Re: Q'nidar --> A vexing issue of immunity

There's rarely such thing as true elemental immunities in 3E.  I like it!  I
think it adds an extra depth to the monster.

Yours truly,
Sable

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Doolan" <markdoolan@?????????????????.com>
To: <SPELLJAMMER-L@??????.???????.com>
Sent: Friday, May 03, 2002 11:20 AM
Subject: [SPELLJAMMER] Q'nidar --> A vexing issue of immunity


    I am looking at the Q'nidar and found myself wondering how I wanted to
run the monster. It is originally listed as immune to fire but if it take
too much damage from fire it crystallize. I was wondering if the following
might represent best how its power best work into 3E.

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Fire Resistance (Ex): Q'nidar have fire resistance 20.

Fire Absorption (Ex): The Q'nidar can absorbs fire damage that exceeds it
fire resistance. When doing so the Q'nidar does not take this fire damage
but converts it to energy for it to digest latter. The q'nidar can
store/absorb a maximum of 64 points of fire damage. Once absorb this energy
the Q'nidar consumes this energy at a rate of 8 points per hour.

Crystallize (Ex): The Q'nidar begins to crystallize once it starts to take
fire damage that has exceeded its fire resistance 20 and it fire absorption
limits. The crystallization process is complete when the Q'nidar takes
damage equal to it normal hit point total. Each hit point of crystallization
counts as hit point of damage for propose of slaying the beast.
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So let me know what you think of this approach of the Q'nidar's unique
ability to crystallize from fire even though by 2E it is immune to fire. I
took the above approach cause I have players that would state that if they
threw enough fireballs and other such attacks at the Q'nidar it should be
possible to crystallize them. So the crystallization is a form of fire
damage to

Mark T. Doolan
The Shattered Fractine
http://www.shatteredfractine.com

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