Converting Psionic Creatures

[RavinRay]

Cleon's lower Cha score makes sense to me; they're not exactly personable entities.

 

[Shade]

That works. So Str 10, Dex 10, Con -, Int 31, Wis 30, Cha 11?

Boost HD? 12 HD is pathetic for a creature of this size. A Huge stone golem has at the very minimum 22 HD, and these guys are Colossal.

The Gargantuan Blackstone Gigant starts at 32 HD, and has 55 HD at Colossal.

A stone colossus has 64 HD.

 

[RavinRay]

50+ HD should work. Though not given epic rules, these creatures easily rank among the heavy hitters.

 

[Cleon]

That works. So Str 10, Dex 10, Con -, Int 31, Wis 30, Cha 11?

Boost HD? 12 HD is pathetic for a creature of this size. A Huge stone golem has at the very minimum 22 HD, and these guys are Colossal.

The Gargantuan Blackstone Gigant starts at 32 HD, and has 55 HD at Colossal.

A stone colossus has 64 HD.

I'm not convinced they need to be Colossal. They may be "infinitely tall" but I'd consider that a special effect rather than a scaling measure.

Considering their base size could be a more useful approach.

Unfortunately there are no base dimensions listed in the text. The Flard's illustration in Dragon 47 show a base I'd guesstimate to be about 10-feet by 3-feet, which could easily be Large in 3E terms.

Of course, the illustration might have nothing to do with how big the author envisioned these creatures.

 

[Shade]

I feel the "inifinitely tall" power will work best with Colossal, since we won't have to worry about size category effects.

Freyar, care to cast your vote?

 

[freyar]

Go Colossal! We don't get to use that enough!

 

[Cleon]

Go Colossal! We don't get to use that enough!

Make it Colossal if you like. The original was 1E, which only has one size category above medium.

50+ HD still seems excessive though, I was thinking more just doubling the original's to 24 HD.

 

[Shade]

How about 32 so it's at least on par with the blackstone gigant?

 

[freyar]

Ok, let's compromise at 32HD.

 

[Cleon]

Ok, let's compromise at 32HD.

I'd prefer 36 HD, since it's triple the original.