Noble Salamander & Longspear Damage?

[Ogrork the Mighty]

Is this a typo? The noble salamander has a longspear that deals 1d8 damage yet it is a Large creature so shouldn't the damage be 2d6?

A Medium-sized longspear deals 1d8 and the noble salamander doesn't wield a shield, plus its reach is 20 feet with the longspear (which would be 15 feet with a Medium longspear, no?).

 

[freyar]

I think the damage is a typo. If I had Cooper's Corrected Creature Codex, I could tell you for sure! But a typo wouldn't be surprising. There are all kinds of mistakes in the MM/SRD monsters.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

You might check in Savage Species or Manual of the Planes or some such...

As I recall, one of them has Salamander spears as an Exotic Weapon, complete with stats, and it was listed as 2d6 x2P.

 

[Runestar]

The bigger question, IMO, is what the heck happened to their skill points? Outsiders are supposed to get 8+int mod skill points each HD, yet the SP they get seem more reminiscent of giants (2+int mod).

 

[freyar]

The bigger question, IMO, is what the heck happened to their skill points? Outsiders are supposed to get 8+int mod skill points each HD, yet the SP they get seem more reminiscent of giants (2+int mod).

3e to 3.5e conversion glitch? Philosophically, why not just use the advancement rules (see xorn, also)?

 

[frankthedm]

You might check in Savage Species or Manual of the Planes or some such...

As I recall, one of them has Salamander spears as an Exotic Weapon, complete with stats, and it was listed as 2d6 x2P.

Savage species does.

Is this a typo? The noble salamander has a longspear that deals 1d8 damage yet it is a Large creature so shouldn't the damage be 2d6?

Yes it should be.

(which would be 15 feet with a Medium longspear, no?).

if that is not a large longspear, I don't think the 3.5 ruleset lets the noble salamander claim any reach.

 

[Alzrius]

I think the damage is a typo. If I had Cooper's Corrected Creature Codex, I could tell you for sure!

It's Cooper's Compendium of Corrected Creatures.

But yes, John Cooper does confirm that the damage should be 2d6, not 1d8.