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<blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 5076092" data-attributes="member: 57383"><p>I agree, using the Giant Bombardier Beetle as a template was the first thing that came into my head.</p><p></p><p>By the way, does anyone know if this is based on a real-world beetle? It could give some useful pointers for a conversion. The Green Carab Beetle (<em>Calosoma schayeri</em>) seems a good match as far as its abilities go - it's a slow-moving carnivorous beetle that emits a noxious scent when mishandled - but it says it looks like a Slicer Beetle which, IIRC, is a jet black insect with oversized scimitar jaws, which doesn't match the Carab Beetle's pic at all. [EDIT]Here's wikipedia's entry on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calosoma_schayeri" target="_blank"><strong>Green Carab Beetle</strong></a>. There are a lot of other beetles with noxious secretions. Upon reflection, it's quite likely to be some kind of Tiger Beetles if it has scimitar-like jaws, although those animals tend to be quite fast there are always exceptions.[ENDEDIT]</p><p></p><p>As for the stink-spray, I'm not sure I like restricting it to a Death-Throes ability. Most insects which excrete repulsive chemicals don't wait until they're dead before using them!</p><p></p><p>I would rather have it as an ability it can use once/day as a standard action, but it can also use it as a once/day free action when it is brought to negative hit points.</p><p></p><p>As for the effects, how about one or more of:</p><p></p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Creatures hit by the stink-spray are sickened for X rounds if they have the scent special quality (the stink only sickens creatures with a keen sense of smell).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Creatures hit by the spray have a strong and distinctive scent for (8 hours?) which some predators find attractive.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Any creature trying to track a creature covered by the beetle's stink-spray has a +Y circumstance bonus on their Survival checks to track them, increased to +Z if they are tracking them by by scent.</li> </ol></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cleon, post: 5076092, member: 57383"] I agree, using the Giant Bombardier Beetle as a template was the first thing that came into my head. By the way, does anyone know if this is based on a real-world beetle? It could give some useful pointers for a conversion. The Green Carab Beetle ([I]Calosoma schayeri[/I]) seems a good match as far as its abilities go - it's a slow-moving carnivorous beetle that emits a noxious scent when mishandled - but it says it looks like a Slicer Beetle which, IIRC, is a jet black insect with oversized scimitar jaws, which doesn't match the Carab Beetle's pic at all. [EDIT]Here's wikipedia's entry on the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calosoma_schayeri"][B]Green Carab Beetle[/B][/URL]. There are a lot of other beetles with noxious secretions. Upon reflection, it's quite likely to be some kind of Tiger Beetles if it has scimitar-like jaws, although those animals tend to be quite fast there are always exceptions.[ENDEDIT] As for the stink-spray, I'm not sure I like restricting it to a Death-Throes ability. Most insects which excrete repulsive chemicals don't wait until they're dead before using them! I would rather have it as an ability it can use once/day as a standard action, but it can also use it as a once/day free action when it is brought to negative hit points. As for the effects, how about one or more of: [LIST=1] [*]Creatures hit by the stink-spray are sickened for X rounds if they have the scent special quality (the stink only sickens creatures with a keen sense of smell). [*]Creatures hit by the spray have a strong and distinctive scent for (8 hours?) which some predators find attractive. [*]Any creature trying to track a creature covered by the beetle's stink-spray has a +Y circumstance bonus on their Survival checks to track them, increased to +Z if they are tracking them by by scent. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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