willdaBEAST
2019-08-05, 12:01 PM
EDIT I MISREAD HOW ELDRICH BLAST INCREASES IN DAMAGE
The 3 blasts already satisfy the lvl 12 caster increases.
I’m hoping to run an encounter with a Gloom Weaver from page 224 of Tome of Foes.
In the action section it states: the gloom weaver makes 2 spear attacks and casts one spell that takes 1 action to cast”
Eldrich blast is one of the cantrips available and it states 3 beams +4 damage. Since the gloom weaver is a lvl 12 caster, is each beam 3d10+4? That coupled with 2 melee attacks that do 33 dmg each, seems like a lot. Or does the damage increase in die only apply to PCs?
Each eldrich blast is going to average about 20-21 per hit, so that could potentially mean about 106 dmg if everything hits, with no cost to resources, every round.
Granted, not going to hit every attack and if in melee, ranged attacks would be at disadvantage, but that seems like a lot of damage for a CR 9 enemy. A drow shadowblade is CR 11 and would barely reach that with a full shadow cube combo and a crit.
The 3 blasts already satisfy the lvl 12 caster increases.
I’m hoping to run an encounter with a Gloom Weaver from page 224 of Tome of Foes.
In the action section it states: the gloom weaver makes 2 spear attacks and casts one spell that takes 1 action to cast”
Eldrich blast is one of the cantrips available and it states 3 beams +4 damage. Since the gloom weaver is a lvl 12 caster, is each beam 3d10+4? That coupled with 2 melee attacks that do 33 dmg each, seems like a lot. Or does the damage increase in die only apply to PCs?
Each eldrich blast is going to average about 20-21 per hit, so that could potentially mean about 106 dmg if everything hits, with no cost to resources, every round.
Granted, not going to hit every attack and if in melee, ranged attacks would be at disadvantage, but that seems like a lot of damage for a CR 9 enemy. A drow shadowblade is CR 11 and would barely reach that with a full shadow cube combo and a crit.