Converting prehistoric creatures

[freyar]

I'll agree to all of that.

Let's fill in some blanks for Shade!
CR: 1? It has decent AC and DC on the electricity when we factor in the feat. Could almost be CR 2 even.

An electric agnath is about 1 foot in length and weighs x pounds.

Does one of our paleontology experts want to write a description and/or tactics section?

 

[Rappy]

Sure thing. The Dark*Matter thread's kinda silent right now with all the big thread activities, so this gives me something else to do.

Slowly paddling along the bottom of the murky shallows is a fish resembling an obese salmon in armor. Its head has a wedge-like shape that it uses to plow into the mud.

Electric agnaths are plodding shallow-water fish in the order known as cephalaspids. Spending most of their time lazily wallowing in the detritus that they pry microbes and shellfish out of, agnaths are rarely seen, and when they are encountered it is usually the result of a careless adventurer stepping on one by mistake.

For all their dopey-looking air of harmlessness, these aquatic bottom-feeders are best left alone due to their hard shells and their capability to create a vicious electrical shock. This electricity is generated from bony ossicles known as electroplaques that are embedded along the length of its spinal armor. The electric agnath is often nicknamed "paladin lighter" due to their increased hazard for any armored warrior trudging through their waters.

Combat
When endangered, the first strategy of an electric agnath is to attempt to bury itself in the mud and act like a stone in the detritus. If this doesn't work, it will proceed to violently discharge current from its electroplaques in an attempt to dissuade further provocation.

 

[freyar]

Looks good! Weight? CR 1 look right?

 

[Rappy]

Taking a red-bellied piranha and upping the weight to account for armor gives about 7 pounds. Sound good?

And CR 1 is fine.

 

[Shade]

Fantastic work, everyone!

Updated.

All finished?

 

[freyar]

I'm happy with it.

 

[Leopold]

Looks good to me.

 

[Shade]

Giant, non-electric agnath next?

 

[freyar]

Sure!

 

[Rappy]

Sounds good to me. I just got my Internet connectivity back this afternoon, so I'm right on time to get into the new critter.