Special Conversion Thread: Lycanthropes and their ilk

[Cleon]

Yep, the goblin is a perfect fit.

I think we can move on to flavor text.

How's this:

A little humanoid creature entirely covered with long, grey-brown hair streaked with green tints. It has the head of some sort of animal, with a short muzzle and beady black eyes peering from amidst its hair. The creatures hands and feet end in long, curved claws.

Tree weresloths in humanoid form tend to be pot-bellied and gangly-limbed, with long, unkempt hair. They often have twigs, leaves and other detritus tangled in their hair. Tree weresloths usually live as forest aborigines, dressing themselves in very basic garments such as breechcloths or skirts made from local, natural materials like bark or animal skin.

The tree weresloth presented here is a 1st-level goblin warrior and natural lycanthrope, using the following base ability scores: Str 13, Dex 11, Con 12, Int 8, Wis 9, Cha 10.

COMBAT

Tree weresloths try to hide in the treetops and snipe at their enemies with missile weapons. They usually fight in hybrid form.

In animal form, a tree weresloth’s claws are so blunt and slow they are treated as a secondary attack and add only half the weresloth's Strength bonus to damage.

 

[Shade]

Looks great!

 

[Cleon]

Looks great!

Updating Working Draft.

Done?

 

[freyar]

I'd say this one is done. On to the larger version?

 

[Shade]

I'd say this one is done. On to the larger version?

I think so.

 

[Cleon]

I think so.

I'd better start a Working Draft then...

 

[Cleon]

I'd say this one is done. On to the larger version?

Blast it, the tree weresloth's goblin form is missing its +2 increase to NA. Better amend it.

 

[Cleon]

Weresloth Working Draft

Ground Weresloth

Ground Weresloth, Half-Orc Form
Medium Humanoid (Orc, Shapechanger)
Hit Dice: 1d8+1 plus 4d8+20 (43 hp)
Initiative: +0
Speed: 30 ft. (6 squares)
Armor Class: 15 (+3 studded leather armor, +2 natural), touch 10, flat-footed 15
Base Attack/Grapple: +4/+6
Attack: Falchion +6 melee (2d4+3/18-20) or javelin +4 ranged (1d6+2)
Full Attack: Falchion +6 melee (2d4+3/18-20) or javelin +4 ranged (1d6+2)
Space/Reach: 5 ft./5 ft.
Special Attacks: —
Special Qualities: Alternate form, darkvision 60 ft., sloth empathy, low-light vision, scent
Saves: Fort +9, Ref +4, Will +3
Abilities: Str 15, Dex 11, Con 12, Int 6, Wis 11, Cha 8
Skills: Listen +6, Spot +5, Swim +3
Feats: Alertness, Great Fortitude, Iron Will (B)
Environment: Any forest, hill, or plains
Organization: Solitary, pair, family (3-4), or pack (6-10)
Challenge Rating: 5
Treasure: Standard
Alignment: Always neutral
Advancement: By character class
Level Adjustment: +3

Ground Weresloth, Sloth Form
Medium Humanoid (Orc, Shapechanger)
Hit Dice: 1d8+1 plus 4d8+20 (43 hp)
Initiative: +1
Speed: 30 ft. (6 squares)
Armor Class: 20 (+1 Dex, +9 natural), touch 11, flat-footed 19
Base Attack/Grapple: +4/+8
Attack: Claw +8 melee (1d4+4)
Full Attack: 2 claws +8 melee (1d4+4) and bite +3 melee (1d6+2)
Space/Reach: 5 ft./5 ft.
Special Attacks: Curse of lycanthropy, improved grab, pin down
Special Qualities: Alternate form, damage reduction 10/silver, darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision, scent, sloth empathy
Saves: Fort +13, Ref +5, Will +3
Abilities: Str 19, Dex 13, Con 20, Int 6, Wis 11, Cha 8
Skills: Listen +6, Spot +5, Swim +5
Feats: Alertness, Great Fortitude, Iron Will (B)
Environment: Any forest, hill, or plains
Organization: Solitary, pair, family (3-4), or pack (6-10)
Challenge Rating: 5
Treasure: Standard
Alignment: Always neutral
Advancement: By character class
Level Adjustment: +3

Ground Weresloth, Hybrid Form
Medium Humanoid (Orc, Shapechanger)
Hit Dice: 1d8+1 plus 4d8+20 (43 hp)
Initiative: +1
Speed: 30 ft. (6 squares)
Armor Class: 20 (+1 Dex, +9 natural), touch 11, flat-footed 19
Base Attack/Grapple: +4/+8
Attack: Falchion +8 melee (2d4+6/18-20) or claw +8 melee (1d4+4) or javelin +5 ranged (1d6+4)
Full Attack: Falchion +8 melee (2d4+6/18-20); or 2 claws +8 melee (1d4+4) and bite +3 melee (1d6+2); or javelin +5 ranged (1d6+4)
Space/Reach: 5 ft./5 ft.
Special Attacks: Curse of lycanthropy
Special Qualities: Alternate form, damage reduction 10/silver, darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision, scent, sloth empathy
Saves: Fort +13, Ref +5, Will +3
Abilities: Str 19, Dex 13, Con 20, Int 6, Wis 11, Cha 8
Skills: Listen +6, Spot +5, Swim +5
Feats: Alertness, Great Fortitude, Iron Will (B)
Environment: Any forest, hill, or plains
Organization: Solitary, pair, family (3-4), or pack (6-10)
Challenge Rating: 5
Treasure: Standard
Alignment: Always neutral
Advancement: By character class
Level Adjustment: +3

A burly creature, half humanoid and half beast, covered in a pelt of foot-long hair. Its head is somewhat sheep-like, with dull eyes and small blunt teeth. The creature's arms are far more formidable, powerfully muscled and ending in long, curved claws.

Ground weresloths in humanoid form tend to have pot-bellies and robust arms. Their hair is usually long, unkempt hair and is often tangled with twigs, leaves and other debris. Ground weresloths typically live as forest aborigines, dressing themselves in very basic garments such as breechcloths or skirts, usually woven from the fibers of local plants.

The weresloth presented here is a 1st-level half-orc warrior and natural lycanthrope, using the following base ability scores: Str 13, Dex 11, Con 12, Int 8, Wis 9, Cha 10.

COMBAT

Ground weresloths are not typically aggressive, but they are violent when roused. Unimaginative combatants, they prefer to rush into melee, usually remembering to change into animal or hybrid for the fight. In humanoid form, they fight with weapons as available, while their strong instinct in sloth form is to pin down their opponent.

Alternate Form (Su): A weresloth can assume the form of a lesser ground sloth or a sloth-humanoid hybrid.

Curse of Lycanthropy (Su): Any humanoid or giant hit by a weresloth’s bite attack in animal or hybrid form must succeed on a DC 15 Fortitude save or contract lycanthropy.

Improved Grab (Ex): If a ground weresloth in animal form hits an opponent that is at least one size category smaller than itself with a claw attack, it deals normal damage and attempts to start a grapple as a free action without provoking an attack of opportunity. If it gets a hold, it can pin down the opponent on its next successful grapple check.

Pin Down (Ex): A ground weresloth in animal form can make a grapple check against an already grappled opponent in an attempt to pin it down. If successful, the opponent is pinned down beneath the weresloth's claw. Pinned opponents take claw damage each round they are pinned, including the round in which the pin is established.

Sloth Empathy (Ex): Communicate with tree sloth, ground sloth and dire sloth, and +4 racial bonus on Charisma-based checks against tree sloth, ground sloth and dire sloth.

 

[Cleon]

While doing the previous weresloth I realized our Lesser Ground Sloth conversion has a problem with its Pin Down special attack, which uses the same text as the Mylodon:

Pin Down (Ex): A Mylodon can make a grapple check against an already grappled opponent in an attempt to pin it down. If successful, the opponent is pinned down beneath the Mylodon's claw. Pinned opponents take trample damage each round they are pinned, including the round in which the pin is established.

What's the problem? Unlike Mylodon, the Lesser Ground Sloth doesn't have a trample attack. I suggest changing "trample damage" to "claw damage".

 

[freyar]

Changing to claw damage makes sense.

The new weresloth looks pretty good at the moment.