My take on the standard troll or stone troll for c&c

crom10 · Post by **crom10** » Sat Feb 21, 2009 6:42 am

The entry for trolls in the M&T guide list three different hit dice for trolls; 6d8, 7d8 and 9d8. But, the only ones discussed are the 7d8 river troll and the 9d8 hill troll and nothing for the 6d8 entry? I don't know why that is? I thought perhaps the 6d8 was for a more common troll and since trolls are named after certain elemants, I thought I would create my own entry for Stone Trolls. So here it is;

No. encoutered: 1-8

Size: Large 7' to 8' tall

HD: 6d8

Move: 30ft.

Ac: 16

Attacks: 2 claw (1d4 each), 1 bite(1d8), Weapon

Special: Rend, Dark vision 60ft., Twilight vision, Regeneration 2, Rock throwing

Saves: P

Int: Low

Alignment: CE

Type: Giant

Treasure: 5

XP: 360+6

Stone Trolls stand 7 or 8 feet tall. They wear woollen shirts and ragged pants and some don caps or woollen hats. They are man shaped with thick limbs especially their forearms. Most have protuding bellies that are constantly being filled with ale and food usaully meat. They have large dark eyes, earthen skin tones, pointy ears that stick out the sides of their heads and tusks that jut from tbe upper and lower jaw. They are usaully found in groups up to 8. Stone Trolls love meat even man flesh or dwarf or halfling, etc., but they relish the taste of mutton above all else! They stage raids upon farms, hamlets and other settlements in the middle of the night to slaughter and plunder especailly for food and drink. They will make off with the livestock singling out sheep and goats for their nightly bonfire feasts. They are always complaining and bickering, arguing and poking fun at each other. But, when the dawn's rays peek over the hills, the Trolls retreat into secret caverns until night comes agian for the sun's rays will turn trolls back into that which they came from. Stone.

Combat: Though they have large hands with claws and tusks, trolls prefer to use weapons such as large clubs, mallets, cudgels, mauls and huge axes to smash their foes asunder. Any of these weapons will do 2d6+4 damage in a stone trolls hands. Trolls can also throw large rocks and stones up to 120 feet doing 2d4 damage. They use large knives ( large for Trolls) to gut and skin their prey.

For other information and abilities see M&T pg. 80 & 81.

Thats it. Let me know what you think guys.

Treebore · Post by **Treebore** » Sat Feb 21, 2009 7:08 am

Looks great to me, and I really enjoy "The Hobbit" feel you gave them.
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Relaxo · Post by **Relaxo** » Sat Feb 21, 2009 12:05 pm

agreed.

looks good!

crom10 · Post by **crom10** » Sat Feb 21, 2009 3:28 pm

Thanks for the compliments guys!

Omote · Post by **Omote** » Sat Feb 21, 2009 3:36 pm

No doubt, good stuff.

See this is one of the reasons I wish TLG would release more monster books. At the rate of the fine critters that you and others are creating, I'll never have to have another TLG Monster book. I can just use what you have hear and go with it!

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Lord Dynel · Post by **Lord Dynel** » Sat Feb 21, 2009 8:14 pm

Nice work, crom! Indeed, an excellently written up piece!
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gideon_thorne · Post by **gideon_thorne** » Sat Feb 21, 2009 10:58 pm

Well the 6d8 is a typo. (fixed for the 4th printing) But hey, your approach works too.
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Treebore · Post by **Treebore** » Sat Feb 21, 2009 11:45 pm

Third printing. 4th printing is the PH.

At least I hope you meant the third printing of M&T, and not the 4th, however many years down the road that would be.
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gideon_thorne · Post by **gideon_thorne** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 1:41 am

Treebore wrote:
Third printing. 4th printing is the PH.

At least I hope you meant the third printing of M&T, and not the 4th, however many years down the road that would be.

*chuckles* Ya. I'm sitting at a convention in Dallas right now, and all the people are a bit distracting. Especially the girls in the black fetish wear.
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Lord Dynel · Post by **Lord Dynel** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 2:03 am

gideon_thorne wrote:
*chuckles* Ya. I'm sitting at a convention in Dallas right now, and all the people are a bit distracting. Especially the girls in the black fetish wear.

Exactly. Don't ya hate when that happens?

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serleran · Post by **serleran** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 2:33 am

Always nice to see alternate versions and new creations.

Me, I don't use these by the book, but I do like to see something original... or, at least new to C&C.
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paladin2019 · Post by **paladin2019** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 3:23 am

gideon_thorne wrote:
*chuckles* Ya. I'm sitting at a convention in Dallas right now, and all the people are a bit distracting. Especially the girls in the black fetish wear.

An' ya ain't sharing the pics

Lurker · Post by **Lurker** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 3:55 am

Quote:
Looks great to me, and I really enjoy "The Hobbit" feel you gave them.

I agree there! I always hated the old trolls, "mindless and regeneration" never worked for me.

Quote:
Especially the girls in the black fetish wear.

Distracting might be a word you can use but I'd probable use a few other words to describe it!!!
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jeff · Post by **jeff** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 2:31 pm

paladin2019 wrote:
An' ya ain't sharing the pics

You'll notice he didn't say what kind of convention he was at. We'll probably see video of it on HBO well after prime time.
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