dreaded_beast
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Can someone create a baby Aboleth for me, with a lower CR than the standard 7 for an adult aboleth?
I'm shooting for 5 or 4 at the lowest.
I'm shooting for 5 or 4 at the lowest.
Baby Aboleth
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frankthedm
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Asking over in the creature catologe sub forum should get more help on this subject.
dreaded_beast
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frankthedm said:
Good idea!
Can a mod please move this thread to that forum?
Knight Otu
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Let's see... Aboleths have 8 HD, and are huge aberrations. The Improving monsters section suggest that adding 4 aberration HD adds +1 to CR. Obviously, this won't work well in reverse, but it's a start. Let's go to 4 HD, and Large size first.
Large Aberration (Aquatic)
Hit Dice: 4d8+12 (30 hp)
Initiative: +1
Speed: 10 ft. (2 squares), swim 60 ft.
Armor Class: 15 (–1 size, +2 Dex, +4 natural), touch 11, flat-footed 13
Base Attack/Grapple: +3/+11
Attack: Tentacle +6 melee (1d4+4 plus slime)
Full Attack: 4 tentacles +6 melee (1d4+4 plus slime)
Space/Reach: 10 ft./5 ft.
Special Attacks: Enslave, psionics, slime
Special Qualities: Aquatic subtype, darkvision 60 ft., mucus cloud
Saves: Fort +4, Ref +3, Will +7
Abilities: Str 18, Dex 14, Con 16, Int 15, Wis 17, Cha 17
Skills: Concentration +10, Knowledge (any one) +9, Listen +12, Spot +12, Swim +12*
Feats: Alertness, Combat Casting
Environment: Underground
Organization: Solitary, brood (2–4),or slaver brood (1d3+1 plus 7–12 skum)
Challenge Rating: 5?
Treasure: Standard
Alignment: Usually lawful evil
Advancement: 5–8 HD (Large)
Level Adjustment: —
*includes the Strength modifier. The aboleth seems to be missing that one.
Enslave save DC becomes 15.
Psionics manifester level becomes 8th. The save DCs don't change.
Slime DC becomes 15.
Mucus Cloud DC becomes 15.
Keep in mind this is just a quick attempt at downscaling the aboleth. It seems reasonable at first glance to me, but I can't test it right now. Other changes that may be desireable would be to reduce the mental ability scores (propably only Wis and Cha), or reducing the Dexterity instead of increasing it (which came with substracting the normal adjustments for a size increase).
Large Aberration (Aquatic)
Hit Dice: 4d8+12 (30 hp)
Initiative: +1
Speed: 10 ft. (2 squares), swim 60 ft.
Armor Class: 15 (–1 size, +2 Dex, +4 natural), touch 11, flat-footed 13
Base Attack/Grapple: +3/+11
Attack: Tentacle +6 melee (1d4+4 plus slime)
Full Attack: 4 tentacles +6 melee (1d4+4 plus slime)
Space/Reach: 10 ft./5 ft.
Special Attacks: Enslave, psionics, slime
Special Qualities: Aquatic subtype, darkvision 60 ft., mucus cloud
Saves: Fort +4, Ref +3, Will +7
Abilities: Str 18, Dex 14, Con 16, Int 15, Wis 17, Cha 17
Skills: Concentration +10, Knowledge (any one) +9, Listen +12, Spot +12, Swim +12*
Feats: Alertness, Combat Casting
Environment: Underground
Organization: Solitary, brood (2–4),or slaver brood (1d3+1 plus 7–12 skum)
Challenge Rating: 5?
Treasure: Standard
Alignment: Usually lawful evil
Advancement: 5–8 HD (Large)
Level Adjustment: —
*includes the Strength modifier. The aboleth seems to be missing that one.
Enslave save DC becomes 15.
Psionics manifester level becomes 8th. The save DCs don't change.
Slime DC becomes 15.
Mucus Cloud DC becomes 15.
Keep in mind this is just a quick attempt at downscaling the aboleth. It seems reasonable at first glance to me, but I can't test it right now. Other changes that may be desireable would be to reduce the mental ability scores (propably only Wis and Cha), or reducing the Dexterity instead of increasing it (which came with substracting the normal adjustments for a size increase).
dreaded_beast
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Awesome!
I'm gonna play test it tonight and let you know how it goes.
I'm gonna play test it tonight and let you know how it goes.
