Converting monsters from the second edition Monstrous Compendiums

[BOZ]

One thing I did note. Gray, dread, and corpse tearer linnorms all had Swim speeds in 2E, but not all of the other linnorms did. Therefore, I’m not assuming the flame would have a Swim speed.

what i said.

 

[Shade]

Swim speed? Nah, I don't think flame-boy would wanna go for a swim.

As for Hide, we could ditch it in favor of something else. Maybe, since flamey likes to bend others to his will, we should throw those ranks into Intimidate.

 

[BOZ]

posting in homebrews.

CR... well, a lot less hp than the dread, so between 20 and 25?

 

[Shade]

I'm thinking CR 23. Not only does the dread have more hps, its breath weapon does more damage, it has more physical attacks, and it deals energy drain. I think all that makes a 2 CR difference.

Breath weapon DC = 39.
Tail sweep and Crush DCs = 37.

Spell-Like Abilities: At will – fly; 3/day –fire trap (DC 19), fireball (DC 18), heat metal (DC 17), pyrotechnics (DC 17), produce flame; 2/day – flame strike (DC 20), wall of fire; 1/day – fire seeds (DC 21), fire storm (DC 23). Caster level Xth. The save DCs are Charisma-based.

 

[BOZ]

For the breath weapon, should we use the standard dimension values or the values from 2E?

For spell-like ability caster level, maybe 18 or 20?

Treasure, should we go with double since they are extra greedy?

 

[Shade]

Standard, 18th, and double.

 

[BOZ]

updating...

 

[Shade]

The linnorm standard for Attack line is bite.

Always neutral evil? Yes.

Draconic and Abyssal seems to be the standard for linnorms.

Weight? I dunno. None of the linnorms or Draconomicon creatures have it listed. The closest (and I use the term loosely) critter I could find is the purple worm, which weighs 40,000 lbs.

Otherwise, I think she's about finished.

 

[BOZ]

are lengths given for any dragons? if not, then we can skip the size and weight altogether.

 

[Shade]

As far as I can tell, wyverns are the only dragon with a weight listed.

I'd say skip it.