Converting monsters from Second Edition Monstrous Compendiums

[freyar]

I could see that, though I think I might prefer using straight up +Str instead of +1.5 Str for these for some reason. It's strange that it's not uniform what bonus to use.

 

[Shade]

So...are we going with 6d6+9 or 2d8+9?

 

[freyar]

I'd prefer 2d8+9 so the manufactured weapons are a little more viable.

 

[Shade]

Updated.

Suggested natural armor bonus? Yuan-ti abominations are +10, anathema are +20. Maybe +15 here, since they fall between 'em in size and power?

Skills: 26 ranks
Hide, Listen, Move Silently, Spot?

Feats: Multiweapon Fighting (B), 4 more
Improved Initiative, Power Attack, Stealthy...

Does the "bird rage" need to be a special ability, or does flavor text suffice?

 

[freyar]

+15 na is fine.

7 each in Hide and Move Silently, 6 each in Listen and Spot?

Reckless Offense for the last feat?

 

[Shade]

Sounds good. Updated. Should we give it a racial bonus on Hide checks when submerged in water, like a crocodile?

 

[freyar]

That sounds good to me. +4 like the croc?

 

[Shade]

Sounds good.

Environment: Temperate and warm marshes?

Organization: Solitary or x (2-4)

Treasure: Type "R" looks like standard coins, no goods or items.

Alignment: Usually neutral?

Advancement: 11-20 HD (Huge); 21-30 HD (Gargantuan)?

Marls speak Common and Draconic?

 

[freyar]

Habitat/Society: Marls have no real culture of their own. Though a few of them might be found in the same area, they have little commerce with one another (except for mating). They do not build, nor do they engage in art or crafts. Marls live to hunt and to lie in the warmth of the sun.

While marls in the wild are loners, they adapt readily to other societies. When hired as mercenaries they are usually paid in food and shiny trinkets. They learn rapidly; marls adopted into other cultures sometimes exhibit strong talents for artistic endeavors such as painting. Marls mate in the late winter, producing eggs about three
months later. The eggs hatch after another five months, producing cobra-like snakes about two feet long. Over the next two years, these young grow rapidly; their arms begin to grow after about a year. Marls can live for 20 years.

It actually sounds more like

Organization: Solitary or company (1 plus 3-20 Xth level humanoid fighters).

The rest looks good.

 

[Cleon]

+15 na is fine.

7 each in Hide and Move Silently, 6 each in Listen and Spot?

Reckless Offense for the last feat?

That natural armour bonus seems way too high. The original was only AC6. I was thinking more +4 NA like a Giant Constrictor Snake.

Maybe somewhere inbetween, like NA +10 to +12?