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<blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 7219336" data-attributes="member: 57383"><p>We haven't done any fish, cetaceans or avians lycanthropes for the CC, which makes the dolphin, eel and owl a <em>bit</em> more interesting than the Dog, but none of them really stand out from the others.</p><p></p><p>Oh let's just do them in alphabetical order.</p><p></p><p>That'd put the Dog first.</p><p></p><p>Its original entry is:</p><p></p><p><strong>Weredogs:</strong> These Lawful Good creatures resemble large dogs such as mastiffs, St. Bernards, or German shepherds. Their bites do 1d6 points of damage. They have 3 hit dice +3. Weredogs appeared as a canine counter to the werewolves. They are often Good-aligned people whose personalities were so strong that they managed to alter the effects of the impending lycanthropy. Weredogs are sworn to destroy the more numerous and powerful werewolves. Unfortunately, most people still have trouble telling weredogs and werewolves apart. Consequently, those the weredog tries to help may be scared and turn against it.</p><p></p><p><em>Originally appeared in FR7 - Hall of Heroes (1989)</em>.</p><p></p><p>That suggests we use either the SRD <strong><a href="http://www.d20srd.org/srd/monsters/dogRiding.htm" target="_blank">Riding Dog</a></strong> or the CC's <strong><a href="http://www.enworld.org/creaturecatalog/Conversions/Dog,%20War.htm" target="_blank">War Dog</a></strong> as the base animal.</p><p></p><p>Both would give us the Medium size and 3 HD described above, but the original's bite damage of 1d6 is lower than the War Dog in both AD&D (2d4) and our CC conversion (1d8), so I'd go for a Riding Dog.</p><p></p><p>I was thinking Human for the base creature.</p><p></p><p>Oh, and I am inclined to make the "Lawful Good and enemy of werewolves" bit an "In Faerûn" subsection. Don't see why all Weredogs need to be LG.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cleon, post: 7219336, member: 57383"] We haven't done any fish, cetaceans or avians lycanthropes for the CC, which makes the dolphin, eel and owl a [I]bit[/I] more interesting than the Dog, but none of them really stand out from the others. Oh let's just do them in alphabetical order. That'd put the Dog first. Its original entry is: [B]Weredogs:[/B] These Lawful Good creatures resemble large dogs such as mastiffs, St. Bernards, or German shepherds. Their bites do 1d6 points of damage. They have 3 hit dice +3. Weredogs appeared as a canine counter to the werewolves. They are often Good-aligned people whose personalities were so strong that they managed to alter the effects of the impending lycanthropy. Weredogs are sworn to destroy the more numerous and powerful werewolves. Unfortunately, most people still have trouble telling weredogs and werewolves apart. Consequently, those the weredog tries to help may be scared and turn against it. [I]Originally appeared in FR7 - Hall of Heroes (1989)[/I]. That suggests we use either the SRD [B][URL="http://www.d20srd.org/srd/monsters/dogRiding.htm"]Riding Dog[/URL][/B] or the CC's [B][URL="http://www.enworld.org/creaturecatalog/Conversions/Dog,%20War.htm"]War Dog[/URL][/B] as the base animal. Both would give us the Medium size and 3 HD described above, but the original's bite damage of 1d6 is lower than the War Dog in both AD&D (2d4) and our CC conversion (1d8), so I'd go for a Riding Dog. I was thinking Human for the base creature. Oh, and I am inclined to make the "Lawful Good and enemy of werewolves" bit an "In Faerûn" subsection. Don't see why all Weredogs need to be LG. [/QUOTE]
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