People have suggested changing the enemy to make it easier and that having a bunch of NPCs join in would be detrimental to the hero feel, and I agree with these points but if you want it to be a beholder and include the soldiers then I must suggest you keep the extra manpower more theatrical than individuals with initiatives. The beholder is now very weakened (use a different stat block), maybe 1 or 2 npcs survivors help them, an officer and a rookie maybe. PCs go in, find lots of death and destruction already having happened. an hour ago, though we haven't heard back from them yet. But this small army of 50 soldiers just went in. Well of course you cannot take on the entire temple yourself, it's huge, and a beholder so dangerous. IF you want allies, especially an army to be there, consider doing what they often do in video games, have them assist off screen. Subvert expectations, had a fun monster, PCs died and came back, loot was had. Had some hints about, but nothing too obvious. All the kobolds were raving about their 5-headed Tiamat fire dragon. I once ran a dungeon where the kobold infested mine was supposed to contain a fire breathing scaly monster. temple of tiamat, and chop down some cultists, you expect some kobolds, evil dragonborn, maybe even a chromatic dragon, but not Tiamat herself. The last boss could then be one of the weaker "beholders" I think there are some called gazers, or gawkers (seriously) that are more like CR 2-5. The elite/stronger/more dedicated cultists might have shriveled up bodies, massive heads, can float/levitate and have eye stalks growing from their body and some spellcasting. You could have cultists that are very Cthulu-esque mad, slowly turning into horrors themselves, one large single eye, tendrils growing out of their head rather than hair. Now for the encounter balance: I think it would be better to not have a real and proper beholder there. The experienced player sorta co-DMed in all aspects about how does my character work, what do I roll, what are my options, and so on. I also had 1 of my more experienced players sat next to him, and we had agreed he would help him with any questions and such. He remembers it fondly, but he was quick to learn, and only 1 new player, out of 4. Though I have had 1 player join in late once just before a deadly boss fight. Just because they worship a beholder, doesnt mean the beholder is there.Įspecially when you have 2 new players joining, it might be better to keep it a bit less deadly. Consider having 1 experienced player be aiding 1 inexperienced player, depends on table though. Stick with the theme for cult and cultists. So short answer, try to find a less power "beholder".
#Beholder vs beholder 2 full#
However, the party will not be at full strength when they encounter the Beholder, most likely, so yet another thing to consider.Īll said, you might want to think carefully to avoid a Total Party Kill. The table would say about 50, but this should be moved down due to the number of attacks the party will have (there is a multiplier table to use as well). You probably want then to have helpers that bring their party XP threshold up by 7K XP. This means they should be able to take out a creature worth 3K XP with some difficulty, but there will be deaths for a creature worth about 4,400 XP. Four 5th level characters have a combined XP threshold of 3K XP for a hard encounter and 4,400 xp for a deadly encounter. Beholder's are worth 10K xp (Challenge Rating 13, meaning four 13th level characters should be able to handle this). I'm taking all this from the MM and the tables in the DMG, pages 81-82, for designing combat encounters. Combat areas for every conceivable encounter. Collection of Podcasts, Vidcasts, and other D&D Multimedia for your consumption. Worldbuilding, Storybuilding, DM Discussion. The DM Help Multireddit Check out our wiki! Message the Moderators Keep Little Questions in the megathreadįull rules with additional explanations can be found here.Keep Problem Player talk in the megathread.External Links & Advertising are limited to active community members.Only three kinds of posts are allowed here: DMing Questions, Advice and tools. Please refrain from downvoting legitimate questions. We are not only for new DMs, but the bulk of the posts will no doubt be submitted by newer DMs. We welcome DMing questions, DMing advice or tools to help DMs old and new. The aim of this subreddit is to serve as a platform for learning to DM. Before Submitting a Question, Please Check our Rules Remove All Need Advice See Advice Only See Resources Only Join the Discord
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