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<blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 8471250" data-attributes="member: 57383"><p>It only <em>looks</em> like mercury, it's not made from that element. It's amorphous alien flesh in a shiny skin. Even if it was literally made of metal, Mercury is not noted for it resilience to damage, being liquid at normal temperatures and all. No-one talks about something being "as tough as mercury".</p><p></p><p>My preference for 4d4+8 and Con 14 was initially because that gave the result closest to the original hit points of 19 and I didn't want to stray too far from that. That still reduced the Con to something more typical of a low- to mid-HD creature that's much smaller than a human.</p><p></p><p>The Iron Cobra you referred to has Con 14, same as my proposal. By the way, to what version of the Cobra do you refer? The <strong><a href="https://www.5esrd.com/database/creature/iron-cobra/" target="_blank"><strong>Iron Cobra</strong></a></strong> on 5eSRD.com is a 3PP <em>Tome of Horrors</em> version with Con 13 not 14.</p><p></p><p>I also like the 8d4 and Con 10 version because (a) having lots of Hit Dice seems more suited for a creature with a powerful special ability, while (b) having a mediocre Con matches the gelatin-like body I imagine (or remember?) the original Heinlein monster having.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>That's a good point. I'm happy to give it immunity to Blindness as per your current draft.</p><p></p><p>However, the White Dwarf monster had no special resistance to damage, although it was immune to fear, charm and the like.</p><p></p><p>I've just realized I forgot a few things for the Enslaver. I'll explain in a later post.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cleon, post: 8471250, member: 57383"] It only [I]looks[/I] like mercury, it's not made from that element. It's amorphous alien flesh in a shiny skin. Even if it was literally made of metal, Mercury is not noted for it resilience to damage, being liquid at normal temperatures and all. No-one talks about something being "as tough as mercury". My preference for 4d4+8 and Con 14 was initially because that gave the result closest to the original hit points of 19 and I didn't want to stray too far from that. That still reduced the Con to something more typical of a low- to mid-HD creature that's much smaller than a human. The Iron Cobra you referred to has Con 14, same as my proposal. By the way, to what version of the Cobra do you refer? The [B][URL='https://www.5esrd.com/database/creature/iron-cobra/'][B]Iron Cobra[/B][/URL][/B] on 5eSRD.com is a 3PP [I]Tome of Horrors[/I] version with Con 13 not 14. I also like the 8d4 and Con 10 version because (a) having lots of Hit Dice seems more suited for a creature with a powerful special ability, while (b) having a mediocre Con matches the gelatin-like body I imagine (or remember?) the original Heinlein monster having. That's a good point. I'm happy to give it immunity to Blindness as per your current draft. However, the White Dwarf monster had no special resistance to damage, although it was immune to fear, charm and the like. I've just realized I forgot a few things for the Enslaver. I'll explain in a later post. [/QUOTE]
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