Converting Al-Qadim creatures

[freyar]

Oh, Shade?

 

[Cleon]

Oh, Shade?

That's an eery silence...

 

[Shade]

That's an eery silence...

BOO!

The accelerated bonding is fine.

 

[Cleon]

BOO!

The accelerated bonding is fine.

What about the cost question - Con damage, XP, or both?

 

[freyar]

Indeed, we're on tenterhooks here!

 

[Cleon]

Indeed, we're on tenterhooks here!

I'm not, them tenterhooks are painful.

 

[freyar]

Hmm, could we just go with XP while we wait for Shade to weigh in?

 

[Cleon]

Hmm, could we just go with XP while we wait for Shade to weigh in?

I'd be willing to humour a revised draft, so feel free.

 

[freyar]

"Empower Host" (Su): A vizier's turban can boost its hosts magical ability. These benefits are divided into 10 ranks, when a host first bonds with the turban they gain its 1st rank benefits. The host increases the benefits by 1 rank whenever it (gains a level in a spellcaster class?) or (sacrifices life-force to the vizier's turban to strengthen the bond, this costs 1000 XP per (current) rank of benefits). A vizier's turban can not grant a benefit rank higher than the arcane spellcasting level of its host.

The vizier's turban grants its host a spell resistance equal to 6 plus its benefit rank. In addition, the host gains a bonus arcane spell at each even rank, of a level equal to half the rank (e.g. a 1st level spell at rank 2, 2nd level at rank 4, etc). If the host is unable to cast spells of that level, they can use the bonus spell to cast a lower-level spell with metamagic feats that add up to the bonus spell level.

The vizier's turban feeds off its host life-force to power these benefits, as long as the host wears the turban (plus X days after removing if), the host suffers penalties of XXXX.

 

[Cleon]

"Empower Host" (Su): A vizier's turban can boost its hosts magical ability. These benefits are divided into 10 ranks, when a host first bonds with the turban they gain its 1st rank benefits. The host increases the benefits by 1 rank whenever it (gains a level in a spellcaster class?) or (sacrifices life-force to the vizier's turban to strengthen the bond, this costs 1000 XP per (current) rank of benefits). A vizier's turban can not grant a benefit rank higher than the arcane spellcasting level of its host.

The vizier's turban grants its host a spell resistance equal to 6 plus its benefit rank. In addition, the host gains a bonus arcane spell at each even rank, of a level equal to half the rank (e.g. a 1st level spell at rank 2, 2nd level at rank 4, etc). If the host is unable to cast spells of that level, they can use the bonus spell to cast a lower-level spell with metamagic feats that add up to the bonus spell level.

The vizier's turban feeds off its host life-force to power these benefits, as long as the host wears the turban (plus X days after removing if), the host suffers penalties of XXXX.

Looks pretty good. Do you think 1000 XP per rank is OK for the cost?

Constitution penalty for the cost?

As for the duration of the penalty, maybe rank or rank/2 in days?