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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 8321845" data-attributes="member: 57383">Okay, assuming the above is allright by you I guess Phasing is the next point to address.The nature of this ability isn't explained.  It's not shifting to the ethereal like a phase spider, since it takes the slug 1d10 minutes to enter a host and it must remains on the same plane as them as it is able to interact with their andrenal gland and bloodstream.  I interpret it as a special form of incorporeality which allows the powerslug to entirely enter a creature with considerable effort.Can a powerslug move while phased?  If so, why would it ever unphase and become vulnerable to attack?  Since powerslugs cannot fly I'm not sure how one would even move when incorporeal since it can't push against surfaces that it can't touch.  Then again, it must somehow be able to remain on the skin of a prospective host for up to 10 minutes to phase into them, so how would it hold onto them without being able to touch them?Never mind, the same issues apply to all incorporeal creatures that walk or swim about. Let's get onto hard tacks and sketch out a rough draft:Phasing (Su): A powerslug can become incorporeal as standard action, and shift back into corporeality again as a move action (or during a move action). Unlike a normal incorporeal creature, a powerslug can entirely enter solid objects and does not have to remain adjacent to the object's exterior. However, the powerslug moves incredible slowly when phasing through objects. It takes 1d10 rounds to phase its own body length into solid material, so needs at least that much time to entirely enter an object and gain total cover from external attacks. If a phasing powerslug is targeted by a dispel magic spell while phasing it is forced to immediately become corporeal and is ejected into the nearest open space (note that the Area Dispel form of dispel magic cannot expel the slug).Once fully phased inside an object, the powerslug can still be attacked by other incorporeal creatures (who can simply reach in and grab it). A properly worded limited wish can expel a powerslug or kill and expel it, a mage's disjunction or antimagic field forces a powerslug to stop phasing even if totally inside an object. A corporeal creature can cut or pierce an object a powerslug is inside to in order to target it, but if the object is a living creature then obviously slicing them open to expose the slug is rarely tenable. The safest surgical method is driving a fine hollow needle to where the slug is and using that as a line-of-effect for something that removes or kills the slug, such as dispel magic or  even a simple magic missile. This requires a DC ## Heal check and does ## damage, but failures do ## damage or ## damage if the roll fails by 10 or more.The simplest method of expelling a powerslug from an object is simply infusing it with salt, since powerslugs are as vulnerable to ordinary salt as normal slugs are. If a creature drinks enough salty water to feel somewhat ill (sickened for ## hours) any powerslugs within them will leave them immediately by ending their phasing power.Infestation (Su): ####I've got a few chores to do, might do an Infestation Rough in a few hours.</blockquote>

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