Converting Forgotten Realms monsters

[Cleon]

I'm ok with either CR. To be honest, I think they're more of a threat when followed by some other monster.

Agreed.

Methinks an effective synergy would be easier to figure out, CR-wise, with the higher CR.

 

[Shade]

Agreed.

Methinks an effective synergy would be easier to figure out, CR-wise, with the higher CR.

Agreed.

Here's the next one...

Finally, consider the story of the young elf who discovered a rabbit outside of Myth Drannor. Except for the red fur and bright green eyes, it resembled and behaved like a normal rabbit. The elf put the rabbit inside his coat, where it snuggled against his chest, content and docile. He brought the rabbit home to his family and showed it to his younger brothers and sisters, who fed it clover and stroked its soft fur. That night, he took the rabbit to his grandmother, who shrieked in terror when she recognized the animal for what it really was. The shriek startled the rabbit, causing three spines on its stomach to become erect. The spines pierced the elf’s arm, and he fell to the ground, unconscious. He died within an hour.

Spiny Rabbit
Int animal; AL N; AC 6; MV 18 (for up to 10 consecutive rounds, the spiny rabbit can sprint on its hind legs at a rate of 24); HD 2 hp; #AT 1; Dmg 1; SA otherwise flaccid spines on belly become erect when the creature is startled; if normal attack roll succeeds, victim suffers an additional point of damage and is poisoned (no modifier to save, onset in 1-6 rounds, 3-12 points of damage unless saving throw succeeds); THAC0 20; SZ S; ML 5; XP 35.

Originally appeared in Elminster’s Ecologies (1994).

 

[freyar]

Huh. I guess this is a monster, but it reads almost like a hazard.

So I'm sure there's a rabbit somewhere we can start with, but I don't know offhand where.

 

[Shade]

From Dragon #280:

Hare: CR -; Tiny Animal; HD 1/2 d8; hp 4; Init +4 (Dex); Spd 30 ft.; AC 16 (+2 size, +4 Dex); Atk none; SQ scent; Face 2 1/2 ft. by 2 1/2 ft.; Reach 0 ft.; SV Fort +2, Ref +6, Will +1; Str 3, Dex 18, Con 11, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 7. Skills: Hide +5, Jump +12, Listen +8, Spot +2.

 

[Cleon]

Let's err on the side of caution and go with CR 1.

Updated. Finished?

"Fien Size"?

"a Farrowdale mouse is x inches long"?

4 inches (plus a 4 inch tail) is typical for a wood mouse.

 

[Cleon]

Huh. I guess this is a monster, but it reads almost like a hazard.

If we did a Stonefish as a creature then this fellow certainly deserves to be a creature as well.

So I'm sure there's a rabbit somewhere we can start with, but I don't know offhand where.

There's the Hare, as Shade mentioned, but I don't remember Rabbit stats anywhere.

Anyhow, the Spiny Rabbit looks like it has a Cheetah-style Sprint ability.

Plus offensive and defensive venomous spines, obviously.

 

[Shade]

"Fien Size"?

That should have been "Fien Seiz".

"a Farrowdale mouse is x inches long"?

4 inches (plus a 4 inch tail) is typical for a wood mouse.

Sounds good. Updated.

 

[Shade]

There's the Hare, as Shade mentioned, but I don't remember Rabbit stats anywhere.

The only one I found mentioned them as familiars, suggesting to use cat stats of all things!

Anyhow, the Spiny Rabbit looks like it has a Cheetah-style Sprint ability.

Plus offensive and defensive venomous spines, obviously.

Yes to all that.

Should it be a magical beast, since it appears to have been warped by Myth Drannor?

 

[Cleon]

That should have been "Fien Seiz".

Sounds good. Updated.

I'd mention the tail. That's a mouse's finest aspect, you know!

 

[Cleon]

The only one I found mentioned them as familiars, suggesting to use cat stats of all things!

That doesn't seem a terribly good fit.

Should it be a magical beast, since it appears to have been warped by Myth Drannor?

Well they don't have any supernatural abilities, unless their "so cute an elf will take them home with him" has an uncanny derivation.