Elden Ring's biggest bosses have been turned into playable D&D monsters

Date:
Mon, 20 Jun 2022 16:00:37 +0000

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An Elden Ring fan has created D&D stat blocks for the acclaimed RPGs most notorious monsters.

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Elden Rings most notorious bosses have made their way to D&D, as one fan has created a suite of fully-fledged monster stat blocks based on FromSoftwares action RPG.

An Elden Ring fan has converted the game's six demigods (a group of particularly powerful bosses) into usable tabletop monsters, complete with stat blocks that reflect their in-game abilities and attacks. Redditor u/Yrolc95 has created pages for Malenia, Godrick, Radahn, Mohg, Rykard, and Morgott, with their stats, actions, and abilities calculated to use in D&D 5E combat.

Malenia, for example, can use her Waterfowl Dance to leap into the air and perform four slashing attacks while dashing forward. Her passive Draining Attack ability, meanwhile, lets her regain HP from melee attacks, while two Legendary Actions Quick Charge and Quick Retreat mimic her nimble fighting style.

Rykards God-devouring Serpent has similarly been designed to imitate the boss fight of the video game. Hes got a slate of Resistances and Immunities, is surrounded by a magma pit, and can swallow players whole. Godrick the Grafted is the weakest of the monsters, but is still able to attach a whole dragons head onto his severed limbs. (Image credit: Reddit u/Yrolc95)

The D&D stat blocks have even been designed to replicate the second stages of the Elden Ring bosses. Whittle Malenia down to zero HP, and shell unlock two new Mythic Actions Phantom Spirits which lets you generate four spectral copies of her, and Scarlet Aeonia which has her divebomb opponents before creating a giant exploding flower.

While we cant vouch for the balance of the stat blocks some of the attack damage looks pretty high to our eyes theyre certainly a loving tribute to what have become some of the most recognizable bosses in all of Elden Ring. Aside from anything else, its interesting to see how u/Yrolc95 distributed their ability scores. Poor Grodricks only been given an Intelligence score of 10, while Starscourge Radahn has been built with 26 Charisma. Fan-Sandbox

Elden Ring has received no shortage of fan-made content. Soon after the game released, players were making miniature Pot Boys in celebration of the anthropomorphic amphora. And thats to say nothing of the reams of Elden Ring mods that have appeared over the last few months.

Other players have taken novel approaches to playing the game, with one dedicated fan hooking up a real-life harp as a controller. It worked, though, as they were able to defeat Margit, the Fell Omen by only plucking the
strings of their instrument.

D&D conversions might be the most natural, however. With its sprawling
fantasy world and reams of esoteric lore, Eldern Ring is perfectly placed to be mashed together with the classic tabletop RPG. Why settle for defeating Morgott in the video game when you can show him whats for in the theater of the mind?



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