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<blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 6440827" data-attributes="member: 57383">Good, we seem to be agreed then.We didn't mention any specific anti-gossamer tactics in our Gammaroid conversion, so are we OK leaving those to the Gossamer entry rather than altering the Gammaroid?If so, that can wait until we've finished the stats of the <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?295726-Converting-Spelljammer-creatures&amp;p=6433588&amp;viewfull=1#post6433588" target="_blank">Noble Gossamer Working Draft</a>. I suppose we should start with ability scores.The original monster only tells us its Intelligence is 2-4, beyond that it's up to us.Advancing a standard gossamer to Colossal would produce:Standard: Str 1, Dex 3, Con 11, Int –, Wis 10, Cha 1Noble: Str 43, Dex 1, Con 29, Int 2–4?, Wis 10?, Cha 1?Hmm, the Strength and Constitution feel a bit high to me. Gossamers are excessively lightweight creatures, so I'd rather not have their physical stats rival a Colossal Cachalot Whale (Str 43, Con 28).Perhaps a better comparison would be some existing Third Edition monster that's basically a giant living balloon - there are such things in AD&amp;D like the Floaters in Dungeon #70's Kingdom of the Ghouls, but offhand I can't think of a 3E example.However, I'm pretty sure there's a flying giant jellyfish or man-eating-clouds-with-tentacles in the roster of 3E monsters that could serve as an alternative base creature.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cleon, post: 6440827, member: 57383"] Good, we seem to be agreed then. We didn't mention any specific anti-gossamer tactics in our Gammaroid conversion, so are we OK leaving those to the Gossamer entry rather than altering the Gammaroid? If so, that can wait until we've finished the stats of the [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?295726-Converting-Spelljammer-creatures&p=6433588&viewfull=1#post6433588"][B]Noble Gossamer Working Draft[/B][/URL]. I suppose we should start with ability scores. The original monster only tells us its Intelligence is 2-4, beyond that it's up to us. Advancing a standard gossamer to Colossal would produce: [B]Standard:[/B] Str 1, Dex 3, Con 11, Int –, Wis 10, Cha 1 [B]Noble:[/B] Str 43, Dex 1, Con 29, Int 2–4?, Wis 10?, Cha 1? Hmm, the Strength and Constitution feel a bit high to me. Gossamers are excessively lightweight creatures, so I'd rather not have their physical stats rival a Colossal Cachalot Whale (Str 43, Con 28). Perhaps a better comparison would be some existing Third Edition monster that's basically a giant living balloon - there are such things in AD&D like the Floaters in [I]Dungeon #70's[/I] Kingdom of the Ghouls, but offhand I can't think of a 3E example. However, I'm pretty sure there's a flying giant jellyfish or man-eating-clouds-with-tentacles in the roster of 3E monsters that could serve as an alternative base creature. [/QUOTE]

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