Converting Psionic Creatures

[Shade]

Well, the original had 99% magic resistance, so I'm perfectly content with SR 18.

 

[Cleon]

Well, the original had 99% magic resistance, so I'm perfectly content with SR 18.

Well if you want to accurately reflect that, we'd need a SR of 20-21 to give PC spellcasters an almost certain chance of spell failure.

Still, I suppose SR 18 is OK.

 

[freyar]

Let's go with SR 18. I don't need it to be 99%, but pretty hard for a low-level character to beat. Sure.

Ready for the swarm now?

 

[Cleon]

Let's go with SR 18. I don't need it to be 99%, but pretty hard for a low-level character to beat. Sure.

Ready for the swarm now?

We need to rework the background text, tactics and description, which are either missing or mostly that of the psionic leech.

 

[freyar]

This should be fairly similar, right? Just alter the red text, I think. I guess you want to fill in a paragraph there at the top. We can work on the swarm first if you're worn out of flavoring, though.

 

[Cleon]

This should be fairly similar, right? Just alter the red text, I think. I guess you want to fill in a paragraph there at the top. We can work on the swarm first if you're worn out of flavoring, though.

Let's leave it for later, I'm running out of steam today.

 

[Shade]

Let's leave it for later, I'm running out of steam today.

My steam levels are low as well.

 

[Cleon]

My steam levels are low as well.

Well I've had time to get my boiler back up to operating pressure, so how's this for the text:

This creature looks like an ordinary leech, except its black, slimy body occasionally produces a purplish spark.

A magical leech feeds off magic, it does not eat blood like a normal leech. These disgusting creatures are a bane to spellcasting creatures, for the magic in spells is their favorite meal. Magical leeches live in warm wetlands just like mundane leeches. The purplish sparks a magic leech occasionally gives off are too dim to illuminate their surroundings or give away their hiding place. A leech that's bloated by feeding on magic produces sparks much more frequently.

Magical leeches have tiny hooks along the edges of their flat bodies that catch on clothing or fur. This allows them to cling to their host tenaciously, dropping off only when the magical energies of the victim have been exhausted or a better source of food comes along.

A magical leech is 6 to 12 inches long and weighs less than a pound.

COMBAT

Magical leeches hide in water or undergrowth until they sense a magic-using or spellcasting creature passing nearby. They then try to attach themselves to the creature and drain its magic until their victim has no magical powers left or the leech can absorb no more. The leech then drops off and processes its meal.

If a magical leech is attacked, it defends itself with its shocking touch power.

 

[freyar]

Looks great!

 

[Shade]

Looks great!