Converting original D&D and Mystara monsters

[freyar]

That sounds like a good solution to me.

 

[Shade]

Hm. Fair enough. How about an "in between the dark and the light" SQ that explains how they overlap a bit with deathless.

The graveyard sludge from MMV has the "between worlds" SQ, which gives it healing from both positive and negative energy.

I think that sounds like a good approach. So, getting started...

In Between the Dark and the Light (Ex): Although undead, wyrds are strongly tied to the Positive Energy Plane, and thus are harmed by negative energy and healed by positive energy.

What other changes should that include?

 

[freyar]

I don't know if we need to state it there, but their ball-weapons should do positive energy damage.

 

[demiurge1138]

But positive energy = healing. Unless we want to do the "too many hit points and you explode", like the Positive Energy Plane.

I'd think of it more like a sunbeam spell. Too bad "radiant" is a 4e keyword only...

 

[freyar]

Hmmm, too true. Untyped, then? I like the exploding kind of idea, but that would be hard to get to, I think.

 

[Shade]

I think the searing light comparison makes sense, so it is damage caused by "intense light".

Added to Homebrews.

Here's a draft of the spheres ability...

Light Spheres (Su): As a swift action, a wyrd may create a pair of glowing spheres of intense light. These spheres may be wielded as melee weapons, and the wyrd may fight with one in each hand at no penalty. A sphere may also be hurled as a ranged touch attack, with a range of 60 feet and a 30-foot range increment.

A lesser wyrd's spheres are glowing red and deal 1d6 points of damage. A greater wyrd's spheres glow a sickly green and deal 1d10 points of damage and expose the target to its paralysis (see below).

Should the spheres deal extra damage to undead, more to light-vulnerable undead, and less to constructs and objects, like the searing light spell?

 

[demiurge1138]

I think so.

 

[freyar]

Yes, but probably wyrds should be immune to damage from light spheres.

 

[Shade]

Revising...

Light Spheres (Su): As a swift action, a wyrd may create a pair of glowing spheres of intense light. These spheres may be wielded as melee weapons, and the wyrd may fight with one in each hand at no penalty. A sphere may also be hurled as a ranged touch attack, with a range of 60 feet and a 30-foot range increment.

A lesser wyrd's spheres are glowing red and deal 1d6 points of damage. A greater wyrd's spheres glow a sickly green and deal 1d10 points of damage and expose the target to its paralysis (see below).

Elves and undead creatures take half again as much (+50%) damage from a wyrd's light spheres, while elves or undead creatures particularly vulnerable to bright light (such as drow or vampires) take double damage. A construct or inanimate object takes only half damage.

Wyrds are immune to the effects of light spheres.

 

[demiurge1138]

Looks good! We might also want to give wyrds a quality that makes them not count as undead for the purposes of light-based spells that deal extra damage to the undead.