Converting "generic setting" Second Edition monsters

[Cleon]

Well, I'm generally a fan of recycling similar abilities for consistency's sake, but your suggested revision doesn't stray too far, so I could live with it.

I'll plug it into the Working Draft then.

Anything else for them mechanically?

 

[Shade]

Probably not. They're fairly basic creatures.

 

[Cleon]

Probably not. They're fairly basic creatures.

That's what I was thinking, so we just need to flesh out the flavour a bit and we can call it a day.

How's this, borrowing some of the text from a Sandknight?

A humanoid figure holding a sword, both the creature and the blade it wields are formed from fine, compressed sand.

Sand warriors are rank-and-file troops from the Elemental Plane of Earth. Endlessly marching through its underground maze of tunnels or across its stony fields, they make war on whoever or whatever their commanders direct them against, heedless of any danger.

A sand warrior can be summoned using the spells summon monster II [?] or sand warrior.

Sand warriors speak Terran.

A sand warrior is 6 feet tall and weighs about 300 pounds.

COMBAT
Sand warriors are unsubtle fighters. They simply charge their foes and attack them with their sandswords, which they usually wield in both hands.

 

[Shade]

Looking good. Perhaps play up the sand aspect a bit more, noting that they despise water elementals (rather than the usual Air opposition of earth elementals).

 

[Cleon]

Looking good. Perhaps play up the sand aspect a bit more, noting that they despise water elementals (rather than the usual Air opposition of earth elementals).

So adding something like "In their own plane, sand warriors normally fight other earth creatures or being from the planes of Fire or Air. They are rarely deployed against their neighbors from the Elemental Plane of Water, since Water-based attacks wash away their sandy flesh like a tide destroying a sandcastle."?

 

[freyar]

I think Shade was saying they'd really go after water elementals, but what you have would work.

 

[Shade]

So adding something like "In their own plane, sand warriors normally fight other earth creatures or being from the planes of Fire or Air. They are rarely deployed against their neighbors from the Elemental Plane of Water, since Water-based attacks wash away their sandy flesh like a tide destroying a sandcastle."?

I was thinking more of a beach aspect, where Earth meets Water there is a sandy beach, and these poor elementals are drawn into an endless battle they are ill-equipped to fight.

 

[Cleon]

I was thinking more of a beach aspect, where Earth meets Water there is a sandy beach, and these poor elementals are drawn into an endless battle they are ill-equipped to fight.

I was thinking they were creatures of the desert and elemental fire, since their vulnerability to water would encourage them to stay away from beaches.

However, they are of the sphere of Silt as well as Earth, and their summong spell's material component is a cup of water, so they do seem to have a connection to Water.

So I guess the "fighting on the beaches" does make sense. Maybe they're created on the beaches and those that aren't busy fighting off the tide of Water Elementals go on a long march to face the Forces of Fire?

 

[Shade]

So I guess the "fighting on the beaches" does make sense. Maybe they're created on the beaches and those that aren't busy fighting off the tide of Water Elementals go on a long march to face the Forces of Fire?

Sure, that makes sense.

 

[Cleon]

Sure, that makes sense.

Care to write something up?