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Message: <blockquote data-quote="orcmonk220" data-source="post: 5415887" data-attributes="member: 49104">Wow, so many awesome replies. Cheers guys <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> I probably should have mentioned that it's a party of 3 - a sword-and-shield fighter with a life-drinking axe for emergencies, a sun-cleric who has a focus on healing, and a half-elf warlock with a love of damage.WARNING: Long post ahoy!I did think this 2 filth fevers per turn might be overpowered, but my party seems to enjoy thinks that take them by surprise, and it's not the most deadly of diseases. Sure, it's a problem, but the cleric in the party is very devoted to healing with a high Heal modifier, so he should be able to clean up targets pretty fast.I think I will make combat advantage 1 per turn, probably as a +1d8. A high sneak attack would really give the feeling of being a rogue-type enemy, but there's only 3 members in the party, so I don't want it too high.Hadn't seen the new damage expressions. Are they in DMG2?I thought that pushing HP into triple digits was a little overkill. I might well make it 96, especially if I put in the encounter ability I'm thinking (see below).For a bloodied trigger, I'm thinking something along the lines of this:Call of the Rat (free, when first bloodied; encounter).Vernon lets out a howl, summoning 2 dire rats from the rubbish in the chamber.I don't know if 2 Dire Rats would be over/underpowered for a party of 3, so maybe half-a-dozen minion rats.I'm going to drop defensives back to normal, and will likely make him 96 HP. I want him to be tough, but I'm going to have him moving a lot, so will likely drop the HP down to force him to move around.I like the idea of the first option, as when he locks down on a character he could use him bite, and when he has to flee he could move quicker - really gives him a lot of actions.I like the idea of a leaping attack. for this encounter, I want him in a maze-like room that's filled with piles of rubbish. Due to the size of the party, and how the room would be laid out, I'd think about making this a 6-square shift with 1 attack (kind of like the old moving attack feats in 3.5), but he'd use it to dart from one rubbish pile to another. Would having it recharge on a 5 or 6 be overpowered or not?Just out of interest, why does a weapon's damage change with monster level. Is it just a general way to make the monster more powerful? I can understand on natural attacks, just not weapons.Merely curious <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />That's kind of covered above <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> Again, do you reckon it recharging for an elite is too powerful? Maybe just on a 6?Great idea, definately including this. Should I still keep it minor, or make it standard, if he's shifting as well?Ah, my bad. The entire block was hybrid. Probably should have written that on there... <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Do you reckon this would be better, or the summon rats type move above? This would make Vernon more skirmisher-y, but the summon rats move would mean for combat advantage, allowing the tension to be ramped up for the second part of the fight.</blockquote>

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