Converting Epic Level Creatures

[freyar]

Standard linnorm skills plus Climb for getting around on that tree?

Going for the epic crit feats plus some metamagic seems like a good plan.

 

[Shade]

Sounds good. We might also look to Demiurge's corpse tearer for inspiration...

Feats: Ability Focus (breath weapon), Awesome Blow, Cleave, Empower Spell, Great Cleave, Greater Spell Focus (necromancy), Improved Bull’s Rush, Improved Initiative, Improved Spell Capacity (x2), Multiattack, Power Attack, Quicken Spell, Spell Focus (necromancy), Weapon Focus (bite)

 

[freyar]

That's funny, I think demiurge's corpse tearer should have a couple more feats.

Anyway, if we go with the above suggestions we can take his list and make the following changes (or we can just take his list if the necromancy still makes sense):
Drop Ability Focus and the two Spell Focus feats and replace with Imp Crit (bite), Overwhelming Crit (bite), Devastating Crit (bite).
Change Quicken for another metamagic (need to check spell list, maybe Maximize?) since it has sorc casting only.
Perhaps swap out Imp Spell Capacity (one or both) for more metamagic or Power Critical, depending on how it's looking.

 

[demiurge1138]

The Epic feats are listed seperately for the corpse tearer, I believe.

 

[Shade]

Drop Ability Focus and the two Spell Focus feats and replace with Imp Crit (bite), Overwhelming Crit (bite), Devastating Crit (bite).

Yeah, I think that's a good approach for this guy.

Change Quicken for another metamagic (need to check spell list, maybe Maximize?) since it has sorc casting only.

Sounds good.

Perhaps swap out Imp Spell Capacity (one or both) for more metamagic or Power Critical, depending on how it's looking.

I could go either way here. Preferences?

 

[freyar]

The Epic feats are listed seperately for the corpse tearer, I believe.

I don't see them, plus Imp Spell Capacity is mixed in with the others. If these were 3.0, that might explain things.

I could go either way here. Preferences?

Ok, I'm going to say go with Enlarge Spell in place of Quicken, keep one Imp Spell Capacity, and add Power Crit in place of the other.

 

[Shade]

Updated.

Challenge Rating: x

Nidhogg speaks Draconic, Abyssal, and x.

 

[freyar]

I'd better let someone else figure the CR. Not coming up with a good 3rd language, either.

 

[Shade]

A great wyrm gold dragon is CR 27, with 41 HD. Based on normal advancement rules, that would make these guys CR 28, assuming all else is equal. Does that seem reasonable?

 

[freyar]

Okedoke! Want to do Infernal or Celestial as the last language?