Converting monsters from Second Edition Monstrous Compendiums

[freyar]

Looking good!

+1 natural armor would match the original AC when attached at least.

DR 3? Resistance to electricity and fire 5? Hide for the rest of the skill ranks. Stealthy? Or maybe Deceitful?

 

[demiurge1138]

Skill Focus (disguise) over Deceitful. When is it going to be making Forgery checks? I'd prefer Stealthy to either of those, though.

 

[freyar]

Good point. Let's do Stealthy though.

 

[Shade]

When is it going to be making Forgery checks? I'd prefer Stealthy to either of those, though.

Well, it does emulate a glove.

Stealthy sounds good.

Updated.

A peltast's skin can sense vibrations, distinguish scents with acute sensitivity, and can see up to 6" both with infravision and normal vision through tiny, flat eyes which it can conceal entirely within its form or reveal through slits when in use.

Blindsense, blindsight, or tremorsense?

Peltasts can sense each other up to 40 feet away.

Telepathic link?

Peltasts move by creeping, worm- like, along any surface. They can stick to walls, ceilings, etc., even when these are wet or oily.

Climb speed? Wallcrawling?

 

[freyar]

Sounds like tremorsense and darkvision.

Not sure about the telepathic link. Maybe just some sort of telepathic sensing.

I'd say a slow climb speed.

 

[demiurge1138]

The thing about scents + vibration makes me think blindsense. A slow climb speed with wallcrawling sounds right to me.

 

[freyar]

The thing about scents + vibration makes me think blindsense. A slow climb speed with wallcrawling sounds right to me.

Fair enough.

 

[Shade]

Let's go with blindsense and darkvision, and the slow climb speed + wallcrawling.

Updated.

The Ego score of a symbiont is determined in the same way as that of an intelligent magic item, and listed with each symbiont's entry in the Abilities line. Add the symbiont's Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma bonuses (if any) to determine its base Ego score. Add 1 for each special quality and 2 for each special attack. Add 4 if the symbiont is an outsider.

Ego = +0 Int, +0 Wis, +1 Cha, +4 for special attacks, +4 for special qualities = 9?

 

[demiurge1138]

That ego score sounds right.

 

[freyar]

So DR, immunities, resistance, SR, and symbiont traits don't count, I guess? (Incidentally, the score sounds fine to me, I'm just curious.)