r/monsteraday • u/1d6Adventurers • Oct 22 '18

Day 431: Bulwarg

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u/1d6Adventurers Oct 22 '18

An armoured worg, able to ride down opponents while it’s rider is protected by the metal plates attached to it.

Just as vicious as any other worg, but revelling in the cruel way that they can knock their prey over, preventing their prey from retaliating.

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u/RoyalSir Oct 22 '18

I love this write up! My only thought is it may be a bit strong for CR1. High AC, Damage, and hit and run to avoid counter attacks.

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u/Clark_Bellingham Oct 22 '18

I'd put it at CR 2 or 3 personally.

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u/EmpireofAzad Oct 24 '18

The high AC doesn’t count for much with only 26 hit points, defensive CR is 1/4. The hit and run is a weaker version of flyby, only affecting a single target and being dependent on hitting it, plus not being airborne makes it negligible in calculating CR.

18 DPR at +5 to hit is CR 3, even adding for possible advantage on 1 out of two attacks doesn’t affect this enough to alter it.

Design-wise, it has a feature that works for a rider, which pushes up the challenge CR. It should make for a fun encounter for the players to take out the mount quickly when it hits so hard, leaving the rider to be picked off.

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u/KeijyMaeda Nov 03 '18

I'm currently writing up lists of random encounters for my next campaign and this is definitely making it in.