DM-Nastics 2.0 #016 - Ocarina of Time After Time

1. Deku Baba

Carnivorous plant, normally found in forests near water. Aggressive to a fault, the Deku Baba will lunge at prey that comes within range. However, many parts of this plant are utilized in local agricultural manufacture.

Size: Medium
AC: 12
HP: 18 (3d10+3)
Speed: 0 ft.
STR 12 (+1) DEX 15 (+2) CON 14 (+2) INT 4 (-3) WIS 4 (-3) CHA 2 (-4)

Saving Throws: Dex +2, Con +2
Senses: tremorsense, passive Perception 12
Languages: None
Challenge: 1/4 (50 XP)

Actions:
Multi-Attack: The Deku Baba may attack twice, with either Bite or Lunge.

Bite: Melee Weapon Attack: +2 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 6 (2d4+2) piercing damage.

Lunge: Melee Weapon Attack: +2 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 6 (2d4+2) bludgeoning damage.
If the Deku Baba fails to hit, it falls prone, having over extended its reach, requiring half its action to rear up. If struck while prone, the Deku Baba is shocked, extends to its full length, and is stunned for 1 round.

Useful Resource:
Deku Babas, despite their dangerous nature, constantly grow useful materials, and if defeated, yield one of two items:

If defeated while shocked, the stem petrifies as the roots and mouth quickly deteriorate, leaving a 5 ft staff of slightly magical wood.

If defeated in any other mode, the entire plant withers down to a large seed, commonly referred to as a Deku Nut. These magical seeds explode in a flash of light when thrown, stunning an opponent for 1 round. As such, they are highly prized for hunting...and warfare.

Great idea on the bite/grapple in terms of the mob, but my gut feeling is it could probably scream more than once per day...stupid ReDeads....those things always freaked me out...

Yeah, perhaps they could Scream, which would take one round to recharge? Because those suckers (heh) will scream at you over and over!

That would be a great way to run it, actually, because then the dice decide how dangerous the ReDead is, opposed to an enemy that feels cheap and overpowered. If the DM rolls low, it might never get a chance to scream again! Good thinking!

Yes Yes Yes! Tangent I'd like to share first... I was really inspired by the Lizalfos in Ocarina. Even more so by the fire temple in Skyward Sword; fighting fire-breathing lizardmen in a ruined temple full of fire an reptile motifs gave me the feeling that there was once a great Lizalfos civilization, but now all that's left is a scattering of mindless savages skulking about the ghost cities of their ancestors. I made a whole campaign out of the concept, which I've drawn on repeatedly in DM-Nastics!

For now, though, let's definitely tackle something different.

5. Floormaster
Undead, incorporeal
HP 35
AC 18
Speed 30ft/ Climb 30ft
Str 20, Dex 15, Con 13, Int 10, Wis 17, Cha 7

Vulnerable to Radiant damage

Stealth +10, Perception +6

Incorporeal: the Floormaster is immune to mundane physical attacks and has a 50% chance to ignore damage from magical attacks that are not Radiant, Psychic, Force, or from a Ghost Touch weapon. Though nonmagical, a mundane weapon coated in holy water also has a 50% chance of dealing damage as normal.

Oozing Darkness: Floormasters have a fluid, almost liquid form which can traverse any surface at any angle. They cannot fly, but can move in any direction on or in solid materials without restriction. Often they like to stick to the ceiling and drop onto unsuspecting intruders.

Inescapable Clutches: Floormasters have the Grappler feat, as well as advantage on athletics checks to initiate a grapple. Floormasters can move their full speed when grappling an enemy.

Violent Throw: If a Floormaster starts its turn grappling an enemy, it can use its attack action to throw that enemy up to 30 feet. It takes 30 feet of fall damage (3d6) upon landing.

Drag Into Shadow: If a floormaster starts its turn grappling an enemy, it can temporarily make its victim incorporeal as well, allowing it to phase through floors, walls, and ceilings.

Floormasters are beings created as sentries by shadow mages out of the very fabric of the shadowfell. They are used to guard vaults and secure sanctums, where their role is to split up groups of intruders and prevent them from working together. Dungeon architects often parcel out separate rooms with secure doors and a variety of hazards, then use Floormasters to divide and conquer.

This thread is everything I had hoped for and more!!

I'll tackle reskinning the Moblin!

Step 1. Take the Bugbear stats.

Step 2. Scrub off the Morningstar and Surprise Attack

Step 3. Leave Brute and add in Charge from their OoT forms.

Charge. If the Moblin moves at least 15 feet straight toward a target and then hits it with a javelin attack on the same turn, the target takes an extra 7 (2d6) piercing damage. If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 15 Strength saving throw or be knocked prone.

Step 4. Think about how I would add the change in flavor. They were pretty loud when they were in OoT, and I would likely make them that way in D&D as well. Let the players plan ahead a little.