Three military units

[RangerWickett]

In another thread I asked for advice on creating military units as single 'monsters.' Here is the result of that discussion.

http://www.enworld.org/forum/attach...template-work-3-5-what-do-you-think-these.doc

What do you think?

 

[Herzog]

Nice!
I tried to do something similar (discussed here) but couldn't quite get a conclusive result.

Could you post how you ended up with these stats? (distill a template for units...)
In the current version, it's just some 'new' monsters with special traits.

 

[RangerWickett]

Well that's basically what it is. I'm going more with the (better, in my opinion) exception-based design mentality of 4e. For instance, I've pretty much said to hell with feats and skill points for monsters.

But as a starting point, I multiplied the hit dice of the base unit by 6. For saves and hit dice size, when the unit consisted of mixed creature types, I applied whichever was worst.

Then I added abilities that reflected how I felt the combination of multiple small units would end up working out if I instead tried to run them all together, using lots of aid another actions. Much more art than standardized formula.

 

[Colonelpuddinhead]

What do you think?

nice work! they're tough but not over the top! I think I might swipe those if you don't mind!

CP

 

[Shades of Green]

In another thread I asked for advice on creating military units as single 'monsters.'

Could you please post a link to that thread?