Converting monsters from the second edition Monstrous Compendiums

[BOZ]

yikes! well, maybe. what do the others do? it's not expected to come from a single hit, is it?

 

[Shade]

25, 25, and 30. The tarrasque is 50. Maybe we should go with 50...we don't want to embarrass the big T.

 

[BOZ]

yes, 50 should be high enough. that doesn't have to come from a single attack does it?

 

[Shade]

Nope.

Being swallowed has various consequences, depending on the creature doing the swallowing. A swallowed creature is considered to be grappled, while the creature that did the swallowing is not. A swallowed creature can try to cut its way free with any light slashing or piercing weapon (the amount of cutting damage required to get free is noted in the creature description), or it can just try to escape the grapple. The Armor Class of the interior of a creature that swallows whole is normally 10 + 1/2 its natural armor bonus, with no modifiers for size or Dexterity. If the swallowed creature escapes the grapple, success puts it back in the attacker’s mouth, where it may be bitten or swallowed again.

 

[BOZ]

good. updating in homebrews...

 

[Shade]

Attack: Tentacle +24 melee (1d8+14/19-20)

telepathy 100 feet?

DCs for SLAs: charm animal (16), charm person (16)

 

[BOZ]

does it currently have a method to get to other planes?

 

[Shade]

Nope. I'd recommend just adding plane shift as a spell-like ability. 3/day?

 

[BOZ]

i say 1/day - it wouldn't need to move around very often.

 

[Shade]

Sounds good.