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<blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 6529885" data-attributes="member: 57383"><p>Before we get too much further we should decide on his ability scores.</p><p></p><p>We gave the Reaper Str 19, Dex 18, Con —, Int 12, Wis 15, Cha 17, while his original AD&D stats were Str 15, Int 12, Wis 13, Dex 18, Con 17, Cha 8.</p><p></p><p>The General is probably a little bit better as he (it) is 4 levels higher, but should certainly have stats at least as good as the Reaper.</p><p></p><p>Don't forget that 1E <em>Oriental Adventures</em> Samurai have minimum stats of Str 13, Con 13, Int 14, Wis 13, so we'll likely want to increase his Int - it seems reasonable to assume he didn't become stupider during his transformation into undeath.</p><p></p><p>We've already figured out the General has Strength 18/01-50, which is four steps better than the AD&D Reaper's Strength 15.</p><p></p><p>We gave our 3E Reaper +4 to its Strength, for Str 19, suggesting Str 23 for the General.</p><p></p><p>A 13th level Samurai has Hit Dice of 9d10+8, for an average of 57.5 hp. The General has 102 hit points, which is 44.5 higher than average - which works out to +4.9 hits on each of his nine hit dice! So he either rolled very luckily, has a superhuman Constitution (a Con 19 would do it), or they fudged and gave him his Con bonus per level instead of per HD like they were supposed to - in the latter scenario he'd need a Con around 17 or 18 to average that many hps.</p><p></p><p>For the General's Unholy Toughness ability to give him a similar bonus per die he'll need a Charisma of 18-20. If he's a <em>literally</em> a general he'll need impressive leadership abilities, so I'm OK with 19.</p><p></p><p>For the sake of argument, we'll leave the other stats around Samurai minimum, although we may decide to tweak them further later on.</p><p></p><p>That just leaves Dexterity. He's got a decent Armour Class (AC 2, same as plate & shield) but we don't know what armour he's wearing. AD&D samurai-types tend to wear Banded (AC 4), which'd means he's got a +2 for Dex and has Dexterity 16, or possibly 14 in 3E terms. That seems about right - although it's worth mentioning his Move of 12" suggests he's either wearing magic armour or light armour in AD&D terms.</p><p></p><p>Or maybe he's secretly wearing <em>boots of striding and springing</em> and they didn't see fit to mention it.</p><p></p><p>We may have to adjust the Dexterity later on to give him a decent AC.</p><p></p><p>That gives us:</p><p></p><p><strong>Abilities:</strong> Str 23, Dex 14 or 16?, Con —, Int 14, Wis 13, Cha 19</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cleon, post: 6529885, member: 57383"] Before we get too much further we should decide on his ability scores. We gave the Reaper Str 19, Dex 18, Con —, Int 12, Wis 15, Cha 17, while his original AD&D stats were Str 15, Int 12, Wis 13, Dex 18, Con 17, Cha 8. The General is probably a little bit better as he (it) is 4 levels higher, but should certainly have stats at least as good as the Reaper. Don't forget that 1E [I]Oriental Adventures[/I] Samurai have minimum stats of Str 13, Con 13, Int 14, Wis 13, so we'll likely want to increase his Int - it seems reasonable to assume he didn't become stupider during his transformation into undeath. We've already figured out the General has Strength 18/01-50, which is four steps better than the AD&D Reaper's Strength 15. We gave our 3E Reaper +4 to its Strength, for Str 19, suggesting Str 23 for the General. A 13th level Samurai has Hit Dice of 9d10+8, for an average of 57.5 hp. The General has 102 hit points, which is 44.5 higher than average - which works out to +4.9 hits on each of his nine hit dice! So he either rolled very luckily, has a superhuman Constitution (a Con 19 would do it), or they fudged and gave him his Con bonus per level instead of per HD like they were supposed to - in the latter scenario he'd need a Con around 17 or 18 to average that many hps. For the General's Unholy Toughness ability to give him a similar bonus per die he'll need a Charisma of 18-20. If he's a [I]literally[/I] a general he'll need impressive leadership abilities, so I'm OK with 19. For the sake of argument, we'll leave the other stats around Samurai minimum, although we may decide to tweak them further later on. That just leaves Dexterity. He's got a decent Armour Class (AC 2, same as plate & shield) but we don't know what armour he's wearing. AD&D samurai-types tend to wear Banded (AC 4), which'd means he's got a +2 for Dex and has Dexterity 16, or possibly 14 in 3E terms. That seems about right - although it's worth mentioning his Move of 12" suggests he's either wearing magic armour or light armour in AD&D terms. Or maybe he's secretly wearing [I]boots of striding and springing[/I] and they didn't see fit to mention it. We may have to adjust the Dexterity later on to give him a decent AC. That gives us: [B]Abilities:[/B] Str 23, Dex 14 or 16?, Con —, Int 14, Wis 13, Cha 19 [/QUOTE]
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