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I think it'd be easier starting a new thread and having an Index of all the 5E Giant Arthropods we've done as the first post. Might as well do that now…

This thread will include giant versions of "normal" arthropods, such as Giant Spiders, and similar monstrous creepy-crawlies. Some of these will be conversions of creatures from earlier editions of Dungeons & Dragons, but others will be entirely new monsters mostly based on arthropods that do...

I've got time! Okay, it still looks way more complicated than it needs to be, but to each their own. If you're lowering the CON to 14 (+2) it'll have Hit Points 55 (10d6 + 20), not the old version's 65 hit points. The Pathfinder version of Bleed does not stack. That is, if a creature has...

That was a step too far for me. I was assuming the original author(s)* meant it when they made the grassling a Fey, and changing it might have consequences they didn't want. For example, spells that affect plants would now affect the grassling. * Whoever that was. The Pathfinder #129 credits...

This thread is a placeholder for Fifth Edition conversions of monsters whose original versions use the Pathfinder Role Playing Game rules. Finished conversions will be added to the Completed Fifth Edition Creatures Index. Note the Index of 5th Edition Pathfinder Conversions includes monsters...

Will have a look at it when I have the time. As for my attempt, after reviewing it I'm satisfied with the result except for a clunky bit in the Description so I'm changing "(grasslings are hermaphrodites who fertilize their seeds via windblown pollen" to "(grasslings are hermaphrodites who...

After further consideration, a problem with using a Giant Assassin Bug, Giant Water Bug, or Giant Praying Mantis is that they aren't aerial predators but pursue prey on the ground or in water. They mostly fly to reach new territory. Indeed, many Reduviids are flightless and may lack wings...

Okay, looked up the Robber Fly and the Basic D&D versions are quite wimpy: AC 6, HD 2, MV 90/180, bites for 1d8. Their special abilities are immunity to poison (since they specialize in attacking giant bees), improved surprise, and leaping up to 30 feet. That wouldn't be a CR 3 monster in 5E...

If memory serves me right, Giant Robber Flies are a BECMI D&D monster and aren't that tough, being weaker than the AD&D Giane Horse Fly. An accurate conversion of them wouldn't be Challenge 3. Will need to look them up. My main objection to Giant Hornets is they wouldn't be significantly...

Updating Efreeti Firelord Working Draft. Now for the juicier stuff – the Actions.

There's multiple differences. First, my version doesn't have Keen Smell, mostly because a 5E Giant Poisonous Snake doesn't have that special trait. I'm fine adding it to the Enworld Weresnake if you like it. Second, the Bite has the wrong DC and is missing its poison damage. Oops! Bite...

Updating the Ihagnim. From what I remember, it takes some time for an Ihagnim to regrow a destroyed bag of devouring. Also, an Ihagnim can sense if its bag has been transferred to the Astral Plane and will infallibly travel to its location and presumably attack any creatures that are near it...

Don't forget the proposed tweaks also affect the Pazrael's Breath of the basic Thrall of Pazuzu Working Draft. Just edited the tweak in, but with "If the thrall" instead of "If a thrall" as it scans better in my not so humble opinion. Have updated the Exalted Thrall of Pazuzu. Now the...

I'm getting a "Page Not Found" error. Meanwhile, I will blue the Giant Grasshopper.

Grassling Small fey, chaotic neutral Armor Class 16 (natural armor) Hit Points 45 (10d6 + 10) Speed 30 ft. STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA 11 (+0) 18 (+4) 13 (+1) 10 (+0) 12 (+1) 15 (+2) Skills Acrobatics +6, Stealth +6 Damage Immunities poison Condition Immunities paralyzed, poisoned Senses...

The Pathfinder SRD version of the Grassling has one issue I don't care for. Basically, it doesn't look nasty enough to be CR 6 to me. That's one CR higher than a Djinni or Troll in Pathfinder, which doesn't seem right to me. Compared it to a common CR 6 monster like a Wyvern and the PFSRD...

So it wasn't so much as feeling energetic as I got bored and didn't have anything else to do, but I whipped up my own version of the Grassling. Before doing so, I had a more thorough look through CaseyReeseKunst's version and noticed a few things: Firstly, it has multiple abilities the...

Why explain it? Mysteries can be intriguing.

Yeah, this seems a too literal conversion of Pathfinder stats for a Grassling. Fifth Edition Dungeons & Dragons has much flatter numbers than Pathfinder, especially First Edition Pathfinder. Might have a shot at doing my own conversion sometime if I'm feeling energetic.

Updating the Weresnake Working Draft. Guess we're done. Next?