Converting "Real World" Animals and Vermin

[Leopold]

Aye Captain, what do you have lined up for today?

 

[Cleon]

Snatch as a bonus feat for the win!

Updated.

Are we ready to move on?

Yup, I think we're done.

Aye Captain, what do you have lined up for today?

Should be Vanadis, since we're going in the same order as the Dragon article and Lumbrineris can just use Diopatra's stats.

Full worm ahead!

 

[Shade]

We've got one more "variant" to tackle first...

Lumbrineris
This worm is another type with complex jaws similar to those of the Diopatra, but is longer and thinner per hit point (1-3’ diameter and 20-30’ long). Because the Lumbrineris burrows actively through mud or sand, it lacks the elaborate antennae and parapodia of the Diopatra, and looks rather like an earthworm. The Lumbrineris feeds by snapping up whatever morsels of organic material are to be found. The jaws of the Lumbrineris are hardened with calcite (limestone) rather than aragonite, and are worth no more than a few silver pieces--except, perhaps, to a magician who needs them for a spell.

I can't find anything in Wikipedia for them, but this page states...

"Nereistoxin extracted from Lumbrineris heteropodais (Lumbrineridae) is used to produce a pecticide (Yang and Sun 1986). It is useful to kill pests but safe to humans and domestic animals because it can be decomposed and excreted."

 

[Cleon]

Lumbrineris
This worm is another type with complex jaws similar to those of the Diopatra, but is longer and thinner per hit point (1-3’ diameter and 20-30’ long). Because the Lumbrineris burrows actively through mud or sand, it lacks the elaborate antennae and parapodia of the Diopatra, and looks rather like an earthworm. The Lumbrineris feeds by snapping up whatever morsels of organic material are to be found. The jaws of the Lumbrineris are hardened with calcite (limestone) rather than aragonite, and are worth no more than a few silver pieces--except, perhaps, to a magician who needs them for a spell.

I thought I already said something about this. Statwise it's just a Diopatra without the valuable jaws for treasure.

I guess we could increase its burrow speed, since it tunnels around for food rather than waiting in its lair.

Burrow 20 ft, same as a Purple Worm?

 

[Shade]

I thought I already said something about this. Statwise it's just a Diopatra without the valuable jaws for treasure.

You may have, but with the high number of posts lately, it's hard to keep up!

I guess we could increase its burrow speed, since it tunnels around for food rather than waiting in its lair.

Burrow 20 ft, same as a Purple Worm?

Sounds good. Any thought on a weak neurotoxin?

 

[Cleon]

Sounds good. Any thought on a weak neurotoxin?

Many of these worms have mild venom in their bristles as a way of discouraging predators from biting them. We may not be talking about a poison bite here.

 

[Leopold]

Add in a toxin when grabbled or unarmed attack is used would be a good solution.

 

[Cleon]

Add in a toxin when grabbled or unarmed attack is used would be a good solution.

That's what I was thinking, something like:

Poison Bristles (Ex): Any creature that grapples the Lumbrineris or hits it with a natural weapon must make a DC X Fortitude save or suffer the effects of a poison attack doing Y initial damage and Z secondary.

Where Y is probably a Str or Dex damage, maybe with some pain-causing component.

 

[Leopold]

From univesity of Kentucky:

Stinging Caterpillars | University of Kentucky Entomology

Caterpillar stages of moths often have spines and barbed hooks. Generally, these are for show and are quite harmless. But there are a few Stinging caterpillars of various shapes, sizes and colors. Stinging caterpillars possess hollow quill-like hairs, connected to poison sacs, that are used as defensive weapons. When these hairs are touched they break through the skin releasing the poison. Reactions can range from a mild itching to the more severe pain, dermatitis, and even intestinal disturbances.

Worms=catepillars=bugs close enough. I'd almost put it if they fail a save vomit or incapacitated for 1d3 rounds.

 

[freyar]

Yeah, I might make the damage sickened/1d2 Str, Dex, or Con.