What is Random Encounter Monday? Well, it is where I take a randomly generated combination of monsters and write a suitable encounter as a design challenge!
Forgive me for missing last week, but life has a tendency of getting in the way!
What challenge are we throwing at a 9th level party this week?
I cheated just a little and added a tressym into the mix! Both creatures are after an amulet that the tressym has stolen, all within the curved tunnels of a gauth lair! Depending on how the party handle things, they might never encounter either enemy and get away! Or it can lead to a whacky chase, quite a versatile encounter.
No problem with missing last week! I love doing these encounters, but IRL takes first precedence. I'll make mine in a bit.
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Fortune Raiders Two treasure hunters, a Common-speaking gauth named Gystrix (lawful evil, it/its) and a half-red dragon veteran named Straton (lawful evil, he/him), have formed an unlikely alliance. The pair hunt down travelers equipped with magic items and demand that they hand over their gold and arcane objects or be killed. If the travelers agree, Gystrix eats the magical items, and Straton brings the gold to his hoard, an urge brought on by his draconic half.
Gystrix begins by descending from the sky above the party, while Straton moves out from behind the rock that had concealed him, closing the distance in a single turn. A character with 18 passive Perception or more notices the two as the party approaches the ambush point. Gystrix speaks to the group, demanding they surrender their gold, valuables, and magic items or perish. If the group agrees, Gystrix devours the magic greedily, while Straton takes out a bag of holding and collects the gold. If they refuse, the duo attacks.
Gystrix forces any players that are looking at it to make a save against its Stunning Gaze. On Straton's turn, he uses his breath weapon, trying to catch as many targets as possible, especially those stunned by Gystrix. The gauth, on the other hand, ascends into the air until it is 120 feet off the ground, shooting eye rays down at the party while Straton enters melee. Both of the pair are selfish and willing to do anything to survive. If Gystrix is reduced to 27 HP or less, it retreats while pleading for mercy. If Straton is reduced to 26 HP or less, he surrenders and offers up his bag of holding and the large sums of money in his lair. This, however, is a trap- Straton instead leads them to to the lair of his mother, a young red dragon. If coerced, Straton hands over a map to his actual hoard with dismay. The hoard has around 4,000 gp worth of coins, gems, and art. If the party kills Straton, they find the map on his body.
But will the duo return for revenge? Will Straton's mother get vengeance on the party for humiliating her son? And what dangerous guardians might await in the lair of Straton?
All stars fade. Some stars forever fall. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Homebrew (Mostly Outdated):Magic Items,Monsters,Spells,Subclasses ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If there was no light, people wouldn't fear the dark.
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What is Random Encounter Monday?
Well, it is where I take a randomly generated combination of monsters and write a suitable encounter as a design challenge!
Forgive me for missing last week, but life has a tendency of getting in the way!
What challenge are we throwing at a 9th level party this week?
What encounter comes to mind involving a gauth and a half-red dragon veteran?
I cheated just a little and added a tressym into the mix! Both creatures are after an amulet that the tressym has stolen, all within the curved tunnels of a gauth lair! Depending on how the party handle things, they might never encounter either enemy and get away! Or it can lead to a whacky chase, quite a versatile encounter.
Here is my submission: Devour or Devoured
Post your thoughts, ideas, and encounters below!
No problem with missing last week! I love doing these encounters, but IRL takes first precedence. I'll make mine in a bit.
All stars fade. Some stars forever fall.
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Homebrew (Mostly Outdated): Magic Items, Monsters, Spells, Subclasses
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If there was no light, people wouldn't fear the dark.
Fortune Raiders
Two treasure hunters, a Common-speaking gauth named Gystrix (lawful evil, it/its) and a half-red dragon veteran named Straton (lawful evil, he/him), have formed an unlikely alliance. The pair hunt down travelers equipped with magic items and demand that they hand over their gold and arcane objects or be killed. If the travelers agree, Gystrix eats the magical items, and Straton brings the gold to his hoard, an urge brought on by his draconic half.
Gystrix begins by descending from the sky above the party, while Straton moves out from behind the rock that had concealed him, closing the distance in a single turn. A character with 18 passive Perception or more notices the two as the party approaches the ambush point. Gystrix speaks to the group, demanding they surrender their gold, valuables, and magic items or perish. If the group agrees, Gystrix devours the magic greedily, while Straton takes out a bag of holding and collects the gold. If they refuse, the duo attacks.
Gystrix forces any players that are looking at it to make a save against its Stunning Gaze. On Straton's turn, he uses his breath weapon, trying to catch as many targets as possible, especially those stunned by Gystrix. The gauth, on the other hand, ascends into the air until it is 120 feet off the ground, shooting eye rays down at the party while Straton enters melee. Both of the pair are selfish and willing to do anything to survive. If Gystrix is reduced to 27 HP or less, it retreats while pleading for mercy. If Straton is reduced to 26 HP or less, he surrenders and offers up his bag of holding and the large sums of money in his lair. This, however, is a trap- Straton instead leads them to to the lair of his mother, a young red dragon. If coerced, Straton hands over a map to his actual hoard with dismay. The hoard has around 4,000 gp worth of coins, gems, and art. If the party kills Straton, they find the map on his body.
But will the duo return for revenge? Will Straton's mother get vengeance on the party for humiliating her son? And what dangerous guardians might await in the lair of Straton?
All stars fade. Some stars forever fall.
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Homebrew (Mostly Outdated): Magic Items, Monsters, Spells, Subclasses
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If there was no light, people wouldn't fear the dark.