Talk:Kroot (3.5e Race)

Cannibalism

How long does it take to cannibalize a corpse? Would you base this off of mass/weight, size of the creature, etc? --Ghostwheel 06:54, 13 July 2009 (MDT)

In the game I played as a Kroot the DM ruled it was one round per hitpoint. It says on the main page that a medium creature is worth 2hp so it'd take two rounds to cannibalize it. It's up to your DM, really. --Lolzords

Ghostwheel, please title your discussion posts.

Lolzords, it is really bad design to leave things up to a DM. Especially a defining feature. I would make it give 1 HP per HD of the creature and have it take either 1 round per HD (so that this is not usable in combat) or 1 standard action (so it is usable in combat). Also make sure to note that a corpse can only be cannibalized once (and presumably) is not completely consumed (which matters for some resurrection spells). --Aarnott 08:49, 14 July 2009 (MDT)

Changes have been made to the main article regarding the ability. Also fixed some spelling mistakes, I'm still in the habit of using the British spelling on here. Lolzords 09:19, 14 July 2009 (MDT)

I wouldn't bother with size differences. Bigger creatures will have more HD. You could even make it apply to only racial HD (having only class levels would count as 1 HD). Therefore, a level 60 wizard is as nutritious as a level 1 commoner. A lion, however, has a lot more meat. --Aarnott 09:41, 14 July 2009 (MDT)

Actually, come to think of it, that does make more sense. These dicussion pages are handy, aren't they? --Lolzords 10:01, 14 July 2009 (MDT)

Use the "MoI a user about this change" feature found at the bottom of the edit window to let me know when you are done with this race and I will give it a detailed look over for you if you want. --Aarnott 10:43, 14 July 2009 (MDT)

I'll do that, thanks for the offer. :) --Lolzords 11:32, 14 July 2009 (MDT)

Picture

Added a picture. It was drawn by my English teacher, so thanks to him. Lolzords 09:19, 14 July 2009 (MDT)

Changes

I lessened the natural armor bonus so now it's +1. I also changed the cannibalization ability to be a full round action which provokes an attack of opportunity. It's not meant to be used during combat, as you can see. --Lolzords 07:57, 18 July 2009 (MDT)

Added age and height and weight charts. --Lolzords 08:10, 18 July 2009 (MDT)

Annnnnd... finished! --Lolzords 15:31, 18 July 2009 (MDT)

Scratch that, not quite --Lolzords 15:43, 18 July 2009 (MDT)

Now it's done. --Lolzords 17:13, 18 July 2009 (MDT)

Review

I have made some small edits for clarity in the racial features section. You need to list a climb speed (10 ft. would probably be good). I would switch the stat bonus required for favored class fighter and barbarian. Barbarians like to have a high strength score so that it can go through the roof in a rage. It looks balanced to me and I would suggest adding a racial paragon class and some racial feats just to flesh it out a bit more. --Aarnott 10:04, 23 July 2009 (MDT)