Yeah, let's make Eschew Materials a bonus and replace it with Spell Penetration.
Okay then.
Updating the
Slaiyith Working Draft.
OK, if we do a psionic version, does manifesting as a 9th level psion sound right? That's 72 points, 19 powers known with max level of 5. Following the usual level progression, that's 5 at 1st, 4 at 2nd, 3rd, and 4th, and 2 at 5th.
You're forgetting the 18 Bonus Power Points it receives from its class level and Intelligence 18.
Okay, so we're talking 19 powers and something like:
Psionic Slaiyiths
A psionic slaiyith differs from the standard slaiyith in the following ways:
Special Attacks: Blood drain, improved grab, psionic powers, quickness
Feats: Blind-Fight, Combat Reflexes, Lightning Reflexes, Power Attack, Power Penetration, Psionic Endowment
Psionic Powers: A psionic slaiyith manifests powers as a psion of 9th level.
Typical Psionic Powers Known (power points 90; save DC 14 + power level)
1st—???, ??? (DC 15) [minimum of 5 powers, max of 19];
2nd—???, ??? (DC 16) [maximum of 14 powers];
3rd—???, ??? (DC 17) [maximum of 10 powers];
4th—???, ??? (DC 18) [maximum of 6 powers];
5th—???, ???ᴬ (DC 19) [maximum of 2 powers].
ᴬ power can be Augmented.
The save DCs are Intelligence-based.
What about discipline? If we're limiting it to one discipline that'll SERIOUSLY restrict its power selection and won't let us mimic its original sorcerer spell list. I'm inclined to fudge the issue and not list a discipline, like with the
Blue in the SRD:
SRD said:
Psionic Powers:
The blue described here is a 1st-level psion.
Typical Psion Powers Known (power points 3*; save DC 13 + power level):
1st—inertial armor, mind thrust (DC 14), psionic charm (DC 14).
Manifester level 1st. The save DCs are Intelligence-based.
*The blue shown here has already manifested inertial armor; its reserve is normally 4 power points.
Although it's worth noting that the SRD example of a Blue would be a Telepath following standard Psion rules since
psionic charm is from the Telepath list.
Okay, the Slaiyith has:
0—arcane mark, detect poison, dancing lights, detect magic, ghost sound (DC 14), mage hand, read magic, resistance;
1st—charm person (DC 16), expeditious retreat, magic missile, shield; true strike;
2nd—eagle's splendor, invisibility, acid arrow, web (DC 16);
3rd—dispel magic, hold person (DC 18), major image (DC 17);
4th—dimension door, fear (DC 18).
Which is fourteen spells and eight cantrips, so we've got more power slots than spell slots to fill.
Let's start by figuring out correspondences:
Cantrips
arcane mark => power (level)?
detect poison => power (level)?
dancing lights => control light (psion 1)
detect magic => detect psionics (psion 1)
ghost sound => create sound (psion 1)
mage hand => far handᴬ (psion 1)?
read magic => power (level)?
resistance => defensive precognitionᴬ (psion 1) OR empty mindᴬ (psion 1)?
1st Level Spells
charm person => psionic charmᴬ (telepath 1)
expeditious retreat => burst (nomad 1)
magic missile => mind thrustᴬ (psion 1)
shield => force screenᴬ (psion 1)
true strike => offensive precognitionᴬ (psion 1)
2nd Level Spells
eagle's splendor => animal affinityᴬ (egoist 2)
invisibility => cloud mind (psion 2) OR concealing amorpha (psion 2) OR chameleon (egoist 2)?
acid arrow => energy rayᴬ (psion 2) OR dissolving touchᴬ (psychic warrior 2)? OR exhalation of the black dragonᴬ (psychic warrior 3)?
web => entangling ectoplasmᴬ (psion 1)
3rd Level Spells
dispel magic => dispel psionicsᴬ (psion 3)
hold person => psionic blastᴬ (psion 3)?
major image => false sensory input (telepath 3)?
4th Level Spells
dimension door => psionic dimension doorᴬ (level)?
fear => power (level)?
5th Level Spells
spell? => power (level)?
ᴬ power can be Augmented.
The
blue powers seem pretty good matches to the spells, the
red powers are unmatched or I find them a bit unsatisfactory.
Let's see, that's …eighteen powers. First impressions is that the above is overloaded with low-level powers so I'm inclined to substitute some of them, such as burst, which is a pretty useless power compared to the rest.
Will we be giving it any 5th-level powers? I'm thinking we might as well!
What do you think?