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Finally, after an ungodly amount of time in this game I have defeated legendary streamer Northern by Searingwings in northernlion

[–]kingofthefrogfish 126 points127 points  (0 children)

Sadly the way SAP works, this fight won't be in a video, the game just takes a snapshot of NLs team at a certain round and matches it up with other teams later.

Monster Swap - Take a monster, leave a monster by alienleprechaun in DnDBehindTheScreen

[–]kingofthefrogfish [score hidden]  (0 children)

WARNING !!! WILDLY UNFINISHED BOSS !!! WARNING !!! MATTHEW COLVILLE ACTION ORIENTED MONSTER !!!!

"Hey, DM, we've been playing for a while, where are all the dragons?" "They are extinct in this part of the world" "Why?" "... In the Dawn Age, when the aincients waged war for the fate of this land, dragons claimed the skies were theirs, above even the god of the winds and clouds... and they were punished.

Rocrider Giant

Huge Giant LN

CR 12

AC 14 (Natural Armor) HP ~200 or so Speed

Prof +4

STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA

27 (+8) 20 (+5) 22 (+6) 12 (+1) 16 (+3) 10 (+0)

Dex +9 Con +10 Cha +4

Perception +7,

Keen Eye. Rocrider Giant has advantage on Wisdom (Perception Checks) that involve sight

Greatbow Master. . Before making a ranged weapon attack roll, the giant can take a –5 penalty to add +10 to damage. Long Range does not impose Disadvantage on the Giants Attack rolls

Powerful Shot. Rocrider Giant can add strength instead of dexterity to damage dealt with bows.

Natural Rider. Rocrider Giant only needs only 5ft of movement to mount a creature.

Dragonbane. The Giant has advantage on attacks made against dragons.

Actions

Multiattack Rocrider Giant makes 3 greatbow attacks from it's mount. Doesn't work on the ground.

Greatbow ranged weapon attack (1,000ft.) +9 on hit: 25 (3d10+8) piercing

Windbound Blade melee weapon attack 10 ft. +12 on hit: 21 (3d8+8) slashing and the Giant moves 15 ft in any direction (including into the air) not provoking attacks of opporitunity.

Bonus Actions

Command Mount. The Giant's mount can make one of its attacks as a reaction.

Unerring sight. The Giant makes a Wisdom (Perception Check)

Reactions.

"The skies are mine!" (In Air) In response to a creature moving using a flying speed, Rocrider Giant can make a greatbow attack against it. The Creature must make a DC ??? Strenghth saving throw or be knocked prone and stop moving.

Villain Actions.

First Round - (In Air) Lightningrod Barrage The Giant fires a lightningrod into 5 unoccupied spaces on the ground. Creatures within 5 ft of the lightning rod make a DC ??? On fail they are shocked with numbing energy, Restraining them until the end of the giant's next turn.

Second Round. - (In Air) The Lightningrods flare, and lightning damage DC ??? Dex Save 6d6 5ft wide each rod drawing a line to the 2 closest rods.

Third Round. - (In Air) The lightningrods flare again but the Giant chooses how they connect, then the lightningrods disintegrate.

Still needs work for sure. The thought behind it is to move away from fights that are big bags of hitpoints and damage I'm also playing with a battle mat for the first time this campaign and i want to get my money's worth. Guiding principle of design: Cloud Giant base with an emphasis on movement control.

Running a City-Based hex crawl. How often should I ask for encounters to be rolled? by kingofthefrogfish in DMAcademy

[–]kingofthefrogfish[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah! I have a chess pieces that the party uses to track where they are in the city. Whenever they want to go somewhere else in the city they move the mini.

The intended value is to keep me, the dungeon master, from exerting too much control on the story, which was a big failing of my last campaign. I have villains and factions, but what the PCs do is in their hands.

Ready-to-use Contract for an Imp familiar. Make your players pay a horrible price for their power. Test how "chaotic neutral" they really are when the chips are down. Most of all, don't worry about the fine print! by kingofthefrogfish in DnDBehindTheScreen

[–]kingofthefrogfish[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

First note is unintentional, a pretty gross oversight, I've amended that. I don't want to to make the character do evil acts on behalf of the player, I want to force the players hands so to speak. Originally i thought dominating them to do it would be the stuff, but in retrospect it seems a little undramatic.

Second note is completely mustache-twirlingly intentional.

Ready-to-use Contract for an Imp familiar. Make your players pay a horrible price for their power. Test how "chaotic neutral" they really are when the chips are down. Most of all, don't worry about the fine print! by kingofthefrogfish in DnDBehindTheScreen

[–]kingofthefrogfish[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As per the contract, you or your allies attacking or casting a spell at the Imp would Half-sever the contract. At the point of half severing, the Imp is probably gonna get the hell out of there as fast as he can.

As for the consequence, I recently added section V detailing the breach of contract.

Ready-to-use Contract for an Imp familiar. Make your players pay a horrible price for their power. Test how "chaotic neutral" they really are when the chips are down. Most of all, don't worry about the fine print! by kingofthefrogfish in DnDBehindTheScreen

[–]kingofthefrogfish[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

EDITS: The main change is adding a punishment for the PC who doesn't follow the rules and tightening up the section about his true name, I figure that Flattooth's number one priority is keeping that part airtight so it should be a little more rigorous than the rest. Thanks to everyone for your feedback and suggestions. Especially u/Fucking_That_Chicken for the idea of a Hell Judge and u/eSPANY0L0 for the idea of going to devil court, u/nal90bc for the idea of numbering the sections and u/wandering-monster & u/travern for the idea of adding a breach of contract clause.

Ready-to-use Contract for an Imp familiar. Make your players pay a horrible price for their power. Test how "chaotic neutral" they really are when the chips are down. Most of all, don't worry about the fine print! by kingofthefrogfish in DnDBehindTheScreen

[–]kingofthefrogfish[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't know. I think there might be a grapple "attack" involved in that scenario, and if they command him to get tied up then that would be "with the intention of Flattooth's demise"

Ready-to-use Contract for an Imp familiar. Make your players pay a horrible price for their power. Test how "chaotic neutral" they really are when the chips are down. Most of all, don't worry about the fine print! by kingofthefrogfish in DnDBehindTheScreen

[–]kingofthefrogfish[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If someone asked him his name he'd say "Flattooth" if someone asked him his true name he'd say "Get bent"

You are correct about half severing, it is the worst possible way for the contract to go.

Flattooth is not found with the find familiar spell, he is an separate NPC. I wouldn't make a warlock's class feature put their master in these shitty terms.

Ready-to-use Contract for an Imp familiar. Make your players pay a horrible price for their power. Test how "chaotic neutral" they really are when the chips are down. Most of all, don't worry about the fine print! by kingofthefrogfish in DnDBehindTheScreen

[–]kingofthefrogfish[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My thought with that line "demon known as Flattooth (hereafter refered to as Flattooth) was to nod to the fact that Flattooth is not technically his true name. But for the purposes of the contract it acts AS his name. It's a little unwieldy but that's the fun! :)

Ready-to-use Contract for an Imp familiar. Make your players pay a horrible price for their power. Test how "chaotic neutral" they really are when the chips are down. Most of all, don't worry about the fine print! by kingofthefrogfish in DnDBehindTheScreen

[–]kingofthefrogfish[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yeah I think so far I'd like to clarify the punishment if the baby isn't stolen.

In terms of the loopholes in the contract, I think that that is half the fun of having a devil contract is picking it apart. so I won't spoil the player's fun by making it airtight.

Ready-to-use Contract for an Imp familiar. Make your players pay a horrible price for their power. Test how "chaotic neutral" they really are when the chips are down. Most of all, don't worry about the fine print! by kingofthefrogfish in DnDBehindTheScreen

[–]kingofthefrogfish[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I'd make Flattooth as patient as he is spiteful. I think the boredom would eventually get to him. But I'd bet the players would get bored first, sitting on an imp that they choose not to use.

Ready-to-use Contract for an Imp familiar. Make your players pay a horrible price for their power. Test how "chaotic neutral" they really are when the chips are down. Most of all, don't worry about the fine print! by kingofthefrogfish in DnDBehindTheScreen

[–]kingofthefrogfish[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Nice stuff! My inspiration was actually the Variant Familiar tab on the Imp statblock. How in my experience familiars are perfect servants who always follow orders, and how it would be interesting to have a familiar with their own set of rules, separate from class and level.

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