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<blockquote data-quote="Upper_Krust" data-source="post: 1202254" data-attributes="member: 326"><p><strong>The Bandar</strong></p><p></p><p>Hiya mate! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Not sure if you have seen this:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forums/showthread.php?t=66470" target="_blank">http://www.enworld.org/forums/showthread.php?t=66470</a></p><p></p><p>The last few pages of the pdf deal with Monster Creation, you might find it interesting?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>A few notes on the Bandar.</p><p></p><p>1. Its Hit Dice seems pretty low considering its Huge size while the Dire Bear has 12 HD and is only Large size.</p><p></p><p>So I am not sure if you want to make it Huge or Large or what!? If you definately think its Huge then it could do with some changes.</p><p></p><p>If you were making it Huge I would increase HD to 12; Increase Speed to 50 ft; Increase Claw Damage to 2d6; Increase Strength to 35; Increase Constitution to 23.</p><p></p><p>2. You haven't said how much damage its Breath weapon does. I would suggest 1d6 per Hit Dice. So if you want to keep it at 9HD it would do 9d6 damage.</p><p></p><p>Also the description says a cone of blue fire (though the illustration shows red fire. Is there any reason why you wanted the flames to be blue? (If not I wouldn't mention it)</p><p></p><p>3. All Magical Beasts have Darkvision.</p><p></p><p>4. I'm not sure if 'Biting Bonus' is the right description to use. Wouldn't it be better just to use Improved Grab like other bears in the Monster Manual.</p><p></p><p>5. I wouldn't use 'genetic' in the description as this implies knowledge of genetic science in a medieval setting. I think magical should suffice.</p><p></p><p>6. I would comment as to the colour of the Bandar. Perhaps it is dark red until it is about to breath fire upon when it starts to glow internally, assuming a frightening and eerie countenance.</p><p></p><p>7. Do you have the D&D 3.5 rules yet? I think I noticed a few elements that were still using D&D 3rd Edition.</p><p></p><p>If I think of anything else I will let you know.</p><p></p><p>I did like the Bandar illustration, it will be nice to see when you have it finished and shaded. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Upper_Krust, post: 1202254, member: 326"] [b]The Bandar[/b] Hiya mate! :) Not sure if you have seen this: [url]http://www.enworld.org/forums/showthread.php?t=66470[/url] The last few pages of the pdf deal with Monster Creation, you might find it interesting? A few notes on the Bandar. 1. Its Hit Dice seems pretty low considering its Huge size while the Dire Bear has 12 HD and is only Large size. So I am not sure if you want to make it Huge or Large or what!? If you definately think its Huge then it could do with some changes. If you were making it Huge I would increase HD to 12; Increase Speed to 50 ft; Increase Claw Damage to 2d6; Increase Strength to 35; Increase Constitution to 23. 2. You haven't said how much damage its Breath weapon does. I would suggest 1d6 per Hit Dice. So if you want to keep it at 9HD it would do 9d6 damage. Also the description says a cone of blue fire (though the illustration shows red fire. Is there any reason why you wanted the flames to be blue? (If not I wouldn't mention it) 3. All Magical Beasts have Darkvision. 4. I'm not sure if 'Biting Bonus' is the right description to use. Wouldn't it be better just to use Improved Grab like other bears in the Monster Manual. 5. I wouldn't use 'genetic' in the description as this implies knowledge of genetic science in a medieval setting. I think magical should suffice. 6. I would comment as to the colour of the Bandar. Perhaps it is dark red until it is about to breath fire upon when it starts to glow internally, assuming a frightening and eerie countenance. 7. Do you have the D&D 3.5 rules yet? I think I noticed a few elements that were still using D&D 3rd Edition. If I think of anything else I will let you know. I did like the Bandar illustration, it will be nice to see when you have it finished and shaded. :) [/QUOTE]
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