Special Conversion Thread: Moldvay's Undead

[demiurge1138]

Hide from undead works, though what is the reverse for the dark vartha?

Command undead as an SLA?

 

[freyar]

Ok, but since hide from undead doesn't seem so powerful, maybe command undead only 1 or 3/day?

 

[demiurge1138]

Sure.

 

[Shade]

Updated.

Should the hide from undead be a supernatural ability that allows it to remain invisible to undead even when attacking (similar to greater invisibility)? Or just make it an at-will SLA?

 

[demiurge1138]

I'm not sure about greater invisibility from undead... it's kind of cool, but it might be too powerful.

 

[freyar]

Let's make it an at will SLA. I think that's reasonable compared to 3/day command undead on the dark version, right?

 

[demiurge1138]

Sounds pretty equivalent.

 

[Shade]

Updated.

Caster level for hide from undead?

Organization: Solitary or x (2-12)
x = Guard detail?

Challenge Rating: 9? They are better than crypt wardens (CR 8), but a few HD less than unying coucilors (CR 9), although their spells and martial abilities might offset the difference

Treasure: Double standard?

Advancement: x (We could go "by character class", allowing cleric levels to stack with their innate spellcasting, or provide an "advanced varthas" sidebar to explain how to improve spellcasting with increased Hit Dice).

A vartha stands 5 to 7 feet tall and weighs x pounds.

 

[freyar]

Might as well make it CL = HD.

Guard detail sounds good.

Sure, CR 9.

Double standard treasure.

by character class.

100-300 lb? Like a normal person? (How much does a 7-footer weigh, anyways?)

 

[demiurge1138]

CL = HD for hide from undead. CR 9 strikes me as reasonable, and I like it advancing by class more than by HD.