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<blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 8254441" data-attributes="member: 57383">It was an overly literal transcription of the original AD&amp;D monster's AC 4, which is the same as a suit of chainmail &amp; shield so hence AC 16 in 3E.I'll agree that so low an AC is hardly Challenge Rating appropriate, but bear in mind that the Krakentua originally appeared in adventures meant for 4th to 9th level characters - namely 1986's OA2 Night of the Seven Swords (4th to 6th level) and 1989's OA7 Test of the Samurai (6th to 9th level) so if it had a decent AC for its level they would have no chance of hurting it if they're foolish enough to resort to weapons (they're supposed to use role-playing or magic macguffins do deal with the things).So arguably the low AC is more of a feature than a bug.That said, I'm not that enamored of the Krakentua conversion - the original 3.0 version was before my time at the Creature Catalog and the 3.5 version is pretty much an edition update of it.&nbsp; If it had been me statting the thing up it'd likely be quite different!For a start, that Challenge Rating is too high for its stats.&nbsp; A Great Wyrm Dragon or the Tarrasque would likely make mincemeat of one of these fellows.I'd also likely downgrade the weapon use so it's wielding Humanoid-scale weapons in its tentacles like the original monster (which did a Medium katana's 1d10 base damage with weapons, not the 4d6 of a Colossal wakizashi).&nbsp; At least that means PCs could loot usable arms should they manage to defeat the thing!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cleon, post: 8254441, member: 57383"] It was an overly literal transcription of the original AD&D monster's AC 4, which is the same as a suit of chainmail & shield so hence AC 16 in 3E. I'll agree that so low an AC is hardly Challenge Rating appropriate, but bear in mind that the Krakentua originally appeared in adventures meant for 4th to 9th level characters - namely 1986's [I]OA2 Night of the Seven Swords[/I] (4th to 6th level) and 1989's [I]OA7 Test of the Samurai[/I] (6th to 9th level) so if it had a decent AC for its level they would have no chance of hurting it if they're foolish enough to resort to weapons (they're supposed to use role-playing or magic macguffins do deal with the things). So arguably the low AC is more of a feature than a bug. That said, I'm not that enamored of the Krakentua conversion - the original 3.0 version was before my time at the Creature Catalog and the 3.5 version is pretty much an edition update of it. If it had been me statting the thing up it'd likely be quite different! For a start, that Challenge Rating is too high for its stats. A Great Wyrm Dragon or the Tarrasque would likely make mincemeat of one of these fellows. I'd also likely downgrade the weapon use so it's wielding Humanoid-scale weapons in its tentacles like the original monster (which did a Medium katana's 1d10 base damage with weapons, not the 4d6 of a Colossal wakizashi). At least that means PCs could loot usable arms should they manage to defeat the thing! [/QUOTE]

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