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<blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 3194867" data-attributes="member: 19675"><p>Some other things I had considered for an as-yet-unrealized future campaign was a PrCl for aquatic races that was a variant unarmed combatant.</p><p></p><p>The PrCl concept was based upon the nudibranchs that feed upon hydroids and harvest their nematocysts for their own bodies. This martial artist would thus be able to deliver painful, even paralytic touch attacks.</p><p></p><p>Another concept was marine Thri-Kreen based upon the mantis shrimps- two species, one each for stabbers and smashers- constantly at war.</p><p></p><p>Something I had tossed around until I saw it on Farscape was massive bioengeneered (or arcanoengineered) creatures that serve as cities or warships for some race. (I may still use it, but I hate being accused of unoriginality.) Imagine colossal "whales" or "kraken" that live in symbiosis for an aggressive, nomadic race...they could even be big enough to have adventures within their bodies.</p><p></p><p>You could have a race of Cnidarians (jellyfish) that are intelligent. Unlike regular Cnidarians, the intelligent ones could be an emergent consciousness...that is, having a hive mind distributed among its various individuals, but only actively conscious when the group reaches a certain critical mass. Perhaps they would have 1/2 an Int point per individual in the swarm (apart from their own animal intelligence) over a certain radius...</p><p></p><p>Of course, Coral could fill this role as well- a brain coral that was actually brainy, hmmmm? </p><p></p><p>Actually, coral and their relatives could fill any number of roles of D&D surface critters- a coral in its mobile stage could create a form of zombie, like the yellow musk mold does on land, for instance.</p><p></p><p>One thing that occurs to me is that in a predominantly aquatic campaign, psionics and incarnum would be the easiest "magic systems" to use, followed by core divine and arcane. Psionics definitely fits in with certain archetypes, like Aquaman. The above-mentioned Cnidarians or Brain Coral would especially benefit from an emphasis on psionics.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dannyalcatraz, post: 3194867, member: 19675"] Some other things I had considered for an as-yet-unrealized future campaign was a PrCl for aquatic races that was a variant unarmed combatant. The PrCl concept was based upon the nudibranchs that feed upon hydroids and harvest their nematocysts for their own bodies. This martial artist would thus be able to deliver painful, even paralytic touch attacks. Another concept was marine Thri-Kreen based upon the mantis shrimps- two species, one each for stabbers and smashers- constantly at war. Something I had tossed around until I saw it on Farscape was massive bioengeneered (or arcanoengineered) creatures that serve as cities or warships for some race. (I may still use it, but I hate being accused of unoriginality.) Imagine colossal "whales" or "kraken" that live in symbiosis for an aggressive, nomadic race...they could even be big enough to have adventures within their bodies. You could have a race of Cnidarians (jellyfish) that are intelligent. Unlike regular Cnidarians, the intelligent ones could be an emergent consciousness...that is, having a hive mind distributed among its various individuals, but only actively conscious when the group reaches a certain critical mass. Perhaps they would have 1/2 an Int point per individual in the swarm (apart from their own animal intelligence) over a certain radius... Of course, Coral could fill this role as well- a brain coral that was actually brainy, hmmmm? Actually, coral and their relatives could fill any number of roles of D&D surface critters- a coral in its mobile stage could create a form of zombie, like the yellow musk mold does on land, for instance. One thing that occurs to me is that in a predominantly aquatic campaign, psionics and incarnum would be the easiest "magic systems" to use, followed by core divine and arcane. Psionics definitely fits in with certain archetypes, like Aquaman. The above-mentioned Cnidarians or Brain Coral would especially benefit from an emphasis on psionics. [/QUOTE]
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