Converting Psionic Creatures

[freyar]

More psionic evil dwarves, huh? With blue skin. Why do psionic critters all have blue skin?

That said, these are kind of interesting!

 

[Shade]

It's not just psionics...look at Faker!

I like the fact that only one arm can generate the effect, and thus the extra armor to protect it.

And we have precedent for different-strength arms...

Muscular Arm (Ex): A yagnoloth's larger arm functions as a primary natural weapon, even when it is used to make secondary attacks. This ability negates any secondary attack penalty and allows the yagnoloth its full Strength bonus with its claw, whether the attack is primary or secondary.

 

[RavinRay]

So, we first got the duergar, then the Aleithian dwarves from the Legend of Sardior, now this. Moradin's not happy with this, I bet.

That wind effect seems to be the only unique psionic ability it has (I can use a stripped down control air or tornado blast for that), though, and we could carry over the attack/defense modes as PLAs when we get to those stats.

 

[freyar]

I could see all that.

Give them psion levels, or maybe psychic warrior? I kind of like the latter.

 

[Shade]

Should we have its "wind throwing" gain power as it gains class levels, similar to a way that githyanki gain additional psi-like abilities?

 

[demiurge1138]

I like the wind throwing growing stronger.

I don't think they need inherent manifesting, although psychic warrior seems like it should be a favored class. They should just have wind throwing, and a smattering of psi-like abilities (predominately ones that used to be attack and defense modes).

 

[Shade]

Yeah, that makes the most sense.

Do we stick with 5 racial HD, or start 'em at 1 like most dwarves?

 

[demiurge1138]

Well, derro have three. Let's keep them at 5. Do we want to keep them humanoids, or make them monstrous like derro as well?

 

[Shade]

My vote's for monstrous. The humanoid type doesn't seem to support more than a couple of HD very well.

 

[RavinRay]

Agreed on increasing wind throwing (as if augmented), psychic warrior favored class, and a 5HD monstrous humanoid.