missing monsters

[corwyn77]

I'm converting some old 3e dungeon adventures and came across a few that aren't in the MM. Are there versions of the Giant Ant or Assassin Vine or Giant Bee in any other books?

 

[guachi]

I had to convert a Giant Ant for UK3 and a Giant Bee for X2, so I'm fairly certain those aren't in an official 5e book. Not sure about 3rd party products.

 

[guachi]

Summary version of a Worker Ant:

S +1 D +2 C +1 I -4 W 0 Ch -3
AC 13 HP 13 Spd 30/30 climb
AT: 1 +3 D: 1d6+2
CR 1/4

Soldier Ant
S +2 D +3 C +2 I -4 W 0 Ch -3
AC 15 HP 33 Spd 30/30 climb
AT: 1 +5 D: 1d8+3
DC 11 Con or 2d8 poison
CR 1

 

[guachi]

Killer Bees
S -4 D +1 C 0 I -5 W -2 Ch -5
AC 12 HP 2 Spd 40 fly
AT: 1 +3 D: 1
DC 10 Con or 3d6 poison save for 1/2; dies after stinging
CR 1/8

Giant Killer Bees
S -2 D +2 C +1 I -5 W -1 Ch -4
AC 13 HP 9 Spd 40 fly
AT: 1 +4 D: 1d3 DC 12 Con or 5d6 poison save for 1/2; dies after stinging
CR 1/4

 

[corwyn77]

There's a giant ant in Tome of Beasts though it's cr2; I could always scale that down.

 

[corwyn77]

Thanks, guachi.

 

[pukunui]

The assassin vine is in Tomb of Annihilation.

As for the giant insects, I’d just use the giant wasp stats from the MM for the bee and maybe the Giant Centipede (w/o the poison) for the ant.

 

[Quickleaf]

I'm converting some old 3e dungeon adventures and came across a few that aren't in the MM. Are there versions of the Giant Ant or Assassin Vine or Giant Bee in any other books?

Monster Manual has giant wasp (CR 1/2).

Tomb of Annihilation has assassin vine (CR 3).

Tome of Beasts (Kobold Press) has giant ant (CR 2). Quests of Doom vol. 2 (Frog God Games) has a couple CR 1 giant ant varieties.

 

[guachi]

Now I remember where I got my bee stats from. Take a giant wasp and make it weaker.

 

[corwyn77]

Monster Manual has giant wasp (CR 1/2).

Tomb of Annihilation has assassin vine (CR 3).

that's where I've seen the Assassin Vine - I just finished running ToA. Well, my players got tired of the endless inescapable dungeon, the endless deaths - they're an impulsive lot.