Converting prehistoric creatures
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Cleon
Legend
I'm OK with a 60 ft. swim speed.
Not much left to do.
250 pounds weight?
"1 hour per 4 points of Constitution" for Water Dependency like the others, or does their wormlike body make them more vulnerable to dehydration?
Maybe "10 minutes per point of Constitution"?
Cleon
Legend
So did I.
Looks done.
I did a check and, remarkably, couldn't find any obvious errors.
We must be slipping.
Shade
Monster Junkie
We must be slipping.
We'll try harder with the next one.
Sanctacaris
FREQUENCY: Rare
NO. APPEARING: 1-4
ARMOR CLASS: 3, 0 (head)
MOVEMENT: 8 (crawling and swimming)
HIT DICE: 7
THAC0: 13
NO. OF ATTACKS: 1
DAMAGE/ATTACK: 1d12
SPECIAL ATTACKS: Nil
SPECIAL DEFENSES: Nil
SIZE: H (15’ long)
MORALE: Steady (12)
XP VALUE: 650
Sanctacaris is a primitive arthropod that seems to be an ancestor of the arachnids (horseshoe crabs, spiders, etc.). In appearance, it looks like a centipede with the armor of a lobster. However, the legs are more like fins, and the jaws have branching sets of feeding appendages on them. The men who described it scientifically nicknamed it “Santa Claws.”
This creature bites its prey, doing 1d12 points of damage. It lives in one of two types of caves: those that are narrow tunnels, and those with narrow entrance tunnels but chambers wide enough for the animal to turn around in. It always backs into the former cave. Either way, anyone attempting to invade its lair will face its formidable jaws and head, which is more heavily armored than the body.
Originally appeared in Dragon Magazine #204 (1994).
Cleon
Legend
We'll try harder with the next one.
Sanctacaris
Holy shrimps! I remember seeing a fossil of one of these at the ROM.
Do we want to keep it Huge?
15 foot could be the upper end of Large or the smaller end of Huge in 3E terms. A 1d12 bite doesn't seem very impressive for a Huge predator, so I'm leaning towards Large.
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