"LA: +7"
Yes, an official Level Adjustment for Arcanaloths...which immediately made me do a dance of joy, and whip out Savage Species...because its...
TIME TO MAKE AN ADVANCEMENT CLASS!
That's right boys and girls, I am about to endeavor to convert my favorite outsiders(well, tied with vrocks) into a playable-from-1st-level advancement class.
Shemeska, as our resident 'loth, I'd appreciate your input as I work, as well as others interested in the project. I'm letting this sit while I take a friend home, then I'm coming back and getting started tonight.
Step #1: Finalizing a 3.5 monster entry based on Monster Manual II and the conversion handout.
Step #2: Find an appropriate parallel to our 12 HD, 7 LA monster among the already denoted Savage Species progressions.
Step #3: Begin to break up the Hit Dice, and nail down some of the abilities, and invent advancements for some of the more powerful ones (ex. Mental Immunity, Fly at will, etc.)
Step #4: Smear and mold until happy.
Yes indeed
I'll give some input most definately, however I don't have any of the 3.5 books (nor will I till my current campaign is over in around a year or so, no use in switching systems till its run its time). So I'll need to find my copy of the conversion document and brush up on some of the 3.5 rules etc.
*cackles and rubs clawed yet well manicured and delicate hands together*
Medium-sized Outsider (Evil, Extraplanar, Yugoloth)
Hit Dice: 12d8 (54 hp)
Initiative: +7
Speed: 30 ft. (6 squares), fly 50 ft. (poor)
Armor Class: 28 (+3 Dex, +15 natural), touch 13, flat-footed 25
Base Attack/Grapple: +12/+12
Attack: Claw +12 melee (1d4 plus poison)
Full Attack: 2 claws +12 melee (1d4 plus poison) and bite +7 melee (1d6)
Space/Reach: 5 ft./5 ft.
Special Attacks: Posion, spell-like abilities, spells
Special Qualities: Damage reduction 15/good, outsider traits, partial immunity to spells, SR 24, yugoloth traits
Saves: Fort +8, Ref +11, Will +14
Abilities: Str 11, Dex 16, Con 11, Int 20, Wis 18, Cha 17
Skills: Bluff +18, Concentration +15, Diplomacy +22, Gather Information +18, Intimidate +20, Knowledge (arcana) +20, Knowledge (the planes) +20, Listen +19, Profession (scribe) +19, Search +20, Sense Motive +19, Spellcraft +22, Spot +19
Feats: Combat Casting, Empower Spell, Improved Initiative, Iron Will, Spell Focus (Abjuration)
Environment: Any land or Underground(Gehenna)
Organization: Solitary, pair, or embassy (3-4)
Challenge Rating: 17
Treasure: Standard
Alignment: Always neutral evil
Advancement: 12-24 HD (Medium-size)
Level Adjustment: +7
Partial Immunity to Spells: Mind-affecting spells have no effect on arcanoloths.
Poison (Ex): An arcanoloth's claws are coated with poison. It delivers this poison (Fortitude save DC 16) with each successful claw attack. The initial and secondary damage is the same (1 point of Strength damage).
Spell-like abilities: At will--darkness, fly, heat metal, invisibility (self only), magic missile, shapechange, telekineses, warp wood; 1/day--fear, major image. Caster level 12th; save DC 13 + spell level.
Spells: An arcanoloth can cast arcane spells as a 12th level sorcerer.
Summon Yugoloth (Sp): Once per day, an arcanoloth can summon another arcanoloth with a 40% chance of success. This is the equivalent of a 6th-level spell.
Step #1 done.
*Starting Ability Score Adjustments: +2 Int, +2 Cha. Arcanoloths are well-educated, and gifted in the arts of speech.
*Low-light Vision: As all outsiders, arcanoloths gain lowlight vision.
*Darkvision: Arcanoloths can see in the dark up to 60 ft.
*Saves: An arcanoloth recieves a +4 racial bonus on its saves versus poisons and mind-influencing effects.
*Automatic Languages: An arcanoloth can read and speak Abyssal, Common and Infernal.
*Favored class: Arcanoloth.
*As an outsider, an arcanoloth breathes, but need not eat, or sleep. It cannot be raised, reincarnated or resurrected. It requires limited wish, wish, miracle, true resurrection, or raise outsider to return it to life.
Class Skills: Bluff, Concentration, Diplomacy, Gather Information, Intimidate, Knowledge (arcana), Knowledge (the planes), Listen, Profession, Search, Sense Motive, Spellcraft, Spot.
Class Features:
Weapon and Armor Proficiency: The arcanoloth is proficient with all simple and martial weaons but not with armor or shields.
I'm sure you realize, this does present a problem. You see, we can't have an neutral evil-aligned advancement table without having a netural good one, too.
*looms menacingly in the way that rilmani loom when there's Balance to be served*
So, you might want to get to work on a guardinal conversion of approximately equal level, or you'll be getting a visit very, very soon. If you get my drift.
((Actually, I really like what you've been doing so far ;) It's very well-done. I can't wait to see the finished product))
By the by, I have begun breaking down the race into it's subsequent levels. Expect a post within the day.
Wonderful.
You're a beautiful beautiful man Jasper, er Illithid, er Alhoon. Or something?
One small quibble, I think the advancement is missing one +2 Int somewhere - the MMII says Int 20 (= +10 Int overall), but your progression only has +8. Everything else looks spot-on though!
I assume +1 HD per level that increase BAB?
Cheers,
Zeb
In the words of the Dustman Spectre Factotum that helped my party some days ago: "Woo! Woo!"
Originally posted by ZebRaderJedi
Jasper, this looks awesome. I already yoinked and converted to a table in Word (for ease of reading).
One small quibble, I think the advancement is missing one +2 Int somewhere - the MMII says Int 20 (= +10 Int overall), but your progression only has +8. Everything else looks spot-on though!
I assume +1 HD per level that increase BAB?
Cheers,
Zeb
Yes, My chart has built unto the base +2 Int and +2 Cha listed above, and each non-"dead"-level is a Hit Dice level. Dead levels give no bonuses, which are every even level after 4th.
Astarik, male arcanoloth 1; CR 1; Medium outsider(evil); HD 1d8; hp 5; Init +2; Spd 30 ft.; AC 16, touch 11, flat-footed 15; Base Atk +1; Grp +0; Atk +1 melee (1d4-1, claw) OR +1 melee (1d8-1 longsword); Full Atk +1/+1 (1d4-1 claws) OR +1 melee (1d8-1 longsword); SQ darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision, + 4 racial vs poison, mind-affecting; AL NE; SV Fort +2, Ref +3, Will +3; Str 8, Dex 12, Con 10, Int 16, Wis 13, Cha 17.
Skills and Feats: Bluff 4(+9), Diplomacy 4(+7), Gather Information 4(+7), Intimidate 4(+9), Knowledge (arcana) 4(+7), Knowledge (the planes) 4(+7), Listen 4(+5), Search 4(+7), Sense Motive 4(+5), Spellcraft 4(+7), Spot 4(+5); Persuasive.
Equipment: Leather armor, longsword, courtier's clothing.
You can SERIOUSLY reduce the uber stat effect of having adventurer statistics applied to a monster by assuming that an arcanaloth of full HD has, in fact, used up the various stat rolls and such already.
Using a 28 point buy, for instance, and some basic reductions, I managed to reduce it to the point where the character gets +4 Int, +4 wis, and +3 Cha, and no other adjustments.
To get to the 'natural' arcanaloth statistics, just apply your bonuses from leveling and your starting point buy in such a way as to acheive it.
A good way to bring it down to LA +6.
I personally try to avoid having PCs that have a +30 ability bonus over the others, for the sake of simplicity.
Of course, considering how Charismastic she is, at least she didn't waste'em.
...Unless she's actually a COMMON arcanaloth...
And it looks really good.
Someone make a huge class that takes you from the lowest form of an exemplar race to the highest form, evolving as you go. Each time you evolve, you begin with all the abilities you would have at that level, so you don't go from a fully-formed arcanoloth to a level-1-equivalent ultraloth. You start off in your new form, but at the appropriate power level for your class level. Maybe I'm not explaining it right, but if anyone else thinks this would at least be a cool thing to see, if not actually use, then let me know. I can see some problems with it already, but it might be interesting to see happen.