Converting monsters from Dragon magazine

[Shade]

Added the basics to Homebrews.

 

[freyar]

Mental Bolt (Su): At will, a knight terror may make a ranged touch attack against any creature within 30 ft. If the attack succeeds, the victim suffers 1 point of Wis damage, and the knight terror temporarily gains 1 point of Wisdom (up to its base Wis score +10). The knight terror loses the temporary Wisdom after 12 hours (?); see Wisdom Dependent below.

How does that seem?

 

[Shade]

That looks pretty good!

 

[freyar]

Actually, before moving to the Wisdom Dependent SQ, did we want the Wis of these things to determine their Str? In 3.X terms, I guess it would be a boost of Str for every extra point or two of Wis. Still want that?

 

[Cleon]

Actually, before moving to the Wisdom Dependent SQ, did we want the Wis of these things to determine their Str? In 3.X terms, I guess it would be a boost of Str for every extra point or two of Wis. Still want that?

Yes.

I was just going to give them the same bonus to both Str and Wis.

 

[Cleon]

Mental Bolt (Su): At will, a knight terror may make a ranged touch attack against any creature within 30 ft. If the attack succeeds, the victim suffers 1 point of Wis damage, and the knight terror temporarily gains 1 point of Wisdom (up to its base Wis score +10). The knight terror loses the temporary Wisdom after 12 hours (?); see Wisdom Dependent below.

How does that seem?

Mechanically it's fine, except it needs to increase Strength as well. However I don't like the name "Mental Bolt" that much. Can anyone think of some suitable nasty-sounding names?

Maybe have it do a little more damage - perhaps 1d3 or 1d4 so the average (2.5) is a similar to the ability boosts the knight terror gains?

I'd also suggest limiting it to intelligent creatures.

Suggested revision:

Will-Sapping Ray? (Su): At will, a knight terror may make a ranged touch attack against any creature within 30 ft. If the attack succeeds, the victim suffers 1d4 point of Wis damage, and the knight terror temporarily gains 1 point of Wisdom and Strength (up to its base ability score +10). The knight terror loses these temporary Str and Wis bonuses at a rate of 1 point every 12 hours (?); see Wisdom Dependent below.

 

[freyar]

That's fine, and I'm also fine with making it "against any intelligent creature." The name doesn't matter much to me. Shall we move on to the SQ?

 

[Cleon]

That's fine, and I'm also fine with making it "against any intelligent creature." The name doesn't matter much to me. Shall we move on to the SQ?

OK by me.

 

[freyar]

"Wisdom Dependent" (Su): Every 12 hours, a knight-terror loses one point each of Wisdom and Strength. This is not ability damage or drain and cannot be recovered via spells such as restoration. The knight-terror can only gain Wisdom and Strength by using its Will-Sapping Ray. When the knight-terror's Wisdom drops below its base ability score, it suffers the following penalties: ????

 

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