Converting Planescape monsters

[Cleon]

I don't really need to add any extra damage to swallow whole, but it's no big deal. 20000 lb is fine, too.

Well I suppose it does a reasonable amount of damage as is.

It just seemed strange to have Swallow Whole without an energy damage kick.

 

[Shade]

Updated.

I think we can do without the additional "energy rider" for swallow whole, and Fort save makes sense for the blunting field.

Finished?

 

[freyar]

Looks good!

 

[Cleon]

Updated.

I think we can do without the additional "energy rider" for swallow whole, and Fort save makes sense for the blunting field.

Finished?

There's a typo in the first paragraph "the gore of previous victims has a warning" shouldbe "as".

Also, should the Serpentine Griffon Golems have the same speed as regular ones, considering they have half as many legs? Maybe drop it to Speed: 20 ft. (4 squares) like a snake, but leave fly at 50 ft. (average)?

 

[Shade]

Typo fixed and speed change noted.

 

[Cleon]

Typo fixed and speed change noted.

I think they're done then. Yippee!

CORRECTION: I think they're not done yet! Yippee!!

Just spotted another typo.

The description has "serni-reptilian" instead of "semi-reptilian". Presumably an OCR recognition error carrying over from the pdf source.

Oh, and do you realize that as written its blade-shattering power works against attacks from the inside. That'll make it hard for swallowed victims to cut their way out!

 

[freyar]

Youch! Is that too mean? Or can we count on freedom of movement to save PCs here?

 

[Shade]

I'm OK with that. It does lack the additional kick of acid damage.

 

[Cleon]

Youch! Is that too mean? Or can we count on freedom of movement to save PCs here?

Certainly not. Those PCs deserve everything that's coming to them.

 

[Shade]

Though most any breed of animal appears in Sigil sooner or later, very few can snatch a living from canny bashers -the animals must compete with the collectors, ragmen, and other human scavengers. Cranium rats have their own niche, roaches and the like do well, and the night-stalking, two-headed Aoskian hounds are found nowhere else. Cranium rats still bring a 3-gp bounty from the Office of Vermin Control. Aoskian hounds cost from 20 gp (weaned) to 150 gp (grown and trained). They were first bred by the followers of the god Aoskar. The power’s been destroyed and nearly forgotten, but the hounds are thriving.

Aoskian Hounds: AC 7; MV 15; HD 22; THACO 19; #AT 2; Dmg ld10/ld10; SA bark; 52 M (5’ long); ML steady (12); Int semi (4); AL N (E); XP 120.

Notes: SA-The warning bark of an Aoskian hound is loud enough to stun opponents for 1-6 rounds unless they make a successful saving throw versus paralysis; when delivering its warning bark, the hound cannot attack with its bite. The blood of Aoskian hounds is used in creating Mordenkainens faithful hound and hold portal scrolls and other magics relating t o doorways.

Originally appeared in In the Cage: A Guide to Sigil (1995).