Converting original D&D and Mystara monsters

[BOZ]

Forgot to do this before! Here are some pictures of the phanaton, for those who don’t know.

 

[Shade]

Yeah, I think you're right about the relative power level. They definitely are better than kobolds, but not by much.

 

[BOZ]

What’s left, just skills?

Skills: 8 Balance, Climb (+8 speed, +2 tail), Hide (+4 size, +2 feat), Knowledge (nature), Listen, Move Silently (+8 racial, +2 feat), Spot, Survival, Tumble

Now, as you can see, these guys get a pretty big bonus to some of these already. We can probably do just as well without giving them ranks in Climb, Hide, or Move Silently. Maybe an arrangement like this will do:

Balance 1, Knowledge (nature) 2, Listen 2, Spot 2, Survival 1, Tumble 2

 

[Shade]

Good call on the skills. Since the three you mentioned are all untrained, then no need to give them ranks.

 

[BOZ]

updating.

 

[Shade]

I'd go with 30-35 lbs. and CR 1/2, and call it finished.

 

[BOZ]

cool. just need to add the skills to the "as characters" section.

 

[BOZ]

or maybe i don't need to add any "class skills" since it doesn't have any monster levels? updated one more time - see if you can see what i mean.

 

[Shade]

That's a darn good question. If it were a humanoid, it would be easy. But since it's a monstrous humanoid, I don't know.

Per the Improving Monsters chapter of the MM 3.5:

Humanoids and Class Levels: Creatures with 1 or less HD replace their monster levels with their character levels. The monster loses the attack bonus, saving throw bonuses, skills, and feats granted by its 1 monster HD and gains the attack bonus, save bonuses, skills, feats, and other class abilities of a 1st-level character of the appropriate class.

I'm not sure if this only applies to humanoids or not. According to Savage Species, it applies to all creatures with 1 HD or less.

 

[BOZ]

are we making a bigger issue out of this than it needs to be? can we just let it stand as-is?