Converting Maztica and Horde monsters

[Shade]

are you sure?

"Chacs always have a hoard of 100-1000 cocoa beans in their lair, and they use the beans to produce a chocolate drink of which they are very fond. Chacs also collect art objects, especially carved jade and turquoise, but rarely of gold or other metal. A typical chac lair contains art pieces worth 200-800 gq."

Oops. Perhaps this would be more appropriate:

No coins; standard goods; no items

 

[BOZ]

that's better.

 

[Krishnath]

Useless Fact: Cocoa beans where used by Inkans and Mayans as a sort of coinage...

 

[BOZ]

maybe i should leave that reference in, in case someone's campaign uses that fact.

 

[Shade]

Yeah, it adds "flavor".

 

[Krishnath]

Flavor = Good.

And besides, I did say it was a useless fact.

 

[Shade]

Flavor does equal good, especially cocoa flavor.

And I think it is cool to have some trading of goods from time to time rather than every critter in the multiverse having four kinds of coins.

 

[BOZ]

LOL ok, updating... how's it look?

 

[Shade]

It still needs a weight and an LA.

For Weight: A jaguar is fairly comparable to a leopard which weighs 120 lbs. Since a chac resembles a "slender jaguar", this should work.

LA +3? It has favorable ability adjustments, 5th-level spellcasting, and a couple of spell-like abilities.

 

[Krishnath]

LA +3 sounds good.