Converting original D&D and Mystara monsters

[BOZ]

ok, some thoughts as i was riding home on the train...

the older entry states that they can take a weapon attack instead of their bite. they'd use a simple weapon such as a club or staff.

they have a prehensile tail - i'm sure there is a game effect for this.

their saves would be Fort -1, Ref +3, Will +3

i miscalcuated skills - should be 8

speaking of skills, they need a nice bonus to Move Silently - i saw a 75% chance of success attibuted to them!

 

[Shade]

the older entry states that they can take a weapon attack instead of their bite. they'd use a simple weapon such as a club or staff.

Yep, since they're monstrous humanoids they are proficient with all simple weapons. A dagger would probably work for 'em too.

they have a prehensile tail - i'm sure there is a game effect for this.

Well, here's what I found. Monkeys have a +8 racial bonus on Balance and Climb checks, presumably from their prehensile tails.

The Prehensile Tail feat in Savage Species allows a creature to use its tail to manipulate objects. It can be used as an extra hand for Multiweapon Fighting and grants a +2 competence bonus on grapple checks and Climb checks.

speaking of skills, they need a nice bonus to Move Silently - i saw a 75% chance of success attibuted to them!

How about +8?

 

[Romata]

Hello,

Sorry, i are no so good in english, i come from germany.

The Next Time are will play the Adventure "Shadowdale", and i found the creature Quaggosse (The secound Monster in this Adventure). I look in any books and he is no on this written. I found it Under the Name Quaggothe in a book from AD&D and i found him under the Name as Deepbear.

Now i look for the Attribute in D&D 3th Edition.

I think he is a Monstrous Humanoid. Can me any help for convert this Monster?


Sorry, me english is verry bad!

Romata

 

[Shade]

Romata,

The quaggoth is in Monsters of Faerun. If you do not have this book, you could use a 1st-level bugbear barbarian instead. This would be very similar to the quaggoth.

 

[Romata]

Romata,

The quaggoth is in Monsters of Faerun. If you do not have this book, you could use a 1st-level bugbear barbarian instead. This would be very similar to the quaggoth.

Thank you for the fast reply, Shade!

 

[Shade]

I'm happy to help out.

 

[BOZ]

I think I’ll just go with the savage species version of prehensile tail, as it sounds more like what they would have anyway.

Was I right about 8 skill ranks? I know I got myself confused there.


Romata-

It’s OK, mein deutsch ist nicht sehr gut! your English is better than my German…

 

[Shade]

Would they be 1st-level warriors? I suppose whether a warrior or 1 HD monstrous humanoid, their skill points equal to (2 + Int modifier, minimum 1) per Hit Die, with quadruple skill points for the first Hit Die. So that would be 8 points total. So you were right.

 

[BOZ]

the 1st-level warrior thing is not for Monstrous Humanoid - check out MM p 310

 

[Shade]

Cool. That's good to know for future reference. You are still right on the skills, though.