Converting monsters from Dragon magazine (Part Two)

[Shade]

Rejuvenation looks good.

The farastu's adhesive looks more appropriate...

Adhesive Slime (Ex): The thick, tarlike slime that farstus secrete acts as a powerful adhesive, holding fast creatures or items that touch it. Farastus have a +8 racial bonus on grapple checks and disarm checks due to their adhesive slime. A farastu frequently chooses to grapple its foes and then maul its enemies with natural attacks.

A weapon that strikes a farastu is stuck fast unless the wielder succeeds on a Reflex save (DC 17). Prying off a stuck weapon requires a Strength check (DC 17). The save DC is Constitution-based.

Lantern oil or some other flammable oil (such as alchemist's fire) dissolves the farstu's adhesive slime; the creature requires 10 minutes to renew its adhesive coating if doused with oil. A farastu can dissolve its adhesive slime at will, and the substance breaks down 1 minute after the creature dies.

 

[demiurge1138]

Agreed to faratsu adhesion.

 

[freyar]

Fine with me also, though we need to remember to switch to Cha-based. Let's reduce the grapple bonus to +4, since I don't see these being quite as sticky.

BTW, am I missing something, or are we adding an ability for flavor here?

 

[Shade]

BTW, am I missing something, or are we adding an ability for flavor here?

Yep.

 

[Shade]

Updated.

Environment: Temperate and warm forests and underground?

Organization: Solitary or x (web-spectre plus x monstrous spiders of assorted sizes)?

Challenge Rating: Same as the base creature +x.

Treasure: Standard coins; double goods; double items? (Same as lich)

Level Adjustment: Same as the base creature +x.

 

[freyar]

Environment seems good.
Could go with colony (like monstrous spider, aranea) or troupe (like ettercap) for the group. I'd say 2d6 spiders, maybe an ettercap too.
Probably CR +2, maybe CR +1.
Treasure sounds right. This should be a lowish level big bad, I think.

 

[demiurge1138]

I say CR +2. Not quite as good as a lich, but there's the greater teleport...

Oh, and you missed a "farastus" in the copy-paste of the adhesive text.

 

[Shade]

Could go with colony (like monstrous spider, aranea) or troupe (like ettercap) for the group. I'd say 2d6 spiders, maybe an ettercap too.

Why not both?

Solitary, colony (web-spectre plus 2-12 monstrous spiders of assorted sizes), or troupe (web-spectre plus 1-2 ettercaps plus 2-12 monstrous spiders of assorted sizes)

 

[freyar]

I like that. Ettercaps seem like decent henchmen for these.

 

[Shade]

Updated.

Suggested sample creature?