#monster statblock

[serpentsembrace]

The mighty Tarrasque, for all its strength, is somewhat lacking in 5th edition D&D. This is widely understood, and there have been a variety of "fixes" proposed over the years. While this version of the tarrasque certainly restores some of its original power and hardiness, it also aims to solve what one might call "cheese" strategies for defeating it (looking at you, Ranger on a broom of flying). That said, my aim is not to merely nullify all such strategies, but to make the tarrasque a foe that is more than a worthy challenge for a party of level 20 adventurers armed to the teeth with magic items, and more interesting for the DM to run. There are a number of effects here that offer few or no saving throws. Players may see this as unfair, but this is Challenge Rating 30 (or somewhere thereabouts). There are no more training wheels. If an adventuring party is to defeat the tarrasque, they must be well-prepared, or face death. If your players are asking for a challenge for their high level characters, then give them one. If anyone uses this, please let me know! I would love to hear how it performs in actual play! On a personal note, I'm so glad that I was finally able to get something creative done again. It feels like it's been forever since I've been able to make something I felt was worth sharing. Sorry for the period of silence on new content like this.

[eramidsummery]

Question to homebrewers

As a beginner DM considering running a homebrew campaign one day I have few questions... Homebrewers, answer in the tags/comments/reblogs if you want!

What’s your attitude towards people using your homebrew content in their home homebrew campaigns? How would you like for your stuff to be used? Should DMs ask for permission/reblog your content if they use it? Send you a message? Inform their players that they are using other’s people homebrew content besides theirs and point out to what is theirs and what is yours?

[desertdruidcrafts]

The Summer Queen and the Queen of Air and Darkness

Old statblocks with new descriptions, the Seelie Queen and the Unseelie Queen. Anyone who plays in my home game knows I love me some archfey, so here’s the two most-notable. I’ll probably post more archfey on Thursday.

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[serpentsembrace]

I warned you all I would do this. And here we are.

[desertdruidcrafts]

Ogre Occultist

When an ogre’s giant heritage manifests as a sorcerous origin, that ogre takes on the role of a shaman or occultist for a band of ogres. This ogre, known as an ogrima, wields deeply rooted spiritual powers, leading a band of ogres to accomplish more than they could if left to their own devices.

Mark of the Ordning. Ogre occultists have the blood of more powerful giants flowing in them, granting them their magical abilities. Though ogres are normally below true giants in the Ordning, the giant’s complex social structure, the unveiling of an ogre’s latent heritage gives it a leg up in the Ordning. Ogre occultists are often regarded as more respectable and honorable, a concept that giants know as maat, than most hill giants.

Force of Blood. The value of an ogre occultist in a band of ogres is immeasurable in taking an ogre band to a larger complicated tribe. Ogres rarely form communities, preferring to either bully lesser creatures into submission or serve groups of giants or orcs, but under the guidance of an ogre occultist, ogres can create a unified tribe of their own, centered on a strong ogre leader. An ogre occultist may not be the most intuitive or temperamental commander, but its force of personality and influence makes it a monster to be reckoned with.

A Giant’s Soul: Dwelling within an ogre occultist is a legacy of giants, spanning back to the creation of Ogres themselves. When Othea, chief goddess of the giant pantheon and wife of Annam All-Father, had an affair with Vaprak, the ogre race was created. At this point, a shard of the strength of true giants was passed into Ogres from Othea, lying dormant except in the extraordinary circumstances that embolden ogre occultists. Wielding a core of a true giant’s power, an ogre occultist can temporarily grow in size, empower other ogres, and imbue its arcane focus with otherworldly power.

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[sleepyspoonie]

Homebrew Monster: Soul Melange

A soul melange is an amalgamation of dozens or more restless spirits who lost their lives in a unifying, cataclysmic tragedy. Angry over their deaths, they haunt the place they were slain and long to be put to rest.

My second homebrew monster! I had so much fun designing these, but watch out, it hits like a truck and I am terrible at calculating CR.

My party encountered this bad boy on a drow slave ship whose entire crew died, leaving the hundreds of prisoners to starve to death.

Stats for the Soul Echo below the cut:

[zeheal-dnd]

Drizlav Nesu

He is a goliath monster vampire who is the father of one of my PCs. I just finished his statblock and I am super happy about it! You can find his statblock here! I hope it turned out well and I am happy about it. Has homebrew spells and everything, but it all evens out in the end.

[desertdruidcrafts]

This was a fun monster to make, for a boss fight in the campaign I’m running. Gave my players a run for their money but they finally overcame the challenge, and they now seek to help her with her unfinished business.

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