Converting Monsters from Dungeon Magazine

[freyar]

Oh, you're right. Should have read the spell! Let's just drop the arrows bit, then, and just give it DR X/magic. Seems simplest.

 

[Shade]

Added to Homebrews.

I actually went with the wooden lady's ability scores (downsized to Medium) rather than the Medium animated object, as it seems these things should be a bit stronger.

We still need to figure out what to do with force effects. Honestly, I don't think a blanket immunity to force is problematic, since they are vulnerable to most everything else.

 

[Cleon]

Yeah, no need for oversized weapon, since it is effectively a natural attack.

I'm not sure "resistance to force" is a standard energy type. Find me an official precedent, and I'll go for it.

Ditto for the hardness and DR combo. While I can accept hardness as a SQ here (since animated objects have it), it might get wonky when combined with DR. Why not "DR 5/magic and bludgeoning or slashing" (or "DR 5/bludgeoning or slashing and magic" if you prefer)?

If you want to keep it simple I'd rather give them DR 5/magic and immunity to magic missile.

Still don't like blanket force immunity for them.

 

[Shade]

If you want to keep it simple I'd rather give them DR 5/magic and immunity to magic missile.

Still don't like blanket force immunity for them.

I can live with that, since, odd as it is, there are other creatures that single out magic missile for immunities or vulnerabilities.

Updated.

Organization: Solitary or x (2-12) ["press gang"?]

Challenge Rating: 2? (They have way too many hp for CR 1)

Advancement: 3-6 HD (Medium)?

A wooden press golem is 5 feet tall and weighs around x pounds.

 

[freyar]

Press gang is awesome!

CR 2, advancement are good. 100-150 lb?

 

[Cleon]

I can live with that, since, odd as it is, there are other creatures that single out magic missile for immunities or vulnerabilities.

Updated.

I'd drop the * bit from the Attack lines and just have the secondary attack note in the Tactics section. No need to repeat it.

Organization: Solitary or x (2-12) ["press gang"?]

Well we could just have "gang" and leave the pun as an in-joke.

Challenge Rating: 2? (They have way too many hp for CR 1)

Yes, CR2 sounds right. Their DR 5/magic is effective at that level too.

Advancement: 3-6 HD (Medium)?

A wooden press golem is 5 feet tall and weighs around x pounds.

Hmm, I would rather they advance to Large - for those golems designed to make really big cheeses. e.g.:

Advancement: 3-4 HD (Medium), 5-6 HD (Large)

As for the size and weight, I would think they'd need to be heavy to press stuff down. Maybe 200 pounds?

 

[freyar]

Either way on the org.

Also either way on advancement, and 200 lb is fine.

 

[Shade]

Updated.

Ready for Construction?

Do any good "cheesy" spells exist?

 

[freyar]

The 3e calzone golem from the free adventure "Something's Cooking" required burning hands, grease, major creation, and stinking cloud. I'm not sure that any of those particularly makes sense except major creation.

 

[Cleon]

Updated.

Ready for Construction?

Do any good "cheesy" spells exist?

Well there are bad cheesy spells like "stinking cloud" for a particularly pungent gorgonzola, but I don't much fancy them.

The 3e calzone golem from the free adventure "Something's Cooking" required burning hands, grease, major creation, and stinking cloud. I'm not sure that any of those particularly makes sense except major creation.

These are pretty simple Constructs, so I don't think they need much in the way of prereqs. I'd only use minor creation since they're made of wood and that spell can create objects of "vegetable matter".

Plus bull's strength for their high Str?

I'd have liked to add a "wood spell", but the best SRD examples are Druidic, and I feel we should keep these all arcane.