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<blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 8669808" data-attributes="member: 57383"><p>Updating the <strong><a href="https://enworld.org/index.php?posts/8557941" target="_blank">Giant Basket Star</a></strong> with <strong><em>Plant Disguise</em></strong>.</p><p></p><p>Okay, so mechanically we've only got <strong>Actions</strong> to finish.</p><p></p><p>I've been thinking it over, and does it really need separate Arm attacks if it has a Net of Arms attack? It can just grab everything within reach of all its arm branches rather than trying to focus its arms on individual targets.</p><p></p><p>Also, real-world basket stars exude sticky mucus from their arms to help grip prey, and they coat resisting prey in a clump of mucus to immobilize them.</p><p></p><p>From Wikipedia's entry for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorgonocephalus_eucnemis" target="_blank"><em>Gorgonocephalus eucnemis</em></a>:</p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px">It ensnares small crustaceans such as the northern krill (Meganyctiphanes norvegica), copepods, chaetognaths, jellyfish, and detritus that come within reach. Trapped prey becomes the centre of a "knot" where it is immobilised by the secretion of mucus.</p><p></p><p>Can we do anything with that?</p><p></p><p>I'm also wondering whether we should restrict the effectiveness of its Net of Arms to creatures of a certain size. Maybe have creatures that are too big and/or strong have advantage on their rolls to escape the net, or have it simply be unable to hold them?</p><p></p><p>According to inverts.wallawalla.edu's entry for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorgonocephalus_stimpsoni" target="_blank"><em>Gorgonocephalus eucnemis</em></a> "The prey of basket star species is said to range up to 3 cm (just over an inch) in size," suggesting it normally eats things about one-tenth to one-twentieth its armspan.</p><p></p><p><em>G eucnemis</em> is the largest known species, averaging about 30 cm across but it can go up to an armspan of 70 cm. The central disc if about one-fifth the width of the arms (so 14 cm for the largest specimens).</p><p></p><p>Now a Gargantuan creature occupies a 20 ft. by 20 ft. space in 5th Edition D&D.</p><p></p><p>If we assume that's the body disc, then our Giant Basket Star would be about five times wider or 100 feet, meaning its arms cover a 50 ft. radius. If it usually preys on creatures up to 1/10th to 1/20th its armspan, that'd be prey items up to 5 to 10 feet in length, which is either Medium or Large in 5E terms.</p><p></p><p>That seems about right.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cleon, post: 8669808, member: 57383"] Updating the [B][URL='https://enworld.org/index.php?posts/8557941']Giant Basket Star[/URL][/B] with [B][I]Plant Disguise[/I][/B]. Okay, so mechanically we've only got [B]Actions[/B] to finish. I've been thinking it over, and does it really need separate Arm attacks if it has a Net of Arms attack? It can just grab everything within reach of all its arm branches rather than trying to focus its arms on individual targets. Also, real-world basket stars exude sticky mucus from their arms to help grip prey, and they coat resisting prey in a clump of mucus to immobilize them. From Wikipedia's entry for [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorgonocephalus_eucnemis'][I]Gorgonocephalus eucnemis[/I][/URL]: [INDENT]It ensnares small crustaceans such as the northern krill (Meganyctiphanes norvegica), copepods, chaetognaths, jellyfish, and detritus that come within reach. Trapped prey becomes the centre of a "knot" where it is immobilised by the secretion of mucus.[/INDENT] Can we do anything with that? I'm also wondering whether we should restrict the effectiveness of its Net of Arms to creatures of a certain size. Maybe have creatures that are too big and/or strong have advantage on their rolls to escape the net, or have it simply be unable to hold them? According to inverts.wallawalla.edu's entry for [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorgonocephalus_stimpsoni'][I]Gorgonocephalus eucnemis[/I][/URL] "The prey of basket star species is said to range up to 3 cm (just over an inch) in size," suggesting it normally eats things about one-tenth to one-twentieth its armspan. [I]G eucnemis[/I] is the largest known species, averaging about 30 cm across but it can go up to an armspan of 70 cm. The central disc if about one-fifth the width of the arms (so 14 cm for the largest specimens). Now a Gargantuan creature occupies a 20 ft. by 20 ft. space in 5th Edition D&D. If we assume that's the body disc, then our Giant Basket Star would be about five times wider or 100 feet, meaning its arms cover a 50 ft. radius. If it usually preys on creatures up to 1/10th to 1/20th its armspan, that'd be prey items up to 5 to 10 feet in length, which is either Medium or Large in 5E terms. That seems about right. [/QUOTE]
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