Converting Al-Qadim and Oriental Adventures creatures

[demiurge1138]

Sure. 8th level sorcerer?

 

[freyar]

Sounds good. Maybe focusing on necromancy?

 

[demiurge1138]

Sure! How's this for a spell-list? We don't have its ability scores yet, so I don't know how many it'll get each day, but...

4th--animate dead (fear is also a strong option)
3rd--haste, ray of exhaustion (vampiric touch and suggestion are also strong options)
2nd--acid arrow, bull's strength, ghoul touch (if we give it vampiric touch, might want to swap one of these for spectral hand)
1st--charm person, mage armor, magic missile, ray of enfeeblement, shield
0th--dancing lights, daze, ghost sound, mage hand, message, prestidigitation, resistance, touch of fatigue

 

[freyar]

Looks good. If we're going to be heavy on necromancy, I'd say put in vampiric touch for haste and spectral hand for acid arrow. What do you think?

 

[demiurge1138]

Sounds fine by me.

 

[Shade]

That list looks great. I'll try to get a Homebrews going for this fella soon.

 

[Shade]

Added to Homebrews.

 

[demiurge1138]

Uh-oh. I noticed that the flavor-text says that ghul-mages favor Air, Earth and Fire magic. We, on the other hand, have given him lots of necromancy. Do we want to scrub out that flavor-text, or rewrite his spells known?

As for feats: Eschew Materials, Skill Focus (concentration), Spell Focus (necromancy)

 

[Shade]

I'd rather not drop the flavor text, as it was the original intent. However, we could just add necromancy to that list, right?

The feats look good.

 

[demiurge1138]

Yeah, let's add necromancy to the list. And we should actually add some spells that reflect the rest of the flavor-text. Like switching ghoul touch for scorching ray, shield for burning hands, or even animate dead for stoneskin.