MM2: Bebilith, low damage?

[webrunner]

Another thing I noticed: It gets two turns, it means it gets two chances to recharge.

 

[Vyvyan Basterd]

It has 4 attacks per round, each doing 2d10+6, along with a minor action every 3rd round doing 2d8 + 10 and ongoing 10 damage in a close blast 5 area. Not to mention that it his you better and better as the fight progresses (well, your ac gets worse)

I think it's fine

Plus an aura that negates your resistances so its fire attack will be more useful.

 

[chaotix42]

A very good point, Belphanior! I would add a bit of errata to the end of Dangersense so it reads "It can use one minor action and immediate action between each pair of turns."

Other than that I thought the bebilith looked pretty fierce! Once the melee PCs get stuck in with it, the damage starts flying.

Once again WotC caters to my needs as a DM for a paragon level party. I'm going to use this bad boy as the "guardian" of a portal to the Elemental Chaos that my 14th lvl PCs are heading to.

 

[Belphanior]

A very good point, Belphanior! I would add a bit of errata to the end of Dangersense so it reads "It can use one minor action and immediate action between each pair of turns."

That is my thought as well. Danger Sense looks a lot like Tiamat's "Quintuple Actions" ability, which specifies that each head has a standard and a minor action. Possibly a typo in the copy-paste-edit?

 

[Errantocracy]

I suspect that it has one move action and one minor action that can be used on either of its initiative counts. I also suspect that it only gets one chance to recharge per turn (as in game turns, not its own). I hope this is explained elsewhere in the MM, under some section on monsters with unusual numbers of actions. Still, there is a limit to faith. It could just be an error to be erratad the day after release.

 

[Stalker0]

The only beef I've got with the bebelith is its a darn slow monster initiative wise. An 18th level monster's initiative is normally much better than a 20 and 10.

Now I tell you what makes this guy scary, have a fight with the party and then bring in a horde of legion devils vs your party with AC's of 5 and 10

 

[SlyFlourish]

Maybe I'm just overly sensative. I want to see big damage monsters but I should probably actually run a guy like this instead of complain.

Man, I can't wait for the MM2.

 

[Kinneus]

Now I tell you what makes this guy scary, have a fight with the party and then bring in a horde of legion devils vs your party with AC's of 5 and 10

That, sir, is deliciously evil.