Whizbang Dustyboots
Gnometown Hero
The answer came to me last night when I was unable to sleep due to the flu. It's "hallucinatory scent" now. Exact mechanism left undefined.
Shadowdark Let's make Shadowdark monsters!
- Thread starter Whizbang Dustyboots
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Bill Zebub
“It’s probably Matt Mercer’s fault.”
I actually like the idea that they pollinate a special plant and they just happen to have a bunch of the pollen on them, which they can shake off. The players won't necessarily know all this ("the bee shakes it's tush at you and suddenly you are surrounded by sparkling motes") but if they figure it out, finding the plant and harvesting the pollen or other parts becomes a new adventure.
Whizbang Dustyboots
Gnometown Hero
Another one inspired by the Grandiloquent Word of the Day.
TRAGELAPH
Half-goat, half-deer, this beast has a strange unworldly quality about it.
AC 13, HP 14, ATK 2 rend +3 (1d8), MV near, S +3, D +3, C +1, I -3, W +1, Ch -2, AL N, LV 3
Imaginary. Half damage from all attacks. Takes full damage from illusions.
TRAGELAPH
Half-goat, half-deer, this beast has a strange unworldly quality about it.
AC 13, HP 14, ATK 2 rend +3 (1d8), MV near, S +3, D +3, C +1, I -3, W +1, Ch -2, AL N, LV 3
Imaginary. Half damage from all attacks. Takes full damage from illusions.
Shadowdweller00
Hero
Awesome word and idea. Feels like it could use some sort of special ability to make it a little more interesting though, maybe? How about:
Double-Take: A subtle aura of wrongness or incongruousness surrounds the tragelaph, imposing disadvantage on attack rolls, ability checks, and spellcasting checks made against it during the first round it is engaged with.
Or...not. Just my 2 coppers.
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Whizbang Dustyboots
Gnometown Hero
I worry that gets it too close to just being a displacer beast. But yeah, I think it's worth still noodling on the idea, especially since illusions play so little part in Shadowdark at the moment.
Shadowdweller00
Hero
Was just an idea
Whizbang Dustyboots
Gnometown Hero
A good idea!
Whizbang Dustyboots
Gnometown Hero
I love doing things like this even in my home games, because guaranteed, one of the players is going to want to talk to the farm hand whom I just mentioned as background color.
