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[D&D 5e] Monster Manual Contents Page

Started by jadrax, August 14, 2014, 06:14:42 PM

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Exploderwizard

#75
September 12, 2014, 12:04:14 PM
Quote from: Sacrosanct;786594I imagine because of this:

"The cockatrice gives an attacked creature two chances to save before petrification and the cockatrice's petrification only lasts for a day."

:rotfl:

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#76
September 12, 2014, 12:21:32 PM
Quote from: Exploderwizard;786623:rotfl:

" You were supposed to meet us at the inn yesterday man, what happened?"

" Sorry dude, I was on my way then I got stoned."

Given i doubt that the PCs should know the length of the petrification, i imagine a lot of characters will get left behind...

Sacrosanct

#77
September 12, 2014, 12:25:31 PM
I imagine the cockatrice will go from deadly fearful beast to a prank.

"See ol' Lord Fancypants over there?  When he's taking a bath, we'll drop this here cockatrice in his room.  Then we'll take his "statue" and place it in the city square.  Tomorrow great fun will be had"
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Gold Roger

#78
September 12, 2014, 01:22:22 PM
Quote from: Sacrosanct;786626I imagine the cockatrice will go from deadly fearful beast to a prank.

"See ol' Lord Fancypants over there?  When he's taking a bath, we'll drop this here cockatrice in his room.  Then we'll take his "statue" and place it in the city square.  Tomorrow great fun will be had"

It certainly gives it a unique place among the petrification beasties.

Basilisk, Gorgon and Medusa are plenty enough deadly fearful beasts with petrification for me.

The Cockatrice is now quite useful for more purposes than pranks. It can be bred and possibly trained without access to advanced magic.

Law enforcement could use it for non-lethal takedowns.

Healers could use the beasts bite to put the progress of deadly conditions on temporary hold.

There might be a sport of capture the cockatrice on festivals. When the victors celebrate their victory, the loosers are put on disply.

Or petrification could be used as humiliating punishment. Spending a day as a statue in a compromising position on the marketplace is not a pleasant proposition. Especially when you come back smeared with grafiti.

Necrozius

#79
September 12, 2014, 02:42:47 PM
Petrification has always come across as horrifying to me because of the implications of reversing it on a statue that's been broken in places.

I mean, suddenly you're awake again and your arm is gone and is gushing blood and you're missing a chunk of your head.

Saplatt

#80
September 12, 2014, 03:18:39 PM
Quote from: Sacrosanct;786626I imagine the cockatrice will go from deadly fearful beast to a prank.
...

Well, it is basically a chicken.

LibraryLass

#81
September 12, 2014, 04:06:29 PM
I confess I'm not quite a fan of this 24-hour petrification thing. That feels like an effect that should last until it's reversed.
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Tahmoh

#82
September 14, 2014, 12:24:33 AM
Easily changed by a houserule.

LibraryLass

#83
September 14, 2014, 05:40:20 AM
Quote from: Broken-Serenity;786845Easily changed by a houserule.

For sure. It's just weird.
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Necrozius

#84
September 14, 2014, 06:38:37 AM
I think that I may just make it more unpredictable. Perhaps the petrification lasts 2d12 hours. Or until the creature is killed by a holy weapon. Or that the effect can only be reversed within a 24-hour window. Or until the next sunrise or sunset (which is far more dramatic). If they don't find a cure then it's permanent.

Something other than just 24 hours because that feels a little too artificial and predictable.

But to each their own!

Larsdangly

#85
September 14, 2014, 10:12:16 AM
Perhaps the correct move here is to take a page from DCC and encourage all monsters to be unique in at least some respects. The Cockatrice of Banesville Tower has struck again! They say his victims stand still as stones until the light of the next full moon shines on them!
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