Zombimode
2011-09-13, 04:28 PM
While converting the classic Fighting Fantasy gamebook "The Warlock of the Firetop Mountain" into a 3.5 dungeon crawl (it totaly works! there is absolutly no young adult red dragon at the end that an ECL 3-4 party cant never even hope to defeat *nanana* cant hear you) I am stuck a the following creature:
There is this room with Hand and Star tiles. If you touch the Hand tiles, "ghostly" hands erupt from these tiles and the one you have touched grabs your leg. You have to "fight" it, and after you defeat it, all other hands also cease to exist.
Now, there are some problems: it is described as "ghostly" which sort of implies an incorporal creature. But in D&D incorporal creatures cant make grapple attacks. Plus the Hero in the book can kill these things just fine with a nonmagical weapon, which is also impossible in D&D. Besides it would be a tiny creature, which suck at grappling.
Any suggestions?
There is this room with Hand and Star tiles. If you touch the Hand tiles, "ghostly" hands erupt from these tiles and the one you have touched grabs your leg. You have to "fight" it, and after you defeat it, all other hands also cease to exist.
Now, there are some problems: it is described as "ghostly" which sort of implies an incorporal creature. But in D&D incorporal creatures cant make grapple attacks. Plus the Hero in the book can kill these things just fine with a nonmagical weapon, which is also impossible in D&D. Besides it would be a tiny creature, which suck at grappling.
Any suggestions?