Converting Al-Qadim creatures
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I think we're getting this nailed down. 
When we're done should we move on to the next Tasked Genie in MC13 or go back up to the 'A's and get the Tasked Administrator genie?
Environment: Elemental Plane of Earth [or any land or underground]
Organization: Solitary, company (2–4), or band (6–15) [just Solitary]
Challenge Rating: [7 or 8?]
Treasure: Standard coins; double goods; standard items [perhaps change coins to half?]
When we're done should we move on to the next Tasked Genie in MC13 or go back up to the 'A's and get the Tasked Administrator genie?Environment: Elemental Plane of Earth [or any land or underground]
Organization: Solitary, company (2–4), or band (6–15) [just Solitary]
Challenge Rating: [7 or 8?]
Treasure: Standard coins; double goods; standard items [perhaps change coins to half?]
Shade
Monster Junkie
Let's go with CL 19th, stick with the dao's environment, org, and treasure, and probably stick with CR 7, as they aren't quite as tough as the CR 8 efreet.
Updated. The flavor text needs to be paraphrased quite a bit more.
Do we want to do anything with this? Perhaps the hardness and/or hit points of buildings they create are doubled?
Updated. The flavor text needs to be paraphrased quite a bit more.
Do we want to do anything with this? Perhaps the hardness and/or hit points of buildings they create are doubled?
Cleon
Legend
Definitely! The current version's far too long. I think we can safely cut out all the generic Tasked Genie info at the start and trim down the rest, how about the following:
Builder genies, also called architect genies, were once dao, but they have been reshaped by a life of construction and design. Their powers are responsible for many of the tales told of cities springing up overnight at the command of the genies. Builder genies are slaves to the dao, and they resent the dao without being able to overthrow them. Many bear brands of their dao masters upon their skin.
Builder genies live for their work; the greatest compliment one can pay a builder genie is to admire his work, the greatest insult one can offer is to compliment the builder while criticizing his work. They don’t care what they build, lavishing equal care and planning whether their constructing a barracks or a palace. In all cases, builder genies will demand the longest-lasting and most expensive materials, costing four times the normal cost.
Builder genies can imitate any architectural style they have examined. They prefer to work in a style appropriate to a building's surroundings, but will build an opulent mausoleum in the middle of a poor fishing village if so commanded. Builder genies can be notoriously literal in obeying instructions, and they can also bend instructions to suit their personal whims. They are always willing to destroy existing structures to make way for new, improved ones, although in the case of a masterwork, the builder genie rebuild it with improvements only a master architect might recognize.
Builder genies judge other creatures on their building achievements; they do not rate races that do not erect structures as civilized, but have great respect for the disciplined and exact hives and warrens of giant insects.
Builder genies live for their work; the greatest compliment one can pay a builder genie is to admire his work, the greatest insult one can offer is to compliment the builder while criticizing his work. They don’t care what they build, lavishing equal care and planning whether their constructing a barracks or a palace. In all cases, builder genies will demand the longest-lasting and most expensive materials, costing four times the normal cost.
Builder genies can imitate any architectural style they have examined. They prefer to work in a style appropriate to a building's surroundings, but will build an opulent mausoleum in the middle of a poor fishing village if so commanded. Builder genies can be notoriously literal in obeying instructions, and they can also bend instructions to suit their personal whims. They are always willing to destroy existing structures to make way for new, improved ones, although in the case of a masterwork, the builder genie rebuild it with improvements only a master architect might recognize.
Builder genies judge other creatures on their building achievements; they do not rate races that do not erect structures as civilized, but have great respect for the disciplined and exact hives and warrens of giant insects.
How about an extra 2 hardness and 50% more hit points?
Yeah, but for simplicity we could just refer to the Magically Treated listing on the substance/structure chart...
Magically Treated:
The Break DC gets +20, the Hardness is doubled, and Hit Points doubled or an additional 50 Hit Points (whichever is greater).
True, we might not see Builder Genies making many constructions with substances less than a foot thick, but it is certainly possible someone's going to charge one to build something less defensible than a fortress... might just want a nice home.
We ought to have a separate listing for Tasked Genies in general... that way the individual Tasked Genie listings have only the critical details.
Shade
Monster Junkie
Unfortunately, the entry system for the Creature Catalogue isn't set up for such a thing.
As a result, we generally just open the entries with the common details.
Well, I suspect the information is readily available to anyone who is interested... let's face it, Al-Qadim fans already have the source material on paper and electronically. We're not really losing much by cutting it.Unfortunately, the entry system for the Creature Catalogue isn't set up for such a thing.
As a result, we generally just open the entries with the common details.
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