Converting "Real World" Animals and Vermin

[Shade]

This is really off topic, but is homebrews locked or not?

Hello! The Homebrews forum as a whole is unlocked, but the threads that house the work-in-progress/completed conversions is locked to avoid clutter while we work on the creatures over here in General Monster Talk.

 

[Don Ventresca]

Oh, OK, thanks!

 

[Shade]

GIRAFFE
FREQUENCY: Common
NO. APPEARING: 10-40
ARMOR CLASS: 7
MOVE: 18”
HIT DICE: 5
NO. OF ATTACKS: 2 hooves
DAMAGE/ATTACK: 1-8/1-8

The tallest mammals, giraffes roam the fringe areas between tropical grasslands and forests. They deliver a vicious kick with their heavy hooves either to the front or the rear, though not both at once.

Originally appeared in Dragon Magazine #137 (1988).

Giraffe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[freyar]

Upsize a horse to Huge for stats? Or go somewhere in between? Those kicks are quite strong.

 

[demiurge1138]

If rhinos are large, and they are, giraffes should also be Large.

 

[freyar]

If rhinos are large, and they are, giraffes should also be Large.

Fair enough, by mass at least. But they sure look a lot bigger.

 

[Shade]

Fair enough, by mass at least. But they sure look a lot bigger.

In other words, greater reach (unfortunately, they kick rather than bite).

 

[freyar]

Yeah, I guess the kick can't reach more than 10 ft.

 

[Shade]

For ability scores, how about we split the difference between a heavy horse and a rhino (but retain the Dex)?

Horse: Str 16, Dex 13, Con 15, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 6
Rhino: Str 26, Dex 10, Con 21, Int 2, Wis 13, Cha 2

So...

Str 21, Dex 13, Con 18, Int 2, Wis 13, Cha 4?

 

[demiurge1138]

Bring Con down to 17 and I think that looks good.