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2018-03-26, 12:24 PM (ISO 8601)
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2018-04-03, 05:49 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Mordenkainen's Tome: what monsters are in it?
The third Mayhem confirmed the drow matron mother, putting her against a nightwalker. She summoned a retriever, while her opponent got help from an allip.
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2018-04-03, 05:53 PM (ISO 8601)
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2018-04-03, 05:57 PM (ISO 8601)
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2018-04-03, 06:14 PM (ISO 8601)
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We get Nightwalkers? Excellent!
Do you think we'll get the other Nightshades, then? Nightwalker was actually weaker than some of the others.
And I guess an even higher-powered drow is nice as well. Though "matron mother" is one of the wussiest possible names they could have given it. I know it makes sense with the matriarchal drow theme, but I can't hear the word "matrom mother" without thinking of a dumpy, middle-aged, pregnant drow with one of those idiotic 1800s bonnets.
I think I've got a problem (like I didn't already know that).
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2018-04-03, 07:45 PM (ISO 8601)
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Updating with latest 4 monsters. I totally must have slept through Easter Monday because I missed the last mayhem battle entirely. It didn't even occur to me it would be on.
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2018-04-04, 07:26 AM (ISO 8601)
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Same. I learned of it when it appeared in my Youtube recommendations.
Even if they aren't, there is definitely too much mayhem in Mordenkainen's Mayhem. The matron mother manages to banish the nightwalker, only temporarily as the fight is taking place on the Shadowfell, and an angel randomly takes its place while it is away. Just why? It is not to keep the fight going, as the allip is still here. It is not to showcase a new type of angel, as it is a planetar.
I am also disappointed that they went with "Underdark versus Undead". That's not thematic. It is barely a pun.
Will you be making more threads to analyse the fights, or does it feel pointless now?
I don't really know nightshades, so all I can say is that the art for the nightwalker is really good.
And the allip is like an even more tortured ghost than the specter? Is that it?
I am not a native English speaker, but the first thing I thought of when I read "matron" was the French word "maton", which is slang for jailer. Wiktionary tells me that it matches one of the meanings of matron.
So, it doesn't evoke such a kind figure to me.
The art is pretty pink, though.
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2018-04-04, 07:58 AM (ISO 8601)
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Yeah, it's all incredibly pointless. The pattern seems to be "one side clearly dominate the fight, then get their face caved in by the DM intervention, and then lose".
Feel kinda pointless, yeah. I appreciate the preview in the monstes' stat we can get, but the battle itself doesn't matter much. Maybe they'll do better next time, but...
As a French native speaker, "matron" always evoke more the kind of tyrannical caretaker you'd see in a story to demonstrate how much the orphanage sucks or as the "evil governess too strict with the kids"
After decades, a RPG company finally realized you could make a drow woman look powerful and sexy without revealing clothes in black and purple.
That being said, it's true the Matron Mother is the pinkest of all the land. She makes it work extremely well, though.
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2018-04-08, 10:17 AM (ISO 8601)
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Just watched the newest D&D fireside chat where Kate Welch showed off her favorite creature from Mordenkainen's Tome- the Grey Render! It's a Chaotic Neutral CR-12 Large Monstrosity. On the next page over you can catch a quick glimpse of some githzerai, including the Githzerai Anarch and art for another one we haven't seen yet. The close up was too blurry to make out any details about the Gith, but we get a pretty good look at the Grey Render. It has multi-attack claw and bite, as well as a reaction called Bloody Rampage. In its description is a table called "Grey Render Quirks", where you can roll a d12 to determine quirks like "Whines piteously in the dark" or "Likes to snuggle". Apparently they are very attached to their master.
I remember these guys from 3rd edition, and they were pretty neat. They were very protective of seemingly random places or people. One of them also featured in Critical Role.
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2018-04-08, 10:43 AM (ISO 8601)
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2018-04-08, 11:10 AM (ISO 8601)
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This is a new account so I can't post links yet, but the video was "Fireside Chat with Nathan Stewart & Kate Welch". As of the time of this posting it was the most recent video on the dnd youtube channel.
Also, when were they abberations? I'm looking at the 3rd edition monster manual and it's listed as a beast.
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2018-04-08, 11:33 AM (ISO 8601)
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2018-04-08, 11:41 AM (ISO 8601)
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2018-04-08, 04:57 PM (ISO 8601)
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I think its cosmic justice. Like you murder Baron von Parkova's whole family, you get an bounty hunters after you, come back murder the Baron and then declare yourself (or are perhaps declared) ruler of Parkova thus forever avoiding justice. I think it takes a pretty heavy load of avoiding justice to get a zelekhut to chase you.
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2018-04-08, 08:57 PM (ISO 8601)
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Part-time DM, part-time player in 5e. I aim to be reasonable.
Homebrews on the stove (5e):
Wizard School: Black Magic
Druid Circle of the Many
Druid Circle of the Silver Moon
Bard College of the Chord
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2018-04-09, 06:16 PM (ISO 8601)
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New Mordenkainen's Mayhem! Astral Dreadnaught versus the Leviathan. The Astral Dreadnaught is the same as always- a titanic astral monstrosity with a small dimension in it's pocket. The Leviathan is a serpent-shaped elder elemental of water. The Leviathan had some awesome art.
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2018-04-09, 11:26 PM (ISO 8601)
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2018-04-10, 03:03 AM (ISO 8601)
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Other artworks of the Astral Dreadnought I've seen could make it look scary, but more in a "oh ****, a huge alien is after me" way.
This one, though? It manages to make the creature downright sinister.
Now this is a being that makes you understand why it has "dread" in its name.
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2018-04-10, 11:06 AM (ISO 8601)
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2018-04-10, 11:14 AM (ISO 8601)
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You know, until now I've found everything about this book fairly underwhelming, but these guys look pretty sweet.
I believe it changed in 4e, in which the term "celestial" just meant "inhabitant of the Astral Sea" and carried no alignment implications. I could easily be mistaken, though.5e Bard's Guide
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2018-04-10, 11:16 AM (ISO 8601)
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Well, having now watched the fourth Mayhem, I have to say: it's such bull****.
I don't even believe it's staged by the players, I think the DM just outlandishly decides one side is going to win and grossly advantage the side he favors.
It's four times in four fights that it has turned into player vs player + DM. Arguably 3 times if you consider that the Mind Flayer in the second match attacked everyone.
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2018-04-10, 11:48 AM (ISO 8601)
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2018-04-10, 12:33 PM (ISO 8601)
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2018-04-10, 12:51 PM (ISO 8601)
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I'd rather see the new monsters in actual play.
The monsters are awesome, that is obvious, but I can only take so many smug declarations that one combatant is getting hit by a "totally fair" intervention from the DM, with said DM looking annoyed any time his monsters don't hurt the combatant as badly as he wished to.
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2018-04-10, 12:57 PM (ISO 8601)
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2018-04-10, 01:05 PM (ISO 8601)
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Really looks like they have decided it's time to flesh out the higher level game.
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2018-04-10, 01:20 PM (ISO 8601)
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2018-04-10, 01:22 PM (ISO 8601)
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Please be mindful of what you say in public; sadly not all can handle sarcasm or The Internet Credibility.
My Homebrew:
Base Class: Warlord | Roguish Archetype: Inquisitor | Roguish Archetype: Thug | Primal Path: Rage Mage
Ongoing game & character:
Sajan Uttam, human Monk 6/Fist of Irori 3 (Legacy of Fire)
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2018-04-10, 01:24 PM (ISO 8601)
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I hear you, brother.
If we want to do a high-level campaign, we need to homebrew our own, and balance at the high levels is tricky. Without much guidance from WotC (Crawford said somewhere that they don't take the high levels into account for playtesting), we're pretty much stuck.
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2018-04-10, 01:31 PM (ISO 8601)
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Indeed. I was pretty ecstatic when I finally finished my first real Adventure Path back in Pathfinder, with our characters at 17th level by the end of it. Still, not the same as being at 20th level, but it was higher than ever before, and it was amazing feeling. It's really a shame that so many adventures end earlier than that.
Please be mindful of what you say in public; sadly not all can handle sarcasm or The Internet Credibility.
My Homebrew:
Base Class: Warlord | Roguish Archetype: Inquisitor | Roguish Archetype: Thug | Primal Path: Rage Mage
Ongoing game & character:
Sajan Uttam, human Monk 6/Fist of Irori 3 (Legacy of Fire)
D&D/Pathfinder CV of sorts
3.0 since 2002
3.5 since 2003
4e since 2008
Pathfinder 1e since 2008
5e since 2014