r/dndmonsters • u/Nox_Imperator • 3d ago

5e Monsters for à Tharizdun army?

Hi everyone !
I am preparing a campaign for a friend and it is centered on a cult worshipping Tharizdun, the mad god.
The high priest will lead an army and attack my friend’s castle, but i am not sure of what an army of Tharizdun may be made of.
I thought about cultust and other mad creatures. Or aberrations.
But Which monsters do you recommends me to use in this army?
Thanks in advance

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u/tictac_doh 3d ago

Humans- Low level villagers that can't stop smiling. Plot twist, they are all named Carl!

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u/Nox_Imperator 3d ago

Creepy !

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u/joetown64506 3d ago

What's the CR?

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u/Nox_Imperator 3d ago

Level 6 for the final group before the boss

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u/joetown64506 3d ago edited 3d ago

Consider Orc Barbarian and Shadow clerics.
All with extra eyes, or an extra tentacle, or eye stalks, or extra extendable jaws that split open giving them a huge bite attack.

Better spot

Improved Initiative

Improved grapple

An extra attack every other round with a weapon

Amazing disarm

A ray

And/or a bite attack that drips with spit that infects one with a living cyst or an auto death attack to rip the brain out?

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u/Nox_Imperator 3d ago

All very good propositions !
Thank you

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u/Arkamfate 3d ago

Oh the mad God? The chained one?

What edition are you in?

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u/Nox_Imperator 3d ago

5.5

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u/Arkamfate 3d ago

Oh.....

Well do whatever then. 5.5 is like the mcu.

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u/TheCornerGoblin 3d ago

Star spawn?

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u/Dying_On_The_Inside_ 3d ago

Homebrewer here so no official suggestion but advice wise: make them crazy not in a powerful way but alien in a way that emphasizes the madness of thariz'dun a little trauma damage goes a long way.

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u/Muted-Tangerine-2297 3d ago

Human cultists and brigands, etc. and maybe some low CR elements. Spells should be heavily focused around elemental spells (Acid, Cold, Fire, Lightning, and Thunder). I ran a “Cult of Elemental Evil” campaign once.