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Still working thru the Creature Catalog from Dragon Magazine #89. The hyena and giant hyena referenced below have stats that can be found in the DM's Basic Rules . Ghuuna Large humanoid (gnoll, shapeshifter), chaotic evil Armor Class 14 Hit Points 58 (9d8 + 18) Speed 30 ft. (40 ft. in hyena form) STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA 15 (+2) 13 (+1) 14 (+2) 10 (+0) 11 (+0) 10 (+0) Skills Perception +4, Stealth +3 Damage Immunities bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage from nonmagical weapons that aren’t cold iron Senses passive Perception 14 Languages Gnoll (can’t speak in hyena form) Challenge 3 (700 XP) Shapechanger.   The ghuuna can use its action to polymorph into a giant hyena, or back into its true form, which is a large gnoll. Its statistics, other than its AC, are the same in each form. Any equipment it is wearing or carrying isn’t transformed. It reverts to its true form if it dies. Keen Hearing and Smell.   The ghuuna h...

Moved to my new blog here .

Moved to my new blog here .

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So it's been a week since I've given you any crunch.  I'm picking and choosing thru the Creature Catalog from Dragon Magazine Issue #89.  I don't think I'll be converting all of them.  To be honest, I don't see myself using all of them.  Today I give you the Fachan.  Based off a creature from Scottish folklore, also known as Peg Leg Jack.  Variations of the Fachan have appeared in 2e in both the Savage Coast Monstrous Compendium and the Forgotten Realms Appendix II for the Monstrous Compendium, though I only used info from Dragon Magazine #89. Fachan Large giant, chaotic evil Armor Class 12 Hit Points 59 (7d10+21) Speed 30 ft. STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA 19 (+4) 8 (-1) 16 (+3) 5 (-3) 10 (+0) 7 (-2) Condition Immunities prone Skills Perception +5 Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 15 Languages Common, Giant, sometimes Orc Challenge 2 (450 XP) Ability.   ...

I got some invaluable monster number crunching help from surfarcher.  Tweaked a few of the stats in the previous monster listings to balance them better. You can check out surf's masterful 5e monster crunching over at his blog.  http://surfarcher.blogspot.com.au/

I've been a big fan of The Angry DM for awhile now.  Just wanted to give a shout out to this rant of his.  http://www.madadventurers.com/angry-rants-the-raw/ The picture above, and the title of this post are my two favorite parts of it.