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<blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 5417628" data-attributes="member: 57383">I was expecting to change them, too. Much of the &quot;copied from Monitor Lizard&quot; stuff is just a placeholder.That agrees with my thinking.Dex 11 and +10 NA?Maybe even a Dex penalty and even higher natural armour.Dex 7 and +12 NA?Of those I prefer the Dex penalty one.&nbsp;I prefer some kind of gemsense. After thinking it over a bit, my favoured solution is an ability to scent gems. Here's a couple of possibilities:Gemsense (Su): A devarax can sense the location of any magical&nbsp; crystal or jewel within 200 feet, including the strength and &quot;flavor&quot; of&nbsp; the gem's magic. This works like a combination of blindsight and arcane sight that only senses enchanted gems. The detection range is doubled for a strong aura, tripled for an overwhelming aura.Scent Gems (Ex): A devarax can smell the aura of magic gems and crystals out to 5 times the normal range of scent (e.g. 75 ft. for a faint aura, 150 ft. for a moderate aura, 300 ft. for strong aura, 450 for overwhelming aura), with double ranges for upwind, half ranges for downwind. Determine the strength of the aura as per the detect magic spell.A devarax can track magic gems by scent as if it has the Track feat, with a +8 racial bonus on the Survival checks to track by scent.That's pretty much what I was thinking, some kind of &quot;Attract Gem&quot; special attack.I was fooled by the &quot;a body could stick his hand in a demarax's mouth and it wouldn't bite him&quot;, which might be read as saying they could bite if they wanted to.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cleon, post: 5417628, member: 57383"] I was expecting to change them, too. Much of the "copied from Monitor Lizard" stuff is just a placeholder. That agrees with my thinking. Dex 11 and +10 NA? Maybe even a Dex penalty and even higher natural armour. Dex 7 and +12 NA? Of those I prefer the Dex penalty one. I prefer some kind of gemsense. After thinking it over a bit, my favoured solution is an ability to scent gems. Here's a couple of possibilities: [B]Gemsense (Su):[/B] A devarax can sense the location of any magical crystal or jewel within 200 feet, including the strength and "flavor" of the gem's magic. This works like a combination of blindsight and [I]arcane sight[/I] that only senses enchanted gems. The detection range is doubled for a strong aura, tripled for an overwhelming aura. [B]Scent Gems (Ex):[/B] A devarax can smell the aura of magic gems and crystals out to 5 times the normal range of scent (e.g. 75 ft. for a faint aura, 150 ft. for a moderate aura, 300 ft. for strong aura, 450 for overwhelming aura), with double ranges for upwind, half ranges for downwind. Determine the strength of the aura as per the [I]detect magic[/I] spell. A devarax can track magic gems by scent as if it has the Track feat, with a +8 racial bonus on the Survival checks to track by scent. That's pretty much what I was thinking, some kind of "Attract Gem" special attack. I was fooled by the "a body could stick his hand in a demarax's mouth and it wouldn't bite him", which might be read as saying they could bite if they wanted to. [/QUOTE]

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