Elanari

[FreeXenon]

What do you guys think about this template based off of the Elan?
Is it balanced? How about the level adjustment? I could see it at +0 or +1?


Elanari (Template)
Elanari is a template that can be applied to any humanoid.

Description
Elanari are created from existing humanoids by an eldritch process only known to farspawn, turning humanoids into aberrations and their unyielding servants. A special parasite is inserted into the humanoid body that grows inside the host consuming it from the inside out in an excruciating process that takes 2d3 months to complete. When the parasite enters the brain it consumes it and siphons off any necessary psychological and physiological information needed. At the end there is nothing left of the original host except for the living husk of their mortal form that is now controlled by the aberrant parasite. The insides of the humanoid are now an amorphous creature the controls the body.

The Elanari are in all ways servants to the farspawn and are usually assigned to or created by specific farspawn. PC Elanari may maintain this subservience or they may be rogue. The Elanari are used by farspawn for societal infiltration and manipulation.

Stastics
Size and Type: The creature's size does not change, but its type changes to Aberration (Psionic).
Do not recalculate BAB, Base Saves, Skill Points or Feats.
Stat Adjustment: As base creature plus: -2 Charisma

Naturally Psionic: Elanari gain 1 PP at first level

Special Qualities: Repletion, Aberrant Telepathy, Crimson Blood
If the base creature does not have dark vision it gains it out to 60'

Repletion: Elanari may spend 1PP to not need to eat or drink for 24 hours.

Aberrant Telepathy: An Elanari may spend one PP to gain telepathy to other Aberrations within 60' for 1 min/PP

Crimson Blood: The 'blood' of an Elanari is normally black and they may spend 1 PP as an immediate action to have all blood exuded become the same as it should be for its host race until it is fully healed or 1 day has elapsed.

Host Racial Affinity
The Elanari are considered in all ways the host race for purposes of feats, spells and so on to its advantage.

Aberrant Subservience: Elanari are servants of Farspawn and will always follow the orders given to it by farspawn. Orders are followed based on CR. The highest CR farspawn's orders are followed as best as it can.

Challenge Rating: +0
Level Adjustment: +0

 

[javcs]

I just said this at the original posting, but I'll repeat it here.

It's solidly a LA +1, as the only ability that could push it to LA +1 is the racial affinity combined with it's aberration type.

You probably want to clarify the subservience ability, perhaps, to give PC Elanari a chance, a will save should be required.

 

[FreeXenon]

Interesting thought...

I was thinking that a PC may be able to take a feat to remove the Subservience:
Perhaps this will be enough to keep it at +0 ECL?

Challenge Rating: +0
Level Adjustment: +0

Rogue Elanari (Racial, General)
In many cases a Elanari may go rogue due to the parasite collecting too much of the hosts personality and memories which sometimes results in the parasite taking on the personality and will of the original host. In pretty much all cases the host is never quite the same. Memories are incomplete or missing and is left to piece things together a much different person.

Rogue Elanari will of times feel alone and isolated after having lost that bond and sense of purpose. They will also sometimes have horrible nightmares due to the alien basis for their new existence.

Requisites: Elanari
Benefit: A Elanari frees itself from Farspawn control and loses the Aberrant Subervience ability;

 

[FreeXenon]

Do you think that changing it as such would keep it at about a +0 ECL:

Host Racial Affinity
They maintain all racial qualities and abilities even thought their Type and Subtype changes. For the purposes of feats, classes, prestige classes and abilities that the Elanari current has they are considered the host race. The Elanari may no longer advance or take feats that require their host race as a requisite. Example: A Dwarven Dwarven defender who uses the Dwarven War Axe maintains his levels as a Dwarven Defender but may no longer advance as one. They maintain the ability to use the Dwarven War Axe as a martial weapon.

 

[javcs]

Sounds good to me.