Knight Otu
First Post
I'll try it, assuming I have the creature right.
The crawling head is a huge undead with 28 Hit Dice (by the way, there is an interesting quirk, which may well be an error: up to 6 HD, the bad BAB progression table does not reflect the HD/2 formula, and I believe the Undead in the core book do use that different progression; that quirk doesn't matter here, however).
For a 3.5 creature, we would usually need to worry about DR. However, the Fiend Folio still uses the 3.0 DR values, which can be used for Modern as well.
The creature has an Int of 20, which means that it has 3 x 20 + 28 -1, or 87 skill points. That is a lot less than the 3.5 version.
The Fiend Folio creature has Climb, Concentration, Knowledge (arcana, religion), Search, Spellcraft, Spot, Survival (no ranks) and Use Magic Device as skills.
The Knowledge skills translate Arcane Lore and Theology and Philosophy. Spellcraft and Use Magic Device exist depending on the "FX level." Search could include the Modern Investigate skill, but that makes no real sense for the creature. We should also consider which other Modern skills may make sense - there is some Knowledge flavor to the creature, so Research could be considered. But that again is quite a stretch, so I won't add it.
The 3.5 creature's skills were distributed more or less equally, so I'll do the same, 10 ranks for every skill, and 7 additional points distributed among the major foci.
Skills: Climb +28 [10+10+8], Concentration +19 [12+7], Knowledge (Arcane Lore) +16 [11+5], Knowledge (Theology and Philosophy) +16 [11+5], Search +15 [10+5], Spellcraft +16 [11+5], Spot [10+4] +14, Survival +4 [0+4], Use Magic Device +19 [12+7]
I decided to add 3 ranks to UMD and Concentration, and one rank each to the Knowledges and Spellcraft. Since some synergies are different in D20 Modern, the head receives no special bonus to Survival, Spellcraft and UMD.
Feats - The modern Crawling Head receives 12 feats, two more than the Fiend Folio version. Two of its feats do not exist in the Modern corebook- Spell Penetration and Improved Critical. Spell Penetration is printed in Urban Arcana, though. That is three feats requiring a replacement. As a replacement for Imp Critical, Multiattack could be used (this changes the full attack line). Educated provides a bonus to its Knowledge Skills. Urban Arcana also provides Magical Affinity.
Full Attack: Bite +23 melee (2d6+10) and 4 tentacles +20 melee (1d8+5)
Skills: Climb +28 [10+10+8], Concentration +19 [12+7], Knowledge (Arcane Lore) +18 [11+5+2], Knowledge (Theology and Philosophy) +18 [11+5+2], Search +15 [10+5], Spellcraft +18 [11+5+2], Spot [10+4] +14, Survival +4 [0+4], Use Magic Device +21 [12+7+2].
Feats: Cleave, Combat Expertise, Educated (Arcane Lore, Theology and Philosophy), Great Cleave, Improved Disarm, Improved Initiative. Improved Trip, Magical Affinity, Multiattack, Power Attack, Spell Penetration, Weapon Focus (bite).
There would be one thing that's left - the head's spell-like abilities, since generally no spells above 5th level exist in the d20 Modern rules. But that'll have to wait until later (assuming I have the right creature, of course
).
The crawling head is a huge undead with 28 Hit Dice (by the way, there is an interesting quirk, which may well be an error: up to 6 HD, the bad BAB progression table does not reflect the HD/2 formula, and I believe the Undead in the core book do use that different progression; that quirk doesn't matter here, however).
For a 3.5 creature, we would usually need to worry about DR. However, the Fiend Folio still uses the 3.0 DR values, which can be used for Modern as well.
The creature has an Int of 20, which means that it has 3 x 20 + 28 -1, or 87 skill points. That is a lot less than the 3.5 version.
The Fiend Folio creature has Climb, Concentration, Knowledge (arcana, religion), Search, Spellcraft, Spot, Survival (no ranks) and Use Magic Device as skills.
The Knowledge skills translate Arcane Lore and Theology and Philosophy. Spellcraft and Use Magic Device exist depending on the "FX level." Search could include the Modern Investigate skill, but that makes no real sense for the creature. We should also consider which other Modern skills may make sense - there is some Knowledge flavor to the creature, so Research could be considered. But that again is quite a stretch, so I won't add it.
The 3.5 creature's skills were distributed more or less equally, so I'll do the same, 10 ranks for every skill, and 7 additional points distributed among the major foci.
Skills: Climb +28 [10+10+8], Concentration +19 [12+7], Knowledge (Arcane Lore) +16 [11+5], Knowledge (Theology and Philosophy) +16 [11+5], Search +15 [10+5], Spellcraft +16 [11+5], Spot [10+4] +14, Survival +4 [0+4], Use Magic Device +19 [12+7]
I decided to add 3 ranks to UMD and Concentration, and one rank each to the Knowledges and Spellcraft. Since some synergies are different in D20 Modern, the head receives no special bonus to Survival, Spellcraft and UMD.
Feats - The modern Crawling Head receives 12 feats, two more than the Fiend Folio version. Two of its feats do not exist in the Modern corebook- Spell Penetration and Improved Critical. Spell Penetration is printed in Urban Arcana, though. That is three feats requiring a replacement. As a replacement for Imp Critical, Multiattack could be used (this changes the full attack line). Educated provides a bonus to its Knowledge Skills. Urban Arcana also provides Magical Affinity.
Full Attack: Bite +23 melee (2d6+10) and 4 tentacles +20 melee (1d8+5)
Skills: Climb +28 [10+10+8], Concentration +19 [12+7], Knowledge (Arcane Lore) +18 [11+5+2], Knowledge (Theology and Philosophy) +18 [11+5+2], Search +15 [10+5], Spellcraft +18 [11+5+2], Spot [10+4] +14, Survival +4 [0+4], Use Magic Device +21 [12+7+2].
Feats: Cleave, Combat Expertise, Educated (Arcane Lore, Theology and Philosophy), Great Cleave, Improved Disarm, Improved Initiative. Improved Trip, Magical Affinity, Multiattack, Power Attack, Spell Penetration, Weapon Focus (bite).
There would be one thing that's left - the head's spell-like abilities, since generally no spells above 5th level exist in the d20 Modern rules. But that'll have to wait until later (assuming I have the right creature, of course
).
