Converting "generic setting" second edition monsters

[BOZ]

Also, is Medium size fine? I was thinking it could really be any size, but Medium would help since we wouldn't have to give it any size modifiers then.

 

[Shade]

Yeah, I think Medium works just fine.

 

[BOZ]

and

 

[Shade]

The only reason I could think would be to possess an animal (didn't they mention a horse?) which probably would never be "willing".

 

[BOZ]

well, we could go ahead and give it wild empathy? it would "possess" animals with a friendly reaction, and then once the animal's has the vagabond's increased intelligence it would be able to see the benefits of having its powers.

if we do that, then a touch attack is really never necessary.

 

[Shade]

That just might work.

 

[BOZ]

here is what we gave the actaeon, would that be sufficient? should we add vermin and other mindless creatures? or just make it a general empathy check for any creature type?

Wild Empathy (Ex): This power works like the druid’s wild empathy class feature, except that the actaeon has a +6 racial bonus on the check (as well as a +2 synergy bonus from its ranks in Handle Animal).

 

[Shade]

Probably stick with standard wild empathy. If it wants to be of the other types, it can simply create the body, right?

 

[BOZ]

well, it can do that anyway. but it doesn't imitate well.

 

[BOZ]

my point being that if it can choose between befriending an animal and hanging out in its body, or creating an animal and imitating it poorly, it will choose the first option.