Converting Monsters from Dungeon Magazine

[Cleon]

Updated.

Extraplanar?

Since they're created by the powers of Nature it doesn't feel right to have them banished from the Prime Material. How about they are considered Native to both the Prime Material and the Outlands?

Environment: Temperate forests (or deity's home plane)?

Temperate forests or the Outlands?

Challenge Rating: x

Challenge Rating 10?

The CR 10 Razor Boar has fast healing, vorpal tusks and trample and 5 points more AC. The White Boar has better stats, a good Will save, more DR and almost twice as many hit points.

Hard to say, but they seem in roughly the same cricket pitch.

Alignment: Always neutral?

Definitely!

Advancement: x

Based on the Razor Boar, how about: 17-32 HD (Large); 33-48 HD (Huge) ?

 

[Shade]

Since they're created by the powers of Nature it doesn't feel right to have them banished from the Prime Material. How about they are considered Native to both the Prime Material and the Outlands?

That sounds a bit wonky, as extraplanar creatures are always native on their own plane. Let's just pick one or the other.

The rest sounds good.

I just realized we never wrote up its immortal trait. Here's what we gave Ma Yuan...

Immortal (Ex): Ma Yuan is naturally immortal and cannot die from natural causes. He does not age, and does not need to eat, sleep, or breathe. Ma Yuan is immune to mind-affecting effects (charms, compulsions, phantasms, patterns, and morale effects), polymorphing, petrification, or any form-altering attack. Ma Yuan is not subject to death from massive damage, energy drain, ability drain, or ability damage.

Should we just cut it off after "eat, sleep, or breathe."?

 

[Cleon]

That sounds a bit wonky, as extraplanar creatures are always native on their own plane. Let's just pick one or the other.

I was thinking of the way a ghost is native to both the Ethereal and Prime Material.

If you insist on one or t'other I think it had better be a Native Outsider so it can't get banished off the Prime Material.

The rest sounds good.

I just realized we never wrote up its immortal trait. Here's what we gave Ma Yuan...

Immortal (Ex): Ma Yuan is naturally immortal and cannot die from natural causes. He does not age, and does not need to eat, sleep, or breathe. Ma Yuan is immune to mind-affecting effects (charms, compulsions, phantasms, patterns, and morale effects), polymorphing, petrification, or any form-altering attack. Ma Yuan is not subject to death from massive damage, energy drain, ability drain, or ability damage.

Should we just cut it off after "eat, sleep, or breathe."?

That suits me. I was thinking of the Divine Power Immortality, which begins with those first two sentences.

Immortality (Ex): The white boar is naturally immortal and cannot die from natural causes. The white boar does not age, and does not need to eat, sleep, or breathe.

 

[freyar]

I also like native outsider, as if it's created by the deity directly on the Material plane.

Immortality seems good. And the other suggestions do, too.

 

[Cleon]

So are we just left with the description, flavour text and tactics?

 

[freyar]

I suppose so!

 

[Cleon]

I suppose so!

Would you like to do the honours?

 

[freyar]

You're so much better at description and flavor than I am...

Here are some tactics, though:

The White Boar pursues its nemesis single-mindedly, ignoring other foes unless they obstruct that goal. Nonetheless, the Boar evaluates other threats shrewdly and will attack other opponents or even retreat if those tactics will empower the destruction of its nemesis later.

The White Boar closes to melee with its nemesis as quickly as possible in order to use its devastating gore attack, and it uses Power Attack as much as possible without unduly sacrificing the ability to hit its nemesis.

 

[Cleon]

You're so much better at description and flavor than I am...

Okay, I'll see what I can do.

Here are some tactics, though:

The White Boar pursues its nemesis single-mindedly, ignoring other foes unless they obstruct that goal. Nonetheless, the Boar evaluates other threats shrewdly and will attack other opponents or even retreat if those tactics will empower the destruction of its nemesis later.

The White Boar closes to melee with its nemesis as quickly as possible in order to use its devastating gore attack, and it uses Power Attack as much as possible without unduly sacrificing the ability to hit its nemesis.

The Power Attack bit seems a bit surplus to requirements, but apart from that it looks good.

How's this:

A wild boar as big as a bison, with hide as ivory-white as its tusks.

The White Boar is a creature specially created by deities of nature to destroy some offense against nature,such as an unnatural abomination and the wizard who created it.

The white boar is about 10 feet long and stands 5 feet at the shoulder, it weighs about 1000 pounds.

The White Boar understands Sylvan, but can not speak it.

Combat
The White Boar pursues its nemesis single-mindedly, ignoring other foes unless they obstruct that goal. Nonetheless, the Boar evaluates other threats shrewdly and will attack other opponents or even retreat if those tactics will empower the destruction of its nemesis later. It uses Awesome Blow or Improved Bull Rush to force its way through any opponent obstructing the path to its nemesis.

The White Boar closes to melee with its nemesis as quickly as possible in order to use its devastating gore attack, augmented with Power Attack if that is advantageous.

 

[freyar]

That looks pretty good! I like the addition of Awesome Blow and IBR!