Converting monsters from First Edition modules

[Shade]

10 rounds sounds good for the ammo.

We could make the DCs higher for the larger ones due to a bigger "payload" being delivered.

 

[BOZ]

how would that be accomplished?

updating in homebrews.

 

[Shade]

how would that be accomplished?

Just saying so should suffice. If you wanna get fancy, you could include a statement that "larger darts deliver a larger dose of the gas, thereby increasing its save DC" or something.

 

[Aspect of BOZ]

"The larger bozorgs carry bigger darts which contain more poison, making them more potent."

 

[Shade]

That works for me.

 

[Aspect of BOZ]

If the bozorg rolls over a prone victim, it will cause 1-4 hit points of crushing damage each round until it moves on, or is flipped over.

If the bozorg is turned over, it cannot move and its underside (AC 9) is exposed. It during combat, a character scores a hit, having previously stated an intention to try to turn the monster over, the chance of doing so is shown below (note that no damage is done to the bozorg during the attempt):
4' bozorg - bend bars percentage
8' bozorg - bend bars -10%
12' bozorg - bend bars -20%

should we give it a flipping-over vulnerability?

 

[Mortis]

should we give it a flipping-over vulnerability?

I guess so. Strength check based on bozorg's weight?

Regards
Mortis

 

[Aspect of BOZ]

initiated from a grapple perhaps?

 

[Shade]

should we give it a flipping-over vulnerability?

I'd rather not...turtles (which probably inspired the vulnerability) and other similar creatures don't have a game mechanic for this type of vulnerabilty.

If anything, I'd give them a penalty on opposed rolls to avoid being tripped.

 

[Mortis]

Shade what would the result of them being tripped be? There's no way, IMHO, that they could self-right. (I'm now thinking of the TV series Robot Wars were after the first series most 'bots had a self-righting mechanism)

initiated from a grapple perhaps?

I would say so.

Regards
Mortis