Converting original D&D and Mystara monsters

[Shade]

The psuedodragon would work perfectly!

Pollen Dragon
Tiny Dragon
Hit Dice: 2d12+2 (15 hp)
Initiative: +2
Speed: 15 ft. (3 squares), fly 60 ft. (good)
Armor Class: 18 (+2 size, +2 Dex, +4 natural), touch 14, flat-footed 16
Base Attack/Grapple: +2/–8
Attack: Bite +4 melee (1d6–2)
Full Attack: Bite +4 melee (1d6–2)
Space/Reach: 2½ ft./0 ft.
Special Attacks: Breath weapon
Special Qualities: Blindsense 60 ft., darkvision 60 ft., immunity to sleep and paralysis, low-light vision, spell resistance 19, telepathy 60 ft.
Saves: Fort +4, Ref +5, Will +4
Abilities: Str 6, Dex 15, Con 13, Int 10, Wis 12, Cha 10
Skills: Diplomacy +2, Hide +20*, Listen +9, Search +6, Sense Motive +7, Spot +9, Survival +1 (+3 following tracks)
Feats: Alertness, Weapon Finesse (B)

Breath Weapon (Su): Cloud of choking dust 10 feet high, 10 feet wide, and 10 feet long, once every 1d4 rounds, damage 1d10, Reflex DC 12 half. The save DC is Constitution-based.

Add some secondary effect of "choking dust", maybe like dust mephit?

Drop spell resistance?

 

[demiurge1138]

Drop spell resistance. Choking dust makes targets sickened on a failed save?

 

[freyar]

Sickened for 1d4 rounds?

Complete negation of the illusion on a successful save is in the original text, which is why I suggested it.

 

[Shade]

Sounds good.

Let's pin down ability scores for the snap dragons themselves, so we can get the Homebrews going.

Str 1, Dex 1, Con 10, Int 1, Wis 11, Cha 11?

 

[freyar]

I was going to suggest bumping Cha for the save DC, but I think these are low enough CR we don't need to boost that too much. So I think those look pretty good.

 

[Shade]

Plus, there's always Ability Focus. What better way to burn their feat slot?

Added to Homebrews.

Should we make the pollen dragons mindless?

 

[demiurge1138]

Yes.

 

[Shade]

Updated.

Skills: 4
Put it all in Spot?

Feats: Ability Focus (pollen dragon)?

Environment: Any temperate or warm land?

Organization: Solitary or x (5-20). Bed? Patch?

Challenge Rating: 1/2? It's essentially a less-effective pseudodragon (CR 1)

Treasure: Half standard (from past victims)?

 

[demiurge1138]

CR .5, half standard treasure all work for me. Shouldn't we give them camouflage?

 

[freyar]

All that sounds about right, including camouflage.

Let's make the group a patch.

For the pollen dragon, since it exists in the victim's mind, let's say that they use tactics as imagined by the victim, which might let them be more effective than mindless.