Converting monsters from Dungeon Magazine

Aspect of BOZ · Sep 28, 2006

i like it!

BOZ · Sep 29, 2006

posted.

Shade · Sep 29, 2006

A few thoughts...

The AC may be a bit low for both versions. Compared to other golems of their CR, they probably need about a +3 or +4 bump in natural armor.

The greater black golem seems a tad to hefty for CR 19. I'd suggest bumping it to CR 20.

Aspect of BOZ · Sep 29, 2006

sure, those ideas sound fine to me.

Shade · Oct 2, 2006

Aspect of BOZ said:
sure, those ideas sound fine to me.

Cool. It's nearing completion.

Mortis · Oct 2, 2006

Shade said:
Cool. It's nearing completion.

And we must be getting close to another batch of 10.

Regards
Mortis

BOZ · Oct 2, 2006

i'll have to have a look at that. will post more in an hour or so.

BOZ · Oct 2, 2006

updating in homebrews... what's left for this guy? (BTW, this guy, the protein polymorph, and 2 more conversions gives us 10)

was this the adventure it appeared in?:
Master of Puppets
by Carl Sargent

Shade · Oct 2, 2006

BOZ said:
was this the adventure it appeared in?:
Master of Puppets
by Carl Sargent

Indeed. Master! Master!

We'll need to change the construction guidelines for the greater to be, well, greater.

How about...

A greater black golem’s body is sculpted from 5,000 pounds of pure iron, smelted with rare tinctures and admixtures costing at least 10,000 gp, and topped with the skull of a lich. Assembling the body requires a DC 25 Craft (armorsmithing) check or a DC 25 Craft (weaponsmithing) check.

CL 20th; Craft Construct, blasphemy, deeper darkness, energy drain, fear, gate, geas/quest, limited wish, polymorph any object, slow, true seeing, caster must be at least 20th level; Price 200,000 gp; Cost 100,000 gp + 7,600 XP.