5E: Converting Monsters from White Dwarf Magazine for Fifth Edition

[Cleon]

ok, dumb question - why does the snake constrict anyone if it can't do anything at all? Should it be able to bite at least?

It can still make melee attacks against the creature it's grappling, so it can bite and stab the restrained victim however it likes. With advantage on the attack rolls as the target is grappled.

This should be clearer:

Tail (Snake or Hybrid Form Only) #3. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d8 + 1) bludgeoning damage. If the weresnake chooses, the target is grappled (escape DC 13) and restrained until the grapple ends. Until this grapple ends, the weresnake can't use its blowgun and its melee attacks can only target the grappled creature.​

Better update the Weresnake Working Draft while I'm at it.

 

[Casimir Liber]

ok that's fine - #3 added

 

[Cleon]

I was thinking it can simultaneously bite and tail in snake form, making it nastier than a regular constrictor.

The Werebear seems a better model for that than a Wererat, which only gets a single attack in animal form.

To avoid further confusion, I'll better spell out all the options…

Multiattack. The weresnake makes two attacks. In snake form, it makes one bite attack and one tail attack. In humanoid form, it makes two scimitar attacks or has one blowgun attack and one scimitar attack. In hybrid form, the weresnake's first attack is with its bite, blowgun or scimitar, and its second attack is with its tail or scimitar.​

That ought to do.

 

[Casimir Liber]

Right....

Black Dragon Warrior

 

[Cleon]

Right....

Black Dragon Warrior

We decided to make them monstrosities not constructs.

It also needs a linespace before the Children of the Dragon's Teeth paragraph.

Apart from that, it looks OK.

 

[Casimir Liber]

We decided to make them monstrosities not constructs.

It also needs a linespace before the Children of the Dragon's Teeth paragraph.

Apart from that, it looks OK.

ok done - others to come

Black Dragon Warrior

Dragonscale Equipment. The dragon warrior's armor and longsword are part of its body, formed from its own scales.  Damage to dragonscale ...

www.dndbeyond.com

https://www.dndbeyond.com/monsters/3985108-blue-dragon-warrior

 

[Cleon]

ok done - others to come

Black Dragon Warrior

Dragonscale Equipment. The dragon warrior's armor and longsword are part of its body, formed from its own scales.  Damage to dragonscale ...

www.dndbeyond.com

https://www.dndbeyond.com/monsters/3985108-blue-dragon-warrior

Both the Black and Blue look good to go.

Will update the Indexes once a bunch of them are finished.

 

[Casimir Liber]

https://www.dndbeyond.com/monsters/4012352-green-dragon-warrior

(I am cutting and pasting each from scratch as I think the reason some are "disappearing" from my end is dndbeyond is classing various ones as later versions of other. So labour intensive this way)

 

[Cleon]

https://www.dndbeyond.com/monsters/4012352-green-dragon-warrior

(I am cutting and pasting each from scratch as I think the reason some are "disappearing" from my end is dndbeyond is classing various ones as later versions of other. So labour intensive this way)

Can't see any problems with that one either.

 

[Casimir Liber]

Five more...nearly done...


https://www.dndbeyond.com/monsters/4050983-brass-dragon-warrior

https://www.dndbeyond.com/monsters/4051009-bronze-dragon-warrior

https://www.dndbeyond.com/monsters/4051017-copper-dragon-warrior

https://www.dndbeyond.com/monsters/4034127-white-dragon-warrior

https://www.dndbeyond.com/monsters/4034097-red-dragon-warrior