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Kamal

Just a couple of very quick additions to this thread (at request ), first up is a 'template' that quite commonly turned up in the OCR/RCR:

Maddened Beast (Template)
   Maddened beasts are rarities in the galaxy, mainly because sentients have to destroy them whenever they are encountered for the safety of society.
   Maddened beasts are creatures that have usually undergone some form of trauma, causing their minds to snap. The resultant creature attacks without thought of self-preservation and will never stop fighting until either they or their opponents are dead. They literally become engines of destruction.
   While it is unusual, the same process may occur in (semi-) sentient creatures with the same results.

Modifications
   To create a maddened beast, make the following changes to an existing creature (referred to as the base creature).
   Challenge Level: Increase the base creature’s CL by 2.
   Defences: The base creature gains a +5 Rage bonus to its Will Defence.
   Hit Points: Increase the base creature’s hit points by 50%.
   Attacks: The base creature gains a +2 Rage bonus to all their melee attacks.
   Skills: The base creature may reroll all Initiative checks, keeping the better result.

Second is a beast I've rewritten for my conversion of the RCR mini-adventure The Wellspring I've recently converted to SE [(SE) The Wellspring v1.00]:

Brachian Beastlord CL 13
Medium Maddened Beast 12
Init +10 (may reroll, keeping the better result); Senses: Low-light Vision, Scent; Perception +13
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Defences Ref 19 (Natural Armour +5, Flat-footed 15), Fort 16, Will 17
HP 189; Threshold 16
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Speed 6 squares
Melee 4 Slams +20 each (1d4+15) and
   Bite +20 (1d6+15 plus poison)
Base Atk +9; Grp +18
Atk Options: Crush, Pin, Power Attack
Special Actions Poison
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Abilities Str 28, Dex 18, Con 22, Int 6, Wis 15, Cha 13
Special Qualities: Constrict, Low-light Vision, Poison, Scent
Feats: Crush, Pin, Power Attack, Skill Training (Stealth), Weapon Proficiency (Simple Weapons)
Skills: Perception +13, Stealth 15, Survival +8
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Constrict: A beastlord that succeeds in grappling an opponent can use the Crush and Pin feats as normal. When crushing, however, a beastlord deals 2d6+15 points of damage.
Poison: If a beastlord deals damage to a living target with its Bite attack, the target is also poisoned. If the poison succeeds on an attack roll (1d20+12) against the targets Fortitude Defence, the target takes 2d8+1 points of damage and moves -1 step along the condition track. If the attack fails, the target takes half damage and doesn't move along the condition track. Beastlord toxin attacks every hour until cured with a DC 24 Treat Injury check.
Scent: Beastlords ignore concealment and cover when making Perception checks within 10 squares, and they take no penalty from poor visibility when tracking (see Survival skill SECR, page 73).

Very nice (and while Colossal may not be big enough, a mention in the JATM suggests that you can't go above that size classification)!

One addition I might suggest is adding Damage Reduction that retains its effectiveness against lightsabres, given the beasts traits in the episodes of The Clone Wars it turned up in.

I think DR 20 (though it would have to be noted that lightsabres do not ignore it) would be appropriate - Anakin gave, what felt like, a negligent attack against the Zillo beast (thus he did not put his full strength behind it) - so call it 2d8+Str mod. DR 20 would negate, if not all the damage, the vast majority of it.

Also, the Zillo beast appeared to be impervious to all but heavy weapons.


My instinct would be DR 20 (or higher, but not much more than 30).