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Updated the Efreeti Firelord Working Draft.

I initially used "humanoid" but that has a specific game-mechanic meaning in D&D so decided against it. Though come to think of it, that applies to "giant" as well. How about "A huge being resembling a humanoid but roughly three times taller than a human and far wider?" Also noticed a typo -...

Okay, from re-reading the MC and I4 entries and my memories of the Al-Qadim City of Brass box set that I can't be bothered to pull out of my collection, the customs and behaviour of a Noble Efreeti is pretty well covered by the Description of standard Efreet in the 5E Monstrous Manual. Anyhow...

My idea/plan was to reread the 2E Monstrous Compendium Efreeti Noblie and Oasis and boil down the fluff text into a description.

Those sizes didn't exist in Advanced Dungeons & Dragons. First Edition AD&D had Small, Man-sized and Large. Second Edition AD&D had Tiny, Small, Man-sized, Large, Huge and Gargantuan. I'm leaning towards making them Tiny to keep their vulnerability to normal weapon damage.

Updated the Efreeti Firelord Working Draft. So all we have left is the Description?

Yeah, we might as well leave the trample damage as is. You're expecting consistency in AD&D mechanics?! o_O

Let's see, what did we give Pearl the Moon Dragon: Skills: Appraise +36, Balance +6, Bluff +62, Concentration +63, Diplomacy +74, Disguise +37 (+43 acting), Gather Information +62, Intimidate +68, Jump +37, Knowledge (arcana) +35, Knowledge (history) +35, Knowledge (nature) +17, Knowledge...

Okay, I don't think I'll bother transcribing your 2024 format versions here since I'm lazy. Maybe if I get really bored I'll add them on sometime but I don't feel any rush. Gosh, is Fifth Edition really eleven years old now? Doesn't time fly.

Assuming its round's attacks are three Fiery Falchions for 29½ damage each, plus a 14 damage bonus action, a 9 damage Reaction, Legendaries worth 18 damage and it's set two opponents on fire for 11 damage, which adds up to a 140½ DPR. Running the numbers through the CR Calculator the firelord...

Yes. The adventure's text describing the Dark Dweller encounter was rather long and wordy so I didn't include it in the Homebrew version I posted. Might email or PM you a transcription of it later.

Okay, so I need to check the CR Calculator to see what its Challenge Rating is. Should the DPR be too high it might bump the firelord up to a +7 Proficiency Bonus. If that happens, I'd rather bump the skills, saves, attacks, DCs et cetera up by 1 than bump the damage figures down to match a...

Fine, while update the Efreeti Firelord Working Draft. …while doing so, I noticed a copy-and-replace typo in Combustion Gaze: Also decided the wording was a little clumsy, so have rephrased it to: Combustion Gaze (Costs 2 Actions). The efreeti firelord glares at a single creature or object...

Okay, using the same text formatting as the "Variant" entry made the most sense to me so I've temporarily inserted the Giant Amblypygid into the Completed Fifth Edition Creatures Index as follows: Index of 5th Edition Monsters NAME CR D&D Beyond [CC] Enworld Amblypygid, Giantᴬ 1/2 Completed...

Looks fine to me.

Okay, let's rough it out: Legendary Actions The efreeti firelord can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action option can be used at a time and only at the end of another creature's turn. The firelord regains spent legendary actions at the start of...

How's this: Special Attacks: A weredragon retains the special attacks of the base creature or base dragon, depending on which form it is using, and also gains the special attacks described below. In hybrid form a weredragon retains the special attacks of the base creature and gains the special...

Also, if we're giving it standard giant Rock Throwing it'd have a +1 racial bonus to attack rolls so we'd need to make its poor depth perception penalty –3 if we want it to have a –2 total penalty like the original. It'd be simpler to just not give it the racial bonus to attack when chucking...

A quick check of official sources isn't having much luck. There's a Special Quality called Poor Depth Perception but can't find an official creature with it. The CC version of the Cyclopskin was a pertinent ability: Want to use that if we can't find anything better?

Works for me. Agreed. Will include that in the next update. There are one-eyed creatures in official sources such as Cyclopes. Do they have a SQ we can "borrow"? Nope. An AD&D Hill Giant can hurl a rock up to 200 yards, which is considerably further than the 60 yards of a Fachan. A 3E...