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Monday, July 4, 2022

Whitehack Monsters 101: Converting a Chimera

I often see folks looking for some guidelines on converting classic dragon game monsters to Whitehack. Common points are:

  • Multiple attacks? Do I leave them as is?
  • Abilities? Do I make them keywords? Or do I treat them as described?
  • Spells? Do I make each a miracle? Do they use HP to cast them?

What do?

Well, what better way to try things out than a Chimera? The Monster Manual of old gives us this:

Chimera from the 1e Monser Manual