Stat this up # 1

[Cleon]

well they are small and there are lits of them and they are good at stealth. I think they should have ambush tactics.

Agreed.

Hit-and-run ambush tactics are the obvious fit to their abilities.

 

[freyar]

Tactics: Urdin shroomlings prefer to attack from ambush, using their trance quills against most opponents but venom against known enemies.

 

[Cleon]

Tactics: Urdin shroomlings prefer to attack from ambush, using their trance quills against most opponents but venom against known enemies.

Hmm...

How about:

Shroomling tactics rely on stealthy ambushes and hit-and-run attacks. They prefer to fight from a distance using spell-like abilities, spores, and thrown quills. A shroomling uses its trance quills against most opponents, reserving its venom quills for mortal enemies.

 

[freyar]

I'll go for that!

 

[Nookie]

looks goo to me as well.

 

[Cleon]

I'll go for that!

looks goo to me as well.

Updating the Shroomling Working Draft.

 

[freyar]

What kind of background would we like? Something similar to sprites?

 

[Nookie]

Sprites but maybe a little more militant in their protecting of their homes.

 

[Cleon]

What kind of background would we like? Something similar to sprites?

Sprites but maybe a little more militant in their protecting of their homes.

SRD Sprites "go out of their way to fight evil and ugliness and to protect their homelands". Wouldn't something like that be enough?

I'd keep it vague, since we have no folklore or background info.

Maybe something like:

Shroomlings are forest-dwelling fey with mushroom like heads. They can create magical spores in a similar fashion to myconids, but are not related to the mushroom folk. Reclusive creatures, shroomlings do not fight evil and ugliness like sprites do, but can be very aggressive in the defense of their homelands. They particularly dislike destructive vermin that threaten the plants and fungi they depend upon.

These stats describe the commonest type of shroomling, known as an urdin. An urdin who survives long enough will grow in size and strength and eventually transform into a gorri shroomling, easily identifiable by its red mushroom cap. Shroomlings live in small communities known as circles, each composed of a group of urdin led by a single gorri. They usually live in puffball-like dwellings they grow out of the soil from magical spores.

An urdin shroomling stands stands 1½ feet tall and weighs about 1 pound.

 

[freyar]

No, no, no, they are 3 apples tall. Other than that, it's perfect.