MM II Identity Parade

[Rechan]

DDI has 286 epic level monsters listed currently. You might want to subscribe if you really need epic monsters.

Jack has also made a few epic monsters.

 

[Klaus]

A few points:

Yes, there is a tempest wisp. But it is nothing like a will-o-wisp.

Sorry, that list is too long to go through.

Half-elves:
Battle leader level 6
Con-artist Level 7
Baleful Thaumaturge Level 24 (Can give he insane human a run for his money, lol)
The Star sApwn look pretty cool. There are three, level 15, 15, 17. They get some nice abilities when creatures near them spend healing surges. The Herald of Hadar has a blast 5 that prevents the targets hit from spending healing surges or regaining hit points (save ends ) Very nasty creatures all around.

The spriggens don't have all that many special powers, butthey can gain some temp hit points when they reduce a creature to 0 hit points.

The Barghast Savager can use (once an encounter) an at-will or encounter power it has seen used inthat encounter. It gets a flat +7 to hit vs AC and +5 vs other defenses. Nothing about damage though. Bit of an oversight. Maybe you jsut go with its own abilitiy scores? It does not say anything.

That's ok.

What are Poisonscales?

Also, the new Drakes sound awfully similar to some of Eberron's dinosaurs. Are the "drakes" the new name for dinosaurs, as opposed to the old "behemoth"?

 

[Rechan]

What are Poisonscales??

If they haven't changed from 3e, then they're small sized lizardfolk.

 

[Dice4Hire]

Can the Barghest do this multiple times, just has to emulate different powers, or is it an Encounter power to use someone else's power?

I read it as once an encounter. But a RELIABLE encounter. Interesting. I missed that first and second time through.

 

[Upper_Krust]

Hey there Jack99!

DDI has 286 epic level monsters listed currently. You might want to subscribe if you really need epic monsters.

I have wrestled with the notion of subscription on and off for quite a while...however, that still doesn't excuse the dearth of epic tier content in Monster Manual 2.

 

[Jack99]

Hey there Jack99!



I have wrestled with the notion of subscription on and off for quite a while...however, that still doesn't excuse the dearth of epic tier content in Monster Manual 2.

Of course not. I was simply trying to be helpful and point out that if you need epic monsters, there are plenty in the DDI.

 

[chaotix42]

I read it as once an encounter. But a RELIABLE encounter. Interesting. I missed that first and second time through.

A monster with an encounter power that has the Reliable keyword?! That's gonna freak my players out.

Hey Dice4Hire, what's your impression of the metallic dragons? Are any quite as nasty as the elder adamantine dragon that WotC previewed?

 

[Derren]

No one posted the stats for the NPC creatures yet?

Bullywug: +2 con, +2 dex
speed 6 squares (swamp walk)
Language: common, primordial
skill: +2 athletics
rancid air (poison) aura2 : any enemy that spends healing susrge within the aura are weakened till next turn.

duergar: +2 con, +2 wisdom
darkvision
languages: common, deep speech, dwarven
skill: +2 dungeoneering
infernal quills: use as encounter power. shoot them out, 1d8 damage + con modifier..damage increases at lvl 11, and 21

Kenku: +2 dex, +2 cha
low light vision

languages: common

skills: +2 bluff, +2 stealtb
flock: +3 to attack rolls against creature u are flanking instead of +2, and grant +3 to attack or skill checks when aiding another instead of +2.
mimicry: you can mimic sounds and voices. a successful insight check opposed by your bluff check allows a listener to determine that the effect is faked.

Bullywug doesn't look like PC material.

 

[Voadam]

How does the depth of the demogorgon write up compare to that of Orcus in the MMI and Yeenoghu in the early 4e dragon write up?

 

[Upper_Krust]

Of course not. I was simply trying to be helpful and point out that if you need epic monsters, there are plenty in the DDI.

I appreciate your help, wasn't meaning to sound snarky, although I reserve the right to complain since WotC are still getting my money for it.

I have wanted to subscribe ever since I heard of that Thunder Serpent Primordial beasty, I almost subscribed again when they did the Bane article (until I heard there were no stats for Bane himself). But something about the subscription concept is putting me off so for the meantime I'll pass.