Another Creature Catalog query for Dragon?

[Echohawk]

A few more comments:

There is an official 3.5 Piercer in Dangerous Denizens: The Monsters of Tellene, although the stats there are specifically for the Tellenian variety. Also updated in that book are the Guardian Familiar and the Mite. The Grim and Wolfwere both have 3.5 updates in the Ravenloft book Denizens of Dread.

There is a Firedrake in Dragon #329, and although that version is a Gargantuan Dragon rather than the much smaller Monster Manual version, the possible name confusion might be worth noting. The Scarecrow was (partially) updated to 3.X way back in Dungeon #84 (on p87).

As far as the Cyclopskin go, Large one-eyed giants are fairly well covered in 3.X, considering the Lesser Cyclops in Deities and Demigods and the Cyclops in Shining South. I'm inclined to view either or both of these as updates of the Cyclopskin despite them not having identical names.

Finally, although they are unofficial conversions, the Hammer Golem, the Lock Lurker and the Ondonti Orc all appear in Eric L. Boyd's Bestiary of the Realms, Volume 1.

 

[Gothenem]

Cave Fisher is (At Least) in Bestiary of the Realms, Volume 2. There are several other monsters in there...

 

[BOZ]

Finally, although they are unofficial conversions, the Hammer Golem, the Lock Lurker and the Ondonti Orc all appear in Eric L. Boyd's Bestiary of the Realms, Volume 1.

they are unoffical though, aren't they? i notice that eric did vote for the ondonti, but not the other two, so he must not be totally opposed to the competition.

 

[BOZ]

OK, as of about an hour and a half ago, these were the top 20 vote-getters (minus slithering tracker). they will be the ones featured in our query:

Cave Fisher
Rot Grubs
Scarecrow
Tabaxi
Piercer
Hammer Golem
Crystal Ooze
Firedrake
Wolfwere
Mustard Jelly
Voadkyn
Magic Golem
Pegataur
Giant Troll
Urd
Living Web
Al-mi-raj
Baku
Guardian Familiar
Death Watch Beetle

 

[dhaga]

Awesome. I look forward to their preparation, as needed for the submission.

 

[Shade]

Awesome. I look forward to their preparation, as needed for the submission.

That's assuming we get past the query stage.

 

[BOZ]

oh ye of little faith.

i already have three of them written up, from a few queries ago:

Duleep
Ooze, CR 1
These creatures, also called living webs, appear as ambulatory spider webs. They can fire an electricity ray, or shock with their touch. When damaged, they split into smaller creatures.
Originally found in Dragon Magazine 89

Magic Golem
Construct, CR 6
The magic golem is made of iridescent yellow energy in the shape of a humanoid, and is the amalgam of a human merged with wild magic. The Zhentarim discovered this method of turning a living being into pure magical energy. A magic golem can absorb magic and release it in a flare of wild magic.
Originally found in Ruins of Zhentil Keep

Pegataur
Monstrous Humanoid, CR 4
These relatives of the centaur have a more elvish appearance, and large wings like a pegasus. They live in caves in the sides of mountains, and are more aloof than either centaurs or pegasi.
Originally found in Vengeance of Alphaks

 

[BOZ]

Cave Fisher - Vermin or Magical Beast? it is semi-intelligent...

Rot Grubs - they generally appear in groups of 5-20. still want to go with a swarm?

Tabaxi - Humanoid or Monstrous Humanoid?

Piercer - non-intelligent; want to make them vermin as well?

Wolfwere - Magical Beast (shapechanger) like the Jackalwere, or something else?

Guardian Familiar - Outsider?

Death Watch Beetle - Vermin? it had an Int of 1 in AD&D, though we could just make it simple and call it a mindless vermin now.

 

[Shade]

Cave Fisher - Vermin or Magical Beast? it is semi-intelligent...

I'd go vermin and drop the Int. If you really wanna keep the Int, then magical beast.

Rot Grubs - they generally appear in groups of 5-20. still want to go with a swarm?

Swarm baby!

Tabaxi - Humanoid or Monstrous Humanoid?

Humanoid. They don't seem any more monstrous than gnolls or bugbears.

Piercer - non-intelligent; want to make them vermin as well?

Tough call. I'm tempted to go with aberration.

Wolfwere - Magical Beast (shapechanger) like the Jackalwere, or something else?

Yeah, they don't strike me as any different really.

Guardian Familiar - Outsider?

I don't remember these fellas. What do they do? These aren't the same guardian familiars found in Complete Warrior, are they?

Death Watch Beetle - Vermin? it had an Int of 1 in AD&D, though we could just make it simple and call it a mindless vermin now.

Yeah, verminize it.

 

[GrayLinnorm]

I'd go with magical beast for the deathwatch beetle. Vermin should not have supernatural abilities and its death vibration sounds like a magical power to me. Also it sounds like it's more cunning than a mindless vermin.