Converting monsters from Tales From The Infinite Staircase

[freyar]

Hmmm. Let's keep the Str but go with +1 perfect grappler.

 

[Cleon]

Hmmm. Let's keep the Str but go with +1 perfect grappler.

Fine by me.

I'll add those bits from the Cleon Special Dark Dweller Portion to the Dark Dweller Working Draft.

 

[Cleon]

Oh, before I go any further are we naming this Dark Dweller Portion like the Cleon Special, since the original monster was a "Single Portion of the Dark Dweller"?

 

[freyar]

Yes, let's call it a Portion.

Moving to the other abilities, your homebrew seems fine, but I also wouldn't mind increasing Int, Wis, or both. I mean, "genius" can be a bit higher than Int 18 in 3.X, and the morale indicates a high Will associated with high Wis. What do you think about bumping those up to 20 or 21?

 

[Cleon]

Yes, let's call it a Portion.

Moving to the other abilities, your homebrew seems fine, but I also wouldn't mind increasing Int, Wis, or both. I mean, "genius" can be a bit higher than Int 18 in 3.X, and the morale indicates a high Will associated with high Wis. What do you think about bumping those up to 20 or 21?

I put Intelligence 18 in there because the original had "Int genius (18)" in its statblock, but there's no harm in bumping it up. After all it does, literally, have a brain the size of a (small) planet if its nervous system is spread across all of Maelost.

Would even be prepared to go higher than Int & Wis 21.

We gave the Master Slaiyith's Int 21, Wis 24, Cha 24 and the Deep Dweller could be older and wiser than them.