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so

a) the merfolk monster has +2 natural armor
b) the merfolk as PC does not
c) the 3.5 merfolk had no natural armor, and instead had leather armor

so, does the merfolk PC get +2 natural armor? or does that nice mermaid in the picture get a manatee-leather corset?

um, I also noticed that she's got a heavy crossbow that deals 1d8 points of damage...is that supposed to be 1d10, or a light crossbow, or a small heavy crossbow?

(I'm still on this crazy jag about a team of mermaids who all do wacky things to offset their slow land speed, like Barbarian, Monk, or whatever. I can finally do that write-up of the mermaid monk who wields a mean siangham)


ohako wrote:

so

a) the merfolk monster has +2 natural armor
b) the merfolk as PC does not
c) the 3.5 merfolk had no natural armor, and instead had leather armor

so, does the merfolk PC get +2 natural armor? or does that nice mermaid in the picture get a manatee-leather corset?

um, I also noticed that she's got a heavy crossbow that deals 1d8 points of damage...is that supposed to be 1d10, or a light crossbow, or a small heavy crossbow?

(I'm still on this crazy jag about a team of mermaids who all do wacky things to offset their slow land speed, like Barbarian, Monk, or whatever. I can finally do that write-up of the mermaid monk who wields a mean siangham)

PCs get the same special abilities and qualities as the monster does; it's just a mistake in the "Merfolk as PCs" writeup (the 3.5 monster manuals had so many mistakes in those sections that I just stopped using them altogether; it ended up being faster and easier to do it myself straight from the statblock).

Since the merfolk are a medium-size race, they should use medium-sized heavy crossbows, dealing 1d10 damage. Personally I think it would make more sense to give them light crossbows though :)

Osirion (Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Adventure Path, Campaign Setting, Companion, Modules Subscriber)

ohako wrote:

so

a) the merfolk monster has +2 natural armor
b) the merfolk as PC does not

You may want to post this in the errata thread for the Bestiary, if this is missing from the Merfolk as Character Section.

Also, "As Character" does not mean as PC. The Monster as PC rules are on page 313.


Also they are monsters at this point. They have not been designed with playability for PC's in mind.


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