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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 5445545" data-attributes="member: 57383">Strength 10 is way too high. I suggest Str 2.Are we doing an individual version too? Something like:Giant GonyaulaxTiny Ooze (Aquatic)Hit Dice: 1/2d10 (2 hp)Initiative: +0Speed: Swim 30 ft. (6 squares)Armor Class: 13 (+2 size, +1 natural), touch 12, flat-footed 13Base Attack/Grapple: +0/-8Attack: —Full Attack: —Space/Reach: 2 1/5 ft./0 ft.Special Attacks: Blinding flash, poisonSpecial Qualities: Blind, blindsight 60 ft., ooze traitsSaves: Fort +3, Ref +0, Will -5Abilities: Str 2, Dex 10, Con 10, Int —, Wis 1, Cha 1Skills: Swim +8Feats: —Environment: Any aquaticOrganization: Solitary, cluster (2-20) or bloom (20-400)Challenge Rating: xTreasure: NoneAlignment: Always neutralAdvancement: —Level Adjustment: —The 1/2 HD Tiny version is based on the 1 HD Small sample in the original.A swarm of Gonyaulax ought to have more than 1 Hit Dice if an individual has 1 (or 1/2) HD. How about 13 Hit Dice, for the sake of argument?I would have it do initial Dexterity damage and secondary Constitution damage. The original version only affects water breathing creatures, but that means it's harmless to typical air breathing adventures. I suggest making it Contact/Inhaled.Say, an individual Gonyaulax's poison is only strong enough to affect a creature in the same square as it:Poison: Gonyaulax produce a cloud of poison, any creature in the water that occupies the same 5 ft. square as a Gonyaulax is exposed to its poison. Gonyaulax poison—Contact/inhaled poison, Fort DC 6, initial damage 1 Dex, secondary damage 1 Con, the save DC is Constitution-based and includes a -4 racial penalty). A swarm poisons the water within, say, a 30 ft. range, for 1d6 damage? Poison: Gonyaulax swarms produce a cloud of poison, any creature in the water within 30 ft. of a Gonyaulax swarm is exposed to its poison. Gonyaulax swarm poison—Contact/inhaled poison, Fort DC 12, initial  damage 1d6 Dex, secondary damage 1d6 Con, the save DC is Constitution-based  and includes a -4 racial penalty). The DC assumes we make the swarm 13 Hit Dice like I suggested.</blockquote>

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