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The way its 2E stats were written it seems that list would correspond to "typical powers known" instead of psi-like abilities. But yeah we can pick some to convert into PLA's. I'm veering away from telekinetic force and body adjustment because the amethyst dragon has those already. Here's a...

The death roll sounds good, I'm 50/50 over Weapon Focus and Alertness.

Well, this is a non-standard gem dragon with two breath weapons (though the 3e amethyst dragon has a second breath weapon of sorts with that explosive crystalline lozenge), no 2e SLA's to convert into 3e PLA's, and an unusual metabolism so giving it limited access to a second discipline doesn't...

Amethyst/crystal manifesting progression (1-17). The breath weapon has a strong psychokinesis flavor; OTOH the way it transduces seismic energy into hit points reeks of psychometabolism. I'm slightly inclined towards the former.

Looking at the 3e amethyst and emerald dragons, they have identical size, hd, Str, and Con progressions, while amethyst has Dex 12 (really should be Dex 10 in 3.5) and emerald has Dex 10 througout. So the beljuril dragon ought to match them in these stats. In 2e the topaz dragon spell...

Large monstrous humanoid, or aberration?

This dragon really has a unique metabolism, it seems that it has something like energy adaptation that enables its draconis fundamentum to convert seismic vibratory energy into metabolic energy, however in game terms SFP really is. I wonder if it gains a boost in hp if caught in the effect of...

Oh joy! A psionic dragon! :cool: And named after a gem, no less. (Beljuril is a gemstone in the Forgotten Realms AFAIK.) Since the 2e emerald and sapphire dragons are the 2nd and 3rd largest gem dragons, in the 3e hierarchy it would be between the amethyst and emerald. (Bruce really mixed up...

I think we've got the stats all done. As an aside, the aquatic dragon already has its hands (or fins) full dealing with sea dragons and amphidragons, now it has to deal with brine dragons as well.

The sea dragon is the most powerful of the marine dragons, while the amphidragon is the least. The (good) aquatic dragon is in between but closer to the amphi. The brine dragon is a bit comparable to the aquatic: it has slightly higher Str and Con, slightly lower Dex, lower Int, Wis and Cha...

I'm go for the Scent, environment, organization, and advancement.

10 ft./age category is reasonable. I'm going to compare the brine dragon with the other Krynnish aquatic dragons (sea dragon, amphidragon, aquatic dragon) and the dragon turtle to see how it stacks up head-to-head once we've gotten most of the stats set.

Yeah, improved grab and swallow whole. Those critters' heads were basically all mouth. :lol:

Dex 10 since it's not an agile swimmer or crawler either. Con 17 seems fair when compared to the giant toad, it seems a sturdier amphibian. Cha 5 this would be the upper limit for me since its lifestyle doesn't seem to need a high Cha. Mastodonsaurus and Platyhystrix would be fun to convert...

I'm surprised why the Dragonlance team left out the brine dragon when they converted all the 2e monsters. Ok, getting to the details. The bite might cause wounds to bleed freely that cause Con damage. An aquatic version of tremorsense, I think we gave the ichthyodrake this one.

Been really busy this week preparing for our high school homecoming (it's our 20th - ack!) so I haven't been active here, but looks like Shade's got that strangulation and tail attacks spot on, and the claw attacks look good to me.

I was thinking Fortitude save for the paralysis so it would have to be Constitution-based.

Looks like a Colossal magical beast to me if it's a water-breathing reptile with a paralyzing gaze; then again, who's to say that a reptile can't revert to an evolutionary throwback state and propagate that mutation to its offspring while remaining an animal.

But it did appear as OGC in Fantasy Flight Games' Draconic Lore, of which I have a copy. As written, it was worded for dragons, but the version in Stormwrack simply re-wrote it for monsters in general. Looks like Dinichthys is done.

I'm looking at the grappling rules for suggestions on strangulation. Being pinned sounds similar to being constricted in this case. Maybe the aquatic dragon can be immobile but take no additional damage due to the constriction in either HP loss or Constitution damage.