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<blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 5644914" data-attributes="member: 57383"><p>It's certainly different enough to deserve a separate conversion, but looks more like an Outsider (Air, Incorporeal, Native) to me than an Elemental (Air).</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>How soon we forget!</p><p></p><p>When we converted the <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/5488304-post140.html" target="_blank"><strong>Demonic Sawfly</strong></a> last March I proposed a <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/5521036-post486.html" target="_blank">blood-sucking Gnat Swarm</a> whos stats should serve as a good foundation. A simple nameswap and the Addazahr's Blood Drain instead of Wounding should be enough:</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Gnat Swarm</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong></strong></span>Fine Vermin (Swarm)</p><p>Hit Dice: 3d8-3 (10 hp)</p><p>Initiative: +4</p><p>Speed: 5 ft. (1 square), fly 40 ft. (good)</p><p>Armor Class: 22 (+8 size, +4 Dex), touch 22, flat-footed 18</p><p>Base Attack/Grapple: +2/—</p><p>Attack: Swarm (1d6)</p><p>Full Attack: Swarm (1d6)</p><p>Space/Reach: 10 ft./0 ft.</p><p>Special Attacks: Distraction, <s><span style="color: Red">wounding</span></s>, blood drain</p><p>Special Qualities: Darkvision 60 ft., immune to weapon damage, swarm traits, vermin traits</p><p>Saves: Fort +2, Ref +5, Will +1</p><p>Abilities: Str 1, Dex 19, Con 8, Int –, Wis 10, Cha 2</p><p>Skills: Listen +4, Spot +4</p><p>Feats: —</p><p>Challenge Rating: 2</p><p>Alignment: Always neutral</p><p></p><p><strong>Distraction (Ex):</strong> Any living creature that begins its turn with a swarm in its space must succeed on a DC 11 Fortitude save or be nauseated for 1 round. The save DC is Constitution-based.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: Red"><strong><s>Wounding (Ex):</s></strong><s> Any living creature damaged by a gnat swarm continues to bleed, losing 1 hit point per round thereafter. Multiple wounds do not result in cumulative bleeding loss. The bleeding can be stopped by a DC 10 Heal check or the application of a cure spell or some other healing magic.</s></span></p><p></p><p><strong>Blood Drain (Ex):</strong> Addaazahr drain blood, the swarm deals 1 points of Con damage to any creature whose space it occupies at the end of its move. Once a swarm has dealt 4 points of Constitution damage, it is sated and flies off to digest the meal. If its victim dies before the addazahr swarm's appetites have been sated, the swarm seeks a new target.</p><p></p><p><strong>Skills:</strong> A gnat swarm has a +4 racial bonus on Listen and Spot checks.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cleon, post: 5644914, member: 57383"] It's certainly different enough to deserve a separate conversion, but looks more like an Outsider (Air, Incorporeal, Native) to me than an Elemental (Air). How soon we forget! When we converted the [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/5488304-post140.html"][B]Demonic Sawfly[/B][/URL] last March I proposed a [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/5521036-post486.html"]blood-sucking Gnat Swarm[/URL] whos stats should serve as a good foundation. A simple nameswap and the Addazahr's Blood Drain instead of Wounding should be enough: [SIZE=3][B]Gnat Swarm [/B][/SIZE]Fine Vermin (Swarm) Hit Dice: 3d8-3 (10 hp) Initiative: +4 Speed: 5 ft. (1 square), fly 40 ft. (good) Armor Class: 22 (+8 size, +4 Dex), touch 22, flat-footed 18 Base Attack/Grapple: +2/— Attack: Swarm (1d6) Full Attack: Swarm (1d6) Space/Reach: 10 ft./0 ft. Special Attacks: Distraction, [S][COLOR=Red]wounding[/COLOR][/S], blood drain Special Qualities: Darkvision 60 ft., immune to weapon damage, swarm traits, vermin traits Saves: Fort +2, Ref +5, Will +1 Abilities: Str 1, Dex 19, Con 8, Int –, Wis 10, Cha 2 Skills: Listen +4, Spot +4 Feats: — Challenge Rating: 2 Alignment: Always neutral [B]Distraction (Ex):[/B] Any living creature that begins its turn with a swarm in its space must succeed on a DC 11 Fortitude save or be nauseated for 1 round. The save DC is Constitution-based. [COLOR=Red][B][S]Wounding (Ex):[/S][/B][S] Any living creature damaged by a gnat swarm continues to bleed, losing 1 hit point per round thereafter. Multiple wounds do not result in cumulative bleeding loss. The bleeding can be stopped by a DC 10 Heal check or the application of a cure spell or some other healing magic.[/S][/COLOR] [B]Blood Drain (Ex):[/B] Addaazahr drain blood, the swarm deals 1 points of Con damage to any creature whose space it occupies at the end of its move. Once a swarm has dealt 4 points of Constitution damage, it is sated and flies off to digest the meal. If its victim dies before the addazahr swarm's appetites have been sated, the swarm seeks a new target. [B]Skills:[/B] A gnat swarm has a +4 racial bonus on Listen and Spot checks. [/QUOTE]
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