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Fine… Updating the Giant Damselfly. Updating the Giant Dragonfly. Updating the Giant Emperor Dragonfly. Updating the Giant Tropical Damselfly. While I'm at it I'll magenta in the Burst of Speed proposal. Incidentally, my first draft of Burst of Speed started "The giant odonatid moves up to 60...

Here's another idea. The earlier edition Giant Dragonflies were faster fliers than the Giant Horsefly (36" vs 27"). Rather than increasing their Speed, how about giving them a Bonus Action like so: Burst of Speed. The giant odonatid flies up to 60 feet. It cannot use Burst of Speed if it used...

I'm wondering whether to add a distance restriction to the Motion Camouflage modelled on the Pounce ability. Motion Camouflage. If the giant odonatid moves at least 20 feet towards a creature and then hits it with an attack on the same turn, that target must succeed at a Wisdom (Perception)...

EDIT: I'm against giving them proficiency in Acrobatics since that'd apply to ALL forms of acrobatics, including ground manoeuvres, and Odonatids aren't very agile on the ground. Indeed, they're rather slow as their legs are built for perching and catching prey. If you really want a Skill...

Okay, I am musing about tweaking the Giant Tropical Damselfly to STR 20 (+5), DEX 17 (+3) so it has the same DEX +6 saving throw as its smaller cousins with their DEX +6. It just seems odd for a beast that must weigh as much as a rhinoceros to be better at aerial dodging and evading than one...

Updating the Giant Damselfly. Updating the Giant Dragonfly. Updating the Giant Emperor Dragonfly. Updating the Giant Tropical Damselfly. Suits me, although I guess we'd better leave these until after we've finished some of our other conversion. The AD&D big cats are way more lethal than a...

Yeah. There's quite a backlog. Some have been left unfinished for a while, like the Black Locust. At least we're getting through the 5E conversions faster than Freyar and I have been working on the 3E ones. Some of those were started literally years ago.

Fixed a few minor issues with the Index of Mayfair Fiends and Celestials. Whenever I see this thread I am tempted to transcribe the original stats for the Demons to this thread, but then I look at the monumental amount of text that I'd have to type out and have second thoughts.

Hmm, should I give the Dragonfly proficiency or advantage on Acrobatics checks when flying? Something like: Expert Aerialist. The giant odonatid has advantage on Dexterity (Acrobatics) checks when flying. It's very tempting, but might be gilding the lily. If the SRD Panther doesn't get...

I'm also wondering about giving it an ability to counteract a flying target's ability to dodge out of the way, since Odonata specialize in catching flying insects that naturally would rather not be caught and eaten. How about one of the following: Aerial Dogfighter #1. If a giant odonatid is...

Hmm, the original AD&D Giant Dragonfly could only grapple Tiny creatures with its leg basket, so I've wondering about reducing the grapple limit of the Odonatids a bit. However, I want the Giant Emperor Dragonfly to be able to catch Giant Wasps, which are Medium size. We could make it so the...

So any objection to this? If not, I'll update the Odonatids' abilities in a day or two.

We'll just make do with that then. Will update the Indexes. EDIT: I included a "Variant: Weresnake Serpentcaller" entry in the Indexes as its Challenge Rating is different from a regular Weresnake.

It doesn't make much difference to me, so which one would you like to start with? Don't remember much about the Ice Maiden or Shim-Shari, would have to look them up. The Gazer was a one-trick pony, plus the original statistics and description are so bare-bones we don't have much to work with...

Works for me. There are some Dragon Magazine monster conversions that have been on my to-do list for a long time, but I fancy addressing one of the Creature Catalog Corrections and 3.5 Upgrades that haven't got addressed. Of those on the list, the Colossus is the most tempting. …I really need...

Updated the Weredragon (True Drakanthrope) Working Draft. We've still got a lot of magenta magenta text to sort out. We started discussing Hit Dice back in June but got sidetracked. That's June 2020. Gods, we've been working on this one for a long time. That's four years ago! The current...

Have added Keen Smell to the the Enworld Weresnake. That's weird, why has the speed changed? The previous version was the correct "Speed 30 ft. (30 ft., swim 30 ft. in snake or hybrid form)" from what I remember. Also, the Blowgun does 1 piercing damage, not 5 (1d4 + 3).

Looks OK. Will update the Indexes.

The second paragraph of Dodging Flight still needs work. How about:  If a giant odonatid is carrying or grappling a creature that is too heavy for the odonatid to fly with, it must release the creature to use Dodging Flight. If the odonatid is grappling a creature light enough to carry through...

I did wonder about tweaking the ability scores slightly, like so: Creature STR DEX CON Giant Damselfly 12 (+1) 18 (+4) 11 (+0) Giant Dragonfly 15 (+2) 18 (+4) 12 (+1) Giant Emperor Dragonfly 18 (+4) 18 (+4) 13 (+1) Giant Tropical Damselfly 21 (+5) 18 (+4) 14 (+2) Just so the...