Converting Monsters from Polyhedron Magazine

[freyar]

Sounds good.

 

[Shade]

I agree.

 

[freyar]

Ok, give them some sort of rock throwing ability or a racial bonus to thrown weapons?

 

[Cleon]

Ok, give them some sort of rock throwing ability or a racial bonus to thrown weapons?

Don't much care for a SA, since these are caricatures of humans. I'd rather put it down to practice, which suggests Weapon Focus (thrown rock).

 

[Shade]

Added to Homebrews.

 

[Cleon]

Added to Homebrews.

If we're giving them a +2 racial bonus to Strength they should be Str 13 with a standard array, Str 15 with a non-elite array (assuming the 13 is in Str).

the BAB of a 3 HD Humanoid is +2, not +1.

There should be a "and rock +X ranged (1d3+Y)" in the attack lines.

Oh, and I don't much like the 40 ft. climb speed, but I suppose that follows the original AD&D stats.

 

[freyar]

How about a racial bonus to thrown weapons, like halflings? We need to make them at least a tiny bit interesting.

 

[Cleon]

How about a racial bonus to thrown weapons, like halflings? We need to make them at least a tiny bit interesting.

I can go along with that.

 

[Shade]

If we're giving them a +2 racial bonus to Strength they should be Str 13 with a standard array, Str 15 with a non-elite array (assuming the 13 is in Str).

Since we didn't use class levels, we don't need an array. We simply pick the desired ability scores.

 

[Cleon]

Since we didn't use class levels, we don't need an array. We simply pick the desired ability scores.

Well it depends on whether we're doing a "Yahoo as Characters" section.

Considering Yahoos are violent, uncouth savages with an obsessive need to collect gems, they seem a natural fit for adventuring.

Anyhow, I'm preferring Strength 13 for them, like a bog standard (10,10,10,11,11,11) half orc would probably get.