The 3e flavor text talks a lot about their diet, and in PFRPG, outsiders don’t need to eat. I’ve also made it a magical beast instead of either an outsider (3e) or construct (5e). So I’ve hearkened back to the original, 3rd edition version of the steel predator, although I have borrowed the roar effect being a stun, not a deafen, from the 5e version. I probably should have included this in my Xenomorphitude post, since it looks like it came from an HR Giger petting zoo. The 5e version is jagged in shape and has a matte finish, and I like the sleeker, shinier version that Sam Wood did. I also dislike the change to its visual aesthetic. Plus, it refers to a “rogue hexton”, which is weird because D&D 5e hasn’t bothered to stat up any modrons except for the drone tier, not any of the nobles like hextons are. It’s a magical assassin, of which there are plenty of already, and it’s a construct when the original was alive. [Nominally, this set of monsters is about D&D 5e conversions, but I do not like the 5e steel predator. Image by Sam Wood, © Wizards of the Coast.
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