Converting Monsters from Polyhedron Magazine

[freyar]

Looks good!

 

[Shade]

I have no idea why these critters are sentient, but since they've got Int, they've got feats and skills.

Skills: 12
Listen 6, Spot 6?

Feats: 4
Power Attack, Weapon Focus (slam)

Natural armor?
Flesh +10
Brass Steed +13
Gold +16
Brass +22
Iron +22

DC for Craft checks to construct?
Flesh 13
Brass Steed 12
Gold n/a
Brass 25
Iron 20

 

[Mortis]

Skills: 12
Listen 6, Spot 6?

Looks good, and listens as well

Feats: 4
Power Attack, Weapon Focus (slam)

Alertness and Cleave - there's not really that many that are useful to a construct.

Natural armor?
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Brass +22

Using my 'dragon standard' the copper has +1 Natural Armor over the brass, so +23?

DC for Craft checks to construct?
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Brass 25

As its going to be slightly better than a brass golem +26?

Regards
Mortis

 

[Shade]

Alertness and Cleave - there's not really that many that are useful to a construct.

Those will work.

Using my 'dragon standard' the copper has +1 Natural Armor over the brass, so +23?

As its going to be slightly better than a brass golem +26?

The brass golem appears to be an anomaly, as it is more "magical" than some of the other golems.

I don't think the copper should end up higher than the iron golem on either count, as it is supposed to be a "poor man's version" of the iron golem.

The brass steed might be a better indicator for your "dragon standard", giving it +14 natural armor and DC 14. Sound good?

 

[Mortis]

The brass steed might be a better indicator for your "dragon standard", giving it +14 natural armor and DC 14. Sound good?

Seems reasonable.

Regards
Mortis

 

[Shade]

New Avatar, eh? No more UK Subs?

Weight?

A brass steed is 6 feet tall at the shoulders and measures 10 feet from head to tail. It weighs 2,500 pounds.

A flesh golem stands 8 feet tall and weighs almost 500 pounds.

A gold golem is "nearly twice the height of a human" and weighs 2,000 pounds.

No height or weight are given for a brass golem.

 

[Mortis]

New Avatar, eh? No more UK Subs?

Fancied a change - it's the logo for a uk punk band - The Exploited
It probably should have been The Damned as I went to see them last night.

Anyway back to business

Weight?

A brass steed is 6 feet tall at the shoulders and measures 10 feet from head to tail. It weighs 2,500 pounds.

A flesh golem stands 8 feet tall and weighs almost 500 pounds.

A gold golem is "nearly twice the height of a human" and weighs 2,000 pounds.

No height or weight are given for a brass golem.[/QUOTE]
A quick look at the iron golem gives its weight as 5000 lbs and it also requires 5000 lbs of iron to create, so if we have a number for the amount of brass needed we can work it out from there.

Regards
Mortis

 

[Shade]

Brass golem requires 1,000 pounds of brass.

Of course, it doesn't list its height either, just that it "is most often forged to resemble a minotaur".

Minotaurs are 7 feet tall.

 

[Mortis]

The picture in MMII looks taller than 7 feet, but that might just be that the stained glass golem isn't human size.

Regards
Mortis

 

[Shade]

Stained glass golems don't give a height, just Medium size.

How about we split the difference between the brass and brass steed, and go with 1,750 pounds?