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<blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 5914261" data-attributes="member: 57383"><p>As far as I know, the Dire Lion isn't officially identified as being the Spotted Lion or Cave Lion, so we're free to stat it up separately.</p><p></p><p>If we do, it'll have pretty similar stats to a Dire Lion, though.</p><p></p><p>Here's the <em>Monstrous Manual</em> version:<p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Spotted Lion</strong></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Climate/Terrain: Warm plains and desert</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Frequency: Rare</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Organization: Pride</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Activity Cycle: Day</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Diet: Carnivorous</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Intelligence: Semi (2-4)</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Treasure: Nil</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Alignment: Neutral</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">No. Appearing: 2-8 (2d4)</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Armor Class: 5/6</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Movement: 12</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Hit Dice: 6+2</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">THAC0: 15</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">No. of Attacks: 3</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Damage/Attack: 1-4/1-4/1-12</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Special Attacks: Rear claws 2-8 (2d4) each</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Special Defenses: Surprised only on a 1</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Magic Resistance: Nil</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Size: L (4½’-6½’ long)</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Morale: Average (8-10)</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">XP Value: 975</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Spotted lions are large, fierce, dappled versions of the lion. They are generally found in the plains of the Pleistocene epoch, and rarely occur elsewhere.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p><p>Compared to the other AD&D 2E Great Cats, it's intermediary between the Wild Tiger and Smilodon.</p><p></p><p>Wild Tiger: HD 5+2, AC 6, 1d4+1 claws & 1d10 bite, 2d4 rear claws</p><p>Cave Lion: HD 6+2, AC 5/6, 1d4 claws & 1d12 bite, 2d4 rear claws </p><p>Smilodon: HD 7+2, AC 6, 1d4+1 claws & 2d6 bite, 2d4 rear claws </p><p></p><p>Note its claws only do 1d4 (like a regular Lion), but its bite does more than an AD&D Wild Tiger or Lion's 1d10.</p><p></p><p>I guess the first question is do we make this a regular Animal or Dire Animal?</p><p></p><p>I'm leaning towards ordinary Animal, to distinguish it from the Dire Lion.</p><p></p><p>Give it a 1d10 or 2d6 bite?</p><p></p><p>7 HD, to distinguish it from 3E's Tiger (6 HD), Dire Lion (8 HD) and Smilodon (9 HD)?</p><p></p><p>Hold on, I just remembered we've already got a 3.0 version of the <a href="http://creaturecatalog.enworld.org/cc/converted/beast/spotted_lion.htm" target="_blank"><strong>Spotted Lion</strong></a> in the Creature Catalog.</p><p></p><p>We could just update that...</p><p></p><p>Hmm, I don't like the 18 Dexterity. I'd go for 15-17.</p><p></p><p>They weren't as heavily built as a Smilodon, so maybe we shouldn't give them that high a Con.</p><p></p><p>Str 23, Dex 16, Con 15, Int 2, Wis 13, Cha 6 ? d4+6 claws, 2d6+3 bite?</p><p></p><p> Do we keep the 6 HD like in the CC?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cleon, post: 5914261, member: 57383"] As far as I know, the Dire Lion isn't officially identified as being the Spotted Lion or Cave Lion, so we're free to stat it up separately. If we do, it'll have pretty similar stats to a Dire Lion, though. Here's the [I]Monstrous Manual[/I] version:[INDENT][SIZE=3][B]Spotted Lion[/B][/SIZE] Climate/Terrain: Warm plains and desert Frequency: Rare Organization: Pride Activity Cycle: Day Diet: Carnivorous Intelligence: Semi (2-4) Treasure: Nil Alignment: Neutral No. Appearing: 2-8 (2d4) Armor Class: 5/6 Movement: 12 Hit Dice: 6+2 THAC0: 15 No. of Attacks: 3 Damage/Attack: 1-4/1-4/1-12 Special Attacks: Rear claws 2-8 (2d4) each Special Defenses: Surprised only on a 1 Magic Resistance: Nil Size: L (4½’-6½’ long) Morale: Average (8-10) XP Value: 975 Spotted lions are large, fierce, dappled versions of the lion. They are generally found in the plains of the Pleistocene epoch, and rarely occur elsewhere. [/INDENT]Compared to the other AD&D 2E Great Cats, it's intermediary between the Wild Tiger and Smilodon. Wild Tiger: HD 5+2, AC 6, 1d4+1 claws & 1d10 bite, 2d4 rear claws Cave Lion: HD 6+2, AC 5/6, 1d4 claws & 1d12 bite, 2d4 rear claws Smilodon: HD 7+2, AC 6, 1d4+1 claws & 2d6 bite, 2d4 rear claws Note its claws only do 1d4 (like a regular Lion), but its bite does more than an AD&D Wild Tiger or Lion's 1d10. I guess the first question is do we make this a regular Animal or Dire Animal? I'm leaning towards ordinary Animal, to distinguish it from the Dire Lion. Give it a 1d10 or 2d6 bite? 7 HD, to distinguish it from 3E's Tiger (6 HD), Dire Lion (8 HD) and Smilodon (9 HD)? Hold on, I just remembered we've already got a 3.0 version of the [URL="http://creaturecatalog.enworld.org/cc/converted/beast/spotted_lion.htm"][B]Spotted Lion[/B][/URL] in the Creature Catalog. We could just update that... Hmm, I don't like the 18 Dexterity. I'd go for 15-17. They weren't as heavily built as a Smilodon, so maybe we shouldn't give them that high a Con. Str 23, Dex 16, Con 15, Int 2, Wis 13, Cha 6 ? d4+6 claws, 2d6+3 bite? Do we keep the 6 HD like in the CC? [/QUOTE]
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