Converting Psionic Creatures

[Shade]

There's a psychic golem of sorts in Nookie's Missed Monsters thread.

Are you OK with converting magic leech here first?

 

[Cleon]

There's a psychic golem of sorts in Nookie's Missed Monsters thread.

Are you OK with converting magic leech here first?

Sure, although now I'm wondering whether we shouldn't do a Psionic Leech Swarm before starting on the next beastie...

 

[Shade]

Sure, although now I'm wondering whether we shouldn't do a Psionic Leech Swarm before starting on the next beastie...

Hell, why not!

 

[Cleon]

Hell, why not!

Agreed!

So, where's a normal Leech Swarm when we need one?

I'm sure I saw official 3E stats for one somewhere, and it'll be a good basis for our conversion.

 

[Shade]

Stormwrack.

 

[Cleon]

Stormwrack.

Ah yes, I knew they had official stats. I've got their mechanical info somwhere...

Hmm, Fine sized swarm with 2d8-2 HD, that doesn't seem enough HD for a psionic leech swarm.

The anaesthetise SA is an interesting approach, but we've already got that covered with our numbing attachment.

So, how many HD?

The psionic leech has got better hps than a Rat (1/4d10 vs 1/4d8) and is a size smaller. A Rat Swarm is 4 HD, so I'm thinking a 5 Hit Dice swarm, maybe 6 or 7 HD.

 

[freyar]

6HD swarm sounds good to me. How shall it handle attaching and PP draining?

 

[Cleon]

6HD swarm sounds good to me. How shall it handle attaching and PP draining?

Six dice it is then!

Didn't we do a "pseudoattach" ability before? Something which made it difficult for an opponent to leave the swarm's space, if I remember rightly.

That doesn't seem right for leeches though, so how about the swarm leaves some psionic leeches attached to a victim who is no longer in its space? (2d10 or 2d6 leeches? less? more?)

I guess it would drain X PP from any creature whose space it occupies at the end of its move. That would follow the standard precedent for swarm damage.

 

[freyar]

Rot grub swarms leave a few behind, right? We could borrow that mechanic.

And agreed on the psionic swarm damage.

 

[Cleon]

Rot grub swarms leave a few behind, right? We could borrow that mechanic.

Yes they do. It was one of the precedents floating around in my head when I was thinking what to do about the attachment.