Crunchling

[chronoplasm]

CRUNCHLING

Ability Scores: +0
Size: Medium
Speed: 6 Squares
Vision: Normal

Warborn: At 1st level, you choose an at-will power from a martial class different from yours.
Healer: At 1st level, you choose an encounter power from a divine class different from yours.
Spellblood: At 1st level, you choose a daily power from an arcane class different from yours.

So... I have no flavor for this. All I have here are mechanics. I wanted to see what you guys would do with this. What do you guys think a creature like this ought to look and behave like? You can change the name by the way.

 

[Mentat55]

Out of curiosity, why a martial at-will, divine encounter, and arcane daily? Any thoughts on mixing up the order? Or having that order based on the power source of the PC's class?

Flavor-wise, I could see it being a race of humanoids that tap into some sort of racial memory (like akashics in Arcana Evolved), and thus accessing powers from backgrounds different to their own. Or perhaps a race that eats the brains of their dead, or drinks the blood of their ancestors, and through these rituals transmits fragments of knowledge or abilities.

 

[chronoplasm]

After posting this thread, I thought about my idea a little more and now I'm thinking of actually taking this idea and splitting it up into several races.

The Ape Men get to start out at level 1 with an encounter power from any primal class.
The Starborn get to start out with an encounter power from any arcane class.
The Einherjar get to start out with an encounter power from any martial class.
The Yag-Kosha get to start out with an encounter power from any divine class.