Some items may have been already stolen, not remain on the creature after death, or have rotted beyond use. If a creature dies naturally or its body was found hours or days after death, it is up to the DM what items remain. 150), while higher CR creatures can give items that are equivalent to or craftable into magic items.

Make basic balance considerations - lower CR creatures should give items about equivalent to adventuring gear (PHB pg.

Some items can't be used until they are crafted into a workable item by someone trained with the proper equipment. 1d4 small items can count as a single items, and tattered equipment (see below) doesn't count.

Number of items found on a creature should approximately equal CR.

Maybe a cleric gives up their holy symbol when they get the chance to use angel feathers as their magic focus instead.ДЄs for creating the items themselves, I have a few goals while writing the items: Maybe they have a shield crafted from a Bulette shell and a sword that is an Ankheg leg after their fight with the Cult of Elemental Earth.

I love the idea of a character who picks the useful bits from the bodies of his fallen foes. But I think martial characters should change as well, aside from just getting more scars and injuries. Wizards get zanier, warlocks get corrupted, druids get more plant- or animal-esque, and clerics become more eminently divine.

I like the idea that the appearance of a character changes drastically over the course of their adventures. This probably comes from my beginnings as a story gamer - it was expected that you would have some sort of character development over the course of our 6-8 month campaigns.Д«ut there's more than just updating character traits. Besides possessing more speed than the larger manticore as well as a surprising grace, the manticore king is also slightly more intelligent than is obvious from its appearance вЂ“ these things put together make for a predator capable of wholly unexpected tactics and maneuverability, all to quickly place it in position to deliver a fateful, toxic pinprick.Whenever I get the chance to play D&D, I think a lot about how my character changes between sessions, and over the course of the campaign. Manticore kings hunt and fight primarily by launching spikes from their tail carrying their feared and potent venom, although the tailвЂ™s stinger itself can inject the venom just as well. As these prides also serve as a harem of mates, the majority of the manticores in a manticore kingвЂ™s pride will most often be of the opposite sex. Manticore kings hunt solitarily through the foothills in which they make their lairs, bringing down oxen, rhinos and even others predators with ease, or else they surround themselves with a pride of lesser manticores to hunt for them. In any case most scholars have long debunked the theory that a manticore king is in fact a manticore who has not yet reached maturity, a theory that persists despite the creatureвЂ™s lack of wings - for although the manticore king is smaller and of considerably lesser bulk than its more common cousin in name, its agility, cunning, and extremely deadly venom makes it a far underestimated and lethal foe. It is unknown whether the relation between common manticores and the dreaded manticore kings is simply a matter of separate species sharing the same environment, or whether they are of one genus descended from a shared ancestor.

Initial Effect 1 Con Damage secondary effect Death The creature can launch only 32 spikes in a 24 hour-period.

Spikes With a snap of its tail, a manticore king can let loose a volley of four spikes as a standard action (make an attack roll for each spike).

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