Converting monsters from Dragon magazine (Part Two)

[freyar]

What about a 6th level elf wizard?

 

[Shade]

Sounds good. Here we go...

6th-level elven wizard
Medium Humanoid (elf)
Hit Dice: 6d4-6 (9 hp)
Initiative: +2
Speed: 30 ft. (6 squares)
Armor Class: 12 (+2 Dex), touch 12, flat-footed 10
Base Attack/Grapple: +3/+3
Attack: Weapon +3 melee (x)
Full Attack: Weapon +3 melee (x)
Space/Reach: 5 ft./5 ft.
Special Attacks: Spells
Special Qualities: Elf traits, low-light vision, summon familiar
Saves: Fort +1, Ref +4, Will +6
Abilities: Str 11, Dex 14, Con 8, Int 16, Wis 12, Cha 13
Skills: 38 (note: Int increased at 4th-level)
Feats: Scribe Scroll (B), 3 more and 1 wizard bonus feat
Environment: Any
Organization: Solitary
Challenge Rating: 6
Treasure: x
Alignment: Always evil (any)
Advancement: By character class
Level Adjustment: +0

Wizard Spells Prepared: (CL 6th; +12 ranged touch)
3rd—3;
2nd—4;
1st—4;
0—4.

 

[freyar]

Quarterstaff seems like a good weapon.

Feats: Brew Potion, Improved Counterspell, Spell Mastery, Extend Spell?

Skills: Concentration 9, Knowledge (arcana) 9, Spellcraft 9, Knowledge (nature) 6, Spot 5?

Should we maybe give these a bonus on Climb checks or a Climb speed?

0 - read magic, detect magic, prestidigitation, touch of fatigue
1 - cause fear, ray of enfeeblement, unseen servant, protection from good?
2 - summon swarm, fog cloud, blindness/deafness, ghoul touch
3 - vampiric touch, summon monster III, hold person

 

[Shade]

I like all that.

Should we maybe give these a bonus on Climb checks or a Climb speed?

Good idea. Preferences?

 

[freyar]

Maybe a 10 ft Climb speed if everyone agrees.

 

[demiurge1138]

20 foot Climb speed. And let's replace cause fear with mage armor.

 

[freyar]

20 foot Climb speed. And let's replace cause fear with mage armor.

Works for me.

 

[Shade]

Updated.

Skills: Concentration 9, Knowledge (arcana) 9, Spellcraft 9, Knowledge (nature) 6, Spot 5?

Spot is cross-class for wizards, so we'll need to either poach ranks from elsewhere or reassign the Spot ranks.

Do we need to note which spells are mastered with the Spell Mastery feat?

 

[freyar]

Hmmm, let's drop Spot and either go with Knowledge (religion) (since it is undead after all) or some Craft useful for a future item creation feat.

That's the way I read Spell Mastery. Let's say our web-spectre took Spell Mastery after increasing Int, so maybe unseen servant, summon swarm, vampiric touch?

 

[Shade]

Updated.

I think all that's left is any gear we might give it.