Monsters: Faerun Monsters

Monsters: Faerun Monsters

I've been asked to convert a lot of Forgotten Realm stuff, so expect to see content from the FR books to pop up from time to time here. First, let's convert some monsters. Tressyms are flying, intelligent cats. Rothes are Faerun-specific herd animals used as cattle. Winged vipers and two-headed adders are Faerun-specific snakes.

Monsters: Automatons

Monsters: Automatons

Automatons (isn't the plural form automata?) are clockwork constructs given quasi-consciousness via shadow magic. I actually like them a lot, I've used them several times in my D&D games, but not in GURPS. At least yet.

Monsters: Random Animals

Monsters: Random Animals

In this post, I update some of my old conversion notes - several random animals from the D&D books. As far as I recall, I based the stats on GURPS Animalia and made some adjustments. One thing remains a mystery to me - why was the indricothere printed in Fiend Folio? That's so out of place.

Monster: Dreamthief Hag

Monster: Dreamthief Hag

Dreamthief hags are psychically empowered night hag variants.

Monster: Harvester Devil (Falxugon)

Monster: Harvester Devil (Falxugon)

One thing that I've noticed about Fiendish Codex II is that most of the new devils are overloaded with special abilities. I really like the falxugon, I even used it in one of my games once, to the great dismay of the players/PCs.

Monster: Topaz Dragon

Monster: Topaz Dragon

Another gem dragon from Monster Manual II. This one tends to live on the Plane of Water, can control weather and damage it receives.

Occupational Template: Druid

Occupational Template: Druid

Reworked druid.

Monsters: Dusklings

Monsters: Dusklings

Dusklings are extraplanar fey creatures with a penchant for incarnum use and savagery. They make a fine player race.

Monster: Mnemor

Monster: Mnemor

Mnemors are psychic devils that are quite forgettable. I do not understand how Paizo authors decide on which abilities will be magical and which abilities will be psychic. Seems random to me.

Monster: Sapphire Dragon

Monster: Sapphire Dragon

Sapphire dragons are all about psychoportation and strategy.

Occupational Template: Bard

Occupational Template: Bard

Another template reworked to use my bardic spellcasting method.

Monster: Painajai

Monster: Painajai

A psychic demon that stalks in the Region of Dreams.

Monster: Hellfire Wyrm

Monster: Hellfire Wyrm

This is not a true dragon, so it does not get 12 age categories. A fiendish agent that lives among the humanoids. While writing this one up I noticed a major mistake that should affect a lot of statblocks, but by the time this post is up all mistakes should be fixed.

Occupational Template: Barbarian

Occupational Template: Barbarian

And now the barbarian template. The one from DF was used as a base, scaled down, and a lot of options were added or rearranged. I think now it should be closer to my vision of a D&D barbarian.

Monster: Yu Lung (Carp Dragon)

Monster: Yu Lung (Carp Dragon)

And now the last of the lung dragons - the carp dragon. This is the larval form of all other lung dragons that transforms into a random mature form instantly as soon as it reaches a certain age, like a pokemon. That one of the tasks finished!

Occupational Template: Ranger

Occupational Template: Ranger

DF scout reworked into being a D&D ranger. The differences are quite significant.

Monsters/NPCs: Azurins

Monsters/NPCs: Azurins

Azurins are incarnum-infused humans. If I recall things correctly, I've already converted their racial template that consists of two traits - Short Lifespan 1 [-10] and Regeneration (Slow) [10].

Monster: House Brownie

Monster: House Brownie

Just another house faerie from the Dragon Magazine.

Monster: Malebranche

Monster: Malebranche

Malebranches are flying devils, not very bright, but very strong.

Occupational Template: Rogue

Occupational Template: Rogue

This one uses the DF Thief template as a base. Added a lot of social traits, rearranged some skills, scaled down to 150 points.

Monster: Lung Wang (Sea Dragon)

Monster: Lung Wang (Sea Dragon)

The last one of the mature lung dragons. This one is quite interesting, because it is quite significantly different from the other dragons - it's a turtle!

Powers/Sorcery: Permanency

Powers/Sorcery: Permanency

I touched the subject of permanency in my metamagic post, but let's discuss it in more detail here.

Monster: Gambol

Monster: Gambol

Remember my huge post with apes and monkeys? Apparently I missed one.

Monster: Conflagration Ooze

Monster: Conflagration Ooze

A sentient ooze that seeps fiery toxin on everything. Can talk! Comes in two variants - normal and infernal.

Sorcery: Forgotten Realms Spells I

Sorcery: Forgotten Realms Spells I

The first batch of spells from the Forgotten Realms setting ported over to Sorcery. Spiderform is a specialized polymorph spell. Spider Curse is an incredibly expensive spell that turns a person into a drider-like creature and temporarily enslaves it. Mass Badger Paws takes inspiration from Mass Burrow. The non-mass version is pretty much identical to GURPS' Badger Paws, so let's just make a mass version. Ball Lightning is a bit different from Ball of Lightning. Blindsight and Tremorsense are sensory spells.

Monster: Chiang Lung (River Dragon)

Monster: Chiang Lung (River Dragon)

And another lung dragon.

Powers/Sorcery: Raw Magic/Spellfire and Wild Magic

Powers/Sorcery: Raw Magic/Spellfire and Wild Magic

This is how I use raw magic and wild magic in my games. The spellfire part probably deserves a separate template or other extensions.

How to: Shaman Abilities

How to: Shaman Abilities

Remember the shaman class from D&D 3.0? No, I'm not talking about the spirit shaman or the dragon shaman, but about the regular shaman from Oriental Adventures. This is actually a very powerful class in terms of versatility, but in my GURPS games it works a bit differently.

Monster: Emerald Dragon

Monster: Emerald Dragon

And another psionic dragon from the Monster Manual II.

Occupational Template: Sorcerer

Occupational Template: Sorcerer

I know that there's the sorcerer template in Pyramid #3-82, but here's my take on it.

Powers: Random Mana Level Generation

Powers: Random Mana Level Generation

Magical spells and abilities rely on mana in GURPS. The description and the fact that this is a limitation imply that low-mana areas are more common than high mana areas. Personally, I've always found myself forgetting about including mana level variations, but I promised myself to be wary of this in the future. What if you want to determine the local mana level on the fly? The area in question can be as large or as small as you want.

Sorcery/Powers: Metamagic

Sorcery/Powers: Metamagic

No, I do not mean meta-spells. I mean D&D-style metamagic. By default, Sorcery does not really allow for that, but let's see what can be done with it!

Monster: Dissolution Ooze

Monster: Dissolution Ooze

Basically just an ochre jelly that likes eating incarnum with a slightly different acid. Nothing interesting, but at least something incarnum-related!

Monsters: Demons V

Monsters: Demons V

And even more demons from the Fiendish Codex. Only two from that book are left, excluding the demonic aspects.

Monsters: Demons IV

Monsters: Demons IV

Another batch of demons. There's still a lot left!

Monsters: Devils

Monsters: Devils

Let's convert some extra devils from FCII.

Monster: Asperi

Monster: Asperi

Asperis are cold-infused flying horses that can "ride the wind".

How to: Warlock Abilities

How to: Warlock Abilities

Warlock is a beloved class from D&D 3.5. Basically, the warlock is an arcane spellcaster whose powers originate from a pact with a powerful fiend (an sometimes other beings).

Monster: T'ien Lung (Celestial Dragon)

Monster: T'ien Lung (Celestial Dragon)

Still chipping away at the lung dragon conversions.