D&D 3.x Converting monsters from Mayfair Games Role Aids product line

[Cleon]

Looks pretty good. I guess skills and feats next. Also, what do you say to reducing the mental stats a bit to make them juvenile compared to the lesser dust spider?

I wouldn't bother myself. Dropping their Int would make little difference mechanically, and there are a fair number of D&D creatures whose juveniles have the same mental stats as the adults - e.g. Arrowhawks, Tojanidas, which are both elemental monsters like the dust spider.

 

[freyar]

All your suggestions look fine (skills, feats, CR, org). As for mental stats, it was just a flavor thing, but the precedents you mention convince me well enough.

 

[Cleon]

All your suggestions look fine (skills, feats, CR, org). As for mental stats, it was just a flavor thing, but the precedents you mention convince me well enough.

Good!

It appeare we don't have anything left to do with these apart from fiddling with the flavour text.

 

[Shade]

Updated.

 

[Cleon]

Updated.

Seems great to me.

I'd rather they weighed "a few ounces" instead of "less than a pound" to emphasise their diminutive mass, but the current weight's acceptable.

 

[freyar]

I'd prefer to make the individual ones no more than 6 inches in diameter, too, since they're Diminutive. But it's not a big deal. They look pretty good, and I think we're basically ready for the greater version.

 

[Shade]

Updated to reflect the increased weeness.

What had we decided for the greater version, again?

 

[freyar]

Undecided on Huge vs Large. 13HD suggested. They can carry a swarm, probably, and the death throes act like dust of sneezing and choking. We may want to boost the HD a little compared to the swarm.

 

[demiurge1138]

Well, the greater's going to have a much higher Con, presumably. Let's shoot for a CR of 9 on it, so that way an encounter with swarm and greater is a solid EL 10.

 

[freyar]

Shouldn't the swarm count as part of the CR, like a summoned monster? So CR 10 then?