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<blockquote data-quote="Big Mac" data-source="post: 4347812" data-attributes="member: 61182"><p>Instant poison is a change, but it is a change for the better. Monster abilities should mostly happen during the combat (or in front of the players).</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I must have missed that limit. If this creature lives underground vertical flight won't come into play too much. And cutting out the height limit means less things for the GM to remember.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The crumbling to dust thing is a bit weird as that evokes some vampire films I've seen. (See also my reply to Shade below.)</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It does seem very fast, but I really like this.</p><p></p><p>One point though. If the gray troll crumbles and turns to dust in sunlight, should they also crumble to dust if they die normally? And should severed limbs crumble to dust?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>These creatures are <strong>already</strong> bordering on being undead. Would pushing it further in that direction make for a more interesting creature? (How many undead trolls are there?)</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I think that everything should be as per a standard troll, unless there is a reason for it to learn additional skills or feats. This has to be a regular troll that got transformed.</p><p></p><p>Considering what this is, I'm tempted to suggest gray troll should be a template that can be applied to any troll. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Big Mac, post: 4347812, member: 61182"] Instant poison is a change, but it is a change for the better. Monster abilities should mostly happen during the combat (or in front of the players). I must have missed that limit. If this creature lives underground vertical flight won't come into play too much. And cutting out the height limit means less things for the GM to remember. The crumbling to dust thing is a bit weird as that evokes some vampire films I've seen. (See also my reply to Shade below.) It does seem very fast, but I really like this. One point though. If the gray troll crumbles and turns to dust in sunlight, should they also crumble to dust if they die normally? And should severed limbs crumble to dust? These creatures are [B]already[/B] bordering on being undead. Would pushing it further in that direction make for a more interesting creature? (How many undead trolls are there?) I think that everything should be as per a standard troll, unless there is a reason for it to learn additional skills or feats. This has to be a regular troll that got transformed. Considering what this is, I'm tempted to suggest gray troll should be a template that can be applied to any troll. :p [/QUOTE]
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