Converting Creatures from Other Campaign Settings

[Shade]

Updated.

Environment: Any land and space?

Do we need to give them a breathless ability to explain how they survive in space?

We need to figure out how advancement should work with the spinners -- do these only advance to 1 HD less than the diamond spinners?

I think so. Didn't we decide on 15 HD for the diamond spinners? If so, Advancement 11-14 HD (Large)?

 

[demiurge1138]

Agreed to breathless and max of 14 HD.

 

[freyar]

Agreed!

 

[Shade]

Updated.

Vodoni space spiders are 10 feet in diameter and weigh x pounds. (Elder xorns are about 8 feet tall and wide and weigh about 9,000 pounds.)

 

[freyar]

10000 lb. I don't see these as being quite as, umm, solid and rotund as xorn.

 

[Shade]

Sounds good. Are we ready for the diamond spinners?

Diamond Spinners
These are the mother spiders of the race, and are the most able to defend the precious eggs of their young so treasured by adventurers the universe over.

In addition to the powers of the common space spider, the spinner can jump a full 150 feet horizontally or vertically. This is usually used to ambush intruders to the lair or pursue those lucky enough to have evaded the spinners on the way in.

 

[freyar]

Just add 5HD and a leap ability? If we don't do something else, maybe this is only an underbar.

 

[Shade]

Although it doesn't exactly follow the original description, I wouldn't mind making them Huge.

 

[freyar]

I'll agree to that. Still, it hardly seems like enough for a new statblock. Just change the advancement and put an underbar saying "15HD and above space spiders are known as diamond spinners and gain the leap special ability." Let's also bump Wis to make them better at spotting intruders and, since they're spinners, given them a web ability. Perhaps even an extra tough web since it's made of diamond.

 

[Shade]

That sounds good. Perhaps increase Cha as well, since they are subleaders?