Special Conversion Thread: Microscopic Monsters

[Cleon]

I prefer plant growth to polymorph any object.

I cut it out because 3E Sorcerers can't cast plant growth.

We could always give it a (Su) or (Sp) to magically embiggen oozes and plants. If I recall correctly Protiston can create Giant Microbes.

For the 0-levels: acid splash, detect magic, read magic, light...

resistance? dancing lights? mage hand?

 

[Shade]

I cut it out because 3E Sorcerers can't cast plant growth.

That's a fairly good reason.

We could always give it a (Su) or (Sp) to magically embiggen oozes and plants. If I recall correctly Protiston can create Giant Microbes.

That'll work.

resistance? dancing lights? mage hand?

Sure.

 

[Cleon]

That's a fairly good reason.

That'll work.

Sure.

Leaving the Plant/Ooze Embiggening on the back burner for the time being, we've not got:

0th - acid splash, dancing lights, detect magic, light, mage hand, read magic, resistance, 9
1st - expeditious retreat, XXX, grease, ray of enfeeblement, shield, 5
2nd - eagle's splendor, levitate, resist energy, protection from arrows [instead of protection from normal missiles], web, 5
3rd - blacklight [instead of continual darkness/light], hold person, slow, stinking cloud, 4
4th - black tentacles, contagion, hallucinatory terrain, solid fog, 4
5th - cloudkill, hold monster, telekinesis, transmute rock to mud, 4
6th - freezing sphere, antimagic field, disintegrate 3
7th - control weather, finger of death, grasping hand [instead of push] 3
8th - horrid wilting, polymorph any object [instead of plant growth], 2
9th - wail of the banshee 1

So we're short two cantrips and one 1st-level spell.

I suggested unseen servant, protection from law, true strike or disguise self.

Of those, I currently favour protection from law.

For the cantrips, open/close and ghost sound?

 

[Shade]

I agree with your suggestions.

 

[Cleon]

I agree with your suggestions.

Good! Looks like I can finally get around to updating the Working Draft.

 

[freyar]

Looking good. I do agree about an Su or unique Sp ability to enlarge microscopic creatures. That's where this whole thread came from, right?

 

[Shade]

Looking good. I do agree about an Su or unique Sp ability to enlarge microscopic creatures. That's where this whole thread came from, right?

Indeed!

The question is how to tag something as "microscopic monster"...do we simply list them all out, or add some sort of common SQ (like "dire") by which to identify them, or something else?

 

[Cleon]

Indeed!

The question is how to tag something as "microscopic monster"...do we simply list them all out, or add some sort of common SQ (like "dire") by which to identify them, or something else?

How about an "Enormify Microbes" that can enlarge any Fine-sized Ooze, and a "Control Microbe" affecting Fine-sized Oozes and Oozes that have been "Enormified"?

 

[Shade]

How about an "Enormify Microbes" that can enlarge any Fine-sized Ooze, and a "Control Microbe" affecting Fine-sized Oozes and Oozes that have been "Enormified"?

I suppose that could work, but you aren't going to find many Fine-sized oozes with actual combat statistics. In that case, it might as well be represented by "summon ooze" or "create ooze", and just go straight with the giant-size versions. I suppose we could still call it "Enormify Microbes", and just assume the Fine-sized organisms are always present nearby for "enormification".

I'm tempted to allow him to control any mindless ooze with his "control microbe" power. He is nearly epic, after all.

 

[Cleon]

I suppose that could work, but you aren't going to find many Fine-sized oozes with actual combat statistics. In that case, it might as well be represented by "summon ooze" or "create ooze", and just go straight with the giant-size versions. I suppose we could still call it "Enormify Microbes", and just assume the Fine-sized organisms are always present nearby for "enormification".

Yeah, that seems a lot easier. Microbes are all around us, so it's not going to be short of material. Can protiston create whatever microbes it likes, or does it randomly transform bacteria and single-celled fungi into giant monsters?

How many giant-sized microbes can it create? Is it based on HD or CR?

Hmm, we could do something like this:

Create Macrobes (Su): Once per day, protiston can permanently transform ordinary microbes into giant microorganisms. Protiston can create up to 36 HD of macrobes, of any size or type it chooses. For example, it might create a 14 HD Huge slime mold slug, a giant gonyaulax swarm (13 HD), and three 3 HD giant elphidium.

I'm tempted to allow him to control any mindless ooze with his "control microbe" power. He is nearly epic, after all.

That suits me.