Once this is the case, it won’t hesitate to use this ability whenever it’s available. Because each manifestation has broad pyschological traits associated with it, elemental tempests often appear to have two warring personalities, as though they were suffering from The most obvious ability of an elemental tempest is the one that defines them - their ability to manifest two elements at once. The only time it uses its legendary Spit action is while it’s busy demolishing structures and other cover; once those are all gone, it doesn’t use this legendary action anymore.No elder elemental ever retreats from battle, however much damage it takes.
The leviathan’s Siege Monster feature includes a specific exception that includes objects and structures among the targets affected by Tidal Wave, so apply that bludgeoning damage to the PCs’ ships, boats and coastal fortresses—and remember to double it.On subsequent rounds, if Tidal Wave recharges, the leviathan gets on top of its foes and uses it again.
Because manifestations are so closely tied to a genasi's appearance and psychology, elemental tempests are unusual in a few ways beyond their abilities. )The leviathan uses its Legendary Resistance whenever it fails a saving throw against being blinded, taking any amount of cold damage, or taking moderate damage (99 points or more) of any other type from any single source.Clever PCs, when they see that they don’t get opportunity attacks when the phoenix flies out of their reach, will Ready Attack actions that trigger when the phoenix flies Unlike the leviathan, which uses its legendary Move action to chase its foes, the phoenix uses its legendary Move action to stay out of melee reach. These elements can be of any combination found amongst genasi and which the tempest is already capable of manifesting. So if your PCs have already poked the leviathan, I don’t see any reason why it will feel a need to hold back. Some of these cousins of this hardy avian species keep to remote locales, while others share their forebears’ predilection for the easy grub to be found in city streets.The Oath of Deliverance is an attestation that there are laws greater than the laws of governors and judges, kings and emperors—laws of freedom, justice, benevolence, and dignity. It means a creature that acts according to its nature and can’t be compelled to do otherwise. Screaming Gale (Costs 3 Actions). In other circumstances, we might expect a monster to save such an ability until it knows it needs to use it. The tempest sheds bright light in a 10-foot radius and dim light for an additional 10 feet. If the leviathan’s last enemy has just moved out of its 20-foot reach, it will use its Move legendary action on the same turn to pursue. 18 (+4) Saving Throws Wis +12, Cha +11. ACTIONS. Tidal Wave right out of the gate it is. Each elemental tempest, for instance, charges the attacks they gain as tempests with elemental energy from each of the manifestations they are currently using, such as fire and cold. Illumination. Differences in damage resistances, damage immunities and condition immunities aren’t going to count for a lot, because these are passive features and because the elder elementals’ Intelligence scores are so low, they’re not going to fixate on, say, an opponent who’s dealing acid damage vs. one who isn’t. Thanks!I’ve been a D&D player since before there were flumphs. Unlike most genasi, who typically have a single, dominant elemental manifestation, elemental tempests embrace the chaos that fuels their physical nature. On rare occasions an elemental tempest, when determined, can change one of their manifestations instantaneously or even temporarily adopt a manifestation they are normally incapable of using.Naturally, the ability to manifest two elements leads into the rest of an elemental tempest's abilities. This takes a while, because these stunts cost While the zaratan is Retracted, it’s restrained—but a restrained creature can still take actions! Screaming Gale is highly situational and expensive in its legendary action cost; the tempest uses this legendary action if and only if all its opponents are clustered within a 20-foot horizontal band in front of it.The tempest uses its Legendary Resistance whenever it fails a saving throw against being blinded or taking moderate damage (80 points or more) of any type from any source.Spew Debris is a recharge ability with a more typical recharge rate, but it doesn’t affect objects or structures, so the zaratan will refrain from using it until all its targets’ cover is destroyed. It just can’t Any other time, the zaratan’s default legendary action is Stomp, unless the last of those opponents within its reach moves away, in which case it uses Move to give chase. The tempest can grant resistance to lightning damage to anyone riding it. (No need to roll if the leviathan doesn’t have two legendary actions available to it.
Damage Resistances bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks. They don’t care about you unless and until they’re provoked, at which point they lash out.
Now running a 5E campaign for my wife and her coworkers and loving it.Just as eruptions of magical energies and careless experimentation by incautious wizards have resulted in the creation of monstrosities such as the owlbear, the shambling mound, and the banderhobb, they’ve also produced fearsome mutations in the common pigeon. For instance, an elemental tempest of fire and wind, might be covered in red flames across most of his body with an arm of chilly blue, only an instant later for the balance to shift.