However, Jakandor's arid bloodthorn is clearly based on the Planescape version. It shares much of the descriptive text, for one thing. It may indeed make sense to develop updates of the Planescape and Jakandor versions of the bloodthorn at the same time.
Int 2 sounds good. Probably Wis 11-12, Cha 9-10, roughly like the CC bloodthorn. How many HD do we want to start this thing with? Might make some difference in physical stats.
Yeah, the multiple stat block approach might work well in this case.
I think that's exactly the right approach. Also, typically when there are monsters like this in the SRD, there's some nonstandard ability score improvement along with the HD advancement.How about starting with the 3HD beastie and adding extra HD, skills and feats (to generate the other versions) after the monster is finished?
I think that's exactly the right approach. Also, typically when there are monsters like this in the SRD, there's some nonstandard ability score improvement along with the HD advancement.
For 3HD version, how about stats of Str 14, Dex 12, Con 15, Int 2, Wis 11, Cha 9? These are similar to the CC version (which has 5HD).