Anyone have good ideas for Ultroloth stats that don't have anything to do with the weak stats from the MotP and MMIII?
Somehow I was thinking of giving the Ultroloth some abilities like the Warlock, since I actually like it when monsters have class abilities rather than some random collection of spell-like abilities.
I think ultroloths should be CR 20 (not less than) so as to be on even ground with the pit fiend and balor. I, personally, use these yugoloths.
Your right. 20 is a good CR. For some reason I thought Balors and Pit Fiends were weaker than that.
I always pictured the Ultraloth to be more psionically oriented. The warlock powers just seem a bit too flashy for the sinister 'alien' feel of the ultraloth.
Also, the warlock seems to represent brute force (albeit magical force) whereas the Yugoloth hierachy seems to promote subtlety and intelligence over raw power.
I'd definately add some sort of spellcasting to them. Possibly a few psionic powers as well 9mostly to do with that telepathy).
True, but since warlocks are supposed to get their powers from fiends, it would make sense if at least some fiends have the powers of a warlock. I wouldn't necessarily make them standard, but it wouldn't be a bad thing for individuals.
Wouldn't you just use a baernoloth's stats, with appropriate penalties for having a lampshade covering their heads?
So if use the psionically oriented ultroloth CR 13 with a prestige or core psionic class what class do i use for better flavor?
How is this for an Ultroloth?
Ultroloth
Medium Outsider (Evil, Extraplanar, Yugoloth)
Hit Dice: 18d8 + 144 (225 hp)
Initiative: +13
Speed: 30 ft.
Armor Class: 42 (+3 armor, +2 deflection, +9 Dexterity, +18 natural), touch 19, flat-footed 28
Base Attack/Grapple: +18/+27
Attack: Longsword +29 melee (1d8 + 11 and 2 Con /19-20/x2)
Full Attack: Longsword +29/+29/+24/+19/+14 melee (1d8 + 11 and 2 Con /19-20/x2)
Space/ Reach: 5 ft. /5 ft.
Special Attacks: Hypnotic gaze, spell-like abilities, summon yugoloth
Special Qualities: Damage reduction 15/good and mithril, darkvision 60 ft., immunity to acid and poison, resistance to cold 20, electricity 20 and fire 20, spell resistance 34, telepathy 100 ft.
Saves: Fort +19, Ref +20, Will +19
Abilities: Str 29, Dex 28, Con 27, Int 29, Wis 27, Cha 26
Skills: Bluff +37, Concentration +29, Diplomacy +33, Disguise +29 (+31 acting), Escape Artist +30, Hide +30, Intimidate +31, Knowledge (arcana) +30, Knowledge (the planes) +30, Knowledge (religion) +30, Listen +37, Move Silently +30, Search +30, Sense Motive +29, Spellcraft +32, Spot +37, Survival +8 (+10 on other planes), Use Magic Device +29 (+31 scrolls)
Feats: Ability Focus (hypnotic gaze), Dark Speech, Improved Initiative, Power Attack, Quicken Spell-like Ability, Spell Penetration, Violate Spell-like Ability
Climate/Terrain: Lower Planes (Hades or Gehenna)
Organization: Solitary
Challenge Rating: 20
Treasure: Double Standard plus +2 wounding longsword of speed
Alignment: Always neutral evil
Advancement: 19-36 HD (Medium), 37-54 HD (Large)
Level Adjustment:+12
Hypnotic Gaze (Ex): Hypnotic pattern, no HD limit, 60 feet, Will DC 29 negates
Spell-like Abilities: Always active- detect chaos, detect good, detect law, pass without trace, read magic, see invisibility; at will- alter self, animate dead, animate object, blur, call lightning storm, charm monster, control winds, deeper darkness, desecrate, detect magic, detect thoughts, enervation, fear, gaseous form, geas/quest, greater dispel magic, greater shout, greater teleport, hold monster, improved invisibility, inflict critical wounds, mass suggestion, prying eyes, ray of enfeeblement, ray of exhaustion, scrying, solid fog, wall of fire; 3/day – displacement, symbol of death, symbol of pain, symbol of stunning, symbol of weakness, telekinesis; 1/day – nondetection. Caster level 18th
Summon Yugoloth (Sp): Twice per day, an ultroloth can automatically summon an arcanaloth, 1d4 nycaloths or 1d6 lesser yugoloths. This is the equivalent of a 9th level spell.
Skills: Ultroloths have a +8 racial bonus on Bluff, Listen and Spot checks.
Possessions: Ultroloths wield +2 wounding longswords of speed. These are frequently made out of silver or cold iron (30% chance) and sometimes out of adamantine (10% chance). They often wear +3 bracers of armor and a +2 ring of protection.
Credit goes to Kain Darkwind on the Dicefreaks boards.
Just use the standard CR 13 version, and either just add warlock class levels right on top, or, better yet, take the base race and give it the abillity to invoke and use Eldritch blasts as a Warlock. Sort of like how Arcanaloths have integrated sorceror casting. Either way, you should probably keep the Challenge Rating at less than twenty, so that it matches Balors and Pit Fiends. Plus you don't want its CR to be too high, because games rarely continue after level twenty (which has more to do with the totally nonfunctional epic rules than anything else).