Converting Al-Qadim and Oriental Adventures creatures

[freyar]

If you want to do varieties, then let's just do a sidebar. Pick one of them as standard (desert, I guess), drop the appropriate speed in the statblock, and write a sidebar?

Diminished change shape is perfect.

 

[Shade]

If you want to do varieties, then let's just do a sidebar. Pick one of them as standard (desert, I guess), drop the appropriate speed in the statblock, and write a sidebar?

Yep, that's what I was implying (poorly).

 

[freyar]

So... desert is the main kind?

 

[Shade]

So... desert is the main kind?

Yep. Updated.

All ghuls take only half damage from falls.

Slow fall like a monk?

AC converts to 20. With their current Dex modifier, that yields +8 natural. Ghouls have +2 and ghasts have +4, so that seems a little high. Wanna increase Dex a bit, or give them a deflection (Cha-based) or insight (Wis-based) bonus, or even a profane bonus, to AC?

Skills: 42
Bluff 7, Concentration 7, Disguise 7...

Feats: 2
Some ideas: Deceitful, Persuasive, Skill Focus (disguise)

 

[demiurge1138]

Insight bonus to AC seems interesting. But I should point out that efreets have a +6 natural armor bonus. An undead of the same having an additional +2 isn't that out of the ordinary. I'd be fine with all that AC coming from natural armor.

 

[talinthalas]

Of course Ghuls, are undead Janni which only have a natural armor bonus of +1. I like the idea of an insight bonus to AC.

 

[Shade]

Insight bonus to AC seems interesting. But I should point out that efreets have a +6 natural armor bonus. An undead of the same having an additional +2 isn't that out of the ordinary. I'd be fine with all that AC coming from natural armor.

I can see where you're coming from, but janni (upon which they are based) only have +1 natural armor. Add that to the +4 for ghasts, and we're at +5.

How about +4 natural, insight equal to Cha (+4 for a typical ghul)?

 

[demiurge1138]

Sounds good by me. I somehow missed that these were undead janni specifically.

 

[Shade]

Updated.

Slow fall like a monk?

Skills: 42
Bluff 7, Concentration 7, Disguise 7...

Feats: 2
Some ideas: Deceitful, Persuasive, Skill Focus (disguise)

 

[freyar]

Yes to slow fall.

Move Silently, Spot, Intimidate? Or we could swap Spot for Forgery if we go with Deceitful.

So... I like Persuasive. Probably Skill Focus (Disguise), but Deceitful if we use Forgery.