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5E: Converting Monsters from White Dwarf Magazine for Fifth Edition
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<blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 8856476" data-attributes="member: 57383"><p>Updated the <strong><a href="https://enworld.org/index.php?posts/8469301" target="_blank">Completed Fifth Edition Creatures Index</a></strong> and the <strong><a href="https://enworld.org/index.php?posts/8456020" target="_blank">White Dwarf Conversion Index</a></strong>.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Well there is something a bit "Pillsbury doughboy" looking about its illustration…</p><p></p><p>Still, it's not clay so wouldn't have a Clay Golem's immunity to acid. I'd only give it immunity to poison and psychic damage.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Okay, how about this idea.</p><p></p><p>We give it a Special Trait that gives it a variable "Might Score" that starts out low and increases as more/stronger foes attack it, up to a maximum cap of some appropriate value. Probably it's Strength bonus plus its Proficiency bonus.</p><p></p><p>Then we give it a <em><strong>Grab Intruder</strong></em> attack with an escape DC that's X plus its Might score and a <em><strong>Crush Enemy</strong></em> attack that does bludgeoning damage equal to #d# plus its Might score to a grappled opponent (or maybe #s# plus twice its Might score? I'll have to play with the numbers), possibly with a CON or STR saving throw for half damage.</p><p></p><p>The original text says it can damage opponents by grappling them, so I imagine this thing wrapping its arms around an intruder and just holding on, but if its prisoner or their allies start seriously damaging it starts closing its arms together and… SQUELCH!</p><p></p><p>Would drop the <em><strong>Slam</strong></em> and <em><strong>Multiattack</strong></em> actions as the original monster didn't go all two-fisted fighting like a clay golem.</p><p></p><p>That said, I'd be open to it having a damaging version of <em><strong>Grab Intruder</strong></em> that does bludgeoning damage for when the gloves come off and it doesn't have an enemy in its stony mitts, maybe call that attack <em><strong>Seize Foe</strong></em>?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>There are 5E constructs that don't have weapon damage resistance who are literally made of solid metal, such as the <strong><a href="https://www.5esrd.com/database/creature/shield-guardian" target="_blank">Shield Guardian</a></strong>.</p><p></p><p>I see no need to give the Sqaarg any Weapon Resistances as the original monster doesn't have them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cleon, post: 8856476, member: 57383"] Updated the [B][URL='https://enworld.org/index.php?posts/8469301']Completed Fifth Edition Creatures Index[/URL][/B] and the [B][URL='https://enworld.org/index.php?posts/8456020']White Dwarf Conversion Index[/URL][/B]. Well there is something a bit "Pillsbury doughboy" looking about its illustration… Still, it's not clay so wouldn't have a Clay Golem's immunity to acid. I'd only give it immunity to poison and psychic damage. Okay, how about this idea. We give it a Special Trait that gives it a variable "Might Score" that starts out low and increases as more/stronger foes attack it, up to a maximum cap of some appropriate value. Probably it's Strength bonus plus its Proficiency bonus. Then we give it a [I][B]Grab Intruder[/B][/I] attack with an escape DC that's X plus its Might score and a [I][B]Crush Enemy[/B][/I] attack that does bludgeoning damage equal to #d# plus its Might score to a grappled opponent (or maybe #s# plus twice its Might score? I'll have to play with the numbers), possibly with a CON or STR saving throw for half damage. The original text says it can damage opponents by grappling them, so I imagine this thing wrapping its arms around an intruder and just holding on, but if its prisoner or their allies start seriously damaging it starts closing its arms together and… SQUELCH! Would drop the [I][B]Slam[/B][/I] and [I][B]Multiattack[/B][/I] actions as the original monster didn't go all two-fisted fighting like a clay golem. That said, I'd be open to it having a damaging version of [I][B]Grab Intruder[/B][/I] that does bludgeoning damage for when the gloves come off and it doesn't have an enemy in its stony mitts, maybe call that attack [I][B]Seize Foe[/B][/I]? There are 5E constructs that don't have weapon damage resistance who are literally made of solid metal, such as the [b][URL='https://www.5esrd.com/database/creature/shield-guardian']Shield Guardian[/URL][/b]. I see no need to give the Sqaarg any Weapon Resistances as the original monster doesn't have them. [/QUOTE]
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