Converting prehistoric creatures

[Cleon]

Looking good. CR 1/3 is fine by me. Are we just left with flavor?

Where do you stand on whether it should have Light Fortification?

I'd rather keep the fortification, but I don't mind dropping it if you're against the critical resistance.

Also, are you OK with CR 5 for the Giant version?

 

[Shade]

Where do you stand on whether it should have Light Fortification?

I'd rather keep the fortification, but I don't mind dropping it if you're against the critical resistance.

Also, are you OK with CR 5 for the Giant version?

The light fortification doesn't bother me.

CR 5 for the giant version appeals.

 

[Cleon]

The light fortification doesn't bother me.

CR 5 for the giant version appeals.

Updating the Working Draft.

I corrected some giant sea turtle stuff that got copied over into the regular turtle's Fortification and Hold Breath SQs.

Time for the flavour text then. If I recall the Monstrous Compendium correctly, Giant Sea Turtles are mighty tasty...

 

[freyar]

We still need 2 feats for the giant one. Endurance? Snatch?

 

[Cleon]

We still need 2 feats for the giant one. Endurance? Snatch?

Works for me!

Updating the Working Draft.

How's this for the flavour:

A turtle with a flattened body and powerful fore-flippers.

Sea turtles are common marine reptiles. Most of them are omnivores or herbivores and mainly eating seaweed, but there are carnivorous varieties that eat fish or jellyfish. A sea turtle lives its life in the water, except for when the females crawl onto sandy beaches to bury their eggs. Humanoids often hunt sea turtles. Their flesh and eggs are quite tasty, and their shells can be fashioned into implements or ornaments.

The statistics presented here describe a small sea turtle, 2 to 3 feet long and weighing 70 to 100 pounds. Some kinds of sea turtle grow much larger than that.

COMBAT

Sea turtles are rarely aggressive, preferring to swim away from opponents. They bite if threatened.

Giant Sea Turtle
These relatives of ordinary sea turtles are so enormous they can live comfortably in cold waters. Giant sea turtles are omnivores, preferring to eat plants and small animals. They do not usually hunt prey the size of most humanoids. These reptiles are just as tasty as their normal-sized cousins, and their shells are so huge they can be used as roofs or boats.

A giant sea turtle typically measures from 20 to 30 feet from snout to tail, with a shell from 15 to 25 feet in diameter, and weighs 30,000 pounds or more. Old specimens often reach lengths of 50 or 60 feet.

COMBAT

Giant sea turtles are basically non-aggressive, but fight fiercely if sorely provoked. If a giant sea turtle feels bothered by an intruder, it normally withdraws into its shell and waits to be left alone. Should a persistent enemy annoy or injure it, the turtle will bite with its deadly, tearing beak. An angry giant sea turtle may capsizes a ship by surfacing underneath it.

 

[freyar]

Looks great! Let's say they're done.

 

[Cleon]

Looks great! Let's say they're done.

Yup, looks that way!

Updating the Working Draft.

 

[Shade]

Transferred to Homebrews.

 

[Cleon]

Transferred to Homebrews.

So, are we doing The Father Of All Turtles, the Ferry Turtle, or the Nik'too next?

 

[Shade]

So, are we doing The Father Of All Turtles, the Ferry Turtle, or the Nik'too next?

I hear Nik'too is highly addictive, so it might be necessary.