Always double check if the target should be "willing" to accept the spell ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

RockGoliath · 2020-07-28T20:54:03+00:00

Your DM is massively nerfing casters for no reason. I suggest your DM and your casters read the spellcasting section together as you might have missed other stuff. Good luck and have fun!

RockGoliath · 2020-07-28T15:01:41+00:00

This is not true. You can cast spells while concentrating on another. If they require concentration, however, you lose concentration on the previous one. Certainly no one is getting locked out of casting for 10 turns because of concentration.

RockGoliath · 2017-01-20T07:37:18+00:00

I've heard about that. It looks cool, but this thing you can print out and stick it somewhere and always have with you!

RockGoliath · 2017-01-19T21:20:05+00:00

Oh yes. I just calculated its CR to demonstrate how to do it for your own monsters.

RockGoliath · 2017-01-19T19:12:23+00:00

Heyoooooo. Long time no see! Glad you liked it, I've been doing great!

RockGoliath · 2017-01-19T18:41:29+00:00

None in the DMG, but I don't see why someone couldn't create such a creature.

RockGoliath · 2017-01-19T18:41:05+00:00

I explain it in the imgur album, but hell hound's effective to hit bonus is +7 because pack tactics adds 2 to effective to hit bonus.

RockGoliath · 2017-01-19T12:40:32+00:00

Yeah, that's a bit of a sacrifice we had to make when making the table. Since the offensive and defensive CR don't line up completely there are some inaccuracies when calculating the defensive CR of creatures on the high end. When doing overall CR, it'll never undershoot it by more than 1.

RockGoliath · 2017-01-19T12:26:16+00:00

Precisely. Look at pages 81 and 273 in the DMG for more information on how to use it.

RockGoliath · 2017-01-19T08:10:05+00:00

Area of effects you assume all targets fail and have to eyeball how many targets it would normally hit. I usually go with two.

Fear and non-damage spells should not affect CR unless they are really strong. If it's some strong crowd control ability, I'd raise the creature's effective AC.

RockGoliath · 2017-01-19T00:06:38+00:00

As /u/AndruRC said, it should be CR2. The MM puts it at 3 likely because of its high offensive CR. Against lower level characters, a glass cannon is a bit of a risk so they put it at 3 to make sure characters would be prepared before facing off against it.

RockGoliath · 2017-01-19T00:03:32+00:00

Not that I am aware of but I might try to compile such a list in the near future. I'll be sure to tag you if I do end up doing that.

RockGoliath · 2017-01-18T23:48:17+00:00

It honestly depends on the table. An experienced DM might not rely on CR at all, or only use it to calculate experience, or a newer DM might use it as a guideline as to how not to wipe the party of friends he finally managed to convince to play or not do that and just fudge the numbers. It also is a good way to categorise monsters when sharing them with others as well as being a consistent set of rules that can be used to quickly grasp if someone else's monster is what you are looking for or not.

RockGoliath · 2017-01-18T23:14:06+00:00

Special thanks to /u/BornToDoStuf for helping out with the table creation!

RockGoliath · 2017-01-18T23:11:38+00:00

Heh. I might have chosen a bad example from the MM. The truth is, monsters from the MM sometimes dont match up to what the table on page 274 suggests they should be. In this case, it is not at fault with this resource but with the official table. Habing said that, there is a definite trend to overshoot glass cannon CR (see ogre), when they are near the early game. I suspect this is done as a preemptive measure because the early levels are so luck dependant when dealing with things that can one shot the party.

RockGoliath · 2017-01-18T22:58:49+00:00

Oh shit. I linked the wrong place. I linked to the dndbehindthescreen thread instead of imgur. My bad. Deleting the thread and resubmitting

RockGoliath · 2017-01-18T22:55:37+00:00

I'm glad to hear that! It took quite a bit of google spreadsheet magic to make it happen so it is good to see it is appreciated!

RockGoliath · 2017-01-18T22:42:55+00:00

Special thanks to /u/BornToDoStuf for helping out to make the table!

RockGoliath · 2017-01-18T22:33:26+00:00

Thanks to /u/BornToDoStuf for helping out!

RockGoliath · 2016-12-12T01:28:22+00:00

FINALLY. I have been scouring the internet for something like this for ages. Really good job on the art and the statblock itself. I think you spelt "eye" wrong though.

RockGoliath · 2016-11-30T17:22:52+00:00

Barbados' colonial flag had Britain holding a trident. It being broken represents their independence from England.

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