Special Conversion Thread: Moldvay's Undead

[Shade]

Updated.

Dark vartha spell list/domains?

 

[demiurge1138]

I think we should differentiate the dark vartha more as well. Give it its own stat block, make it undead. Raise Str, drop Dex, switch out the breastplate for spiked full plate.

Domains... Death and Destruction?

 

[freyar]

That sounds like a good idea, but let's keep them about the same CR.

 

[Shade]

Sounds good to me. Added to Homebrews.

Updated vartha as well to remove dark vartha bits.

 

[freyar]

Looking fairly good. Needs damage from the armor spikes.

These look slightly tougher than the regular varthas -- think it's still CR 9?

Spells:
0 - detect magic, resistance, virtue, guidance x2?
1 - cause fear*, command, deathwatch, doom, obscuring mist
...

 

[Shade]

Updated.

I think they still seem fine at CR 9. In fact, they may be overrated. A mohrg has higher HD and deadlier abilities, and is only CR 8.

 

[freyar]

Think we should drop both varthas to CR 8?

2 - death knell*, hold person, shatter, silence, sound burst
3 - bestow curse, contagion*, deeper darkness, dispel magic

 

[Shade]

Possibly. Let's get Demiurge's take when he finds his way back.

The spells look good.

 

[demiurge1138]

Replace obscuring mist with divine favor, shatter with spiritual weapon, and deeper darkness with blindness/deafness. It doesn't have any way of seeing through its own darkness or mists, and by the time its encountered, everyone will probably have +1 weapons and armor.

 

[freyar]

Sure thing!