Converting World of Greyhawk monsters

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How about this?

Spore Cough (Su): Once every 1d4 rounds a mold wyrm can release a cloud of greenish-gray spores. This spore cough is treated as a 30-foot-cone breath weapon. Creatures in the area must make a Fortitude save each round for 4 rounds (DC X, +1 per previous check) or spend that round choking and coughing (they can take no actions, though they defend themselves normall). A character who chokes for 2 or more consecutive rounds takes 1d6 points of nonlethal damage each round. In addition, any creature within the area must make a single DC X Fortitude save or contract spore disease (see below). The save DCs are Constitution-based.

Spore disease (Su): Inhaled DC X, incubation 1 minute, 1d6 Con. Victims that die from spore disease transform into mold wyrms upon their death. This is a supernatural disease; successful saves do not allow the character to recover. Only magical healing can save the character.
 

I like it, except for the name "Spore disease". Any ideas for something more flavorful? Maybe "x moldering", although I have no good idea for the x.
 


Yeah, I totally drew a blank on the name. I like spore blight or lung rot. Or we could turn things around and go with wyrm moldering if you like. Dunno.
 


Because of the trace of pure life-principle in the mold wyrm's body, it suffers only 50% of normal damage from physical attacks (including those of magic weapons) and can regenerate all lost hit points with 4 hours of rest in its passive state. The creature also has 10% magic resistance and is immune to sleep, charm, hold, and other mind-affecting spells.

We could do DR (maybe 5/magic?) but this almost seems like a miss chance. Since it's kind of swarm-like, we could say it has a 50% chance to ignore weapon damage, rather than giving it DR. What do you think?
 

Sure. In fact, it sounds alot like this...

Airy (Ex): Since a plague brush is constantly turning over and its anatomy is made up of a (relatively) small amount of plant matter and lots of empty space, it is difficult to know where to attack the creature. Any melee or ranged attack with a piercing weapon directed at a plage brush has a 20% miss chance. The blow or missle may pass through the creature's body without harming it. Even a true seeing effect is useless for determining where and how to strike the creature.
 



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