Which book is the Firenewt in?

[Tuzenbach]

Or an even better question for this forum, has anybody created any custom Firenewt races? And PLEASE don't tell me it didn't make it to 3.0/3.5! I'll be upset.



Oh, on a purely side note, though not completely off the subject, has anyone worked out what sort of damage the Firenewt's breath weapon would do depending on it's level? Thanks!

 

[Staffan]

The Firenewt is in Monsters of Faerûn, and got a really minor update in the Player's Guide to Faerûn web enhancement. Their BW is pretty weak: 1d6 damage, DC 12, only one target within 5'.

 

[Tuzenbach]

Thanks! I was hoping someone had a PC Firenewt with some house rules for the BW. 1d6 is how much they got in 1E! Faerun, eh? I'll have to check that out.

 

[the Jester]

Much more than 1d6 from the breath and they'd no longer be a low-level monster.

 

[Tuzenbach]

I'm seeing the date of this book as 2001, so that means 3.0. Has this been updated to 3.5 yet via some intriguing download? I checked the WotC site and could find zero.

 

[the Jester]

I believe Player's Guide to Faerun has update info for the beasties in Monsters of Faerun.

btw, it annoys me to no end that a bunch of perfectly good generic monsters got stuck into MoF and pulled from 'standard' books (such as the firenewt).

 

[Alzrius]

I'm seeing the date of this book as 2001, so that means 3.0. Has this been updated to 3.5 yet via some intriguing download? I checked the WotC site and could find zero.

I believe Player's Guide to Faerun has update info for the beasties in Monsters of Faerun.

Actually, it is an intruiging download. They couldn't fit the 3E-to-3.5E monster conversions in the PGtF, so its now a free web enhancement.

 

[Tuzenbach]

Is there a some kind soul who'd like to briefly list how the BW for a PC Firenewt might be different from a regular monster Firenewt? Thanks!

 

[Staffan]

Is there a some kind soul who'd like to briefly list how the BW for a PC Firenewt might be different from a regular monster Firenewt? Thanks!

As far as I can tell, the only difference would be that the save DC should be based on the PC's stats, and maybe level.

 

[Terraism]

As far as I can tell, the only difference would be that the save DC should be based on the PC's stats, and maybe level.

I believe - and don't have my books with me, so I can't check - but I'm fairly certain ability DC's are always set by 10 + 1/2 HD + relevant ability mod. For a breath weapon, I'd wager that the ability is either Dexterity or Constitution.