Planescape Converting Planescape monsters
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demiurge1138
Inventor of Super-Toast
I like the idea of a light-based rage. I don't think we need sprint, but some sort of deadly charge ability is a must.
Shade
Monster Junkie
Here's a stab at some of those abilities...
Hopping Charge (Ex): A gronk may make a leaping charge attack to deal double damage with its headspikes. A gronk may move any direction, including vertically, as part of this action without making a Jump check.
Illuminated Rage (Ex): A gronk exposed to sudden bright light (such as any spell with the light descriptor) flies into a berserk rage on its next turn, fighting madly until either it or all its opponents are dead. It gains +4 to Strength, +4 to Constitution, and –2 to Armor Class. The creature cannot end its rage voluntarily.
Nearly Deaf (Ex): A gronk is almost completely incapable of perceiving sound, and is nearly immune to language-dependent effects and sonic effects dependent on hearing. As a result, a gronk gains a +x racial bonus on all saving throws against such effects, and if the effect deals damage, suffers no damage on a successful save and only half damage on a failed save. The creature has adapted to this limitation and thus suffers no penalty on initiative checks because of its deafness.
Hopping Charge (Ex): A gronk may make a leaping charge attack to deal double damage with its headspikes. A gronk may move any direction, including vertically, as part of this action without making a Jump check.
Illuminated Rage (Ex): A gronk exposed to sudden bright light (such as any spell with the light descriptor) flies into a berserk rage on its next turn, fighting madly until either it or all its opponents are dead. It gains +4 to Strength, +4 to Constitution, and –2 to Armor Class. The creature cannot end its rage voluntarily.
Nearly Deaf (Ex): A gronk is almost completely incapable of perceiving sound, and is nearly immune to language-dependent effects and sonic effects dependent on hearing. As a result, a gronk gains a +x racial bonus on all saving throws against such effects, and if the effect deals damage, suffers no damage on a successful save and only half damage on a failed save. The creature has adapted to this limitation and thus suffers no penalty on initiative checks because of its deafness.
demiurge1138
Inventor of Super-Toast
X should be +6. Something hefty. Leaping charge looks good, but I think we should emphasize the "sudden". So a light spell that had been previously cast moving towards a gronk wouldn't cause them to frenzy, but casting one in their midst would.
freyar
Extradimensional Explorer
I like that idea for the frenzy.
Shade
Monster Junkie
Good points, all. Attempting to revise...
Illuminated Rage (Ex): Gronks are angered by sudden flashes of light. Any spell or effect with the light descriptor that originates within 60 feet of a gronk sends the creature into a berserk rage on its next turn, fighting madly until either it or all all visible creatures are dead. It gains +4 to Strength, +4 to Constitution, and –2 to Armor Class. The creature cannot end its rage voluntarily. Existing light sources brought into an area containing gronks does not trigger the rage.
Illuminated Rage (Ex): Gronks are angered by sudden flashes of light. Any spell or effect with the light descriptor that originates within 60 feet of a gronk sends the creature into a berserk rage on its next turn, fighting madly until either it or all all visible creatures are dead. It gains +4 to Strength, +4 to Constitution, and –2 to Armor Class. The creature cannot end its rage voluntarily. Existing light sources brought into an area containing gronks does not trigger the rage.
demiurge1138
Inventor of Super-Toast
Looks pretty good to me too.
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