Converting prehistoric creatures

[Cleon]

Seems pretty good to me too.

Good! It just needs some descriptive text then.

 

[Shade]

Added to Homebrews.

A leanchoilia is 8 feet long and weighs x pounds. (A marrella is 12 feet long and weighs 2,000 pounds.)

Flavor text is essentially a straight port from the marrella, as I could find little on them outside the original text.

Tactics?

 

[freyar]

Scaling would give a bit less than 1/3 the weight, so maybe 600 lb.

Tactics: attack only when it looks like they have a clear advantage, since they're primarily scavengers?

 

[Cleon]

Scaling would give a bit less than 1/3 the weight, so maybe 600 lb.

Tactics: attack only when it looks like they have a clear advantage, since they're primarily scavengers?

Okay, a few points.

Firstly, no eyes have been found for Leanchoilia so it may have been a blind creature that felt around with its "whips".

Shall we add the Blind and Blindsight SQs?

Secondly, reconstructions show an animal with a much thicker body than a Marrella. I suggest doubling Leanchoilia's weight to 1200 pounds.

 

[freyar]

Weight is fine.

Are the fossils good enough to be sure there aren't some kind of soft light sensing organs? I wouldn't know.

 

[Cleon]

Weight is fine.

Are the fossils good enough to be sure there aren't some kind of soft light sensing organs? I wouldn't know.

To the best of my knowledge, we can't be sure they didn't have soft light-sensing organs.

How about compromising by giving them poor eyesight (e.g. no ranks in or racial bonus in Spot) plus blindsight due to their feelers?

 

[Shade]

How about compromising by giving them poor eyesight (e.g. no ranks in or racial bonus in Spot) plus blindsight due to their feelers?

I like it, and it helps differentiate them.

Since it already lacks skills and a racial bonus to Spot, we could borrow this...

Myopic (Ex): A rekeihs is nearsighted, resulting in a -8 racial penalty on Spot checks made beyond 30 feet.

Blindsight 30 ft.?

 

[freyar]

Neat, nice idea. Let's go with that.

 

[Cleon]

Neat, nice idea. Let's go with that.

Suits me too.

 

[Shade]

Updated.

Suggested tactics?