OMG That Must Be A Typo

[chaotix42]

Draconomicon - Bluespawn Stormlizard, level 9 brute.

217 HP.

Does this seem a little... high?

 

[Black Knight Irios]

If you take a look at the Worg LVL9 Brute (MM P265)

He has about the same statistics +-1 but only about half the HP.

Set the HP around ~120 and it should do.

 

[chaotix42]

Yup, that's what I did. I used them in a fight tonight and one got to around 50ish pts. of damage, and one of my players asked "Is it bloodied yet?" I was like "Yeah, it only ha- " I set 'em at 110 hp.

Has anyone noticed any other monsters like this? 4e's fast & loose monster design has me paying less attention to balance/correctness in stats. I still have nightmares about 3.5's MM III, and I pray it never gets that bad...

 

[Tremorsense]

The monster creation rules would give it 117 hp instead of 217. So, yeah, just a little typo.

 

[Lojaan]

On a similar note, any one know why the zombie rotter is a lvl 3 minion? It has worse defenses than a lvl 1 goblin or kobold minion by far. Sure it's immune to poison and necrotic, but it's not as if a lot of classes use those keywords at 1st lvl.

 

[Runestar]

I still have nightmares about 3.5's MM III, and I pray it never gets that bad...

Just curious, what was wrong with MM3 3.5?

 

[chaotix42]

Just curious, what was wrong with MM3 3.5?

An insane laundry list of errata! Loved the monsters, hated the mistakes.

@ Lojaan: Yeah, I heard the zombie rotter was put down to level 1 in the DDI compendium, but they were reprinted in Open Grave as level 3. I wouldn't run them as anything less than level 1.

 

[HeirToPendragon]

On a similar note, any one know why the zombie rotter is a lvl 3 minion? It has worse defenses than a lvl 1 goblin or kobold minion by far. Sure it's immune to poison and necrotic, but it's not as if a lot of classes use those keywords at 1st lvl.

Not a clue

 

[CapnZapp]

Yeah, I heard the zombie rotter was put down to level 1 in the DDI compendium, but they were reprinted in Open Grave as level 3. I wouldn't run them as anything less than level 1.

Me neither.

 

[CapnZapp]

Not a clue

That's their actual name, you know.