Converting Creatures from Other Campaign Settings
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Cleon
Legend
How about using a similar approach to the one we employed for the White Boar?
A white boar is a creature specially created by deities of nature to destroy some offense against nature, such as an unnatural abomination and the wizard who created it. Legends claim it houses the spirit of a godlike avatar.
The White Boar of Kilfay
The original white boar found around Kilfay was specially created by the Celtic deities to house the spirit of a godlike avatar sent do destroy Shivnar and his bulette-mutation. Other White Boars can exist, with different trapped deities and their own nemeses.
Once a mortal creature of ordinary flesh and blood, the ice fiend was transformed into an icy monster when it absorbed the blood of a slain god of evil. The power of the ice fiend varies with the season, it is weakest during the hottest months but waxes to a mighty strength in the depth of winter. Their minds are overwhelmed with a cruel hatred that drives them to kill and torment any living creature they encounter. The fiend only spares a victim if it thinks the creature would cause more suffering if left unharmed - for example, it might let a wyrmling white dragon or frost worm pass unmolested, since these are rapacious creatures of cold.
An ice fiend is 10 feet tall and weighs X pounds.
The Ice Fiend of The Rrurik Highlands
The original ice fiend was once a ranger from the isolated province of Rjutaffel in Jankaping. Once a champion of his tribe, he slowly grew isolated when the malevolent powers he had inherited began to manifest. After several years he became an ice-fleshed monster dedicated to terror and murder.
Other ice fiends can exist, they may have different abilities depending on what species or character class they belonged to before they transmogrified. For example, a half-orc barbarian may become an ice fiend with rage-based powers who can create a iceax.
Cleon
Legend
Wonderful idea!
For the weight, perhaps scaled down a gelugon?
An ice devil is about 12 feet tall and weighs about 700 pounds.
Ice Devils are lightweight for their height. If a gelugon was a man-tall 6 feet it'd only weigh 87.5 lbs. They must be hollow or skeletally thin.
Ice is pretty close to the density of flesh, so I'd rather the Ice Fiend weighs about as much as a 10 foot human would - roughly 800 pounds (extrapolated from a 175 lb 6-footer).
Cleon
Legend
Didn't we talk about making the Icebow scale with the seasons - e.g. +1 in Summer, +1 frost in Spring/Autumn, +1 icy burst in Winter?
Maybe a bit more than that...
+1 seeking in Summer, +2 frost seeking in Spring/Autumn, +3 icy burst seeking in Winter?
Shade
Monster Junkie
I thought we'd simply decided upon icy burst year-round. If freyar's OK with the scaling, I am too, although if we go that route I'd prefer frost be obtained before seeking.
I can agree to that.
Cleon
Legend
I am OK keeping the treasure constant, or we could just not have it gather treasure - maybe it's only interested in being Fiendish?
Cleon
Legend
So +1 frost / +2 frost seeking / +3 icy burst seeking? No objection to that.
Considering its other powers vary by season I'd prefer its bow do so as well.
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