Converting First Edition Monsters

[freyar]

Makes sense. Or longspears for a little variety.

 

[Cleon]

Makes sense. Or longspears for a little variety.

I prefer spears for the ranged attack option.

Or we could go longspears plus spear or javelin.

 

[Shade]

Any spear combo is fine by me.

 

[Cleon]

Any spear combo is fine by me.

I just realized an easy way of solving this problem was checking what the Hek in UK6 are armed with.

It turns out that the Hek tribesmen have shortswords (1-6 damage) and the leaders have longswords (1-8), with both using leather + shield as armor. Those that ride Giant Striders use light lances (1-6 damage).

So, longswords and spears for weapons? Those both do 1d6 in a small creature's hand.

 

[Shade]

I just realized an easy way of solving this problem was checking what the Hek in UK6 are armed with.

It turns out that the Hek tribesmen have shortswords (1-6 damage) and the leaders have longswords (1-8), with both using leather + shield as armor. Those that ride Giant Striders use light lances (1-6 damage).

So, longswords and spears for weapons? Those both do 1d6 in a small creature's hand.

Wow...good idea.

Yeah, that suggestion appeals.

 

[Cleon]

Wow...good idea.

Yeah, that suggestion appeals.

Add them to the Homebrew then!

 

[freyar]

Feat: Weapon Focus (longsword)?

Maybe split ranks between Handle Animal and Ride?

 

[Cleon]

Feat: Weapon Focus (longsword)?

Maybe split ranks between Handle Animal and Ride?

I'm not seeing anything to suggest they're particularly expert combatants, so I'd prefer Self-Sufficient for the feat.

 

[freyar]

Self-Sufficient is fine, though it doesn't play too well with the available warrior skills. What about something like Animal Affinity? Or do you want to spread out the bonuses a bit?

 

[Cleon]

Self-Sufficient is fine, though it doesn't play too well with the available warrior skills. What about something like Animal Affinity? Or do you want to spread out the bonuses a bit?

Animal Affinity is fine - it'll go well with their Giant Striders. We could consider Mounted Combat as an alternative, but a Strider's got AC 16 so a +4 Ride skill would make the feat of limited use.