]+5; Action Points 2[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Initiative[/FONT][FONT=&quot] +14[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Perception [/FONT][FONT=&quot]+12[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Tremorsense 10[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Traits[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Aura 3 Frozen Lighting storm[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]An enemy that start its turn in the aura takes 5 lightning and is slowed until the end of its turn.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Lightning Leap[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]The behir acts three times in a round, on initiative counts 30, 20, and 10. It cannot delay or ready actions. On each turn in the round, it has a standard action to use. It can turn a standard action into a move action if it wants or replace it with a save against any effect. It can use one immediate action between each turn.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Standard Actions[/FONT]
m [FONT=&quot]Claw • At-Will[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Attack: [/FONT] [FONT=&quot]Reach 3; +21 vs. AC[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Hit: [/FONT] [FONT=&quot]3d8 + 6 damage.[/FONT]
M [FONT=&quot]Devour • Recharge When no creature affected by this power[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Attack: [/FONT] [FONT=&quot]Reach 3; +19 vs. Reflex[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Hit: [/FONT] [FONT=&quot]3d8 + 6 damage, and the target is swallowed. While swallowed, the target is grabbed and restrained. A swallowed creature has line of sight and line of effect only to the icetouched behir, and no creature has line of sight or line of effect to it. A creature that escapes the grab is no longer swallowed and appears in a space adjacent to the icetouched behir. An icetouched behir can move normally while it has a target grabbed in this way. When the icetouched behir dies, the target is no longer swallowed and can escape as a move action, appearing in the icetouched behir’s former space. Sustain Minor: The icetouched behir sustains the grab, and the target takes 15 damage.[/FONT]
M [FONT=&quot]Bite[/FONT][FONT=&quot] (lightning) • At-Will[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Attack: [/FONT] [FONT=&quot]Reach 3; +21 vs. AC[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Hit: [/FONT] [FONT=&quot]2d8 + 6 damage plus 1d8 lightning damage, and any creature within 3 squares of the target takes 1d8 lightning damage.[/FONT]
C [FONT=&quot]Frozen [/FONT][FONT=&quot]Lightning Breath[/FONT][FONT=&quot] (lightning) • Recharge [/FONT][FONT=&quot]5 6 [/FONT][FONT=&quot](on init 30)[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Attack: [/FONT] [FONT=&quot]Close burst 1; +17 vs. Reflex[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Hit: [/FONT] [FONT=&quot]3d10 + 6 lightning damage , 5 ongoing cold damage and the target is immobilized (save ends both)[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Miss: [/FONT] [FONT=&quot]Half damage.[/FONT]
C [FONT=&quot]Thunderleg Stomp • At-Will[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Attack: [/FONT] [FONT=&quot]Close burst 3; +17 vs. Fortitude[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Hit: [/FONT] [FONT=&quot]2d8 + 6 damage, and the target is knocked prone.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Str [/FONT] [FONT=&quot]23 (+13)[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Dex [/FONT] [FONT=&quot]20 (+12)[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Wis [/FONT] [FONT=&quot]21 (+12)[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Con [/FONT] [FONT=&quot]21 (+12)[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Int [/FONT] [FONT=&quot]7 (+5)[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Cha [/FONT] [FONT=&quot]13 (+8)[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Alignment [/FONT] [FONT=&quot]unaligned Languages Common, Draconic[/FONT]

 

[marelion]

Interesting monster and well balanced powerwise, too.

I do have one question, however: How does the swallow-abilty work-I get it that he swallows you, but how am I supposed to escape the grab while I am restrained? I can`t move, thus I cannot escape the grab by mundane means. Even if I were able to teleport I could not get out since that would require Line of Sight which you specified I do not have while inside the behir.

And one more question: How often does he have to sustain the grab? On every turn? Or maybe on initiative count 20?

Also note that this power could lead to a a fast TPK, should he ever be able to swallow the leader of your party. No LoE to anything outside keeps him from doing anything other than maybe sustaining powers such as Moment of Glöry. In a worst case scenario you are practically taking him out for the whole fight and Solo battles and leaderless parties don`t mesh well

I think you should specify how to escape that 'grab'. My suggestion would be to turn into a skill challenge, something in the line of: 6/3; Athletics, Acrobatics, Endurance with aid another actions for the people outside triggering from Nature, Arcana or Heal. Make the aid another actions Minor Actions against a moderate DC and make the checks for the grabbed PC challenging, e.g. Hard DC.

Another, easier approach would be to allow focus fire on the behir`s stomach: Give it resist 10 all damage and 80 Hit Points and include a negative side affect for the grabbed PC, I would personally deal 5 damage to a grabbed PC for each succsessful attack on the behir. Once the party manages to destroy the scales behind which their friend was held captive the formerly grabbed PC can shift into an unoccupied square adjactent to the behir as a free action. Of course the behir should still retain his ability to swallow targets and the damage dealt to the stomach should not be distracted from his total hit points, just to keep things challenging

But really, I like this monster, would you mind if I borrowed it for my games?

 

[brad-pet]

Of course you can use it !

You're right ther's a problem for sustaining the swallow. I should remove it. This monster is simply a mix of behirs that you can find in the compendium.

Thx