[CoC] Jenkin Lives!

[Jaws]

Jenkin Lives!
A Web Enhancement for Call of Cthulhu d20

The stats for the Rat-thing in Jenkin Lives! is different from the one in the book.
First it has Defense instead of Armor Class.
Attacks:1 bite +6 melee, while the book has it at +7.
Special Attacks: Swarm, book doesn't list that.
Skills: Balance +16, Escape Artist +16, Hide +20, Move Silently +12, the book has the following: Balance +12, Escape Artist +12, Hide +12, Move Silently +11.
Feats: Alertness, book doesn't list that.

It looks like the web enhancement was done before the final edit of the book. I am hoping to get DnDChick's take on this. Please Erica?

Peace and smiles

 

[DnDChick]

Lots of things could account for the differences. I could be errata, or that the web enhancement was done before the final edit on the book.

But, I prefer to think that the rat-things in Jenkin Lives are just a separate creature altogether. The rat-thing in CofCD20 is intended to give you a general idea of what one of the many small, rat-like creatures from the stories might be like. You can (and perhaps should, just to keep the players guessing!) change or modify the rat-things' stat blocks to account for any number of species.

Long story short (too late!), I think the rat-things in Jenkin Lives are just a modified version of the rat-things from the book.

But I do think the defense bonus to AC is errata.

 

[Jaws]

But, I prefer to think that the rat-things in Jenkin Lives are just a separate creature altogether. The rat-thing in CofCD20 is intended to give you a general idea of what one of the many small, rat-like creatures from the stories might be like. You can (and perhaps should, just to keep the players guessing!) change or modify the rat-things' stat blocks to account for any number of species.

Long story short (too late!), I think the rat-things in Jenkin Lives are just a modified version of the rat-things from the book.

They do have a nice stat block for Jenkin as a Rat-Thing Cultist (4th-Level).

Peace and smiles