Scaling down monsters?

[Blastin]

Ogre Red Hand Savage Level 7 Brute
Large natural humanoid XP 300
Initiative +4 Senses Perception +4
HP 102; Bloodied 51
AC 18; Fortitude 20; Reflex 15; Will 15
Speed 8
m Greatclub (standard; at-will) • Weapon
Reach 2; +10 vs AC; 2d10 + 6 damage
M Flatten (standard; recharge 5 6) • Weapon
The ogre red hand savage makes a greatclub attack; on a hit, the target is also pushed 2 squares and knocked prone.; 3d10 + 5
A Hurl Minion (standard; recharge 5 6)
The Ogre Grabs a Minion within reach and hurls it at the target area. The minion is killed by this attack.
10 squares; The screaming minion bowls into the targets; +8 vs Reflex; ranged area 1 burst. Requires minion within reach.; 2d8 + 5 and targets are knocked prone.
Alignment Chaotic Evil Languages Giant
Str 22 (+9) Dex 12 (+4) Wis 12 (+4)
Con 22 (+9) Int 5 (+0) Cha 7 (+1)
Equipment Hide Armor, Greatclub
© 2009 Wizards of the Coast LLC, a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc. All rights reserved. This monster statistics block has been generated using the D&D Adventure Tools.

 

[bennyhobo]

Awesome.

Yeah, I spent a couple hours playing with it the other day, prepping this encounter. And I was inspired. It changed from being a basic fight with a bunch of rabble to a real character moment, which'll give the players some serious choices about whether they want to just lay waste, or take pity on someone. I built two NPCs out of there that might end up being major players in my plot.

I'm a little scared that I'm gonna go to Gencon this year and just fanboy geek-out at the Wizards booth and tell them how much I like this program. They're going to hate me. Or give me free stuff. Maybe both? I can only dream...

 

[bennyhobo]

Ok. Along these same lines.

I've got two old minis that I want to use in a game. One is a Catfolk Wilder (black cat-person with two swords) and the other is a Thorn (tiny green guy, looks like some kind of wood nymph or something). There's no Catfolk in the Monster Builder, and the Thorn listed in there is a level 9 solo Skirmisher with 388 HP. So I don't think that's right.

Any suggestions on what existing creatures I should source to make these?

Thanks!

 

[Derulbaskul]

No seriously, I love the monster builder so much. I think the forum goers should write wizards a big open letter detailing how much we love it and donate something to charity in their name.

This.

The monster builder is just so good. My DDi subscription is worth it for this alone.

(snip)I've got two old minis that I want to use in a game. One is a Catfolk Wilder (black cat-person with two swords) and the other is a Thorn (tiny green guy, looks like some kind of wood nymph or something). There's no Catfolk in the Monster Builder, and the Thorn listed in there is a level 9 solo Skirmisher with 388 HP. So I don't think that's right. Any suggestions on what existing creatures I should source to make these? Thanks!

The catfolk sounds like a skirmisher so just do a search for skirmishers within the level range you're looking for and then re-skin from there. I like the Sambral Bravo (skirmisher 2) as a good place to start.

The thorn is a fey (origin) and a plant (keyword) so they can be used to start your search. I would go with a dryad, lower its level, and replace the claws with a sword (and change its size). There, good to go.