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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 5107374" data-attributes="member: 57383">I'd be fine with just giving it a d20 Modern Monitor Lizard's skills with some adjustment for the differences in stats. Since it has Int 2 it won't have skill points based on its HD.Monitor Lizard: Climb +9, Hide +7 (+11 in overgrown or forested areas), Listen +4, Move Silently +6, Spot +4Subtracting the relevant attributes & racial bonuses that works out as the following skill ranks.Monitor Lizard: Climb 6, Hide 1, Listen 3, Move Silently 0, Spot 3That's 13 Skill Points.It would strike me as fitting to give the Kinori War Dragon the same racial bonuses as a monitor lizard - +4 Hide and Move Silently, +8 Hide in forested or overgrown areas.The Kinori War Lizard is much stronger (Str 24) but Clumsier (Dex 10) than a Monitor Lizard (Str 17, Dex 15), so I'd suggest removing 4 points from Climb and put them all in Hide to cancel out the -4 Hide penalty for it being Large. That way their modifiers will be more even.Kinori War Lizard (13SP): Climb 2, Hide 5, Listen 3, Move Silently 0, Spot 3Kinori War Lizard: Climb +9, Hide +5 (+9 in overgrown or forested areas), Listen +4, Move Silently +4, Spot +4As for the feats, the D&D SRD Monitor Lizard has Alertness and Great Fortitude. Alertness would be handy but I'm thinking Stealthy may be more useful to help it ambush prey, since it would give the War Dragon the same sneakiness as a regular monitor lizard.It doesn't really need any boost to its Fort saves as it already has an impressive +13 Fort save.I'd fancy something combat-related for the other feats, since it is a "War Dragon".Multiattack and/or Weapon Focus (bite) to increase its attack bonus?Power Attack to boost damage?Iron Will or Lightning Reflexes to compensate for its weakest saves?Hmm, I think Weapon Focus gives slightly less bang for the buck than Multiattack, and the Kinori would rather their creature not have good Will saves to resist their influence, so I fancy the following:Kinori War LizardFeats: Lightning Reflexes, Multiattack, Power Attack, StealthySkills: Climb +9, Hide +7 (+11 in overgrown or forested areas), Listen +4, Move Silently +6, Spot +4What reckon you?</blockquote>

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