Converting monsters from Imagine Magazine

[freyar]

CR 6 or even 5. They're not as good as a dragonne.

Santa will reqard anyone who frees him by presenting them with a harmless, but magical toy, eg Elven rollerskates (movement 18" in silence); Cardboard armour +1 (AC 13), an Otto's Irresistible Teddy Bear (save vs. death magic or hug the teddy for 1-10 rounds); Tenser's Floating Jellybaby (when eaten acts as a potion of levitation).

Well, definitely the skates and bear, and the jellybaby is just too easy. I feel like there's already paper armor somewhere...

I'd be fine with doing the sleigh.

 

[Shade]

Santa's reindeer speak Common and Elven?

Elven rollerskates = boots of elvenkind that also increase wearer's land speed by 10 feet?

For the teddy bear, any creature within 30 feet that sees it must succeed on Will save?

For the sleigh, we can probably use the worg warsled as a basis...

Worg Warsled: Huge vehicle; Handle Animal +2; Spd drawn (poor); Overall hp 100 (hardness 7); Overall AC 3; Atk (6d6, ram); Face 15 ft. by 10 ft.; Height 5 ft.; Crew 1 (plus three passengers); Weight 900 lb.; Cargo 700 lbs.; Cost 400 gp.

Goblins in snowy climes use their worg allies to pull massive sleds covered with makeshift armor and spikes. The driver and passengers aboard such a warsled gain threee-quarters cover behind a mix of steel and wood (hp 20, hardness 7). Two worgs abreast pull the sled at a Speed of 35 feet.

 

[freyar]

Those suggestions all look good. I don't know the "sled rules" (like speed drawn, etc), but that makes sense.

 

[Shade]

We can simplify it to something like this for folks without the expanded vehicle rules...

Santa's Sleigh: This major artifact is a Huge vehicle, capable of holding 1 driver and four passengers. If pulled by flying creatures, it glides through the air as if weightless. Santa's sleigh has unlimited carrying capacity. It can be steered with a successful Handle Animal check, and moves at the speed of Santa's reindeer. As a major artifact, it is nearly indestructible. Santa's sleigh provides cover to its driver and passengers.

 

[demiurge1138]

Shade's sleigh writeup is simple and effective. Let's go with that.

 

[freyar]

Yeah, looks great!

 

[Shade]

Updated.

Added sections for the sleigh and toys.

 

[freyar]

Looks good. I think all we need is a price for the bear. How about 1500 gp? It's disabling, but not as much as dust of sneezing and choking.

 

[Shade]

We'll have to change the prereq and caster level, since Otto's dance is an 8th-level spell!

We still need fly speed and manueverability for reindeer. 60 feet (good)?

 

[freyar]

Hmmmm.... I'm open to other price suggestions. Could try dominate person and/or hold person for something at lower level.

60 ft (good) works.