Converting monsters from Imagine Magazine

[freyar]

Nope, no issue with bumping to drain. What do you think about adding dazed for the Lord? And should X be the same for all 5? Maybe 1d6 rounds?

 

[Shade]

Hmmm...fatigued and exhausted aren't usually limited to a duration, so I'd rather not limit them here.

1d6 rounds could suffice for the rest, though.

 

[freyar]

In that case, should we make the conditions cumulative? That is, someone blood-drained by an arch-prince must make a Fort save or be exhausted and nauseated for 1d6?

 

[Shade]

That's probably a good idea.

 

[freyar]

Let's give it a try, then.

Rapid Blood Drain (Ex): A greater vampire can rapidly suck blood from a living victim with its fangs by making a successful grapple check. If it pins the foe, it drains blood, dealing 1d4 points of Strength, Dexterity, and Constitution drain each round the pin is maintained. On each such successful attack, the greater vampire gains 5 temporary hit points.

This rapid blood drain may cause additional effects. The victim is allowed a Fortitude save against these additional effects (the save DC is Charisma-based). These effects are cumulative for the greater types of vampires, so a victim that fails a save against an arch-prince's rapid blood drain would be both exhausted and nauseated.

Lord: dazed for 1 round
Arch-lord: fatigued
Princeling: exhausted
Prince: staggered for 1d6 rounds
Arch-Prince: nauseated for 1d6 rounds .

 

[Shade]

Slight revision...

Rapid Blood Drain (Ex): A greater vampire can rapidly suck blood from a living victim with its fangs by making a successful grapple check. If it pins the foe, it drains blood, dealing 1d4 points of Strength, Dexterity, and Constitution drain each round the pin is maintained. On each such successful attack, the greater vampire gains 5 temporary hit points.

This rapid blood drain may cause additional effects. The victim is allowed a Fortitude save against these additional effects (the save DC is Charisma-based). These effects are cumulative and stack (where possible) for the greater types of vampires. For example, a victim that fails a save against an arch-prince's rapid blood drain would be dazed, exhausted staggered, and nauseated (but not fatigued, since exhausted is a greater form of fatigue).

Lord: dazed for 1 round
Arch-lord: fatigued
Princeling: exhausted
Prince: staggered for 1d6 rounds
Arch-Prince: nauseated for 1d6 rounds

 

[freyar]

Looks good, but doesn't nauseated cover staggered, too?

 

[demiurge1138]

Staggered is one move or standard action. Nauseated is one move only.

 

[Shade]

Since the durations are variable for the staggered and nauseated, it is also possible to roll say 5 rounds on staggered and 2 rounds on nauseated, so the staggered condition would still be worth tracking.

 

[freyar]

Since the durations are variable for the staggered and nauseated, it is also possible to roll say 5 rounds on staggered and 2 rounds on nauseated, so the staggered condition would still be worth tracking.

Ok, I wondered if that was where you were going. I'd say this looks pretty good.

Anything else for these? We should probably go over them and make sure they have all the vampire's abilities, as well, just to make sure.