Shade
Monster Junkie
This thread continues BOZ's idea of “cooperative conversions”, converting a series of monsters from similar sources. For this thread, we will be focusing on animals and vermin from various D&D sources that either exist in the real world, are giant versions thereof, or are slight variants of real world creatures. This does not cover dinosaurs or prehistoric animals, as they are covered in this thread.
What I will do is first post the creature’s original stats and flavor text. Then, I will post a basic outline of the things I think it needs, and then I will give you an opportunity to suggest stats and ideas on how powers and abilities should work. Then, I will add more to it and we will continue to discuss it until I feel it’s done and time to move on to the next. As we work on these creatures, they will be posted in this thread, and after 10 conversions are complete they will be added to the Creature Catalog. You may comment on monsters already finished, of course.
The following is a list of prehistoric animals from various that haven’t yet appeared in official WotC products, the Tome of Horrors, or the Creature Catalog. You may feel free to make suggestions, but ultimately I will pick what to convert and when. If I’m missing any monsters from this list or if any of these have appeared elsewhere already, feel free to inform me. (With thanks to Echohawk for the lists).
From Monster Manual II:
From Adventure Pack I (I13):
From Monstrous Compendium Volume One (MC1):
From Monstrous Compendium Volume Two (MC2):
From Monstrous Manual:
From Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume One:
From Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Two:
From Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Three:
From Wizard's Spell Compendium, Volume Four:
From Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Four:
From Monstrous Compendium Greyhawk Appendix:
From Return to White Plume Mountain:
From Supplement II: Blackmoor:
From Dungeons & Dragons Rules Cyclopedia:
From Creature Catalog (DMR2):
Dragon Magazine:
Dungeon Magazine:
What I will do is first post the creature’s original stats and flavor text. Then, I will post a basic outline of the things I think it needs, and then I will give you an opportunity to suggest stats and ideas on how powers and abilities should work. Then, I will add more to it and we will continue to discuss it until I feel it’s done and time to move on to the next. As we work on these creatures, they will be posted in this thread, and after 10 conversions are complete they will be added to the Creature Catalog. You may comment on monsters already finished, of course.
The following is a list of prehistoric animals from various that haven’t yet appeared in official WotC products, the Tome of Horrors, or the Creature Catalog. You may feel free to make suggestions, but ultimately I will pick what to convert and when. If I’m missing any monsters from this list or if any of these have appeared elsewhere already, feel free to inform me. (With thanks to Echohawk for the lists).
From Monster Manual II:
- Crane, Giant
- Swordfish
From Adventure Pack I (I13):
- Ape, Giant
- Caterpillar, Giant
- Mouse, Giant
- Rat, Gigantic
- Walking Stick
From Monstrous Compendium Volume One (MC1):
- Boar, Warthog
- Hornet
- Rat, Giant
From Monstrous Compendium Volume Two (MC2):
- Hawk, Small (Falcon)
- Lamprey, Normal
- Lamprey, Giant
- Mammal, Small, Beaver
- Mammal, Small, Gopher
- Mammal, Small, Muskrat
- Mammal, Small, Opossum
- Mammal, Small, Squirrel (Giant Black)
- Mammal, Small, Woodchuck
- Porcupine, Black
- Porcupine, Brown
From Monstrous Manual:
- Bat, Large
- Bird, Kingfisher
- Dog, War Dog
- Dog, Wild Dog
- Horse, Riding
- Horse, Wild
- Insect, Bumblebee
- Insect, Fly, Bluebottle
- Insect, Fly, Horsefly
- Mammal, Gorilla
- Mammal, Herd, Antelope
- Snake, Sea, Giant
- Urchin, Land
- Whale, Giant
From Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume One:
- Dog, Saluqi
- Snake, Giant Cobra
From Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Two:
- Cat, Crypt, Large
- Dog, Bog Hound
- Dog, Bog Hound, Moor Hound
- Fish, Subterranean, Irridescent Plecoe
- Fish, Subterranean, Lemon Fish
- Fish, Subterranean, Wattley
- Mammal, Giant, Badger, Giant
- Mammal, Giant, Beaver, Giant
- Mammal, Giant, Otter, Giant
- Mammal, Giant, Wolverine, Giant
- Mammal, Herd, Ram, Giant
- Mammal, Herd, Stag, Giant
- Mammal, Herd, Stag, Wild
- Snake, Serpent, Herald
- Snake, Serpent, Teak
- Turtle, Sea, Giant
From Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Three:
- Beetle, Stink, Giant
From Wizard's Spell Compendium, Volume Four:
- Hunting Hawk
From Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Four:
- Anemone, Giant Sea
- Clam, Giant, Carnivorous Scallop
- Fish, Ascallion, Adult Female
- Fish, Ascallion, Adult Male (Shadow)
- Fish, Ascallion, Young
- Fish, Deep Ocean, Angler Fish
- Fish, Deep Ocean, Death Minnow
- Fish, Deep Ocean, Gulper
- Fish, Deep Ocean, Viperfish
- Fish, Deep Ocean, Porcupine Fish
- Fish, Deep Ocean, Ray, Electric
- Fish, Deep Ocean, Grouper, Giant
- Fish, Deep Ocean, Morena
- Fish, Vurgens (Giant Gulper Eel)
- Octopus, Octo-jelly
- Octopus, Octo-jelly, Octo-hide
- Octopus, Sea Demon, Greater
- Octopus, Sea Demon, Lesser
- Snake, Mahogany Constrictor
- Starfish, Giant, Giant Sunstar
From Monstrous Compendium Greyhawk Appendix:
- Iguana, Giant
- Raven (Crow), Huge
From Return to White Plume Mountain:
- Crab Swarm
From Supplement II: Blackmoor:
- Giant Sea Spider
From Dungeons & Dragons Rules Cyclopedia:
- Locust, Giant
- Robber Fly
- Termite, Water, Swamp
From Creature Catalog (DMR2):
- Scorpion, Normal
- Spider, Giant, Hunting
Dragon Magazine:
- Dragon #67: Barrel spider; Boleadore spider; Crab spider; Daddy Longlegs; Net-throwing/fishing spider; Jumping spider; Net-throwing/fishing spider; Raft/Swamp spider; Spitting spider; Wolf spider
- Dragon #89: Horseshoe Crab, Giant; Shrike, Giant;
- Dragon #94: Betta, Giant;
- Dragon #95: Orangutan
- Dragon #102: Dhole; Dingo; Bushdog; Dog, Feral; Cave Hyena; Short-Faced Hyena; Spotted Hyena; Striped Hyena
- Dragon #111: Amoeba; Ceratium; Dictyostelium, Amoeba; Dictyostelium, Slug; Dictyostelium, Sporocarp; Dictyostelium, Spore; Elphidium; Euglena; Globigerina; Gonyaulax; Noctiluca; Paramecium; Peridinium, Small; Peridinium, Medium; Peridinium, Large
- Dragon #115: Anaconda; Ram Python; Ringed Snake; Saw-Edged Scaled
- Dragon #116: Sawfish/Sawshark
- Dragon #165: Giant Archerfish; Giant Damselfish
- Dragon #176: Agnath, electric; Armored Predatory Fish; Cacops; Cyclotosaurus; Eogyrinus; Eryops; Erythrosuchus; Estemennosuchus; Eurypterid (water scorpion); Opabinia, Giant; Platyhystrix, giant; Therapsid, early; Therapsid, giant
- Dragon #190: Octopus, deep-dwelling; Super otter; Tube worm, giant, Carnivorous; Tube worm, giant, Common;
- Dragon #237: Lizard, Poisonous, Gila Monster; Lizard, Poisonous, Rough-skinned Newt; Snake, Poisonous, Boomslang; Snake, Poisonous, Bushmaster; Snake, Poisonous, Cobra; Snake, Poisonous, Fer-De-Lance; Snake, Poisonous, Black Mamba; Snake, Poisonous, Gaboon; Amphibian, Poisonous, Neotropical Toad
- Dragon #250: Diving Beetle, Giant, Larva; Diving Beetle, Giant, Adult; Clownfish, Giant; Sea Cow
- Dragon #269: Riding Pony; War Pony
Dungeon Magazine:
- Giant Fanged Python (Dungeon #15, p63)
- Giant Raccoon (Dungeon #66, p13)
- Giant Sheep (Dungeon #69, p55)
- Jumping Spiders, Large (Dungeon #46, p15)
- Mammal, Tropical, Chimpanzee (Dungeon #56, p68)
- Mammal, Tropical, Giant Hippo (Dungeon #56, p68)
- Mammal, Tropical, Pygmy Hippo (Dungeon #56, p68)
- Pigeons, Giant (Dungeon #16, p16)
- Sea Gulls, Huge (Dungeon #48, p24)
- White Boar (Dungeon #37, p47)
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