For instance a royal Captain of the guard might use Elite and Leader mods, putting it at 50-225 health with high stats and 3 attacks. All of these stat suggestions refer to changes to the base stats given, not the modifiers. Level: Basic: 10-25 Health Skilled: 15 …

Apr 27, 2023 · Design Goals for the Guard. Guards follow an unusual pattern compared to most of the Essential NPCs. At low levels, Guards generally exist in stories specifically to be thwarted. They're as much obstacles are they are actual NPCs. At later levels, the Guard's role changes.

Guard Drake Guard Drake Medium dragon, unaligned Armor Class 14 (natural armor) Hit Points 52 (7d8 + 21) Speed 30 ft. STR 16 (+3) DEX 11 (+0) CON 16 (+3) INT ) Actions Multiattack. The guard drake makes one Bite attack and one Tail attack.

Jul 12, 2020 · Guards in a city can use the “guard” statblock to put up a pretty good fight, but keep in mind that a city is likely to have a lot of guards, not to mention the ability to raise an army to quell internal dissent. Throwing in “veterans” or “thugs” can help small encounters, but for an existential threat a city will pull out all the ...

Jan 25, 2024 · I know this is dnd so there is magic (duh) but what type of magic is available, or how willing are you to use it. If this bandit king is as rich and powerful as you say, he probably can hire powerful allies. Devils and yugoloths are powerful creatures that …

Mar 10, 2016 · Personally, I think the easiest thing to do is to take existing monsters at various CRs and refluff them. A "level 3 guard" has stats like a bugbear chieftain, a "level 7 guard" has stats like a shield guardian or stone giant, etc. Different flavors of guards can have stats stolen from different monsters, to help vary things up.

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Feb 16, 2018 · That doesn't make any sense. One, maybe 2 might be 5th-level fighters. 5th level characters are of a tier where they might be "local heroes"-- i.e. their party might have saved a village or town from a noteable threat. That is not your average town guard. Your average guard is a peasant in armor that might have been given some training. At best ...

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Beholders are a traditional monster for guardians of XXX treasure. They will regularly make contacts with powerful wizards, and are essentially immortal, unless killed. So, they can guard things for a very long time.