Nosferatu Questions

[thefishcometh]

I posted this earlier in the Homebrew forum and got no reply, so I'm going to try here.
So, I'm trying to use the Nosferatu from the Pathfinder module Seven Days to the Grave in a PFRPG game, and I've been kind of stumped by the swarm form ability. Any ideas on how to update that ability to match with the new polymorph abilities in PFRPG?

[thefishcometh]

Really? No ideas?

[W E Ray]

I'll go back and read "Seven Days to the Grave" and see what I come up with. It'll likely be next week before I get to it though.

Or, if you just wanna type out the stat block of the Nosferatu, that'll probably help.

You can also put this in the Houserules Forum.

[thefishcometh]

Most of the conversion is pretty straightforward, the only ability that doesn't already have a PFRPG analog is Swarm Form.

Spoiler:

Swarm Form (Su): As a standard action, a nosferatu can change into a bat swarm, centipede swarm, rat swarm, or spider swarm. The swarm has the same number of hit points as the nosferatu, and any damage done to the swarm affects the nosferatu. While in swarm form, a nosferatu cannot use its natural claw attack or any of its special attacks, although it gains the natural weapons and extraordinary special attacks of the swarm it transformed in. It also retains all of its usual special qualities. While in swarm form, the nosferatu is still considered to be an undead creature with its total number of Hit Dice. It can remain in swarm form until it assumes another form; retakes its original form as a standard action; or until the next sunrise.

I could use it as is, but it's a bit clunky and doesn't really mesh with PFRPG's streamlined polymorph abilities. The fact that it assumes a swarm form makes it even more difficult, as that isn't really a template, just a subtype with a ton of rules attached.

[Are]

thefishcometh wrote:

I could use it as is, but it's a bit clunky and doesn't really mesh with PFRPG's streamlined polymorph abilities. The fact that it assumes a swarm form makes it even more difficult, as that isn't really a template, just a subtype with a ton of rules attached.

I would use it as is. All of the forms it can assume are monsters with full details in the Bestiary, which makes everything very easy :)

[W E Ray]

Oops, sorry, I didn't realize it was in Curse of the Crimson Throne. I've been avoiding that AP and its dreaded spoilers in the hopes that I can find someone else to DM and give them CotCT.

Damn, now I know two spoilers; there's a Rakshasa somewhere in the AP and there's a Nosferatu in the second instalment.

Ah well, I think I've done pretty good over the last couple years in keeping my eyes closed. Can't win 'em all.

(I must remember never to look in this Thread again)