[DF] Homebrew Monsters

[Gold & Appel Inc]

Originally Posted by Pragmatic

That Frost Giant major boss (Gerhaard) above, for instance, looks like he'd take out any high-power DF group.

Low-powered monsters are also easily created with this thread; I did the high-end stuff for fun. I did call Gerhaard a Greater Boss and, oh yeah, a weapon of mass destruction... Use with caution... ;]

Originally Posted by Pragmatic

(Keeping in mind, I'm a collector, not a role-player, so I don't know the rules...) His Power Blow with the Broadsword would wipe out (I think...) pretty much any fighter (average of 34.5 damage; even a DR as high as 10 would still leave almost 25 points getting through--and with a thrust, isn't there a bonus on damage that gets through DR?).

It's easy to fall into the trap of picturing a straight contest of one guy's damage against the other's DR and vice-versa in a toe-to-toe slugfest of dumb brutes when you don't actually play very often, and certain fights may play out that way if both sides are mildly retarded, but most intelligent adventurers are going to take one look at this guy and know better than to fight him at all (if they even get that close - his reputation and army generally preceed him) and even if they have no choice they can try to avoid just sucking up his massive damage with good positioning, superior speed, movement magic, etc. I made him a non-shield-user specifically to leave him vulnerable to ranged attacks of the classic DF arrow-in-the-eye variety, and his IQ is decent but not fantastic against illusions, mundane trickery, etc. His SoD to the Winter Court means that ruthless adventurers can hold its innocents hostage to keep him at bay. Be creative. ;]