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<blockquote data-quote="Koewn" data-source="post: 1739973" data-attributes="member: 13172">'Mob' as a SwarmOK. So, Mob as a subtype - let me see how it would work then, without using Dungeon's IP. This is kinda train-of-thought following the Swarm subtype text out of the SRD.A Mob is a collection of Small and/or Medium creatures that act as a 'single creature'.A mob of Small creatures consists of 18 creatures, a Medium of 10 creatures, and a mixed group of 14 creatures in a 10 ft space.Not subject to crit hits or flanking.A Mob takes half damage from target spells. (They're too big, singularly, to be immune to them as a group, but half-damage sounds about right, perhaps your Scorching Ray just glances 4 or 5 people in the mob)Mob Attacks by HD:1-4 HD = 2d65-8 HD = 4d69-12 HD = 6d613-18 HD = 8d619+ HD = 10d6[ I'm not real sure about the above attacks, but I can see a 'mob' of 'peasants' (1-4 HD) doing on average 2d6 a round ]Unlike a Swarm, a Mob will take an Attack of Opportunity on a creature moving through it's space. It gets one AoO per round per 4 HD. Quick, dirty. Does this actually work for anyone? How close does this mesh to what WoTC thought up, I wonder?Thanks!Koewn</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Koewn, post: 1739973, member: 13172"] [b]'Mob' as a Swarm[/b] OK. So, Mob as a subtype - let me see how it would work then, without using Dungeon's IP. This is kinda train-of-thought following the Swarm subtype text out of the SRD. A Mob is a collection of Small and/or Medium creatures that act as a 'single creature'. A mob of Small creatures consists of 18 creatures, a Medium of 10 creatures, and a mixed group of 14 creatures in a 10 ft space. Not subject to crit hits or flanking. A Mob takes half damage from target spells. (They're too big, singularly, to be immune to them as a group, but half-damage sounds about right, perhaps your Scorching Ray just glances 4 or 5 people in the mob) Mob Attacks by HD: 1-4 HD = 2d6 5-8 HD = 4d6 9-12 HD = 6d6 13-18 HD = 8d6 19+ HD = 10d6 [ I'm not real sure about the above attacks, but I can see a 'mob' of 'peasants' (1-4 HD) doing on average 2d6 a round ] Unlike a Swarm, a Mob will take an Attack of Opportunity on a creature moving through it's space. It gets one AoO per round per 4 HD. Quick, dirty. Does this actually work for anyone? How close does this mesh to what WoTC thought up, I wonder? Thanks! Koewn [/QUOTE]

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