Creature Catalogue Overhaul Project Revisited

freyar

Extradimensional Explorer

• Feb 18, 2009

• #91

Should we treat the armor as normal armor spikes but give them some kind of bonus to the attack?

 

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Shade

Monster Junkie

• Feb 18, 2009

• #92

That sounds like a good idea.

Use the gorse's ability scores, as they are quite similar? To account for the 1 hp difference, we can either increase Con by 2 or increase to 1/2 Hit Dice. Preferences?

 

demiurge1138

Inventor of Super-Toast

• Feb 18, 2009

• #93

Increase to 1/2 HD.

It looks more like the barbed defense ability of a barbed devil to me.

 

Shade

Monster Junkie

• Feb 18, 2009

• #94

Added to Homebrews.

It looks like we might need to expand on the barbed defense to allow the spines to be used as melee weapons. We should also include the impale ability of the barbed devil.

 

demiurge1138

Inventor of Super-Toast

• Feb 18, 2009

• #95

I dunno about impale. What are these guys going to grapple?

 

Shade

Monster Junkie

• Feb 18, 2009

• #96

In order to turn the armor into an offensive weapon, a bramble merely has to hurl himself against a target, rolling attack and damage normally. When faced with opponents close to its own height (1’ or less), a bramble will attempt to wrestle, causing 1d6 points damage (1d2 dmg in MCA3 version) per round in addition to any damage as a result of the wrestling (see Player’s Handbook, pages 97-98).

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For the former, something like powerful charge?

For the latter, something like powerful build?

Further suggestions that they like to grapple...

Despite their small size, brambles are supremely confident, even when dealing with humans and other “giants." They would think nothing of challenging a “giant” to a wrestling match, especially as they would have no intention of honoring any bets they might place on the fight.

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demiurge1138

Inventor of Super-Toast

• Feb 18, 2009

• #97

Fair enough. Powerful build and a deadly charge might be the trick.

 

freyar

Extradimensional Explorer

• Feb 19, 2009

• #98

Sounds reasonable, I think.

 

Shade

Monster Junkie

• Feb 20, 2009

• #99

Updated.

One bramble in ten has another weapon to use in combat; poison. The wing-spines of these brambles secrete a strong poison that causes a painful burning sensation ( -2 on attack and damage rolls for 2d10 rounds, with additional doses having cumulative effects) on anyone hit by them (either as an attack or automatically as a result of picking up the bramble) unless they make a save vs. poison with a -3 penalty, in which case the effects and duration are both halved. As these brambles are perfectly willing to use this poison on dissenting members of their own bands, they are generally the leaders in any bramble group.

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Shall we make this standard for brambles?

Initial and secondary damage = sickened?

 

freyar

Extradimensional Explorer

• Feb 20, 2009

• #100

Yes, and yes. 2d10 rounds seems like quite a while, though. Should we reduce it?