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<blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 8489549" data-attributes="member: 57383"><img src="https://www.enworld.org/attachments/gianturopygid-png.148524/" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />Okay, the initial statblock looks fine.Giant Pedipalps have immunity to acid in 2E but not in any other edition AFAIK, but they have immunity to poison in 2E and 3E so I won't object to the Poison Damage Resistance.A Uropygid has spiny pedipalps that can impale prey, so its Foreleg attacks should do some damage. To keep the total amount manageable we'd probably want to reduce the bite attack damage.The AD&amp;D monster's Pedipalps do 1d8 damage and its Bite does 2d4 damage, neither of which is quite as good as the 1d10 of an AD&amp;D Giant Scorpion's claws.So maybe melee weapon damages of foreleg 5 (1d6 + 2) and bite 7 (1d10 + 2)?That's similar to the damage of a <a href="https://www.5esrd.com/database/creature/hippogriff" target="_blank">Hippogriff</a> or <a href="https://www.5esrd.com/database/creature/giant-eagle/" target="_blank">Giant Eagle</a>, both Challenge 1 monsters who have lower HP and AC but a point better to hits and don't need to hit with their claws before they can bite an opponents.The Acidic Discharge doesn't need the &quot;mucous membranes&quot; stuff, &quot;failure results in Disadvantage on all actions for 1d6 rounds or until target is doused in water.&quot; would be enough.It also has most of a paragraph from the burning hands spell stuck after it for some reason. That should be removed.The Description seems both too short, a bit redundant (mention of gripping pedipalps and &quot;arachnid&quot; both used twice) and a portion is about solifugids rather than uropygids.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cleon, post: 8489549, member: 57383"] [IMG]https://www.enworld.org/attachments/gianturopygid-png.148524/[/IMG] Okay, the initial statblock looks fine. Giant Pedipalps have immunity to acid in 2E but not in any other edition AFAIK, but they have immunity to poison in 2E and 3E so I won't object to the Poison Damage Resistance. A Uropygid has spiny pedipalps that can impale prey, so its Foreleg attacks should do some damage. To keep the total amount manageable we'd probably want to reduce the bite attack damage. The AD&D monster's Pedipalps do 1d8 damage and its Bite does 2d4 damage, neither of which is quite as good as the 1d10 of an AD&D Giant Scorpion's claws. So maybe melee weapon damages of foreleg 5 (1d6 + 2) and bite 7 (1d10 + 2)? That's similar to the damage of a [B][URL='https://www.5esrd.com/database/creature/hippogriff']Hippogriff[/URL][/B] or [B][URL='https://www.5esrd.com/database/creature/giant-eagle/']Giant Eagle[/URL][/B], both Challenge 1 monsters who have lower HP and AC but a point better to hits and don't need to hit with their claws before they can bite an opponents. The [B]Acidic Discharge[/B] doesn't need the "mucous membranes" stuff, "failure results in Disadvantage on all actions for 1d6 rounds or until target is doused in water." would be enough. It also has most of a paragraph from the [I]burning hands[/I] spell stuck after it for some reason. That should be removed. The [B]Description[/B] seems both too short, a bit redundant (mention of gripping pedipalps and "arachnid" both used twice) and a portion is about solifugids rather than uropygids. [/QUOTE]

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