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<blockquote data-quote="CleverNickName" data-source="post: 4918811" data-attributes="member: 50987"><p>Well, let's pop the hood and have a look...</p><p></p><p>1. The Base Attack is too low. For undead, the BAT should be equal to 3/4 the monster's Hit Dice...or +7, in this case. This gives the Blast Shadow the following stats:</p><p></p><p><strong>Base Attack</strong> +7; <strong>CMB</strong> +9; <strong>CMD</strong> 23</p><p></p><p>2. The skill bonuses are too low. The Blast Shadow only has two "class" skills, Perception and Stealth. It gets 2 + Int mod skill points per Hit Dice, so it should have 20 points to spread. If you spread them evenly among only its class skills, you get:</p><p></p><p><strong>Perception</strong> +14 (10 ranks, +1 Wis, +3 class skill bonus)</p><p><strong>Stealth</strong> +17 (10 ranks, +4 Dex, +3 class skill bonus)</p><p></p><p>I don't have the original (3.5E) Blast Shadow to look at, but I noticed that the SRD wight (a monster of similar size, type, and tactic) has a racial bonus to Move Silently checks. If the Blast Shadow is anything like an SRD wight, it wouldn't be unreasonable to give this creature a racial bonus to Stealth as well.</p><p></p><p>3. Undead apply their Charisma bonus to Fortitude saves, so the Fort should be +6.</p><p></p><p>That's all I could find. That Blast Shadow is pretty wicked. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CleverNickName, post: 4918811, member: 50987"] Well, let's pop the hood and have a look... 1. The Base Attack is too low. For undead, the BAT should be equal to 3/4 the monster's Hit Dice...or +7, in this case. This gives the Blast Shadow the following stats: [B]Base Attack[/B] +7; [B]CMB[/B] +9; [B]CMD[/B] 23 2. The skill bonuses are too low. The Blast Shadow only has two "class" skills, Perception and Stealth. It gets 2 + Int mod skill points per Hit Dice, so it should have 20 points to spread. If you spread them evenly among only its class skills, you get: [B]Perception[/B] +14 (10 ranks, +1 Wis, +3 class skill bonus) [B]Stealth[/B] +17 (10 ranks, +4 Dex, +3 class skill bonus) I don't have the original (3.5E) Blast Shadow to look at, but I noticed that the SRD wight (a monster of similar size, type, and tactic) has a racial bonus to Move Silently checks. If the Blast Shadow is anything like an SRD wight, it wouldn't be unreasonable to give this creature a racial bonus to Stealth as well. 3. Undead apply their Charisma bonus to Fortitude saves, so the Fort should be +6. That's all I could find. That Blast Shadow is pretty wicked. :) [/QUOTE]
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