Converting Forgotten Realms monsters

[freyar]

Maybe they were CN because poison is illegal? Anyway, true neutral is much better. Where's your alignment line, anyway? Looking good otherwise.

 

[Cleon]

Maybe they were CN because poison is illegal? Anyway, true neutral is much better. Where's your alignment line, anyway? Looking good otherwise.

It didn't have one because I copy & pasted the SRD Tiny Viper which is missing an alignment line, like most of the Animal appendix entries.

Anything else you'd like in the way of stats, or shall we whip up some flavour?

 

[freyar]

That seems like all it should have. Here's a little seasoning:

"The cobra fish is a narrow fish shaped like a snake or eel, covered in bright silver scales. Like a snake, they strike at their prey, inflicting a weak bite with a potent venom. They often leave the water for minutes at a time, searching for land-bound prey."

That could probably be improved.

By the way, shouldn't the bite damage have a -3 Str penalty on it?

 

[Cleon]

That seems like all it should have. Here's a little seasoning:

"The cobra fish is a narrow fish shaped like a snake or eel, covered in bright silver scales. Like a snake, they strike at their prey, inflicting a weak bite with a potent venom. They often leave the water for minutes at a time, searching for land-bound prey."

That could probably be improved.

How's this for an improvement?:

A cobra fish is shaped like a snake or eel, covered in bright silver scales. This narrow fish strikes like a snake, inflicting a weak bite with a potent venom. They can leave the water for minutes at a time, and often slither ashore to search for land-bound prey.

By the way, shouldn't the bite damage have a -3 Str penalty on it?

I suspect the Strength penalty is large enough it always does minimum (i.e. 1 point) damage.

 

[freyar]

Right, but shouldn't we write it as 1d2-3 damage (or up to 1d4-3)? Isn't the damage penalty supposed to be listed?

 

[Shade]

Right, but shouldn't we write it as 1d2-3 damage (or up to 1d4-3)? Isn't the damage penalty supposed to be listed?

Indeed it should be.

 

[Cleon]

Indeed it should be.

I have no objection.

Updated.

 

[Shade]

The proposed lenght and weight look fine.

Do we need to give it swallow whole, since you mention that in the flavor text? It seems a bit of a waste for something that size...perhaps a modification to the flavor text would be better.

 

[freyar]

Just drop the bit about swallowing prey whole?

 

[Shade]

Just drop the bit about swallowing prey whole?

That is my preference.