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DnDChick	One Step At A Time Pathfinder Monsters	Lead	[-]
Posts: 11406 Nov 28 09 8:26 AM Demon Queen of Templates Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Tags : None Ok, gang! It's official. I'm impressed with Pathfinder. So, to blow the dust off of my monster-making skills and get me acquainted with the new rules for monster design, I'm starting up the One-Step-At-A-Time game. The Pathfinder Bestiary has great monster design rules, but if you don't have it, the same rules can be found online with the Pathfinder Reference Document. They even have a step-by-step walk through for making monsters, so those are the steps we'll follow. Paizo changed things around so they made more sense, so we'll do that too! So... here we go! One-Step-At-A-Time is back! Step 1: Concept Pathfinder starts with the CR, and builds around that, unlike 3.x, wherein you made the monster and then tried to shoehorn a CR into it. So, we'll do the same. It makes SO much more sense to do things that way. Thanks for the DUHHH moment, Paizo. It's so obvious! The first person to respond to this post can determine the monster's CR. This will also provide us with the general guidelines for choosing ability scores and such when we get to that step. The Order of the Dice... OF DOOM!: My game group's website. Necromancer Games: 3rd edition rules, 1st edition feel! Pathfinder: An evolution of the 3.5 rules set of the world's oldest fantasy roleplaying game, designed using the feedback of tens of thousands of gamers. Savage Worlds: Fast! Furious! Fun! Last Edited By: DnDChick Nov 29 09 8:27 AM. Edited 2 times.
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CsonTep		#1	[-]
Posts: 25 Nov 30 09 7:56 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	How about CR 8.
DnDChick		#2	[-]
Posts: 11406 Nov 30 09 8:14 AM Demon Queen of Templates Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	CR 8 it is! Next we go on to... Step 2: Target Statistics These are really just guidelines, but we'll be coming back to this step from time to time to make use of the handy-dandy Monster Statistics by CR table there. Before we can do the next step, we need to know the monster type. That way we can look it up on the Creature Hit Dice table in Step 3 and get a good idea of what the hit dice should be. So... Step 3(a): Type The first person to respond to this post can determine the monster's type. The Order of the Dice... OF DOOM!: My game group's website. Necromancer Games: 3rd edition rules, 1st edition feel! Pathfinder: An evolution of the 3.5 rules set of the world's oldest fantasy roleplaying game, designed using the feedback of tens of thousands of gamers. Savage Worlds: Fast! Furious! Fun!
Damien the Bloodfeaster		#3	[-]
Posts: 12033 Nov 30 09 8:21 AM Vampire Scion Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Monstrous humanoid! Author: Mother of all Encounter Tables, Bits of Magicka 1-3 Coauthor: Rappan Athuk Reloaded Bits of Magicka: Pocket Items - 2008 ENnies Honorable Mention
DnDChick		#4	[-]
Posts: 11406 Nov 30 09 9:49 AM Demon Queen of Templates Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Ok then! CR 8 Monstrous Humanoid. Next up is... Step 3(b): Hit Dice The first person to respond to this post can determine the monster's Hit Dice. Please refer to the Creature Hit Dice table under Step 3 to get a good idea of about how many HD a CR 8 Monstrous Humanoid should have. We can adjust it later if need be based on size and other factors later on in monster design. The Order of the Dice... OF DOOM!: My game group's website. Necromancer Games: 3rd edition rules, 1st edition feel! Pathfinder: An evolution of the 3.5 rules set of the world's oldest fantasy roleplaying game, designed using the feedback of tens of thousands of gamers. Savage Worlds: Fast! Furious! Fun!
Sen the Collector		#5	[-]
Posts: 3869 Nov 30 09 8:20 PM Dark Walker of the Planes Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	According to that table, 100 hp is the average for that CR. However, I think we should be able to give the guy some neat powers so I'd go with either 85, or two steps down, 70 hp. Of the two, I think I'd prefer 85 hp.
DnDChick		#6	[-]
Posts: 11406 Nov 30 09 8:24 PM Demon Queen of Templates Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	We're looking for Hit Dice, not hit points. We can calculate hit points when we know what its Con score is. The HD range for a CR 8 monstrous humanoid is from about 9-12. The Order of the Dice... OF DOOM!: My game group's website. Necromancer Games: 3rd edition rules, 1st edition feel! Pathfinder: An evolution of the 3.5 rules set of the world's oldest fantasy roleplaying game, designed using the feedback of tens of thousands of gamers. Savage Worlds: Fast! Furious! Fun!
Sen the Collector		#7	[-]
Posts: 3869 Nov 30 09 9:09 PM Dark Walker of the Planes Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Sorry, I didn't scroll down far enough. It lists 10 HD as the average, so let's go with that. I'm assuming that we can still add at least a couple of interesting abilities at that HD. If not, then I'd rather 9 HD. I don't want it to be another boring basher.
DnDChick		#8	[-]
Posts: 11406 Dec 1 09 7:15 AM Demon Queen of Templates Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Okie-doke! We have a CR 8, 10 HD monstrous humanoid. Step 4: Size The first person who responds to this post can determine the monster's size. The Order of the Dice... OF DOOM!: My game group's website. Necromancer Games: 3rd edition rules, 1st edition feel! Pathfinder: An evolution of the 3.5 rules set of the world's oldest fantasy roleplaying game, designed using the feedback of tens of thousands of gamers. Savage Worlds: Fast! Furious! Fun!
DnDChick		#9	[-]
Posts: 11406 Dec 2 09 11:15 AM Demon Queen of Templates Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Come on, peeps! Our partially-formed blob of a monstrous humanoid needs a size! The Order of the Dice... OF DOOM!: My game group's website. Necromancer Games: 3rd edition rules, 1st edition feel! Pathfinder: An evolution of the 3.5 rules set of the world's oldest fantasy roleplaying game, designed using the feedback of tens of thousands of gamers. Savage Worlds: Fast! Furious! Fun!
Damien the Bloodfeaster		#10	[-]
Posts: 12033 Dec 2 09 11:31 AM Vampire Scion Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Go with Medium, sez I! Author: Mother of all Encounter Tables, Bits of Magicka 1-3 Coauthor: Rappan Athuk Reloaded Bits of Magicka: Pocket Items - 2008 ENnies Honorable Mention
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DnDChick		#11	[-]
Posts: 11406 Dec 2 09 11:34 AM Demon Queen of Templates Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	A Medium, CR 8, 10 HD monstrous humanoid. Now we can get down to ability scores! First up is STRENGTH. The first person to respond to this post can determine the monster's Strength. The Order of the Dice... OF DOOM!: My game group's website. Necromancer Games: 3rd edition rules, 1st edition feel! Pathfinder: An evolution of the 3.5 rules set of the world's oldest fantasy roleplaying game, designed using the feedback of tens of thousands of gamers. Savage Worlds: Fast! Furious! Fun!
stldnder		#12	[-]
Posts: 166 Dec 3 09 9:34 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	How about a strength of 20? "The worthy GM never purposely kills players' PCs. He presents opportunities for the rash and unthinking players to do that all on their own." - E. Gary Gygax (1938-2008) Robert E. Bledsaw (1942-2008): Judges Guild Worldwide, Inc. founder and president. David L. Arneson (1947-2009): Co-creator of Dungeons and Dragons.
DnDChick		#13	[-]
Posts: 11406 Dec 3 09 10:26 AM Demon Queen of Templates Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Great! Now for Dexterity. The Order of the Dice... OF DOOM!: My game group's website. Necromancer Games: 3rd edition rules, 1st edition feel! Pathfinder: An evolution of the 3.5 rules set of the world's oldest fantasy roleplaying game, designed using the feedback of tens of thousands of gamers. Savage Worlds: Fast! Furious! Fun!
CsonTep		#14	[-]
Posts: 25 Dec 4 09 7:08 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Dexterity 15
DnDChick		#15	[-]
Posts: 11406 Dec 4 09 7:56 AM Demon Queen of Templates Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Ok! Now Constitution! And as a side note, whoever decides on the monster's Con, keep in mind that according to the CR table, a CR 8 monster should have about 100 hit points. With 10 HD, it's going to have a base of 55 hit points, which means that in order to make up the difference, it's Con should be fairly high, but not much higher than 20. The Order of the Dice... OF DOOM!: My game group's website. Necromancer Games: 3rd edition rules, 1st edition feel! Pathfinder: An evolution of the 3.5 rules set of the world's oldest fantasy roleplaying game, designed using the feedback of tens of thousands of gamers. Savage Worlds: Fast! Furious! Fun! Last Edited By: DnDChick Dec 4 09 7:59 AM. Edited 1 times.
stldnder		#16	[-]
Posts: 166 Dec 4 09 11:28 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	20 it is, then, for constitution. "The worthy GM never purposely kills players' PCs. He presents opportunities for the rash and unthinking players to do that all on their own." - E. Gary Gygax (1938-2008) Robert E. Bledsaw (1942-2008): Judges Guild Worldwide, Inc. founder and president. David L. Arneson (1947-2009): Co-creator of Dungeons and Dragons.
DnDChick		#17	[-]
Posts: 11406 Dec 4 09 11:36 AM Demon Queen of Templates Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	This one is going to be a bruiser! He has strong physical ability scores, so he might be fairly weak in the mental ones. If he's high all around, we might think about boosting his CR, but that will come later once we get a better feel for him. So, the first person to respond to this post can determine the monster's Intelligence. The Order of the Dice... OF DOOM!: My game group's website. Necromancer Games: 3rd edition rules, 1st edition feel! Pathfinder: An evolution of the 3.5 rules set of the world's oldest fantasy roleplaying game, designed using the feedback of tens of thousands of gamers. Savage Worlds: Fast! Furious! Fun!
Sen the Collector		#18	[-]
Posts: 3869 Dec 4 09 12:54 PM Dark Walker of the Planes Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Bruisers are boring. 14. At least he'll be able to have some skill points to spend.
DnDChick		#19	[-]
Posts: 11406 Dec 4 09 1:34 PM Demon Queen of Templates Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	True! So next up is Wisdom. He's a smart bruiser, but how much common sense does he have? The Order of the Dice... OF DOOM!: My game group's website. Necromancer Games: 3rd edition rules, 1st edition feel! Pathfinder: An evolution of the 3.5 rules set of the world's oldest fantasy roleplaying game, designed using the feedback of tens of thousands of gamers. Savage Worlds: Fast! Furious! Fun!
Mister Frau Blucher		#20	[-]
Posts: 1594 Dec 5 09 2:37 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	This guy has to have some weak points - WIS should be one. Its strong and smart, but a social boor, and easily influenced - 6 WIS. NECROMANCER - Mantle Plume School Programmed adventures for TFT/LAW: http://www.darkcitygames.com/ Free The Beggar's Street Bravos Foo foo drinker - not that there is anything wrong with that.
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