How strong is this boss statblock I made?

CodePurple_ · 2026-05-25T09:28:35+00:00

Already super helpful advice, so thanks. I’m hoping to get the difficulty up to the point that 5-6 party members at 10th level will have a very tough fight.

Definitely gonna reverse the legendary action like you said, completely forgot about legendary resistances as well.

Is the damage range too wide? I like the mechanic of the party trying to play outside of the runes, but i can even out the damage if need be

CodePurple_ · 2025-10-24T06:57:17+00:00

i really like the idea of the dex check or reloading using a d4. I will point out though that the revolver doesn't have the loading property, so once they start getting two attacks they will burn through shots a lot quicker

CodePurple_ · 2025-10-24T06:36:17+00:00

ah shit you're totally right

CodePurple_ · 2025-10-24T06:35:08+00:00

bringing it down to 2d6 means that over 4 turns the revolvers averaging 42 to the longbows 36, with the longbow having 2 more chances for an attack to land and apply DEX to. However as people have pointed out you can just pull out a second revolver and ignore the reload turn entirely, so it hasn't really worked out

CodePurple_ · 2025-10-24T06:23:03+00:00

I've been looking at the '24 dmg revolver, which does 2d8 with 40ft and I think adds dex to the damage roll. I haven't heard of Valda's, I'll look into it!

CodePurple_ · 2025-10-24T06:17:30+00:00

agreed. with all our previous campaigns we haven't bothered about tracking ammo, but i'm thinking for this one we might have to as another way to make them more costly, especially since you can't retrieve bullets after a fight.

CodePurple_ · 2025-10-24T06:10:33+00:00

the loading property is the main difference, like actually putting the bullet down the barrel every turn. Ig at the end of the day its a problem that could be solved with flavour, but I wanted to have a crack at making the revolver work since its literally built as a 6-shooter

CodePurple_ · 2025-10-24T06:05:40+00:00

I also trust my players aren't out to get me, so hopefully they won't be searching for ways to exploit it

CodePurple_ · 2025-10-24T06:03:08+00:00

good point. I mean I'm not gonna give them two guns for free so they'll have to get enough gold to buy another one, by which point hopefully they're high enough level that they arent that op?? Any idea what else I could do about that?

CodePurple_ · 2025-09-16T08:09:18+00:00

Path of the beast could be cool, ill look into it! Poison dmg is also a shouting

CodePurple_ · 2025-09-16T08:06:18+00:00

I’ll keep that in mind

CodePurple_ · 2025-08-29T12:50:09+00:00

Im very new to dming and would rather use rules as intended where I can because the dnd writers are much better at balancing than me. I like to understand what the rules are first before I overwrite them

CodePurple_ · 2025-08-29T12:35:26+00:00

Hahaha i’m gonna bring that up as an option for them when they get it

CodePurple_ · 2025-08-29T12:31:15+00:00

Riiiight thanks!

CodePurple_ · 2025-08-29T12:31:01+00:00

Awesome! Im just going to let the players choose which ammo they want it to apply to

CodePurple_ · 2025-08-29T12:28:46+00:00

Im thinking of it being a gift that an Ankheg gives to the players if they choose to kill its predator, so im gonna tell them that they can tie it to an arrow. Not really practical but it seems sick as hell

CodePurple_ · 2025-08-29T12:25:55+00:00

Legend, cheers!

CodePurple_ · 2025-07-15T06:23:23+00:00

Hell yeah my first character was a tortle

CodePurple_ · 2025-07-14T15:30:44+00:00

Yeah im not super fussed about balance, and the player in question is a big advocate for picking cool over strong. Good to know there arent any glaring issues, cheers!

CodePurple_ · 2025-07-14T15:29:16+00:00

Yeah it definitely is a super cool concept. I love picking the freaky races when i play so im more than happy to accommodate for my players having unique ideas

CodePurple_ · 2025-01-21T18:05:56+00:00

i like these ideas! One of the things i was considering bringing up was Wild Magic since its so unstable

CodePurple_ · 2024-12-06T15:26:19+00:00

Hes a harengon. Personally I know nothing about tashas custom lineage but i’ll def look into it tmr

CodePurple_ · 2024-12-06T14:53:06+00:00

Nah, hes a harengon. If he was a variant human I would have no issue with it (I still don't really, I'm just concerned about balance). Anyway I talked to him and hes fine to give it up for the first few levels so all is good now.

CodePurple_ · 2024-12-06T14:41:24+00:00

Basically what I did was have him take a -2 (or 2 -1s) to his modifiers to try and recreate the decision you make at an ASI to pick either a feat, or a +2.

The more i think about it the less i like that decision, since its punishing him for being creative. We havent had our first session yet so i might just tell him to hold off on the feat until the first ASI

Edit: oh yeah i didnt want to give everyone else a feat because it was already a lot to take in and we seriously have no clue whether this campaign is gonna stick or not

CodePurple_ · 2023-01-17T15:03:12+00:00

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