WildPyre
2006-12-17, 06:14 PM
I'm currently working on a campain world and waned to include Skaven (or Ratlings) as a type of monster. (They'd nearly be replacing goblins, but thats a different thread entierly) I don't personaly have much experience at making monster stats so I thought I'd run my ideas past you to get your thoughts and comments/ideas.
Ratlings:
-2 Str, +2 Dex
Small sized
Base Speed 20 Feet
+2 racial bonus to hide, move silently, and climb
Darkvision up to 60 feet
Favored class Rogue
These are he base stats as if you were making a character from one, the basic ratling would have the warrior class, but I did it this way because I love giving intellegent monsters class levels to keep players on their toes from time to time. Nothing beats the look on a player's face to find that after they've fought their way into the goblin stronghold that the leader has a few levels in fighter, or that his second hand is a cleric 2.
I was also considering giving them a specialized weapon as a class feature, the "Ratling Claws" though I think what I'm invisioning alreadymay have stats. A basic set of curved double blades that attatch to the wrist and back of the hand. Ninjas use a similar, slightly sleeker version of the design.
Hmm thinking about it I could just have many of them take the exotic WP for them as a feat...
They'd be for a small sized creature so I'd have hem as tiny weapons so they could be duel weilded and now that I think about it my original thought of 1d6 with a crit for 19-20 may be a bit much for that, making it a 1d8 for a normal sized character, but then if I drop it to 1d4 for small sized creatures it's really no better than a short sword...
Any thoughts or comments on either of these?
Ratlings:
-2 Str, +2 Dex
Small sized
Base Speed 20 Feet
+2 racial bonus to hide, move silently, and climb
Darkvision up to 60 feet
Favored class Rogue
These are he base stats as if you were making a character from one, the basic ratling would have the warrior class, but I did it this way because I love giving intellegent monsters class levels to keep players on their toes from time to time. Nothing beats the look on a player's face to find that after they've fought their way into the goblin stronghold that the leader has a few levels in fighter, or that his second hand is a cleric 2.
I was also considering giving them a specialized weapon as a class feature, the "Ratling Claws" though I think what I'm invisioning alreadymay have stats. A basic set of curved double blades that attatch to the wrist and back of the hand. Ninjas use a similar, slightly sleeker version of the design.
Hmm thinking about it I could just have many of them take the exotic WP for them as a feat...
They'd be for a small sized creature so I'd have hem as tiny weapons so they could be duel weilded and now that I think about it my original thought of 1d6 with a crit for 19-20 may be a bit much for that, making it a 1d8 for a normal sized character, but then if I drop it to 1d4 for small sized creatures it's really no better than a short sword...
Any thoughts or comments on either of these?