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Message: <blockquote data-quote="freyar" data-source="post: 6108249" data-attributes="member: 40227">Nah, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subjunctive_mood#English" target="_blank">subjunctive</a> mood and all that.  "if it were" is the way to go. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />Hmmm, I thought they were in telepathic contact but independent minds, certainly no less capable of acting independently than formians are.  Anyway, I would write the abilities something like this:Subjugate Undead (Su): A bone tyrant master can subjugate vast numbers of undead. This ability allows the bone tyrant to rebuke, command, dispel or bolster undead as if it were an 11th level evil cleric, with the following additional rules:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A bone tyrant can use this power an unlimited number of times a day.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">If the bone tyrant master gains levels in a class with the rebuke undead ability, those levels stack with the effective cleric level of all the bone tyrants. Add the Hit Dice limit of undead it can command using rebuke undead to the Hit Dice limit of its Subjugate Undead ability (see below).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A bone tyrant master can subjugate any number of undead whose Hit Dice are less than half their effective cleric level, provided the total Hit Dice of said undead does not exceed the effective cleric level multiplied by 6 for the master plus 3 for each minion. This Hit Dice limit is a pool shared between the master and all its minions, all of whom can command the subjugated undead. The bone tyrant master's orders take priority over its minions. To create a clear chain-of-command, a master often appoints "commanding officers" by ordering subjugated undead to only accept commands from a particular bone tyrant minion.  A full court of bone tyrants with 1 master and 6 minions can thus Subjugate 24 HD of undead per level; for a total of 264 HD with an effective cleric level of 11.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The bone tyrant master can also subjugate a single undead whose Hit Dice do not exceed its own. This undead's Hit Dice still count towards the Hit Dice total the bone tyrants can subjugate. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The bone tyrant master can subjugate undead within range of its minions by means of its telepathic link to the minion. Subjugate Undead (Su): A bone tyrant minion can rebuke, command, dispel or bolster undead that have been subjugated by its master.</li> </ul></blockquote>

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