Converting monsters from Dragon magazine (Part Two)

[demiurge1138]

Perhaps there should be a save on severing limbs? Strength based?

And I like their natural attacks doing fire damage, as well as fiery defense.

 

[demiurge1138]

Nothing to see here...

 

[Shade]

Perhaps there should be a save on severing limbs? Strength based?

Fort or Reflex?

Nothing to see here...

...moving on...

 

[demiurge1138]

Hm... both Fort or Reflex make sense. I'm leaning Fortitude at the moment, but this may be subject to future change. My roommate also suggests that the saving throw DC be something like 10+ damage dealt.

 

[freyar]

Hm... both Fort or Reflex make sense. I'm leaning Fortitude at the moment, but this may be subject to future change. My roommate also suggests that the saving throw DC be something like 10+ damage dealt.

I also lean toward Fort, as it may be too late to get out of the way if you've already been critted. Your roommate makes a good suggestion for the DC as well.

Elder fire elemental damage for the aura (is that really the right word for something that only happens on touch?) and natural weapon damage makes good sense to me.

 

[Shade]

Updated.

Do the revisions to heat (formerly "heat aura") and sever limb look good?

Space/Reach: 40 ft./40 ft. (45 ft. with tail)?

Fill in some X's:

Armor Class: 24+ (–8 size, +x natural), touch x, flat-footed x

Darkvision x ft.

limited regeneration x

A murdakus is 50 feet long with a 45-foot tail and weighs x pounds.

Murdakus speak x.

 

[freyar]

Revisions look good, and so does space/reach.

I guess +22 natural armor is ok, though I could be persuaded to go higher than the original.

Darkvision 120 ft?

The original had 1d4 for regeneration, which seems too low. The tarrasque has 40, so maybe 15?

70 tons?

Do they speak? If so, I'd go with either Common or Draconic (or both).

 

[Shade]

I guess +22 natural armor is ok, though I could be persuaded to go higher than the original.

The tarrasque is +30, so I'd see maybe going up to +25 or so with these guys.

Do they speak? If so, I'd go with either Common or Draconic (or both).

At Int 4, they'd barely speak. Maybe rudimentary Draconic?

Skills: 63

Feats: 7

 

[demiurge1138]

Agree to natural armor +25, rudimentary Draconic.

Feats: Cleave, Great Cleave, Hover, Improved Critical (tail), Improved Initiative, Multiattack, Power Attack

Or is Improved Critical too mean?

 

[freyar]

Could we just "improve" augmented critical and save a feat if we want to do that? I could go for Snatch in place of Imp Crit.