Uridezu updated?

Scharlata

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Hi, fellow demons and monster updaters! :)

I searched for some little devious demons and stumbled over the Uridezu from the Manual of the Planes (not the Planar Handbook!) from 3.0. I've updated it's statistics from the WotC Update Booklet some weeks ago.

Now re-calculating the stats, I found that there are dark powers at work, who denied the poor rat-demon one feat and gave him more skill points than the petty thing deserved. Even substracting the points from Animal Empathy, they shoud be 70. Further they let the uridezu keep its Animal Empathy skill from 3.0.

Above all, the dark schemers at work have overseen that the whip is now a melee weapon (that functions in some respects like a ranged weapon) instead of the old 3.0-ranged desaster. The dark powers have not decided, what kind of weapon type the whip tail will be.

I have my proposals at my desk, but I'd like to read some comments.

Rats! :)
 

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Scharlata said:
I've updated it's statistics from the WotC Update Booklet some weeks ago.
Sorry, but are you sure that you did that? My version of the update booklet doesn't seem to have these issues.

Scharlata said:
Now re-calculating the stats, I found that there are dark powers at work, who denied the poor rat-demon one feat and gave him more skill points than the petty thing deserved. Even substracting the points from Animal Empathy, they shoud be 70. Further they let the uridezu keep its Animal Empathy skill from 3.0.
The UB adds dodge, bringing the number of feats to 3, which is correct for a 7 HD creature. I haven't calculated the skill points, but Animal Empathy certainly is not on the list.

Scharlata said:
Above all, the dark schemers at work have overseen that the whip is now a melee weapon (that functions in some respects like a ranged weapon) instead of the old 3.0-ranged desaster. The dark powers have not decided, what kind of weapon type the whip tail will be.
Yep, problem. That should propably be Tail Slap +8/+3 melee (1d2+1 subdual, see text) with a reach of 15 ft.
 

Ashardalon said:
Sorry, but are you sure that you did that? My version of the update booklet doesn't seem to have these issues.

The UB adds dodge, bringing the number of feats to 3, which is correct for a 7 HD creature. I haven't calculated the skill points, but Animal Empathy certainly is not on the list.

Hmm, I've consulted my UB and the only ones that get Dodge as "bonus" feat are some of the Paraelementals. The Armanite gets Track as Bonus feat. Are there updated versions of the Update Booklet? ;)

Yes, 3 feats for the uridezu; 1 + (1 per 3 HD) = 3
Skill Points = (8 - 1 [Int]) x 4 + (8 - 1 [Int]) x 6 = 70 + "synergy" bonus points

Kind regards
 
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Ashardalon said:
Humm... that is what my Update Booklet says:

Thanx very much!

I'm hopping mad! :mad:

MY Document does not display the text in the light grey areas of page 29!!!!

If I do a full search on the document, the word "dodge" is found in the grey area for Uridezu, but I can do nothing to change the color. It's only page 29 in MY document. I downloaded the update booklet another time, but it's the same.

Please can you give me a fully readable page 29?

Is there anyone else out there experiencing the same?

I'm loony in wonderland!

How comes that you can read the text?

Kind reagrds
 

I really should have thought of posting that. Me == stupid.
The thing is, I cannot see it in the full Update Booklet as well, but I can see it in the Update booklet that only covers the Manual of the Planes. I do not know why, but it seems we have the same problem in that regard.
 

Scharlata said:
I'm hopping mad! :mad:

AHA! Big problem with the UPDATE BOOKLET from WotC!

YOU checked the uridezu in the Manual of the Planes Update Booklet (about 7 pages). On page 7 there are legible entries in the light grey areas (and the one for the uridezu, too)!

I checked the uridezu in the Update Booklet (about 40 pages). On page 29 there are NO legible entries in the light grey areas!

Something I'll comment to custserv@WotC.

That's bizarre!

Thanx very much again!

Kind regards
 
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