Sketching out a Solo: Power Concept

[Stormtalon]

Got an idea for a Solo to end a campaign I'm working on, and I thought I'd run two of its "signature" abilities past the folks here.

Budding Conjuration, Necrotic
At-Will,Free Action

Bile rises in your throats as you watch a writhing mass of flesh and tentacles drops off and wriggles into battle with inhuman speed.

At the beginning of each of his turns [insert name] buds off a Minion which can shift 5 squares as an immediate reaction to being created. [insert name] loses 10 hp each time he buds off a new minion.

Breeding Explosion Conjuration
At-Will, Immediate Reaction
Your powerful strike triggers an unexpected reaction in [insert name's] horrific form as four masses of flesh ripple, writhe and scatter across the battlefield, taking on a life of their own.

The first time he is reduced to 3/4 of his hit points, [insert name] buds off 4 minions which can each shift 5 squares upon creation. This power triggers again at bloodied and then at 1/4 hp.

Special: this power only works the first time [insert name] is reduced to each triggering threshold.

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The concept is for a nasty, horrific aberrant beast from the Far Realm that is constantly spawning smaller creatures during the fight. Depending on how the minions are designed, do you think these'll be too much?

 

[Nurgle84]

The rules sound good, but can be formulated a bit clearly. I would suggest the following rules:

Budding Conjuration, Necrotic
no Action (So it does also happen if the beast is stunned etc.)

Bile rises in your throats as you watch a writhing mass of flesh and tentacles drops off and wriggles into battle with inhuman speed.

At the beginning of its turn, place a *Flesh Mass* Minion within 5 squares of [insert name here]. [insert name here] loses 10 HP.

Breeding Explosion Conjuration
Free action (so you can use another immediate if needed), if reduced to 3/4 HP for the first time in an encounter. Recharges at 1/2 HP and 1/4 HP and is used immediatly

Your powerful strike triggers an unexpected reaction in [insert name's] horrific form as four masses of flesh ripple, writhe and scatter across the battlefield, taking on a life of their own.

Place 4 *Flesh mass* minions within 5 squares of [insert name here].

I hope the rules are now a bit clearer now. You can of course still describe the minions as jumping forward. But the rules text is a bit shorter that way. Nice idea btw.

 

[Stormtalon]

I'll probably leave the Breeding Explosion as an Immediate Reaction, as I sorta see it as being a somewhat traumatic reaction. It's going to have enough other things going on that losing 3 Immediate actions over the course of the fight won't be that painful in the overall scheme of things.

 

[Stormtalon]

Now, the real question is whether or not I make the minions created by each power different creatures with slightly different abilities....