Converting Maztica and Horde monsters

[Shade]

So, how about for lesser: Str 7, Dex 21, Con 10, Int 12, Wis 14, Cha 15?

and greater: Str 11, Dex 17, Con 10, Int 14, Wis 16, Cha 17?

I agree with your suggestions of Tiny and Medium baselines .

 

[freyar]

Sounds good. These both have 2 claws and a bite with the same damage (1d4 for lesser, 1d6 for greater).

Lesser plumazotl cast spells as if they were plumaweavers of levels equivalent to their Hit Dice. Greater plumazotl have better spellcasting powers; those with 6 HD cast as 7th level plumaweavers, 7 HD as 8th level, 8 HD as 10th level, 9 HD as 12th level, and those with 10 HD cast as 14th level plumaweavers.

Plumazotl are especially vulnerable to fire and take double damage from all fire-based attacks.

We need to add vulnerability to fire.

Seems like their main schtick is the spellcasting. The lesser plumazotl seems easy; it casts as a sorcerer of level equal to hit dice. How do you want to handle the greater plumazotl?

 

[Shade]

Hmmm...

It might be easiest to just have greaters cast as HD+2 to spread it out a bit more.

Thoughts?

 

[freyar]

Sounds about right to me.

 

[Arnwyn]

Yeah, that sounds good.

 

[Shade]

Added lesser to Homebrews.

 

[freyar]

Why is grapple so high for these?

For the domains, I'd suggest Air, Animal, Magic, and maybe Good, Healing, or Luck. What do you think?

 

[Shade]

Why is grapple so high for these?

Bad drugs? A momentary lapse of reason? Gremlins?

Dunno, but I've fixed it.

For the domains, I'd suggest Air, Animal, Magic, and maybe Good, Healing, or Luck. What do you think?

I just read over pluma magic in the Maztica CS, and I like Air, Animal, Magic, and Water.

Sound OK?

Also, it looks like most spells (if not all) have some sort of feather-related material component. Should we say that all pluma magic spells require a feather as an additional material component? Or maybe that they substitute a feather of equal value (price based on rarity) for other material components? I kind of prefer the latter, as it would help explain how the plumazotly can carry their components, and would also account for their hunting for bright feathers to add to their own bodies.

 

[freyar]

Domains sound good, and I like the "feather of equal value" idea.

Should we work up an unusual advancement for these, like the barghest but not so nasty?

 

[Shade]

Updated.

Since pluma talismans don't exist in 3e, we'll need some alternative to absorb for growth. Maybe the feathers from magical beasts of a certain amount of HD?