Dragonlance.com has just posted official rules for the dreadwolf, the servants of Galan Dracos seen in The Legend of Huma.
The dreadwolf is created using the dread beast template found in Towers of High Sorcery.
Enjoy!
Sweet! I'll definately use it when people come over in an hour.
Looks like we posted this just in time!
Let me know how it goes, man.
In the years of the Third Dragonwar, the renegade wizard Galan Dracos committed a great many wicked deeds. Perhaps the worst of his foul creations are the dread beasts. Dracos used a variety of animals, but preferred wolves most of all.
Dreadwolves are undead monsters, animated from the corpses of wolves, who serve as the spies and agents of Galan Dracos during the Third Dragon War. Since his time, the secret to making dread beasts has spread. Now both Black Robe wizards and renegades use Dracos's rituals to create their own hideous dread beasts, including the vile dreadwolves.
Hmm. I see no mention of Greymir. Would this be a weaker version than the original mutation, or the results of an advanced version of the spell that gets the same effects from merely normal wolfs?
Looks like we posted this just in time!
Let me know how it goes, man.
I worked out wonderfully. I'm actually running a quasi pre Agge of Despair campaign. Well, trying to run it as best I can with what little I know about it. I threw 3 of them up against the party (6 people average level of 4th). I Killed 3 mounts, maimed 2 PCs, and killed 1 other outright before the cleric thought to try to turn them! I'm assuming they can be turned as normal undead but the DC increases by +4.
Then out came the elven necromancer/cleric of Chemosh with his skeletal entourage and cleaned up the rest. Everyone had fun, even though they all died.
Hmm. I see no mention of Greymir. Would this be a weaker version than the original mutation, or the results of an advanced version of the spell that gets the same effects from merely normal wolfs?
Wasn't Greymir a wolf in the service of Habbakuk? I don't see the connection.
Wasn't Greymir a wolf in the service of Habbakuk? I don't see the connection.
The dreadwolves were the corrupted children of Greymir. Since Greymir was effectively a dire wolf, I'd imagine there would be a significant difference in dreadwolves created from his children as opposed to regular wolves.
The dreadwolves were the corrupted children of Greymir. Since Greymir was effectively a dire wolf, I'd imagine there would be a significant difference in dreadwolves created from his children as opposed to regular wolves.
Sure. Just apply the template to a dire wolf. You can produce other interesting variants of the standard dreadwolf by applying the dread beast template to a worg or winter wolf.
Cheers,
Cam
Sure. Just apply the template to a dire wolf. You can produce other interesting variants of the standard dreadwolf by applying the dread beast template to a worg or winter wolf.
Cheers,
Cam
Now why didn't I think of that. I mean, doh.
Edit: going by that I think Greymir himself would make a great paragon dire wolf.
So you can apply multiple templates to a single creature? If so, THEN LET THE GAMES BEGIN!
You have to do it one at a time. If a template changes the base creature into another creature type, the next template you apply must still be a legitimate template for the new creature type.
For example, the vampire template can only be applied to a humanoid or monstrous humanoid creature. You can't apply it to a wolf, and you can't apply it to a half-dragon half-human (human with half-dragon template) since although the base creature for the half-dragon was human, its type has changed to "dragon".
Cheers,
Cam
The dreadwolves were the corrupted children of Greymir. Since Greymir was effectively a dire wolf, I'd imagine there would be a significant difference in dreadwolves created from his children as opposed to regular wolves.
I always took "his children" not to be his literal children, but his descendants, i.e. wolves.
Geez, now I have to make stats for Greymir. Thanks a lot, guys.