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<blockquote data-quote="Charles Rampant" data-source="post: 6960273" data-attributes="member: 32659"><p>Hey all, </p><p></p><p></p><p>So now that I have Volo's guide in my grubby paws at last, I thought that it might be interesting to have a discussion in depth about each critter in chapter three. What you will find in this thread is a series of posts where I offer basic commentary on a monster entry in Volo's - plot ideas, how good the image is, how I'd use them in my game, what their combat routine is like, etc - and then various posters chime in with their own thoughts on the same. Usually their insights are more penetrating than my own! I've been posting one entry per day, so the discussion moves fairly quickly, and sometimes you will find that the conversation lingers on a different entry than the latest one, but that just rewards reading a bit longer. The focus here tends to be on fun storylines that you can tell with the monster, and how to use it in combat, but we do also have potted discussion of D&D history and how they have appeared in the adventures that Wizards have published. Anyway, welcome to the thread, and I hope that the discussion here is useful to you!</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">Contents</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span>Each entry below is a hyperlink to my post discussing the monster, and you will find others' comments about the same following. </p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6960273&viewfull=1#post6960273" target="_blank">Banderhobb</a></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6960795&viewfull=1#post6960795" target="_blank">Barghest</a></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6961577&viewfull=1#post6961577" target="_blank">Beholderkin: Death Kiss</a></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6962854&viewfull=1#post6962854" target="_blank">Beholderkin: Gauth</a></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6963813&viewfull=1#post6963813" target="_blank">Beholderkin: Gazer</a></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6964812&viewfull=1#post6964812" target="_blank">Bodak</a></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6965949&viewfull=1#post6965949" target="_blank">Boggle</a></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6967021&viewfull=1#post6967021" target="_blank">Catoblepas</a></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6967740&viewfull=1#post6967740" target="_blank">Cave Fisher</a></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6968385&viewfull=1#post6968385" target="_blank">Chitines</a></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6969473&viewfull=1#post6969473" target="_blank">Cranium Rats</a></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6970516&viewfull=1#post6970516" target="_blank">Darklings</a></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6971602&viewfull=1#post6971602" target="_blank">Deep Scion</a></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6972512&viewfull=1#post6972512" target="_blank">Demon: Babau</a></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6973354&viewfull=1#post6973354" target="_blank">Demons: Maw Demon & Shoosuva</a></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6973905&viewfull=1#post6973905" target="_blank">Demon: Devourer</a></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6974642&viewfull=1#post6974642" target="_blank">Dinosaurs</a></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6975575&viewfull=1#post6975575" target="_blank">Draegloth</a></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6976478&viewfull=1#post6976478" target="_blank">Fire Newts</a></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6977519&viewfull=1#post6977519" target="_blank">Flail Snail</a></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6978304&viewfull=1#post6978304" target="_blank">Froghemoth</a></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6979052&viewfull=1#post6979052" target="_blank">Giant: Cloud Giant Smiling One</a></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6979526&viewfull=1#post6979526" target="_blank">Giant: Fire Giant Dreadnought</a></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6979918&viewfull=1#post6979918" target="_blank">Giant: Frost Giant Everlasting One</a></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6980530&viewfull=1#post6980530" target="_blank">Giant: Mouth of Grolantor</a></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6981266&viewfull=1#post6981266" target="_blank">Giant: Stone Giant Dreamwalker</a></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6981971&viewfull=1#post6981971" target="_blank">Giant: Storm Giant Quintessent</a></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6982690&viewfull=1#post6982690" target="_blank">Girallon</a></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6983510&viewfull=1#post6983510" target="_blank">Gnoll: Flind</a></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6984077&viewfull=1#post6984077" target="_blank">Gnoll: Flesh Gnawer</a></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6984673&viewfull=1#post6984673" target="_blank">Gnoll: Hunter</a></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6985506&viewfull=1#post6985506" target="_blank">Gnoll: Witherling</a></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6986378&viewfull=1#post6986378" target="_blank">Grung</a></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6987267&viewfull=1#post6987267" target="_blank">Guard Drake</a></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6988416&viewfull=1#post6988416" target="_blank">Hag: Annis</a></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6989555&viewfull=1#post6989555" target="_blank">Hag: Bheur</a></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6990251&viewfull=1#post6990251" target="_blank">Hobgoblin Devastator</a></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6991030&viewfull=1#post6991030" target="_blank">Hobgoblin Iron Shadow</a></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6992158&viewfull=1#post6992158" target="_blank">Ki-Rin</a></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6993281&viewfull=1#post6993281" target="_blank">Kobold: Dragonshield</a></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6994219&viewfull=1#post6994219" target="_blank">Kobold: Inventor</a></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6995329&viewfull=1#post6995329" target="_blank">Kobold: Scale Sorceror</a></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6996299&viewfull=1#post6996299" target="_blank">Korred</a></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6997049&viewfull=1#post6997049" target="_blank">Leucrotta</a></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6997860&viewfull=1#post6997860" target="_blank">Meenlock</a></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6998835&viewfull=1#post6998835" target="_blank">Mind Flayer: Alhoon</a></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6999873&viewfull=1#post6999873" target="_blank">Mind Flayer: Elder Brain</a></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=7001097&viewfull=1#post7001097" target="_blank">Mind Flayer: Ulitharid</a></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=7002025&viewfull=1#post7002025" target="_blank">Mind Witness</a></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=7002922&viewfull=1#post7002922" target="_blank">Morkoth</a></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=7003581&viewfull=1#post7003581" target="_blank">Neogi</a></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=7004284&viewfull=1#post7004284" target="_blank">Neothelid</a></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=7005349&viewfull=1#post7005349" target="_blank">Nilbog</a></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=7006407&viewfull=1#post7006407" target="_blank">Orc Society Overview</a></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=7007375&viewfull=1#post7007375" target="_blank">Orc: Blade of Ilneval</a></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=7008440&viewfull=1#post7008440" target="_blank">Orc: Claw of Luthic</a></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=7009522&viewfull=1#post7009522" target="_blank">Orc: Hand of Yurtrus, Nurtured One of Yurtrus</a></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=7010300&viewfull=1#post7010300" target="_blank">Orc: Red Fang of Shargaas</a></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=7011010&viewfull=1#post7011010" target="_blank">Orc: Tanarukk</a></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=7012136&viewfull=1#post7012136" target="_blank">Quickling</a></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=7013174&viewfull=1#post7013174" target="_blank">Redcap</a></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=7014220&viewfull=1#post7014220" target="_blank">Sea Spawn</a></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=7015129&viewfull=1#post7015129" target="_blank">Shadow Mastiff</a></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=7015977&viewfull=1#post7015977" target="_blank">Slithering Tracker</a></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=7016690&viewfull=1#post7016690" target="_blank">Spawn of Kyuss</a></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=7017303&viewfull=1#post7017303" target="_blank">Tlincalli</a></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=7018356&viewfull=1#post7018356" target="_blank">Trapper</a></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=7019448&viewfull=1#post7019448" target="_blank">Vargouille</a></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=7020587&viewfull=1#post7020587" target="_blank">Vegepygmies</a></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=7021661&viewfull=1#post7021661" target="_blank">Wood Woad</a></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=7022567&viewfull=1#post7022567" target="_blank">Xvarts</a></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=7023344&viewfull=1#post7023344" target="_blank">Yeth Hound</a></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=7024038&viewfull=1#post7024038" target="_blank">Yuan-Ti: Anathema</a></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=7025108&viewfull=1#post7025108" target="_blank">Yuan-Ti: Broodguard</a></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=7026190&viewfull=1#post7026190" target="_blank">Yuan-Ti: Mind Whisperer</a></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=7027281&viewfull=1#post7027281" target="_blank">Yuan-Ti: Nightmare Speaker</a></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=7028376&viewfull=1#post7028376" target="_blank">Yuan-Ti: Pit Master</a></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=7029404&viewfull=1#post7029404" target="_blank">Animals - Aurochs, Cow, Dolphin, Swarm of Rot Grubs</a></p><p></p><p>A list of all the Fey in the game can be found in <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6997953&viewfull=1#post6997953" target="_blank">this post</a>, while the Gnoll Warband members are outlined <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6973354&viewfull=1#post6973354" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p></p><p>Let's start with the <strong>Banderhobb</strong>. </p><p></p><p><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_O4Jf9Y7oJE4/TBeG30eJX9I/AAAAAAAAAEQ/xFWNAUtPGGk/s1600/6.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>I've never seen these before, but I only really started D&Ding with any vigor this edition. They seem definitely to be there for a Hag storyline; the players meet and defeat this guy, and follow the trail back to the Hag. I'm envisaging him as a revenge tool, dispatched to cause carnage in a human village. </p><p></p><p></p><p>One really interesting thing about the statline is the way that he gets a teleport & attack routine. Too many monsters in the MM have melee attacks and teleport, but cannot do them both on the same turn, leading to an oddly static combat; to get around this, I’ve used Legendary Actions for Teleport on monsters who don’t technically have it. However, Mr Banderhobb has this covered. </p><p></p><p></p><p>However, the Banderhobb only gets the one big attack per turn, it seems. Makes him swingy, and also suggests that you’re really going to use Shadow Step or Swallow every turn if able. His HP also seems a bit low for CR 5, so I suspect again that he was designed to torment low level parties - teleporting around, hurting them, not necessarily lasting very long once they get a good view of him.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Anyone else have any thoughts? <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Charles Rampant, post: 6960273, member: 32659"] Hey all, So now that I have Volo's guide in my grubby paws at last, I thought that it might be interesting to have a discussion in depth about each critter in chapter three. What you will find in this thread is a series of posts where I offer basic commentary on a monster entry in Volo's - plot ideas, how good the image is, how I'd use them in my game, what their combat routine is like, etc - and then various posters chime in with their own thoughts on the same. Usually their insights are more penetrating than my own! I've been posting one entry per day, so the discussion moves fairly quickly, and sometimes you will find that the conversation lingers on a different entry than the latest one, but that just rewards reading a bit longer. The focus here tends to be on fun storylines that you can tell with the monster, and how to use it in combat, but we do also have potted discussion of D&D history and how they have appeared in the adventures that Wizards have published. Anyway, welcome to the thread, and I hope that the discussion here is useful to you! [SIZE=4]Contents [/SIZE]Each entry below is a hyperlink to my post discussing the monster, and you will find others' comments about the same following. [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6960273&viewfull=1#post6960273"]Banderhobb[/URL] [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6960795&viewfull=1#post6960795"]Barghest[/URL] [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6961577&viewfull=1#post6961577"]Beholderkin: Death Kiss[/URL] [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6962854&viewfull=1#post6962854"]Beholderkin: Gauth[/URL] [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6963813&viewfull=1#post6963813"]Beholderkin: Gazer[/URL] [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6964812&viewfull=1#post6964812"]Bodak[/URL] [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6965949&viewfull=1#post6965949"]Boggle[/URL] [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6967021&viewfull=1#post6967021"]Catoblepas[/URL] [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6967740&viewfull=1#post6967740"]Cave Fisher[/URL] [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6968385&viewfull=1#post6968385"]Chitines[/URL] [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6969473&viewfull=1#post6969473"]Cranium Rats[/URL] [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6970516&viewfull=1#post6970516"]Darklings[/URL] [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6971602&viewfull=1#post6971602"]Deep Scion[/URL] [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6972512&viewfull=1#post6972512"]Demon: Babau[/URL] [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6973354&viewfull=1#post6973354"]Demons: Maw Demon & Shoosuva[/URL] [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6973905&viewfull=1#post6973905"]Demon: Devourer[/URL] [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6974642&viewfull=1#post6974642"]Dinosaurs[/URL] [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6975575&viewfull=1#post6975575"]Draegloth[/URL] [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6976478&viewfull=1#post6976478"]Fire Newts[/URL] [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6977519&viewfull=1#post6977519"]Flail Snail[/URL] [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6978304&viewfull=1#post6978304"]Froghemoth[/URL] [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6979052&viewfull=1#post6979052"]Giant: Cloud Giant Smiling One[/URL] [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6979526&viewfull=1#post6979526"]Giant: Fire Giant Dreadnought[/URL] [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6979918&viewfull=1#post6979918"]Giant: Frost Giant Everlasting One[/URL] [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6980530&viewfull=1#post6980530"]Giant: Mouth of Grolantor[/URL] [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6981266&viewfull=1#post6981266"]Giant: Stone Giant Dreamwalker[/URL] [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6981971&viewfull=1#post6981971"]Giant: Storm Giant Quintessent[/URL] [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6982690&viewfull=1#post6982690"]Girallon[/URL] [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6983510&viewfull=1#post6983510"]Gnoll: Flind[/URL] [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6984077&viewfull=1#post6984077"]Gnoll: Flesh Gnawer[/URL] [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6984673&viewfull=1#post6984673"]Gnoll: Hunter[/URL] [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6985506&viewfull=1#post6985506"]Gnoll: Witherling[/URL] [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6986378&viewfull=1#post6986378"]Grung[/URL] [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6987267&viewfull=1#post6987267"]Guard Drake[/URL] [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6988416&viewfull=1#post6988416"]Hag: Annis[/URL] [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6989555&viewfull=1#post6989555"]Hag: Bheur[/URL] [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6990251&viewfull=1#post6990251"]Hobgoblin Devastator[/URL] [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6991030&viewfull=1#post6991030"]Hobgoblin Iron Shadow[/URL] [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6992158&viewfull=1#post6992158"]Ki-Rin[/URL] [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6993281&viewfull=1#post6993281"]Kobold: Dragonshield[/URL] [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6994219&viewfull=1#post6994219"]Kobold: Inventor[/URL] [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6995329&viewfull=1#post6995329"]Kobold: Scale Sorceror[/URL] [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6996299&viewfull=1#post6996299"]Korred[/URL] [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6997049&viewfull=1#post6997049"]Leucrotta[/URL] [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6997860&viewfull=1#post6997860"]Meenlock[/URL] [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6998835&viewfull=1#post6998835"]Mind Flayer: Alhoon[/URL] [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6999873&viewfull=1#post6999873"]Mind Flayer: Elder Brain[/URL] [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=7001097&viewfull=1#post7001097"]Mind Flayer: Ulitharid[/URL] [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=7002025&viewfull=1#post7002025"]Mind Witness[/URL] [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=7002922&viewfull=1#post7002922"]Morkoth[/URL] [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=7003581&viewfull=1#post7003581"]Neogi[/URL] [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=7004284&viewfull=1#post7004284"]Neothelid[/URL] [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=7005349&viewfull=1#post7005349"]Nilbog[/URL] [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=7006407&viewfull=1#post7006407"]Orc Society Overview[/URL] [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=7007375&viewfull=1#post7007375"]Orc: Blade of Ilneval[/URL] [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=7008440&viewfull=1#post7008440"]Orc: Claw of Luthic[/URL] [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=7009522&viewfull=1#post7009522"]Orc: Hand of Yurtrus, Nurtured One of Yurtrus[/URL] [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=7010300&viewfull=1#post7010300"]Orc: Red Fang of Shargaas[/URL] [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=7011010&viewfull=1#post7011010"]Orc: Tanarukk[/URL] [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=7012136&viewfull=1#post7012136"]Quickling[/URL] [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=7013174&viewfull=1#post7013174"]Redcap[/URL] [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=7014220&viewfull=1#post7014220"]Sea Spawn[/URL] [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=7015129&viewfull=1#post7015129"]Shadow Mastiff[/URL] [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=7015977&viewfull=1#post7015977"]Slithering Tracker[/URL] [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=7016690&viewfull=1#post7016690"]Spawn of Kyuss[/URL] [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=7017303&viewfull=1#post7017303"]Tlincalli[/URL] [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=7018356&viewfull=1#post7018356"]Trapper[/URL] [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=7019448&viewfull=1#post7019448"]Vargouille[/URL] [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=7020587&viewfull=1#post7020587"]Vegepygmies[/URL] [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=7021661&viewfull=1#post7021661"]Wood Woad[/URL] [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=7022567&viewfull=1#post7022567"]Xvarts[/URL] [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=7023344&viewfull=1#post7023344"]Yeth Hound[/URL] [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=7024038&viewfull=1#post7024038"]Yuan-Ti: Anathema[/URL] [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=7025108&viewfull=1#post7025108"]Yuan-Ti: Broodguard[/URL] [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=7026190&viewfull=1#post7026190"]Yuan-Ti: Mind Whisperer[/URL] [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=7027281&viewfull=1#post7027281"]Yuan-Ti: Nightmare Speaker[/URL] [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=7028376&viewfull=1#post7028376"]Yuan-Ti: Pit Master[/URL] [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=7029404&viewfull=1#post7029404"]Animals - Aurochs, Cow, Dolphin, Swarm of Rot Grubs[/URL] A list of all the Fey in the game can be found in [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6997953&viewfull=1#post6997953"]this post[/URL], while the Gnoll Warband members are outlined [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?506715-Let-s-Read-Volo-s-Monsters&p=6973354&viewfull=1#post6973354"]here[/URL]. Let's start with the [B]Banderhobb[/B]. [IMG]http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_O4Jf9Y7oJE4/TBeG30eJX9I/AAAAAAAAAEQ/xFWNAUtPGGk/s1600/6.jpg[/IMG] I've never seen these before, but I only really started D&Ding with any vigor this edition. They seem definitely to be there for a Hag storyline; the players meet and defeat this guy, and follow the trail back to the Hag. I'm envisaging him as a revenge tool, dispatched to cause carnage in a human village. One really interesting thing about the statline is the way that he gets a teleport & attack routine. Too many monsters in the MM have melee attacks and teleport, but cannot do them both on the same turn, leading to an oddly static combat; to get around this, I’ve used Legendary Actions for Teleport on monsters who don’t technically have it. However, Mr Banderhobb has this covered. However, the Banderhobb only gets the one big attack per turn, it seems. Makes him swingy, and also suggests that you’re really going to use Shadow Step or Swallow every turn if able. His HP also seems a bit low for CR 5, so I suspect again that he was designed to torment low level parties - teleporting around, hurting them, not necessarily lasting very long once they get a good view of him. Anyone else have any thoughts? :) [/QUOTE]
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