Converting "Real World" Animals and Vermin

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I am tempted to make it nastier.

The BECMI version of a Skunk's musk which rendered its victim helpless with nausea for 2d6+6 rounds, the 1st edition AD&D Skunk sickened for 2-8 turns!

How about 1d4 rounds of nausea plus 1d4+4 rounds of sickness?

I'm OK with that. Freyar?

 

[Cleon]

I'm OK with that. Freyar?

No freyar?

Oh well, I can wait.

 

[freyar]

No freyar?

Oh well, I can wait.

I'm still playing catch-up. Yeah, nausea is fine by me (for the giant skunk musk, that is, not for me!).

 

[Cleon]

I'm still playing catch-up. Yeah, nausea is fine by me (for the giant skunk musk, that is, not for me!).

Sounds like we're agreed. So that changes it to:

Musk (Ex): Once per round, and no more than 5 times per day, a dire skunk can release a cloud of stinking musk in a 20-foot burst. A creature within or entering the area must succeed on a DC 17 Fortitude save or be nauseated for 1d4 rounds and then sickened for a further 1d4+4 rounds. One round later a second Fortitude save must be made (whether the first one succeeded or not) or the affected creature is blinded for 1d4 rounds. The save DCs are Constitution-based and include a +4 racial bonus.

A delay poison or neutralize poison spell removes the effect from the sickened creature, but does not remove the blindness. Creatures with immunity to poison are unaffected by the sickened effect but can still be blinded if they fail their save, and creatures resistant to poison receive their normal bonus on both saving throws.

The stench is highly potent, and short of magical means of cleaning, all cloth and such material continue to reek for 1d6 months. The odor is so strong that it doubles all chances for wandering monster encounters and imposes a -12 circumstance penalty on Hide checks attempted while wearing clothing contaminated with a skunk’s musk. Flesh, leather goods, metal goods (weapons, armor, and the like) must be washed in a concentrated mixture of vinegar for a period of 1d3 days. Otherwise, the stench clings to them for at least 1 week, imposing the same modifiers to wandering monster encounters and Hide checks.

 

[freyar]

Looks good, then.

 

[Cleon]

Looks good, then.

That's about it for "Giant Pepe" then, at least mechanically.

All we need now is a weight and some text & tactics.

 

[freyar]

That's about it for "Giant Pepe" then, at least mechanically.

All we need now is a weight and some text & tactics.

Go for it!

 

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Updated.

Giant Pepe (great name!) still needs another feat and Advancement as well.

Ability Focus (musk)? It's save DC isn't that fantastic thanks to its Con 12.

Advancement: 6–15 HD (Large) like the dire wolverine?

 

[freyar]

I'll agree to AF and that advancement.

 

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Updated.

A dire skunk is 6 feet long and weighs x pounds.