Scarabs, Tentacles of Sand

[TakenByVisions]

These both have some extreme AB and damage, the Scarabs spawn in larger groups and have +2 weapons. I'd suggest a slight nerf on each one of them! :)

[Egon the Monkey]

The only thing +2 weapons scare specifically more than +1 is werecreatures. Good, they can curbstomp most enemies, there should be more things that bother them. The scarabs are very powerful for where they are though, and their numbers.

[Ebok]

I actually like them being scary, mind you I'm also not getting up close and personal with them.

[Letsplayforfun]

Tentacles of Sand is a boss that's supposed to be dangerous.

[TeufelHunden]

Please nerf the crit range of the scarabs I believe I was crit with a 13 roll.

[Wafflecone]

Plant domain cleric provides hours of fun with scarabs, btw, these seem scary.

[Kinslayer988]

When I see random scary stuff around
 
I normally just walk away.

[Porkolt]

Tentacles of Sand is a boss that's supposed to be dangerous.

They spawn quite numerously at night, though.

[Howlando]

I did recycle them, yes. Maybe they could be edited.

But I really don't get the whining about the scarabs. They're seriously not that bad, so what if they have a crit range? Is there some rule against some monsters having high crit ranges? I wasn't even the one who made them, but I think it's a perfectly nice novel way to make a monster semi dangerous. The base damage is fairly low.

[Porkolt]

The thing with the scarabs probably has to do with the number in which they spawn. They do pretty heavy damage as a result of the large crit range, and tend to spawn in groups of 3 or 4. One creature that has an AB of 11 and can quite easily do 20 damage a round is nasty, but not whine-worthy. Several of these at once are very, very scary.

Then there's the fact that in terms of average monsters beetles =/= scary. But these are. Toss in the effect of five crits in a row and your mayhem is complete. There's a great deal of psychology involved here too (which may very well be interpreted as just meaning that people are overreacting, but doesn't have to be, at all).

[Ebok]

Fear the dangerous parts of Ymph. It's healthy.

[Craig210]

They killed my bear :(

[Kinslayer988]

Bears grow back.

[Egon the Monkey]

Tentacles of Sand's funny yes. I've only seen one but they come with an OOC note "//If you see this creature outside a quest it is not part of a plot". Wondered what that was about. As Porkolt mentioned, they aren't only in that quest any more, they spawn as generic enemies in the Desert areas.

[athousandyearsofpain]

Neither of these mobs are that bad and if you don't wish to fight them you can easily avoid them.