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<blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 9248925" data-attributes="member: 57383">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 entirely.That doesn't seem appropriate for a minion of Pazuzu. We'd be better off using something that hunts in the air.Maybe a Giant Dragonfly? The AD&amp;D version of those is pretty meaty: AC 3, HD 7, MV 3&quot;/36&quot; (MC:B), bites for 3d4, with tropical species being larger, with HD 8+1-8 and biting for 4d4.That's more Hit Dice than an AD&amp;D Giant Scorpion, which has HD 5+1.They're also super agile, able to dodge attacks from opponents who lose initiative to them.If we want to go even larger, we could have a giant insect based on a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudostigmatidae" target="_blank">Pseudostigmatidae</a>, aka the Giant Damsefly or Helicopter Damselfly. Those are ridiculously big, growing up to 5 inches long (13 cm), and might be the longest (but not the heaviest) living flying insect.If we start statting these critters up, I'll likely start a new thread for them. Maybe call it 5E: Fifth Edition Giant Arthropods?It's inappropriate to do the conversions on this 3E thread. Some of the insects I mentioned don't have 3E statistics. The Water Bugs don't have any D&amp;D statistics at all!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cleon, post: 9248925, member: 57383"] 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 entirely. That doesn't seem appropriate for a minion of Pazuzu. We'd be better off using something that hunts in the air. Maybe a Giant Dragonfly? The AD&D version of those is pretty meaty: AC 3, HD 7, MV 3"/36" (MC:B), bites for 3d4, with tropical species being larger, with HD 8+1-8 and biting for 4d4. That's more Hit Dice than an AD&D Giant Scorpion, which has HD 5+1. They're also super agile, able to dodge attacks from opponents who lose initiative to them. If we want to go even larger, we could have a giant insect based on a [b][url='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudostigmatidae']Pseudostigmatidae[/url][/b], aka the Giant Damsefly or Helicopter Damselfly. Those are ridiculously big, growing up to 5 inches long (13 cm), and might be the longest (but not the heaviest) living flying insect. If we start statting these critters up, I'll likely start a new thread for them. Maybe call it 5E: Fifth Edition Giant Arthropods? It's inappropriate to do the conversions on this 3E thread. Some of the insects I mentioned don't have 3E statistics. The Water Bugs don't have any D&D statistics at all! [/QUOTE]

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