Lovecraftian Gug for 5e

[Jimbro]

I needed a few more high-CR aberrations for my game. The Monster Manual is a little light on aberrations in general and only has a few above CR 10 (and none above 14). I've converted a few Lovecraftian horrors for 5e and my latest is the gug. (There's also a moonbeast and hound of Tindalos on my blog).

Check it out and let me know what you think. Thanks so much!


https://worldbuilderblog.me/2016/04/27/adding-abberations-gug/

 

[Dorian_Grey]

Your first link (just the "gug") doesn't work right - other than that, I love them! Very well put together!

 

[Jimbro]

Thanks for the heads up. Link fixed!

 

[dave2008]

Thanks for the heads up. Link fixed!

Note quite. If you click on "gug" it doesn't work, but if you click on "the" it does.

Also, how do you change the link to a word in your post? I don't see that option in the "advanced" editing tools.

 

[dave2008]

Pretty cool. I wouldn't have targeted CR19 for a gug, but I like what you made for a CR 19 monster and it feels very gug-like. Nice work.

One question, why the amorphous trait. I seem gugs specifically not having this trait (they couldn't get somewhere because the opening/passage was too small). It has been a long time since I've read HPL so I could have that mixed up, but gugs always seemed rather solid to me.

 

[Jimbro]

I definitely made it my own a bit. Seemed alien enough and if gugs were going to live in the underdark it made sense for them to have an ability like this.

 

[dave2008]

I definitely made it my own a bit. Seemed alien enough and if gugs were going to live in the underdark it made sense for them to have an ability like this.

Its your gug I guess, just doesn't seem like a trait for a gug to me, but I can just drop it. That being said, it would be pretty horrifying to see a huge beast effortless pass through a crevasse as the PCs think they have escaped.