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Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2008 20:38:37 GMT -6
I am in the process of expanding my TLBBs to include monsters from other D&D sources; and I want to stick with pre-supplemental combat system (d6 HD and damage). While I realize that I should just go with what I feel works, I am a little curious. Does anybody have any advice or wisdom to pass along from their own efforts?
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Post by jrients on Nov 9, 2008 21:08:50 GMT -6
When making new monsters I try to keep a couple of things in mind:
Should this critter be as tough as an orc? An ogre? A giant?
I keep ACs in the 5 to 7 range unless the monster is particularly hard or soft.
1d6 damage is enough for most cases. 2d6 is best reserved for really bad dudes.
The more special abilties a critter has the harder it is to run without looking it up, so when adapting monsters from later sources I tend to cut back special abilities for ease of play.
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Post by apeloverage on Nov 9, 2008 21:27:44 GMT -6
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Post by Deleted on Nov 12, 2008 19:04:50 GMT -6
Thanks for the advice and the link.
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Post by snorri on Nov 13, 2008 3:41:54 GMT -6
I realized, with my french translation / adaptation, that most animals have fewer hit dice than in AD&D montser manual. A wolf has 2d8+2 or someting like this in ad&d, and it is suggested that it has 1d6 in Od&d (it can killed with an arrow, which is fine). So I downsized other animals accordingly.
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