Stats for a High-Level Elemental

[jayoungr]

For a game I'm running this weekend, I need a high-level "storm elemental," preferably with legendary and/or lair actions. I was just wondering if anyone has already statted up something similar that I could borrow and/or tweak. If so, could you provide a link? A high-level water or wind elemental would be a good starting point, if there's nothing specifically storm-related. Thanks in advance!

 

[The Crimson Binome]

How high of a level do you need? In general, I would start with the Empyrean as a good baseline for a semi-high-level boss. It already has slam attacks, energy bolts, and legendary actions.

 

[Josiah Stoll]

I know the Angry GM built a storm-elemental-in-armor thingy at one point. Idk if it’s what you were going for, but it was super cool.
http://theangrygm.com/elemental-boogaloo/
The stats are about halfway down the page.

 

[Motorskills]

You don't have to travel far, [MENTION=83242]dave2008[/MENTION] is your guy.

 

[MonsterEnvy]

Volo's guide to monsters has the Storm Giant Quintessent which is a storm giant that pretty much transformed itself into a living storm. It's CR 16 with Legendary and Lair actions.

 

[jayoungr]

How high of a level do you need?

My party is level 17 and recently killed a lich in his lair at level 16.

 

[The Crimson Binome]

My party is level 17 and recently killed a lich in his lair at level 16.

Ah. I am sorry to hear that, then. There is nothing in the book which can remotely challenge a level 17 party.

Maybe start with the kraken, and work up from there? Give it more attacks, more damage, and a lot more hit points.

 

[Shadowdweller00]

You might try looking at Storm Giant Quintessent from VGtM or Yan-C-Bin / Olhydra from PotA as a starting point. You'll probably want to adapt or give minions though, because a lvl 17 party is likely to curbstomp any one of those without an extra edge and/or very careful tactical appraisal.

 

[dave2008]

My party is level 17 and recently killed a lich in his lair at level 16.

I have elder and primal elementals, a beefed up Olyhdra and Yan-C-Bin in my 5e Epic Monster Updates thread. There are also Primordials if you ever decide to go beyond Lvl 20 (Mual-Tar is a storm primordial).

 

[jayoungr]

Primordial/beyond level 20 is probably the way to go. I'll check the thread. Thanks! (And if anyone else has further suggestion, please let me know!)