Converting "generic setting" second edition monsters

[Shade]

Umm, 60 ft darkvision. The rest looks good; 15 pts damage to the gizzard. Actually, with regeneration, does that work?

It does for the tarrasque.

 

[Shade]

Updated.

A questing beast is 10 feet long and weighs x pounds.

Since it is intelligent, should we give it languages, or at least the abilty so understand a language or two?

 

[freyar]

Ummm, 2 tons? I'd say it understands Common and Draconic.

 

[demiurge1138]

...is there any particular reason the Questing Beast isn't actually a dragon?

 

[freyar]

It's one of those wacky bits-and-pieces monsters, like a chimera. Usually those are magical beasts, right?

 

[demiurge1138]

It's one of those wacky bits-and-pieces monsters, like a chimera. Usually those are magical beasts, right?

"The Questing Beast is a four-footed reptile resembling a camel without the humps, and having a long, serpentine tail ending in a nasty spiked ball."

Doesn't sound that bits-and-pieces to me. Sounds more like a traditional Middle Ages dragon. The description Wikipedia gives, though, sounds a bit more chimerical:

"The strange creature has the head and neck of a serpent, the body of a leopard, the haunches of a lion and the feet of a hart. Its name comes from the great noise it emits from its belly, a barking like "thirty couple hounds questing".

Of course, it was said of Chinese dragons:

"The people paint the dragon's shape with a horse's head and a snake's tail. Further, there are expressions as 'three joints' and 'nine resemblances' (of the dragon), to wit: from head to shoulder, from shoulder to breast, from breast to tail. These are the joints; as to the nine resemblances, they are the following: his horns resemble those of a stag, his head that of a camel, his eyes those of a demon, his neck that of a snake, his belly that of a clam (shen, 蜃), his scales those of a carp, his claws those of an eagle, his soles those of a tiger, his ears those of a cow."

So either works for me. I just thought we were giving it a lot of draconic stuff (the language, a breath weapon).

 

[freyar]

I think Shade went with the Wiki description. Doesn't really matter to me, either, and I'm also fine with changing the language. I only picked Draconic because that seemed like something a sorceress creator would likely use.

 

[Shade]

Yeah, I went with the Wiki description.

My initial gut reaction when reading the creature was, "I thought this thing was some sort of dragon", so I'm with you.

I'm fine with switching to dragon if you guys would prefer.

 

[freyar]

Either way is fine; changing to dragon will just make it a little tougher.

Edit: Considering how hard this is to kill, should we consider a slightly higher CR? Limited wish isn't even available until 13th level.

 

[Shade]

Either way is fine; changing to dragon will just make it a little tougher.

Edit: Considering how hard this is to kill, should we consider a slightly higher CR? Limited wish isn't even available until 13th level.

Sure. Switching to dragon will definitely up the CR.