Goober4473
2008-06-29, 02:42 AM
I posted a while ago about this in the General Gaming forum, and now it's fairly well along, with a few good bosses so far.
Some background:
I was looking over the 4th Edition rules, and got to monsters. I saw the rules for solo monsters and I rejoiced. I love boss fights against a big bad or a really tough monster guarding the final treasure, or even just and interesting battle against a randomly powerful monster.
But then I looked through the Monster Manual. Now, I'm not complaining, but there were two or three "bosses" in the book, tops, and they weren't spectacular. Sure, they're interesting monsters, but no more so than a group of 5 regular mobs.
But the system is in place. The pieces are there to use. Nothing's holding me back from making the most awesome and epic boss battles I can imagine.
So I began work on the Boss Compendium. I posted over on the general gaming forum, and got a couple contributions from people.
Anyways, currently, I have 3 bosses done myself (levels 1, 2, and 10), and 2 from others (levels 8 and 28), and will be adding more as often as I can. If anyone here would like to contribute as well, I have a template you can use, and email me at [email protected]. Artwork would also be awesome if anyone is so inclined. Otherwise, check it out and tell me what you think.
The Boss Compendium (http://www.edanet.com/goober/Boss_Compendium.pdf)
Boss Template (http://www.edanet.com/goober/Boss_Template.doc)
P.S. I can't want to get to the final boss. Gonna be like 30 stages with 8 minibosses... *dreamy look*
Some background:
I was looking over the 4th Edition rules, and got to monsters. I saw the rules for solo monsters and I rejoiced. I love boss fights against a big bad or a really tough monster guarding the final treasure, or even just and interesting battle against a randomly powerful monster.
But then I looked through the Monster Manual. Now, I'm not complaining, but there were two or three "bosses" in the book, tops, and they weren't spectacular. Sure, they're interesting monsters, but no more so than a group of 5 regular mobs.
But the system is in place. The pieces are there to use. Nothing's holding me back from making the most awesome and epic boss battles I can imagine.
So I began work on the Boss Compendium. I posted over on the general gaming forum, and got a couple contributions from people.
Anyways, currently, I have 3 bosses done myself (levels 1, 2, and 10), and 2 from others (levels 8 and 28), and will be adding more as often as I can. If anyone here would like to contribute as well, I have a template you can use, and email me at [email protected]. Artwork would also be awesome if anyone is so inclined. Otherwise, check it out and tell me what you think.
The Boss Compendium (http://www.edanet.com/goober/Boss_Compendium.pdf)
Boss Template (http://www.edanet.com/goober/Boss_Template.doc)
P.S. I can't want to get to the final boss. Gonna be like 30 stages with 8 minibosses... *dreamy look*