Req: CR estimate for nastier skeleton

[Geocorona]

Feh, mere hyper-technical nit-picking... The rules should be a tool set for creating cool things, not a Procrustean bed for destroying creativity. I hope the regeneration/undead/construct "conflict" is definitively fixed in 3.5E. There's absolutely no reason why constructs and undead shouldn't have regeneration...

I agree on all points. In fact, so does the SRD.

" A construct with the regeneration and fast healing special qualities still benefits from those qualities."

" Undead with no Intelligence scores cannot heal damage on their own, though they can be healed. Negative energy (such as an inflict wounds spell) can heal undead creatures. The regeneration and fast healing special qualities work regardless of the creature's Intelligence score."
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[Knight Otu]

I just like to stick with the path of the least resistance. Adding the ability to reattach limbs/bones to the Fast Healing ability has fewer negative implications than making an undead not immune to subdual damage.


Apology accepted?

 

[CCamfield]

Well, if it's only subdual damage "inflicted" from being converted from regular damage I don't really see the problem. It would still be clear - for my homebrew skeleton - that this is a special case and attempting to sap a skeleton would be ineffective.

 

[Knight Otu]

Yes, that's understandable. For a "formal" writeup, however, it is usually better to bend the rules as little as possible, IMHO. I don't see it as nit-picking, but as retaining consistency.

Sometimes the rules have to be bent a little to create the creature you want. That is not a bad thing. I just believe in consistency.