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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 5972191" data-attributes="member: 57383">Arise O Serpent!I've discovered we're lacking a conversion of the Albino Wyrm from Dragon  227 and Monstrous Compendium Annual 4, so I'm reviving this thread again.According to Echohawk's Monster Index, the Albino Wyrm had an unofficial 3.5 conversion in the "Frilond Campaign" website, but that site appears to be defunct now so we don't have those 3E stats.So, without further ado. Here are its original stats from “The Dragon’s Bestiary - Monsters of the Underdark” by Wolfgang Baur, from Dragon Magazine 227 (March 1996):Wyrm, AlbinoCLIMATE/TERRAIN: Any UnderdarkFREQUENCY: RareORGANIZATION: FamilyACTIVITY CYCLE: AnyDIET: CarnivoreINTELLIGENCE: High (13–14)TREASURE: I, UALIGNMENT: Neutral EvilNO. APPEARING: 1–3ARMOR CLASS: 4 baseMOVEMENT: 15, Burrow 3HIT DICE: 7 baseTHAC0: 13 baseNO. OF ATTACKS: 3DAMAGE/ATTACK: 1–4/1–4/6–36SPECIAL ATTACKS: Breath weapon, swallow whole, tailSPECIAL DEFENSES: Immune to coldMAGIC RESISTANCE: StandardSIZE: G (10’ + long)MORALE: Average (8–10)XP VALUE: VariesThese gaunt, sinewy, wingless creatures are thought to be the descendants of dragons that long ago became trapped in the darkness of the caves, perhaps white dragons. The difficulty in finding prey in the Underdark has made them small, flightless predators who rely on stealth to strike and take down prey. They are found only in the deepest depths of the Underdark.The albino wyrm has red eyes, mottled white scales, and brownish claws. Its wings are semi-transparent and offer about a 13- to 18-foot wingspan.Combat: Albino wyrms have very weak claws, useful largely for burrowing, and a very powerful bites; they can also constrict their prey with their prehensile tails. This tail attack can pick up any creature behind it and crush it for 1–8 hp damage/round. Armor must make a saving throw versus normal blow each round or be destroyed.The wyrms small, almost transparent wings are used only in courtship or threat displays and are reminiscent of remorhaz wings. They confer no advantage in combat and cannot bear the creature’s weight into the air.While their wings have faded into uselessness, albino wyrms’ jaws have expanded, allowing the creature to swallow its prey whole on any roll of 4 or more than the number required to hit, and any natural 20. Swallowed creatures make all attacks at –4 and cannot use any large weapons or bludgeoning weapons; unless the swallowed creature does not need to breath, it falls unconscious in 1–4 rounds from lack of air.When attacking with its breath weapon, the albino wyrm makes a distinctive rattling hiss the moment before loosing its chilling breath. The breath weapon inflicts damage as shown above; it also destroys (generally by shattering) objects that fail an item saving throw vs. cold.No spell-using albino wyrms have ever been recorded.Habitat/Society: If indeed these are the descendants or an offshoot of dragonkind, then the albino wyrms have indeed fallen far; most are barely sane, barely able to express a coherent thought. They still progress along the same age categories as other dragons, but few survive past the adult age category (5). Unlike almost all other dragons, albino wyrms do not collect treasure that they cannot carry; the need to hunt outweighs the need to gather baubles into a lair. However, they are intelligent enough to recognize and use magical treasures, and often wear jewelry on wingtips, claws, and tail.Several drow houses are known to keep albino wyrms as house animals and guardians. They are difficult to tame or to train; their predatory instincts are not easily turned to any useful purpose.Ecology: The albino wyrms are at the top of the cave ecosystem; few creatures can harm them. Their constant need for food keeps them on the prowl; albino wyrms are almost always encountered in motion. They are thought to sleep no more than 5% of the time.Deep dragons considering albino wyrms “despicable” and worthy only of destruction. The two species fight whenever they meet, with the deep dragons emerging victorious in all but a handful of cases.Age ' Body Lgt. ' Tail Lgt. '' AC ' Breath Weapon. ' MR ' Treasure Type ' XP Value1 ' ' ' 2-5 ' ' ' ' 1-4 ' ' ' ' 4 ' ' ' 1d8+2 ' ' ' Nil ' ' ' Nil ' ' '' ' ' 1,4002 ' ' ' 5-10 ' '' ' 4-8 ' ' ' ' 2 ' ' ' 2d8+3 ' ' ' Nil ' ' ' Nil ' ' '' ' ' 3,0003 '' ' 10-14 ' '' ' 8-12 ' '' ' 0 ' ' ' 3d8+4 ' ' ' Nil ' ' ' ' U ' ' '' ' ' 6,0004 '' ' 14-22 ' ' ' 12-16 ' ' ' -1 ' ' ' 4d8+5 ' ' ' Nil ' ' ' I,U ' ' '' ' ' 8,0005 '' ' 22-28 ' ' ' 16-25 ' ' ' -2 ' ' ' 5d8+6 ' ' ' Nil ' ' ' I,U ' ' ' ' ' 11,0006 '' ' 28-40 ' ' ' 25-36 ' ' ' -3 ' ' ' 6d8+7 ' ' ' 10% ' ' ' I,U ' ' ' ' ' 13,0007 '' ' 40-55 ' ' ' 36-50 ' ' ' -4 ' ' ' 7d8+8 ' ' ' 15% ' ' ' I,U ' ' ' ' ' 15,0008 '' ' 55-66 ' ' ' 50-58 ' ' ' -5 ' ' ' 8d8+10 '' ' 20% ' ' ' I,U ' ' ' ' ' 16,0009 '' ' 66-80 ' ' ' 58-70 ' ' ' -6 '' ' 10d8+12 '' ' 25% ' ' ' I,U×2 ' ' ' ' 18,00010 ' ' 80-89 ' ' ' 70-77 ' ' ' -8 '' ' 12d8+14 '' ' 35% ' ' ' I,U×2 ' ' ' ' 19,00011 ' ' 89-96 ' ' ' 77-90 ' ' ' -10 ' ' 14d8+16 '' ' 45% ' ' I×2,U×3,W ' ' ' 20,00022 ' ' 96-110 '' ' 90-120 ' '' -13 ' ' 18d8+20 '' ' 60% ' I×3,U×4,V,W×2 ' ' 22,000Dragon-Kin, Albino WyrmThis wyrm also appears as a Dragon-Kin in MCA4 - Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Four (1998) with pretty much identical text.</blockquote>

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