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<blockquote data-quote="satori01" data-source="post: 989483" data-attributes="member: 7859">Bodaks are great monsters for flavor purposes.&nbsp; I mean this is a creature that has been &quot;destroyed by the touch of absolute evil&quot;.What the hell does that mean?&nbsp; Would a demon be absolute evil?an sphere of annihlation? an evil insane god? Orcus?At the very least Bodaks should be rare, (the initial bodak), and have a cool backstory.Make the initial Bodak someone the PC know.&nbsp; This adds horror to this already potent monster and gives the 5% chance of flashback more meaning.&nbsp; Build some tension before the PCs meet the Bodak, something like it slaughters a farm house, with the sole survior being a blind man.This should give the PC something to think about.I wouldnt throw a Bodak willy nilly into a dungeon, in round the corner and voila Bodak.&nbsp; That is treating the Bodak like it was Death from the old Gauntlet arcade game.A Bodak is certainly a tough customer and can easily kill reckless and unprepared party members, and will always have a chance to kill the well prepared if they stray within range of its gaze.Some people will hate that aspect, others,(like myself) think the monster has flavor and helps emphasize that adventures are few and far between percisley because of monsters like this.Things remember:Cold spells work on Bodaks(fire acid resistance 20, electricity immunity).Darkness (the spell), renders Bodaks fairly useless,&nbsp; the gaze power doesnt function and a Bodaks melee ability is fairly weak.Bodaks have no turn resistance and turning has a 60' range,(compared to a Bodaks 30' gaze).Image spells of sunlight can help corral a Bodak as they are fearful of sunlight.The simple act of adverting your gaze gives you a 50/50 chance of not needing to make a saving throw.the Resistance cantrip is nice against the Bodak.Bodaks have int scores of 6, pretty mindless evil, you can outthink the Bodak.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="satori01, post: 989483, member: 7859"] Bodaks are great monsters for flavor purposes. I mean this is a creature that has been "destroyed by the touch of absolute evil". What the hell does that mean? Would a demon be absolute evil? an sphere of annihlation? an evil insane god? Orcus? At the very least Bodaks should be rare, (the initial bodak), and have a cool backstory. Make the initial Bodak someone the PC know. This adds horror to this already potent monster and gives the 5% chance of flashback more meaning. Build some tension before the PCs meet the Bodak, something like it slaughters a farm house, with the sole survior being a blind man. This should give the PC something to think about. I wouldnt throw a Bodak willy nilly into a dungeon, in round the corner and voila Bodak. That is treating the Bodak like it was Death from the old Gauntlet arcade game. A Bodak is certainly a tough customer and can easily kill reckless and unprepared party members, and will always have a chance to kill the well prepared if they stray within range of its gaze. Some people will hate that aspect, others,(like myself) think the monster has flavor and helps emphasize that adventures are few and far between percisley because of monsters like this. Things remember: Cold spells work on Bodaks(fire acid resistance 20, electricity immunity). Darkness (the spell), renders Bodaks fairly useless, the gaze power doesnt function and a Bodaks melee ability is fairly weak. Bodaks have no turn resistance and turning has a 60' range,(compared to a Bodaks 30' gaze). Image spells of sunlight can help corral a Bodak as they are fearful of sunlight. The simple act of adverting your gaze gives you a 50/50 chance of not needing to make a saving throw. the Resistance cantrip is nice against the Bodak. Bodaks have int scores of 6, pretty mindless evil, you can outthink the Bodak. [/QUOTE]

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