Converting Forgotten Realms monsters

[freyar]

Maybe raise the DC per RAW but then note a racial penalty to bring it back in line.

Then again, can anyone bite a swarm? They're immune to weapon damage.

 

[Shade]

Maybe raise the DC per RAW but then note a racial penalty to bring it back in line.

Then again, can anyone bite a swarm? They're immune to weapon damage.

Good point! It would have to be swallowed whole!

 

[Cleon]

Maybe raise the DC per RAW but then note a racial penalty to bring it back in line.

Then again, can anyone bite a swarm? They're immune to weapon damage.

Immunity to weapon damage just means they don't feel it when you hit them, it doesn't mean you won't feel it when you bite them.

So, what are we doing about the DC?

 

[Shade]

So, what are we doing about the DC?

My vote's for this:

Maybe raise the DC per RAW but then note a racial penalty to bring it back in line.

 

[freyar]

Let's stick to that, then.

 

[Cleon]

Let's stick to that, then.

It seems a bit of a roundabout way to get back to the original DC, but if you prefer it I'll go along.

 

[Shade]

Added to Homebrews.

 

[freyar]

It seems a bit of a roundabout way to get back to the original DC, but if you prefer it I'll go along.

I think the point is to stick within the rules and spell out what we're doing.

Anyway, they look pretty well done. Agreed?

 

[Shade]

I think so!

Here's the last of the Fish of the Great Glacier:

Crystal Nipper
CLIMATE/TERRAIN: Arctic oceans, rivers of the Great Glacier
FREQUENCY: Very rare
ORGANIZATION: School
ACTIVE TIME: Any
DIET: Scavenger
INTELLIGENCE: Non- (0)
TREASURE: Nil
ALIGNMENT: Neutral
NO. APPEARING: 10-40
ARMOR CLASS: 9
MOVEMENT: <missing>
HIT DICE: 1/2 hp
THAC0: 20
NO. OF ATTACKS: Nil
DAMAGE/ATTACK: Nil
SPECIAL ATTACKS: See below
SPECIAL DEFENSES: Nil
MAGIC RESISTANCE: Nil
SIZE: T (1 inch long)
MORALE: Unreliable (2)
XP VALUE: 15

A distant cousin of the rot grub, the crystal nipper looks like a tiny eel made of blue crystal. It is instinctively drawn to warm bodies and attempts to burrow into any area of exposed flesh; a victim has the same risk of death as if attacked by a rot grub (death in 1-3 turns unless flame is applied to the wound, causing 1-6 points of damage, or cure disease is cast). The biggest danger from the nipper results from its ability to survive out of the water for short periods of time. At night, nippers sometimes surface and crawl onto the shore, advancing towards any nearby warm bodies (such as sleeping campers) at a movement rate of 1. Because of the nipper’s anesthetizing secretions, sleeping victims may not realize they have been attacked by a nipper until it.s too late. Fortunately, nippers can only survive out of water for an hour, so campers sleeping some distance away from a body of water where nippers are thought to exist are usually safe. Tiny blue worm corpses scattered near the shore of a river or lake is a sure sign of nippers in the area.

Originally appeared in FR 14 - The Great Glacier (1992).

 

[Cleon]

I think the point is to stick within the rules and spell out what we're doing.

I prefer to follow Humpty Dumpty's advice on grammar, you need to show those rules who's boss!

Anyway, they look pretty well done. Agreed?

Yes.