5e Dmg 274 5e
I will soon be running a 1 shot for a new group of players and just want a bit of critique on the boss monster.
I have not played in a wee bit over a year and not DM in 5E before, we are using this 1 shot to see how well we gel as a group before jumping into a full campaign so I would like for this to run well.
The party will be 6 - 8 level 3 characters, they will have spent some resources so will not be 100% fresh, but will likely complete a short rest just prior to the fight
I am using a modified Hook Horror, smaller than a normal Hook Horror with a faint red glow. Its hooks burst into flame during combat and its arms are a bit long/gangly to maintain its 10ft reach with its hooks
Burning Hook Horror - Medium Monstrosity
Str 18, Dex 12, Con 15, Int 9, Wis 12, Cha 7
AC16
Hit Points 86
Speed - 30ft, Climb 30ft
Saves - Con +4
Skills - Stealth +3, Perception +3
Senses - Blindsight 60ft, Dark vision 60ft.
Damage Resistance - Fire
Abilities
Echolocation - The Burning Hook Horror can't use its blindsight while deafened
Keen Hearing - The Burning Hook Horro has advantage on perception checks that rely on hearing
Actions
Multi Attack - the Burning Hook Horror makes two Hook attacks
Hook - Melee weapon attack, +6 to hit, reach 10ft, 2d4+4 piercing damage plus 2d4 fire damage
Fire Breath (recharge 5-6) The Burning Hook Horror exhales fire in a 15 foot cone, each creature in that area must make a DC12 dexterity saving throw taking 6d6 fire damage on a failed save or half as much on a success.
Legendary Actions
Attack - The Burning Hook Horror makes a single Hook attack
Fire Belch - The Burning Hook Horror belches out a small glob of fire targeting one creature within 20ft, +3 to hit, 2d6 fire damage
Smoke & Cinder (costs 2 actions) - The Burning Hook Horror exudes burning smoke filled with hot cinders through vents in its back. The smoke fills a 10ft radius around the Burning Hook Horror, all creatures within the area of effect suffers 4d6 fire damage, Constitution save DC12 for half, as they inhale the burning smoke.
Is this too strong or too weak for the proposed 6-8 level 3 characters?
5e Dmg 274 Stats
# If the Joomla site is installed within a folder such as at # e.g. Www.example.com/joomla/ the robots.txt file MUST be # moved to the site root at e.g. Be sure to read the Dungeon Master's Guide section on monster creation, pages 273 through 283. You can click on the table to the right to fill in values for a given and adjust to taste. You can hover over the individual labels for a short description of how each attribute contributes to a monster's CR. Your boss is very interesting, but also all over the place wrt CR (DMG pg 274). It has hp of a CR 2, AC of a CR 8, attack bonus of a CR 5, minimum DPR of a CR 11, save DC of a CR 0. Balance vs a BIG party of low level PCs is hard - they have a very high cumulative offense, but a very low individual defense. Let's say for the sake of argument that it's CR ½. Let's also say that this NPC does an average of 21 points of damage per round and has an attack modifier of +6. The dmg/rd value is in the range for CR 3; the attack modifier suggests that I should adjust the CR upward by 1, for an offensive CR of 4.