Send In The Clowns… (or, Converting the Oddballs)

[demiurge1138]

Sounds good to me. Do we want to keep the triple cure? It's pretty harsh. A break enchantment or remove curse spell would keep the flavor without being overmuch.

Demiurge out.

 

[Shade]

Sounds good to me. Do we want to keep the triple cure? It's pretty harsh. A break enchantment or remove curse spell would keep the flavor without being overmuch.

I agree. It already takes a wish or miracle to reverse the transformation, so might as well give the victim a fighting chance before it goes that far.

Updated.

Feats: 1
Sheep have Alertness

Challenge Rating: 2?

Advancement: 3-4 HD (Medium)?

Anything else?

 

[freyar]

Let's go for a more melee-oriented feat, since these are really violent little buggers. How about Weapon Finesse or even Toughness. It's not a complete waste at this CR. The rest looks good to me.

 

[demiurge1138]

I say we give them Toughness.

Demiurge out.

 

[Shade]

Updated. All done?

 

[freyar]

Done! And in plenty of time for April Fools!

 

[Shade]

Yay! Let's see if we can't get another goofball or two ready in time.

 

[Shade]

And here's one such goofball!

Pigalope: INT animal; AL N; AC 7; Mv 15; HD 1-1; #AT nil; Dmg 0; SZ S; ML 4; XP 7.

Pigalopes look like furry kangaroos with pig-like faces. The eat underbrush, but when hungry, they dig into the ground for tree roots. Their meat tastes like gamy turkey. Pigalope hides are tough and can be fashioned into hide armor. They do not fight and flee when contronted, squealing noisily.

Other notes from the adventure in which they appear:

- Appear in herds (no numbers given)
- The live on Revular's Island, which is actually a huge spelljamming asteroid that belongs to an evil race called the syllix
- Unchecked pigalope populations are threats to trees, for they eat the roots and especially like the taste of young saplings

From Dungeon Magazine #71 (1998).

 

[freyar]

These shouldn't be much of a threat. Magical beast, 1HD. From the HD listing, I think this should have Con 8-9. AC should probably be mostly Dex, so how about Dex 14-15 and +1 natural armor? Int 2, Wis 10-11, Cha 10-11, Str 12-13? Looks like no natural attacks!

 

[Shade]

AC should probably be mostly Dex, so how about Dex 14-15 and +1 natural armor?

Note this: "Pigalope hides are tough and can be fashioned into hide armor."

Hide armor is a +3 armor bonus, so that should more than cover their entire AC, leaving them with average Dex.

Added to Homebrews.

I was surprised to find stats for neither a pig nor a kangaroo. We'll have to remedy that.