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<blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 7964811" data-attributes="member: 57383"><p>Well for a complete service I checked out every AD&D version of the Afanc.</p><p></p><p>The original 1E <em>Monster Manual II</em> (1981) has "Of course, rafts, boats, and similar small craft (30 feet or less in length) are typically rushed, knocked so as to capsize, and the passengers consumed by the greedy beast."</p><p></p><p>The Al-Qadim boxed set <em>City of Delights</em> (1993) contains the Afanc's first 2E appearance as "Afanc (Gawwar Samakat)", and has "Seagoing vessels more than 60 feet long are generally unmolested, but they may be rammed by the creature. Boats and rafts less than 30 feet long are almost always rammed in an attempt to capsize them." followed by exception-based rules for ramming (the afanc makes an attack roll, 4+ capsizes the "AC 5" regular vessel, 6+ if it gains +2 "AC" by evading, the ship must ALSO make a save vs. crushing blow or sink in 1d10 rounds.</p><p></p><p>The <em>Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume One</em> (1994) has a slightly tweaked version of the Al-Qadim version, and makes no mention of that monster's Zakharan name of <em>gawwar samakat</em>. It has a Ramming attack that uses the same capsize & crushing blow mechanism as the <em>City of Delights</em> version.</p><p></p><p>So the original version could ram ships with a special attack that combines a "ship-flipping" capsize attack like a Dragon Turtle with a "hull-breaching" ramming attack like a Chont.</p><p></p><p>Looks like we've got a candidate for a 3.5 upgrade or a Cleon Special on our hands!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cleon, post: 7964811, member: 57383"] Well for a complete service I checked out every AD&D version of the Afanc. The original 1E [I]Monster Manual II[/I] (1981) has "Of course, rafts, boats, and similar small craft (30 feet or less in length) are typically rushed, knocked so as to capsize, and the passengers consumed by the greedy beast." The Al-Qadim boxed set [I]City of Delights[/I] (1993) contains the Afanc's first 2E appearance as "Afanc (Gawwar Samakat)", and has "Seagoing vessels more than 60 feet long are generally unmolested, but they may be rammed by the creature. Boats and rafts less than 30 feet long are almost always rammed in an attempt to capsize them." followed by exception-based rules for ramming (the afanc makes an attack roll, 4+ capsizes the "AC 5" regular vessel, 6+ if it gains +2 "AC" by evading, the ship must ALSO make a save vs. crushing blow or sink in 1d10 rounds. The [I]Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume One[/I] (1994) has a slightly tweaked version of the Al-Qadim version, and makes no mention of that monster's Zakharan name of [I]gawwar samakat[/I]. It has a Ramming attack that uses the same capsize & crushing blow mechanism as the [I]City of Delights[/I] version. So the original version could ram ships with a special attack that combines a "ship-flipping" capsize attack like a Dragon Turtle with a "hull-breaching" ramming attack like a Chont. Looks like we've got a candidate for a 3.5 upgrade or a Cleon Special on our hands! [/QUOTE]
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