Converting monsters from the second edition Monstrous Compendiums

[BOZ]

agreed. i'll take a look at the rest of this soon.

 

[BOZ]

posting this one in homebrews...

 

[Shade]

The closest creature I can find for comparable ability scores is the grig, which is the exact same height.

Its physical scores are: Str 5, Dex 18, Con 13.

Also, the grig weighs 1 pound, so the kercpa probably can as well.

I picture the kercpa as slightly sronger and heartier than the grig, so maybe Str 6, Con 14?

For the mental stats, I see good Wis and below average Cha. Maybe Wis 12-13, Cha 8-9.

Or, to look at it a different way:

Str -6, Dex +8, Con +2, Int +0, Wis +2, Cha -2

 

[BOZ]

Abilities: Str 6, Dex 19, Con 14, Int 11, Wis 12, Cha 9

 

[Shade]

Brilliant!

 

[BOZ]

LOL it shows off my creativity...

 

[LegacyKing]

Looks great, the one thing I'd change is straight from the conversion manual regarding Movement rate. By my calc, the Movement 9 should translate to Movement 30' using the conversion manual. 9 x 2.5 = 22.5 round up to the nearest multiple of 10 is 30'.

Sidenote: Glad to be home and see the conversion... Gonna head over to the "homebrew" section to see the final results.

 

[BOZ]

it's more like 70% done - still need to add some flavor text and fix a few other things.

 

[BOZ]

I will note that the difference between “saving as a 1-HD monster” and “saving as a 7-HD monster” in 3E is roughly the difference of +2 to the save (except for outsiders and dragons, which would be +3). So, I will give them a +2 bonus on all saving throws.

 

[Shade]

That's genius. Pure genius!