Medium creature normally has 15-foot reach -- what happens when Giant-sized?


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my guess os ot would go to 20 reach but it likely would depend on how you got a 15 foot reach.


I didn't do anything to it. This creature has reach 15. My players are entering this area later than anticipated and I'm scaling the encounter, but I think larger creatures would be more interesting than advancing them.


Troubleshooter wrote:
I didn't do anything to it. This creature has reach 15. My players are entering this area later than anticipated and I'm scaling the encounter, but I think larger creatures would be more interesting than advancing them.

What creature is it?


A figment of my imagination, apparently. It has reach 10.


Troubleshooter wrote:
A figment of my imagination, apparently. It has reach 10.

xD well what is it


My players run around here. I'm just warding away unfortunate consequences.

Spoiler:

The encounter is a group of Violet Fungi. The party knows what they're doing design-wise, strategy-wise AND they're arriving later than expected. Between the Speed 10 and +4 to-hit bonuses, I guarantee the normal encounter won't shave a hit point off my players.

However, it did just occur to me that I could have the fungi use them as touch attacks to deal no damage, hoping to trigger the Rot. That might help make the encounter worth its budget.


What level are your players? with 4 attacks a piece I would expect one or two to hit and it only takes one bad save. If they are only level 2, 3, or 4 that AC 15 becomes hard to hit after a d4 str damage or two.

Letting it work off touch attack is kinda unfair IMO unless players can do that with their abilities as well.


Spoiler:
The encounter is three Violet Fungi. The AP assumes that they reach that point at sixth level; my players are already in their seventh. In its current form, the most likely outcome of the fight is that my players would notice the fungi from far away; that one of the casters would win initiative and prevent them from closing in; and that the frontliners with their ACs of 24~ wouldn't be hit by any of the attacks at +4.

More details later, perhaps -- gotta run.


How big is Giant-sized? I am not familiar with that size category. Is it an in-between category like Powerful Build? Perhaps between Huge and Gargantuan?


Jawsh wrote:
How big is Giant-sized?

The "Giant" template increasing your size by one category.


Oh yuck, DC 15 isn't going to help you then, I say replace this part with similar but stronger fungi. Ones made for their level.

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