Cleon
Legend
Right, the only remaining question is the Challenge Rating.
The 3.0 version's Challenge Rating 14 is too high for them. Just compare it to the SRD's Purple Worm - the Afanc is rather similar statwise but is slightly weaker in AC and hit points and it doesn't have the Worm's Poison attack.
And a Purple Worm is CR 12.
The Afanc's Ref and Will saves are a bit better than the Worm's though, which is useful.
Contrariwise, a Dire Shark is similar conceptually and is almost as lethal while being CR 9. (That may be a poor comparison since I consider the Dire Shark to be very badly designed.)
Heck, a Tyrannosaurus is CR 8 and isn't that much weaker - then again, it's badly designed too (my Cleon Special™ Tyrannosaurus Redux "fixes the issues" but is pretty definitely under-CRd. I should really make it a CR 9 or maybe even 10 after I jazzed it up).
So I'd guesstimate the Afanc as being CR 11 or 12?
Let's call it CR 11 for the sake of argument.
That means I can tweak my proposed text from:
Afanc can tolerate brackish waters and swim up large rivers to lay their eggs, which are a prized delicacy in some nations (a complete clutch of roughly a hundred 1-pound eggs is typically worth 10% to 60% of a single CR 11 creature's treasure per encounter value of 7,500 gp, or 750 to 4,500 gp. The eggs are bulky and somewhat fragile but are easily preserved in a barrel of brine, vinegar, or brandy).
The 3.0 version's Challenge Rating 14 is too high for them. Just compare it to the SRD's Purple Worm - the Afanc is rather similar statwise but is slightly weaker in AC and hit points and it doesn't have the Worm's Poison attack.
And a Purple Worm is CR 12.
The Afanc's Ref and Will saves are a bit better than the Worm's though, which is useful.
Contrariwise, a Dire Shark is similar conceptually and is almost as lethal while being CR 9. (That may be a poor comparison since I consider the Dire Shark to be very badly designed.)
Heck, a Tyrannosaurus is CR 8 and isn't that much weaker - then again, it's badly designed too (my Cleon Special™ Tyrannosaurus Redux "fixes the issues" but is pretty definitely under-CRd. I should really make it a CR 9 or maybe even 10 after I jazzed it up).
So I'd guesstimate the Afanc as being CR 11 or 12?
Let's call it CR 11 for the sake of argument.
That means I can tweak my proposed text from:
Afanc can tolerate brackish waters and swim up large rivers to lay their eggs, which are a prized delicacy in some nations (a complete clutch is typically worth ## to ##% of a single CR ## creature's treasure per encounter value, or ## to ## gp).
Afanc can tolerate brackish waters and swim up large rivers to lay their eggs, which are a prized delicacy in some nations (a complete clutch of roughly a hundred 1-pound eggs is typically worth 10% to 60% of a single CR 11 creature's treasure per encounter value of 7,500 gp, or 750 to 4,500 gp. The eggs are bulky and somewhat fragile but are easily preserved in a barrel of brine, vinegar, or brandy).