Converting Psionic Creatures

[Cleon]

1d10 rounds is ok, but then it wears off before the sickened condition kicks in from the secondary damage. That just feels weird to me.

Yes, I was worried about that too.

How about "initial damage nauseated for 1d4 rounds followed by sickened for 1d6 minutes, secondary damage 1d8 Con and sickened for 2d10 minutes."?

 

[freyar]

Sure. Do the two sickened durations overlap or stack? I can't remember how that goes.

 

[Cleon]

Sure. Do the two sickened durations overlap or stack? I can't remember how that goes.

Overlap is the default, unless my memory deceives me.

We could specify that they stack if you prefer.

 

[freyar]

No, I think overlapping is better.

Poison (Ex): Eating alkada flesh exposes the eater to the following poison:

Alkada flesh: ingested, Fortitude DC X, initial damage nauseated for 1d4 rounds then sickened for 1d6 minutes, secondary damage 1d8 Con plus 2d10 minutes sickened. The save DC is Constitution-based.

 

[Cleon]

No, I think overlapping is better.

Poison (Ex): Eating alkada flesh exposes the eater to the following poison:

Alkada flesh: ingested, Fortitude DC X, initial damage nauseated for 1d4 rounds then sickened for 1d6 minutes, secondary damage 1d8 Con plus 2d10 minutes sickened. The save DC is Constitution-based.

Works for me! I'll stick in the appropriate value for X and update the Walking Egg Working Draft and Wingless Wonder Working Draft.

 

[freyar]

Back to the flavor text, height, weight, and language?

 

[Cleon]

Back to the flavor text, height, weight, and language?

Sure. What do you suggest?

I'm not sure "chittering" counts as a language.

 

[freyar]

I don't know if the chittering does, but they're intelligent enough I'd give them Undercommon in a squeaky tone.

3 ft tall?

 

[Cleon]

I don't know if the chittering does, but they're intelligent enough I'd give them Undercommon in a squeaky tone.

There's nothing in the original to indicate that they can speak or understand languages, and it says that folk cursed into Wonder form can't speak (but may only chitter), so I'd rather not give them any languages.

3 ft tall?

All the statblocks have "4' tall" in the size line.

 

[freyar]

No language then, fine.

4 ft tall is a bit tall for Small, isn't it? If we're going to go with that, they should be quite light to account for the size category. 40 lb or less?