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<blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 8666080" data-attributes="member: 57383"><p>That's easily achievable. Do you prefer Challenge 3 or 4 for them?</p><p></p><p>I was thinking that their arms wouldn't do any damage but just grapple creatures and drag them to its mouth to be bitten. If it only has one attack that does damage it's a lot easier to moderate the output.</p><p></p><p>Also, I'd prefer even average output for both types of damage: so a 12 point attack would do 6 slashing and 6 bludgeoning.</p><p></p><p>For example, if its bite did 10 (1d8+6) slashing plus 10 (3d6) bludgeoning that's an average of 21 damage which I reckon makes it CR 4.</p><p></p><p>No, scrub that. Let's apply the STR modifier to both halves so it could do, let's say 1d6+6 plus 1d6+6 for 25 average damage, or possibly 18 (2d4+4 plus 2d4+4) or 20 (2d4+5 plus 2d4+5) with STR reduced to 18 or 20.</p><p></p><p>If you prefer CR 3, I'd be inclined to drop the Strength back down to the original STR 18 (+4) and have the bite do 1d6+4 slashing plus 1d6+4 bludgeoning for an average of 15, which ought still be within <strong>Challenge</strong> 3's bailiwick.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cleon, post: 8666080, member: 57383"] That's easily achievable. Do you prefer Challenge 3 or 4 for them? I was thinking that their arms wouldn't do any damage but just grapple creatures and drag them to its mouth to be bitten. If it only has one attack that does damage it's a lot easier to moderate the output. Also, I'd prefer even average output for both types of damage: so a 12 point attack would do 6 slashing and 6 bludgeoning. For example, if its bite did 10 (1d8+6) slashing plus 10 (3d6) bludgeoning that's an average of 21 damage which I reckon makes it CR 4. No, scrub that. Let's apply the STR modifier to both halves so it could do, let's say 1d6+6 plus 1d6+6 for 25 average damage, or possibly 18 (2d4+4 plus 2d4+4) or 20 (2d4+5 plus 2d4+5) with STR reduced to 18 or 20. If you prefer CR 3, I'd be inclined to drop the Strength back down to the original STR 18 (+4) and have the bite do 1d6+4 slashing plus 1d6+4 bludgeoning for an average of 15, which ought still be within [B]Challenge[/B] 3's bailiwick. [/QUOTE]
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