The LA Assignment Thread XII: the LA-bors of Heracles

[Thurbane]

Interesting one.

Such a sloppy, quickly written 3E monster, but it still has potential as a playable race, I guess:

• Tiny Aberration
• 1/2 RHD: so should be swapped out for class level
• 5 ft speed, fly 20 ft (clumsy), plus jet backwards at 80 (or 160) feet
• +4 natural AC
• 3 bites 1d4 + poison (1d6 Cha/1d6 Cha), tail slap 1d6
• Scent, darkvision 60 ft
• Str -8, Dex +10, Int +4, Cha +2: net +8.
• OKish racial skill list (not that this applies unless you advance by HD).
• Has Weapon Finesse and Multiattack listed as feats: may be safe to assume that Weapon Finesse is a bonus feat, as it often is for tiny creatures.

They rarely speak (which is not the same as unable to speak). Very nonstandard body shape, and no manipulative digits to speak of.

The ability mods alone make this fairly attractive, with no RHD looming over you once you start taking class levels. 4 natural attacks, 3 with poison, are also decent. Flight is nice, even though it's clumsy and not very fast (but jet seems to help). +4 natural AC plus size mod to AC, on top of +10 to Dex.

Not sure what your progression here would be? Maybe caster, maybe skillmonkey?

I'll give this a tentative LA +2 for the moment: lots of good stuff, offset mainly by body shape issues. I could be argued upwards, but I don't think I'd go below +2.