Converting Al-Qadim creatures

[Shade]

Good catches! I found a few other problems: "psionics" rather than "psi-like abilities", spell resistance rather than power resistance...

Updated.

Yeah, let's finish up the non-psionic standard opinicus before continuing with the greater version.

 

[Cleon]

Good catches! I found a few other problems: "psionics" rather than "psi-like abilities", spell resistance rather than power resistance...

Updated.

Yeah, let's finish up the non-psionic standard opinicus before continuing with the greater version.

Why does the non-psionic standard opinicus have Plane Shift, shouldn't we leave that for the Greater Version?

Anyhow, let's talk SLAs equivalents:

gust of wind for control air?
animate object (only one object up to Medium size) for control object?
dimensional anchor for psionic dimensional anchor?

That leaves the psionic attacks (mind thrust, id insinuation), psionic defences (empty mind, intellect fortress, mental barrier, thought shield) and telekinetic force.

I'm thinking confusion is the best match for id insinuation. Mind thrust doesn't appear to match well with any SRD spells so I'd substitute a targeted direct damage spell. How about scorching ray?

Telekinetic force is basically the "sustained force" application of telekinesis, so we might as well just use telekinesis.

The psionic defenses have no good spell matches, so I think we'd better just pick some defensive abjurations that look nice - protection from evil, sanctuary, nondetection, death ward?

Putting that together...

Spell-Like Abilities: At will—gust of wind, animate object (only one object up to Medium size), protection from evil; 3/day—confusion, sanctuary, nondetection, death ward, telekinesis (sustained force only), scorching ray; 1/day—dimensional anchor. Manifester level 7th. The save DCs are Charisma-based.

Not a bad start I think.

 

[Shade]

Not bad at all.

I blended your list with the existing SLAs and added save DCs.

Updated.

 

[Cleon]

Not bad at all.

I blended your list with the existing SLAs and added save DCs.

Updated.

You should cut out Plane Shift from the regular Opinicus's SQs, and we might as well put darkvision ahead of etherealness to keep it alphabetical.

Special Qualities: Astral projection, darkvision 60 ft., etherealness, low-light vision, spell resistance 17.

Don't much like "Though it appears to be a magical creation of a mixture of several types of creatures, the opinicus is a valid creature that breeds true on its own"

How about changing it to "Though it appears to be a magical hybrid of several types of creatures, the opinicus is a natural creature that breeds true on its own."?

Finally, shall we cut the Greater Opinicus text out and give that creature its own entry? Since we're basically making it up, I think we ought to keep its stats separate.

 

[Shade]

Updated Opinicus.

Added Greater Opinicus.

We'll need additional skills, feats, and spells.

Do we want to improve the sun sparkles damage?

 

[freyar]

I'd say yes to improving the sun sparkles damage. Just increase the damage dice a size step or maybe two?

 

[Cleon]

Updated Opinicus.

Hold on, the regular opinicus has "Special Attacks: Improved grab, rake 1d4" but its Combat entry has "Rake (Ex): Attack bonus +7 melee, damage 1d6+1". Better drop the +1 and make both damage dice match.

Added Greater Opinicus.

We'll need additional skills, feats, and spells.

Do we want to improve the sun sparkles damage?

How about increasing its sun sparkes by 50%? "All evil creatures within 30 feet that meet its gaze take 4d8 points of damage (6d6 for an evil outsider) and become blinded for 1d2 round."

 

[Cleon]

Hold on, I've just realized I'd proposed giving the Non-Psionic Opinicus sanctuary 3/day when it already has sanctuary as a cleric spell at a higher DC. Do we want to change that SLA to a different low-level defensive spell, such as blur or mirror image?

 

[freyar]

Mirror image sounds pretty good for these.

 

[Shade]

Hold on, the regular opinicus has "Special Attacks: Improved grab, rake 1d4" but its Combat entry has "Rake (Ex): Attack bonus +7 melee, damage 1d6+1". Better drop the +1 and make both damage dice match.

It should be 1d4+1, since it has a Str bonus.

How about increasing its sun sparkes by 50%? "All evil creatures within 30 feet that meet its gaze take 4d8 points of damage (6d6 for an evil outsider) and become blinded for 1d2 round."

Agreed.

Hold on, I've just realized I'd proposed giving the Non-Psionic Opinicus sanctuary 3/day when it already has sanctuary as a cleric spell at a higher DC. Do we want to change that SLA to a different low-level defensive spell, such as blur or mirror image?

Mirror image sounds pretty good for these.

Agreed.

Updated opinicus and greater opinicus.