Comments | zakarntson: [D&D] Monster creation?

zakarntson

[D&D] Monster creation?

Sep 21, 2006 13:42

I'm going to start running some D&D pretty soon here, so I'm working on creating some new monsters. And holy cow, is this a non-trivial practice. I figure I'll get better with time, but just trying to make a "ratling" is a chore. I'd love to be able to input a set of parameters and have it spit out a monster. I'm working on modifying the kobold ( Read more... )

rpg, gaming, dnd

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mikegentry September 21 2006, 21:18:11 UTC

I'm hardly a D&D expert, but it seems to me you can check the write-up of the Warrior class to see what bonuses that grants you, and then just take those away. So for your ur-kobold, subtract 1 from BAB, 2 from Fort save, and I guess a few skill points. Hit dice are weird, because they're treating kobolds as a base race, like elves and dwarves, and races don't have HD until they choose a class. But I suppose you can say that if a kobold isn't anything else, then it must be a Commoner, which means d4.

Disease Resistance would be an extraordinary ability, I'd guess.

zakarntson September 21 2006, 21:29:02 UTC

Oop! I just found this in the d20srd.org stuff (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/typesSubtypes.htm#humanoidType):
Humanoids with 1 Hit Die exchange the features of their humanoid Hit Die for the class features of a PC or NPC class. Humanoids of this sort are presented as 1st-level warriors, which means that they have average combat ability and poor saving throws.

Humanoids with more than 1 Hit Die are the only humanoids who make use of the features of the humanoid type.

So that's a particular hiccup I wasn't aware of. Also, why standardize types when you then apply an exception! Sigh.

counterfeitfake September 21 2006, 23:15:27 UTC

Seriously?

zakarntson September 22 2006, 00:03:19 UTC

Seriously, as in what? Don't be surprised at my inability to make new monsters. My desire to learn the arcane system of magic numbering is awful. I was hoping D20 had ironed out a lot of the guesswork that went into prior editions.

strangea September 22 2006, 06:35:28 UTC

Holy Crap, DnD! Somewhere out in the world there's a 2 year program in DM.

We gotsta get our Dawn of War on. "Dark Crusade" ships out on October 9th. We get the Necrons and the Tau. Something about a persistant army in the single player setup as well.

counterfeitfake September 22 2006, 14:48:36 UTC

I may just be around the 30-31...

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