[MLMM] Bloodytusked Warelephant

My little Monster Manual is a project where I draw some monsters and get my friends to describe them in words and stats. Each monster is described in another RPG system than the previous one.

My little Monster Manual is also a series of blog posts in English. The rest of the blog is otherwise in Danish.

Described by Morten. The RPG system is D&D.

war-elephantIIArmor Class:    5

Hit Dice:    10** (L)

Move:    120′ (40′)

Attacks:    2 tusks or 1 trample

Damage: 2d4/2d4 or 4d8

No. Appearing:    1d2 (1d20)

Save As:    F5

Morale:    9

Treasure Type: See Below

Intelligence:    2

Alignment:    Neutral

XP Value:    2500

Monster Type: Normal Animal (Rare).

The bloodytusked warelephants are bred by the Sindh for warfare against the orcish tribes of The Great Desert. They are known for their great ferocity and wild tempers. Often they go berserk in the battlefield dragging their riders around trampling foe and friend. None the less they are still considered valuable in combat. Most warlelephants are found in captivity, but every now and again a few escapes the battle field roaming the outbacks threatening local villagers.

Both males and females have tusks, which are valued 100-600 gp per tusk for the ivory.

With the charge attack the warelephant does double damage with the tusks. If the warelephant has a rider and fails a morale check, it becomes berserk. For the remaining combat it gains +10 hp and does +4 damage with each attack. It attacks the closest target while ignoring the rider and his commands.

Terrain: Open, Woods (subtropic).

Load: 9000 cn at full speed; 18000 cn at half speed.

Barding Multiplier: x3

6 thoughts on “[MLMM] Bloodytusked Warelephant

  1. Kåre Murmann Kjær

    Cool… I like the way it is in the spirit of D&D, really brings back the memories. Especially the part with the tusks; any good monster of course has something you can loot from it, and if it isn’t normal valuables at least it must have some body parts that are worth some money…

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  2. Morten Greis

    Mere præcist er det denne version af reglerne, jeg anvender: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons_Basic_Set#1983_revision

    Det er lidt tricky at holde rede på de forskellige udgaver af D&D. Den version, jeg anvender, kender de fleste som ‘Den røde æske’. Denne æske dækker lv 1-3. Derefter følger det blå (4-14), grønne (15-25) og sorte sæt (26-36) (samt det gyldne, men det er for Immortals (36 levels)). De fire æsker blev senere kompileret som Rules Cyclopedia. Dette basis D&D blev desuden relanceret i en sort æske (lv 1-5), og derefter er det udkommet et par gange mere som introduktionsspil. Da D&D ophørte som andet end introduktionsspil, tog man Advanced ud af AD&D, som på dette tidspunkt kørte på second edition. AD&D og D&D udspringer begge af det oprindelige D&D (den hvide æske: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons_%281974%29), og de er gået hver deres vej med reglerne derefter. Efter AD&D 2nd kom D&D 3rd (og man kan her regne Hackmaster som alternativ 2nd til AD&D 1st ed, og Hackmaster 2nd ed som alternativ til D&D 3,5 – mens Pathfinder D&D er D&D 3,6). D&D 3,0 blev fulgt af D&D 3,5, og derefter voldsomt revideret til D&D 4th ed.
    Noget af overgangsmaterialet mellem 3,0 og 3,5 og mellem 3,5 og 4,0 kan læses i Wizards andre d20-produkter, såsom d20 Modern-serien og Star Wars Saga edition.

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  3. Johs

    Du sender bare et billed så tegner jeg dig.

    … måske kan du også få Oliver til det (da Morten åbenbart synes han er dygtigere end mig).

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  4. Morten Greis

    Hæ, jeg antog det var en tegning over D&Ds udvikling, og Oliver er glad for at tegne modeller, men hvis det også har din interesse, Johs, så ser jeg dig gerne tegne en model.

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