For damage reduction, I think 10 is about right. I’m leaning towards kodam’s idea of cold iron and magic – he’s got a point that they’re undead so should be different from standard tanar’ri. Psychotic jim’s version also had them with DR 10/magic, so I’m inclined to agree.
Ability scores:
Kodam gave it Str 19 Dex 16 Con --- Int 14 Wis 15 Cha 13;
P Jim gave it Str 16 Dex 14 Con --- Int 14 Wis 15 Cha 20
I’m not inclined to think that they’re all that physically strong, so I’d take the lower strength – and in fact, I might make it even lower than that. I could go either way on the dex. As for Cha, I think the higher score is preferable – remember; they use Cha-based attacks. There’s no disagreement on the Int or Wis so that’s cool.
Kodam rated them with +4 turn resistance, and P Jim gave them +6. “turning as special” under 2E rules essentially meant anything tougher than a baseline lich, which would be 12 HD or more. Therefore, I’d say the +6 was more in line.
Notice that in stealing a victim’s identity, it “almost perfectly imitates its voice, affectations, skills, and the like.” so, would we want it to be more than just alter self, or is that too much?
Otherwise I like the powers as shade wrote them. For the lucidity control, I’ll have to do more research when I have the time.
