Not sure what rules there are about that. When two characters are paralyzed and dragged off in opposite directions, things get really tense. [/b] Melee Weapon Attack: [+4] to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Enter your e-mail address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by e-mail. All other things being equal, they’ll favor a smaller target over a larger one—avoiding dwarves, though, because they’re more likely to resist paralysis. This stone opens to a twisting, vertical passageway that winds downward for 100 feet or more to the meenlock lair. Their claws dragged along the ground due to their hunched-over bodies and they moved slower than most because of it.

Unlike the rest of their bodies, their heads were white and hairless, with flat noses and small toothy mouths. They may also hunt in groups. [b]Shadow Teleport (Recharge [d6]: 5-6).

It might be able to carry off some incapacitated PCs – Small size and/or lightly armored – but probably not a big Medium-size warrior in heavy armor and full gear. But that’s just battle strategy, from a story point of view there’s nothing to say that a Meenlock’s Fear Aura doesn’t penetrate total cover, such as walls, or that it has any way of turning this aura off.. [3], Meenlocks who did not have lairs might lack them for a variety of reasons. Forgotten Realms Wiki is a FANDOM Games Community. Instead, to create more meenlocks, existing ones must conduct a metamorphosis on an existing humanoid. What Keith gets is that the monsters are the DM’s characters, and his work has been super helpful in adding logic, flavor, and fun in my quest to slaughter my players’ characters and laugh out the window as they cry in their cars afterward.”—Joe Manganiello, “The best movie villains are the ones you fall in love with. If this feature recharges before the meenlock has succeeded in paralyzing a victim, it gives up and teleports away, though it may try again presently if it’s not moderately or seriously wounded (reduced to 21 hp or fewer). That way they can use the fact that you can’t approach a creature you’re frightened of to a) stop a target’s allies from rushing in to help them and b) stop the target from fleeing back to the safety of their allies, using the fear aura as a sort of barricade. Light Sensitivity. The psychic damage only comes at the end of the hour, so before that there’s nothing to say that their psychic torment would actually wake someone up. Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) Fifth Edition (5e) Monsters. Buy Oath of Deliverance on the DMs’ Guild. After all, that damage will wake a target up if it doesn’t kill them, and they can’t use Telepathic Torment on a foe that isn’t incapacitated. if nobody heard the commotion, they make a medicine check to stabilise the target.

Meenlocks did not possess a conventional method of reproduction. If a meenlock does manage to paralyze a victim, it stops attacking and tries to haul him or her away. Very valid point abotu carrying capacity. Got to lean into the horror with these creatures. If the meenlock isn’t visible, then there’s no real downside to this condition, you’d just know you have it. Meenlocks’ claw attack has a chance of paralyzing an opponent, a disastrous condition for anyone who suffers from it: the paralyzed individual is unable to take actions or reactions, fails all Strength and Dexterity saving throws, and takes critical damage from every close-range hit. Required fields are marked *. They look like a cross between a lobster, a stag beetle and Jeff Goldblum in The Fly (toward the end of the movie, not the beginning). Notify me of follow-up comments by email. After a closer inspection of the Meenlock stat block recently, it could be that they don’t really need to drag people into their lairs per se if they can incapacitate them some other way (assuming of course that the goal of the meenlocks in this instance is to turn people into meenlocks). They communicated telepathically, although if being observed they might feign a vocal method of communication through a series of clicks and grunts, so as to secretly conspire against their enemies. Any beast or humanoid that starts its turn within 10 feet of the meenlock must succeed on a DC 11 Wisdom saving throw or be frightened until the start of the creature's next turn. And yes its true that they don’t suffer disadvantage on attack rolls from fear if they can’t see the meenlock, but they’d be at a disadvantage on attack rolls from complete darkness instead with the added bonus that a creature that can’t see them can’t make opportunity attacks and may not even target the correct space with their regular attacks. They telepathically sent feelings and images to their targets, making them paranoid and panicked to soften them up for later. Dim light also allows meenlocks to take full advantage of their Shadow Teleport feature, even in view of creatures with darkvision—both the space it’s teleporting from and its destination must be in dim light or darkness, regardless of whether these spaces are unobscured or only lightly obscured to an onlooker. Other decorations included bone-piles, dirty sleeping furs, and a collection of knives that hung from the walls.

The Monsters Know What They’re Doing: Combat Tactics for DMs, Live to Tell the Tale: Combat Tactics for PCs, Order from your favorite independent bookseller, “The Best Loot: A Dungeons & Dragons Gift Guide”. The target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success. The meenlock doesn’t have to be visible; it only has to be within line of sight.

Hit: 7 ([2d4+2]) slashing damage, and the target must succeed on a DC 11 Constitution saving throw or be paralyzed for 1 minute. [b]Fear Aura. A meenlock assault was a slow and gradual eroding of the mind, tormenting and stalking their opponents for hours and even days. They had no purpose other than to destroy good and beauty, and resorted to telepathic torture in order to terrify and corrupt other creatures. They don’t even need to get close to the target really, as long as they can see them, since the feature seems to be based on their actual telepathy which has a pretty respectable 120ft range. Cysts and sores covered their grotesque hides, underneath shaggy hair like spines that coated their bodies. The tunnels were coated in a black moss unique to their caves that served to drown out the noise made by the screams of their captives. The target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success. Your email address will not be published.

A creature can also push, pull or drag up to 30 x STR (210 lbs) but in that case, the PHB tells us its speed drops to 5 ft / round. Fortunately (or unfortunately), meenlocks aren’t out to kill their prey, but to abduct and torture them and turn them into new meenlocks.

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