MM3 Preview: MIMIC

[Rechan]

Dungeons & Dragons Roleplaying Game Official Home Page - Article (Mimic)

Dangit. The future previews don't tell us much about what's in the book.

Except for the Son of Kyuss.

 

[yesnomu]

Dungeons & Dragons Roleplaying Game Official Home Page - Article (Mimic)

Dangit. The future previews don't tell us much about what's in the book.

Except for the Son of Kyuss.

Dang, I'm hoping "Son" of Kyuss is meant metaphorically. Pretty nasty picture in any case.

Mimic looks interesting, and that's a dang high Perception DC to recognize it--higher than my level 16 Druid's passive, which is good. In the sense of making it possibly effective, that is.

 

[Rechan]

Dang, I'm hoping "Son" of Kyuss is meant metaphorically. Pretty nasty picture in any case.

"Son" and "Spawn" were used synonymously.

 

[the Jester]

I like that they Far Realmsed it up. Nice approach, better fluff than mimics have ever had (WHAT fluff?? )

 

[Stalker0]

Considering the flavor of the mimic, I'm surprised its not a solo or elite creature. I've never heard mention of mimics working with other monsters.

 

[Derulbaskul]

I like it a lot. This will work really well in the paragon tier of my current FR game which involves, inter alia, worshippers of Ghaunadaur and aberrations in general. This mimic will fit right in.

It reminds me of the fluff that Sean K Reynolds invented for his Darkness Without Form: Secrets of the Mimic - Sean K Reynolds Games | EN World PDF Store product.

I have one small quibble. I realise that alignments don't really mean anything in 4E, but the mimic, as described and with an intelligence of 26, is clearly evil rather than unaligned. To paraphrase Forrest Gump, "Evil is as evil does."

 

[Rechan]

Considering the flavor of the mimic, I'm surprised its not a solo or elite creature. I've never heard mention of mimics working with other monsters.

From the fluff text, it seems to have various "mimic spawn" in the area with it that it can eat for an action point. It also looks to work with other mimics maybe.

So instead of walking into a room where the single chest is a mimic, you walk in and the chest, the suit of armor, the rug, and the DOOR are mimics, and all the small items on the floor are mimic spawn.

 

[Mesh Hong]

So instead of walking into a room where the single chest is a mimic, you walk in and the chest, the suit of armor, the rug, and the DOOR are mimics, and all the small items on the floor are mimic spawn.

Ooooh, that sounds good!

 

[Runestar]

Lolth is getting her own stat block?

(I admit, I am a sucker for stats concerning gods and ultra-powerful fiends, even as I realise I will likely never get to use them).

 

[lukelightning]

Really? Impersonating people? Come on, we already have doppelgangers. I though the whole mimic schtick was that they disguised themselves as furniture, doors, sections of wall, pedestals, statues, etc.

(note: in my mind I am complaining to the mimic, not to the designer...)