Converting Maztica and Horde monsters

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The special abilities need work.

Breath Weapon (Su): “His most potent weapon is the fireball he can breathe once per day for 5d6 points of damage (save vs. breath weapon for half damage).” (Ref DC 17 for half)

Do we stick with once per day, or increase the frequency to the usual "once every 1d4 rounds"? At CR 7, I don't really see the improved frequency as a problem. Rather than breathing a fireball, I think we should change it to a cone. 60 feet?

Flight (Su?): “Every other round, he can fly up to 800 yards (then he must pause and rest for a round).”

2400 feet is a hell of a lot of distance to cover in one round. Maybe we should change this to something akin to a cheetah's sprint ability, except he can fly?

Something like...

Aerial Sprint (Ex): Once per hour, Sandiraksiva can move ten times its normal fly speed (800 feet) when it makes a charge.

Moonlight Dependency (Ex?): “If he is not exposed to moonlight for a substantial period each night, he begins to lose his strength. This loss corresponds roughly to the amount of moonlight he missed. For example, a 30% reduction in exposure results in a 30% loss of movement, damage, flight capability, etc. On totally moonless nights he lapses into complete inactivity, but since he knows when they will be, takes precautions beforehand, when possible. Strength is recovered in 1d6 rounds as soon as he returns to full moonlight.”

Thoughts on this?

 

[Mortis]

The special abilities need work.

So it would seem - did I look at the right creature

Do we stick with once per day, or increase the frequency to the usual "once every 1d4 rounds"? At CR 7, I don't really see the improved frequency as a problem. Rather than breathing a fireball, I think we should change it to a cone. 60 feet?

Yeah, every 1d4 rounds. A 60 foot cone sounds good.

2400 feet is a hell of a lot of distance to cover in one round. Maybe we should change this to something akin to a cheetah's sprint ability, except he can fly?

It is a wee bit quick isn't it. Faster than a quickling.

Something like...

Aerial Sprint (Ex): Once per hour, Sandiraksiva can move ten times its normal fly speed (800 feet) when it makes a charge.

That's rather more realistic.

Moonlight Dependency

Use fatigue rules?

Regards
Mortis

 

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Use fatigue rules?

Brilliant!

 

[Mortis]

Time to homebrew this one?

Regards
Mortis

 

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Time to homebrew this one?

Yep.

 

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Rewriting this...

Moonlight Dependency (Ex?): “If he is not exposed to moonlight for a substantial period each night, he begins to lose his strength. This loss corresponds roughly to the amount of moonlight he missed. For example, a 30% reduction in exposure results in a 30% loss of movement, damage, flight capability, etc. On totally moonless nights he lapses into complete inactivity, but since he knows when they will be, takes precautions beforehand, when possible. Strength is recovered in 1d6 rounds as soon as he returns to full moonlight.”

...to this...

Moonlight Dependency (Su): If Sandiraksiva is not exposed to moonlight for at least 2 hours in a given day, he is fatigued until he next is exposed to the light of the moon. If not exposed to any moonlight in a given day (such as a moonless night), Sandiraksiva is instead exhausted. Spells and effects that remove fatigue or exhaustion cannot remove these conditions; however, spells or effects that create moonlight can do so.

How does that look?

 

[Mortis]

How does that look?

I like.

Regards
Mortis

 

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Updated in Homebrews. What's left?

 

[Mortis]

Updated in Homebrews. What's left?

I think we can call it done.

Regards
Mortis

 

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Good deal.