Converting Planescape monsters
- Thread starter Shade
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Cleon
Legend
Yes, I was wondering how that worked. I suppose it could just down to it being magic and not needing to make much sense.
I know, but that's a Wisdom-based skill.
As a compromise, I would accept giving the poisoned victim an insight bonus on their skill checks, and possibly letting them make the Knowledge check untrained...
freyar
Extradimensional Explorer
Even magic should make some sense. 
We don't have to make the same mistakes as the original designers (or worse yet, some editor who messed with the original design).
You could maybe convince me to go for an untrained Knowledge check, but I still prefer Heal and Knowledge as usual. Besides, I think we have you outnumbered.
EDIT: What I'm trying to say is that the original designer probably picked the Int check out of a lack of better options. The use of skills in 3.X to notice things gives us more versatility and better options even without going to exception-based design.
We don't have to make the same mistakes as the original designers (or worse yet, some editor who messed with the original design).You could maybe convince me to go for an untrained Knowledge check, but I still prefer Heal and Knowledge as usual. Besides, I think we have you outnumbered.
EDIT: What I'm trying to say is that the original designer probably picked the Int check out of a lack of better options. The use of skills in 3.X to notice things gives us more versatility and better options even without going to exception-based design.
Cleon
Legend
Even magic should make some sense.
Well the sense it make could just be "the quixotic gods thought it would be amusing".
You could maybe convince me to go for an untrained Knowledge check, but I still prefer Heal and Knowledge as usual. Besides, I think we have you outnumbered.
EDIT: What I'm trying to say is that the original designer probably picked the Int check out of a lack of better options. The use of skills in 3.X to notice things gives us more versatility and better options even without going to exception-based design.
Yes, I expected you staid stuck-in-the-muds would be against it.
So, are we still making the DCs different for the victim and their allies?
e.g.:
Version #1
A bloodcurse victim feels their flesh changing and devouring their own blood. If they succeed at a DC 10 [?] Heal check or Knowledge (arcana) check they realize that consuming the blood of a person untainted by bloodcurse venom will temporarily alleviated their affliction. Another creature observing the victim can discover this information with a DC 18 Heal check or Knowledge (arcana) check.
Version #2
A bloodcurse victim feels their flesh changing and devouring their own blood. If they succeed at a DC 10 [?] Heal check or Knowledge (arcana) check they realize that consuming the blood of a person untainted by bloodcurse venom will temporarily alleviated their affliction. Note that the victim can make the Knowledge (arcana) check untrained. Another creature observing the victim can discover this information with a DC 18 Heal check or Knowledge (arcana) check.
Cleon
Legend
Updating Working Draft.
We've still got "Like all creatures of the Beastlands, darkstrikes are not subject to spells which affect animals, even snake charm."
Should we do something with that?
Shade
Monster Junkie
As magical beasts, they should be immune to most spells that affect normal serpents.
Cleon
Legend
Yeah, I was leaning toward that solution, but did wonder whether we should widen it to some kind of limited resistance to Enchantment spells.
Shade
Monster Junkie
I've no objections.
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