Converting Monsters from Polyhedron Magazine

[Shade]

Good idea! We should probably explicitly note that should her Concentration be interrupted, the nightmare creatures immediately disappear as well.

 

[freyar]

Makes sense to me, go for it!

 

[demiurge1138]

I like that dreamweaving requires Concentration, and I like freyar's other skill suggestions as well.

 

[Shade]

Updated.

CR 2?

 

[demiurge1138]

CR 2 seems reasonable, but we might want to give her DR (5/magic?) to back it up.

 

[Shade]

Sure. Updated.

All done?

 

[demiurge1138]

I'm inclined to say "yes".

 

[freyar]

Shouldn't Sense Motive also be +10? Otherwise looks good! The CR seems fair, though I think these should be more of a negotiation encounter than a fight.

 

[Shade]

Nope. Sense Motive is Wis-based.

 

[Shade]

This next conversion is one of those creatures with "fill in the blanks" options.


A tymphanix, native to the elemental plane of earth, is kept here by the ettins [...] as a watchdog and an early-warning device.

"[...]Between you and the exit is a short creature that looks like a cross between a stone scorpion and a kettle drum. The gray creature clicks its pincers at you and drums its club-like tail against its top carapice, beating a warning."

Tymphanix: 1; AL N; IN Low; SZ L; MV 6"; AC 5; STs 13, STw 12; HD 7; hp 35; THAC0 13; #AT 2 pincers/1 club; Dmg 1d8/1d8/2d6; XPV 630.
Special Defenses: Immune to normal weapons; takes half damage (save for quarter) from fire, cold, and lightning attacks.
Notes: Drums on its hollow carapace to warn off strangers from its lair.

Originally appeared in Polyhedron #31 (1986).