Converting monsters from Dragon magazine

[Shade]

Interesting. Blink dogs are magical beasts, yet the rest of the evidence you presented clearly indicates outsider is the right choice here.

Added to Homebrews.

Whew! <mops sweat off forehead>

 

[freyar]

Wow, looking really good!

For skills: Climb, Diplomacy, Hide, Listen, Move Silently, Sense Motive, Spot, Survival, Swim?

Want to do something with the "transferral of fast healing" bit? Also, I'm not sure if there's a better name for the divine equilibrium SQ.

 

[Shade]

Swap Swim for Concentration (since they already have a +8 racial bonus on Swim and have some combat-oriented SLAs), and I'm in agreement.

Yeah, "divine equilibrium" seems off here. Since the two planes are collectively called "Energy Planes", how about "Energy Plane Equilibrium" or "Energy Plane Adaptation"?

How's this?

Shared Fast Healing (Su): A rummele may transfer its fast healing ability to another creature. To do so, the rummele must remain in physical contact with the recipient for a full round. The recipient benefits from the rummele's fast healing ability as if it possessed that special quality. While another benefits from the shared fast healing, the rummele is considered to lack that special quality. The shared fast healing continues as long as the rummele and the recipient remain in contact, and takes no action on either's part.

 

[freyar]

That all sounds good to me. Energy Plane Adaptation has a nice ring to it.

 

[Shade]

Updated.

Suggested amount of racial bonus for Listen and Spot checks?

Feats: Deflect Arrows (B), 2 more

A rummele’s charisma is 19 with respect to other canids (dogs, wolves, etc.), including intelligent or magical beasts like winter wolves, and it can communicate with any dog, wolf, jackal, or fox.

Adapt this?

Lycanthropic Empathy (Ex): In any form, lycanthropes can communicate and empathize with normal or dire animals of their animal form. This gives them a +4 racial bonus on checks when influencing the animal’s attitude and allows the communication of simple concepts and (if the animal is friendly) commands, such as "friend," "foe," "flee," and "attack."

Though it is voiceless in its natural form, the rummele has telepathy (as per the psionic discipline).

How about...

A rummele understands Celestial, but cannot speak due to its lack of a voice. It can communicate telepathically with any creature within 100 feet that has a language.

 

[freyar]

+4?

Maybe Track and Negotiator?

The rest sounds good.

 

[Cleon]

Updated.

Suggested amount of racial bonus for Listen and Spot checks?

+4 would suit me.

Feats: Deflect Arrows (B), 2 more

Yeth Hounds, Shadow Mastiffs and Hound Archons all have Improved Initiative, which suggests Rummele should too.

Track as a bonus feat would seem to make sense.

Combat Reflexes for the other feat? Or swap the Int and Wisdom around and give them Combat Expertise?

Lycanthropic Empathy (Ex): In any form, lycanthropes can communicate and empathize with normal or dire animals of their animal form. This gives them a +4 racial bonus on checks when influencing the animal’s attitude and allows the communication of simple concepts and (if the animal is friendly) commands, such as "friend," "foe," "flee," and "attack."

Okay, so call it "Canid Empathy" and extend it to magical beasts?

Canid Empathy (Ex): In any form, rummeles can communicate and empathize with any canine or dog-like animal, dire animal or magical beast (dogs, shadow mastiffs, dire wolves et cetera). This gives them a +4 racial bonus on checks when influencing the animal's attitude and allows the communication of simple concepts and (if the animal is friendly) commands, such as "friend," "foe," "flee," and "attack."

 

[freyar]

Cleon's feat alternatives are fine if we want to go the combat route (Reflexes over Expertise, though, somehow feels better). I wasn't terribly happy with my suggestions in the first place.

Canid empathy would be good, except shadow mastiffs are Outsiders (as GrayLinnorm pointed out). Do we want to include the Outsiders, like hell hounds and yeth hounds? Somehow that doesn't seem quite right.

 

[Cleon]

Cleon's feat alternatives are fine if we want to go the combat route (Reflexes over Expertise, though, somehow feels better). I wasn't terribly happy with my suggestions in the first place.

Canid empathy would be good, except shadow mastiffs are Outsiders (as GrayLinnorm pointed out). Do we want to include the Outsiders, like hell hounds and yeth hounds? Somehow that doesn't seem quite right.

I liked the idea of Rummele canid empathy encompassing canine Outsiders, especially as it's a canine Outsider itself.

It'll let it pal up with Hound Archons!

 

[freyar]

That's fine, but I don't think it should work on evil canid outsiders. But, really, since the hound archons are also quite Intelligent, do they need the empathy to team up with them?