Upgrade your account to a Community Supporter account and remove most of the site ads.

Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dr_Ruminahui" data-source="post: 5195385" data-attributes="member: 81104">Just created a new monster (well, set of monsters) - this post is mostly to share, but I'm open to suggestions as to how I might improve it. In particular, I'm not sure if Mummy's Rot is the right disease to use - diseases (unfortunately) aren't searcheable on the compendium, and Mummy's Rot was the first thing I could think of that would capture the effect of having necrotic worms eating their way through your internal organs. Anyway, here goes: Plaguegrub Hydra                                                          Level 11 Elite BruteLarge, natural, animate                                                                                                       XP 1,200Initiative +5 Senses Perception +9; darkvision HP 300; Bloodied 150AC 25; Fortitude 27; Reflex 24; Will 25 Immune poison; disease; Resist 10 necrotic; Vulnerable 5 radiant Saving Throws +2 Speed 4 , Swim 8 Action Points 1 m Bite (standard; at-will) Reach 2; +14 vs AC; 1d8 + 5 damage and ongoing 5 necrotic damage (save ends) M Hydra Fury The plaguegrub hydra makes 4 bite attacks. Many-Headed Each time the plaguegrub hydra becomes dazed or stunned, it instead loses one attack with its Hydra Fury power on its next turn. Multiple such effects stack. Lop Off Its Heads! The plaguegrub hydra permanently loses one bite attack the first time it drops below 225, 150 and 75 hit points. Each time this happens, the plaguegrub hydra automatically uses its Consuming Grubs power. C Consuming Grubs (no action) Close blast 3 or close burst 1 (DM's choice); +12 vs Reflex; 10 necrotic damage, and if the target loses any hit points from the attack it is exposed to level 13 mummy's rot (MM pg. 192) and a plaguegrub swarm is created in one of the target's spaces. Threatening Reach A plaguegrub hydra can make opportunity attacks against all enemies within its reach (2 squares). Alignment Evil Languages — Skills Stealth +10 Str 19 (+9) Dex 10 (+5) Wis 18 (+9) Con 28 (+14) Int 1 (+0) Cha 6 (+3) © 2009 Wizards of the Coast LLC, a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc. All rights reserved. This monster statistics block has been generated using the D&D Adventure Tools. Plaguegrub Swarm                                                     Level 11 Minion Brute Small natural beast                                                                                                           XP 150 Initiative +7 Senses Perception +6; blindsight, tremorsenseHP 1; a missed attack never damages a minion.AC 25; Fortitude 27; Reflex 25; Will 23Immune gaze; poison; disease; Resist 10 necrotic; Vulnerable 1 radiant and damage dealt by a missed radiant attack will damage the plaguegrub swarm.Speed 3 , Climb 3 , Swim 3 m Engulf (standard; at-will) • Necrotic+12 vs Reflex; 5 necrotic damage, and the plaguegrub swarm shifts into one of the target's spaces.M Burrow through the Flesh (standard; at-will) • Necrotic, DiseaseTarget: a creature with which the plaguegrub swarm shares a space+12 vs Fortitude; 10 necrotic damage. If the target loses hit points to this attack, it is exposed to level 13 mummy's rot (MM pg. 192) and a new plaguegrub swarm is created adjacent to the target.Get Them Off! When the plaguegrb swarm shares a space with another creature (except as a result of that creature moving through its space), the following occurs: that creature is dazed; the plaguegrub swarm moves with the creature whenever the creature moves or is moved; and the creature takes half of any damage inflicted on the plaguegrub swarm (save ends all three). If the creature makes this save, the creature pushes the plaguegrub swarm into an unoccupied adjacent square of the creature's choice.Ooze of Grubs A plaguegrub swarm moves normally through difficult terrain and can squeeze through small spaces as if it were a tiny creature.Alignment UnalignedLanguages —Str 16 (+8)Dex 15 (+7)Wis 12 (+6)Con 20 (+10)Int 2 (+1)Cha 2 (+1)© 2009 Wizards of the Coast LLC, a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc. All rights reserved. This monster statistics block has been generated using the D&D Adventure Tools. </blockquote>

Verification