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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BOZ" data-source="post: 2776156" data-attributes="member: 1241">OK, first of all, you know how I am with giving preference to old things over more recent things, when they seem to make sense.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />  I think we should give a baku all attack/defense modes listed in the original description, as well as any other powers that translate over into 3.5 powers well enough.B=mind thrust, E=psychic crush, F=mind blank, G=thought shield, I=intellect fortressAnimal TelepathyRange: SpecialDuration: Time of ConcentrationStrength Point Cost: 1/roundSaving Throw: NoneArea of Effect: 1" wide directionalPathExplanation/Description: This discipline allows the possessor to communicate with various forms of living things, the type of animal life and the range determined by the level of mastery of the possessor. Animal telepathy allows clear communication but no command or influence beyond the possessor's own persuasiveness. The discipline operates as follows:level of mastery    * Range  * Type of Animal Life which can be Communicated withfirst * 6" + I"/level * mammalsthird * 5" + I"/level * marsupials, et. al.fifth * 3" + l"/level * avianssixth * 2" + I"/level * reptilesseventh * 1" + l"/level * amphibianseighth * 1 "/level * fish and similar creaturestenth * 2" + 1"/2levels * arachnids and myriapodaetwelfth * 1 " + 1 "/2 levels * "monsters"fourteenth + * 1"/2 levels * plantsSearch for creatures can be made at the rate of one path of area (1" width X range) per round.Body control = adapt bodyBody equilibrium = body equilibriumCell adjustment = body adjustment (in 1E, a 12th-level fighter healed 48 hp)Detection of good or evil = ?Reduction = compression?Shape AlterationRange: 0Duration: Until again alteredArea of Effect: IndividualStrength Point Cost: SpecialSaving Throw: NoneExplanation/Description: The science of shape alteration closely resembles the magic-user spell, polymorph self. The reader is referred to that spell for informational purposes. By means of this discipline, the individual is able to alter his or her body size, form and composition to nearly any other, the garments and equipment he or she wears and carries being altered to conform to parts of the new body shape assumed. Note that shape alteration bestows the normal means of respiration and locomotion of the new form assumed, and strength proportionate to the size and characteristics, but no other characteristics peculiar to a certain life form are thus gained, i.e. assuming the shape of a red dragon does not allow the individual a fiery breath weapon. Note also that the new shape might preclude the use of weapons, spells, etc. The strength point cost for shape alteration is 3 points, plus any of the following additional costs:Alteration - Strength Point Costeach +/-1,000 g.p. weight equivalent in a body - 1/1,000 g.p. weight equivalentvegetable material to animal material or vice versa*  - 1/100 g.p. weight equivalentmineral material to vegetable material or vice versa*  - 2/100 g.p. weight equivalentmineral material to animal material or vice versa*  - 3/100 g.p. weight equivalent*includes alteration of garments and equipment if any class exceeds 50 g.p. weight.Example: The psionic individual wishes to make a shape alteration to become a red dragon. The individual is a fighter wearing/carrying 200 g.p. weight equivalent of vegetable material and 500 g.p. weight equivalent of mineral material. The latter add 19 points of psionic strength costs to the basic cost of 3, or 19 + 3 = 22. The dragon size desired is assumed to be about 5 tons, or 10,000 pounds, or 100,000 g.p. weight equivalent. This means that 100 psionic strength points ore required here, and the total cost for the whole alteration is 122 points. Assuming the individual has this strength, the equipment et al. would become parts of the dragon shape the armor scales, weapons claws, etc.</blockquote>

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