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What Serleran said, but other than that, I posted them for everyone to use however they wish.

CoryKhouri wrote: But, if you want to have campaigns where hero level or epic level characters go in on a venture to, say build an airship, or assist a magic user in creating magic devices for their keep, business, etc, you would have to go higher, right? I mean, at what level can a Wizard create m...

Whoops - edited to fix Kamadan/Iron Cobra. Kamadan was accidentally pasted in the middle of the Iron Cobra's description.

Rhuvein wrote:
Heh, good one. And you've got a point.

Dogres suggests dog/ogre, no?

That's what I thought too, in that they are to dogs what ogres are to men. A player came up with the half-orc half-dog thing...

Fizz wrote: Hey- I already posted a Cooshee a few months back. Plagiarism! Others look pretty nice too. Only thing that looks off to me is the Demon Dog's XP: seems a bit high (but i don't have my book handy to check). -Fizz I cribbed quite a bit from a fantastic Dragon article on dogs as well. Can...

<t>More monsters for Halloween. I've done quite a few more monsters - so it's hard to remember what I have and haven't posted. Forgive me any repeats. As usual, I've (snipped) the original 1e flavor text that I use in my notes:<br/> <br/> BOOKA<br/> <br/> NO. ENCOUNTERED: 1-4<br/> <br/> SIZE: Small<...

<t>Man's (and elf's, and orc's, and vegepygmies', and...) best friend:<br/> <br/> DOG, BESTIAL (OGS, DOGRES)<br/> <br/> NO. ENCOUNTERED: 1, 1-3<br/> <br/> SIZE: Medium<br/> <br/> HD: 3 (d6)<br/> <br/> MOVE: 30 ft.<br/> <br/> AC: 11<br/> <br/> ATTACKS: 1 bite (2d4)<br/> <br/> SPECIAL: Twilight vision...

Treebore wrote: You need to visit the rules forum over on WOTC and ENWorld some time. Yeah, there are plenty who want to do things "there way", but it becomes very entertaining when the rules lawyers show up. I don't believe 90% of the people who post to ENWorld ever actually play D&D...

Yamo wrote: I know the "named" ones like Orcus and Demogorgon are probably off-limites for copyright reasons, but doesn't it seem odd that Monsters & Treasures mirrors the old Monster Manual so much, yet doesn't include demon and devil sections? What gives? I did a few and posted them...

Craig C wrote: My suggestion would be to increase the breath weapon dice to D6/8/10 respectively. I tried D6/HD the other night and was a bit disappointed so have decided on D8+1 per HD of dragon from now on. I like the HD type based on the size of the dragon idea too. Craig At first I almost ditch...

Traveller wrote: When I said the C&C dragon isn't deadly enough, I meant it. Unless a player has a unique weapon, like Bard's black arrow or Dragonslayer, and a whole lot of luck, the dragon isn't going down. Period. I'm in the other school (I like several dragon encounters per campaign), as ca...

<t>Here's my first shot at "generic" dragons. These are considerably lower in power than those listed in the M&T or 2nd edition AD&D. They fit in fairly well with 1E power levels (I think! These haven't been playtested yet, nor do I expect them to be for at least another few games).<br/> <br...

DangerDwarf wrote: Here's what I got: Base: 250 Hps: 336 Spells: 125 Abilities: 1000 That gives a total of 1711, which sounds about right to me. If you wanted it to go higher and actually use his two big items as special abilities (I generally don't do that because the party gets Xp for gaining the...

DangerDwarf wrote: Most of the time, I stat out NPC's (even ones with classes) as a M&T write up simply for ease of XP value determination. That's what I was going for in the format I used. Something close to a M&T format, similar but different to the way they did it in 1e Deities & Dem...

<t>How would you figure experience considering he has a quite powerful magical sword that can act on its own? Maybe the item xp of the sword should figure in to that instead? <br/> <br/> His dual-class has to be illusionist then rogue, but that's just because I'm using the Zagyg multiclass/dual-clas...

DangerDwarf wrote: One thing that I've been doing for spell casting critters is using the M&T table. If a creature can utilize 1st - 3rd level spells, he gets a Special I. Not one for every spell he can cast or memorize, just a single Special I. Able to cast spells up to 5th level? A Special I ...

<t>Obviously just EGG's Obmi with a twist. I have one question: how do *#$^&! do you figure xp for NPCs like this?<br/> <br/> IMBO<br/> <br/> Dwarf Male Rog6/Ill5 (dual-classed)<br/> <br/> Lawful Evil<br/> <br/> MOVE: 20 ft., 60 ft. (boots)<br/> <br/> HP: 42<br/> <br/> AC: 17 (+1 leather, +1 rin...

Dristram wrote:
Yes.

Sorry - just a (bad) joke based on the usual response over at another forum.

Dangersaurus wrote: I also like dragons to be a little less overpowering - more like 1e and less like the 2e/C&C style (but none of this "a dragon for every class level! Even your 1st level characters should get a chance to slay dragons!" from 3E). Memory failing... I haven't looked a...

Dristram wrote: I feel the XP values for monsters is a bit low. So I give each character X.P. up to the monsters total depending on their level of participation or mostly if they were there for the whole battle or not. [Dragonfootin']Do you award xp for treasure or magic items?[/Dragonfootin']

<t>It's strange how these peoples' opinions are lining up perfectly with news blips that have appeared on 4e. Especially the opinions of hopeful freelancers. Almost spooky, but I'm sure they've had these opinions all along. They never would've flamed people into oblivion for disagreeing with the the...

<t>I prefer damage reduction to "+1 or better to hit." or "1/2 damage from slashing or piercing." <br/> <br/> I'm sticking with the BtB style for now, but I'm also treating it as DR (5 + 5/+1 or special material required) if the attack would be a "crushing blow" in 1e, or if the attacker has a prime...

ceallach66 wrote: Another newbie question... The initiative rules state that if the initiative d10 roll is tied, the dexterity should be compared. But what is the dexterity of a monster? I know the Saves entry ('P', 'M' or 'Both') indicates what attributes are Primes, but how do I tell (or estimate...

<t>I'll see your googachoob and raise you a callooh and a callay, by way of Gygax and Dungeonland.<br/> <br/> THE WALRUS<br/> <br/> NO. ENCOUNTERED: 1 (Unique)<br/> <br/> SIZE: Medium<br/> <br/> HD: 12 (d8)<br/> <br/> MOVE: 20 ft., 40 ft. (swim)<br/> <br/> AC: 17<br/> <br/> ATTACKS: 1 bite (2d6), 2 ...

rabindranath72 wrote: Has anyone imported rules from AD&D to C&C? Most of the material I have is for AD&D, so I was thinking of essentially using C&C classes (with some tweaks), races (idem) and the combat rules; essentially, the core of C&C. All the rest would be AD&D (some...

Metathiax wrote: I use an expanded 2E D&D secondary skills list. It's included in my house rules but, since you use the CZ: Class Options & Skills, you might find it of limited use... Hi Methathiax - I am thinking of using your necromancer class from your house rules. There are some spells ...

Should've read further - I didn't realize that bit had already been appropriately mocked.

Tank wrote: I'm one of those people that jumped ship and started playing C&C after my dissatisfaction with D&D 3.x. As of now, I'm keeping an open mind towards fourth edition. If it's good, I'll buy a PHB. It if it's really good, I'll switch back to playing D&D. Of course, my definition...

<t>Some quick non-spoilery NPCs from my campaign notes, a trainer, the city watch, a merchant and a wizard:<br/> <br/> (Looking at the higher level fighters, you may notice some numbers after Combat Dominance: I've changed this so that you gain 1 attack/2 levels against 0-level humanoids and creatur...

Jyrdan Fairblade wrote:
That's a nice monster, and from the sound of it a very cool campaign that spawned it.

It was fun, but it ended up strangling to death on the 3E rules around 15-16th level (in other words, after 8 months of playing).