Converting Al-Qadim and Oriental Adventures creatures

[Shade]

The yau-mor can spit a gout of flame 30 feet long, inflicting 3-18 points of damage and causing combustible materials to ignite.

I'm drawing a blank at the moment and don't have time to look it up...do breath weapons that deal fire damage generally cause combustible materials to ignite, or do we need to explicitly state that? I'm thinking it's the latter.

 

[freyar]

Yeah, I think we need to state that. Should we say victims that fair their Ref save catch fire?

 

[Shade]

We can borrow text from this:

Burn (Ex): A fire elemental’s slam attack deals bludgeoning damage plus fire damage from the elemental’s flaming body. Those hit by a fire elemental‘s slam attack also must succeed on a Reflex save or catch on fire. The flame burns for 1d4 rounds. The save DC varies with the elemental’s size (see the table below). A burning creature can take a move action to put out the flame. The save DC is Constitution- based.

 

[Big Mac]

We can borrow text from this:

Burn (Ex): A fire elemental’s slam attack deals bludgeoning damage plus fire damage from the elemental’s flaming body. Those hit by a fire elemental‘s slam attack also must succeed on a Reflex save or catch on fire. The flame burns for 1d4 rounds. The save DC varies with the elemental’s size (see the table below). A burning creature can take a move action to put out the flame. The save DC is Constitution- based.

Sounds logical. The first sentence would go. The "slam attack" would switch to "breath weapon". I'd guess that the DC would not vary, so that sentence could switch to a fixed one. The rest would seem to be fine.

Would you want to rename this to "Ignite (Ex)"?

 

[Shade]

I'd rather just roll it into the breath weapon, like so...

Breath Weapon (Su): 30-foot line of fire, once every 3 rounds, damage 3d6 fire, Reflex DC 18 half. The save DC is Constitution-based.

Additionally, a yau-mor's breath weapon ignites combustible materials in its area, and creatures who fail their Reflex saves catch on fire (see Catching on Fire in the DMG). The flame burns for 1d4 rounds. A burning creature can take a move action to put out the flame.

Look OK?

 

[freyar]

Looks about right to me!

 

[Shade]

Updated.

Speed: 20 ft. (4 squares), fly 60 ft. (x)

Skills: 60
Knowledge (the planes), Listen, and Spot seem likely, but we need at least 3 more

Feats: 3

Advancement: 8-14 HD (Large); 15-21 HD (Huge)?

A yau-mor is 12 feet tall and weighs X pounds.

Yau-mor speak Abyssal, Celestial, Draconic, and Infernal?

 

[demiurge1138]

I'm not seeing any wings, so I say Good maneuverability as an Su.

Feats: Improved Initiative, Power Attack, Weapon Focus (claw)?

Languages sound right to me.

 

[Shade]

Sounds good.

CR 7? They seem about on par with red slaadi.

For skills, how about Knowledge (the planes) 10, Intimidate 10, Listen 10, Search 10, Spellcraft 10, Spot 10? Spellcraft is for identifying spellcasters, Search for likely missions.

A fire giant is also 12-foot-tall and weights 7,000 pounds. These guys, while chunky, are probably not quite the same stature, although they have two additional arms. So maybe 6,500 pounds?

 

[demiurge1138]

Skills, weight and CR all sound pretty much right. Maybe a little lighter--6,000 pounds?