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<blockquote data-quote="I'm A Banana" data-source="post: 6499910" data-attributes="member: 2067">Of course, theorycraft proves little. What matters is how the creature acts in play. And in play, I think this is probably fine. The acid splash damage feels like an option of last resort to do something, and it works for what it's worth. Everyone else is doing *more* to the creature. And flight + acid splash isn't the silver bullet it seems like on paper (ready an action to move 40 ft. when the wizard comes close enough to acid splash, legendary action at the end of the wizard's turn to move another 20, HEY GUESS WHO IS IN MELEE...if it gets another legendary action, go ahead and swat Captain Concentration Spell! If the wizard is at the very limit of their fly, maybe take a double move...if you're T, you probably only need to hit that mosquito ONCE to knock it out of the sky, and an OA will do that for you). I think this is a debatable proposition. A monster should be a challenge to the party with their stat block. A wizard buzzing around and dropping d6 acid bombs isn't going to save the day here in practice.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="I'm A Banana, post: 6499910, member: 2067"] Of course, theorycraft proves little. What matters is how the creature acts [I]in play[/I]. And in play, I think this is probably fine. The acid splash damage feels like an option of last resort to do [I]something[/I], and it works for what it's worth. Everyone else is doing *more* to the creature. And flight + acid splash isn't the silver bullet it seems like on paper (ready an action to move 40 ft. when the wizard comes close enough to acid splash, legendary action at the end of the wizard's turn to move another 20, HEY GUESS WHO IS IN MELEE...if it gets another legendary action, go ahead and swat Captain Concentration Spell! If the wizard is at the very limit of their fly, maybe take a double move...if you're T, you probably only need to hit that mosquito ONCE to knock it out of the sky, and an OA will do that for you). I think this is a debatable proposition. A monster should be a [I]challenge to the party[/I] with their stat block. A wizard buzzing around and dropping d6 acid bombs isn't going to save the day here in practice. [/QUOTE]

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