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<blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 5015008" data-attributes="member: 57383"><p>While I like the idea of Jump but I don't think it needs that many points in it, and it badly needs a decent score in Spot and Listen. Problem is, that would leave it short elsewhere.</p><p></p><p>Maybe we'll have to bite the bullet and give it an Int of 14 plus higher racial bonuses in stealth desert skills (+4 in Hide, Listen, Move Silently and Spot?), so it has sneak-skills roughly the same as the other composite mummies?</p><p></p><p>Let's see, Int 14 would give it another 19 SP for 114 in total.</p><p></p><p>We could divide that into Diplomacy <span style="color: Cyan"><strong>12</strong></span>, Hide <span style="color: Cyan"><strong>15</strong></span>, Jump <span style="color: Cyan"><strong>4</strong></span>, Knowledge (religion) <span style="color: Cyan"><strong>17</strong></span>, Listen <strong><span style="color: Cyan">17</span></strong>, Move Silently <span style="color: Cyan"><strong>9</strong></span>, Sense Motive <strong><span style="color: Cyan">16</span></strong>, Spot <span style="color: Cyan"><strong>17</strong></span>, Survival <span style="color: Cyan"><strong>7</strong></span>.</p><p></p><p>Apply the higher racial bonuses given above and we get:<p style="margin-left: 20px"> <span style="color: White"><span style="color: Orange"><strong>Skills:</strong> Diplomacy +16, Hide +17, Jump +15, Knowledge (religion) +20, Listen +23, Move Silently +15, Sense Motive +21, Spot +23, Survival +10 (+14 track by scent)</span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: White"></span></p><p>That looks OK to me. If we want them a bit higher we can tweak the racial bonuses a bit more or give it skill-boosting feats like Alertness or Stealthy.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I'd prefer to drop Multiattack and have it focus more on fighting with its Ankh.</p><p></p><p>I'd certainly give it Ability Focus (mummy scourge), Lightning Reflexes and Power Attack like the other composite mummies.</p><p></p><p>Use the other three feats for Ability Focus (despair), Combat Reflexes and Weapon Focus (black ankh)?<span style="color: White"></span></p><p><span style="color: White"></span><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Orange"><strong>Feats:</strong> Ability Focus (despair), Ability Focus (mummy scourge), Combat Reflexes, Lightning Reflexes, Power Attack, Weapon Focus (black ankh)</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p><p></p><p>Taller than a Sobek-mummy but the same weight, so it looks skinnier?<p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Orange">Jackal composite mummies stand 12 feet tall and weigh 500 pounds.</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cleon, post: 5015008, member: 57383"] While I like the idea of Jump but I don't think it needs that many points in it, and it badly needs a decent score in Spot and Listen. Problem is, that would leave it short elsewhere. Maybe we'll have to bite the bullet and give it an Int of 14 plus higher racial bonuses in stealth desert skills (+4 in Hide, Listen, Move Silently and Spot?), so it has sneak-skills roughly the same as the other composite mummies? Let's see, Int 14 would give it another 19 SP for 114 in total. We could divide that into Diplomacy [COLOR=Cyan][B]12[/B][/COLOR], Hide [COLOR=Cyan][B]15[/B][/COLOR], Jump [COLOR=Cyan][B]4[/B][/COLOR], Knowledge (religion) [COLOR=Cyan][B]17[/B][/COLOR], Listen [B][COLOR=Cyan]17[/COLOR][/B], Move Silently [COLOR=Cyan][B]9[/B][/COLOR], Sense Motive [B][COLOR=Cyan]16[/COLOR][/B], Spot [COLOR=Cyan][B]17[/B][/COLOR], Survival [COLOR=Cyan][B]7[/B][/COLOR]. Apply the higher racial bonuses given above and we get:[INDENT] [COLOR=White][COLOR=Orange][B]Skills:[/B] Diplomacy +16, Hide +17, Jump +15, Knowledge (religion) +20, Listen +23, Move Silently +15, Sense Motive +21, Spot +23, Survival +10 (+14 track by scent)[/COLOR] [/COLOR][/INDENT]That looks OK to me. If we want them a bit higher we can tweak the racial bonuses a bit more or give it skill-boosting feats like Alertness or Stealthy. I'd prefer to drop Multiattack and have it focus more on fighting with its Ankh. I'd certainly give it Ability Focus (mummy scourge), Lightning Reflexes and Power Attack like the other composite mummies. Use the other three feats for Ability Focus (despair), Combat Reflexes and Weapon Focus (black ankh)?[COLOR=White] [/COLOR][INDENT][COLOR=Orange][B]Feats:[/B] Ability Focus (despair), Ability Focus (mummy scourge), Combat Reflexes, Lightning Reflexes, Power Attack, Weapon Focus (black ankh)[/COLOR] [/INDENT] Taller than a Sobek-mummy but the same weight, so it looks skinnier?[INDENT][COLOR=Orange]Jackal composite mummies stand 12 feet tall and weigh 500 pounds.[/COLOR] [/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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