Converting monsters from Tales From The Infinite Staircase

[freyar]

Int 3 is fine by me.

Tactics: Nightmare rats attack from ambush, relying on their phantasmal killer ability to bring down prey. When confronted, however, they flee unless cornered or defending their nest.

 

[Cleon]

Int 3 is fine by me.

Updating Nightmare Rat Working Draft.

Tactics: Nightmare rats attack from ambush, relying on their phantasmal killer ability to bring down prey. When confronted, however, they flee unless cornered or defending their nest.

How about:

Nightmare rats attack from ambush, trying to bring down prey with their phantasmal killer ability. They flee if confronted, but fight viciously when cornered or defending their nest.

 

[freyar]

That'll do.

Description: A large rat? Not sure what to say there.

 

[Cleon]

That'll do.

Updating Nightmare Rat Working Draft.

Description: A large rat? Not sure what to say there.

A giant rat of peculiarly vile appearance. It has an air of malevolence that is almost fiendish.

Nightmare rats are supernatural entities who occasionally appear in areas where a dream dimension incurs into the material world. Some scholars believe they are an illusory manifestation of the fear of rodents, rather than "real" physical creatures. If these nasty little monsters are material creatures, they are most likely the mutated descendants of ordinary rats that somehow crossed over into a dimension of dreams.

A nightmare rat can grow to be 2 feet long [?] and weighs up to 8 pounds [?].

 

[freyar]

That looks good, including the size. It's quite big for a rat but not as big as a dire rat, so that should work.

Organization: solitary ?
CR: 1 ?

 

[Cleon]

That looks good, including the size. It's quite big for a rat but not as big as a dire rat, so that should work.

Updating Nightmare Rat Working Draft.

Organization: solitary ?
CR: 1 ?

I'm OK with Challenge Rating 1 but am undecided on the Organisation.

The original adventure featured a single rat, but that doesn't exclude the possibility of them being encountered in groups.

We could use a different Organisation if we wanted to, such as the "Solitary or pack (11-20)" of the SRD's Dire Rat or even the "Plague (10-100)" of the normal Rat.

Come to think of it, do Nightmare Rats even come in swarms...

 

[freyar]

The original adventure featured a single rat, but that doesn't exclude the possibility of them being encountered in groups.

We could use a different Organisation if we wanted to, such as the "Solitary or pack (11-20)" of the SRD's Dire Rat or even the "Plague (10-100)" of the normal Rat.

I think I'd go with the "Solitary or Pack (11-20)" option, maybe even add a "family (2-6)" if you like.

Come to think of it, do Nightmare Rats even come in swarms...

Only in your dreams!

 

[Cleon]

I think I'd go with the "Solitary or Pack (11-20)" option, maybe even add a "family (2-6)" if you like.

If we're adding an intermediary quantity we might as well have it span the whole gap.

Organization: Solitary, family (2-10), or pack (11-20)

Only in your dreams!

A dream to some... a nightmare to others!

 

[Cleon]

A dream to some... a nightmare to others!

I wonder how many people will recognize the source of this quote.

 

[freyar]

Can't say I mind either way about the size of the family.

I think we'd agreed to cut the swim speed (but you'd leave it in your Cleon Special(TM) version).

Are they ready to go after that?