Special Conversion Thread: Finishing off giants and their kin

[freyar]

Works for me and otherwise looks good. What's next on these?

 

[demiurge1138]

I think a 10ft line is sort of sad. Maybe 30 feet?

 

[Shade]

Like so?

Swamp Spit (Ex): Bosk giants can spit swamp water combined with their gastric juices at enemies. This is a 30-foot line that deals 3d8 points of acid damage (Reflex DC X half). Additionally, a struck victim must succeed on a DC X Fortitude save or becmoe nauseated for 1d6 rounds. The save DCs are Constitution-based.

A bosk giant can store enough swamp water to spit twice. After that, it may spend a full-round action to swallow enough swamp water to spit again. A swamp giant may refill its stomach after only a single use, but may never store more than two uses worth of swamp water.

 

[demiurge1138]

Struck? As in, failed the Reflex save or took any damage at all?

 

[Shade]

Struck? As in, failed the Reflex save or took any damage at all?

Good catch. That was leftover from when a ranged touch was required. It should probably look like this...


Swamp Spit (Ex): Bosk giants can spit swamp water combined with their gastric juices at enemies. This is a 30-foot line that deals 3d8 points of acid damage (Reflex DC X half). Additionally, a creature in the line must succeed on a DC X Fortitude save or becmoe nauseated for 1d6 rounds. The save DCs are Constitution-based.

A bosk giant can store enough swamp water to spit twice. After that, it may spend a full-round action to swallow enough swamp water to spit again. A swamp giant may refill its stomach after only a single use, but may never store more than two uses worth of swamp water.

 

[freyar]

Looks fine to me.

 

[Shade]

Updated, including flavor text.

Skills: 17

Feats: 5

A bosk giant stands about 19 feet tall and weighs about x pounds. Skin coloration ranges from pale olive to green so dark it is nearly black. Their hair is always green, growing in clumps like grass. Bosk giants can live to be x years old. (Cloud giants are 18 feet tall and weigh about 5,000 pounds; storm giants are about 21 feet tall and weigh about 12,000 pounds)

A bosk giant's bag usually contains x.

 

[demiurge1138]

Bosk giant bags probably have miscellaneous food, tools made out of shells or antlers, metal tools stolen from humanoids...

Oh, and check the spelling on "becomes" in the breath weapon text.

 

[freyar]

... and body parts stolen from humanoids?

8000 lb?

Feats: Power Attack, Improved Bull Rush, Awesome Blow, Iron Will, Cleave?

Skills: Hide 5, Listen 6, Spot 6

 

[Big Mac]

I agree with Demiurge that the damage is insignificant at their CR. Maybe 3d8?

I could see stunning, but nauseated actually strikes me as the most appropriate. Imagine the stench of swamp water mixed with stomach juices!

I think nauseated is best too. As for the damage, don't forget that this is a freebie weapon that the giant can never drop. Its a gastric dagger.

Does this look OK?

Swamp Spit (Ex): Bosk giants can spit swamp water combined with their gastric juices at enemies. This is a ranged touch attack with a range of 30 feet that deals 3d8 points of acid damage. Additionally, a struck victim must succeed on a DC X Fortitude save or becmoe nauseated for 1d6 rounds. The save DC is Constitution-based.

A bosk giant can store enough swamp water to spit twice. After that, it may spend a full-round action to swallow enough swamp water to spit again. A swamp giant may refill its stomach after only a single use, but may never store more than two uses worth of swamp water.

It looks pretty good (apart from the transposistion error in the word "become" ).

Do you think that we should create a feat for Bosk Giants that allows them to stretch their stomach and gain a third spit attack? That might be useful for PCs or NPCs that advance a bit.

Considering that the original text has the spit in a line 12 by 6, why don't we make it a breath weapon instead? A line, I would imagine.

It certainly seems to work as if it is a breath weapon. What would be the advantage of making the switch? Could we copy the breath weapon style but say that "as if it was a breath weapon"?