Send In The Clowns… (or, Converting the Oddballs)
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demiurge1138
Inventor of Super-Toast
Agreed to the magical flight, Cha-based serenity DC.
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Shade
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Updated.
Since the snapping turtle had all Spot and no Listen, I did likewise here, and changed Alertness to Skill Focus (Spot). I also added Hover as the third feat.
Challenge Rating: 3? (A warturtle is CR 4, and has one less HD, but much more damage output)
Advancement: 8-14 HD (Medium); 15-21 HD (Large)?
A turtledove is 6 feet in diameter and weighs x pounds. (Unfortunately, neither the tortle nor warturtle have weights given from which we might get an estimate.)
Edit: I just checked Wikipedia, and giant tortoises weigh up to 670 lbs. at 4 feet long, so these fellas could easily weigh 800 or more pounds.
Since the snapping turtle had all Spot and no Listen, I did likewise here, and changed Alertness to Skill Focus (Spot). I also added Hover as the third feat.
Challenge Rating: 3? (A warturtle is CR 4, and has one less HD, but much more damage output)
Advancement: 8-14 HD (Medium); 15-21 HD (Large)?
A turtledove is 6 feet in diameter and weighs x pounds. (Unfortunately, neither the tortle nor warturtle have weights given from which we might get an estimate.)
Edit: I just checked Wikipedia, and giant tortoises weigh up to 670 lbs. at 4 feet long, so these fellas could easily weigh 800 or more pounds.
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demiurge1138
Inventor of Super-Toast
Makes sense to me.
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Shade
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Pigeontoad
CLIMATE/TERRAIN: Temperate wetlands and forests
FREQUENCY Mostly rare
ORGANIZATION: Flock
ACTIVITY CYCLE: Day
DIET: Carnivore
INTELLIGENCE: Animal
TREASURE: Nil (lizard men like their eggs, though)
ALIGNMENT: Neutral
NO. APPEARING: 2-12
ARMOR CLASS: 7
MOVEMENT: 6, Fly 12 (D)
HIT DICE: 1
THAC0: 19
NO. OF ATTACKS: 3 (claw/claw/bite)
DAMAGE/ATTACK: 1/1/1-4
SPECIAL ATTACKS: Automatic damage
with grasp, possibly poisonous bite
SPECIAL DEFENSES: Nil
MAGIC RESISTANCE: Standard
SIZE: S (2'long, 15 lbs.)
MORALE: Steady (12), or Elite (14) in a group of 10 +
XP VALUE: 35 (175 if poisonous)
These awkward, oviparous crossbreeds are usually found only in swampy conditions, although they sometimes dwell in dark forests near pools of water. They have also been found underground, but again only when they have easy access to water. They are more common in warm climes but are found in less temperate zones as well. Pigeontoads have toadlike bodies with leathery wings and birdlike talons.
A pigeontoad attacks a single opponent with two grasping claws and a sharpbeaked bite. If both claws hit in the same round, the opponent has been grasped and the claw damage is automatic until the creature has been killed. Beak attacks are at +2 to hit while an opponent is grasped.
About 15% of all pigeontoad flocks are poisonous; poisonous and nonpoisonous flocks never mix. The poison is administered by a successful bite and causes damage equal to that of the bite (so if the bite does 3 hp damage, the poison damage is likewise 3 hp). If the victim fails a save vs. poison, he becomes weak, gradually losing strength and constitution points as the poison takes effect at the rate of one point (each) per turn. Once both scores have reached 1, the victim is too weak to move and will die in 13-24 hours unless the poison is neutralized.
The female pigeontoad lays a clutch of 10-100 eggs in the water every spring. At least 75% of these eggs are consumed by natural predators. The young that hatch resemble tadpoles, with vestigial wings that serve as fins. Their size is about 3" at hatching, and growth is gradual at first; but by summer's end, the tiny pigeontoads can fly short distances. By the end of fall, they have reached normal size and either join the flock or, if enough have survived, form a new flock and search for a new nesting ground. The life span of these creatures is 3-5 years.
Pigeontoad flocks can be a menace to local communities, feeding indiscriminately on pets, herd animals, and humans. The flock attacks en masse and does not fear humans except in great numbers. Their normal diet consists of snakes, lizards, and other swamp creatures, but pigeontoads eat whatever they can kill, and a flock can kill quite a variety of things.
These creatures have no treasures, at least not so far as humans are concerned. Lizard men, however, eat the jellylike mass of eggs and have been known to domesticate small flocks of the creatures, using them as guards and to produce quantities of eggs for consumption. Adult pigeontoads do not seem to venture into the water except to mate; they lair in hollow trees, bushes, or stumps.
Olive-green is the predominant color of most pigeontoads, fading to a pale yellow underbelly. Their wings are gray with some greenish tint. The beak and feet are black. Pigeontoads make a croaking sound when alarmed, sounding not unlike normal toads.
Originally appeared in Dragon Magazine #156 (1990).
CLIMATE/TERRAIN: Temperate wetlands and forests
FREQUENCY Mostly rare
ORGANIZATION: Flock
ACTIVITY CYCLE: Day
DIET: Carnivore
INTELLIGENCE: Animal
TREASURE: Nil (lizard men like their eggs, though)
ALIGNMENT: Neutral
NO. APPEARING: 2-12
ARMOR CLASS: 7
MOVEMENT: 6, Fly 12 (D)
HIT DICE: 1
THAC0: 19
NO. OF ATTACKS: 3 (claw/claw/bite)
DAMAGE/ATTACK: 1/1/1-4
SPECIAL ATTACKS: Automatic damage
with grasp, possibly poisonous bite
SPECIAL DEFENSES: Nil
MAGIC RESISTANCE: Standard
SIZE: S (2'long, 15 lbs.)
MORALE: Steady (12), or Elite (14) in a group of 10 +
XP VALUE: 35 (175 if poisonous)
These awkward, oviparous crossbreeds are usually found only in swampy conditions, although they sometimes dwell in dark forests near pools of water. They have also been found underground, but again only when they have easy access to water. They are more common in warm climes but are found in less temperate zones as well. Pigeontoads have toadlike bodies with leathery wings and birdlike talons.
A pigeontoad attacks a single opponent with two grasping claws and a sharpbeaked bite. If both claws hit in the same round, the opponent has been grasped and the claw damage is automatic until the creature has been killed. Beak attacks are at +2 to hit while an opponent is grasped.
About 15% of all pigeontoad flocks are poisonous; poisonous and nonpoisonous flocks never mix. The poison is administered by a successful bite and causes damage equal to that of the bite (so if the bite does 3 hp damage, the poison damage is likewise 3 hp). If the victim fails a save vs. poison, he becomes weak, gradually losing strength and constitution points as the poison takes effect at the rate of one point (each) per turn. Once both scores have reached 1, the victim is too weak to move and will die in 13-24 hours unless the poison is neutralized.
The female pigeontoad lays a clutch of 10-100 eggs in the water every spring. At least 75% of these eggs are consumed by natural predators. The young that hatch resemble tadpoles, with vestigial wings that serve as fins. Their size is about 3" at hatching, and growth is gradual at first; but by summer's end, the tiny pigeontoads can fly short distances. By the end of fall, they have reached normal size and either join the flock or, if enough have survived, form a new flock and search for a new nesting ground. The life span of these creatures is 3-5 years.
Pigeontoad flocks can be a menace to local communities, feeding indiscriminately on pets, herd animals, and humans. The flock attacks en masse and does not fear humans except in great numbers. Their normal diet consists of snakes, lizards, and other swamp creatures, but pigeontoads eat whatever they can kill, and a flock can kill quite a variety of things.
These creatures have no treasures, at least not so far as humans are concerned. Lizard men, however, eat the jellylike mass of eggs and have been known to domesticate small flocks of the creatures, using them as guards and to produce quantities of eggs for consumption. Adult pigeontoads do not seem to venture into the water except to mate; they lair in hollow trees, bushes, or stumps.
Olive-green is the predominant color of most pigeontoads, fading to a pale yellow underbelly. Their wings are gray with some greenish tint. The beak and feet are black. Pigeontoads make a croaking sound when alarmed, sounding not unlike normal toads.
Originally appeared in Dragon Magazine #156 (1990).
Shade
Monster Junkie
Toad ability scores: Str 1, Dex 12, Con 11, Int 1, Wis 14, Cha 4
Thrush (Diminutive bird) ability scores: Str 1, Dex 15, Con 10, Int 6, Wis 14, Cha 6
Note the higher Int for the thrush is due to it being in an article on familiars.
Eagles and ravens have Int 2, Wis 14, Cha 6.
So...
Str 1, Dex 12-15, Con 10-11, Int 1-2, Wis 14, Cha 4-6?
Thrush (Diminutive bird) ability scores: Str 1, Dex 15, Con 10, Int 6, Wis 14, Cha 6
Note the higher Int for the thrush is due to it being in an article on familiars.
Eagles and ravens have Int 2, Wis 14, Cha 6.
So...
Str 1, Dex 12-15, Con 10-11, Int 1-2, Wis 14, Cha 4-6?
demiurge1138
Inventor of Super-Toast
They don't seem too terribly smart, so let's stick to Int 1.
We should make them all poisonous, or have a "poisonous pigeontoad" as a variant with an increased CR.
The thing about grabbing with their claws sounds like an attach ability to me.
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We should make them all poisonous, or have a "poisonous pigeontoad" as a variant with an increased CR.
The thing about grabbing with their claws sounds like an attach ability to me.
Demiurge out.
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