Converting original D&D and Mystara monsters

[freyar]

I like Improved Disarm, but I think I'd like to go with Trip as in the wolf:

Trip (Ex): A wolf that hits with a bite attack can attempt to trip the opponent (+1 check modifier) as a free action without making a touch attack or provoking an attack of opportunity. If the attempt fails, the opponent cannot react to trip the wolf.

Note that Improved Trip would still give improve the check bonus, if we wanted to use it, or we could just give it a racial bonus.

 

[Shade]

I'd be fine with trip. Demiurge?

 

[demiurge1138]

Trip sounds good to me.

 

[Shade]

Updated.

In order to get Improved Trip and Improved Disarm, it needs Combat Expertise, which would require a slight Int boost. Do we want to boost Int by 1, or give IT and ID as bonus feats? I'm inclined toward the former, since it already gets two bonus feats.

 

[freyar]

Let's just boost the Int. We're not even talking about changing the bonus anyway.

 

[Shade]

Updated.

Skills: 36
Concentration and Knowledge (the planes) seem necessary at the very least

Advancement: 11-15 HD (Large); 16-x HD (Huge)

A typical anemo is 5 feet in diameter and weighs around x pounds. (A Medium air elemental weighs 2 pounds, but I could see a tad more mass for these things)

Anemos speak Auran and x. (Ignan due to their special emnity with pyrophors?)

Summon Air Elementals (Sp): Once per day, an anemo can automatically summon 1 x air elemental. This ability is the equivalent of a xth-level spell.
(A wizard of the anemo's Hit Dice could obtain summon monster V to obtain a Medium air elemental)

 

[freyar]

Max Concentration, Know (planes), and Tumble?

-25HD?

Ignan, yes.

Let's go Medium.

 

[demiurge1138]

Boost the Int, but it doesn't need Improved Trip if it has the tripping ability of a wolf.

 

[Shade]

Updated.

Boost the Int, but it doesn't need Improved Trip if it has the tripping ability of a wolf.

We thought to retain it for the +4 bonus on its Strength check to trip. Do you think that's overkill? Its modifier kind of sucks otherwise.

CR 6?

 

[freyar]

Well, I suppose we could give it a racial bonus on trip checks. But no other feats are immediately obvious, so Improved Trip works for me.

Yeah, probably CR 6.