Redclaw's Eyes of the Lich Queen OOC

Actually, I've got a couple of possible ways to work someone new in well before you get back to Adderport.

Yes, that's it for XP so far.

Okay that's well and good. Would you be willing to continue to NPC Cholas until recruitment is over so we can continue on with the fun?

Absolutely. That had been my plan. I'm waiting on you all to decide what you're going to do/how long you're going to wait up there on the hill.

My grades are due tomorrow, so it's been a rough week full of grading research papers and final exams. Otherwise I would likely have pushed a bit more. Next week will probably have things picking up again.

Sounds good. I'll go over and give the IC thread a shove...

I had a stray thought reading the recruitment thread when Pathfinder posted about a racial substitution. Would it be possible for me to trade the Crusader's 6th level special feature (Smite 1/day) for the racial substitution of Purifying Strike? I'll write it up below.

Purifying Strike (Su): Beginning at 6th level, a kalashtar crusader can use the essence of his quori soul to drive out malign forces manipulating the minds of others. The crusader must first make a successful touch attack against a target creature. He then spends 3 power points in order to make a dispel check (using his crusader level as his caster level) against each mind-affecting spell or ability influencing the target (though he can't choose to ignore some effects and dispel others). If his dispel check succeeds, the effect is dispelled (as by dispel magic). Effects that are immune to dispelling can't be affected (except as noted below).

The purifying strike is also treated as a dismissal spell for the purpose of exorcising a quori spirit inhabiting a target creature. The save DC for this effect is 10 + the crusader's class level + the crusader's Cha modifier - the target's HD.

This substitution feature replaces the standard crusader's smite ability. A kalashtar crusader instead gains that ability at 17th level, usable 1/day.

I think that substitution level sounds reasonable at first glance. Where did you find that sub level? I'd like to do a little reading on it and thinking about it before ruling definitively.

The original comes from races of Eberron, under Kalashtar Soulknife. The language is switched exactly from that.

After looking it over, I think the substitution works well, both mechanically and racially. It fits the Kalashtar mindset quite well, and I don't mind Drekhad losing the smite ability.

On a side note, everyone please welcome S@squ@tch and Pathfinder1 to the table. Their characters will be joining yours soon...

Welcome both of you. It's not RHoD S@s, but it has been fun so far!

Ouch. Let's hope Drekhad's luck is a bit better than getting crit for 31 (though obviously it's still less lethal since 10 gets delayed).