Converting First Edition monsters from DRAGON magazine

[BOZ]

i knew someone would make that joke sooner or later - thanks for not disappointing!

 

[BOZ]

also for skills, don't forget that most of these guys would have been rogues or assassins in life.

 

[Shade]

also for skills, don't forget that most of these guys would have been rogues or assassins in life.

Good point. This should really be a template...there aren't too many 4th-level assassins roaming around these days. Plus, then we could make the sample monster Parappa the Rapper.

OK, try these skills instead:

Hide +7, Jump +5, Search +5, Spot +4, Tumble +7.

I skipped the usual Listen and Move Silently, since they are usually busy rapping while they work.

 

[BOZ]

i'll work on this guy if i can find some time today; next creature will be the ghuuna, a gnoll shapeshifter.

 

[the Jester]

Lookin' good! I remember these guys from one of the first two Dragons I owned!

One minor quibble- a round was a minute in 1e, so a turn was ten minutes long.

 

[BOZ]

hold on... a round was a minute? so in 60 seconds of action i could only take one action? that doesn't sound right. IIRC it wasn't even that way in 2E.

and BTW, this doesn't affect the conversion in any way, because the item i was mentioning it for turned out to be for a 24 hour period anyway.

 

[BOZ]

ok, posted a working version in this new thread: http://www.enworld.org/forums/showthread.php?p=1174086#post1174086

tell me what you think! change, fix, remove, add, whatever!

issues left to resolve:

feats

CR

rapping ability: sleight of hand penalty for kleptomania

fixed a few things in the entry, this is what i have left to do.

 

[Leopold]

weapon focus, toughness, stonecunning for feats

CR: 3

rapping ability: similar to a confusion spell? or insanity?

 

[BOZ]

ok, got the final version up. the rapping would affect characters that were vulnerable to confusion or insanity effects, but this effect is a bit different.

ok, you know the drill by now... i need a description!

 

[Shade]

ok, got the final version up. the rapping would affect characters that were vulnerable to confusion or insanity effects, but this effect is a bit different.

ok, you know the drill by now... i need a description!

It looks good! Here's a stab at the description:

The source of the tapping appears to be a dwarf, pale-skinned and semi-translucent. It wears filthy rags, covered in dust, and carries a well-worn heavy pick.