Im currently working on the next part of my campaign, and i have been thinking about the villains plan. The short story is that he is trying to create obedient super soldiers with alchemy, splicing monster abilities with human soldiers.
Because of this i have been looking for monster abilities/personality traits i can add on top of a normal guard to make him alot stronger, but also more controllable
Currently i have found
Troll: Regeneration.
Troglodyte: Chameleon Skin
Does anyone here have more ideas for making a soldier/monster hybrid?
You also might look into the Simic Hybrid race from the Guildmaster's Guide to Ravnica, as that is essentially what they are. In addition to the player race, there are also stat blocks for NPC Simic Hybrids.
Beyond that, another common monster ability is a resistance to bludgeoning, slashing, or piercing damage from non-magic weapons, or fire resistance is also very common. You might also include swim speed, climbing speed, or even flying speed for special enemies.
Finally, I think the wolf ability Pack Tactics would be a good one for like, a group of grunt soldiers spliced with wolf DNA or something.
That's what just occurs to me off the top of my head.
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Hey everyone.
Im currently working on the next part of my campaign, and i have been thinking about the villains plan. The short story is that he is trying to create obedient super soldiers with alchemy, splicing monster abilities with human soldiers.
Because of this i have been looking for monster abilities/personality traits i can add on top of a normal guard to make him alot stronger, but also more controllable
Currently i have found
Troll: Regeneration.
Troglodyte: Chameleon Skin
Does anyone here have more ideas for making a soldier/monster hybrid?
You could take a look at the Order of the Lycan Bloodhunter, since they are exactly that.
I especially like the idea of the order of the lycan, that the monster might take over (Wisdom save if sufficient damage was suffered).
I have never heard about that those, i will take a look, thank you :)
It's a class from Critical Role, so nothing official from WotC. The class is available for free here, though:
https://www.dndbeyond.com/classes/blood-hunter#OrderoftheLycan
:-)
You also might look into the Simic Hybrid race from the Guildmaster's Guide to Ravnica, as that is essentially what they are. In addition to the player race, there are also stat blocks for NPC Simic Hybrids.
Beyond that, another common monster ability is a resistance to bludgeoning, slashing, or piercing damage from non-magic weapons, or fire resistance is also very common. You might also include swim speed, climbing speed, or even flying speed for special enemies.
Finally, I think the wolf ability Pack Tactics would be a good one for like, a group of grunt soldiers spliced with wolf DNA or something.
That's what just occurs to me off the top of my head.