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<blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 9048125" data-attributes="member: 57383"><p>Okay then.</p><p></p><p>Updating the <strong><a href="https://enworld.org/index.php?posts/8730076" target="_blank">Slaiyith Working Draft</a></strong>.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>You're forgetting the 18 Bonus Power Points it receives from its class level and Intelligence 18.</p><p></p><p>Okay, so we're talking 19 powers and something like:</p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong><span style="font-size: 22px">Psionic Slaiyiths</span></strong></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">A psionic slaiyith differs from the standard slaiyith in the following ways:</p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong>Special Attacks:</strong> Blood drain, improved grab, psionic powers, quickness</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong>Feats:</strong> Blind-Fight, Combat Reflexes, Lightning Reflexes, Power Attack, Power Penetration, Psionic Endowment</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong>Psionic Powers:</strong> A psionic slaiyith manifests powers as a psion of 9th level.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Typical Psionic Powers Known</em> (power points 90; save DC 14 + power level)</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">1st—<em>???</em>, <em>???</em> (DC 15) [<span style="color: red">minimum of 5 powers, max of 19</span>];</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">2nd—<em>???</em>, <em>???</em> (DC 16) [<span style="color: red">maximum of 14 powers</span>];</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">3rd—<em>???</em>, <em>???</em> (DC 17) [<span style="color: red">maximum of 10 powers</span>];</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">4th—<em>???</em>, <em>???</em> (DC 18) [<span style="color: red">maximum of 6 powers</span>];</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">5th—<em>???</em>, <em>???</em>ᴬ (DC 19) [<span style="color: red">maximum of 2 powers</span>].</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">ᴬ power can be Augmented.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">The save DCs are Intelligence-based.</p><p></p><p>What about discipline? If we're limiting it to one discipline that'll SERIOUSLY restrict its power selection and won't let us mimic its original sorcerer spell list. I'm inclined to fudge the issue and not list a discipline, like with the <strong><a href="https://www.d20srd.org/srd/psionic/monsters/blue.htm" target="_blank">Blue</a></strong> in the SRD:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Although it's worth noting that the SRD example of a Blue would be a Telepath following standard Psion rules since <em>psionic charm</em> is from the Telepath list.</p><p></p><p>Okay, the Slaiyith has:</p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px">0—<em>arcane mark</em>, <em>detect poison</em>, <em>dancing lights</em>, <em>detect magic</em>, <em>ghost sound</em> (DC 14), <em>mage hand</em>, <em>read magic</em>, <em>resistance</em>;</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">1st—<em>charm person</em> (DC 16), <em>expeditious retreat</em>, <em>magic missile</em>, <em>shield</em>; <em>true strike</em>;</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">2nd—<em>eagle's splendor</em>, <em>invisibility</em>, <em>acid arrow</em>, <em>web</em> (DC 16);</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">3rd—<em>dispel magic</em>, <em>hold person</em> (DC 18), <em>major image</em> (DC 17);</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">4th—<em>dimension door</em>, <em>fear</em> (DC 18).</p><p></p><p>Which is fourteen spells and eight cantrips, so we've got more power slots than spell slots to fill.</p><p></p><p>Let's start by figuring out correspondences:</p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong>Cantrips</strong></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>arcane mark</em> => <span style="color: red"><em>power</em></span> (level)?</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>detect poison</em> => <span style="color: red"><em>power</em></span> (level)?</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>dancing lights</em> => <span style="color: blue"><em>control light</em></span> (psion 1)</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>detect magic</em> => <span style="color: blue"><em>detect psionics</em></span> (psion 1)</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>ghost sound</em> => <span style="color: blue"><em>create sound</em></span> (psion 1)</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>mage hand</em> => <span style="color: blue"><em>far hand</em>ᴬ</span> (psion 1)?</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>read magic</em> => <span style="color: red"><em>power</em></span> (level)?</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>resistance</em> => <span style="color: blue"><em>defensive precognition</em>ᴬ</span> (psion 1) OR <span style="color: red"><em>empty mind</em>ᴬ</span> (psion 1)?</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong>1st Level Spells</strong></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>charm person</em> => <span style="color: blue"><em>psionic charm</em>ᴬ</span> (telepath 1)</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>expeditious retreat</em> => <span style="color: blue"><em>burst</em></span> (nomad 1)</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>magic missile</em> => <span style="color: blue"><em>mind thrust</em>ᴬ</span> (psion 1)</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>shield</em> => <span style="color: blue"><em>force screen</em>ᴬ</span> (psion 1)</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>true strike</em> => <span style="color: blue"><em>offensive precognition</em>ᴬ</span> (psion 1)</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong>2nd Level Spells</strong></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>eagle's splendor</em> => <span style="color: blue"><em>animal affinity</em>ᴬ</span> (egoist 2)</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>invisibility</em> => <span style="color: blue"><em>cloud mind</em></span> (psion 2) OR <span style="color: blue"><em>concealing amorpha</em></span> (psion 2) OR <span style="color: red"><em>chameleon</em></span> (egoist 2)?</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>acid arrow</em> => <span style="color: blue"><em>energy ray</em>ᴬ</span> (psion 2) OR <span style="color: red"><em>dissolving touch</em>ᴬ</span> (psychic warrior 2)? OR <span style="color: red"><em>exhalation of the black dragon</em>ᴬ</span> (psychic warrior 3)?</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>web</em> => <span style="color: blue"><em>entangling ectoplasm</em>ᴬ</span> (psion 1)</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong>3rd Level Spells</strong></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>dispel magic</em> => <span style="color: blue"><em>dispel psionics</em>ᴬ</span> (psion 3)</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>hold person</em> => <span style="color: red"><em>psionic blast</em>ᴬ</span> (psion 3)?</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>major image</em> => <span style="color: blue"><em>false sensory input</em></span> (telepath 3)?</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong>4th Level Spells</strong></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>dimension door</em> => <span style="color: blue"><em>psionic dimension door</em>ᴬ</span> (level)?</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>fear</em> => <span style="color: red"><em>power</em></span> (level)?</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong>5th Level Spells</strong></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>spell</em>? => <span style="color: red"><em>power</em></span> (level)?</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">ᴬ power can be Augmented.</p><p></p><p>The <span style="color: blue"><em>blue powers</em></span> seem pretty good matches to the spells, the <span style="color: red"><em>red powers</em></span> are unmatched or I find them a bit unsatisfactory.</p><p></p><p>Let's see, that's …eighteen powers. First impressions is that the above is overloaded with low-level powers so I'm inclined to substitute some of them, such as burst, which is a pretty useless power compared to the rest.</p><p></p><p>Will we be giving it any 5th-level powers? I'm thinking we might as well!</p><p></p><p>What do you think?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cleon, post: 9048125, member: 57383"] Okay then. Updating the [B][URL='https://enworld.org/index.php?posts/8730076']Slaiyith Working Draft[/URL][/B]. You're forgetting the 18 Bonus Power Points it receives from its class level and Intelligence 18. Okay, so we're talking 19 powers and something like: [INDENT][B][SIZE=6]Psionic Slaiyiths[/SIZE][/B][/INDENT] [INDENT]A psionic slaiyith differs from the standard slaiyith in the following ways:[/INDENT] [INDENT][B]Special Attacks:[/B] Blood drain, improved grab, psionic powers, quickness[/INDENT] [INDENT][B]Feats:[/B] Blind-Fight, Combat Reflexes, Lightning Reflexes, Power Attack, Power Penetration, Psionic Endowment[/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT][B]Psionic Powers:[/B] A psionic slaiyith manifests powers as a psion of 9th level.[/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]Typical Psionic Powers Known[/I] (power points 90; save DC 14 + power level)[/INDENT] [INDENT]1st—[I]???[/I], [I]???[/I] (DC 15) [[COLOR=red]minimum of 5 powers, max of 19[/COLOR]];[/INDENT] [INDENT]2nd—[I]???[/I], [I]???[/I] (DC 16) [[COLOR=red]maximum of 14 powers[/COLOR]];[/INDENT] [INDENT]3rd—[I]???[/I], [I]???[/I] (DC 17) [[COLOR=red]maximum of 10 powers[/COLOR]];[/INDENT] [INDENT]4th—[I]???[/I], [I]???[/I] (DC 18) [[COLOR=red]maximum of 6 powers[/COLOR]];[/INDENT] [INDENT]5th—[I]???[/I], [I]???[/I]ᴬ (DC 19) [[COLOR=red]maximum of 2 powers[/COLOR]].[/INDENT] [INDENT]ᴬ power can be Augmented.[/INDENT] [INDENT] The save DCs are Intelligence-based.[/INDENT] What about discipline? If we're limiting it to one discipline that'll SERIOUSLY restrict its power selection and won't let us mimic its original sorcerer spell list. I'm inclined to fudge the issue and not list a discipline, like with the [B][URL='https://www.d20srd.org/srd/psionic/monsters/blue.htm']Blue[/URL][/B] in the SRD: Although it's worth noting that the SRD example of a Blue would be a Telepath following standard Psion rules since [I]psionic charm[/I] is from the Telepath list. Okay, the Slaiyith has: [INDENT]0—[I]arcane mark[/I], [I]detect poison[/I], [I]dancing lights[/I], [I]detect magic[/I], [I]ghost sound[/I] (DC 14), [I]mage hand[/I], [I]read magic[/I], [I]resistance[/I];[/INDENT] [INDENT]1st—[I]charm person[/I] (DC 16), [I]expeditious retreat[/I], [I]magic missile[/I], [I]shield[/I]; [I]true strike[/I];[/INDENT] [INDENT]2nd—[I]eagle's splendor[/I], [I]invisibility[/I], [I]acid arrow[/I], [I]web[/I] (DC 16);[/INDENT] [INDENT]3rd—[I]dispel magic[/I], [I]hold person[/I] (DC 18), [I]major image[/I] (DC 17);[/INDENT] [INDENT]4th—[I]dimension door[/I], [I]fear[/I] (DC 18).[/INDENT] Which is fourteen spells and eight cantrips, so we've got more power slots than spell slots to fill. Let's start by figuring out correspondences: [INDENT][B]Cantrips[/B][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]arcane mark[/I] => [COLOR=red][I]power[/I][/COLOR] (level)?[/INDENT] [INDENT][I]detect poison[/I] => [COLOR=red][I]power[/I][/COLOR] (level)?[/INDENT] [INDENT][I]dancing lights[/I] => [COLOR=blue][I]control light[/I][/COLOR] (psion 1)[/INDENT] [INDENT][I]detect magic[/I] => [COLOR=blue][I]detect psionics[/I][/COLOR] (psion 1)[/INDENT] [INDENT][I]ghost sound[/I] => [COLOR=blue][I]create sound[/I][/COLOR] (psion 1)[/INDENT] [INDENT][I]mage hand[/I] => [COLOR=blue][I]far hand[/I]ᴬ[/COLOR] (psion 1)?[/INDENT] [INDENT][I]read magic[/I] => [COLOR=red][I]power[/I][/COLOR] (level)?[/INDENT] [INDENT][I]resistance[/I] => [COLOR=blue][I]defensive precognition[/I]ᴬ[/COLOR] (psion 1) OR [COLOR=red][I]empty mind[/I]ᴬ[/COLOR] (psion 1)?[/INDENT] [INDENT][B]1st Level Spells[/B][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]charm person[/I] => [COLOR=blue][I]psionic charm[/I]ᴬ[/COLOR] (telepath 1)[/INDENT] [INDENT][I]expeditious retreat[/I] => [COLOR=blue][I]burst[/I][/COLOR] (nomad 1)[/INDENT] [INDENT][I]magic missile[/I] => [COLOR=blue][I]mind thrust[/I]ᴬ[/COLOR] (psion 1)[/INDENT] [INDENT][I]shield[/I] => [COLOR=blue][I]force screen[/I]ᴬ[/COLOR] (psion 1)[/INDENT] [INDENT][I]true strike[/I] => [COLOR=blue][I]offensive precognition[/I]ᴬ[/COLOR] (psion 1)[/INDENT] [INDENT][B]2nd Level Spells[/B][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]eagle's splendor[/I] => [COLOR=blue][I]animal affinity[/I]ᴬ[/COLOR] (egoist 2)[/INDENT] [INDENT][I]invisibility[/I] => [COLOR=blue][I]cloud mind[/I][/COLOR] (psion 2) OR [COLOR=blue][I]concealing amorpha[/I][/COLOR] (psion 2) OR [COLOR=red][I]chameleon[/I][/COLOR] (egoist 2)?[/INDENT] [INDENT][I]acid arrow[/I] => [COLOR=blue][I]energy ray[/I]ᴬ[/COLOR] (psion 2) OR [COLOR=red][I]dissolving touch[/I]ᴬ[/COLOR] (psychic warrior 2)? OR [COLOR=red][I]exhalation of the black dragon[/I]ᴬ[/COLOR] (psychic warrior 3)?[/INDENT] [INDENT][I]web[/I] => [COLOR=blue][I]entangling ectoplasm[/I]ᴬ[/COLOR] (psion 1)[/INDENT] [INDENT][B]3rd Level Spells[/B][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]dispel magic[/I] => [COLOR=blue][I]dispel psionics[/I]ᴬ[/COLOR] (psion 3)[/INDENT] [INDENT][I]hold person[/I] => [COLOR=red][I]psionic blast[/I]ᴬ[/COLOR] (psion 3)?[/INDENT] [INDENT][I]major image[/I] => [COLOR=blue][I]false sensory input[/I][/COLOR] (telepath 3)?[/INDENT] [INDENT][B]4th Level Spells[/B][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]dimension door[/I] => [COLOR=blue][I]psionic dimension door[/I]ᴬ[/COLOR] (level)?[/INDENT] [INDENT][I]fear[/I] => [COLOR=red][I]power[/I][/COLOR] (level)?[/INDENT] [INDENT][B]5th Level Spells[/B][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]spell[/I]? => [COLOR=red][I]power[/I][/COLOR] (level)?[/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT]ᴬ power can be Augmented.[/INDENT] The [COLOR=blue][I]blue powers[/I][/COLOR] seem pretty good matches to the spells, the [COLOR=red][I]red powers[/I][/COLOR] are unmatched or I find them a bit unsatisfactory. Let's see, that's …eighteen powers. First impressions is that the above is overloaded with low-level powers so I'm inclined to substitute some of them, such as burst, which is a pretty useless power compared to the rest. Will we be giving it any 5th-level powers? I'm thinking we might as well! What do you think? [/QUOTE]
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