Converting monsters from Dragon magazine

[Shade]

That works for me.

Str 11, Dex 15, Con 20, Int 22, Wis 20, Cha 19?

 

[freyar]

Those scores seem good to me.

 

[Shade]

Added to Homebrews.

 

[freyar]

Wow, so much already!

No natural, I think, but I could go for a deflection bonus to AC.

Give them some kind of ability to use all Knowledge skills as if trained or a racial bonus or something?

 

[Shade]

Another chance to use this!

Knowledgeable (Ex): A faerie phiz makes Knowledge checks for any Knowledge skills as if it had a minimum of 10 ranks in that skill. To surpass the 10-rank minimum, it must assign more than 10 ranks to the skill as normal.

 

[freyar]

Yes! I knew we'd used that somewhere recently!

 

[demiurge1138]

Agreed to knowledgable and to an unearthly grace-type ability. Considering their affinity for force effects, giving them mage armor wouldn't be much of a stretch.

 

[Cleon]

That works for me.

Str 11, Dex 15, Con 20, Int 22, Wis 20, Cha 19?

The original has Int 17-20, so that seems to be a bit of an inflation. I'd drop the mental stats by 2 apiece, and likely swapped Int and Wis around since these seem more of a "wise sage" trope than a "cunning savant".

The Constitution also seems rather high. I'm not seeing anything in the description that indicates they're super-robust, although the 5+5 HD suggests better than average Con, so would cut it down a bit.

So, I prefer Str 11, Dex 15, Con 16, Int 18, Wis 20, Cha 17

 

[Cleon]

Outsider or humanoid (extraplanar)? I'm leaning toward humanoid myself.

I agree with Outsider, since they're native to the astral plane and have all those magical powers. I suspect they were once Humanoid (Extraplanar), but that was long ago.

 

[RavinRay]

I was about to wonder about their relationship to the githyanki before I came to the very bottom of the article. Outsider for me as well. I'm surprised they don't view the 'yanki as pesky interlopers. I was wondering about the Con 20 too.