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<blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 8715682" data-attributes="member: 57383"><p>The basic monster was finished I believe, but the <strong>Description</strong> and various <strong>Variants</strong> needed finishing.</p><p></p><p>Here's the relevant post:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I'm happy with most the non-red bits, so it's the Severable Seastar next.</p><p></p><p>Now, I'm undecided as to whether it's better to change the standard Sea Star's <em><strong>Regrowth</strong></em> to the <em><strong>Regenerative Regrowth</strong></em> above or have that be a trait gained by the <strong>Severable Seastar</strong>.</p><p></p><p>Upon reflection, I'm thinking the Regenerative version's text makes more sense for the Severable variant, as it mentions "portion sizes," and I think Regenerative Sea Star makes a better name for the variant than Severable Sea Star.</p><p></p><p>That'd make something like this:</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 22px">Description</span></strong></p><p></p><p>A giant sea star is an enormous version of an ordinary starfish with an arm span of about 20 to 30 feet, large enough to swallow most humanoids. Sea stars, also known as starfish or asteroids, are a familiar sight on beaches. Star shaped marine animals covered in heavy bony armor, they move around very slowly on hundreds of boneless tubular pseudolegs on the underside of their body and five arms.</p><p> Predators and scavengers, sea stars mainly eat bivalves such as clams or scallops plus whatever carrion they come across. A few eat coral, scouring patches of reef down to its rocky skeleton.</p><p> Sea stars have a very robust biology and some species can survive being torn into pieces (see <strong>Regenerative Sea Star</strong>), with each piece potentially regrowing into a new giant starfish. A region plagued with regenerative giant sea stars often finds them very hard to eradicate, since killing a sea star may only multiply the problem. Giant sea stars are not immortal, of course, and can die from starvation, disease, age, or being eaten like any animal. There are few creatures that will eat a fully grown giant sea star, but their eggs are very edible and the smaller or partially regrown individuals are sometimes devoured by predators. Note that giant sea star eggs take around 10 (4d4) years to develop into full grown adults.</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px">V</span>ARIANT<span style="font-size: 18px">: R</span>EGENERATIVE<span style="font-size: 18px"> S</span>EA<span style="font-size: 18px"> S</span>TAR</strong></p><p>Regenerative giant sea stars have the following traits, the <em>Regenerative Regrowth</em> trait replaces a standard giant sea star's <em>Regrowth</em> trait.</p><p></p><p><em><strong>Regenerative Regrowth.</strong></em> If a giant sea star loses an arm, organ or other body part and survives, it regrows the lost body parts as it heals. It takes 15 (1d10 + 10) days for a giant sea star to replace a missing arm.</p><p> If a regenerative sea star is killed or loses part of its body to bludgeoning, piercing or slashing damage (see <em>Severable Parts</em>), it must make a DC 15 Constitution saving throw, with Disadvantage if the injury is particularly catastrophic or Advantage for a neat severing. If it succeeds, the killed sea star or its severed portion survives and slowly <em>regrows</em> into a complete giant sea star. A giant sea star that is cleaved in twain can thus become two new seastars. To form a full-sized giant sea star, <em>Regenerative Regrowth</em> takes 5 to 30 (5d6) days for a "dead" giant sea star and 3 to 6 (1d4 + 2) weeks for a Large portion of one, 2 to 5 (1d4 + 1) months for a Medium portion, 5 to 21 (2d8 + 3) months for Small, and 1 to 6 (1d6) years for Tiny.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: red"><em><strong>Severable Parts.</strong></em> Whenever a regenerative giant sea star takes at least 8 bludgeoning, piercing, or slashing damage from a single attack, roll #d# plus one-fourth [<strong>?</strong>] of the damage inflicted to determine what happens. If the sea star is grappled by a creature that is Large size and/or possesses a Strength of 26 or higher, roll #d# plus the attacker's Strength bonus to determine what happens, adding +2 for Huge attackers, +4 for Gargantuan.</span></p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: red"><strong>1-#:</strong> Nothing else happens.</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: red"><strong>#-#:</strong> A Tiny portion is separated from the sea star.</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: red"><strong>#-#:</strong> A Small portion is separated from the sea star.</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: red"><strong>#-##:</strong> A Medium portion is separated from the sea star. (may lose an Arm?)</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: red"><strong>##-##:</strong> A Large portion is separated from the sea star. (loses an Arm, possibly two?)</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: red"><strong>##+:</strong> The sea star is torn in twain, becoming two Large portions. (divide Arms between them?)</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: red">More rules.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cleon, post: 8715682, member: 57383"] The basic monster was finished I believe, but the [B]Description[/B] and various [B]Variants[/B] needed finishing. Here's the relevant post: I'm happy with most the non-red bits, so it's the Severable Seastar next. Now, I'm undecided as to whether it's better to change the standard Sea Star's [I][B]Regrowth[/B][/I] to the [I][B]Regenerative Regrowth[/B][/I] above or have that be a trait gained by the [B]Severable Seastar[/B]. Upon reflection, I'm thinking the Regenerative version's text makes more sense for the Severable variant, as it mentions "portion sizes," and I think Regenerative Sea Star makes a better name for the variant than Severable Sea Star. That'd make something like this: [B][SIZE=6]Description[/SIZE][/B] A giant sea star is an enormous version of an ordinary starfish with an arm span of about 20 to 30 feet, large enough to swallow most humanoids. Sea stars, also known as starfish or asteroids, are a familiar sight on beaches. Star shaped marine animals covered in heavy bony armor, they move around very slowly on hundreds of boneless tubular pseudolegs on the underside of their body and five arms. Predators and scavengers, sea stars mainly eat bivalves such as clams or scallops plus whatever carrion they come across. A few eat coral, scouring patches of reef down to its rocky skeleton. Sea stars have a very robust biology and some species can survive being torn into pieces (see [B]Regenerative Sea Star[/B]), with each piece potentially regrowing into a new giant starfish. A region plagued with regenerative giant sea stars often finds them very hard to eradicate, since killing a sea star may only multiply the problem. Giant sea stars are not immortal, of course, and can die from starvation, disease, age, or being eaten like any animal. There are few creatures that will eat a fully grown giant sea star, but their eggs are very edible and the smaller or partially regrown individuals are sometimes devoured by predators. Note that giant sea star eggs take around 10 (4d4) years to develop into full grown adults. [B][SIZE=5]V[/SIZE]ARIANT[SIZE=5]: R[/SIZE]EGENERATIVE[SIZE=5] S[/SIZE]EA[SIZE=5] S[/SIZE]TAR[/B] Regenerative giant sea stars have the following traits, the [I]Regenerative Regrowth[/I] trait replaces a standard giant sea star's [I]Regrowth[/I] trait. [I][B]Regenerative Regrowth.[/B][/I] If a giant sea star loses an arm, organ or other body part and survives, it regrows the lost body parts as it heals. It takes 15 (1d10 + 10) days for a giant sea star to replace a missing arm. If a regenerative sea star is killed or loses part of its body to bludgeoning, piercing or slashing damage (see [I]Severable Parts[/I]), it must make a DC 15 Constitution saving throw, with Disadvantage if the injury is particularly catastrophic or Advantage for a neat severing. If it succeeds, the killed sea star or its severed portion survives and slowly [I]regrows[/I] into a complete giant sea star. A giant sea star that is cleaved in twain can thus become two new seastars. To form a full-sized giant sea star, [I]Regenerative Regrowth[/I] takes 5 to 30 (5d6) days for a "dead" giant sea star and 3 to 6 (1d4 + 2) weeks for a Large portion of one, 2 to 5 (1d4 + 1) months for a Medium portion, 5 to 21 (2d8 + 3) months for Small, and 1 to 6 (1d6) years for Tiny. [COLOR=red][I][B]Severable Parts.[/B][/I] Whenever a regenerative giant sea star takes at least 8 bludgeoning, piercing, or slashing damage from a single attack, roll #d# plus one-fourth [[B]?[/B]] of the damage inflicted to determine what happens. If the sea star is grappled by a creature that is Large size and/or possesses a Strength of 26 or higher, roll #d# plus the attacker's Strength bonus to determine what happens, adding +2 for Huge attackers, +4 for Gargantuan.[/COLOR] [INDENT][COLOR=red][B]1-#:[/B] Nothing else happens.[/COLOR][/INDENT] [INDENT][COLOR=red][B]#-#:[/B] A Tiny portion is separated from the sea star.[/COLOR][/INDENT] [INDENT][COLOR=red][B]#-#:[/B] A Small portion is separated from the sea star.[/COLOR][/INDENT] [INDENT][COLOR=red][B]#-##:[/B] A Medium portion is separated from the sea star. (may lose an Arm?)[/COLOR][/INDENT] [INDENT][COLOR=red][B]##-##:[/B] A Large portion is separated from the sea star. (loses an Arm, possibly two?)[/COLOR][/INDENT] [INDENT][COLOR=red][B]##+:[/B] The sea star is torn in twain, becoming two Large portions. (divide Arms between them?)[/COLOR][/INDENT] [COLOR=red]More rules.[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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