Special Conversion Thread: Finishing off giants and their kin

[freyar]

Racial skill bonuses work. Ranks: Hide 6, Listen 5, Move Silently 6, Spot 5? Or we could go with Survival instead of Move Silently.

Let's do Point Blank Shot and Rapid Shot rather than Iron Will and Track (alternately, if we put ranks in Survival, keep Track and drop Alertness).

 

[Shade]

Updated.

Look good?

 

[freyar]

Looks good to me. Pretty easy!

 

[Big Mac]

Looks good to me. Pretty easy!

Wow. I blinked and I missed it. Nice job anyway.

 

[demiurge1138]

Um... looks good! I totally missed it, but looks good!

 

[Shade]

Ragnhilder
CLIMATE/TERRAIN: Rocky or mountainous terrain
FREQUENCY: Very rare
ORGANIZATION: Group
ACTIVITY CYCLE: Any
DIET: Carnivore
INTELLIGENCE: Low
TREASURE: Q (C)
ALIGNMENT: Chaotic evil
NO. APPEARING: 1-8
ARMOR CLASS: 7
MOVEMENT: 15
HIT DICE: 4
THAC0: 17
NO. OF ATTACKS: 3
DAMAGE/ATTACK: 1-6/1-6/1-8 or by weapon type
SPECIAL ATTACKS: Hurl rocks
SPECIAL DEFENSES: Regeneration, camouflage
MAGIC RESISTANCE: Nil
SIZE: L (9’ tall)
MORALE: Elite (14)
XP VALUE: 420

The ragnhilder are as large as normal trolls but are weaker (18 strength, +2 damage) and sometimes use hand-to-hand weapons. Their favorite form of attack is to hurl 5-10 lb. rocks out to 60', doing 1-6 hp damage. The ragnhilder have stone-gray hides that conceal them 60% of the time in rocky terrain.

Originally appeared in Dragon Magazine #158 (1990).

 

[Shade]

Drop a troll to 4 HD, lower Str to 18, add rock throwing and camouflage?

 

[demiurge1138]

Sounds good to me!

 

[Shade]

Added to Homebrews.

Should we give them rock catching as well?

What weapon shall we provide in the stat block?

Skills: 7
Put it all in Hide, or give them Listen and Spot like normal trolls?

Feats: 2
Alertness, Point Blank Shot?

Do we want to lower natural armor by 3 to get the converted AC of 13?

 

[demiurge1138]

Let's keep the natural armor where it is. Let's not give them rock catching.

...should they really have rend? They seem to me like they rely more on weaponry.

Point Blank Shot and Precise Shot for feats. Greatclub for the weapon?