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freyar
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I think the mental stats, except Int as noted, look good (maybe set Int around 15-16?). I'd do something like Str 10, Dex 12, which takes care of the +1 to init. Then 1d6 slam damage for the fists? (That seems a bit high, so do we need Imp Nat Attack?)
Edit: Drumming and the SLAs look good.
Edit: Drumming and the SLAs look good.
Shade
Monster Junkie
Added to Homebrews.
I bumped the Cha a bit over the other puppets since it is more reliant on SLAs.
How about having the prereqs require the brain of an arcane spellcaster?
Bonus on saves against spells and spell-like abilities? Or literally set its saves equal to a 16th-level wizard (Fort +5, Ref +5, Will +10)? Or something else to account for the difference between its current saves and these bonuses (+4/+3/+9)?
We could give it the dwarf's +2 bonus on saves against spells and spell-like abilities, boost Wis 16 to to help increase the Will save, and give it Iron Will as a bonus feat, netting Fort +3, Ref +4, Will +8. Of course, it is immune to mind-affecting effects already, so the Will save might not need to be that high. Thoughts?
I bumped the Cha a bit over the other puppets since it is more reliant on SLAs.
How about having the prereqs require the brain of an arcane spellcaster?
Bonus on saves against spells and spell-like abilities? Or literally set its saves equal to a 16th-level wizard (Fort +5, Ref +5, Will +10)? Or something else to account for the difference between its current saves and these bonuses (+4/+3/+9)?
We could give it the dwarf's +2 bonus on saves against spells and spell-like abilities, boost Wis 16 to to help increase the Will save, and give it Iron Will as a bonus feat, netting Fort +3, Ref +4, Will +8. Of course, it is immune to mind-affecting effects already, so the Will save might not need to be that high. Thoughts?
Mortis
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I wonder if the initial intention was that it is due to constructs being mindless that they have that immunity? IMO it doesn't really make any sense for intelligent constructs (and undead - where I think we've discussed this beforeShade said:
) to have then immunity.Still, that's the rules...
That being said, I don't think that they need a Will score that high.
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Shade
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Caster level for SLAs? I'd argue that this should be higher than its HD, due to the "absorbed" spells from a decent spellcaster. Maybe 10th?
Skills: 40
Concentration, Knowledge (arcana), Spellcraft all seem good options.
Feats: Iron Will (B), 2 more
Assuming caster level 10th, it could take Quicken SLA for a 1st-level spell, like ventriloquism, command, or hypnotism.
Skills: 40
Concentration, Knowledge (arcana), Spellcraft all seem good options.
Feats: Iron Will (B), 2 more
Assuming caster level 10th, it could take Quicken SLA for a 1st-level spell, like ventriloquism, command, or hypnotism.
freyar
Extradimensional Explorer
10th seems good.
Let's max out those three. Perform (percussion) and maybe one other? If we go for the perform, do you want to let it make a perform check in lieu of the usual DC for drumming?
I like quicken SLA, probably for ventriloquism, though I'm not of strong mind about that. No good brainstorm for the last one, though.
Let's max out those three. Perform (percussion) and maybe one other? If we go for the perform, do you want to let it make a perform check in lieu of the usual DC for drumming?
I like quicken SLA, probably for ventriloquism, though I'm not of strong mind about that. No good brainstorm for the last one, though.
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