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<blockquote data-quote="Aegeri" data-source="post: 5289452" data-attributes="member: 78116"><p>The hydra can only shed marks on his own turn, which he normally will anyway but he can't shed a mark if the enemy is in his guarded area or whatever. For example, if the defender is running around with the magical macguffin the hydra is guarding then the defender can mark the Hydra and he can't ignore the mark. On the other hand, if the defender isn't in the area, holding the item or attacked the Hydra's master then he has no chance of holding a mark on the hydra for very long.</p><p></p><p>This represents a magical effect that prevents the Hydra being "distracted" by the marks of defenders over doing its job (EG killing the thief nicking the maguffin). This also allows the party to manipulate the hydra - it attacks whoever is within its guarded area, or has the item or whatever over anyone else. Also it allows the defender a chance to hold its attention as well, by holding the item, entering the area or similar. It's worth noting this is a really basic kind of "passive" control for this monster - if you want to be effective against it you often have to enter dangerous terrain (It's fond of water remember) or similar. Places a PC doesn't want to fight in, but has to if they want to use their abilities to the maximum against the hydra.</p><p></p><p>As a general rule though, the main attacks are usually directed against a marked target and the remainder at anyone else who happens to be unlucky enough to be nearby.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I am glad so many seem to like what I did with the purple worm. What is the party composition there?</p><p></p><p>Edit: Also, I updated the Dracolich slightly. Another couple of errors from the MB eating things at random sigh.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Aegeri, post: 5289452, member: 78116"] The hydra can only shed marks on his own turn, which he normally will anyway but he can't shed a mark if the enemy is in his guarded area or whatever. For example, if the defender is running around with the magical macguffin the hydra is guarding then the defender can mark the Hydra and he can't ignore the mark. On the other hand, if the defender isn't in the area, holding the item or attacked the Hydra's master then he has no chance of holding a mark on the hydra for very long. This represents a magical effect that prevents the Hydra being "distracted" by the marks of defenders over doing its job (EG killing the thief nicking the maguffin). This also allows the party to manipulate the hydra - it attacks whoever is within its guarded area, or has the item or whatever over anyone else. Also it allows the defender a chance to hold its attention as well, by holding the item, entering the area or similar. It's worth noting this is a really basic kind of "passive" control for this monster - if you want to be effective against it you often have to enter dangerous terrain (It's fond of water remember) or similar. Places a PC doesn't want to fight in, but has to if they want to use their abilities to the maximum against the hydra. As a general rule though, the main attacks are usually directed against a marked target and the remainder at anyone else who happens to be unlucky enough to be nearby. I am glad so many seem to like what I did with the purple worm. What is the party composition there? Edit: Also, I updated the Dracolich slightly. Another couple of errors from the MB eating things at random sigh. [/QUOTE]
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