Converting monsters from Dragon magazine

[Shade]

We seem to have covered everything in the original text save for the treasure consumption/growth.

 

[freyar]

What we have so far in the homebrews is just the greater version, so I don't think we need growth until we do the lesser ones. I assume, like the barghest, the greater version shouldn't advance.

 

[Cleon]

Usually at 2 size categories below, though. Interesting anyway; I could have sworn there was some critter that started with 1.

Tendriculos, if I remember correctly...

...Yup, according to d20srd.org my memory did not fail me "A Huge tendriculos’s interior can hold 2 Large, 8 Medium, 32 Small, 128 Tiny, or 512 Diminutive or smaller opponents."

 

[Cleon]

What we have so far in the homebrews is just the greater version, so I don't think we need growth until we do the lesser ones. I assume, like the barghest, the greater version shouldn't advance.

That sounds right to me, so shall we go on to skills and feats?

They can have seven skills at max - Diplomacy, Listen, Spot, Sense Motive and Knowledge (Arcana, Geography, Nature, The Planes) all seem tempting. That's eight skills though.

Max out Diplomacy, Listen, Spot & Sense Motive and split the remainder between the four Knowledge skills, or just cut out one of the Knowledge skills?

I think I'd just cut Knowledge (geography), to leave it the following skill ranks:

Skills: Diplomacy 16, Knowledge (arcana) 16, Knowledge (nature) 16, Knowledge (the planes) 16, Listen 16, Sense Motive 16 , Spot 16
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Does that look alright?

 

[freyar]

Those skills seem fine to me!

 

[Shade]

Looks good!

Updated.

Feats: 5

Water weirds have Alertness, Dodge (B), Empower Spell, Great Fortitude, Improved Initiative, Lightning Reflexes, Maximize Spell

Water elementals have Alertness, Cleave, Great Cleave, Improved Critical (slam), Improved Bull Rush, Improved Sunder, Iron Will, Lightning Reflexes, Power Attack

So maybe Improved Critical (slam), Improved Bull Rush, Iron Will, Lightning Reflexes, Power Attack?

 

[freyar]

I like that list pretty well!

 

[demiurge1138]

That looks like a good list of feats.

 

[Cleon]

So maybe Improved Critical (slam), Improved Bull Rush, Iron Will, Lightning Reflexes, Power Attack?

That work for me. The only alternative I could think of was Improved Initiative instead of Improved Bull Rush, but I like the proposed feats just as much.

 

[Shade]

Updated.

Organization: Solitary?

Challenge Rating: x

Treasure: x

Advancement: x

Greater well spirits speak Aquan and x.