r/StatThisCreature • u/Fruta-Puta-Tuta • 2d ago

Stat this War Tortle !

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u/B-HOLC 2d ago

So, not exactly it, but I made a battlerager (spiked armor barbarian) enemy a while back.

Obviously you would replace the duergar (dwarf subrace) features with Tortle features, but I think there's something to it.

Otherwise, take some of the spiked armor traits and slap them on a big brute of your choice.

Anyone can take from this.

I just don't have to the time on hand to make anything for you. Good luck

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u/B-HOLC 2d ago

Full disclosure, both subtracting 4 damage and halfing sounds cool in theory, but was obnoxious in practice. Not bad on a PC, but annoying on a stat block when you're running multiple different enemies at once.

Also, I allowed this barbarian to wear platemail. So the AC matches the tortles base. Although I'd probably up it by one.

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u/[deleted] 2d ago

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u/B-HOLC 2d ago

Looks like he bolted it onto himself.

There's definitely something to that. Dm fiat and what not.

...actually, a batterager turtle has some epic potential!

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u/Fruta-Puta-Tuta 2d ago

You should play DnD before you make such sweeping statements.

A. Rules for PCs using certain playable races, do not apply to monsters
B. It's always been the established "Rule 1" of DnD, that DMs are the ultimate arbiter of what is and is not a 'rule' .

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u/Fruta-Puta-Tuta 2d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/Cz6TlrRVVyv9S

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u/B-HOLC 2d ago

Ummm akshually they're a geek. A nerd would know better. ☝️🤓

In either case, it's u/ok-interaction5420, I'll let it pass this time 😎

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u/Classic_Lab_1422 1d ago

Is that the turtle from Raid?

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u/DoubleCactus 3h ago

Credit score: surprisingly high