Converting "generic setting" Second Edition monsters

[Shade]

It sounds like a corporeal undead, with the ability to assume incorporeal form.

Ghast: 4 HD, Str 17, Dex 17, Con —, Int 13, Wis 14, Cha 16, AC 20
Wight: 4 HD, Str 12, Dex 12, Con —, Int 11, Wis 13, Cha 15, AC 17
Bodak: 9 HD, Str 13, Dex 15, Con —, Int 6, Wis 12, Cha 12, AC 15
Morgh: 14 HD, Str 21, Dex 19, Con —, Int 11, Wis 10, Cha 10, AC 23

These have 8 HD, Int 13-14, and AC 22.

So maybe Str 17, Dex 19, Con —, Int 13, Wis 14, Cha 16?

64 hp (8 hp/hit die) suggests unholy toughness to me.

 

[Cleon]

Hmm, so Undead with lots of Hit Dice - 64/4.5 would indicate 14 HD.

They seem to be able to become incorporeal at will, do Con damage with their claws and energy drain with their bite.

 

[freyar]

8 HD with unholy toughness sounds better to me than 14 HD, given the special attacks. They should have DR X/magic, as well, and I'd say it should be DR 5.

 

[Cleon]

8 HD with unholy toughness sounds better to me than 14 HD, given the special attacks. They should have DR X/magic, as well, and I'd say it should be DR 5.

I'll go along with 8 HD and Unholy Toughness, but would like the Charisma to be higher than 16 then. I also think they should be stronger than a Ghast.

Str 19, Dex 17, Con —, Int 13, Wis 14, Cha 18 ?

 

[freyar]

Did you mean to swap the Str and Dex, too?

 

[Cleon]

Did you mean to swap the Str and Dex, too?

Yes I did.

 

[Shade]

Keep the Dex at 19 and I'm in. They have very good AC for their Hit Dice, and I think high Dex needs to be a part of that.

Added to Homebrews.

 

[freyar]

Looks pretty good, but I don't think I like create spawn for these. I'd rather drained victims become some other kind of undead -- it's too bad it's not energy drain, or they'd automatically become wraiths.

 

[Shade]

We can still specify wraiths, although it seems odd to create spawned undead with better special abilities than the creator.

 

[Cleon]

We can still specify wraiths, although it seems odd to create spawned undead with better special abilities than the creator.

Energy drain normally creates wights, not wraiths.