Special Conversion Thread: Plants

[Shade]

So...

All-Around Vision (Ex): A rekeihs's many eyes gives it a +4 racial bonus on Search and Spot checks, and it can't be flanked.

Myopic (Ex): A rekeihs is nearsighted, resulting in a -8 racial penalty on Spot checks made beyond 30 feet.

 

[freyar]

Works for me.

 

[Cleon]

So...

All-Around Vision (Ex): A rekeihs's many eyes gives it a +4 racial bonus on Search and Spot checks, and it can't be flanked.

Myopic (Ex): A rekeihs is nearsighted, resulting in a -8 racial penalty on Spot checks made beyond 30 feet.

That'd be OK by me.

 

[Shade]

Updated.

I suppose it's time to work on this...

Once a year, a rekeihs will reproduce using a slain animal or human victim. It will attach its four “legs” to the victim, though it will fend off attackers during this time with its tentacles if necessary. Within one turn, the rekeihs will have sent rootlets throughout the body of the victim; raising the victim from the dead is then impossible without use of a wish. The rekeihs will become immobile (except for its flailing tentacles during a fight). Within 3-18 turns after attaching itself to a body, the rekeihs will explode violently, causing 6-24 points damage to all within 30’ of it. This kills the rekeihs, but within 2-12 turns after this explosion, from 3-6 young rekeihs (each 1’ tall) will grow and separate from the body of the slain victim.

 

[Cleon]

Updated.

I suppose it's time to work on this...

Once a year, a rekeihs will reproduce using a slain animal or human victim. It will attach its four “legs” to the victim, though it will fend off attackers during this time with its tentacles if necessary. Within one turn, the rekeihs will have sent rootlets throughout the body of the victim; raising the victim from the dead is then impossible without use of a wish. The rekeihs will become immobile (except for its flailing tentacles during a fight). Within 3-18 turns after attaching itself to a body, the rekeihs will explode violently, causing 6-24 points damage to all within 30’ of it. This kills the rekeihs, but within 2-12 turns after this explosion, from 3-6 young rekeihs (each 1’ tall) will grow and separate from the body of the slain victim.

Hold on, how does it reproduce once a year when it kills itself in the process?!

Hmm, maybe it doesn't always kill the rekeihs because it's the corpse that explodes, not the rekeihs?

Something like:

Explosive Spawning (Ex): If a rekeihs kills a creature of its own size or greater it can use the body to reproduce. The rekeihs attaches its four legs to the corpse, the attached rekeih can not move away from the corpse but may fight normally. The rekeih sends rootlets throughout the body, after [1 minute?] the rootlets have so damaged the body it can not be returned to life by a raise dead spell, after [2d6 minutes?] the corpse explodes, causing 6d4 damage to everything within a 30 ft. burst (including the rekeihs). 1d6 minutes later, 1d4+2 baby rekeihs emerge from the remains of the body. The parent rekeihs must wait a year before it can use Explosive Spawning again, assuming it survived the explosion.

 

[Shade]

I think it is pretty clear that the parent is killed in the explosion. I think it was just poorly worded. Remember, "rekeihs" is both the singular and plural form, so I think they were implying that the whole species reproduce at one time during the year.

 

[freyar]

I agree with Shade on the wording for this. Let's try

Explosive Spawning (Ex): If a rekeihs kills a creature of its own size or greater it can use the body to reproduce. The rekeihs attaches its four legs to the corpse, so the attached rekeihs can not move away from the corpse but may fight normally. The rekeih sends rootlets throughout the body. After [1 minute?] the rootlets have so damaged the body it can not be returned to life by a raise dead spell, and after [2d6 minutes?] the rekeihs explodes, dying and causing 6d4 damage to everything within a 30 ft. burst. 1d6 minutes later, 1d4+2 baby rekeihs emerge from the remains of the rekeihs and corpse.

I think I'd simplify the raise dead bit to just after the explosion, but it's ok as is.

 

[Shade]

It looks like we might have to stat up the baby rekeihs with this approach.

 

[freyar]

Any way we can do a quick version of them (just an underbar)?

 

[Shade]

Sure! I see no reason to give 'em a full stat block.

If their numbers weren't so few, I'd recommend a swarm.