Planescape Converting Planescape monsters

[BOZ]

some preliminary stats for the mist mephit:

Mephit, Mist
Small? Outsider (Air?, Extraplanar, Water?)
Hit Dice: 3d8+X (X hp)
Initiative: +X
Speed: 30 ft (6 squares), fly 60 ft (good)
Armor Class: X (+X size, +X Dex, +X natural), touch X, flat-footed X
Base Attack/Grapple: +3/+X
Attack: Claw +X melee (1d2+X)
Full Attack: 2 claws +X melee (1d2+X)
Space/Reach: 5 ft/5 ft
Special Attacks: Breath weapon, spell-like abilities, summon mephit
Special Qualities: Damage reduction 5/magic, darkvision 60 ft, fast healing 2
Saves: Fort +X, Ref +X, Will +X
Abilities: Str X, Dex X, Con X, Int 6, Wis 11, Cha 15
Skills: X
Feats: 2

Environment: Elemental Plane of
Organization: Solitary (1), gang (2-4 mephits of mixed types), or mob (5-12 mephits of mixed types)
Challenge Rating: 3
Treasure: Standard
Alignment: Usually neutral
Advancement: 4-6 HD (Small?); 7-9 HD (Medium)
Level Adjustment: +3 (cohort)


Fiend Folio Monstrous Compendium, Monstrous Manual, Planescape Monstrous Compendium 1

 

[Shade]

Woo-hoo, we're rolling now!

The Quasielemental Plane of Steam was Water/Positive mix.

Steam mephits now come from the Elemental Plane of Fire. I think the mist mephit is a better fit for Water.

 

[Aspect of BOZ]

water certainly seems to make sense.

 

[Shade]

Breath Weapon (Su): 10-foot cone of sickly, green mist, damage 1d4+1, Reflex DC X half. Living creatures that fail their saves are tormented by burned skin and seared eyes unless they have immunity to (poison or acid?) or are otherwise protected. This effect imposes a –4 penalty to AC and a –2 penalty on attack rolls for 3 rounds. The save DC is Constitution-based and includes a +1 racial bonus.

Spell-Like Abilities: Once per hour a mist mephit can surround itself with a bank of fog, duplicating the effect of an obscuring spell (caster level 3rd). Once per day it can assume gaseous form (caster level Xth).

Fast Healing (Ex): A mist mephit heals only if it is in an area of mist or fog.

 

[dhaga]

Breath Weapon: I'd say burned skin and seared eyes unless they have Acid Resist 5 or higher. These targets would not be taking any damage from the breath weapon, and therefore wouldn't suffer the burns.

Spell-like Abilities and Fast Healing look good, in line with the other Mephits.

 

[BOZ]

automatically envelopes one victim within 10' of the breathing mephit. The victim must roll a successful saving throw vs. poison or suffer 1- 4 + 1 points of choking damage, and be blinded for 1-4 rounds.

automatically envelopes one victim within 10 feet of the breathing mephit. The victim must roll a successful saving throw vs. poison or suffer ld4+1 points of choking damage and be blinded for ld4 rounds.

automatically envelopes one victim within 10' (save throw vs. poison or take 1d4+1 points of choking damage, and blinded for 1-4 rounds).

maybe we could get some inspiration from dust of sneezing and choking or something? i see that shade was emulating the cousin steam mephits, but don't forget that their breath weapon deals fire damage. we could make it more like the ooze mephit, say, if you want acid immunity to work. or we could go more like a dust or salt mephit which allow for no immunities.

Mist mephits have the ability to see clearly in fog or mist.

do we need to say something about this?

 

[Shade]

maybe we could get some inspiration from dust of sneezing and choking or something? i see that shade was emulating the cousin steam mephits, but don't forget that their breath weapon deals fire damage. we could make it more like the ooze mephit, say, if you want acid immunity to work. or we could go more like a dust or salt mephit which allow for no immunities.

Yeah, I was emulating the dust, ice, magma, ooze, salt, and steam mephits.

do we need to say something about this?

Possibly. Did steam mephits have a similar ability in 2e? (because they do not now)

 

[Aspect of BOZ]

Yeah, I was emulating the dust, ice, magma, ooze, salt, and steam mephits.

So then, how do you want to deal with the immunities?

Possibly. Did steam mephits have a similar ability in 2e? (because they do not now)

Steam mephitis in 2E do not appear to have any such special sight ability.

 

[Shade]

So then, how do you want to deal with the immunities?

I kinda like the ooze mephit's way of dealing with it.

Steam mephitis in 2E do not appear to have any such special sight ability.

We could add it then. Perhaps just modify the devils' see in darkness ability?

 

[Aspect of BOZ]

sure, that should work. it should also negate any concealment penalties from fog or mist as regards the mephit.