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Benarus

Anyone have a list of maximum creatures of a given type in any given encounter in Avernus?

Does anyone have a list of the maximum creature types in any given encounter? I am looking to pick up some of the demon/devil minis and want to figure out how many of each type I would need. I made a max list for the first bit of Elturel, but am hoping someone else has done something similar already. I have a ton of random humanoids, so didn't really need this for the BG section. Thanks!

Posted Jan 10, 2020, 9:14 PM UTC

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TharsisDuecalion•

Well, a lot of it can be up to you. I've made a random encounter table for my game with the potential for many many of the same monster. There are times when hordes of demons will be fighting legions of devils, obviously you won't need minis for that. Here's what I've found from the book.

  • 12 spined devils can be sent after the players when getting down from Elturel

Fort Knucklebone:

  • 1 night hag
  • 1 flesh golem (fiendish)
  • 2 kenku
  • up to 60 redcaps/madcaps (6 should be sufficient)
  • 1 flameskull
  • 2 imps (more later)
  • 6 spined devils

Leaving the fort:

  • 3 wereboars
  • 2 were rats

Avernus Gangs:

  • 1 horned devil
  • 1 hobgoblin warlord ~ 21 hobgoblins
  • 2 hobgoblin captains
  • 1 archmage
  • 1 ghast
  • 7 ghouls
  • 10 crawling claws
  • 8 mezzoloths
  • 1 chain devil
  • 10 bearded devils
  • 4 barbed devils

Harumon's hill:

  • 1 vampire
  • 1 narzugon
  • 20 stirges
  • 1 nightmare
  • 1 hellwasp (more later)
  • miscellaneous soldiers impaled on trees

Hellwasp nest:

  • 8 hellwasps
  • 11 angel corpses
  • up to 12 giant centipedes (hellwasp grubs)

Path of demons:

  • 5 bearded devils
  • at least 1 abyssal chicken
  • 1 archmage
  • 9 mezzoloths
  • 3 nycaloths
  • 1 barlgura
  • 1 ice devil
  • 1 ultroloth
  • 1 pit fiend
  • 1 homunculus
  • 8 spined devils
  • 3 ghosts (potentially more)
  • 1 wraith
  • 8 mummies
  • 1 death knight
  • 2 gorgons
  • specters up to the number of ghosts
  • 1 ogre (kostchtchie)
  • 1 chain devil
  • 4 hell hounds

Path of devils:

  • 1 unicorn
  • 1 dao
  • 3 banshees (dryad spirits)
  • 3 shambling mounds
  • 1 night hag
  • 1 treant
  • 1 spined devil
  • 50 skeletons
  • 30 zombies
  • 1 adult white dragon
  • 1 tortle
  • 4 ghouls
  • 1 young black, blue, and green dragon
  • 1 red dragon wyrmling
  • 1 red half-dragon
  • 1 minotaur
  • many white abishai
  • 1 chimera
  • 1 empyrean
  • 2 horned devils
  • 10 bearded devils
  • 4 fire giants
  • 1 pit fiend (bel)
  • 12 merregons
  • 1 bone devil
  • 1 imp
  • 1 sibriex
  • 2 chain devils
  • 1 arcanaloth
  • 1 abyssal wretch
  • 5 bone whelks
  • 6 vrocks
  • 1 remorhaz
  • 1 gnoll
  • 1 death slaad
  • 10 stirges

Other locations:

  • 12 barbed devils
  • 3 bone devils
  • 1 horned devil
  • 10 vrocks
  • 1 glabrezu
  • 1 amnizu
  • 1 chain devil
  • 10 hell hounds
  • 2 spined devils
  • 1 rakshasa (mahadi)
  • 3 salamanders
  • 1 commoner (ancient copper dragon)
  • imps
  • 1 mage
  • 6 erinyes
  • 18 bearded devils
  • 1 pit fiend
  • 1 eladrin (smiler the defiler)

The scab:

  • 5 bulezaus
  • 3 barlguras
  • 2 hezrous
  • 1 barbed devil
  • 3 chasmes
  • 1 swarm of insects
  • 1 flesh golem (fiendish)
  • 1 shadow demon
  • 7 dretches
  • 1 crokek'toeck
  • 3 vrocks
  • 15 gnolls
  • 1 fang of yeenoghu
  • 1 nalfeshnee

Idyllglen:

  • various commoners
  • 6 gnolls
  • 6 dretches
  • 1 giant hyena
  • 1 mastiff
  • 1 hezrou
  • 1 marilith
  • 5 guards
  • 1 barlgura
  • 1 gnoll pack lord
  • 1 vrock
  • yeenoghu
  • other non combatants such as a solar (zariel)

Escape from avernus

  • 1 planetar
  • potentially any other creature from previous chapters

Well, that's a lot. Some of it is redundant of course but since I was doing this on mobile I decided to leave it.

-EDIT- For ease of use I decided to condense the list into totals for all of chapters 3-5

  • 1 night hag
  • 1 flesh golem (fiendish)
  • 2 kenku
  • 6 redcaps/madcaps
  • 1 flameskull
  • at least 2 imps
  • up to 12 spined devils
  • 3 wereboars
  • 2 wererats
  • 2 horned devils
  • 1 hobgoblin warlord
  • 21 hobgoblins
  • 2 hobgoblin captains
  • 1 archmage
  • 1 ghast
  • 7 ghouls
  • 10 crawling claws
  • 9 mezzoloths
  • 2 chain devils
  • 18 bearded devils
  • 12 barbed devils
  • 1 vampire
  • 1 narzugon
  • 1 nightmare
  • at least 20 stirges
  • 8 hellwasps
  • 11 angel corpses
  • 12 hellwasp grubs (giant centipede stats)
  • at least 1 abyssal chicken
  • 3 nycaloths
  • 3 barlguras
  • 1 ice devil
  • 1 ultroloth
  • 1 pit fiend (potentially more)
  • 1 homunculos
  • at least 3 ghosts
  • specters of equal number to ghosts
  • 1 death knight
  • 8 mummies
  • 2 gorgons
  • 1 ogre (Kostchtchie)
  • 10 hell hounds
  • 1 unicorn
  • 1 dao
  • 3 banshees (cursed dryad spirits)
  • 3 shambling mounds
  • 1 treant
  • 50 skeletons
  • 30 zombies
  • 1 adult white draogn
  • 1 young blue, black, and green dragon
  • 1 red dragon wyrmling
  • 1 tortle
  • 1 red half-dragon (Arkhan)
  • 1 minotaur (Arkhan's bodyguard)
  • 4 fire giants
  • 1 chimera
  • 1 empyrean (probably unnecessary)
  • 12 merregons
  • 3 bone devils
  • 1 arcanaloth
  • 1 abyssal wretch
  • 5 bone whelks
  • 10 vrocks
  • 1 remorhaz
  • 1 death slaad
  • 1 amnizu
  • 1 glabrezu
  • 1 rakshasa (Mahadi)
  • 3 salamanders
  • 1 ancient copper dragon (probably unnecessary)
  • 1 mage
  • 6 erinyes
  • 1 eladrin (Smiler the Defiler)
  • 5 bulezaus
  • 2 hezrous
  • 3 chasmes
  • 1 swarm of insects
  • 1 shadow demon
  • 7 dretches
  • 1 gargantuan infernal beast (Crokek'toeck)
  • 15 gnolls
  • 1 gnoll fang of yeenoghu
  • 1 nalfeshnee
  • 1 giant hyena
  • 1 mastiff
  • 1 marilith
  • 5 guards
  • 1 gnoll pack lord
  • 1 Yeenoghu
  • 1 planetar
  • various commoners for npcs and non-combatants
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BenarusOP•

This is awesome, thanks!

Edit: Slightly easier to read version:

- 1 night hag
- 1 flesh golem (fiendish)
- 2 kenku
- 6 redcaps/madcaps
- 1 flameskull
- at least 2 imps
- up to 12 spined devils
- 3 wereboars
- 2 wererats
- 2 horned devils
- 1 hobgoblin warlord
- 21 hobgoblins
- 2 hobgoblin captains
- 1 archmage
- 1 ghast
- 7 ghouls
- 10 crawling claws
- 9 mezzoloths
- 2 chain devils
- 18 bearded devils
- 12 barbed devils
- 1 vampire
- 1 narzugon
- 1 nightmare
- at least 20 stirges
- 8 hellwasps
- 11 angel corpses
- 12 hellwasp grubs (giant centipede stats)
- at least 1 abyssal chicken
- 3 nycaloths
- 3 barlguras
- 1 ice devil
- 1 ultroloth
- 1 pit fiend (potentially more)
- 1 homunculos
- at least 3 ghosts
- specters of equal number to ghosts
- 1 death knight
- 8 mummies
- 2 gorgons
- 1 ogre (Kostchtchie)
- 10 hell hounds
- 1 unicorn
- 1 dao
- 3 banshees (cursed dryad spirits)
- 3 shambling mounds
- 1 treant
- 50 skeletons
- 30 zombies
- 1 adult white draogn
- 1 young blue, black, and green dragon
- 1 red dragon wyrmling
- 1 tortle
- 1 red half-dragon (Arkhan)
- 1 minotaur (Arkhan's bodyguard)
- 4 fire giants
- 1 chimera
- 1 empyrean (probably unnecessary)
- 12 merregons
- 3 bone devils
- 1 arcanaloth
- 1 abyssal wretch
- 5 bone whelks
- 10 vrocks
- 1 remorhaz
- 1 death slaad
- 1 amnizu
- 1 glabrezu
- 1 rakshasa (Mahadi)
- 3 salamanders
- 1 ancient copper dragon (probably unnecessary)
- 1 mage
- 6 erinyes
- 1 eladrin (Smiler the Defiler)
- 5 bulezaus
- 2 hezrous
- 3 chasmes
- 1 swarm of insects
- 1 shadow demon
- 7 dretches
- 1 gargantuan infernal beast (Crokek'toeck)
- 15 gnolls
- 1 gnoll fang of yeenoghu
- 1 nalfeshnee
- 1 giant hyena
- 1 mastiff
- 1 marilith
- 5 guards
- 1 gnoll pack lord
- 1 Yeenoghu
- 1 planetar
- various commoners for npcs and non-combatants
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wyldnfried•

Can you share the list of what you have already? I was planning on doing this too

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BenarusOP•

Sure, happy to help. This is for Chapter 2. I didn't record the humanoid NPCs since I have a ton of random humanoids laying around. I also left out the random spawn table for the single undead that crawls out of the spawning pit since I felt that was more of a cut scene.

3x bearded devil
2x bulezaus
1x incubus (not really needed)
4x ghast
7x ghoul
1x merregon
4x spined devil
1x imp
1x narzugon mounted on nightmare (not really needed)
1x vrock
12x zombie
2x hell hounds
1x white abishai
1x barbed devil
8x giant crab
1x mummy
4x minotaur skeletons
4x shadow
4x spectre
2x mezzoloths
1x giant scorpion
5x dretches
1x quasit
3x minotaur 
2x will o’ wisp
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LegendPrime2X•

And 40 stirges

Also the Narzugon on Nightmare is very much needed

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BenarusOP•

For chapter 3, correct (isn't it 20 stirges though?). This was a list for Chapter 2.

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wyldnfried•

Do you have an idea of where/what you'll use for minis? I'm on the fence about buying cheap minis or paper ones

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BenarusOP•

I bought several from an online shop. Looks like lots of little hobby shops open the boxes and sell the individual minis. If you look on ebay you can find lots of them as well, but I ended up buying directly from one of the shops online store.

Most of the common ones are only a few dollars each, then the rarer ones are $20+. I'm just subbing in some close enough for the more expensive minis for now. I may pick up some of the cooler ones like the mounted Narzugon and eventually Zariel.

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wyldnfried•

Thanks!

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