Garnfellow
Explorer
Hi, all!
I'm setting up a special encounter for my PCs and wanted a fairly tough, dragon-like critter in the 12-13 CR range. So I took the fire lizard from the excellent Tome of Horrors, advanced it from 10 to 16 HD and added the fiendish template. Do the results look OK?
The Dolorous Worm, fiendish advanced fire lizard: CR 12; Gargantuan Magical Beast (fire); HD 16d10+112; hp 200; Init +0; Spd 30 ft.; Face/Reach 20 ft/15 ft; AC 19 (flat-footed 19, touch 6); Melee 2 claws +24 (2d6+12), bite +19 (2d8+6); SA breath weapon, smite good; SQ cold resistance 20, darkvision 60 ft, DR 10/+3, fire subtype, low-light vision, SR 25; SV Fort +17, Ref +10, Will +7; AL NE; Str 34, Dex 10, Con 25, Int 3, Wis 11, Cha 10.
Skills and Feats: Listen +8, Spot +8; Cleave, Great Cleave, Iron Will, Power Attack.
SA--Breath Weapon (Su): Cone of fire, 20 feet, once every 1d4 rounds; damage 2d8, Reflex half DC 25.
SA--Smite Good (Su): Once/day the Worm can make a normal attack to deal an additional +16 damage against a good foe.
SQ--Fire Subtype (Ex): Immune to fire damage and takes a -10 penalty on saves against cold. If a cold attack does not allow a saving throw, the Worm takes double damage.
The Dolorous Worm appears as a sinewy, wingless dragon over 40' long. Its scales are a pale, muddy red in color and its black eyes shine brightly with malevolence. The creature reeks of smoke and brimstone.
[Edited, at Krishnath's suggestion, to remove the redundant Fire Resistance 20]
[Edited again, after some playtesting. The original CR of 11 was calculated by taking the 10 HD fire lizard's CR of 8, adding +1 for advancing it to 16 HD, and adding +2 for the fiendish template. The high DR, SR, and damage/attack proved too high for CR 11.
Also edited to use 3.5 facing conventions (20' square rather than 20 x 40), and the new 3.5 language for fire subtype.]
I'm setting up a special encounter for my PCs and wanted a fairly tough, dragon-like critter in the 12-13 CR range. So I took the fire lizard from the excellent Tome of Horrors, advanced it from 10 to 16 HD and added the fiendish template. Do the results look OK?
The Dolorous Worm, fiendish advanced fire lizard: CR 12; Gargantuan Magical Beast (fire); HD 16d10+112; hp 200; Init +0; Spd 30 ft.; Face/Reach 20 ft/15 ft; AC 19 (flat-footed 19, touch 6); Melee 2 claws +24 (2d6+12), bite +19 (2d8+6); SA breath weapon, smite good; SQ cold resistance 20, darkvision 60 ft, DR 10/+3, fire subtype, low-light vision, SR 25; SV Fort +17, Ref +10, Will +7; AL NE; Str 34, Dex 10, Con 25, Int 3, Wis 11, Cha 10.
Skills and Feats: Listen +8, Spot +8; Cleave, Great Cleave, Iron Will, Power Attack.
SA--Breath Weapon (Su): Cone of fire, 20 feet, once every 1d4 rounds; damage 2d8, Reflex half DC 25.
SA--Smite Good (Su): Once/day the Worm can make a normal attack to deal an additional +16 damage against a good foe.
SQ--Fire Subtype (Ex): Immune to fire damage and takes a -10 penalty on saves against cold. If a cold attack does not allow a saving throw, the Worm takes double damage.
The Dolorous Worm appears as a sinewy, wingless dragon over 40' long. Its scales are a pale, muddy red in color and its black eyes shine brightly with malevolence. The creature reeks of smoke and brimstone.
[Edited, at Krishnath's suggestion, to remove the redundant Fire Resistance 20]
[Edited again, after some playtesting. The original CR of 11 was calculated by taking the 10 HD fire lizard's CR of 8, adding +1 for advancing it to 16 HD, and adding +2 for the fiendish template. The high DR, SR, and damage/attack proved too high for CR 11.
Also edited to use 3.5 facing conventions (20' square rather than 20 x 40), and the new 3.5 language for fire subtype.]
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