Re: Conversion

Flits3 Frietmuts meandered fecklessly...

> ******* I didn't converted them to magical beasts because
> of the description of magical beasts

I have since had a chance to peruse the official writeup, and
I would agree that magical beast is not quite appropriate.


> > Damage: Ram 1d6
>
> The butt attack of a medium-sized porpoise does 2d4, which seems
> suitable. Bigger creature but lower speed. The Strength bonus should
> be added, for 2d4+4 (see below)
>
> ******** For a beast it would be 1d4 Slam, 1d6 claw,
> 1d8 Gore and Bite. The original Delphinid did 1d6 points \
> of damage so I kept it in that order. True perhaps the strength
> was too high but perhaps with a slight increase the Delphinid
> would do 1d6 + Str damage.

In addition to the Dragon guidelines for creating creatures,
I highly recommend comparing a creature to similar creatures
in the 3e MM. While the Dragon article may say one thing,
when the designers decide to vary, it is often a good precedent.
I think that if a medium-size dolphin can do 2d4 with a type
of attack, then surely a larger, stronger creature attacking
in the same manner should do the same or more damage.


> > Special Qualities: Low-light Vision, Darkvision 60 ft
>
> Generally you don't need to list these with a creature. Yeah, small
> nitpick, I know.
>
> ******** Why not. Do all creatures have these abilities? They are linked
with Beasts... so I thought.....

Virtually all creatures in the MM have darkvision. See  page 5.
The beasts also has low-light vision. These are assumed qualities
that go with the creature type, and don't need to be listed, which
is why it is not listed for creatures in the MM, despite the fact
they all have it.

Again, its a nit-picky thing; you are not wrong to include it,
just that for official-style writeups it is unnecessary.


> > Skills:Listen +6, Hide +5, Spot +5
>
> A beast or magical beast of this size and Intelligence should have
> 22 skill points. Only 10 are spent here.
>
> ******* I hate pointing skills to creatures. Simply too lazy. Any
proposals?

You havea good start. I would probably use remaining points
to add to these.


> > Feats:Weapon Finesse (Ram)
>
> Beasts don't normally gain feats (though animals don't either, yet a
> porpoise gains Weapon Finesse as well), but if they were magical
> beasts they would have 2. Improved Initiative or Weapon Focus
> might be a good choice for a second feat.
>
> *******Dams and slapped in my face again. Just found the
> correct scanns again. You were right, right and right again.
> Did you do much conversions? You sound like a pro here. : )

Oh, a little bit here and there. I am running a 3e game based
on 2e modules, and have had to convert the creatures that
don't have 3e versions yet.



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