Rod of the Python clarification?


Rules Questions


In the PPRG, the size of the snake isn't completely clear.

PRD wrote:

If the user throws the rod to the ground (a standard action), it grows to become a constrictor snake by the end of the round.

Was this an intentional reduction from the 3.5E version? (emphasis mine)

3.5 SRD wrote:

If the user throws the rod to the ground (a standard action), it grows to become a giant constrictor snake by the end of the round.

Now that we have the bestiary (well, the pdf anyway), the regular constrictor is a medium (CR2) snake. Should the Giant Template be applied?

If not, is the rod really worth it's 13k gp value? A standard +1/+1 quarterstaff should be in the 4k gp range (2k for each side's +1 bonus).

That leaves about 9k gp for a snake that can't constrict anything bigger than a halfling.

Am I missing something?


Yes. A halfling. Get out there and find your new snake a playmate!


LOL.

A player in my partially-homebrew campaign won't be happy. I'll admit the giant version appeared to be a bit too good; mostly due to the oddities of 3.5E grapple. I think I'll have to house-rule this to be a giant one also.

Anybody figured out those stats yet? (yes, I'm just that lazy! ;)

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