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chartam
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(3/1/03 6:33 pm)
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Variant Hobgoblins at the Temple
I've just finished reading Savage Species (well, not quite all of the monsters classes in the back of the book), and have decided to do something a little different with the hobgoblins at the abandoned temple.
My party is a bit overpowered for this encounter, since there are six characters and they are already at 5th level. So, I'm replacing the elite hobgoblin warriors with elite insectile hobgoblins. They're still CR1, but it will make the encounter much more interesting, since they'll be up on the walls of the temple, hiding and making ranged attacks.
Insectile Hobgoblin
Medium-Size Aberration
Hit Dice: 1d8+1 (5 hp)
Initiative: +3 (Dex)
Speed: 30 ft., climb 30 ft.
AC: 19 (+3 Dex, +2 natural, +3 studded leather, +1 small shield)
Attacks: Longsword +1 melee; or javelin +4 ranged
Damage: Longsword 1d8; or javelin 1d6
Face/Reach: 5 ft. by 5 ft./5 ft.
Special Qualities: Darkvision 60 ft., tremorsense, wide vision
Saves: Fort +3, Ref +3, Will +1
Abilities: Str 11, Dex 17, Con 13, Int 10, Wis 12, Cha 10
Skills: Hide +3, Listen +4, Move Silently +5, Spot +8
Feats: Alertness
Climate/Terrain: Temperate and warm land and underground
Organization: Gang (4-9), band (10-100 plus 50% noncombatants plus 1 3rd-level sergeant per 20 adults and 1 leader of 4th-6th level), warband (10-24), or tribe (30-300 plus 1 3rd-level sergeant per 20 adults, 1 or 2 lieutenants of 4th or 5th level, 1 leader of 6th-8th level, 2-4 dire wolves, and 1-4 ogres or 1-2 trolls)
Challenge Rating: 1
Treasure: Standard
Alignment: Usually lawful evil
Advancement: By character class
Insectile hobgoblins speak Goblin and Common.
Combat
These creatures have a strong grasp of strategy and tactics and are capable of carrying out sophisticated battle plans. Under the leadership of a skilled strategist or tactician, their discipline can prove a deciding factor. Insectile hobgoblins hate elves and attack them first, in preference to other opponents.
Tremorsense (Ex): Insectile hobgoblins can automatically sense the location of anything within 60 feet that is in contact with the same surface they are.
Wide Vision (Ex): Because of their multiple eyes and wide angle of vision, insectile hobgoblins have a +4 racial bonus on Spot checks and cannot be flanked.
Skills: Insectile hobgoblins receive a +4 racial bonus to Move Silently checks.
Hobgoblin Characters
An insectile hobgoblin’s favoured class is rogue. Insectile hobgoblin clerics can choose two of the following domains: Evil, Destruction, and Trickery.
Elite Insectile Hobgoblin
Medium-Size Aberration
Hit Dice: 1d8+3 (hp varies; see encounter description)
Initiative: +3 (Dex)
Speed: 30 ft., climb 30 ft.
AC: 19 (+3 Dex, +2 natural, +3 studded leather, +1 small shield)
Attacks: Longsword +4 melee; or javelin +4 ranged
Damage: Longsword 1d8+3; or javelin 1d6+2
Face/Reach: 5 ft. by 5 ft./5 ft.
Special Qualities: Darkvision 60 ft., tremorsense, wide vision
Saves: Fort +3, Ref +3, Will +1
Abilities: Str 14, Dex 17, Con 16, Int 11, Wis 12, Cha 10
Skills: Hide +3, Listen +4, Move Silently +5, Spot +8
Feats: Alertness
Challenge Rating: 1
Alignment: lawful evil
Possessions: studded leather, masterwork longsword, 5 javelins, potion of bull’s strength.
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Hypersmurf
Here for a while
(3/1/03 7:14 pm)
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Re: Variant Hobgoblins at the Temple
My party is a similar power level, and for campaign reasons my temple was full of orcs instead of hobgoblins.
I made the hobgoblins Orcish Ftr1s, and the hobgoblin elite into Orcish Ftr1/Brb1s.
1d12+10 with a greataxe is quite a wakeup call for a 5th level party with delusions of invincibility...
Fortunately for them, the change from hobs to orcs meant that discipline and formation went out the window, so they had a better chance to hack them down piecemeal... but the party came within one dice roll of TPK on more than one occasion.
They were lucky that the only criticals I rolled were Rarkus with a crossbow and an orc with a javelin... 3d12+30 from a raging, Bull's Strengthed greataxe would have killed any of them, I think.
-Hyp.
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