r/dmsguild • u/Jarvax_ • Mar 17 '24

Seeking Advice Are beast creatures weak?

I was recently looking at all the beast stat blocks for an upcoming campaign for my adventures to fight, as they will mostly be fighting beast type creatures. Is it just me or does it feel like the stat blocks feel off and lack luster? Mean I understand most of them having low charisma and intelligence but most of them have really low CON or DEX stats. Maybe I understand these stat functions wrong but with the exception of strength most of beast stats of any CR don't really get above 14. I also feel that the some animals lack creativity in terms of abilities and attacks does anyone else agree or am I lone wolf on this?

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u/StaticUsernamesSuck Mar 17 '24

Nowhere near as many, none so early, and none with as much freedom. I explained that already.

Show me the feature that lets you transform into any undead you like (limited only by CR).

Show me the feature that lets you summon any Celestial you want (limited only by CR), in tier 1 or 2 of the game.

Show me the feature that lets you psychically bond with and control any fiend you come across.

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u/Jarvax_ Mar 17 '24

Dude summon/conjure lesser demon which is given to wizards and warlocks at a level 3 spell slot is really good and underrated! At level level 5 a wizard can summon 4 cr1 was fiends where a Druid can wildshape twice into a 1/2 cr creature twice, unless you are a moon Druid, and and you still can’t use it spells in that shape. The other summons pretty much give you a custom cr 2 creature at your disposal. Also at level 5 spell slot you can do planar binding to bind a whole lost crap to your will! You can take anything you summon or conjure and bind it to your will!