Converting Creatures from Other Campaign Settings

[Shade]

Added to Homebrews.

I reduced the beholder's Int score by 4.

I'm assuming all-around vision is lost with the eyestalks?

 

[demiurge1138]

Definately. To compensate for the lost Int and reduced "mobile weapons platform" from the loss of the eyestalks, I think we should boost Str in addition to increasing base damage.

 

[Shade]

Boost it by 4?

 

[demiurge1138]

That's still only 14, which is sort of, well... pathetic. Let's make it 18 for starters.

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that these'll have a lower CR than an ordinary beholder?

 

[freyar]

I'd expect, though a "death cone" from the central eye isn't bad.

 

[Shade]

That's still only 14, which is sort of, well... pathetic. Let's make it 18 for starters.

Agreed.

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that these'll have a lower CR than an ordinary beholder?

Yeah, most likely.

I'd expect, though a "death cone" from the central eye isn't bad.

Not bad, but less impressive than the disintegrate/finger of death combo that can fire in different directions, on top of the multiple other missile array of the "mobile weapons platform" (love that description, Demiurge!)

 

[freyar]

Should we work on the central eye now?

 

[Shade]

Sure!

Special Attacks: Deathcharm eye

Combat: The beholder-mummies’ main form of attack is their central eye. It retains the range it had when alive, but the eye now bas a two-pronged attack. The eye acts as a powerful charm monster to those characters or creatures who are affected by such spells; to those who are not, it acts as an equally powerful ray of death magic.

Any who encounter the kasrharin make their saving throws at -4. If they can be charmed and fall their first saving throw, they continue to make all successive saving throws to shake off the charm at -4 as well. Creatures and characters that cannot be charmed because of inner magic resistance or immunity must make a saving throw versus death magic at -4, with failure indicating immediate death.

 

[freyar]

The way it reads, I think I'd make the charm a gaze attack. The death cone can follow from the usual beholder antimagic cone, on or off at will. What do you think?

 

[Shade]

That sounds like a good approach.