Converting "Real World" Animals and Vermin

[freyar]

I could see boosting swim to 30 ft if people like.

A remorhaz has +11 natural, which seems like the right ballpark (same size, similar HD). If we want to argue that eunice should be less because remorhazes are magical, I could see +9 instead.

I guess maybe solitary or some small group?

 

[Cleon]

I could see boosting swim to 30 ft if people like.

I'd vote against increasing its Swim speed, since it buries itself and lunges at prey just like Diopatra.

A remorhaz has +11 natural, which seems like the right ballpark (same size, similar HD). If we want to argue that eunice should be less because remorhazes are magical, I could see +9 instead.

Yes, but Remorhaz's have bony plates to armour themselves, a Eunice has a softer body so should have a lower AC. I was thinking natural armour around +6, the same ballpark as a Tyrannosaurus or Huge Monstrous Centipede.

I guess maybe solitary or some small group?

I think they can live in large colonies just like Diopatra, hold on while I do a quick google ... hmm, a quick web-search failed to find anything definite either way, but going from their mass-breeding habits I'd infer they can be found in large numbers in some locations.

How about we set Organisation the same as Diopatra?

 

[freyar]

I'll agree with all of Cleon's suggestions. The centipede is probably a better match for the natural armor than a remorhaz anyway.

 

[Shade]

I agree with the natural armor assessment logic, although that leaves it with very poor AC for its probable CR. How about we boost Dex, since the thing is supposedly lightning quick and probably agile?

I'm not sure a colony of 5-50 is appropriate for something this big. That would clear-cut a coral forest in about a day! Maybe 2-20?

The reasoning for keeping the swim speed is sound.

 

[freyar]

Does Dex 16 seem right to everyone?

 

[Cleon]

Does Dex 16 seem right to everyone?

Boosting its Dex to 16 looks like a good idea to me.

By the way, the description "The head of this long, bristly worm ends in a five long tentacles and a massive jaw." is somewhat misleading, plus has a jaw/jaws type. A Eunice's jaws are usually mostly or entirely retracted into its head (see here) so are not visible when it isn't biting or feeding, and they aren't any more massive looking than a centipede's.

Oh, and I came across a nice picture of a Bobbit Worm on flickr. It's quite a cute fellow, from my googling most of them aren't that good looking, being a rather unpleasant (and somewhat suggestive) purple-brown colour.

 

[Shade]

Updated.

The body of a mature eunice is x to x feet in diameter and x to x feet in length, weighing about x pounds.

CR 4? It's less deadly than the giant velvet worm (CR 5, 10 HD, poisonous).

 

[Leopold]

CR 4 is fine for this critter.

 

[freyar]

CR 4 is fine.

4-6 ft diameter, 20-40 ft in length, 2000-8000 lb?

 

[Cleon]

CR 4 is fine.

4-6 ft diameter, 20-40 ft in length, 2000-8000 lb?

Don't much care for that, it seems too thick (diameter to body ratio of 5-6:1) and too light for a Huge monster, which are usually 4000-32000 lbs.

I was thinking more 2-3 feet diameter and 30-50 feet in length, weighing 5000 pounds or so.

EDIT: Oh, and CR4 and the Snatch feat are fine by me.