Converting Forgotten Realms monsters

[freyar]

Well, that's my second choice.

20HD Medium magical beast with lots of SR, then? Some type of enchanting aura/gaze attack, immunity to magic, and energy drain on capture?

 

[Shade]

That all sounds about right.

 

[Shade]

Let's figure out ability scores:

Moon Dog (M): Str 16, Dex 15, Con 12, Int 15, Wis 16, Cha 17
Shadow Mastiff (M): Str 17, Dex 13, Con 17, Int 4, Wis 12, Cha 13
Blink Dog (M): Str 10, Dex 17, Con 10, Int 10, Wis 13, Cha 11
Yeth Hound (M): Str 17, Dex 15, Con 15, Int 6, Wis 14, Cha 10

We know Int is 17-18, so how about...

Str 14, Dex 17, Con 15, Int 18, Wis 19, Cha 20?

 

[freyar]

Let's stick with that provisionally, but we may need to boost some of those to fit the high HD.

 

[Cleon]

Well, that's my second choice.

20HD Medium magical beast with lots of SR, then? Some type of enchanting aura/gaze attack, immunity to magic, and energy drain on capture?

I prefer your original idea of making them Fey.

I'd also give them a higher Wisdom and Charisma than that. These creatures are like a canine version of a Unicorn and have 20 Hit Dice too boot!

An SRD unicorn has Wis 21 and Cha 24. If you advanced one by another 16 HD it would get 4 ability advances.

So I'm thinking something like Wis 23 and Cha 26 for the Silver Dog...

 

[freyar]

Except with the unicorn comparison, we must now note that unicorns are magical beasts!

I do agree with the boost to Wis and Cha for the same reasons.

 

[Shade]

Grant me magical beast, and I'll grant your Wis 23 and Cha 26.

 

[freyar]

You know, the unicorn comparison really convinces me it should be a magical beast.

 

[Cleon]

Grant me magical beast, and I'll grant your Wis 23 and Cha 26.

It's a deal!

 

[Shade]

Added to Homebrews.