Converting monsters from Second Edition Monstrous Compendiums

[Shade]

Updated.

Wanna do anything with this?

The viscous liquid secreted by the lukhorn is often in high demand by alchemists and wizards (100 gp per vial). When used in the creation of invisibility and polymorph potions, it extends their durations by 25%. The liquid, however, dries almost immediately upon the death of the lukhorn; it is extremely difficult to secure more than a vial or two from a recently killed specimen.

 

[freyar]

Underbar to say that the secretion of a lukhorn can reduce the cost of invisibility-related magic items by 25% (easier to deal with and more standard than duration), but only 2 vials can be recovered quickly enough?

 

[Shade]

Updated.

All done?

 

[freyar]

Think so!

 

[Cleon]

Updated.

All done?

Erm, if it can swallow creatures smaller than itself, shouldn't it have a number of Huge sized opponents listed in the capacity of its gullet? Something like "A Gargantuan lukhorn's interior can hold 3 Huge, 12 Large, 48 Medium, 192 Small or 768 Tiny or smaller opponents."

 

[Shade]

Good point. Either that, or change the text to "two size categories smaller". Probably the former fits best with the other worms.

 

[Cleon]

Good point. Either that, or change the text to "two size categories smaller". Probably the former fits best with the other worms.

I'd prefer it to able to swallow Huge victims, since it appears to be unusually elastic. If it can stretch itself out to fit all manner of tunnels, I'd think it could stretch itself to swallow bigger than normal prey as well.

 

[freyar]

Perhaps if we go up to Huge victims, we should reduce back to 2 rather than 3 of the largest size, etc. (same progression as purple worms, just a size larger).

 

[Cleon]

Perhaps if we go up to Huge victims, we should reduce back to 2 rather than 3 of the largest size, etc. (same progression as purple worms, just a size larger).

Or cut it down to a single Huge, 4 Large, 16 Medium et cetera, like we did with our conversion of the Gargantuan Titanoboa.

Although at the moment I prefer 2 Huge, since I think an elastic, boneless worm should be more "swallowy" than a snake.

 

[freyar]

I prefer 2 Huge, since we wanted this to have a larger capacity than a purple worm. Purples can have 2 Large critter swallowed, which traditionally is considered the same as 1 Huge. Allowing 1 Huge would then only be like increasing "jaw size" vs "gullet size," and I think we wanted to do both.