Converting Monsters from Polyhedron Magazine

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Skills: 8
Move Silently? Tumble?

Any racial bonuses? I could see a bonus on the two skills I listed above.

Feats: 3
Dodge, Mobility, Spring Attack?

 

[freyar]

Hey, it's Taz!

How about splitting the ranks evenly and going with a +2 racial bonus on Move Silently and +6 or +8 on Tumble?

Those feats sound appropriate.

 

[Cleon]

Hey, it's Taz!

Nah, I've already done the Southern Devil Whimpus.

How about splitting the ranks evenly and going with a +2 racial bonus on Move Silently and +6 or +8 on Tumble?

Those feats sound appropriate.

I'd rather put 4 in Listen and 4 in Tumble, with a +6 racial in Tumble.

The feats sound good, but it should have two feats not three, since it's 5 HD. Just give it one of them as a bonus feat.

I'd be sorely tempted to give it Whirlwind Attack as a bonus feat too.

Feats: Dodge (B), Mobility, Spring Attack, [Whirlwind Attack (B)?]

 

[Shade]

I'll give in to your sore temptation, if you'll spot me an extra rank in Tumble to get the synergy bonus with Balance and Jump checks.

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Environment: Warm deserts?

Organization: Solitary?

Challenge Rating: 3?

Alignment: Always neutral?

Advancement: x

Whirling dervishes stand 4 feet tall and weigh x pounds.

Whirling dervishes speak Terran?

 

[Cleon]

I'll give in to your sore temptation, if you'll spot me an extra rank in Tumble to get the synergy bonus with Balance and Jump checks.

That's OK by me.

Environment: Warm deserts?

Organization: Solitary?

Challenge Rating: 3?

Alignment: Always neutral?

Advancement: x

The above all sounds good, for Advancement I'd go for 6-7 HD (Small); 8-15 HD (Medium)

Whirling dervishes stand 4 feet tall and weigh x pounds.

Whirling dervishes speak Terran?

40 pounds?

I was thinking "cannot speak". There are plenty of Int 6 creatures that aren't capable of language, and these chaps don't really seem to have a strong elemental connection to me to justify Terran.

 

[freyar]

I can agree with all that.

 

[Shade]

I was thinking "cannot speak". There are plenty of Int 6 creatures that aren't capable of language, and these chaps don't really seem to have a strong elemental connection to me to justify Terran.

But Taz sort of speaks! How about a rudimentary language of their own?

 

[Cleon]

But Taz sort of speaks! How about a rudimentary language of their own?

Ah, but they can'r be Tazes, since those don't burrow. They're like some weird Taz-Bugs hybrid. Maybe that rabbit's been dating Taz's sister?

Besides, they don't seem social creatures, being solitary and all, so who or what would it use its language to speak to?

 

[freyar]

How about this? "The lucky rare victims of a whirling dervish who've survived report that the creatures make crude guttural vocalizations, but it remains unclear whether they have any concept or understanding of language."

 

[Shade]

How about this? "The lucky rare victims of a whirling dervish who've survived report that the creatures make crude guttural vocalizations, but it remains unclear whether they have any concept or understanding of language."

That works for me!

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