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<blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 8484283" data-attributes="member: 57383">Upon reflection, since the original monster could get any class ability by eating a humanoid brain I'm tempted to include Pact abilities, with caveats:<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">In addition, a gu'en-deeko gains the class abilities of any humanoids of level # or lower whose brains it eats. These abilities never stack, if it gains multiple abilities only the highest level one applies. For example, if it ate the brains of a 2nd-level cleric, a 3rd-level bard, and a 3rd-level druid a gu'en-deeko gains 3rd-level Spellcasting, not three separate sets of Spellcasting (see below for how Gu'en-Deeko spells function). It could, in theory, gain multiple abilities that use spells provided they are different types of magic-use. For example, it could possess the Innate Spellcasting from multiple sources, such as a Drow Elf and a Svirfneblin. 
 At the DM's discretion, some class abilities cannot be obtained just by devouring brains. For example, a gu'en-deeko could, in theory, possess both Spellcasting and a warlock's Pact abilities (Pact Magic, Pact Boon, Otherworldly Patron, Mystic Arcanum &amp; Eldritch Master). However, the godlike patron who grants those abilities must agree to strike a warlock's bargain with the gu'en-deeko.</li>
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[QUOTE="Cleon, post: 8484283, member: 57383"] Upon reflection, since the original monster could get any class ability by eating a humanoid brain I'm tempted to include Pact abilities, with caveats: [LIST] [*]In addition, a gu'en-deeko gains the class abilities of any humanoids of level # or lower whose brains it eats. These abilities never stack, if it gains multiple abilities only the highest level one applies. For example, if it ate the brains of a 2nd-level cleric, a 3rd-level bard, and a 3rd-level druid a gu'en-deeko gains 3rd-level Spellcasting, not three separate sets of Spellcasting (see below for how Gu'en-Deeko spells function). It could, in theory, gain multiple abilities that use spells provided they are different types of magic-use. For example, it could possess the Innate Spellcasting from multiple sources, such as a Drow Elf and a Svirfneblin. At the DM's discretion, some class abilities cannot be obtained just by devouring brains. For example, a gu'en-deeko could, in theory, possess both Spellcasting and a warlock's Pact abilities (Pact Magic, Pact Boon, Otherworldly Patron, Mystic Arcanum & Eldritch Master). However, the godlike patron who grants those abilities must agree to strike a warlock's bargain with the gu'en-deeko. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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