demiurge1138
Inventor of Super-Toast
Exactly.
Converting original D&D and Mystara monsters
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demiurge1138
Inventor of Super-Toast
10 HD sounds good. Should we add caster levels, or give all master nagas a flat caster level?
demiurge1138
Inventor of Super-Toast
How shall we handle the ability scores? Increased size modifiers, +2 to Int and Wis, +4/+6 to Cha? Or should we increase the other mental ability scores at the same rate as Cha? And what do we do with the increased ability points for bonus HD? I'm sort of tempted to stuff the two of them into Dex, so there's no Dex penalty for increasing in size.
freyar
Extradimensional Explorer
I say all mental scores +6. They have 7 heads, after all!
Should they have all-around vision, since they 7 heads?
Did I mention they have 7 heads?And 9 buttocks?
Also, I'm never sure about increased abilities for HD gained through templates, etc. For example, do you increase abilities and how many times? Say the naga starts with 7 HD; does it get 2 ability increases or 3 (at 8, 12, and 16HD)? Maybe we should just remind the DM and let them decide.
Should they have all-around vision, since they 7 heads?
Did I mention they have 7 heads?
Also, I'm never sure about increased abilities for HD gained through templates, etc. For example, do you increase abilities and how many times? Say the naga starts with 7 HD; does it get 2 ability increases or 3 (at 8, 12, and 16HD)? Maybe we should just remind the DM and let them decide.
Shade
Monster Junkie
Surprisingly, nagahydras (and regular ol' hydras) lack all-around vison. Instead, they get "a +2 racial bonus on Listen and Spot checks, thanks to its multiple heads."
For the ability scores, like so?
Abilities: A master naga's Strength, Dexterity, and Constitution are all adjusted according to the Changes to Statistics by Size Table as detailed in the Monster Manual. (+8 Str, -2 Dex, +4 Con for a Large base naga, and +16Str, -4 Dex, +8 Con for a Medium base naga). A master naga's Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma each increase by +6. Note that a master naga gains ability score increases as usual for its increased Hit Dice. Master nagas often put these ability score increases into Dexterity, to offset the size penalty.
Alternately, since all official nagas are Large or larger, we could give them a +2 racial bonus to Dex to offset the usual size adjustment.
For the ability scores, like so?
Abilities: A master naga's Strength, Dexterity, and Constitution are all adjusted according to the Changes to Statistics by Size Table as detailed in the Monster Manual. (+8 Str, -2 Dex, +4 Con for a Large base naga, and +16Str, -4 Dex, +8 Con for a Medium base naga). A master naga's Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma each increase by +6. Note that a master naga gains ability score increases as usual for its increased Hit Dice. Master nagas often put these ability score increases into Dexterity, to offset the size penalty.
Alternately, since all official nagas are Large or larger, we could give them a +2 racial bonus to Dex to offset the usual size adjustment.
demiurge1138
Inventor of Super-Toast
Your first suggestion looked sound. And there are a few Medium nagas lurking about (like the bright nagas from Miniatures Handbook, poor things)
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