The Reconquista OOC

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2) The various Knowledge skills are used to determine, whether a specific monster is known. The DC is 10+HD as usual (Take 10 is allowed, because it makes a lot of rolls unnecessary and thus greatly speeds things up). Additionally, all monsters encountered in the game are considered familiar.

I'm going to rule that #2 applies with the following exceptions, which you never had to roll for:

ALL Animals (MM)
ALL Giants (MM)
ALL Dragons (MM)
ALL Fey (MM)
ALL Humanoids (MM)
ALL Monstrous Humanoids (MM)
ALL Plants (MM)
ALL Vermin (MM; note that you can't turn into a swarm)

In addition you are familiar with the following creatures and never have to make Knowledge rolls for them:

Aberrations:
Carrion Crawler (MM)
Drider (MM)
Ettercap (MM)
Grell (MMII)
Hook Horror (MMII)
Otyugh (MM)
Rust Monster (MM)
Tentamort (ToH)
Umber Hulk (MM)

Animal:
Bonesnapper (ToH)

Dragon:
Cloud Dragon (ToH)
Dragonnel (Draconomicon)
Mist Dragon (ToH)
Shadow Dragon (Draconomicon or Dragonlance: Age of Mortals)

Fey:
Atomie (ToH)
Buckawn (ToH)
Quickling (ToH)

Giant:
Giant, Wood (ToH)
Taer (Unapproachable East)

Humanoid:
Mite (ToH)
Mongrelfolk (FF)
Skulk (FF)

Magical Beast:
Basilisk (MM)
Bulette (MM)
Blink Dog (MM)
Chimera (MM)
Cockatrice (MM)
Displacer Beast (MM)
Giant Eagle (MM)
Giant Owl (MM)
Griffon (MM)
Kech (ToH)
Manticore (MM)
Owlbear (MM)
Raven, Giant (Frostburn)
Stirge (MM)
Tyrg (Dungeon #112)
Worg (MM)

Monstrous Humanoid:
Grippli (Dragon #324)

Plant:
Kampfult (ToH)
Needlefolk (MMII)

Vermin:
Flail Snail (ToH)
Giant Death Watch Beetle (ToH)
Giant Dragonfly (ToH or Arms & Equipment Guide)
Gaint Slicer Beetle (ToH)


NOTE TO ALL: First person to correctly guess where the above list of exception creatures is partially taken from gets 500100 XP for their character!

 

[Thanee]

Thank you, very elaborate and helpful!

You are allowed to transform into advanced/templated creatures (up to 11 HD of course), ... Advanced and templated creatures ALWAYS require the appropriate knowledge rolls, even if they're on the list above.

I don't think you can transform into advanced/templated creatures with these spells, so that is not really an issue, anyways.

NOTE TO ALL: First person to correctly guess where the above list of exception creatures is partially taken from gets 500 XP for their character!

Isn't that a bit much, considering, that would be like half the XP we got recently?

Anyways, my guess would be, that those are monsters encountered in the old module series (Against the Giants and stuff like that), where this is based on, or a continuation of?

Bye
Thanee

 

[Branding Opportunity]

I don't think you can transform into advanced/templated creatures with these spells, so that is not really an issue, anyways.

Ah, I didn't know that. Well, there you go.

Isn't that a bit much, considering, that would be like half the XP we got recently?

Agreed. Changed in above post.

Anyways, my guess would be, that those are monsters encountered in the old module series (Against the Giants and stuff like that), where this is based on, or a continuation of?

Nope, but a good guess.

 

[Hypersmurf]

NOTE TO ALL: First person to correctly guess where the above list of exception creatures is partially taken from gets 500100 XP for their character!

The Greyhawk Appendix to the 2E Monstrous Compendium?

-Hyp.

 

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The Greyhawk Appendix to the 2E Monstrous Compendium?

-Hyp.

Ding! Ding! Ding! And we have a winner, folks, well-played.

Give that dwarf 100 XP.

 

[Thanee]

*applause*

Ah... at least I wasn't that far off with my guess then, at least the general direction was right.

Bye
Thanee

 

[Manzanita]

Just a note to say I won't be joining this game. Looks like a good one, but I'm still too busy, just as I was when this game started. At least my games aren't dying...

 

[Branding Opportunity]

Just a note to say I won't be joining this game. Looks like a good one, but I'm still too busy, just as I was when this game started. At least my games aren't dying...

Thanks for checking back in, Manzanita.

 

[Ferrix]

Ah... fun... tomorrow... tomorrow... I'll try to read a bit more about the female paladin but I'm never really keen on taking over peoples characters.

 

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Ah... fun... tomorrow... tomorrow... I'll try to read a bit more about the female paladin but I'm never really keen on taking over peoples characters.

Well, I've been having second thoughts about that lately myself. Perhaps introducing a new character might not be such a bad idea. Especially if that character were a fightery type ...