What would you have done? Maybe we can all agree on that....
My suggestion is in post #307.
My proposal has the "master" gain a negative level one hour later. I don't think that's so different than having to "pay back" hp.
But now I'm curious about what Shade would have done.![]()
The other nasty effects of the negative levels are to make up for not having a permanent hp "payment."
Well, Shade seems to have missed the hint so far.![]()
freyar said:Well, Shade seems to have missed the hint so far.
Cleon said:Give it time...
I suppose the hp loss could work, although I'd favor this approach from other symbionts (replacing Int with Con in the example below):
Mind Feeding (Su): A cerebral hood survives by consuming its host's mental energy. This deals 1 point of Intelligence damage each day the hood remains attached. Ordinarily, the host regains 1 point of lost Intelligence each night, just before the cerebral hood drains a new point, keeping the host at an equilibrium point of -1 to its Intelligence. When the cerebral hood uses its mind blast, however, it deals extra Intelligence damage, so overuse of that special attack can eventually destroy the host's mind.
Still, if the majority prefers hp loss, I'll deal with it.
Here's where you began losing me upthread...
I'd have kept 'em much, much, MUCH, MUCH, MUCH simpler like the other symbionts.
Shade's talking about going all the way back to the cost of bonding, not healing. I seem to recall wanting to stick to daily Con damage, too....![]()