GITP Monster Competition Chat Thread

[Thistle]

Posted my Votive guardian. I'll tweek it tommorow cause I'm sure I missed something in my sleepy, late night creativeness.

[Blue_C.]

VT, I just sent you a PM about an idea I had that I wanted to run past you first. While not an outright rule violation, it does skirt the edge a bit, so I thought I'd ask before getting too far into the design process.

Blue

[Lord Tataraus]

Well, I put up my Disrupter, an idea I've had for awhile and I think it worked out ok, though I guess I could expand their flavor a bit more...

Also, I need serious help with their CR, I'm horrible at calculating that so I just kind of guessed, though they are extremely powerful...

[Magnor Criol]

Posted my offering, the Oculans.

Not totally complete yet, but nearly there. The Creation and Lore entries are mostly finished in my head, I just need to transfer them from there to the keyboard. I also need to re-add the Study Target ability (I wrote it too unclearly, so I omitted it until I can write it out better), I think I want to tweak its Construct Traits a bit, I need to add an ability that grants Able Learner, and I need to redo the skills since I noticed I was misinformed about constructs and the points they receive.
Other than that, there's a few nitpicky concerns I have about a number of presentation details (did I write this out right, and such) and I'm still concerned about the CR.
Expect this to shrink a little when I return; I have a tendency to be too verbose, and things get more succinct when I come back and edit them later.

And of course, any comments or critiques anyone wants to offer up would be greatly appreciated. I'll be offering some comments of my own when I get time to read through the other entries.

[Blue_C.]

Finally finished the creature itself, the voice of divinity.

I may work on the flavor portion, or just rename the blasted thing, but the creature itself is complete and ready for judgment.

[Arioch]

Well, my contribution (my 1st contest entry) is up: the Rider's angel. Probably needs more flavour, but I don't have time. It'll do.

Guess what the Rider's favourite colour is.

[Cespenar]

I'm contributing one of my own, actually, my first homebrew creature in this forums, so please warn me if I'm doing anything wrong. I don't know much about the competition system too (I've read, but...), like: do I have to do anything before I post my contribution and such. I'm posting on the competition thread regardless, again, correct me if I do something wrong. Thanks in advance.

Edit: Oh, and mine is the Sacrificial.

[NakedCelt]

Is it obligatory to post here if you've entered a beastie in the competition?

Mine's the Phaighthmeam. See if you can figure out what the name means.

[The Vorpal Tribble]

Ok, everyone should have now gotten a message from me. If you haven't be sure to let me know. The contest ends at midnight tonight!

Do I have to do anything before I post my contribution and such.

Nope, you just post it and we'll vote on it. Those only partially done though aren't accepted for voting though, so everyone needs to make sure they have it completed in full by the voting date.

Is it obligatory to post here if you've entered a beastie in the competition?

Naw, folks here just like to jabber

[Magnor Criol]

Man, I nearly botched this; not only did I accidentally copy over the updated version I'd produced from the separate thread I made for the oculans and have to recreate it as best I could by memory, but I only noticed that it was midnight Eastern standard time about ten minutes before the deadline...I was planning on one more hour. Fortunately, I got all the final adjustments made (I think, anyhow).

[RandomFellow]

Quite frankly, I see the Soul Hound as diametrically opposed to the general outlook of Asmodeous, which is to say, patient. He knows that all mortals must sooner or later come to him, and sees no particular need to hurry things along.

The Soul Hound is created by priests who serve Asmodeus to speed the collection of souls. After all, why wait for the mortal to die when you can kill him? Ah, the joys of Faustian bargains.


The Priests don't live forever and are the ones using Soul Hounds. Not Asmodeus. =)

[belboz]

Does "fly under their own power" exclude lighter-than-air drifters, or other creatures that inhabit the sky without, strictly speaking, flying?

[The Vorpal Tribble]

Does "fly under their own power" exclude lighter-than-air drifters, or other creatures that inhabit the sky without, strictly speaking, flying?

As long as they aren't using spells, powers, symbionts or items to fly it counts as their own power.

So if they had overland flight or whatnot 3 times per day they do not count as being able to fly under their own power.

[RandomFellow]

As long as they aren't using spells, powers, symbionts or items to fly it counts as their own power.

So if they had overland flight or whatnot 3 times per day they do not count as being able to fly under their own power.

So if they had a (Su) ability that granted flight 24/7/365 it is ok?

[Magnor Criol]

At that point, aren't you just splitting hairs? If it grants it constantly, how is that different from a creature's natural, normal abilities?

[RandomFellow]

At that point, aren't you just splitting hairs? If it grants it constantly, how is that different from a creature's natural, normal abilities?

Probably. But if being able to use overland flight 24/7/365 doesn't work...the only possible entry I have has no non-supernatural method of propulsion.

[DracoDei]

Ok... a CR 24 creature with an ability that allows Reflex for half at a DC 15... somthing is wrong with this picture...


EDIT: THIS IS A MARKER FOR THE APPROXIMATE START OF " FLIGHTS OF FANCY ".

[BisectedBrioche]

Ok... a CR 24 creature with an ability that allows Reflex for half at a DC 15... somthing is wrong with this picture...

It was a typing error. No really, it was. ¬_¬

[Excellence]

Well... first homebrew up for the competition. Be gentle eh?

[BisectedBrioche]

Well... first homebrew up for the competition. Be gentle eh?

The name's a FF VII reference, right?

[Excellence]

Kind of silly, I know. But yeah

[The Vorpal Tribble]

Probably. But if being able to use overland flight 24/7/365 doesn't work...the only possible entry I have has no non-supernatural method of propulsion.

I'm going to have to say no. However, why not just give it buoyancy like a Beholder or somesuch? I had a swarm of magical creatures that were magnetically lifted into the air as well that wasn't supernatural.

Can't do anything like that?

[RandomFellow]

I'm going to have to say no. However, why not just give it buoyancy like a Beholder or somesuch? I had a swarm of magical creatures that were magnetically lifted into the air as well that wasn't supernatural.

Can't do anything like that?

Psionic creatures which use their abilities for propulsion wouldn't make sense if it was a different way. =0

No worries, like everything else, it was something I was going to make anyway.

[littlechicory]

Well... first homebrew up for the competition. Be gentle eh?

I LOL'd at the name and scared the new roommate.

[DracoDei]

Initial thoughts on the Cloud of Strife:
I consider expanding the area its Bringer of Strife ability effects beneath it. To a larger area than its actual size... a 20'x20' area means that it is going to have to stay moving if it wants to cause much problem... OTOH with a DC 21 and people having to make a new save every time it moves away and then back over them that might be balanced... I would consider granting 24 hour immunity to anyone who makes their save... there should also be rules for Dispel Magic and/or Remove Curse getting rid of it... as it stands the only good counters to it are Calm Emotions (which doesn't last very long), and Mind Blank (which is high level).



It MIGHT be a good idea to put some crunch to back up its sensory abilities. As it is you it can't even locate particular individuals, either visually (since it doesn't have an eagle's vision, and is at altitudes that Eagles couldn't even reach), or by there emotions (it only can sense CONCENTRATIONS of strife by the fluff and this is explained in more detail in the crunch). As it is it can't single out targets well enough to use its emotion influencing SLA's.

Ideas to consider:
-Give it x100 (or there abouts) power vision. IE it can see at 5000' as well as a human could at 50'.
- Allow it to use Clairaudiance/Clairvoyance at will in the area directly beneath it.
- Give higher intellegence, and/or some big racial bonuses to Sense Motive, the better to manipulate people and situations.
- Give it a varient of Detect Thoughts (call it Detect Emotions) that it can use like its other SLA's (IE at will and counting anywhere under it as the point of origin for determining range). It only detects emotional states, and perhaps who they are directed towards.




Minor note: Is the altitude range give above the GROUND, or above SEA LEVEL? The second would make more sense from a meterological perspective, but the first would keep it a threat even to mountain top fortresses (since it would still be out of range of most attacks).



As it stands now the arcanist casting Overland Flight on himself or characters with a carpet of flying are the only way to get up within range to attack this thing. That will take a while, and the arcanist will have to keep dodging around to avoid the thing (Control Weather to keep the skies clear of all the NORMAL clouds so the arcanist can see it to stay away from the danger zone under it would be key) so it doesn't just spam confusion on them (assuming it realizes they are a threat). That said, one Protection From Elements (Electricity) cast at the right time, a Protection from Evil (for the bonus against spells cast by evil creatures) cast right after that, and a magical weapon (for the rounds when the arcanist is forced to attack physically by the Confusion effect he might eventually fail his save against when he starts to close, Ghost Touch being even better even if the character isn't proficient with it) and this thing is probably an easy fight. The rest of the characters on the ground have a more interesting job keeping the carnage to a minimum... Rogues and Monks get to do subdual damage, Fighters and Barbarians wrestling people to the ground... Clerics throwing "Calm Emotions" around.

[The Vorpal Tribble]

Psionic creatures which use their abilities for propulsion wouldn't make sense if it was a different way. =0

No worries, like everything else, it was something I was going to make anyway.

Ok, here is my final ruling. If the creature can fly under its own power, it is in. This includes Su abilities, but not spells or spell-like abilities.

So wings, jets, buoyancy, anti-gravity, levitation, what have you, is in.

But being able to cast overland flight does not count.

[RandomFellow]

Ok, here is my final ruling. If the creature can fly under its own power, it is in. This includes Su abilities, but not spells or spell-like abilities.

So wings, jets, buoyancy, anti-gravity, levitation, what have you, is in.

But being able to cast overland flight does not count.

Okey Dokey. I'll toss it up then before the deadline. =)

[Lord Tataraus]

This is an interesting topic, and I think it deserves a new approach for me,, thus I have posted the Heliotoad! Your everyday, ordinary flying frog. Just an interesting animal to spice things up and it would work great as a common animal in the elemental plane of air!

[Hyrael]

Just Posted Vilapi, bat-winged, bloodsucking...fey.

Felt I should stretch my design-legs, so I thought about creature types I feel are under-used. This basicaly grew from the simple idea of a human-sized fey that flies. I chose bat-wings because I thought that it would be a nice fake-out for players who try to use dismissal on what they think is a demon. Unfortunately, the result feels a little fan-servicy; just another attractive female-shaped monster, but hey, it might be funny to have players get knocked out by flying bat ladies and wake up the next morning in a tree with fang marks on their kneck and a few missing constitution points. can be easily made more dangerous/evil by upping their dietary requirement, in keeping with a more dark, evil portrayal of the fair folk that I personaly enjoy.

I kept them hard-to-hit but physicaly frail, with a butload of spells and abilities, as fey should be.

[RS14]

This is my first (posted) homebrew. I started working on it and lost track of time, hence the 2AM post.
I thought of it as a hybrid Ravid/Purple Worm, but I didn't want to make it a malicious creature. As it is I think of it more like a lazy giant eagle; something that would only really be seen when it came to feed on whatever it found tasty.
I think it might be a little over CR'd, but I felt that the tactics it uses could be overly dangerous to a unprepared party. I'll need to playtest it and see how it goes.

Let me go ahead and say that I like the Roc Golem, particularly the internal habitat.