Converting Psionic Creatures

[Cleon]

This ought to be a magic beast then. The text doesn't explicitly mention how the leech benefits from the drained power points, ie. converted to hit points, etc. Also I think a brain mole might be a better model since it doesn't need to touch its targets and it has the power leech PLA.

Firstly, they have a "Diet: Psionic energy", so presumably the power points act as nourishment.

Secondly, it says they use the power points to power a psychic blast:

Removing the creatures from their chosen hiding place is even more difficult than finding them. When touched, psionic leeches release their energy in the form of a psychic blast that causes 1 point of damage for every PSP stolen by the leech in the last 8 hours. Mental defenses such as tower of iron will or mindblank can reduce the draining effects of the leech or the damage caused by its psychic blast by half.
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Thirdly, a leech satiated on power will reproduce:

Ecology: Psionic leeches bloat with stolen energy until they become too large and fall from their host. At this point they slowly crawl to the nearest wetland and give birth to 1-6 more leeches in 3d4 days.
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Seems pretty clear.

 

[Cleon]

I'd certainly agree to magical beast.

...but then we'd have an argument about them Mindless Magical Beasts. Again.

I don't much mind either way.

So long as they're "Int: -".

 

[freyar]

Can vermin have psionic powers (or Su or Sp)???

Can we find a precedent for mindless magical beasts? Maybe hellwasps, sort of.

 

[GrayLinnorm]

Ugh, not this again.

I am more willing to accept a mindless elemental than a mindless magical beast.

 

[RavinRay]

Well, the spidery ectoplasmic swarm from Complete Psionic is a magical beast with Int —.

 

[GrayLinnorm]

It's not an official source, but Green Ronin's Monsters of the Mind includes the daiken swarm, a mindless psionic vermin.

 

[Cleon]

Can vermin have psionic powers (or Su or Sp)???

Can we find a precedent for mindless magical beasts? Maybe hellwasps, sort of.

I think they'd work better as Mindless Magical Beasts than Psionic Vermin.

 

[GrayLinnorm]

I don't. A mindless magical beast is just wrong. The description in Monster Manual doesn't say anything about them being mindless.

I'd rather see them done as a hazard than a mindless magical beast.

 

[freyar]

I'd tend to agree with GrayLinnorm, though this would be the closest thing to an exception. But could we go with Int 1? Anyone know about the magical leeches?

Shade?

 

[Shade]

I'd tend to agree with GrayLinnorm, though this would be the closest thing to an exception. But could we go with Int 1? Anyone know about the magical leeches?

Shade?

I'm not aware of a conversion of the magical leeches. I'm happy with Int 1 magical beast. We've seen semi-intelligent worms, amoebas, and the like, so a leech isn't much of a stretch.