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[–] [email protected] 20 points 5 months ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 76 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Maruts don’t have to roll to hit - they’re creatures of true order, so they just hit when they plan to.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 5 months ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 39 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Good news is they really only exist to punish players who pissed off the DM, and would therefore hit anyways.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

It's not like they can see what goes on behind the DM screen. I can say the dice did whatever I want. 😤

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago

A well roleplayed Marut is great. As a CR 25 construct, it's going to be enforcing a universal law, such as attempting to stop a world ending threat.

It's primary aim is normally to planeshift it's quarry to court, rather than kill them, and may even prefer not to kill those who come between that goal.

Here's The Monsters Know What They're Doing's blog post on them. It really telegraphs how helpless a targeted creature is to them.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

It's a thing about Law, specifically the realm of Law, Mechanus, who's power I would guess they carry with them.

One of the (I think optional in 5e) realm rules for Mechanus is you do not make attack rolls. Instead, you treat any roll as a 10 and add your stat and proficiency as the realm removes the idea of random chance and focuses on clockwork regularity. Even damage die default to their average, which makes combat a lot more straight forward but also means you can come up on something you literally cannot hurt.

There's a handy common level magic item in Xanathar's Guide, called the Clockwork Amulet, which let's you skip an attack roll and just take it as a ten, and do so once per day (No attunement, resets at sunrise). It's a good thing in certain situations

[–] [email protected] 38 points 5 months ago

Unerring Slam. Melee Weapon Attack: automatic hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 60 force damage, and the target is pushed up to 5 feet away from the marut if it is Huge or smaller

[–] [email protected] 28 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Empowered with the certainty of law, contract maruts were terrifying opponents whose strikes always connected, invariably dealing devastating damage.

https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Marut

[–] [email protected] 27 points 5 months ago (1 children)

my first thought was 'that damage doesn't seem like enough if these fellas are supposed to be deaths backup squad' then i got to

A marut commanded an array of magic, replicating the spells air walkdimension doorfeargreater commandgreater dispel magicmass inflict light woundslocate creature, and true seeing as often as it willed; chain lightningcircle of deathmark of justicewall of force each once a day; and earthquakegeas/quest, and plane shift each once a week.[3][4]

ooh thats a spicy boi

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

5e Marut: I'm gonna pretend I didn't see that