Is it just me, or does the Elder Oblex almost resemble a more powerful ooze-version of obliviax (memory moss)?
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Is it just me, or does the Elder Oblex almost resemble a more powerful ooze-version of obliviax (memory moss)?
Seems like a reasonably cool thing to use to spice up Blingdenstone in OotA.
Man, I really want to use the Elder Oblex as an evil mob boss now. The council-of-seven that rules the streets are actually all simulacrums of the mighty Elder Oblex!
"Oblex, no, you fell in the magic potion when you were a little boy."
Not sure if this has been mentioned before on this thread, but the game Idle Champions of the Realms has potencially spolied the art for the Ogre bolter, Ogre battering ram, Spring Eladrin and Summer Eladrin. And maybe some of the new Drow.
So far, the game has only used the official published images of the creatures in WotC books (I believe the game developer is contractualy oliged to do that). The ogres were part of a game event a few weeks past (sorry, I can't provide images of that) and the eladrin are part of the game event that started today. I cannot search the Drow images right now, as I'm in the middle of another game mission.
https://ibb.co/iAr8jS
https://ibb.co/g8BijS
The latest fireside chat showed a Corpse Flower in MToF, which I want to say is undead based on the art, but could be classified as a plant. It is macabre, and not much like the real-life corpse flowers.
Link to screen grabs: https://www.sageadvice.eu/2018/05/05/new-images-reveal-3-new-alternate-tiefling-with-different-traits/
Off topic, but of note: it looks the Mephistopheles Tiefling (the legacy of Cania) was nerfed/altered, with its spells changing from Magic Missile and web to burning hands and flame blade.
The Dragon+ Chat today on Twitch is going over the art in MToF and they break down some of the monsters.
New additions include the Sorrow Sworn, which includes The Wretched, The Lost and The Lonely but also The Angry and The Hungry. It's not clear if they are undead or demons. The art is pretty cool.
The video also confirms there are five Abashai devils, one for each chromatic dragon.
Plus the Rutterkin demon.
They also show art for the Nightwalker, Giff, Marut and Sea elves (presumably listed as a player race).
Also, in the Dragon+ video they showed art for a monster that looked like a woman with a red throbbing ooze entwined around her, and faces of horror in the ooze, but did not reveal what it was, saying only it would be discussed later.
It's at the 54:24 mark. Anyone know what that is?
EDIT: it occurs to me that this might be the Elder Oblex, and the woman one of its simalacrums. Either way, the art is amazing.
Apparently it's a new monster, or at least a new design.
it looks like an evolved form of a Gibbering Mouther, so maybe you're right and it's the Elder Oblex.
Edit:
Man the Eidolon is just pure amazing. I love it.
I also love the Giff artworks and sketches, as well as the one with the Sea Elves fighting the Sahuigan Baron.
Adding Drow house captain. Latest preview includes it and the Drow inquisitor. I like that the Drow captain's battle command let's an ally take the dodge action too. Good way to aid an ally by negating advantage.
https://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/ima.../Mord_Drow.pdf
I like how the different Commander-type enemies all have slightly different boost-your-allies abilities tied to their natures. The Drow House Captain being able to order their allies to Dodge or Hide as a bonus action is very fitting indeed.
Also I like how the Captain's whip gives advantage if used on an ally.
For the Inquisitor, their ability to auto-detect lies is great. It's the kind of details that change an impressive statblock into a kind of characters you go "oh ****" when they're involved.
Ho-boy, another hour, another preview: Zarial is confirmed. From Bell of Lost Souls:
http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2018/...e-of-foes.html
http://pro.bols.netdna-cdn.com/wp-co...zariel-art.jpg
http://pro.bols.netdna-cdn.com/wp-co...nens-Stats.jpg
Edit: One missing piece here is here Horrid Touch. She poisons you no saving throw, but then you get a saving throw to end the effect, but no DC. Seems like they need to get started on the first errata.
Also adding Alkilith demon based on this tweet from an illustrator: https://twitter.com/claudiopozas/sta...13217834094594
There sure are a lot of fiends in this book. I guess we can run a proper lower planes adventure/campaign now.
Thanks for the finds!
Man, I love Zariel.
Though some of the choices they went for her abilities are a bit strange. Like, only two attacks per round?
Still, she's awesome, and her art is lovely.
Well yeah, they announced it.
Even if she doesn't catch them off-guard, she would have a decent chance to do that.
Interesting thing to note: Zariel has +8 of proficiency bonus. Literally better than any mortal.
I hesitate to bring up this find, since it is a bit sneaky, but the Instagram account Major Spoilers posted a few page flips from the book. Among the reveals:
Two clockwork automations: An Oaken Bolter and a Clockwork Stone Defender (the guy with two shields) plus an unnamed pic of a clockwork frog.
Howlers (I loved these crazy pandemonium guys)
Phoenix confirmed.
More demons: Maurezhi, another one that starts with a D (can't make it out) and The Wretched appears to be called Abyssal Wretch in the book. So maybe they aren't sorrowspawn.
Kruthiks.
EDIT: One that starts with a D is a Dybbuk.
Evidently today is review/spoiler day: io9 has two more devils mentioned: the Amnizu (formerly Styx) devil, and the Narguzon, paladins who make a pact and join the hells.
https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media...lpg2zksxmj.png
https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media...xyu0fumzxp.png
So, yeah. I'm buying this book
The information that was coming out didn't interest me, and it seemed like it was mostly geared towards exploring the Great Wheel, which my home setting does not have. Moreover, I don't like the shared material plane history, and the first few monsters released weren't terribly interesting to me both artistically and mechanically. I loved Moloch's fluff, for example, but the rest of him just didn't pique my interest.
The art released over the last two weeks, however, has been absolutely gorgeous, and I'm enjoying the stat blocks of more of the monsters.
Damn the Narguzon is nasty. Gonna have to switch my new campaign around to fit some devil action in.
Adding Githyanki Gish (self-explanatory) and Kith'rak (a general of sorts looks like). Based on this screen-grab tweet:
https://twitter.com/fistfullofdice/s...083532800?s=21