So I’m planning a Halloween themed dnd session. And I need a monster that can create large scale illusions fit for a party of 7 5th level players.
the plot idea is that the players are lost in a forest and need to take shelter, and they come across a great estate. The denizens are helpful, but a little off. In the night each player encounters a ghost of a dead adventurer who trying to warn them about the evil people who rule the house. Then they fight.
If you are just looking for something that can do illusions, I recommend taking a monster that you like the stats of and just calling it a wizard or something like that. You could make up a creature and just use another's stats or you could homebrew something.
It really depends on what you want as your BBEG. You could say they are a vampire or a Fey lord or a powerful humanoid or just some weird creature that has these abilities naturally.
The ghost of an illusionist can do it, especially if it isn't meant to be fought by the party.
If you just need illusions to lure the party, you don't need to use specific spells, just describe what illusion the party perceive and a set DC to overcome it if you want them to have a chance to detect it, or none if you don't want to.
If you have access to it, the Haunted Traps section of VRGtR might give you some ideas, both for the "warning" section of the one-shot and for the eventual BBEG, if you want it to be tied to the history of the estate. Figure out what sort of tragedy/horror created this situation in the first place and work forward from there
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Active characters:
Carric Aquissar, elven wannabe artist in his deconstructionist period (Archfey warlock) Lan Kidogo, mapach archaeologist and treasure hunter (Knowledge cleric) Mardan Ferres, elven private investigator obsessed with that one unsolved murder (Assassin rogue) Xhekhetiel, halfling survivor of a Betrayer Gods cult (Runechild sorcerer/fighter)
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Granted that they may not be plug-and-play, but with some massaging and a new hairdo, maybe some makeup and some new clothes, they should look just fine in whatever setting you are going for. Both are abberations which lend to the Lovecraftian style of horror.
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime.” - Mark Twain - Innocents Abroad
I'm thinking a coven of hags would be a classic halloween BBEG (though not exactly the most original) and I rather feel they could pull off a large scale illusion... running the encounter builder with 7xlv5 characters Vs 3 green hag (coven variant) it spits out... err... Deadly encounter Mmm.. so not quite sure what to make of that
DIFFICULTY
Deadly
TOTAL XP
5400
ADJUSTED XP
8100 XP (x1.5)
EASY:
1750 XP
MEDIUM:
3500 XP
HARD:
5250 XP
DEADLY:
7700 XP
DAILY BUDGET:
24500 XP
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“It cannot be seen, cannot be felt, Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt, It lies behind stars and under hills, And empty holes it fills, It comes first and follows after, Ends life, kills laughter.” J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
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So I’m planning a Halloween themed dnd session. And I need a monster that can create large scale illusions fit for a party of 7 5th level players.
the plot idea is that the players are lost in a forest and need to take shelter, and they come across a great estate. The denizens are helpful, but a little off. In the night each player encounters a ghost of a dead adventurer who trying to warn them about the evil people who rule the house. Then they fight.
If you are just looking for something that can do illusions, I recommend taking a monster that you like the stats of and just calling it a wizard or something like that. You could make up a creature and just use another's stats or you could homebrew something.
It really depends on what you want as your BBEG. You could say they are a vampire or a Fey lord or a powerful humanoid or just some weird creature that has these abilities naturally.
The ghost of an illusionist can do it, especially if it isn't meant to be fought by the party.
If you just need illusions to lure the party, you don't need to use specific spells, just describe what illusion the party perceive and a set DC to overcome it if you want them to have a chance to detect it, or none if you don't want to.
If you have access to it, the Haunted Traps section of VRGtR might give you some ideas, both for the "warning" section of the one-shot and for the eventual BBEG, if you want it to be tied to the history of the estate. Figure out what sort of tragedy/horror created this situation in the first place and work forward from there
Active characters:
Carric Aquissar, elven wannabe artist in his deconstructionist period (Archfey warlock)
Lan Kidogo, mapach archaeologist and treasure hunter (Knowledge cleric)
Mardan Ferres, elven private investigator obsessed with that one unsolved murder (Assassin rogue)
Xhekhetiel, halfling survivor of a Betrayer Gods cult (Runechild sorcerer/fighter)
You can really give any spellcasting monster access to hallucinatory terrain.
All stars fade. Some stars forever fall.
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If there was no light, people wouldn't fear the dark.
Try out the Balhannoth or Morkoth.
Granted that they may not be plug-and-play, but with some massaging and a new hairdo, maybe some makeup and some new clothes, they should look just fine in whatever setting you are going for. Both are abberations which lend to the Lovecraftian style of horror.
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime.” - Mark Twain - Innocents Abroad
I'm thinking a coven of hags would be a classic halloween BBEG (though not exactly the most original) and I rather feel they could pull off a large scale illusion... running the encounter builder with 7xlv5 characters Vs 3 green hag (coven variant) it spits out... err... Deadly encounter Mmm.. so not quite sure what to make of that
“It cannot be seen, cannot be felt, Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt, It lies behind stars and under hills, And empty holes it fills, It comes first and follows after, Ends life, kills laughter.” J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, or There and Back Again