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<blockquote data-quote="Jack Simth" data-source="post: 5089576" data-attributes="member: 29252">True Mind Switch is a 3.5 exclusive; 3.0 just used the regular Mind Switch, followed by the slaying of the old body.&nbsp; I've actually looked at this somewhat.&nbsp; The question really becomes &quot;how non-humanoid is the Psion willing to be?&quot;If we take, say, a human Psion ... he loses NOTHING except the use of one or two particularly sub-optimal feats (well... he also loses 10,000 xp, and anything tied to his face...) if he steals someone else's skin.&nbsp; He gains the victim's Strength and Dex, and half of the vic's Con score (Fort saves and Concentration mod, but not HP).&nbsp; Depending on the NPC's stat distribution, that's enough - I can totally see a Psion that's worried about his age swapping with a healthy young peasant, a guard captain, or similar (high strength, Dex, or Con - but most importantly: Young).&nbsp; If the Psion's willing to be noticably non-human?&nbsp; There's a lot of outsiders that make for interesting choices (alignment-based regeneration?&nbsp; Yes please, Mr. Planetar / Solar / Horned Devil / Ice Devil / Pit Fiend, I'll steal YOUR skin), although that does have some odd consequences (can't be raised normally anymore).&nbsp; The Planetar has another bonus: As the Planetar is a shapeshifter (even if it is Su), there's either a big reveal (when the planetar loses, and the shapeshifting collapses) or the BBEG looks human (stuck in the planetar's last shape).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jack Simth, post: 5089576, member: 29252"] True Mind Switch is a 3.5 exclusive; 3.0 just used the regular Mind Switch, followed by the slaying of the old body. I've actually looked at this somewhat. The question really becomes "how non-humanoid is the Psion willing to be?" If we take, say, a human Psion ... he loses NOTHING except the use of one or two particularly sub-optimal feats (well... he also loses 10,000 xp, and anything tied to his face...) if he steals someone else's skin. He gains the victim's Strength and Dex, and half of the vic's Con score (Fort saves and Concentration mod, but not HP). Depending on the NPC's stat distribution, that's enough - I can totally see a Psion that's worried about his age swapping with a healthy young peasant, a guard captain, or similar (high strength, Dex, or Con - but most importantly: Young). If the Psion's willing to be noticably non-human? There's a lot of outsiders that make for interesting choices (alignment-based regeneration? Yes please, Mr. Planetar / Solar / Horned Devil / Ice Devil / Pit Fiend, I'll steal YOUR skin), although that does have some odd consequences (can't be raised normally anymore). The Planetar has another bonus: As the Planetar is a shapeshifter (even if it is Su), there's either a big reveal (when the planetar loses, and the shapeshifting collapses) or the BBEG looks human (stuck in the planetar's last shape). [/QUOTE]

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