Converting "Real World" Animals and Vermin

[demiurge1138]

I would be up for giving the Small and the Medium ones either Climb speeds or racial bonuses to Climb checks--sort of a small cat/leopard analogue.

 

[freyar]

Shade's got a +x racial bonus to Climb in the Medium homebrew, so we can pick a number. Maybe we can give the Small one a Climb speed but the Medium one just a high bonus?

 

[demiurge1138]

Small gets a Climb speed, Medium gets a +4?

 

[freyar]

Sounds ok to me. We could even give Medium +8 and Large +4 if we want, but what you suggest also works.

 

[demiurge1138]

I don't see the big ones in trees so much. And a +8 racial bonus is almost as good as an actual Climb speed.

 

[freyar]

Let's stick to +4 for Medium and nothing for Large then.

 

[demiurge1138]

Let's stick to +4 for Medium and nothing for Large then.

Agreed.

 

[Shade]

Updated.

How many Hit Dice for the Large version? A smilodon has 9 Hit Dice, so that might be a good starting point.

40 ft. speed for the Large?

+4 natural armor for Large (like smilodon)?

+1 natural armor for Small (like serval)?

 

[freyar]

10HD for Large? Speed and natural armor sound good.

 

[demiurge1138]

Agreed to all of the above.