Converting original D&D and Mystara monsters

[BOZ]

Gyerians are such an excitable people that they get nervous at the drop of a hat. Just dealing with other humanoids (except for elves) can make a gyerian nervous. Combat makes them extremely nervous, and a gyerian will flee rather than fight whenever possible, though a gyerian will squeal and squawk to call allies if it cannot escape. When a gyerian gets particularly nervous it can let out a sneeze so powerful that it bowls over any creature standing in front of it. Failing a Will save or Concentration check, becoming flanked, or coming under any magical fear effect will almost certainly make a gyerian this nervous.


Sneeze (Ex): When a gyerian becomes nervous (see above) it must succeed on a DC 15 Will save or let out a powerful sneeze (the gyerian can fail the Will save if it wishes) as a 5-foot line?. Creatures struck by this line must succeed on a DC 10 Reflex save or be affected by this sneeze: Small or smaller creatures are blown away, Medium creatures are knocked down and prone, and Large or larger creatures are checked for one round. The save DC is Constitution-based?.

 

[Shade]

I think line and Con-based both work.

 

[BOZ]

so a 5-foot line should affect any single creature right next to it.

 

[Shade]

Yep. Or you could state "affects any one creature adjacent to the gyerian" instead.

 

[BOZ]

that might be better than a 5-foot line.

 

[Shade]

Skills: Listen, Spot, Survival and maybe Hide and Move Silently?
Feats: Alertness, Stealthy or Weapon Finesse?

 

[BOZ]

alertness and stealthy are actually perfect for such paranoid, cowardly creatures.

and those skills fit that particular mold just fine.

 

[Shade]

Level adjustment +1 (3 natural attacks and a natural armor add up to +2, but Small size reduces it by 1).

Do we need both HD and by character class on advancement line?

Attack line should be claw.

 

[BOZ]

Do we need both HD and by character class on advancement line?

since they can grow to the next size category, i figured i'd emulate the sahuagin.

 

[Shade]

Ah...OK.