Converting original D&D and Mystara monsters

[Filby]

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I thought there was, but I can't find it now. I don't think its too much of a stretch to go from "A grig stands 1-1/2 feet tall and weighs about 1 pound." to "A flitterling is only ¼ inch tall, and weighs less than 1 pound." I'd hate to leave it off, and have some crazy DM think each one weighed a pound, and then some low-Strength necromancer would need a bag of holding to carry all those smurf corpses back to his lab.

Heh heh!

Anyway... looking really great. I'd love to use these little guys if I get the chance.

 

[BOZ]

What organization did the smurfs congregate in? How about "patch", like the mushrooms they so love?

LOL that’s so funny, I might just have to keep it.

They could take 'em. A skeleton or goblin would have to roll a natural 20 to hit one of these guys, and can barely beat damage reduction on a lucky roll, whereas a lone flittering could hit a goblin or skeleton 50% of the time and could drop 'em in 5 or 6 hits. And that's not even counting faerie formation...

LOL – OK, you win.

I thought there was, but I can't find it now. I don't think its too much of a stretch to go from "A grig stands 1-1/2 feet tall and weighs about 1 pound." to "A flitterling is only ¼ inch tall, and weighs less than 1 pound." I'd hate to leave it off, and have some crazy DM think each one weighed a pound, and then some low-Strength necromancer would need a bag of holding to carry all those smurf corpses back to his lab.

heheh… my fault for making the analogy. yeah, I guess we can go with “less than 1 pound” and just let the DM decide when/if the issue comes up. I can’t imagine them weighing more than 1 ounce even, at that height.

How about:

Alignment: Usually (lawful neutral or lawful good)?
OD&D of course did not have the “moral compass” part of alignment, and lists these guys as Lawful. I’m going to assume that they would not be evil, but judging from the description we have does LN or LG make more sense?

 

[Shade]

This...

Flitterlings are a kindly faerie people that tend patches of magical mushrooms.

and this...

Characters that befriend a group of flitterlings will be allowed to pick some of the mushrooms, as needed.

and this...

Flitterlings only fight in self-defense against enemies who would destroy them or their mushrooms.

...make me want to go with "Usually lawful good".

 

[BOZ]

Yeah, I think you’re right about that. LG it is!

OK, I meant to finish them off yesterday, but busy is busy and I didn’t have the time.

So… updating – how are they?

 

[Shade]

It looks good, and complete. What's next?

 

[BOZ]

don't know! requests?

but i do know that we now have 10 more to add to the CC... this weekend!

 

[Shade]

Well, I'd like nothing more than to tackle the draeden. Of course, since its HD range from 101-200, it will probably have to wait for an opening in the epic thread.

The tonals would be cool, but may once again need to be epic.

Man, all the cool stuff is epic! :\

The death demon or magen from X2 could be fun.

Wow! While I was going through the Savage Coast MC, I found the krolli in there! I need to look at that MC more often.

 

[BOZ]

i'm not very familiar with either of those, so i'd have to do some research.

 

[Shade]

Ooh! I just stumbled across the malfera in the Savage Coast MC, and it sounds cool.

A malfera has a large, elephantlike face and a short prehensile trunk, flanked by large fangs. Its head is topped by large crescent-shaped ivory horns. The chest is a mass of slimy, short tentacles resembling tube worms, and its long, muscular arms end in large, jagged pincers. Its black skin is wrinkled and leathery, much like the skin of an elephant, and it has a prominent weblike network of red veins running all over its skin. Its eyes glow a deep crimson.

 

[GreyShadow]

Is there a pic to go along with that description?