Converting World of Greyhawk monsters

[Shade]

Replace "forgotten" with "intentionally avoided" and you've hit the target.

I suppose we'd better dive back into this soon, as we've got a few plants from Greyhawk lining up in the queue for next month.

 

[freyar]

Hey, Mossmutter is a plant!

 

[Echohawk]

And the consensus, three full pages back, seemed to be that skinpuppets are probably plants too...

 

[Shade]

Excellent! Then I can continue to ignore them for four more days!

 

[Shade]

I have a small proposal: let's first write the Hierarchical Mind and Partial Imprint as abilities of the false Keraptis template, since those are things they do. Then let's do a Subsumed Mind template. Mossmutter and skinpuppets can be slightly(?) exceptional examples of those templates. Also, I'm in favor of allowing some kind of actions for general subsumed minds and/or a little less freedom for skinpuppets, just to keep things a little simpler.

That sounds like a reasonable plan.

 

[freyar]

As a rough start:

Partial Imprint (Su): Each false Keraptis has the ability to impose a partial imprint of Keraptis's mind on other creatures. This is usually accomplished by the creation of cursed scrolls (any creature that reads the scroll receives the partial imprint), but methods may vary from one false Keraptis to another. The victim of the partial imprint receives the Subsumed Mind template (and possibly other templates, as well, depending on the false Keraptis) and enters the Hierarchical Mind (see below?) of the controlling false Keraptis.

 

[Shade]

That seems a reasonable start.

Do you think we can get this "bulk conversion" done by Christmas?

 

[Echohawk]

I find myself strangely draw to this thread, possibly because I feel slightly responsible for the diversion, even though it is really Mr Cordell's fault .

That Partial Imprint description is elegant and manages to avoid a lot of the baggage of the original. I'd suggest wording it "eventually receives the Subsumed Mind template..." to remain true to the original. I don't think the special ability description necessarily needs to go into detail about the first phase or imprinting (where the victim remains in control, and gains a SLA + possible random side effect), but it would be good to indicate that is it not an immediate effect -- it takes a while before the victim is fully subsumed.

 

[Shade]

You are probably drawn to it in the same way people can't look away from a train wreck.

Updated.

 

[freyar]

I'm happy with adding "eventually" to that. We can also give an example for a "standard" false K maybe.

Oh, Shade, I'm sure this won't be the last monster we finish converting!