Weregator vs werecroc

Remove all ads!

I'm looking for help in coming up with a 3.5 weregator. I've started with the werecrocodile in the Monsters of Faerun page 92. One problem that immediately jumps out is they have no hybrid form? Just humanoid and animal forms.
The werecroc has Str +16, Dex +2, Con +8, Int +2, Wis +2
What sort of changes should I make for my weregator? I can use the basic croc write up for the gator part. I just need to figure what to change. I don't know anything about crocs or gators so I would LOVE any impute you all would like to provide.

CROCODILE
Size/Type: Medium Animal
Hit Dice: 3d8+9 (22 hp)
Initiative: +1
Speed: 20 ft. (4 squares), swim 30 ft.
Armor Class: 15 (+1 Dex, +4 natural), touch 11, flat-footed 14
Base Attack/Grapple: +2/+6
Attack: Bite +6 melee (1d8+6) or tail slap +6 melee (1d12+6)
Full Attack: Bite +6 melee (1d8+6) or tail slap +6 melee (1d12+6)
Space/Reach: 5 ft./5 ft.
Special Attacks: Improved grab
Special Qualities: Hold breath, low-light vision
Saves: Fort +6, Ref +4, Will +2
Abilities: Str 19, Dex 12, Con 17, Int 1, Wis 12, Cha 2
Skills: Hide +7*, Listen +4, Spot +4, Swim +12
Feats: Alertness, Skill Focus (Hide)
Environment: Warm marshes
Organization: Solitary or colony (6–11)
Challenge Rating: 2
Treasure: None
Alignment: Always neutral
Advancement: 4–5 HD (Medium)
Level Adjustment: —

Crocodiles are aggressive predators 11 to 12 feet long. They lie mostly submerged in rivers or marshes, with only their eyes and nostrils showing, waiting for prey to come within reach.

COMBAT
Improved Grab (Ex): To use this ability, a crocodile must hit with its bite attack. It can then attempt to start a grapple as a free action without provoking an attack of opportunity. If it wins the grapple check, the crocodile establishes a hold on the opponent with its mouth and drags it into deep water, attempting to pin it to the bottom.

Hold Breath (Ex): A crocodile can hold its breath for a number of rounds equal to 4 x its Constitution score before it risks drowning.

Skills: A crocodile has a +8 racial bonus on any Swim check to perform some special action or avoid a hazard. It can always choose to take 10 on a Swim check, even if distracted or endangered. It can use the run action while swimming, provided it swims in a straight line.

*A crocodile gains a +4 racial bonus on Hide checks when in the water. Further, a crocodile can lie in the water with only its eyes and nostrils showing, gaining a +10 cover bonus on Hide checks.



WERECROCODILE
Size/Type: Medium Animal
Hit Dice: 7d8+7 (38 hp)
Initiative: +1 (Dex) as crocodile
Speed: 30 ft.; 20 ft., swim 30 ft. as crocodile
Armor Class: 10; 18 (-2 size, +1 Dex, +9 natural) as crocodile,; touch ??, flat-footed ??
Base Attack/Grapple: +?/+?
Attack: Bite +11 melee (2d8+12) or tail slap +11 melee (1d12+4)
Full Attack: Bite +11 melee (1d8+12) or tail slap +11 melee (1d12+4)
Space/Reach: 5 ft./5 ft.; 5ft. by 20 ft. / 10 ft. as crocodile
Special Attacks: Crocodile empathy; plus grab, curse of lycanthropy as crocodile
Special Qualities: Damage reduction 15/silver as crocodile
Saves: Fort +11, Ref +6, Will +8
Abilities: Str 27, Dex 13, Con 19, Int 12, Wis 12, Cha 10
Skills: Hide +0*, Listen +9, Spot +9 as crocodile
Feats: Blind-Fight, Power Attack as crocodile
Environment: Warm marshes
Organization: Solitary
Challenge Rating: 6
Treasure: None
Alignment: Always neutral evil
Advancement: By character class
Level Adjustment: —


This is the info I have found for the werecroc so far. I would greatly appreciate it if someone(s) could offer input as to how to change what for a weregator. The alignment for the werecroc says always neutral evil but I'd like the weregator to be non-evil. Even if it's just true neutral. Besides, we all know evil races sometimes have rogue members that are not evil. At least that's what Drizzt told me the other day when we last talked.
I'm in need of a write-up for all 3 forms, alligator, hunanoid, and hybrid. Actually I can skip the humanoid part because he's a Lizard folk bitten by a weregator. It happend a couple months back and he's been struggling since.

 

First, I have no clue about crocodiles or alligators in the context of D&D.

Alligators are just a subspecies of crocodilia, of which crocodiles and caiman are also subspecies. The american alligator is pretty large, but there are larger species of crocodiles. Also, males are usually significantly larger than the females.

So, if you're feeling creative, you can change the stats here and there for a weregator. But it's probably better to let you creativity guide you, because actual differences between either species are perhaps not that significant. I'd suggest that a difference based on if your character is male or female could make more sense, perhaps.

I see no reason why any animal would be evil, rather they'd kind of by default be true neutral. I guess the were-variant could be evil, but there is no reason not to let your character struggle with the animalistic side and try to be good as best he can. Alignment is more of a guideline, anyway.