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<blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 8704029" data-attributes="member: 57383"><p>My thinking is if we keep the brain "upper limit" fairly low we would have to worry less about stacking. If it's only powers up to, say 3rd level, and it only had one 4th+ level class at a time the minor powers become basically color.</p><p></p><p>Making it random is (a) a bit more complicated and (b) might discourage the gu'en-deeko from eating brains once it acquires one with a power it particularly likes, since it might accidentally overwrite it. I think I prefer a time limit.</p><p></p><p>Speaking of time limits, I wondered about whether there could be some limit on how many brains it can eat in a given period. Maybe 1 a month? That'd mean a gu'en-deeko couldn't have more than 13 brains on the go at any one time: one high-level "permanent" brain and one for each of the 12 months in a year.</p><p></p><p>Also, how long does brain-eating take and how soon does the gu'en-deeko acquire the powers? A brain is, what, five pounds or so. It'll take a little while to scarf one down. Maybe I should increase the "fresh brain" time limit from the current minute to an hour?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Well a lot of GM's discretion is required for a creature like this. The "No stacking, highest level applies" rule of thumb should cover most overlapping powers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cleon, post: 8704029, member: 57383"] My thinking is if we keep the brain "upper limit" fairly low we would have to worry less about stacking. If it's only powers up to, say 3rd level, and it only had one 4th+ level class at a time the minor powers become basically color. Making it random is (a) a bit more complicated and (b) might discourage the gu'en-deeko from eating brains once it acquires one with a power it particularly likes, since it might accidentally overwrite it. I think I prefer a time limit. Speaking of time limits, I wondered about whether there could be some limit on how many brains it can eat in a given period. Maybe 1 a month? That'd mean a gu'en-deeko couldn't have more than 13 brains on the go at any one time: one high-level "permanent" brain and one for each of the 12 months in a year. Also, how long does brain-eating take and how soon does the gu'en-deeko acquire the powers? A brain is, what, five pounds or so. It'll take a little while to scarf one down. Maybe I should increase the "fresh brain" time limit from the current minute to an hour? Well a lot of GM's discretion is required for a creature like this. The "No stacking, highest level applies" rule of thumb should cover most overlapping powers. [/QUOTE]
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