Converting monsters from Second Edition Monstrous Compendiums

[freyar]

Urg, was going to finish this at the end of last week, but then real life hit hard. I will get to it soon, though.

 

[Cleon]

Urg, was going to finish this at the end of last week, but then real life hit hard. I will get to it soon, though.

Take your time!

Doing these monster conversion is supposed to be the fun part of out time, not the work part, even though it feels like it sometimes.

 

[JohnSmith]

Darter Challenge Rating

Question; Should the Darter (Fiend Folio, 1994) have a Challenge Rating of 6? Is this an error?

Thank you

[h=3]Small Magical Beast [/h]

Hit Dice: 1d10+1 (6 hp)

Initiative: +1

Speed: 10 ft (2 squares)

Armor Class: 12 (+1 size, +1 Dex), touch 12, flat-footed 11

Base Attack/Grapple: +1/-4

Attack: Claw +1 melee (1d2-1) or fang +3 ranged (1d3-1 and poison)

Full Attack: Claw +1 melee (1d2-1) or fang +3 ranged (1d3-1 and poison)

Space/Reach: 5 ft/5 ft

Special Attacks: Blood drain, fangs, poison

Special Qualities: Darkvision 60 ft, low-light vision

Saves: Fort +3, Ref +3, Will +1

Abilities: Str 9, Dex 12, Con 13, Int 1, Wis 12, Cha 2

Skills: Hide +7, Listen +4, Spot +4

Feats: Alertness

Environment: Temperate and warm marsh

Organization: Pair, pack (3-8), or nest (9-24)

Challenge Rating: 06

Treasure: None

Alignment: Always neutral

Advancement: 2-3 HD (Small)

Level Adjustment: ---

 

[Cleon]

Question; Should the Darter (Fiend Folio, 1994) have a Challenge Rating of 6? Is this an error?

I believe that's a transcription error and it should be Challenge Rating 1.

The Creature Catalog's original 3.0 conversion of the Darter is CR 1.

The 3.5 Darter update you referred to is pretty close to the 3.0 version in strength, so it oughtn't to be CR 6. It has a weak Blood Drain attack added to it, but that's not enough to make 5 CR levels of difference!

 

[JohnSmith]

Thank you. Is there something like a list of fixes and changes to already existing monsters in the catalogue?

 

[Cleon]

Thank you. Is there something like a list of fixes and changes to already existing monsters in the catalogue?

The closest we've got to that is the Corrections to Monsters in the CC thread, but it's not terribly complete or up-to-date.

If you spot any apparent errors you're welcome to put a post on that to raise the issue.

However, due to the peculiar set up of the Creature Catalog's database, it's not practical for us to change some of the entries - basically we can't edit most of the 3.0 monsters, the hazards, or the true dragons.

For example, If we wanted to change one of the true dragons the only way we have to do it is to create a new dragon entry by copying over every data field with whatever changes we wanted to make and then delete the old dragon entry, which is such a hassle we haven't bothered doing it for the dragon errors we've spotted so far.

 

[JohnSmith]

Thank you

 

[freyar]

Take your time!

Doing these monster conversion is supposed to be the fun part of out time, not the work part, even though it feels like it sometimes.

Heh, the "urg" was more about not having all the time I'd like for fun stuff. And it's not exactly that work is getting in the way (though that is busy) as much as other RL stuff that is much less fun than work is. If that makes sense. But I really would like to finish this one off.

 

[Cleon]

Heh, the "urg" was more about not having all the time I'd like for fun stuff. And it's not exactly that work is getting in the way (though that is busy) as much as other RL stuff that is much less fun than work is. If that makes sense. But I really would like to finish this one off.

No worries, we'll get it done.

Eventually...

 

[freyar]

Finally updated (again) with the greatsword (again) and spells.

I don't think we settled on equipment. How would you like to improve what it's got?