RavinRay said:If we go by Mortis' suggestion we can give them low-level spell-like abilities that are either the closest analogs of gem dragon psionics or spells that are used as psi-like abilities.
I like this idea.
RavinRay said:If we go by Mortis' suggestion we can give them low-level spell-like abilities that are either the closest analogs of gem dragon psionics or spells that are used as psi-like abilities.
RavinRay said:Hmm, fluff-wise they seem like magical counterparts of psicrystals. If we go by Mortis' suggestion we can give them low-level spell-like abilities that are either the closest analogs of gem dragon psionics or spells that are used as psi-like abilities. Some examples.
- amethyst: invisibility, suggestion
- crystal/quartz: charm person, color spray
- emerald: fog cloud, legend lore
- sapphire: detect teleporation (as detect scrying, but for teleportation effects only
- topaz: feather fall
Freyar said:If we're going to stick to the "created by illusionists" bit from the original text, would it be more flavorful to keep these mostly to illusion spells? Or at least give each one an illusion spell?
I wasn't too clear in my post above - I don't think that we should do away with the link to illusionists but perhaps have another version/subspecies that are based around the gem dragons.freyar said:If we're going to stick to the "created by illusionists" bit from the original text, would it be more flavorful to keep these mostly to illusion spells? Or at least give each one an illusion spell?
freyar said:I'd go with Str 1 Dex 20 Con - Int 4 Wis 11 Cha 15 or something like that.
dhaga said:I'd say those stats look fair.
dhaga said:If we agree on those stats, that will help complete Init, Armor Class, ranged touch...
dhaga said:For feats, how about Weapon Focus (Ray), Spell Focus (Illusion), +1 more?
dhaga said:I'm not sure what skills would be useful for such a creature.
dhaga said:We'll need to determine how many different kinds of gem hylems there are. As many as there are of gem dragons? How many is that?