I’m thinking of writing a one-shot Christmas adventure for my family. I’m still working out the plot, but the villain will be Mr. Grinch.
Any advice on what race and class would best suit him?
Daemon Spawn tiefling...investigator or bard.
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Maybe Rogue? He's very stealthy, after all, sneaking around all of those houses and only waking up a single child.
Ever see the Halloween special? "It's a wonderful night for eyebrows. It's a wonderful night for teeth!" --some kind of spellcaster with lots of mind-effecting stuff.
Ever see the Halloween special? "It's a wonderful night for eyebrows. It's a wonderful night for teeth!" --some kind of spellcaster with lots of mind-effecting stuff.
I had no idea there was a Halloween special! I’ll check it out. Thanks!
Thug Rogue... max Stealth and Intimidate.
I love the idea.
High level adept. He seems like he is an evil boss, but he is a common person who simply misunderstands the magic of Christmas.
Intriguing ... I’ll definitely look into this!
I'm thinking magic rogue, Arcane Trickster, maybe. In How the Grinch Stole Christmas, the Grinch was mostly just industrious, managing to clean out every Who house, leaving crumbs much too small for all the Who mouses.
In When the Sweet-Sour Wind Blows, the Grinch was feared all over Whoville, and it seemed like he had powers of illusion.
In The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat, the Grinch opens up with a machine that silences everything. The machine suggests more Alchemy than magic, but my first thought is Wizard/rogue/Arcane Trickster with a specialty in Illusion.
I guess he has a Familiar, his dog Max. And his sleigh seems more than meets the eye.
Excellent, thank you! I assume the three references above are all books?
So far I have a few suggestions for Rogue, along with some magic and Bard mixed in. I like where this is going!
The PC’s are currently 6th level. I’d like to make the Grinch encounter 1-2 CR’s higher to challenge them. What would be a good class and level mix for Wizard, Rogue, and Bard?
I should also mention that my kids are 8 and 4, and my wife has very little RPG experience. So, I’d like to keep things simple.
So far I have a few suggestions for Rogue, along with some magic and Bard mixed in. I like where this is going!
The PC’s are currently 6th level. I’d like to make the Grinch encounter 1-2 CR’s higher to challenge them. What would be a good class and level mix for Wizard, Rogue, and Bard?
I should also mention that my kids are 8 and 4, and my wife has very little RPG experience. So, I’d like to keep things simple.
With the age(s) of the audience in mind, I recall my vote for Thug Rogue. Signature Skill Intimidate on a Thug might be a LITTLE much chidren.
You could use Krampus for stats and just call him Mr. Grinch.
You could use Krampus for stats and just call him Mr. Grinch.
As much as I like to throw Krampus and his pal Wendigo at a party together... I don't think it fits as appropriate for a 6th level party consisting of children. Lol.
You could use Krampus for stats and just call him Mr. Grinch.As much as I like to throw Krampus and his pal Wendigo at a party together... I don't think it fits as appropriate for a 6th level party consisting of children. Lol.
You can take his stats down to a CR8, you don't have to use CR21 stats :P
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Excellent, thank you! I assume the three references above are all books?I'm thinking magic rogue, Arcane Trickster, maybe. In How the Grinch Stole Christmas, the Grinch was mostly just industrious, managing to clean out every Who house, leaving crumbs much too small for all the Who mouses.
In When the Sweet-Sour Wind Blows, the Grinch was feared all over Whoville, and it seemed like he had powers of illusion.
In The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat, the Grinch opens up with a machine that silences everything. The machine suggests more Alchemy than magic, but my first thought is Wizard/rogue/Arcane Trickster with a specialty in Illusion.
I guess he has a Familiar, his dog Max. And his sleigh seems more than meets the eye.
When the Sweet-Sour Wind Blows is how I know Halloween Night is Grinch Night. I know it as a video, but it might be a book. The same with The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat. I know How the Grinch Stole Christmas is a book, a cartoon, and a terrible live-action movie.
It might interest you to know I actually made a 3.5 character that was a Monk/Fist of the Forest/Bear Warrior under a Vow of Poverty named Wan Shu Lir, the last patriarch of the once mighty, rich Wan Shu Lir family that had huge logging and textile factories, but poor resource management led to overharvesting the truffula trees his family businesses shut down--no more trees, no more thneeds, no more work to be done. And after years of worrying and worrying and worrying away with all of his factories falling apart, worrying and worrying with all of his heart, he decided to abandon all his wealth and join the Holy Order of the Lorax and fight to protect the trees and plant new forests, sometimes entering a Rage and turning into a brown bar-ba-loot bear.
That is pure awesomeness!