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<blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 7300368" data-attributes="member: 57383">While reading the Land Urchin's original 1E AD&amp;D entry in the Monster Manual II (1983) I noticed a couple of titbits:Firstly, &quot;the land urchin's spine covered body is often mistaken for a bush&quot;.That tempts me to add a subentry:Cryptic Land UrchinWhat you took to be a small thorny bush suddenly moves, revealing itself to be a strange animal. Its &quot;branches&quot; are long spines that radiate from a spherical body. What appeared to be the plant's stalks are actually five fragile-seeming legs.Some land urchins mimic the appearance of a thorn bush. This helps conceal them from predators and potential victims. A cryptic land urchin gains the following special qualities. All other traits are the same as a regular land urchin.Mimic Bush (Ex): A cryptic land urchin closely resembles a thorn bush. Anyone who examines the urchin can detect the ruse with a successful Spot check opposed by the urchin’s Hide check. Creatures with Survival or Knowledge (nature) can use those skills instead of Spot to notice the urchin.Skills: A cryptic land urchin has a +8 racial bonus on Hide checks when in tall grass, undergrowth or other areas where a small bush is likely to occur.Secondly, the MMII has &quot;It has no front or back, and its 5 spindly legs can rotate to allow it to move in any direction&quot;.That says &quot;All-Around Vision&quot; to me.All-Around Vision (Ex): A land urchin's antennae allow it to sense in any direction, providing a +4 racial bonus on Spot and Search checks. A land urchin can't be flanked.However, if we do give it All-Around Vision it'd seem unfair not to do the same to the greater urchins:All-Around Vision (Ex): A greater urchin's clairvoyance ability allow it to sense in any direction, providing a +4 racial bonus on Spot and Search checks. A greater urchin can't be flanked.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cleon, post: 7300368, member: 57383"] While reading the Land Urchin's original 1E AD&D entry in the [I]Monster Manual II[/I] (1983) I noticed a couple of titbits: Firstly, "the land urchin's spine covered body is often mistaken for a bush". That tempts me to add a subentry: [B]Cryptic Land Urchin[/B] [I]What you took to be a small thorny bush suddenly moves, revealing itself to be a strange animal. Its "branches" are long spines that radiate from a spherical body. What appeared to be the plant's stalks are actually five fragile-seeming legs[/I]. Some land urchins mimic the appearance of a thorn bush. This helps conceal them from predators and potential victims. A cryptic land urchin gains the following special qualities. All other traits are the same as a regular land urchin. [B]Mimic Bush (Ex):[/B] A cryptic land urchin closely resembles a thorn bush. Anyone who examines the urchin can detect the ruse with a successful Spot check opposed by the urchin’s Hide check. Creatures with Survival or Knowledge (nature) can use those skills instead of Spot to notice the urchin. [B]Skills:[/B] A cryptic land urchin has a +8 racial bonus on Hide checks when in tall grass, undergrowth or other areas where a small bush is likely to occur. Secondly, the [I]MMII[/I] has "It has no front or back, and its 5 spindly legs can rotate to allow it to move in any direction". That says "All-Around Vision" to me. [B]All-Around Vision (Ex):[/B] A land urchin's antennae allow it to sense in any direction, providing a +4 racial bonus on Spot and Search checks. A land urchin can't be flanked. However, if we do give it All-Around Vision it'd seem unfair not to do the same to the greater urchins: [B]All-Around Vision (Ex):[/B] A greater urchin's clairvoyance ability allow it to sense in any direction, providing a +4 racial bonus on Spot and Search checks. A greater urchin can't be flanked. [/QUOTE]

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