What are the bonuses for being small?

[trentonjoe]

I am currently working on a small hag creature and I can't remember what you get for being small.

I know it is:

+1 to AC
+1 to hit
+4 to hide checks

I feel like I am missing some stuff though.


Here is the link if you'd like to see the creature:

http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=26897

 

[Stalker0]

-2 to str I believe

and of course your innate cute to larger women (well maybe not a hag)

 

[Greybar]

Here's all the info you need:

OGL Creature Overview

Three cheers for the Open Gaming Foundation and Ryan Dancey!

John

 

[trentonjoe]

Thanls for the link but it didn't give any skill modifiers for sizes. Maybe there aren't any? I thought there were at least a couple.

 

[Celebrim]

Skill Checks: +4 to hide is the only official one I know of. I make extensive use of a feat of my own 'Lithe' that allows the creature to add its AC bonus from size to a variety of skills: climb, balance, escape artist, jump, and tumble. Even if you don't do something like that, jump and climb as written are semi-broken because they depend upon strength NOT strength to weight ratio (as they should). This means that for instance, a fly, which ought to climb easily doesn't, because it's climb bonus is based on its strength (which is negligible). Balance is an interesting case, because the smaller you are the wider any given thing you are supposed to be balancing on becomes. Balancing on a 4" wide beam is no problem for a 1" wide mouse. So, you have to make some modifications to the DC when you talk about balancing on something X wide when the size of creature is quite different than human.

It seems like the default is to handle this yourself by giving appropriate racial bonuses, but in many cases it is really related to size.