Enhanced Monsters Description Options

[aigleborgne]

Monsters will be closed to P&P, somewhere between 2nd and 3rd edition.
I will release a first version in july or august.

Optional component "Constitution affects monsters hit points"
Monsters will follow fighter table to gain hit points bonus based on their constitution (up to level 9)
It's not a P&P rule but it is very logical to me.
Let's compare 2 creatures:
- a level 8 cleric with 16 constitution : 80 hp
- a level 8 polar bear with 19 constitution : 72 hp (64 + 8 according to P&P)
A mighty polar bear has less hit points than a cleric! With this component, it would have 104 hp

Below major changes for each monsters: (if only minor changes, won't be listed here)
APR : attack per round

Ankheg
Weaker than ingame. Bioware used their special ability "Acidic Enzymes" as a normal ranged attack. In P&P, they can use it once per day in a desperate situation !
- Reduced APR from 2 to 1 as in P&P
- Acidic Enzymes change to a spell, can be used once per day
- Grab : a melee hit success will entangle target, something described in P&P (ankheg try to attract its victim in the underground)

Banshee
- Horrific Appearance : fear nearby foes, cast every 6 rounds.

Lesser Basilisk
- Petrification is now a spell, so it can also attack

Greater Basilisk
- Petrification is now a spell, so it can also attack
- Foul Breath : kill anyone around its mouth if they fail to save, cast every round
- Strong stats : beware if you install "Constitution affects monsters hit points", it adds 54 hp, making them very powerful !

Bears
- Faster (same speed as humans)
- Strong strength and constitution
- Hug attack (15% on every attack, damage depends on bear type)
- Grizzly (not found in P&P) is between Cave bear and Mountain/Polar bear
- Only Black Bears have non magical paws

This post has been edited by aigleborgne: Jun 18 2011, 01:26 PM

[aigleborgne]

Carrion Crawler, Crypt Crawler, Mutated Crawler : not many changes beside APR. They are still very easy to kill but now they are more dangerous in melee due to their double APR
- 8 APR
- P&P combat behavior : hold every target before killing them one by one

Death Knight (aka Demon Knight) : tougher due to a better script (as all spellcasters will) and very close to P&P
- a bit less powerful characteristics (althrough a few are better)
- aura of fear
- power word (blind, stun, or kill) once per day
- symbol (fear or pain) once per day
- 20 dice fireball once per day
- 2 dispel magic per day
- can't be turned
- at will : detect invisibility, wall of ice
- spell turning : 55% to autocast spell turning each round, 9 spell levels, one round duration. this is something closed to P&P

This post has been edited by aigleborgne: Oct 15 2011, 09:01 AM