Level Up (A5E) On the way to work...

[Stormhound]

...this morning, and saw a school bus with designator sticker on the back reading "CR27".

First thought through my mind: "Damn, that's one tough bus."

 

[Corinnguard]

...this morning, and saw a school bus with designator sticker on the back reading "CR27".

First thought through my mind: "Damn, that's one tough bus."

That's not a bus, it's a Construct in Disguise....

 

[WarDriveWorley]

Mobile Gazebo?

 

[W'rkncacnter]

woah, we found the first CR 27 creature in a5e guys

(seriously though why does the MM have literally 0 cr 27 creatures that's a little bizarre)

 

[Corinnguard]

woah, we found the first CR 27 creature in a5e guys

(seriously though why does the MM have literally 0 cr 27 creatures that's a little bizarre)

What qualifies a monster to be a CR 27 anyway?

 

[zen_cat]

The only CR 27 monster I'm aware of is the Chromatic Greatwyrm from Fizbans.

I really need to get around to posting my monsters by cr list.

 

[Stormhound]

Saw that bus again today...either it's stalking me, or it knows I'm a GM and wants a job.

Unfortunately, the PCs in my game are 2nd level...

 

[Steampunkette]

Saw that bus again today...either it's stalking me, or it knows I'm a GM and wants a job.

Unfortunately, the PCs in my game are 2nd level...

... see...

This just gave me the idea to have a CR 27 "Old God" or something that is the primary antagonist of a campaign starting at level 1, and having the old god SHOW UP. Like out of the gate.

But ever in "Piecemeal" form. You're not fighting Od-Shibhu at level 1, you're only fighting against a few tendrils of power slipped into this reality... and they're CR 1/4 or something.

And over the course of the campaign you're -actually- killing this thing, Piecemeal, one tiny bit at a time, working up to level 15-18 when you fight the whole monster all in one battle... but he's still got the wounds you inflicted at level 1 and every level in-between.

... that would be cool.

 

[Corinnguard]

"Just when you thought things couldn't possibly get any worse, you discover that you had been fighting one of the Old Ones all this time...."

 

[WarDriveWorley]

... see...

This just gave me the idea to have a CR 27 "Old God" or something that is the primary antagonist of a campaign starting at level 1, and having the old god SHOW UP. Like out of the gate.

But ever in "Piecemeal" form. You're not fighting Od-Shibhu at level 1, you're only fighting against a few tendrils of power slipped into this reality... and they're CR 1/4 or something.

And over the course of the campaign you're -actually- killing this thing, Piecemeal, one tiny bit at a time, working up to level 15-18 when you fight the whole monster all in one battle... but he's still got the wounds you inflicted at level 1 and every level in-between.

... that would be cool.

An interesting twist on this is to add in a ritual that the characters can learn that prevents the "destroyed" pieces from reintegrating back into old Shibby so if the characters go in wands blazing (as characters are wont to do) without researching what's going on then the final encounter will be tougher