Spelljammer Converting Spelljammer creatures

[freyar]

Aren't you forgetting a Subtype for it?

Hehe, that's quite an omission!

I wasn't sure I wanted to specify the amount of fire damage in the fireball, but 1d6/HD will do. Do you want to put in "(15d6 for a typical blazozoid)"?

 

[Cleon]

Hehe, that's quite an omission!

I wasn't sure I wanted to specify the amount of fire damage in the fireball, but 1d6/HD will do. Do you want to put in "(15d6 for a typical blazozoid)"?

I don't think we need the 15d6 bit if we have the "1d6 fire damage per hit die of the blazozoid".

 

[Shade]

Aren't you forgetting a Subtype for it?

Goblinoid?

Actually, I thought someone argued against the Fire subtype upthread, due to the coldness of space? I'm fine with or without it, but if we add it, we need to remember to add vulnerability to cold as well.

 

[Cleon]

Goblinoid?

Actually, I thought someone argued against the Fire subtype upthread, due to the coldness of space? I'm fine with or without it, but if we add it, we need to remember to add vulnerability to cold as well.

Wouldn't it make more sense for them to have the Fire subtype and a special immunity to cold & vacumn to represent their ability to survive in Space?

Hmm, come to think of it, if they're immune to fire why does phlogiston affect them? Phlogiston is basically essential fire fluid, after all.

 

[freyar]

Does wildspace do cold damage?

 

[Cleon]

Does wildspace do cold damage?

Well spelljammer.org is the officially-sanctioned 3E site, but I'm having trouble finding any info about the effect of Wildspace exposure.

Their website is a bit hard to navigate, to put it mildly.

 

[freyar]

Maybe the simplest thing is to leave off the fire subtype (as odd as that seems) and give them immunity to cold. I'd give them immunity to fire, too, but would the phlogiston bit be an exception or some other untyped damage?

I know what you mean about spelljammer.org. They do have an epic spell that creates an air envelope around a ship to protect the crew from "cold and radiation" from wildspace, so I guess that's there would be cold damage. If Big Mac shows up, maybe he can tell us.

 

[Cleon]

Maybe the simplest thing is to leave off the fire subtype (as odd as that seems) and give them immunity to cold. I'd give them immunity to fire, too, but would the phlogiston bit be an exception or some other untyped damage?

They take normal damage from cold and water according to their original writeup, so I wouldn't give them immunity to cold.

It would seem very odd not to make them Fiery. I'd rather give them a SQ to say they are not vulnerable to cold or water.

Starborn (Ex): A blazozoid can exist comfortably in the harsh conditions of space. A blazozoid does not have the vulnerability to cold that is standard for creatures with the Fire subtype, and it takes no damage from radiation, fire. Blazozoids are immune to pressure and decompression damage, so can move easily between the vacuum of space to the crushing depths of a star.

Besides, the Fire subtype doesn't explicitly forbid immunity to cold. It imposes vulnerability to cold, but if it has immunity that's +50% of no damage.

 

[freyar]

Well, that ought to cover all the bases. Sure. Fire subtype it is.

 

[Cleon]

Well, that ought to cover all the bases. Sure. Fire subtype it is.

Good! Anything left to do for them mechanically, or is it just flavour left?