Comments on: (Not so)Mini-Crunch: Killer Cyborg Ogre Ninja

By: Killer, Cyborg Ogre Ninja : criticalanklebites.com

Killer, Cyborg Ogre Ninja : criticalanklebites.com — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 08:00:41 +0000

[...] Okay, so over on ChattyDM’s message board, the “complaints” section is staffed by a Cyborg Ogre Ninja named Killer. Of course, this resulted in people statting him up, including Phil himself. [...]

By: Graham|ve4grm

Graham|ve4grm — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 19:19:38 +0000

Well, from the looks of things, we'll be back there with 4e.

By: Alex Schröder

Alex Schröder — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 15:10:09 +0000

Certainly my heart grows heavy whenever I see those Planescape stat blocks. Incredibly tiny!

By: ChattyDM

ChattyDM — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 13:59:23 +0000

Link and a few glitches in stat bloc fixed.

Stat Stealing is all right in my book and I hope that more than one someone will use that monster to make the effort valid….

Man I can’t believe I use to create those by droves for a weekly game.

Greywulf: You know I’m starting to believe that Gygax had it right the whole time. Short stat blocks was all you needed in A D&D most of the time.

By: Alex Schröder

Alex Schröder — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 13:23:00 +0000

There’s URL typo in the BFS link. To get 3E stat blocks right by the rules is major pain. But I remember in 2E I felt that picking spells and using the correctly in combat was a pain as well. And my players don’t like rules-light.

That’s why I’ve decided that stat-block stealing was going to be a major undertaking in my remaining 3E DMing days.

Done.

By: Yax

Yax — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 03:33:09 +0000

I haven’t used a full stat block in years. Now I remember why. 90 minutes is more than I spend preparing 1 game!

By: greywulf

greywulf — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 02:14:58 +0000

That rocks as a monster, without a doubt!

In the interest of making another speed comparison between systems, here’s how Killer stats up in Microlite20:

Killer Cyborg Ninja Ogre; HD 12d8+24 (84hp); AC 24; +21 Large Greatsword +2 (3d6+14) or +13 Longbow (2d6+7); Phys +15, all other @ +12; Str 24, Dex 13, Mind 8. Sneak attack as Rogue.

Time: 15 seconds, and that includes checking the stats you gave the d20 version to make sure they match.

Not bad, eh?